Roosevelt Memo Sets Pacific Cable Conditions
President Roosevelt released the full memorandum on terms for permitting a Pacific cable to link the United States with its Oriental possessions. The conditions require all-American ownership, nonexclusive concessions, priority for US government messages, regulated rates, and protection of national interests, with potential Congress action to ratify or modify.
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Roosevelt
Pacific
United States
Pacific Oriental
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Congress
Thomas F. Clark
Knox
Marlborough House
Atlantic City
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Cal
Honolulu
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Midway Islands
Guam
Luzon
Philippine
Lamis
Empire of China
United States of America
China
American
Japan
Philippines
House of Representatives
George G.ward
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Albert Beck
California
United Tes
Pacific Cable Plan Rates Outline at Oyster Bay
The article notes a board resolution from the cable company authorizing seal-filed consent to Navy access for soundings and data. It lists proposed rates for a San Francisco to Philadelphia route? Wait. San Francisco to Honolulu, Manila and China. Rates: not exceeding ? cents per word internationally, with reductions after two years, and half rates for government messages. The conditions are strict but expected to be accepted, signaling imminent cable laying to the Orient.
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Postmaster General of
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Pacific Cable Company
Philippines
Guam
China
Oyster Bay
San Francisco
Honolulu
Manila
Value and details from 191 annual mineral survey
The U S Geological Survey released the 191 annual summary of U S mineral products showing total value of minerals produced in the year at about 1.002 billion dollars. Major values listed include pig iron copper gold petroleum coal sand gravel cement limestone and other minerals with varying yearly totals. The report itemizes values for many specific minerals and products across states and industries.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
United States
Pennsylvania
Tripoli
Fort Benton to get barbed wire telephone exchange
Butte Inter Mountain reports northern Montana residents plan a barbed wire telephone network from Benton north to the Canadian line and south to the Highwood mountains. The system will connect ranches along Shonkin creek and across the Highwood range, easing emergency calls, weather updates, and transport delays for ranchers and communities in the Missouri River region.
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Weather Bureau
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Eagle Head
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Judith Basin
Montana
Bear Paw
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Central
Senses of the negro outpace whites says observer
An observer in New Orleans asserts that the negro surpasses the white man in sight and quick physical action. He cites rapid hunting and shooting in the woods, claims the negro needs glasses far less, and portrays the race as fleet of limb and highly active.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
How to Become an Author Fake Ad City Ledger
A Brooklyn Eagle item describes a young woman lured by a scam promising author status for a fee. After paying, she receives only the line Write something, prompting her to respond that she already wrote. The reply claims publication is irrelevant to becoming an author. The notice cites Wholesale Co and W Kriel at Main Cigar Store Monument Place.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Noted Actress Janauschek in Critical Condition at 83
Saratoga notes Mme Janauschek aged ca. 83 remains gravely ill after paralysis recurred yesterday. Born in Prague on July 0, 1832, she rose to fame as a tragedienne in Berlin and Dresden before coming to America in 1867. Her later years saw a decline into minor melodramas, provoking debate among critics about her legacy.
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Prague
Cologne
Stadt Theater
Frankfort
Royal Theater
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New York Herald
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Faust
Mansfield
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Medea
Antigone
Chicago Herald
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Bleak House
Lady Dedrock
Hes
New York
Great Actress Reveals Dual Mastery In Stage Impressions
A luminous performance blends genius and vital force as the actress recreates a revered brain scene while captivating the audience. Her twin impersonations recall Elizabeth I dictating two letters, a feat praised as a stroke of genius centuries old and unmatched by fiction.
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Dedlock
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Bleak House
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Dickens
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Bucket
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Queen Elizabeth
Steamer St Paul Edges La Touraine In Ocean Classic
The steamers St Paul and La Touraine raced from daybreak to the lightship with the St Paul finally overtaking near Fire Island and Sandy Hook, reaching the lightship at 9 31 a m three miles ahead of La Touraine after a dramatic finish.
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Sandy Hook
News of the Assemblies at Bethany Successful
Bethany Park Indiana August reports show many ministers attending a week of lectures by biblical scholars led by D R Dungan and B J Radford. Daily services, a Kimberlin Heights School student in charge, and a Central Church choir concert marked the event amid park crowds. The period closes with expected Holiness Association events and a funeral in Fairland for Mrs I P Pell.
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Indianapolis Journal
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S. M. Jefferson
Central Church Choir
Columbus
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English
Holiness Association
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Fairland
Pell
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Acton Assembly
Pells
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Indiana
E. M. Chambers
Friends’ Y P 8S C El at Richmond Endorsed by Speakers
The Indianapolis Journal reports the Friends' international Christian Endeavor convention in Richmond Indiana Aug 9 with Rev J Walter Malone of Cleveland leading quiet hour. Emma F Coffin Spencer spoke on Our Duty Toward Unchristian Nations and Louise Huff Indianapolis sang a solo.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Friends’ International Christian Endeavor
J. Walter Malone
Cleveland
Emma F. Coffin
Spencer
Louise Huff
Indianapolis
Christian Endeavor
Robert E. Pretlow
Wilmington
Flora B. Mills
Lterature
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Emma E. Wright
Zeno Dean
Amber
Willard Trueblood
Kokomo
Missionary Session Opens with Reports and Addresses
The Endeavor union of North Carolina Yearly Meeting opened its session with J Edwin Jay of Wichita giving greetings. A new constitution and by laws report was approved. Officers named: President Rev Albert J Brown Indianapolis. Vice President Charles M Woodman Winthrop Center Maine. Secretary Myrtle Lightner Sabina Ohio. Treasurer Samuel Urviance Smithfield Ohio. Lectures included Morton C Pearson Knights Town on securing interest in fundamental principles and a paper by Andley D Clark read by Charles Newlin. Edgar H Stranahan sabina Ohio spoke on the duty for young Friends. D Rufus M Jones Philadelphia addressed how youth can make the church more effective.
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Endeavor Union of
Samuel Urviance
Smithfield
Morton C. Pearson
Knightstown
Andley D. Clark
Washington
Charles 8. Newlin
Indianapolis
Edgar H. Stranahan
Sabina
D. Rufus M. Jones
Philadelphia
The
American Friend
Winona Bible Conference Plans Large Winona Lake Event
Arrangements are set for the Winona Bible conference at Winona Lake, August 17 to 27, with leading speakers from abroad and the U.S. among them Rev. John Robertson Rev. George J. A. Ross Rev. George Jackson and Rev. James Mercell along with notable American evangelists and lay workers. The Lafayette Battle Ground camp meeting grounds near Warsaw show growing attendance with tents up and a full schedule including lectures on personal Pentecost spirituality and various spiritual conferences and activities. New arrivals include J. W. Casbeer C. A. Newland A. B. Casbeer Alma Ridpath Martha Ridpath and others from several Indiana towns plus Illinois and Ohio speakers.
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Brooklyn
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Arthur J. Smith
New York
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H. M. Wharton
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W. W. Moorehead
Xenia
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Chicago
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Ostrom
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Greencastle
Marshall P. Wilder
Brazil
Lola Brown
Summitville
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White County
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Romney
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Valparaiso
Merle Harmon
Laporte
Local Authors Converted at Literary Camp Meeting
Seventeen Atlanta authors at a recent literary camp meeting pledged to provide readers with a much-needed rest, signaling a wave of renewed writing and public engagement.
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Atlanta Constitution
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