Senate Passes New Wool Bill Amid Party Compromise
Senate action split Democrats and insurgents as a revised wool tariff bill drawn by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin passed 48 to 22. The measure reduces raw wool duty to 85 percent ad valorem with proportional duties on wool manufactures, after earlier substitute and house bills failed. Regular Republicans expect further conference and a Taft veto remains likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
House of Representatives
Senator Brown
Nebraska
House
Taft
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Trust Ready to Dissolve in Government Antitrust Suit
Washington reports attorneys for the electrical trust submitted a decree to Attorney General Wickersham stating willingness to enter a dissolution against the government's suit. The move signals a potential settlement without a fight, considered largely a formality by the Justice Department as agents note dissolution began after the action and voluntary dissolutions followed among related pools controlling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Electrical Trust
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Berger Proposes Age Limit Bill For Government Work
Washington July 29 Representative Berger of Wisconsin introduces a bill prohibiting employment of anyone under 16 by the government or its contractors. The measure also sets minimum age 18 for special delivery letter carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berger
Wiscon
Packers to Face Lorimer Investigators
Chicago packers named as potential witnesses for the Lorimer senate investigation after testimony by James Keeley of the Chicago Tribune. Keeley suggested Armour & Co, Mor r is & Co, Swift & Co, and Union Stock Yards Co officials, noting no direct evidence but rumors of campaign fund contributions. He tied the editorial inquiry to references about sawdust and lard related to Lorimer's election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Senate
James Keeley
Chicago Tribune
Fletcher
Mr. Keeley
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Alfred R. Urion
Armour &Co
Arthur Meeker
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
John A. Spoor
Union Stockyards Company
Keeley
Lorimer
Elbridge Hancey
Hait Rebels Near Goal as Government Crumbles
Port au Prince reports a desperate government situation with revolt across the republic. The north revolters press toward the capital as the Des Moines arrives and the Bremen is expected. Gunboat 17 Decembre sails south with Antoine Simon, leading government troops to Jeremie where rebels hold control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-au-Prince
Simon
Des Moines
Aux Cayes
Wilson urges admonition for Dr. Harvey Wiley
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to President Taft that Dr. Harvey W Wiley should be admonished but not dismissed for his work as pure food expert. He urges leniency because of Wiley’s valued government service and usefulness for the future. The House committee on expenditures will open an investigation into the Remsen board before hearings on Wiley’s charges begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Taft
Harvey W. Wiley
Doctor Wiley
Remsen Board
House Committee On
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Taft assured on wool tariff schedule actions
President Taft was told by Republic and Senate leaders that there would be no action this session on bills to revise the wool tariff. Senators Smoot and Crane predicted Congress would adjourn August 10 with all wool schedule revision bills defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Crane
Massachusetts
Homemade boiler explosion kills two boys in Kentucky
In Monterey, Kentucky, 13-year-old Guy Judy died and 18-year-old Warren Woods was fatally injured when a home-made boiler made from a ten-gallon oil can exploded. The two boys had built both engine and boiler and kept operating it despite a faulty valve. Three other boys were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owenton
Guy Judy
Warren Woods
Monterey
Momauguin Swept By Fire Destroys Hotel and Bathhouses
Fire devastated Momauguin a fashionable Long Island Sound resort near New Haven. The hotel bathhouses pavilion and several cottages burned. The seaside community has long hosted Yale summer gatherings and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Momauguin
New Haven
Conn
Long Island Sound
Yale
Taft Signs Canadian Reciprocity Pact at White House
President Taft signed the Canadian reciprocity agreement at the White House, stating Secretary Knox must be present. The document, tied to the current congressional extra session, was signed after Vice President Sherman and Speaker Clark, with Knox arranging the tariff concessions and supporting the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Penrose
Finance Committee
Senate
Knox
Clark
Sherman
State Department
Nagel
Hilles
Rudolph Forster
Martin Littleton
Hulbert Taft
John Wesley Hill
New York
Congress
Max Pam
Chicago
Taft
New Endurance Air Record Shattered by Aviator Johnstone
Mineola New York July 28 81 Croix Johnstone a Chicago aviator broke the American endurance records for monoplanes and biplanes by staying aloft 4 hours 1 minute 68 seconds circling a five mile course 39 times The world endurance record belongs to M Loriden at 11 hours 45 minutes and 469 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Croix Johnstone
Chicago
M. Loriden
Forest Fire Rages Unchecked in San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino California July 29 400 firefighters and forest rangers fought to contain a spreading blaze north of the city but the fire breached fire breaks and remained out of control continues to threaten timber and terrain in the San Bernardino mountains ongoing emergency response reported by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
San Bernardino Mountains
Here
Asquith Warns Germany Hands Off Morocco
London reports Premier Asquith reading a warning to Germany that Britain will defend its rights and maintain balance of power in Europe over the Moroccan crisis. He states Britain may join discussions if settlement fails and cites obligations under the Algéciras treaty and 1904 French accord. The premier avoids detailed causal analysis to prevent recrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vieen
Asquith
House of Commons
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Balfour
Algéciras
France
Pinchot Replies to Taft Over Alaska Waterfront Monopolization
Gifford Pinchot, former U S chief forester, says Taft leaves the root of the matter untouched in denying waterfront monopolization at Controller Bay Alaska. He charges the president defends a bad course and criticizes conservation supporters fighting to develop Alaska for the people while facing police and looting concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Controller Bay
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Senate
Alaska
Pinchot
Friends of Conservation
Lincoln memorial site eyed for Arlington cemetery
Ex-Speaker Cannon proposes Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac as the site for a $2,000,000 Lincoln memorial. A joint meeting of the fine arts commission and the memorial commission will be held in Washington soon to select a site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Speaker Cannon
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Fine Arta Commission
Memorial Commission
Townsend report on steel trust rebates and Harvester links
Washington July 27. A Townsend report to former Attorney General Bonaparte during the Roosevelt era shows United States Steel allowed three dollar per ton rebates to the International Harvester company. The document ties the Harvester trust to the steel giant, naming families in Chicago and noting J Pierpont Morgan as trust fixer with George W Perkins as associate. Wickersham testified he had not seen the Townsend report and promised Townsend would testify later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steel Plate Association
Stanley Steel Trust
Burdette Townsend
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
International Harvester Company
United States Steel Corporation
Harvester Company
Mr. Stanley
Giant
Steel Corporation
Harvester Trust
Harvester
McCormicks
Deering
Plano
Wardner
Bushnell
Glessner
Milwaukee Harvester
Townsend
Chicago
Deerings
Joneses
Glessners
Harold McCormick
McCromick Company
John D. Rockefeller
McCormick Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rockefeller
Tobacco
Standard Oil
Canada
Aron. Townsend
Stanley
United States
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Fifty Hurt In Train Wreck At Seneca Lake
A Lehigh Valley excursion train to Atlantic City wrecked near Burdette on Seneca Lake. Fifty passengers injured and about 200 narrowly escaped when three sleeping cars fell from a ten foot embankment due to a broken raft two miles west of Bur dette. Most injured continued the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Points
Atlantic City
Lehigh Valley
Burdette
Seneca Lake
Edward M. Shepard Dies in Lake George Leader and Lawyer
Edward M. Shepard, renowned attorney and independent Democratic leader, died after several weeks illness in Lake George, New York. Born July 23, 1850 in New York City, he served as special deputy attorney general and jailed John Y. McKane and twenty followers for ballot fraud. He authored a life of Martin Van Buren and held director roles at the College of the City of New York and numerous clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George
N. Y
Hdward M. Shepard
Shepard
New York City
Hunger Drives Couple Toward Maternal Home
George Baxtey and Mrs Justwed lament empty cupboards and plan to return to their mothers. He, broke, promises to fetch his hat and accompany her. The fragment suggests a domestic dispute or distress over food and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baxtey
Cuticura Cures Baby Hair Loss and Skin Sores, Woman Claims
Mrs F E Harmon of Atoka Tennessee describes a six month infant with widespread hair loss and red bumpy skin who improved after using Cuticura products Resolvent Ointment Soap. She reports two doctors and various medicines failed but the Cuticura regimen cured the child in days and kept him well. She endorses Cuticura for cuts and sores and notes free samples offer from Cuticura Dept 16 L Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Harmon
Atoka
Tenn
Cuticura
Boston
Athletes Who Made Good at Harvard Leadership
Walter Barnes of Boston praises Harvard football captains Burr, Fish, Withington, and Fisher as models of scholarly athletics. He notes Hamilton Fish becoming an instructor in government at Harvard as evidence of his high mental caliber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Barnes
Boston
New England
Burr
Fish
Withington
Fisher
Harvard
Hamilton Fish
Refreshing Light
A brief dialogue sketches a mood shift with a casual prompt to visit a bank to view money, implying a moment of reflection about finances and emotion.
Remark on Mrs Flubber’s Courtly Poise Sparks Banter
The exchange praises Mrs Flubber as highly proper and polished, with one speaker joking she seems to have attended many coronations. The light humor highlights a social stereotype of refined, worldly bearing in a bustling community setting.
The First Difficulty Dialogue On Marriage
A brief exchange centers on marriage expectations as a man declares he can marry any girl, while a counterpoint notes that he cannot please any. The lines highlight social dynamics of suitability and personal choice.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Responded To Women’s Ailments
From Peoria Illinois Mrs Chris tive Resp testified she avoided surgery after two years of suffering and inflammation. Another New Orleans woman credits the compound with sparing a hospital procedure after years of severe female troubles. The letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy as a remarkable treatment for distressing ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. m
New Orleans
Lydia E. Pinkham
New
Lydia Bi. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
PASO
Electrical Combine
Packers
WILEY
Tariff
Monterey, Ky
Pen
St. Croix Johnstone
Lete
England
Morocco
Cannon
Lincoln
Arlington Cemetery
Morgan and Harvester
Lehigh Road
Edward M. Shepard
Empire State
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!