Fighting Ruinous Iron Rust in Wire Fences
A syndicated broadside cites Rene Bache on rusting wire for U S farmers, noting government inquiry led by Dr Aller ton Cushman, uncovering true rust causes and methods to improve wire. It also comments on Budapest society, American optimism, and a history of women in law including Margaret Brent and Carrie Kilgore case anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rene Bache
Technical World Magazine
James Wilson
Allerton S. Cushman
Margaret Brent
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Carrie B. Kilgore
Law Department
University of Pennsylvania
Law School
Dream duration inquiry from Berlin professor sparks global data pull
A Berlin college professor seeks worldwide input on dream length with M depending on dream duration and alarm clock hints. The piece notes farmers are less violent toward automobiles as they are run over less often, and there are fewer of them despite ongoing hazards from tin horn tooters.
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Berlin
Convention Notes at Chicago Republican Summit
Secretary of War William H. Taft was nominated for the presidency on the first ballot at the Chicago Republican convention and became the unanimous choice amid wild enthusiasm. James S. Sherman secured the vice presidency on the first ballot, while Roosevelt cheers echoed in the Coliseum. Contests, platform debates, and shifts in vice presidential candidates marked the lengthy gathering as delegates adjourned to Cincinnati for further leadership discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Tait
Chicago
Sherman
New York
James S. Sherman
National Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Roosevelt
Coliseum
Senator Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
Fairbanks
George H. Knight
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Judson W. Lyon
Georgia
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachesetts
Lodge
United States
Teddy
Williams resigns minority leadership of House
Congressmen John Sharp Williams of Mississippi resigns the minority leadership effective December 1 to aid the Democratic party. Vespasian Warner loses a legal fight over his father's estate as the Maols supreme court upholds his stepmother, leaving Mrs. Warner about 500000 or a quarter of the estate. E T Bethel sentenced to three weeks for sedition in Korea. George G Metzger, Toledo magnate and Broadway bank president, indicted for embezzlement. Belmont estate favors Mrs. Belmont as executrix. Tafts daughter wins Bryn Mawr scholarship. Washington to muzzle stray dogs 60 days.
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John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Maols Supreme Court
Warner
E. T. Bethel
Korea
George G. Metzger
Toledo
Broadway Bank
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Taft
Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Washington
Roosevelt names Wright as Taft successor and mine blast toll rises
President Roosevelt accepted Taft's resignation effective June 30 and named Luke B. Wright of Tennessee as Taft's successor. Wright, former Philippines governor, was the first American ambassador to Japan. An explosion at a Monongahela coal mine killed three men, injured two, and left 15 entombed. Three Enid suspects acquitted in a lynching case. A New York lawyer was found not guilty of extortion. A Little Rock bank passes to a receiver amid civil rights-tinted reform. The Capital City Saenger Fest opens in Indianapolis. Government sues seven coal railroads over anthracite transport. Detroit lawyer Mary Coffin dies by laudanum. Royal Coal Mine at Argentine destroyed by dynamite, $20,000 loss.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Luke B. Wright
Tennessee
Mr. Wright
Mr. Taft
Philippines
Japan
Monongahela
Carl Fischer-Hansen
New York
Joseph E. O'Brien
Philadelphia
Capital City Savings Bank
Little Rock
Ark
Negrees
Saengerbund
Indianapolis
Ind
Enid
Oklo
J. D. Tuthill
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grater
J. S. Pomeroy
Security National Bank
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Breezy Point
Mary Stuart Coffin
Detroit
Mich
Royal Coal Mine Company
Argentine, Pa
Ira Trades Journal of London
National
Fort Wadsworth
Missouri River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Pocono Mountains
Bakertown
Mary Farmer
Watertown
Sarah
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Shelby
Leopold Pietra
Los Angeles
Frederics Pietra
Aberdeen (O.) Banking Company
D. H. Fawcett
Martin Finn
Salisbury
A. L. Stairs
Sandy Creek
W. Va
Lazarus Levy
L. Levy & Co
Susie A. Merrill
Federal Grand Jury
Alfred H. Curtis
Charles W. Morse
Nwonal Bank of North America
New Orleans
Wadsworth
Hamilton
Mississippi
Wiliam J. Bryan
W. F. King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
James Harlan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
St. Charles County
Miriam Frances Bloomer
James F. Bloomer
Cincinnati
Thomas Hagen
Joseph Fangele
Gallitzin
International trust plans and wartime risks reported
Ira Trades Journal notes Germany and Russia near forming a trust with £150,000,000 capital. Fort Wadsworth gunfire simulates war injuring guardsmen. several crimes and disasters listed include killings, accidents, and lawsuits across New York, Wisconsin, and beyond.
Bookseller of Harvard Square and landlord to Roosevelt dies
Benjamin H. Richardson, known to Harvard graduates as the bookseller of Harvard Square and landlord to President Roosevelt during his college course, dies at 76. Also noted are the death of State Senator James W. Milliken of Traversa City, Mich., from apoplexy on a New York Central train and Dr. Thomas W. Small, chief surgeon of the American liner Bt. Louis, who died by self-inflicted gunshot in his cabin aboard the steamer.
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Benjamin H. Richardson
Harvard
Harvard Square
Roosevelt
James W. Milliken
Traversa City
Mich
New York Central
Thomas W. Small
Bt. Louis
Taft and Sherman Capture Republican Ticket
Chicago. Taft and Sherman are the Republican ticket after the national convention named James S. Sherman of New York for vice president. The gathering featured dramatic demonstrations as Taft led in the roll call and La Follette and Roosevelt sparked waves of enthusiasm.
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Titonka
Countess Szecheny
Budapest
America
Chicago Daily News
Gladys
National Prosperity Association
St. Louis
Boards of Trade
Kansas
Hengnotes
General News
Sanes JS. Sherman
Williams
Theodore Roosevelt
Knox
Ohio
Buckeye
Theodore EB. Burton
Knight
Alabama
Arkansas
Chaiirman Lodge
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Joseph Cannon
Illinois
Robert la Follette
Charles B. Hughes
Philander OC. Knox
William H. Taft
Cannon
Hughes
James 8. Sherman
Tim Woodruff
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Thomas N. McCarter
Senator Crane
Republican Party
Congress
Great Lakes
Republic
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