Taft in Manila Receives Moving Cup from Phonlias
In Manila, Secretary Taft praised education and equal opportunity as part of the Philippines future, urging unity among leaders and support for limited sugar exports to the United States. He stressed the importance of national harmony and avoiding factional splits while awaiting a December vote.
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Taft
Wet Mundie
Elweyed
United States
Orner
Orner To Overcome the Tendency Fir Blindly Follow Ove Zion
National Congress
Cuba
Taft Anid
Philippines
Howe
Ion
Hidden History of Pennsylvania Collectibles Sold in Philadelphia
A fragment describes the sale of scarce items from Pennsylvania history in Philadelphia. An 1809 London published history of Pennsylvania, tied to collectors, rose from 175 to 825 dollars in three years. The piece notes early copies of the Pittsburgh Chronicle and related items, purchased by George Olver for the Carnegie Institute and later resold at auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George T
Olver
Carnegie Institute
Campbell
Philateiphia
Tobacco shipment valued at seven thousand dollars linked to British tobacco firm
Norfolk Virginia October 21 A shipment of priced tobacco and cigarettes to be valued at 7000 dollars from Lingham North Carolina to the Anglo American Tobacco Company of Great Britain was examined by a justices panel. The case involved a conference between the collector of customs and a district attorney with Washington officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Alweany
Lewis
Departaent of
Justies
Washington
Balloons Parade Over Cloudland in Transatlantic Crossing
The Pommern and other German and American balloons lift from St Louis in a dramatic ascent toward the sky. American flyers and crews maneuver above the grandstand as spectators cheer. The Pommern pushes north, while the St Louis and Lotus balloons trail, with the race turning toward France as currents shift and the crowd follows the airborne spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grondat
Lewis
St. Louis
St Louis
Alan
Hawley
United States
Amerlcan Wallada
Ameria
Bones of Penneys Found in Frisco Mountains
Mrs Armenta Penny received a call from her son in Frisco Beaver County reporting the bodies of her husband Fae W Penny and son George Penny found in the Frisco mountains. They had been missing since November 14 1838 after a prospecting trip. A prior confession by a pedlar named Rolson Harper led to a murder charge but no conviction. Recovery party found ash and bone fragments near a canyon, matching items the Penneys carried.
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Kunoyli
Wil
Del
Armenta Penny
Dd Wyard Penny
Frisco
Beaver County
Hushand
Fae W. Penny
George
Wah Wah
Springs
Auar Frisen
Pauney
Big Sun
Rolan Ouwed
Harper
Pauneys
Shunea
Ran
Pilicera
Arizona
Wells
Mnarder
Mining and Smelting Men Rise Over Ore Freight Rates
Old Mexico era miners and smelters protest proposed federal tariff changes to ore freight rates. Railroads push a new rating system claiming increases from 100 percent to about 50 percent, with average hikes around 40 percent. Critics warn many mines may close if rates rise, threatening production and regional jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexica
Mkly
Colmis 8
Leeeunnasian
Wil
Hines
Fertornd Sarift Commission
Union Pacific Pursues Coal Line Project in Rock Springs Region
Uncertain dispatch notes Union Pacific acting to exit coal business, with plans to build a 20 mile branch from Rock Springs northward. Report references earnest intent and legal assurances as the railroad restructures its commercial coal activities amid ownership concentrated in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wey
Union Pacife la Earnest
Rock Springs
Independent operators plan coal ring with branches and mines
Independent operators outline a main branch with four laterals forming a ring spanning about six miles. The venture, named Valna Pacific, aims to build a protective ring for surface coal from independent operators and will open 26 mines along the route. If not for Union Parke’s withdrawal from the commerce field, independent coal would compete directly with the large railroad mines at Hock Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valna Pacific
Optora
Rove
Union Parke
Courmereis
Competiton Swith
Hock, Springs
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Watson-Tanner Clothing
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Manila
Por Five
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Union Paelae
Cvynse
Ilurlinan
Inetr
Stenain
Tomosrow
Vnlun Pacific
Paxlea
Lavestiins
Pennsylvania
Cloudland
France
Pommern
Pommers
Labm
Foxtie
Arery
Ballenis
Frei
Ald
Bulleus
Sind
Dagschlorff
Joan
Abercorn
St. Lain
St. Lois
Louis
Allan
Alton
Up. DL
Ravelly
Tnt
Dashaele
Geo. F. Caye
Beckers
Becker
Archer Braw
Cabinal
Becker Brewing & Malting Co
Breker Brewing & Melting Co
Ogden, Utah
Age Waa
Edward
Meico
Union Pacific
Bryanc
New York
Wm. J. Tyan
Cooper Maloun
Toiay Bir
Bryn
Aupmlause
Clinton Hiyl
Tolegrie
Inter-Mountain Tailoring Co
25Th Street
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