New British Cabinet Is Formed Under Asquith Era
Special dispatch outlines cabinet reshuffle after Morley and Fowler depart to become peers. Chancellor, Lord Buckle, and Winston Churchill noted in colonial roles as the new government weighs dissolution and appeal to the country for a mandate. A busy post reorganization eyes India Office and key treasury changes amid ongoing political maneuvers.
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Morley
Fowler
India
Cabie
Washington Fost
Herbert Asquith
Earl of Wtar
Es Tear
Admiralty
Reginald Ban Prsident
Board of Trade
Wwinster
Tilthea Catthas Flaim
Macation
Shequer
David Foune
Rye church mourns deaths in distant notices and obituaries
Fragmented obituary items reveal multiple deaths and memorial notices across regions. Names such as Toney Randall, Eva Ty, and Juba Mul appear with scattered dates and addresses, noting survivors and funeral plans amid a collage of unreadable lines.
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Enon
Ryemenpal Church
Suuuli
Pest
Toney
Randal
Phila
Resii
Lear
Joseph
Adelphia
Funeral Directors and Undertakers Linked to Local Parlors
Directory fragment lists multiple undertakers and embalmers including R Wright Co at Erabalawre with pricing notes, Os North 379, and Frank Geier's Sons at 112 Seventh St NW. Also mentions George P Zurhorst funeral parlors at 301 East Capitol, with livery services and telephone numbers.
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Os R. Wright CO
Erabalawre
Eon
Soma
North
Eran A
Sheane
Esa
Iene Phos
Sergeon
Suverma Technt
Orto R
S. Cain
S. Cain, R Wo Embaumer
Irtheast
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
Dern Chapel
Nergy
Geo. P. Zurhorst
Uscartaker
East Capitol
Fire Rages Through Chelsea and East Boston Slaughtering Homes
A deadly blaze sweeps across Chelsea and East Boston, destroying a wide swath of homes and factories. Thousands forced from their houses, amid collapsing churches and city hall, as oil tanks explode and crews struggle to save the water front. Two unknown women are found dead amid the ruins. Martial law is declared. hundreds of militiamen arrive to guard streets and aid homeless families.
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Cartywey
Chelsea Bridge
Boston
Heston
Hoston
St Boston
Essex
United States
Shurtleff Granmar School
Shurtleff Street
Elis Hwlding
City Hall Square
Park and
Washington Streets
First Baptist Church
St Luke's Episcopal Parish
First Unitarian Church
Hawthorne Rest
Ernaber
Congress
Venarss
Shuttlere Sirvels
Maverick
Truim
Austin & Young
Shawmut Avenue
Maverick Jang
Revere
Tidewater 1 Company
Portsmouth
N. A
Lowesterrath
Chelsea Square
Sixth
Library
Bellingham Streets
Oil Company
Chelsea Creek
Wadsworth Street
Boston Fire Department
East Boston Works
Standard Oil Company
Chelsea
Essex J Street
Water Front
Magee Furnace Company
Austin & Young Biscuit Company
McGrath
Hssex
Highland Streets
Watts Street
Broadway
Mile Square
Cypre
Third Streets
Croesing Wilow Street
Second Street
Middlesex
Willow
Boston Albany
New York Central Railroad
Rogton and Maine Railroad
Tha Ets
Tidewater 671 Company
Fifth Infantry
Highth Infantry
Fifth Corps
Coast Artillery
Marine
Charles Shill
Celtics
Commonwealth
State Board of Charity
Draper
Bosten
Salvation Army
Associated Charities
É&C
Park Union Park
City Hall
Charlestown
Rock
Massachusetts
Mystic River
Welcome to the Pacific Fleet Visit in San Diego
The Atlantic fleet nears San Diego led by the Connecticut with Admiral Thomas. Four days of festivities include a Tuesday reception, a Wednesday parade and formal exercises, gold medals and a banquet, fireworks, and public entertainments for 5,000 sailors and officers. Citizens present gold tokens and a knife for Admiral Evans, with many ceremonies planned at Hotel Del Coronado and city venues.
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Admiral Evans
San Diego
Cal
Coronado Beach
Coronado
Thomas
Hotel del Coronado
Gov. N. Gillet
State of California
John F. Forward
Cty of
Admiral Thomas
Fbyvans
Sperry
Tmery
San Pedrro
Cafornia
Hughes Pleads for Bills in Utica Rally
Governor Hughes urged support for anti-race-track gambling bills in Utica while 3,000 constituents cheered from the audience, calling on Senator Ackroyd to back the measures. The packed Theater audience, including clergy and laymen, echoed the governor’s stance as the event filled the Sabbath with fervor.
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Washington
Utica
N.Y
Joseph Acroyd
Ackroyd
Temcinsures
Oneida County
Ajustie Theater
Tramps Loot Railroads Amid Rising Trespass Losses
Sparlat reports in The Washington Post that the Pennsylvania Railroad lost 423008 last year due to thefts by tramps. In 1907, 4156 trespass arrests were made on Pennsylvania right of way, 446 men arrested for cem trespass, and several shot or injured while trespassing. Railroads plan concerted action to curb the nuisance ahead of state railroad commissions' annual meeting.
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Sparlat
Washington Post
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
British drop cotton plan in Mississippi Delta
The Lancashire cotton spinners abandoned plans to buy cotton growing estates in the Mississippi Delta due to restrictions against aliens owning real estate. The Cotton Spinners' Association had set up a committee to form a company to control a U S cotton plantation following the British delegation's visit last year.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire Cotton Spinners
Mississippi Delta
Cotton Spinners’ Association
United States
Beans Ferment as Gas Builds from Undigested Fibre
The text notes that certain beans are not hot enough to break down fibre, preventing digestive juices from accessing them. As a result, the beans ferment inside and generate gas.
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van Camp
Priest Attacks Jacob Riis House Settlement Work
Rev Father James B Curry of St James Church on Manhattan's East Side condemns social settlements urging morals reform instead. He questions charity use and fairness noting most funds go to workers and claims downtown residents suffer from misrepresented conditions. He targets the Jacob Riis House as an example and warns parishioners against involvement.
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Washington Post
New York
James B. Curry
St. James
Iather Curry
Father Curry
Ice Floe Chaos Sinks Grand Lake Sealer Fleet
News from St John s Newfoundland reports the sinking of the steamer Grand Lake of the sealing fleet after being crushed between two large ice floes. Two hundred and fourteen crewmen escaped to the Vanguard, with a 20 000 seal catch valued at 130 000 dollars sinking with the ship. Newfoundland and other sealers were damaged but afloat after repairs.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Vanguard
Grand Lake
Iceland
Ranger
Algerine
No Procession in Lisbon Palm Sunday Ceremony Given Up
Lisbon reports that the Palm Sunday procession was dispensed with due to recent attacks on clergy in the streets. The new Parliament will review Premier France's decree, adopt the 1908-09 budget, and set the royal civil list, while elections are being verified across Portugal.
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Lisbon
France
Bishop Walters Attacks Roosevelt Over Brownsville Affair
Special to The Washington Post from New York April 12 Bishop Alexander Walters head of the AME Zion Church denounces President Roosevelt for the Brownsville affair and declares that art is unfit to be the negroes presidential candidate because he is allied with Roosevelt in a plot to discredit the race for political ends. Some attendees voiced disapproval as Rev Dr Parkes urged the meeting to focus on education of the race.
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Washington Post
New York
Alexander Walters
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
New York City
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Parkes
Lrace
Enamored suitor shoots girl then kills self
In New York on April 21 Billa Vass a Hungarian carpenter shot Julia Szilagzi at her East Third Street home after she refused to accompany him to a concert. He wounded her then killed himself. The incident ends with the tragedy surrounding the rejected admirer.
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New York
Billa Vass
Julia Szilagzi
East Third Street
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