World Peace Move Plans Friendship Between Nations
A Stamford Connecticut launch by Wilson L Gill to create child to child correspondence between US and Japan to foster peace. Leaders including Roosevelt and Cleveland support the plan with offices in New York. The effort aims to build mutual understanding and deter war through school city collaborations and international education initiatives.
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Stamford
Conn
Wilson L. Gill
LL. D
American Patriotic League
Roosevelt
Cleveland
East Twentieth Street
New York
Gill
Cuba
United States
Japan
Makayama
The
Normal College
Tokyo
Mukayama
American Protective League
E. E. Willard
Ernesto Nelson
West One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
New York City
Argentine Republic
Yale to Preserve Branford Doors as Historical Relics
Two doors from the Branford parsonage once used by Branford ministers in 1700 will be mounted in Yale University Library in a glass cabinet. Gifted by George Dudley Seymour, the doors survive from the old house and are the oldest Yale related relics.
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Branford
Conn
Yale College
University
Yale
George Dudley Seymour
New Haven
Linsly Hall
Chittenden Library
Branford House
Des Moines man defends Jap rice land leases in Texas
A Des Moines man defends Japanese leased rice lands in Texas noting locals oppose but praising the Japanese for higher yields and expertise. He asserts Japanese can raise twice as much rice with the same cost and expects more leases or purchases as they accumulate capital.
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Texas
T. M. Walker
Des Moines
Army officers sent to Tokyo as military attaches
Captain Paul Conroy and Lieutenant J. G. Mellroy of the Ninth Infantry and Lieutenant J. Cafferty of the cavalry are ordered to Tokyo as military attaches to study the Japanese language. Several Fort Sam Houston officers take Japanese lessons with two instructors assigned.
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Paul Conroy
J. G. Mellroy
Ninth Infantry
J. Cafferty
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Tokyo
Presidential eligibility and election basics primer
The piece explains that the presidency requires a 35 year old natural born citizen. A citizen may be native or born abroad to citizen parents. Presidents are elected by the electoral college, chosen by voters on a state ticket. The term lasts four years, and there is no constitutional limit preventing a third term, though a tradition of two terms exists.
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United States
Plan to Help Farmers by One Acre Experimental Farms
Representative Charles F. Scott of Kansas proposes 100 one acre experimental farms in four western states. Farmers provide land and labor under Agriculture Department guidance with no new appropriations. The plan aims to demonstrate best methods for corn, wheat, hay and other crops to boost yields.
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Charles F. Scott
Kansas
House Committee On Agriculture
United States
Scott
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Mr. Scott
Agricultural Department
International Mining Exposition Held in New York May June
The International mining exposition opens at Madison Square Garden from May 25 to June 30 under a recently formed exhibition company. It features seven departments including mining machinery minerals mining camps and ore deposits with aims to educate the public about the mining industry and dispel myths.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
United States
Rush to Rawhide: Nevada gold camp draws stampede
The Klondike rush is duplicated as 8,500 prospectors descend on Rawhide Nevada a desert camp midway between Reno and Tonopah. Four newspapers and three banks have sprung up, with buyers paying up to 75 dollars in Reno to transport seekers by car to Rawhide amid scarce lodging.
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Klondike
Rawhide Ney
Reno
Tonopah
Nevada Desert
Rawhide
State pins offer portable pride with map outlines
A new state pin doubles as scarf clip lapel pin or watch chain charm. Each pin outlines a state with stamped name and raised rivers and dots for capitals and major cities. Priced from 10 cents up, some pins include a diamond setting at the capital.
Rockefeller Attends Augusta Bank Reception for New Building
John D. Rockefeller visited Augusta Georgia for a reception hosted by Planters' Loan and Savings Bank to mark its new building. He left with a souvenir penny bearing Save me and you never will go broke. He quipped about the tobacco song reference while departing.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Augusta
Planters’ Loan and Savings Bank
Mr. Rockefeller
Nuisance named in playful banter at family gathering
A humorous exchange centers on how to address Mr Crossbar a trombone player. Uncle Charles declares there is no ideal label concluding he is a confounded nuisance.
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Gertie
Uncle Charles
Crossbar
Child Declines Cake Over Home Preference
Seven year old Richard visiting friends with parents refuses cake at dinner. Asked to say yes, he retorts in defense of personal choice, stating he only wants the kind they have at home. Light domestic humor reported by New York Telegram.
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Richard
New York
Telegreta
New maid praised as intelligent after quick revelation
A Pittsburg Post item recounts a brief exchange about a new maid. The employer questions her intelligence, she asserts she is intelligent, and then admits she was initially stupid, prompting a humorous twist.
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Pittsburg Post
Census Growing Clerical Force Prompts Political Tensions
Washington dispatch notes Congress plans to recruit about 3000 noncompetitive census clerks for the thirteenth census. The piece discusses merit versus patronage, intra party fights, and looming debates as states prepare to elect delegates to Chicago. It also touches on Tillman’s vagrancy bill and perceptions of Negro labor in the city.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Census Bureau
Senate
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Chicago
Tillman
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Remus
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Illinois
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Attorney-At-Law
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Farmene & Merchants
C. J. Wilson
C. D. Wilson
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