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!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
3
The Taft inauguration will cost about 80 900 with funding from attendees and a business-guaranteed surplus if needed. Government expense remains minimal and policing and lighting are the only direct outlays, while most festivities are funded by Washington residents. The piece reviews inaugurations from Washington to 1789 and notes early Congress delays caused by farmers needing to tend crops.
The piece traces the backgrounds of William Howard Taft and Richard A. Sherman, listing birthplaces and dates, family lineage, education, early careers, and political climbs. It covers Taft’s rise from Yale, law, and various federal posts to secretary of war and Philippine Commission, plus Sherman’s Utica roots, law career, banking leadership, and public service in New York.
Women in London form a Short Skirt League to combat dust and microbes by wearing dresses that sweep floors and pave mental health ideas. Miss Margaret J Dunn has spent five years living in the woods for health, enduring harsh Highland winters and summers.
President Taft voiced strong protest Friday night against what he called a vivid misrepresentation in New York papers of his remarks on tariff revision. He urged rapid action at the extra session to begin March 15 and endorsed a permanent tariff commission to study the new law and advise on future refinements.
Unofficial reports indicate Franklin MacVeagh William Taft’s secretary of the treasury selection with a broader cabinet to follow. Names floated include Knox as secretary of State and Hitchcock as Postmaster General, among others. A Taft family reunion occurred at Henry W. Taft’s nomination event.
Capt. Hamilton Hutchins, relieved of command of the battleship Kearsarge by Admiral Sperry, undergoes a medical examination for mental and physical health after nervous strain from Gibraltar duty. The Columbus Memorial Commission awards the statue contract to Loran Taft of Cicaga, with a Union Station Plaza fountain and £100,000 approved by Congress.
In Jefferson County near Birmingham, James Robinson, a white father, shot Tim Brown, a Black man, four times as Brown sat handcuffed in the Hessemer sheriff’s office. Brown, accused of assaulting Robinson’s daughter on February 1, died instantly. Robinson surrendered, deputies nearby unable to intervene. The incident occurred while Brown was en route to Tressemer for preliminary hearings.
A Friday dawn blaze in Columbus, Ohio, began with two explosions just before 3 am. It gutted a four story building and quickly spread to a five story brick adjoining structure. The total loss was estimated around 500000 dollars. Fire officials work to determine the cause.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.