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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
8
Center Indiana tale recalls the House of Silence where nothing has changed since the death angel visited over 30 years ago. James Perry Mugg tends the 60 acre farm while memories linger in the home untouched by time.
Seven year old Harrison Putnam of Farmington fell 15 feet from a scaffold in a barn at his home on Saturday but escaped serious injury. The report notes no further harm beyond the fall.
Reports from Benghazi to Tripoli note Turkish success against Italian forces. Suffragettes in London receive lengthy prison terms for window smashing. Carroll county Virginia indicts eight Allen clan members for murder and conspiracy. Illinois National Guard deployed after Rock Island riot with police gunfire. Philip Hichborn dies by suicide in Washington amid domestic distress. King Victor Emmanuel hosts J Pierpont Morgan and Major Butt in Rome. Senate rejects Bayne committee critique of William Barnes Jr. and confirms Major General John F O Ryan of New York. Lowell strike and New Bedford wage rise. Delaware divorce granted to Madeline Bancroft. Paris market cheered by political optimism despite dull business. Roosevelt speaks in Detroit Kalamazoo Battle Creek Jackson Ann Arbor on business prosperity. Washington cruiser arrives at St Thomas with Knox aboard. Knox meets Governor Semptricht. Monsignor Kennedy visits with American citizens in Rome.
The text lists policies including forest reserve extension, National Irrigation Act, waterway improvements, Hepburn rate act, employers liability act, safety appliances act, railroad hours regulation, creation of the commerce and labor department, Pure Food and Drugs Act, Federal Meat Inspection, packing house inspection, naval expansion, global battleship deployment, state militia coordination with the army, and Canal Zone excavation work.
The list details 33 government actions and policies from a Roosevelt administration record. Highlights include Cuban restoration to Cubans, settlement of the Alaska boundary, reform of the consular service, antitrust prosecutions, sugar trust investigations, and arbitration treaties.
The piece argues for amendments to laws to allow clear legality of acts, regulate business to curb wealth inequities, and urges Republicans to embrace progressive reforms. It profiles Gen Hulings as a principled, charismatic candidate with mining ties in Mexico, urging voters to consider his Progressive Republican bid. It notes withdrawals of nominating petitions by several Philadelphia Republicans and mentions a poultry remedy advertisement at the end.
A Texas Taft campaign ad warns federal officeholders against independent preference and threatens patronage-linked influence. The piece cites Houston and the Texas Republican setup, detailing how H F MacGregor publicized the message to sway delegates while accusing Colonel Cecil Lyon of attempting to control officeholders.
A list of policy recommendations attributed to Mr. Roosevelt covers financial reform inheritance and income taxes a new employers liability act parcels post Sherman anti trust revision and controls on overcapitalization stock watering and federal incorporation of interstate corporations.
The letter from HH. F. MacGregor, Taft Texas Campaign Manager, denounces the state chairman as ineffective in Washington and predicts Taft's triumphant re election. It asserts loyalty to Taft and warns against disloyalty undermining Republican success nationally.
Tuesday reports say General Jonidas Plaza won Ecuador's presidential election. Meanwhile a 14 year old in New York killed his 3 year old niece with an unloaded shotgun by accident. Other items note a Manila oil storage plant fire causing about 1 million dollars in losses and Terra Nova nearing the South Pole.
Flood damages in Missouri Illinois and Kentucky run into millions. Washington notes March revenue surpassing expenditures by 10 638 000 lowering the deficit to 9 932 005. Supreme court allows interstate commerce to require water lines to report on intrastate and interstate work.
A Thursday report notes the Socialist ticket in Milwaukee was badly beaten by a nonpartisan coalition. Flood damage in the West surged. Congress approved a 250000 emergency appropriation after Taft sent a special message.
A Kansas Progressive Republican group formed after a state central committee rejected a primary for presidential preference. The Topeka based Roosevelt organization endorses Colonel Roosevelt as the constructive progressive standard bearer. It cites North Dakota primary victory as proof to shift party to a representative, direct primary system for presidential preference and delegate selection.
An ad promotes acquiring a Princeton Piano with no initial payment. Buyers choose a catalog style then pay $5.00 down and $1.50 weekly for 182 weeks to own the piano for a few cents daily, with no obligation to spend immediately.
Save one third off regular price on any Princeton piano with a factory direct approval plan. No interest, no extras, freight paid, 30 day trial, exchangeable within a year at full value, and paid up balance if purchaser dies. Flexible payments for all incomes with a month of Beautiful Princeton FREE.
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