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Togo and Peace and the Taft Era Echoes
The article discusses a White House dinner honoring Admiral Togo and President Taft, highlighting U S support for Japan and peace efforts. It also covers Roosevelt’s steel merger stance, Countess Gusman’s nursing career, and critiques of the Pure Food Law enforcement, dress reform debates, anti cigarette campaigns, and public health concerns in Washington society.
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White House
Taft
Emaeor
Japan
Togo
Fast
Count Toge
Mitien
Gen Grant
Countess Gusman
Washington
Vicksburg
Florence Nightingale
Ratifying the Arbitration Treaties in Senate Debate
Discussion urges prompt Senate ratification of arms control treaties with Great Britain and France. Critics caution that enforcement still requires armies and navies, while business interests favor peace and continued free trade amid broader political quips and references.
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Great Britain
France
Senate
Court of Arbitration
War on the Cigarette Prompts Civic Anti Smoking Campaign
A newly formed Anticigarette League led by Dr. Harvey Wiley and allied with merchants, teachers, and religious groups has launched a campaign against boy cigarette smoking. Christian Endeavor members pledges to spurn courting smokers as part of the broader public effort.
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Imen
Anticigarette League
Washington
Campaig
Harvey Wiley
Pure Food Fame
Teague
Christian Endeavor Society
Davidson
Taft Portrait From Notre Dame Essay Credits Taft’s Character
Granville Fortescue describes President Taft in London Academy article noting his tall frame and capable mind. He emphasizes Taft's seriousness, slow decisive tempo, loyalty, hard work, and democratic charm. Fortescue calls Taft a peace advocate and praises his tempered leadership and global influence toward peace.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Ave Marie
Granville Fortescue
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
London Academy
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Comstock Wages War on Posters in New York
The New York American reports Anthony Comstock’s plan to ban billboard depictions of pistol play and bloodshed, targeting posters for plays like The Dancing Girl. Managers warn of court battles and possible confiscation of tens of thousands of dollars in print, while arguing posters omit the more vivid stage scenes.
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New York
Comstock
Thalia
Academy of Music
Sam Kingston
Toys as weapons in modern diplomacy
Princess Juliana of Holland, about two, allegedly rejected three Paris fashion dolls from a mechanized swan gift to her mother Queen Wilhelmina. The piece argues toys influence state relations, noting past royal toy gifts to czarovitch and princesses shaped diplomacy and that nursery play now guides budding ambassadors.
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Normandy
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China
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Russia
England
Spain
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Greece
Stowaway Fooled Officers To Cross Atlantic
A 15 year old lad from Przemysl Austria Hungary dodged deportation on Hillis Island by stowing away aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm I. With $35 in tips and seasickness kept in his cabin he reached New York, was spotted by a stewardess, and later questioned by immigration officials. His father, a wallpaper maker, and an uncle in Brooklyn are involved, with probable landing if funding and care are assured.
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New York Times
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Przemysl
Austria- Hungary
Hillis Island
Liberty Island
Nassenfeld
Hamburg
Wall Paper
Bremen
America
Brooklyn
Twins Strangely United In Wichita Department Store
Miss Marguerite Veail of Wichita and Miss Marie Freeman of Indianapolis meet by chance in a department store in Indianapolis and discover they are twin sisters separated about sixteen years ago. They reunite and plan to stay together after verifying their kinship. A second item reports candy grower Thomas Davy crediting a small black boring beetle as the chestnut blight cause, noting Pennsylvania's $275,000 legislative appropriation for investigation and control.
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New York Times
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Langhorne
Here
South Atlantic
Candy
Pennsylvania
Dog Day Scare In Jersey Town Involving Mad Dog
A frightened crowd dragged a suspected mad dog to the local society for the prevention of cruelty to animals rather than shoot it. The unkempt dog had tried to eat a bottle of mucilage, cutting its mouth and getting stuck on glass before dying away.
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Nature Fakers and Katydids Warn of Winter
A Mount Holly man watches rats use a cage trap, one rat holding the door with its tail to feed then escape. Bayside Long Island prophets claim summer ends Sept 14 due to katydid chirping. Kansas health board urges shaving cat fur to curb germs. In New Hampshire a milk dealer spots a young deer feeding with his cows then returning to the woods.
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New York American
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New York Herald
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State Board of Health
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State Board
Dr Deacon
Plymouth
Inter Ocean
Charles S. Milligan
Civil War era letters found in Harrington garret
Scraps and torn envelopes reveal Civil War time troubles in Delaware. J H Griffith discovered letters in an abandoned farmhouse garret, including a 1765 promissory note to George Mehin for two pounds ten shillings. One envelope bears Clarks Corner, Harrington’s former name. The collection will be given to the Delaware Historical Society.
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Memorial to Early Explorers in the Brooklyn Regio
Rep Robinson of Arkansas has introduced a $3,000 proposal in Congress to fund a new edition of Frank Bond’s map of early U S exploration routes. The chart, exhausted from demand in schools and libraries, would produce 100,000 copies and serve as an educational memorial to nation-builders.
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Frank Bond
General Land Office
United States
Robinson
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Congress
Interviews from Raleigh reveal international views on America
A compilation of remarks from visitors in Raleigh covers Australia’s skilled work demand, wage comparisons, and living costs. It includes opinions on U S Japan and China, plus political notes from Comanche Oklahoma and Tennessee figures, and an anecdote about a pear shaped ring tied to Louis Philippe royalty.
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Robert 8. Sinclair
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New South Wales
Raleigh
Orient
China
Japan
America
Mr. Sinclair
United States
Ike
National Quorum Buster in Congress Speaker Cannon
The speaker notes the need to bring a Texas matter to the House before the baseball hour, arguing it is important and should be addressed while many members are present. He jokes that the hour for baseball will quickly empty the chamber, and asks for full attendance planned for the discussion.
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