Ballinger Asked to Resign Office
Washington reports say President Taft faced mounting Republican pressure to remove Interior Secretary Ballinger. Senator Crane's Beverly visit and talks with Ballinger fueled speculation that resignation could help the party, with White House officials wary of triggering a political embarrassment. If Ballinger resigns voluntarily or under pressure, Taft would likely accept. otherwise he would likely resist.
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Ballinger
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Ohio
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James Rudolph Garfeld
Seattle
Ballincer
White House
Crane
St. Paul
Norton
Baptism Highlight at International Bible Student Convention
Jamestown N Y Aug 3 about 6000 attend the annual convention at Celeren on Chautequa lake near Jamestown Immersion of 250 persons in the lake illustrated a Brenneisem Brooklyn lecture on baptism drawing thousands of spectators along the shore.
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N. Y
International Bible Student Association
Celeren
Chautequa Lake
K. W. Brenneisem
Brooklyn
Capt Allen Warner Dies Veteran Politician Linked to Flat Money Movement
Capt. Allen Warner aged 85 died at his home near Chrisman UL. Born in Marion county Indiana he crossed to California in 1849 and was a prominent political figure a quarter century ago associated with the flat money platform.
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Indianapolis
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Blue Vitriol Fire injures many in Philadelphia
A fire department wagon upset causing blue vitriol exposure injures fourteen people, mostly children. Two children are certain to die with several others believed fatally burned.
Mine accident claims 25 year old Sanders
Lewis Sanders of Knightsville was electrocuted at Ayr mine No. 2 when he touched live wires in the entry. He was 25, left four children. Nace, Indiana, Aug. 3.
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Knightsville
Len Ayr
Nace
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China Awakening Evident in Postal Service Progress
Sir Robert Bredon touring England notes dramatic reforms in Pekin and vast modernization across China. He cites new macadam roads, electric lighting, universal money orders, a continental postal network with 4 000 native offices, and a police force modeled on American lines.
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England
Robert
China
Tibet
Pekin
Wich
Kaiser’s “Great and Good Friend” Sparks Teapot Storm
Editorials in Germany debate the Kaiser's use of the phrase in a Nicaraguan address. The line, not his own writing, was a foreign office convention. Comparisons note Queen Victoria and Napoleon as examples of intimate or fraternal salutations by sovereigns.
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Mon Frere
Cleveland Ancestor Slave Finds Link to Grover Cleveland History
Westfield residents help trace Grover Cleveland ancestry revealing two generations of enslaved ancestors after arriving in America about two hundred years ago. Miss Rose Cleveland, sister of the late president, continues research from Guernsey Channel Island seeking to publish a new chapter of Cleveland history.
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English Channel
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America
Canada
Plan Washington Statue in Spokane to Honor Washington
Spokane branch of the Sons of the American Revolution plans a 100 foot reinforced concrete statue of George Washington in CHM Park Spokane. The monument to be completed by 1914 will rise 100 feet above the park and cost about 50000 dollars with unveiling ceremonies inviting the president and other notable national figures. The base will carry the inscription The M... Americans Let Every American Aspire to the Measure of This Man.
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Philadelphia
Quotable Dinners and Droll Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of humorous quotes notes Speaker Cannon’s crafty image at the New Willard as Jerome Mc Wade recalls a verbose Duluth deacon. It threads clever quips from Washington Star Chicago News Detroit Free Press and Harper's Bazaar, about money, virtue, and court room jests.
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Duluth
Brethern
Washington Star
Garden grafting plans provoke fruit novelty
A dialogue from New York Telegraph jokes about Professor Fad’s garden experiments grafting a straw plant with a milkweed to yield strawberries and cream. The exchange from the Detroit Free Press notes that a quitter often boasts after losing.
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Fad
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Welk
New York Telegraph
Return Receipt Act Clarifies Registered Mail Endorsements
Post office patrons are informed of new rules on return receipt cards for registered mail. Senders requesting a receipt must receive a delivery proof showing recipient and time, usable as prima facie evidence in court. Domestic registered mail should not end with receipt wording unless endorsed.
Henry Taft Leaves for Europe on Kaiser Wilhelm
Henry Taft brother of the president is among passengers aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm bound for Europe. His destination is Paris to join Mrs Taft for a health trip visiting Switzerland and Oberammergau where they will attend the Passion Play.
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