Senate Tusl e in Taft Nomination Fight Rocks U S Senate
In December the Senate clashed over Taft administration nominations. Democrats blocked an executive session while Republicans aimed to vote on routine posts. A roll call sparked a rapid exodus from the chamber as GOP members counted votes and joked at the disarray.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Army
Cullom
Martin
Martine
New Jersey
Johnston
Alabama
Root
Poive Out Colored People in North Georgia
A white led movement to force African Americans from North Georgia counties after Cummins riots grows, prompting appeals to Governor Brown for state troops to restore order. Women were attacked. hundreds driven away, crops left ungathered as notices warn residents to leave or face death. Fire Victim Found in Pittsburgh Ruins
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Atlanta
Noth Georgia
Cummins
Brown
Burglary attack ends with three dead in New Jersey
Monday report states Mrs. Frederick of Clifton bound and gagged by two burglars frees herself and disables them by throwing them from a window. Other items note a deadly collision in Sewaren, Mexico's foreign minister predicting peace, and various political and social notes.
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Frederick
Clifton
N. J
Atlantic City Express
New Jersey Central
Sewaren
Taft names Risberg to succeed Wiley as chief chemist
President Taft designates Dr Carl Risberg to replace Dr Harvey W Wiley as government chief chemist. The British government proposes a war vessel bring Whitelaw Reid’s body to America. Mrs John Quigley Thompson causes a scene smoking on deck aboard a Pacific Mail ship. General James Allen urges a strong aviation corps in his annual US Army report. The Interstate Commerce Commission calls for greater rail passenger protection in its annual railroad report.
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Carl Risberg
Harvey W. Wiley
Whitelaw Reid
America
John Quigley Thompson
Washington
Pacific Mail
James Allen
United States Army
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor-Elect Sulzer to relinquish New York offices
Governor-elect Sulzer will give up his office and residence in New York and become a voter in Albany. The brief notice outlines a transition as he leaves current duties.
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Sulzer
New York
Albany
Jest Fore Christmas in Eugene Field Poem
A humorous ballad in dialect about Willie Bill’s pre Christmas mischief and moral hopes. Willie compares family names, enjoys sled rides and a yellow dog, endures a whipping threat, imagines being good before Christmas, and recalls grandparental and parental remarks.
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Tather
William
Will
Willie
Bill
Fauntleroy
Four Day Conspiracy Trial Highlights New Albany Case
Report notes a four day trial in Indianapolis about a dynamite conspiracy. Two suffragists entertain crowds in New York by painting a club house in overalls. A Harlem mother fears her missing daughters vanished in the East River. Eastern railroad managers offer wage concessions to firemen if they drop a plan to add a second fireman per locomotive.
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Indianapolis
West Eighty-third Street
New York
Harlem
East River
Eastern Railroad
South Carolina Governor Reacts to Arkansas Pardon Decision
Governor Blease praised Arkansas Governor Donaghey for pardoning 369 convicts in protest of the convict lease system. He warned that without prison reforms and abolition of the hosiery mill at the penitentiary, South Carolina could face a similar fate, signaling potential action by the next legislature.
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Columbia
S. C
Blease
Donaghey
Arkansas
South Carolina
Governor to Issue Christmas Pardons and Paroles
The governor, in a bid to reduce prison crowding, prepared Christmas pardons and paroles. Expected to release 32 convicts, including 16 murderers, potentially exceeding Thanksgiving releases.
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Losis
Gloucester Woman Seeks Return Of Child In Navy Case
Mrs William J Bell of Charleston South Carolina arrives in Gloucester City New Jersey to claim possession of her 28 year old child from the aunt Mrs J Marshall The husband reportedly took the child last August and enlisted in the navy now in Turkish waters Prosecutor Boyle has been appealed to for action.
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Gloucester City
N. J
William J. Bell
Charleston
S. C
Lincoln
J. Marshall
Gloucester
Marshall
Boyle
Record Breaking Traffic On Pennsylvania Main Line
Altoona Pa December 19 1907 extra brakemen hired to handle freight traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad main line. Thirty added to the middle division and 30 at Harrisburg. December 1907 averaged 5800 cars a day. so far this month the average is 6300 cars a day not counting eastbound business via Tyrone instead of Lewistown.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Tyrone
Lewistown
Governor Donaghey Opposes Arkansas Convict Lease System
Governor Donaghey emerges as a key executive figure opposing the convict lease system in Arkansas. The stance signals political friction with supporters of the program and frames debate over penal labor policies in the state.
Ambassador Reid Dead After Illness in London
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador to Great Britain, died in Dorchester House London following months of asthma and exhaustion after returning from America last October. He had been unconscious since Saturday night and died shortly after midnight with his wife Mrs Reid and daughter Mrs John Hubert Ward present along with four doctors. He had pressed on with his embassy duties until Friday afternoon and relinquished control only on Saturday.
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Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
America
Dorchester House
London
Reid
John Hubert Ward
Three Miles of Grain Ships Blockade Buffalo Harbor
A fleet of 56 freighters anchors along Buffalo outer harbor with about 15 million bushels of grain, mostly wheat, valued near 20 million dollars. An additional 26 ships are in the inner harbor awaiting shipment, plus another similar number expected from upper lakes as navigation resumes.
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Buffalo
Soda Water Quenches Fire at Birdsboro Print Shop
In Reading Pa on December 19 a blaze at Harry Hart’s Birdsboro printing establishment was fought by a sharp clerk who grabbed a 1 gallon soda water tank from a nearby drug store. He directed a stream of soda water onto the flames, helping to quell the fire.
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Reading
Harry Hart
Birdsboro
Pittsburg Bachelors Scared by Marriage Boom
Pittsburg report from the marriage license bureau shows 1912 leap year records for marriages. Bachelors vow to stay near their clubs until after January 1 as the year ends.
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Pittsburg
The Gobi Desert Route Through Time
The Gobi spans several regions and hosts the oldest caravan route. For 3,000 years tea and silk caravans traveled toward Asia, from Kublai Khan’s era to the railroad era, marking vast journeys across deserts and the evidence of ancient trade.
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Gobi
China
Manciurka
Mongolia
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Kublai Khan
Rules of Parcel Post for Perishables and Prohibited Items
The parcel post system limits perishable items by container type and distance. Eggs may be shipped long distances if securely packed, and fresh meat is limited to the first zone. Prohibited items include intoxicants, animals, explosives, inflammables, live poultry, and obscene material. Books and printed matter must use third class rates.
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Hitchcock
Farm wealth of country reaches nine and a half billion
Final estimates show the value of 11 key crops at 9.532 billion for 1912. Government figures indicate acreage and prices as of December 1, with total farm wealth including crop and animal products placing crop value at 6.127 billion and livestock value at 3.295 billion.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Fire destroys wash house at East colliery mine
In Girardville Pennsylvania on December 19 a fire swept the wash house at the East colliery of Philadelphia and Reading near the town. One hundred miners were working underground when the blaze broke out and were safely withdrawn as crews contained the fire before it reached the breaker and interior works.
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Girardville
East Colliery
Philadelphia & Reading
Veteran Henry West Dies of Starvation in Chicago Room
Chicago reports Henry West age seventy a Civil War veteran died last night from starvation in a sparsely furnished room. A note in the room recalled his war service and his honorable discharge amid recent poverty.
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Chicago
Henry West
A Cousin Introduction in Vienna Letters Amplify Ruin
An account of an Austrian effort to secure introductions for a pianist Rubinstein in Vienna. The Russian ambassador at the Prussia court provided letters to celebrities but yielded little result. After reading the letters aloud, the envoy tore them up, concluding the futile venture.
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Berlin
Vienna
Prussia
Lavee
Rubinstein
Rutheen
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