Permanent Census Bureau to Modernize 1910 Count
The United States is building a permanent census bureau to streamline the 1910 count. Plans include a six story fireproof building in Washington costing about 675,000 dollars, 3,000 clerical workers, and 150 new machines to punch and tabulate census cards. World peers admire the up-to-date system as the ten-year Census unfolds.
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Sam
United States
America
John D. Rockefeller
Norway
New York
North
Congress
Census Bureau
Run
Permanent Census Bureau
Uncle Sam
Director North
Washington
Cénsus Bureau
Cetae Oeean
Atlantic
Open Mind as a Christian Virtue and Guide to Truth
President Eliot extols the open mind as a fruit of culture and a Christian virtue. A willing mind welcomes truth, avoids prejudice, envy, and ill will, while closed minds breed ignorance, ridicule, gloom, and pessimism.
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Eliot
House Rebukes Roosevelt Over Secret Service Debate
Washington Jan 9 The House voted 212 to 35 to rebuke the president by tabling much of his message about secret service detectives and to oppose any communications not deemed respectful. A large crowd filled the galleries as lawmakers debated the president’s role versus the executive. Gardner of Massachusetts failed to push a substitute urging confidence in the appropriations committee and postponement until Monday.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Secret Service
House
Chamber
Nora
Gardner
Massachusetts
Committee On Appropriations
Mystery deaths in Kansas City couple linked to chloroform
W G Brault a St Louis salesman and his wife were found dead in their room in Kansas City. An odor of chloroform was noted but no poison detected. Coroner suggests the wife killed husband then died by her own hand while friends suspect foul play. Brault and his wife had secretly married last week.
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Kansas City
W. G. Brault
St. Louis
Brault
Julia Kenner
Fatal Tenement Fire Claims Three Lives in New York
A five story tenement at 666 Ninth Avenue suffered a deadly blaze on Friday night. Three people died and about fifty residents barely escaped when the fire started in a printing shop on the ground floor and spread through a dumbwaiter shaft. Nicholas Genther, a local youth, alerted tenants and helped avert a larger toll.
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New York
Ninth Avenue
Nicholas Genther
Police Sergeant Nolting Shot by Soldier in Arrest
San Francisco on January 9 Sgt J F Nolting a veteran and popular member of the police department was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a United States Army soldier. The incident highlights tensions between local police and military personnel.
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San Francisco
J. F. Nolting
United States Army
Fire kills three children in Willamaburg County home
A house fire in Willamaburg County destroyed a residence while parents attended a neighbor's frolic. Three Black children perished in the blaze on Thursday night.
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Spartanburg
Willamaburg
Western Canada Called Best Land for Settlers
An Iowa State Register piece argues land in Western Canada offers superior climate, soil productivity, and legal stability at lower prices than Minnesota, Dakota, or Iowa. Letters from former U S residents praise Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta with notes of frost, spring waters, coal, clay for bricks, and ample farmland potential.
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Iowa State Register
Western
Canada
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. R. Conley
Lougheed
Detroit
Too Strong for Daddy
Irma, in a troubling mood, pesters her father with a novel question about where a man in an airship would land if the world ended. The father directs her to her mother, and she persists with a gravity that adds a domestic vignette to a child’s curious imagination.
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Daddy
Irma
Father
Maryland Moves to Abolish Toll Roads Across State
Governor Crothera supports eliminating tollgates as the good roads commission works toward free roads. He argues tolls are outdated and unfair, aiming to end toll charges for travelers into cities. The plan follows Pennsylvania’s lead in removing toll barriers statewide.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Crothera
Good Roads Commission
Quoted Snippet Sparks Dismissive Prophecy on Kissing
An OCR fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer mocks a bloodless pessimist predicting kissing will be relegated to the lower classes within 6 to 14 days. The note also parodies a Latin style line about work and strength, naming Carlylo and Hercules.
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Cleveland
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