New Appliances For U S Cavalry
The War Department outfits U S cavalry with weather proof pocket electric lights luminous field compasses and bayonets to boost efficiency for foreign service. Each troop commander receives a five inch pocket flashlight in leather while luminous compasses go to regimental and squadron HQs for night navigation.
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War Department
Foreign Service
United States Cavalry
United States
Washington
Cavalry Equipment Board
Rock Island
Turpin Pistol Found, Lawyers Probe Ownership
A horse pistol engraved to Dick Turpin was found behind a Banbury ceiling during restoration. Questions linger over rightful ownership as lessee, freeholder, crown, or treasure trove, with a $10,000 bid held in abeyance and unknown heirs to Turpin.
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London
Dick Turpin
Banbury
White Bear Inn
Drury Lane
Turpin
York
Baker
Prince of Wales
Ezekiel Baker
Whitechapel Road
Oxfordshire
Protect Navy Yard Workers Under Civil Service Law
Ten thousand navy yard mechanics will gain civil service protection when the executive order is signed. Current workers face no exams, but new hires must pass strict tests and physicals. A rule forcing returning workers to drop to the bottom of the eligibility list could hinder strikes.
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Navy Yard
Tift
Navy Department
Civil Service Commissioners
Navy
Massey Chosen as Nevada's New Senator
W A Massey former Nevada supreme court chief justice accepts United States Senate appointment to replace the late George Nixon. Massey is 56, a Ohio native, with Eve Massey a leading Nevada lawyer and former state legislator. George Wingfield declines the seat to stay connected with eastern financial interests. His father was an army surgeon who served in the Civil War.
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W. A. Massey
Supreme Court of
Nevada
United States
George 8. Nixon
George Wingfield
Oddie
Ohio
Florence Massey
New York
Eve
Taft to be notified of nomination at White House
President Taft will receive formal notification of his nomination at the White House on August 1. Chairman Hilles and Senator Root organize the event with the notification committee in Chicago, the ports overlook the ellipse and Potomac. The president may travel to Beverly after the notice and plans a late fall trip to Hot Springs, Virginia, or remain in Washington if Congress is in session.
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Taft
White House
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Senator Root
Chicago
Washington Monument
Potomac River
Beverly
Congress
Washington
Hot Springs
Hymn Moves Uncle Joe Cannon at Cape May Meeting
During a visit to Representative George D. McCreary in Cape May New Jersey former Speaker of the House Uncle Joe Cannon met Edgar Page the author of Beulah Land Several friends were present When the hymn began Uncle Joe joined the chorus and the camp meeting Methodists sang with gusto His baritone Oh Beulah land drew tears as he recalled the hymn doing more good than muckraking magazines multiple times
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Uncle Joe Cannon
George D. McCreary
Cape May
N. J
Edgar Page
Beulah Land
Close of Congress in Sight Aug 10 Adjournment Plan Formed
Congress leaders expect both houses to adjourn by August 10 at the latest with August 3 as a likely earlier date. After resolving the Lorimer case and deferring Archbald case to November they see a plan to wrap up soon.
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Congress
Lorimer
Archbald
Weds Sixth Wife at Seventy in Louisville
Benjamin F. Sanders aged seventy in Louisville Kentucky married his sixth wife Mary Dixon. Sanders a retired farmer, spoke of his new union and the ceremony.
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Benjamin F. Sanders
Louisville
Mary Dixon
Sanders
Clements Opposes Court Review of ICC Orders
Judson Clements interstate commerce commissioner spoke to the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce opposing bills to empower courts to review or orders of the commissioner on questions of fact. He warned that granting this power would end the commission's usefulness.
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Washington
Judson Clements
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
German War Airship Z Ill Joined Metz Frontier Post
The latest Zeppelin airship Z Ill completed an eighteen hour endurance and speed trial, recording 49 miles per hour. The war department took it over and it will be stationed at Metz near the French frontier.
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Berlin
Germany
War Department
Metz
Deputy Slain and Troops Ordered From Boone County Clash
In Charleston West Virginia sheriff White requests troops after a deputy is killed during a clash with striking miners at Peytonia. Several thousand armed miners gather on the ground and further violence is feared as authorities move to restore order. Also, a transport ship arrives with the body of Lieutenant S B West of the Sixteenth Infantry frozen on a Nome trail. Home is Concord New Hampshire.
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Charleston
W. Va
White
Boone County
Peytonia
Alaska
San Francisco
Sheridan
Sixteenth Infantry
Nome
Concord
N. H
Plan et depth record far Pacific near Mindanao
The steamer Planeto, while measuring Pacific depths, reported a record depth of 32 600 feet or more than five miles forty miles off Mindanao's northern coast according to a Manila message.
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Pacific
Berlin
Steamer Planet
Pacific Ocean
Manila
Mindanao
Bishop Warren in Danger in Denver Pneumonia Stricken
Bishop Henry W. Warren of the Methodist Episcopal church, stricken with pneumonia, is reported in serious condition at his Denver home. The ailment came on a few days ago and a medical watch is kept. The bishop leads a prominent religious community in the city.
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Warren
Denver
Col
Henry W. Warren
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pere Marquette Records Burned in Detroit Fire
Fire at Pere Marquette railroad offices in Detroit destroys upper floor records and damages portions of the office compacting the record rooms. The blaze began in July and consumed the ram storage. Authorities investigate the cause and assess property loss.
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Pere Marquette Records
Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette Railroad
Darrow Juror Set to Return After Illness
Los Angeles July 24 Indications were that Juror L A Leavitt, whose illness paused the bribery trial of Clarence S Darrow, would be well enough to resume duties today.
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Los Angeles
Cal
L. A. Leavitt
Clarences. Darrow
Hall's Catarrh Cure payment promise in 1886 affidavit
Lucas County Ohio affidavit by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason verifies the oath dated December 6, 1886. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials and sales through Toledo druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Yall
Not Finished Quote From John Randolph On Adversary
Fragmentary excerpt recalling John Randolph defending his own errors in chronology and misquotations. The speaker admonishes an opponent not to overreact to supposed faults. Clear attribution to Randolph hints at a historical parliamentary or rhetorical setting.
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John Randolph
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