Taft Addresses Washington Relation of Professions to Government
Taft speaks at the University of Pennsylvania on the present relations of learned professions to politics and government. He argues the ministry, teaching, medicine, and law shape public life, praising Washington's leadership and urging moral public service.
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University of Pennsylvania
George Washington
Philadelphia
William H. Taft
United States
Washington
New England
Congregational Church
Roosevelt
Taft
Japan
Lincoln
Grant
Great Fleet Returns Home from World Cruise
President Roosevelt reviews 16 battleships in Hampton Roads as they end a 42 227 mile voyage around the world. The fleet visited 20 countries and 26 ports, with minimal desertions and sustained by 100 000 gallons of oil. The voyage demonstrated naval efficiency and highlighted needs for colliers and supply ships for long range operations.
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Roosevelt
Hampton Roads
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Maine
Alabama
Sperry
Connecticut
Evans
Emory
Thomas
Magdalena Bay
Philippines
Straits of Magellan
Suez Canal
Port Said
Dardanelles
United States
Morocco
Amoy
China
Japan
America
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Manila Bay
California
Department
South America
San Francisco
Pacific
Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Rescinded Post Office Closure Delights Mt Jackson Residents
Mt Jackson residents rejoice as Washington officials rescind an order to close their post office on February 27. The village traces its founding back 150 years, with Butler and Sharon nearby reporting related civic actions and public health updates. A mad dog scare prompts strict quarantine in Foster township, while Sharon and Mercer county petition drives push for local option legislation in Harrisburg. Improvements totaling 150000 dollars are planned at Stewart Iron Co. blast furnace including a steel traveling ore bridge and upgraded storage and unloading equipment powered by electricity.
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New Castle
Mt. Jackson
Washington, D. C
Bradford
Foster Township
Wright
Bell's
Sharon
Stewart Iron Co
Disappearance of Ellsworth Educator Ends With Suicide Note
A week after Prof. Reed St. John vanished, an aerie ballot box held a note signed by him saying Do not look for me I have gone to heaven. St. John age 25 was a well known Ellsworth schools principal and educator in the county.
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Washington
Reed St. John
Ellsworth
Eagles’ Aeries
Burglars Loot Bentleyville Store After Barricaded Exit
In Bentleyville, burglars announced their intent to work in the store upstairs to merchant M H Goldstein. Goldstein tried to flee but the criminals blocked doors and ransacked the shop as he raged.
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Washington
M. H. Goldstein
Bentleyville
Goldstein
Duquesne to See Steel Mills and Research Building
Citizens in Duquesne welcomed a revived report that United States Steel Corporation will fund six more mills 14 open hearth furnaces and a new research building. The project uses the old merchant mill ground for the furnaces and places the research facility on a hill opposite the site.
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Duquesne
United States Steel Corporation
Harrisburg Senate Acts Include Wage Hikes and Underground Wiring
The state senate approved bills raising deputy factory inspector salaries from 1400 to 1600 dollars and authorizing underground placement of electric wires in third class cities. Other actions include tax on telegraph lines, railroads codification commission, and recovering municipal road improvement costs. House passed measures on city controller deputies, civil war pensions, historical works purchase, fertilizer labeling, constitutional amendments, and supreme court reporter pay.
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Harrisburg
State Senate
Thompson
Pittsburg
Magee
Walton, Greene
Waynesburg College
James
Luzerne
Buck Mountain
Sugar Loaf Township
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Fatal shooting during family dinner near McGarvey Station
Mrs Bessie Yingling shot her husband Blair Yingling during a quarrel at Margaret Fisher’s home three miles west of Altoona. The ball lodged in his head and is likely fatal. Bessie fled to the mountains with officers in pursuit. The couple had married only a few months. Blair is 23 and Bessie 20.
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Altoona
Bessie Yingling
Blair Yingling
Margaret Fisher
McGarvey’s Station
Bessie
Yinglings
Make Your Own Trail This Year
This piece urges choosing a personally meaningful path for holidays and recreation. It argues recreation shapes character and success, encourages initiative, independence, and choosing a challenging trail to learn resilience and the broader spirit of recreation.
Bumblepuppy Prophecy in Nyack Women Gather for End of World
A group of women in Nyack New York dressed in white waited for the world to end after a supposed prophecy by J Lee Spangler. He left town the day before and the women returned home to pancakes and routine, realizing that God does not employ a press agent and Barnum did.
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Nyack
N. Y
Spangler
God
Barnum
van Norden
Bull Rampage in Dublin Streets Ends in Canal Rescue
A bull escaped during a city drive in Dublin and charged into a cyclist, knocking down the handler and attacking the cyclist’s bike. The rider fled to a doorway, while the bull plunged toward the canal but was rescued in an exhausted state.
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Dublin
Why They Don’t Clap Near Perfect Woman Haunts Stage
A quip about Maude Odell describes the audience reactions as men gaze at her perfection while their wives restrain applause. The bit notes how the near perfect performer often exits to silence due to wife reprieves.
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Maude Odell
Market report quotes across cities and commodities
The market summary lists prices in New York Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburg for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs with bid and asking ranges and noted steady money rates on call and mercantile paper. The data reflects regional prices for grains meats dairy and livestock futures across February 24.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
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