Wright Named War Secretary Pick From Memphis General Wright to Lead War Dept
The President selects General Luke Wright of Memphis to succeed Taft at the War Department. Wright, a proven doer, is popular in the army and seen as capable and patriotic. Critics will object only from partisan rivals. The move signals confidence in a capable administration and shifts within the executive branch. The selection draws mixed reaction from party adherents about political balance and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wright
Rouiervelt
Taft
War Department
Luke Wright
Memphis
Philippines
Tokyo
Wright
Tong
Toledo Blade
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Short-I guess you couldn't let me have ten dollars
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a personal dispute over borrowing money and hints at moving on. The text resembles a chatty news snippet or column filler with scattered quotes and slang. Entities are minimal and no clear event, place, or organization is identifiable.
Republican Tariff Policy Endorsed by Platform Leaders
The piece argues for tariff revision by a special session after the next president's inauguration, endorsing protectionist duties to cover production costs and a reasonable American profit. It stresses balancing high rates to deter foreign competition with enough domestic protection to sustain industry, wages, and jobs, while warning against unchecked foreign influx and monopolistic practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Congress
United States
Philippines
Anda
Publc
New York Press
The Horrid Thing in London Streets
A fragmentary item notes Clarence telling a minister not to kiss Cordelia, with a quip about charging half the usual fee. Scattered odds mention a Burbank of the West World patent and London’s 8,000 streets costing nearly 11 million dollars annually to maintain.
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Clarence
Cordelia
London
Trade Developments Favorable For Future Business
Developments are mostly favorable for future trade as crop prospects and harvests rise, boosting lending activity and investments. Holiday retail trade expands with lower inventories and attractive clearance sales, while wholesale markets see higher attendance and strong fall demand for dry goods and clothing. Bank clearings fall 20.1 percent for five days. Chicago district failures total 25, with six liabilities over $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Duis Review of Trade
New York Trade Confidence Tracks Seasonal Upturn
Midsummer quiet gives way to cautious optimism as fall business seems promising. Jobber orders are numerous but small, retailers cut prices early to boost consumption, and Western buyers' excursions are planned. U S failures total 246 for the week ending July 9, up from 236 prior, with Canada at 39 versus 28 last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
Commodity prices listed for Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and Toledo. Cattle and hogs show wide ranges, with cereals like wheat and corn priced by grade, plus oats, rye, butter and eggs. Notes include futures-like terms and month references.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
S. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Trade and Industry Notes on Bread Weight and Ore Movement
Over 150 loaves believed underweight have been seized by Minneapolis bakery inspector W D McCall as he tracks bakers selling short weight bread. Lake Superior ore shipments to reach about 22.4 million tons, modestly above 1907 levels. Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association met at Lake Barlow near Alexandria in a tent camp setting with large dining hall and sleeping quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McCall
Minneapolia
Lake Superior
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association
Lake Barlow
Alexandria
Larkes Carlos
Darling
Tolstoi Blasts Russian Executions In London Article
Count Leo Tolstoi denounces Russia’s government by execution in a London article. He condemns state crimes as morally worse than those of revolutionaries, urges reform, and offers stark self sacrifice imagery to shock readers.
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Leo Tolstoi
London
Russia
Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
Giants Pitcher McGingity Retires From New York Team
Baseball notes report Iron Man Joe McGingity will not pitch again for the New York Giants while offering a roundup of AL batting leaders, White Sox fielding, and racing results including Latonia Derby and Brooklyn Handicap.
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Joe
McGingity
Giants
New York
Boston
White Sox
Sox
Denver
Overland Park
Dode Criss
Princeton
Yale
W. P. Cray
Yale University
London
Dewey
Podd
Ringen
Tommy Burns
America
Sill Squires
Australia
Burns
Squires
Neuilly
France
Pinkola
Czar
Ordondo
Gravesend
Roosevelts Africa Hunt Plans and Press Law Clash
The article details a post office ban on newspapers deemed by postmasters to contain incendiary content. It notes President Roosevelt planning a 1900 Africa hunting voyage, with specifics on travel to Cairo and anticipated one-year duration. It also covers federal finance figures, the pure food law era, and legal stances on whisky and bourbon production.
Worldwide miscellany notes include fisheries expo and weather study
A varied clippings bundle covers Norway selling a Tronghjem exposition amid Snty and August, a Waldo Alaska fall, and a tire department clearing aid er water. It notes women as private switchboard operators, Gorky’s new tragedy, a Norwegian boat hearing fish via telephone, a maid’s letter over a finger injury. It also mentions German meteorology teaching, Reszke’s Opera House exit, leather horse shoes in Australia, a California pronunciation crusade, wasp rewards in England, cantaloupe advice, a swan rescue of a pigeon, Chopin notes, and Mozart’s requiem with 2000 francs.
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Norway
Tronghjem
Waldo
Alaska
Tire
Maxin Gorky
St. Petersburg
Novce Vremyn
Hanover
Sechleswig-Slulstein
Germany
Jean de Reszke
Bons
Arts Opera-house
de Reszke
Australia
Los Angeles
California
Luce Angel Ess
West
Hnayward
Horticultural Society
Wasp
England
London Standard
al Cantaloupes
New York
London
Count Grazyiuala
Chopin
Eduard Zeldenrust
Bossiat
Belliul
Mozart
Lablache
Viardot
Concert Society
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San Francisco Chronicle
Japan
China
Senate
House of Representatives
Bryan
Cleveland
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wong
Burbank
West World
Hicago
Tolsto
Czar Ad
Reason
Chicago Socialist
New York Call
Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
Senator Blatt
Imack
Beepow
Ite
Cairo
British East Africa
United States Treasury
N. W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Columbia Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Payne
Irene Committees On
Turle
Tari
Dayne
Secretary of Commerce
Labor Strang
Sergent
Montreal
Philadelphia
Latthmere
Reais
Hutch V. Cone
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
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