Roosevelt's Oyster Bay Office Work Off the White House
The article describes President Roosevelt's summer routine at Sagamore Hill and Oyster Bay, where he remains engaged in national affairs via a parallel executive setup. Secretary Loeb, Latta, and clerks maintain day to day contact, with work flowing from Washington to the seaside offices and back, while Moore the grocer serves as a local fixture of the summer capital.
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Yster Bay
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Washingston
Army
Navy
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Latta
Washington
Mr. Loeb
Moore
Angulp
Secret Service
Sename
White House
Jim” Sloan
Tyree
United States
Sloan
Wintary
Pride of Villagers Cabinet Offices in Loeb’s Washington
A scene depicts executive offices in a village style government with Mr. Loeb in a Washington like setting. The door is open for visitors and the staff work across several rooms including a flat topped desk and a desk stacked with newspapers. Telegraph operators cover long hours while Loeb directs routine replies to correspondence.
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Mr. Loeb
Washington
Loeb
Loeb Controls Access to President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
Hidden gatekeeper Loeb manages who may interview the president. Cabinet officers and select lawmakers may request visits by written or telephoned notice. all calls go through Loeb who screens the matter and arranges a time. Citizens are directed to write with their concerns.
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Loeb
Cabinet visits Sagamore Hill in Roosevelt era summers
The article describes how cabinet officers frequently visit Sagamore Hill during summers, often dine and sleep there, while close political allies may stay overnight. It notes the president watches campaign developments for his successor and details Secret Service routines and guards protecting the summer White House.
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Sagamore Hill
Senate
Oyster Bay
Chronicle condemns German tariff agreement as undervalution ploy
The San Francisco Chronicle denounces a German demand to name export values under a new tariff agreement. It calls the concession a crass plunder of U S revenues and warns that it allows undervaluation of imports. The piece urges protectionist fixes and a six month notice to terminate the deal with Germany.
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San Francisco
United States
Congress
Germany
The
Chronicle
the Chronicle
State Department
Root
Cortelyou
Customs Service
Customs Administration
the Treasury
McCleary
Sixty-first
Facts and Figures on Tariff Reform Demand
Senator Rayner advocates meeting the Protective League with facts and figures not generalities to expose tariff policy. He urges Democrats and Republicans to present detailed bills of particulars rather than broad claims, insisting that the country deserves concrete proof of proposed duties.
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Rayner
Maryland
Protective League
Why tamper with tariff revision asks Topeka Herald
The Topeka Herald argues against tariff revision, saying Democratic push misleads Republicans and risks harming business. It warns open questions about schedules, overall employment, and inevitable injustices from any law while praising the current protective tariff for American workers.
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Topeka Herald
Unclear tariff talk prompts wage warnings in Scranton Tribune
The Scranton Tribune critiques the American Economist on silk and dye house wage increases affecting about 5000 workers in Paterson. It argues wage rises depend on tariff revision or reciprocity agreements and warns that actual wage cuts would follow downward tariff shifts, citing New Jersey voters' prior support for tariff tinkering.
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Pennsylvania
The
Scranton Tribune
Paterson
the Tribune
France
Germany
Journal
New Jersey
Elizabeth Journal
Buffalo Express Confronts German Tariff Pact
The Buffalo Express argues the German tariff agreement ignores the Dingley act's limits and will expose the tariff league’s challenge to the pact as unlawful. It contends Germany could value its own goods for appraisal and that Congress’s law is effectively nullified by the deal.
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Buffalo Express
Germany
American Protective Tariff League
Express
Price's Charges Against Ohio University Officials
Aaron E. Price alleges irregularities in law governing university finances and funds diverted to impermissible uses. He now says his report misstated books and focuses on government business methods. Governor will study the matter before handing it to the state auditor. Dr. Ellis says accounts are square and he fears no inquiry. Gen. Grosvenor denies involvement.
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Athens
Ohio University
Aaron E. Price
Dr. Ellis
University
Board of Public Accounting
Gen. Grosvenor
Go back to the farm urged by mayor in court
In Lima D the 20 year old Clifford Smith was told to leave after obtaining a marriage license for Beatrice Atwood 30 who was jailed. The mayor fined the woman heavily and banished the couple from the city while Smith pleaded love and asked to wed.
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Lima
Clifford Smith
Robb
Smith
Beatrice Atwood
War Veterans in Columbus See 16 629 Die This Year
The annual report of the local pension agency shows 16 629 deaths among old soldiers this year out of 98 068 survivors at start, with 14 390 added to rolls and total disbursements of 14 634 797.72 dollars. It notes 2 270 war with Spain survivors are paid from this office.
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Columbus
Spain
Beaver Dam Father Seizes Child in Divorce Case
In Beaver Dam a man named Claude Landsdowne fled with his child amid a pending divorce. Common Pleas Judge Quail ordered the husband to return the child and deputies pursue him.
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Lima
Claude Lansdowne
Beaver Dam
Pearl
Common Pleas
Quail
Ling
Illness Hits Taft Campaign Official In Columbus
Arthur I. Vorys state superintendent of Insurance and Taft campaign manager is ill at his sister's summer home northeast of Columbus O His illness an attack of tonsillitis keeps him away from headquarters for two days before news reached officials.
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Columbus
Arthur I. Vorys
John Ro McLaughlin
Veteran John Prior Makes Long Walk Home to Newark
John Prior aged 65 a former Company D 20th Ohio regiment recently moved from Licking county infirmary to Washington returned to Newark after fleeing the Washington home in June He walked the entire distance from Washington to Newark in one continuous trek.
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Newark
John Prior
20Th Ohio Regiment
Licking County Infirmary
Washington
Lightning Sets Oil Tank Ablaze in Lima
Lightning struck a Standard Oil tank at Lima Ohio igniting about a quarter million barrels of oil. Firefighters used cannons to halt spread to neighboring tanks as a dense oil smoke cloud darkened the city.
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Lima
Standard Oil Co
Blackmail Attempt Tied to Mayor Johnson Probe
Cleveland report says a prior blackmail plot against Mayor Johnson has been disclosed. The mayor outmaneuvered the plan, and disbarment proceedings are pending against two Topeka lawyers.
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Cleveland
Johnson
Topeka
Kea
Drowned in Mill Race During Italian Celebration
Miss LAllie Smith died after falling into the mill race at the Lowellville Italian celebration during a fireworks display. Her escort leaped in to save her but could not reach her.
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Youngstown
Lowellville
Lallie Smith
Toledo Attorneys Seek Stay in Valentine Trust Case
Attorneys for the lamp luster and bridge men sentenced under the Valentine anti trust law asked Judge Morris in common pleas court for a stay of proceedings. The judge overruled the motion.
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Toledo, O
Morris
Common Pleas Court
Hog Shot Near Steubenville Ends in Fatality
Elwood Noble, 16, of Riddie's Run, fired at a ground hog and missed. The bullet struck Fred Carri as he walked by, causing a fatal wound.
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Steubenville
Elwood Noble
Riddie’s Run
Fred Carri
Burton Resigns From Ohio Penitentiary Board
Colonel Thompson Burton of Youngstown offers his resignation as a member of the Ohio penitentiary board due to ill health. He recently fell from a carriage at the prison, was revived, and sent to Toledo en route to Michigan. Governor Harris will choose a successor, likely from the northeast, potentially a soldier.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Thompson Burton
Youngstown
Harris
Burton
Toledo
Michigan
Plam
Owner Must Pay Liquor Tax Despite Tenant's Use of Premises
Assistant Attorney General William H. Miller ruled that a landlord owes the Aikin liquor tax even if ignorant of a tenant's business. The opinion arose from a store leased to Addison for a restaurant in the Bad Lands where inspectors found liquor sales. The proprietor was assessed for the tax, despite lease terms forbidding intoxicants, with Miller warning the clause would defeat the tax law.
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Columbus, O
William H. Miller
Guilbert
Aikin
Addison
Miller
Mining deal case awards damages to Ohio U. ex-president
Athens Ohio Charles W Super sues Adolph Leue and wins by default for 38 dollars and 75 cents. The plaintiff is a former Ohio University president and the defendant a former board of trustees member. Suit stems from a mining stock purchase not delivered.
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Athens, O
Charles W. Super
Adolph Leue
Ohio University
Super
Leue
AFL probes Youngstown blast furnace workers
The American Federation of Labor begins an investigation into the valley’s blast furnace workers. The union is said to have ceased existing as an organization. Repeated eight hour work proposition strike orders have been issued, but no strike has occurred.
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Youngstown
American Federation of Labor
Storm Lashes Northern Ohio Hit Forest City Railway
A severe electrical storm swept Northern Ohio with lightning striking the Forest City Railway Co. power house in Joyeland, causing damage on the three cent fare street railway line and disrupting service in the area.
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Ohio
Joyeland
Forest City Railway Co
Edward Bennett Pleads Guilty To Home Robbery
Edward Bennett, identified by Costula neighbors, pleaded guilty to robbing Joe Costula’s home in Youngstown Ohio and was held to the grand jury for life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Edward Bennett
Joe Costula
Costula
Engineer Found Dead in Milan Station
William J. Roberts an engineer at the Ararle Light and Water Works plant in Milan was found dead in the engine room floor with a pool of blood. The death is treated as murder.
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Norwalk
William J. Roberts
Ararle
Milan
Roberts
Porert City Railway Delisted by Cleveland Exchange
The board of governors ordered removal of the railway's security from the exchange list due to failure to file a satisfactory financial statement with the local stock exchange in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Exchange
Cleveland
Porert City Railway Co
Local Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Heavy Rain Floods Marietta Area Causing Shutdowns
A severe rainstorm struck Marietta Ohio flooding streets and forcing factory closures. A man was killed by lightning as the storm produced the heaviest rainfall in years, inundating the lowlands around the city.
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Marietta
Former Athens Mayor Granted Divorce Decree
Mrs Gilbert BE Day obtained a divorce decree from former Athens mayor who resigned as the suit was filed. She named as co respondent a locally married woman. the former mayor did not appear in court.
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Athens
Gilbert BE. Day
Day
Irondale Wrestler Dies After Grapevine Twist
Steubenville reports the death of 16 year old 6-Mike Dragon from Irondale after rupturing a blood vessel during a wrestling match. The town’s top youth wrestler, Dragon was champion for his age and was injured attempting the grapevine twist.
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Steubenville
Mike Dragon
Irondale
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