BLAGKMAR G. A. R. HEAD WILL MEET NEXT IN DENVER
Gen Wilmon W Blackmar of Boston elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the national encampment. Denver chosen as 1906 site. New officers named including John E Gilman and Charles Burrows. Race question and voting franchise debated. Sons of Veterans gain membership growth noted. Civil War nurses and women’s groups report progress and donations. Parade and ceremonies conclude the encampment.
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Boston
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Colo
Blackmar
John E. Gilman
Massachusetts
Charles Burrows
New Jersey
Henry Holcomb
Pennsylvania
HE. B. Stillings
Gen. Blackmar
James Tanner
New York Department
Col Shotts
Col. Shotts
Waener
John R. King
Washington, D. C
Department of Maryland
George W. Cook
Colorado
King
George W. Patten
Chattanooga
Department
Mmissar
Army Nurses’ Association
Sons of Veterans
Ar- Amizatiml
A. R
New England
National Council of Administration For
Ira G. Jordan
Bethel Me
John F. Hersey
Springfield
Mass
Edmund D. Riley
Hartford
W. F. Martin
Dunham
Decatur
Ill
Arthur & Spink
Providence
Adjutant General
Fred Bolton
Treasury
National Alliance of the Daughters of Veterans
Prsons
Woman’s Relief Corps
Mechanic's
Mary &. Gilman
Gov. Bates
Collins
Clara Barton
Annie D. Warne
John C. Black
Sarah D. Winang
W. BR. C
Lucius Field
Veterans’ Union
Gould
D. W. Gould
Chelsea
Union Veterans’ Union
F. H. Gillett
Pythians elect officers and hear encampment bids
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias elected officers for two years including Charles E Shively as supreme chancellor and Charles A Barnes as supreme vice chancellor. Invitations from New Orleans and Nashville for the next encampment were heard and a vote on the meeting place will occur tomorrow.
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Louisville
Syupreme Lodge
The
Knights of Pythias
Charles E Shively
Richmond
Ind
Charles A. Barnes
Jacksonville
L. H. Farnsworth
Salt Lake City
Utah
R. LC. White
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas 3. Mears
Winnington
N. C
Atarma
Cyrus W. Hall
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Inner Guard
J. T. Haggard
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Supreme Outer Guard
J. W. Thompson
Washington
D. C
Board of Control
C. F
Neal
Chicago
Carnahan
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Supreme Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
Pythian Sisterhood
Detroit
Churchill Downs
Covington
Kokomo
Tariff Wall Injury From Dumping Clause Described
Special correspondence from Sidney Nova Scotia outlines how imperial tariff plans and the dumping clause raise costs for Nova Scotian merchants and consumers. The piece notes geographic trade disadvantages, efforts to reduce reliance on the United States, and calls for a simpler uniform tariff system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Raftery
Washington Post
Sidney
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Canada
United States
New England
Interior Provinces of
Uncle Sam
Nova
Cape Breton
Halifax
England
Germany
The Three August Sales Publicizes Trade Debate
The notice extols aggressive sale pricing and urges economic links with the United States while detailing Nova Scotia political attitudes toward reciprocity with the U S. It contrasts anti American self interest with pro imperial tariff support and argues for buy from US machinery and goods to spur local capital and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
United States
Ottawa
Halifax
Sydney
Dartmouth
Maritime
Foreign wine consuls pressure grows over reports on methods
War on American consuls over State Department orders to report in detail on the preparation and shipment of wine destined for U S markets. Agriculture and Commerce departments back anti adulteration enforcement triggering foreign producers to bitterly oppose consular inquiries. No formal protests yet, but government vows to defend agents where personality does not affect actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
WHERE FILIPINOS WILL STUDY
One hundred Filipino students brought to the United States for a four year course of study will be distributed among many schools and colleges across several states. Institutions named include the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia and MIT in Cambridge among others.
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Philadelphia
School of Industrial Art
West Chester
State Normal School
Trenton
N. J
Meriden
Cornetl University
City High School
Cumberland, Md
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lexington
Secretary proposes wireless alarms to prevent forest fires
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson announced plans for a wireless telegraph fire alarm system in government forest reserves after a West trip. Prof. Moore will inspect the Black Hills to report on feasibility as an automatic flame heat detection service. Taft era context noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wilila Moore
Weather Bureau
Black Hills
The Volunteer Organist Origin Story Revealed
Sam Walter Foss claims to have discovered Victor H Benke as the original of The Volunteer Organist and parodies the Bowery Mission volunteering incident that inspired his poem The Volunteer Organist The tale traces Foss as librarian at Somerville public library and links a New York Sun notice of Benke s death to the creation of the poem and play.
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Sam Walter Foss
Benke
New York Sun
New England
Victor H. Benke
the Sun
Bowery Mission
New York
Dave
Ezra
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Mags
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Kansas
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National Council of Administration
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Maine
Roach
J. C. McClure
Inds
National Association of Army Nurses of the
Price
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Troy
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Gettysburg
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Lydenville
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Bellwood
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Rahway
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Bry. Orpha Bruce
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South Dakota
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Elia Craft
Rochester
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Chilton
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Haley
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Root
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the Alleghanies
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N. 3
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Virginia Ave
Beach
C, Mitchell & CO
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Travelers Hotel Exchange (Inc
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A. P. Cope
San Marcos
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Baoklet
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Jackson
Virginia
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Allantia
Chas
Prettyman
Qweer
Prom Lyman J. Watrous
Buz
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Ocean Pier
Puesta
J. Paul Kilpatrick
Sterling
Varoum
A. Manuee & CO
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Josiah White & Sona
Shelburne
NL J
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John C Goshler
Colwyn
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Connectiogtare
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Ocean View
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A&s
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Arkansas
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Petween' Ph
Rand Beach
Sun
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Carrollton, Firs Pear
Shepard
Cocalico
Ephrata
A. Lamborn & CO
Country Board
D Phillips
Forest Glen
LEGO
Blue Ridge
Cornelia Jefferson Taylor
Charlottesville
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Addie A. Johnson
Newspapre
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