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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1907

Page

12

Treasury Plan Urges Retirement of United States Notes

Comptroller and Treasurys Treat push reform to retire greenbacks and replace with national bank currency. Plan envisions selling bonds, issuing a 2 percent banking bond for 40 years, and creating a central bank to back a unified currency with gold reserves and limited national notes.

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Exclusion Policy Talks With Japan Aim at Passport Changes

Ambassador discussions at the White House and State Department reveal Japan plans new passport controls to ease exclusion. US Ambassador OBrien pressed Tokyo against issuing numerous Japanese passports, while Japan’s Ameassador Akstering delivered a cautious reply. President Roosevelt appears inclined to support cautious exclusion measures this session to avoid straining Japan relations.

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Attorney General urges reforms on indictments and appeals

In a Congress report Bonaparte calls for judges to scrutinize indictments before jeopardy and extends U S criminal appeal rights to earlier stages. He proposes simultaneous testimony in multiple districts, expanded receivership, broader court process authority, and a new DOJ building plus staff. Eighty one opinions issued in the year.

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Peonage laws urged for repeal or amendment by attorney general

In a report to the Attorney General Charles W Russell recommends amending or repealing state laws that enable peonage and involuntary servitude. He cites vagrancy, contract, and labor statutes used to force workmen, white and black, into servitude, urging changes to prevent abuse and uphold workers’ rights.

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May to Panama and reassignment of American legations

Henry Coleman May of this city, formerly connected with the American Legation at Hasna, Cuba, is named by the State Department secretary to the legation at Panama. John H. Gregory Jr. of Louisiana becomes secretary of the legation to Salvador and Honduras and will accompany Percival Dodge, the new Minister to Salvador and Honduras. Dodge, promoted from secretary at Tokyo, visited the State Department for final instructions. The rearrangement shifts duties among ministers, with Merry focusing on Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and Lee handling Guatemala, Honduras, and related affairs.

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Railway Mail Service urged to grant yearly paid leave for clerks

The Post Office Department and the Second Assistant Postmaster General propose reforms for railway mail clerks including paid yearly leave, extended duty extensions for substitutes, and disability leave during illness or injury. The canvas report notes total year costs, accidents, and proposed changes to aid affected workers in the eastern railway postal service.

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European medium Para ding Beea astonishes science thirty five years

A famed European medium described as Para ding Beea has perplexed scientists for thirty five years. Reports recount seances across Europe, investigations by Clammarion, Schiaparelli, and others. An Cambridge test exposed possible trickery, questioning genuine phenomena.

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Medicine Men and Cures in African Traditions

The text describes traditional healing and sorcery practices among Southern Workmen and East Africa. Magicians diagnose disease through ancestors, use offerings, cupping, and ritual killings as remedies or punishments, with methods like marking the culprit and using sacrifices to sever the evil influence.

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Woman Runs a Mouse Farm Feeds Demand From Abundant Rodents

Abbie Lathrop of Granby Massachusetts manages a growing rodent farm employing more than a thousand rats and mice. She markets these as pets and for medical and research use, shipping monthly to universities and hospitals, with a rising demand that now outpaces supply.

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Absentminded Congressman Williams Bits of Folly

A historic note portrays John Sharp Williams of Mississippi as the House minority leader famed for absentminded lapses. Tales recount he invited guests to dinner without telling his wife, and once locked out, leaving her sealed in a room for hours until a messenger freed her.

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Licorice Root Cultivation and Trade Details

Licorice root thrives best on the Mean jar plains and is superior to varieties from Syria Mesopotamia Caucasia Siberia or China. Cultivation is limited with October digging by peasants and May to June drying reducing weight. debrix and bagetts grades are valued. United States is the main consumer, importing licorice paste for tobacco flavoring and medicine. about 100 tons valued at a substantial sum enter annually.

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