Plan to Promote Secretaries in Diplomatic Service
President Taft approves a plan to improve the foreign service by promoting legation secretaries to ministers through a new examination board. The system grades secretary posts by difficulty, requires thorough exams in languages and general knowledge, and aims for fair regional representation.
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Taft
Knox
State Department
Abassy
Jpse
Legation
Bate
Department of State
Foreign Service
Gt le
Warships in Port Sunday at Norfolk Va
Nine battleships of the Virate sect arrived off Old Point and anchored for a weekend drill. The fleet will sail south tomorrow with many crew changes noted, and preparations continue for two weeks of maneuvers before Christmas as new personnel join from Washington and training ships.
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Norfolk Va
Virate
Navy
Virginia
Animal Schroeders
Wy York
Washington
Fatally Scalded At 107 A Russian Dies In Brooklyn
An aged Russian resident died in a Brooklyn hospital tonight from burns received during a distressing incident involving hot soup. The death follows reports of an upsetting accident at home earlier in the evening.
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Burns
New York
Samuel Epstein Orn
Russia
Frooklyn Hogptal
Watch Quality Emphasized by Trusted Jewelers
The note highlights buying a watch from a regular jeweler as crucial as obtaining a well made timepiece from Waltham. It asserts Waltham’s reputation as producing a premier watch and urges discerning buyers to seek quality and reliability from established dealers.
Waltham Watches Advertisement Reminder
A wartime era public notice urges buyers to request Waltham watches adjusted to temperature and position, advising consult with a jeweler when purchasing two or more to ensure proper accuracy and reliability.
Accident Unusual One Passenger Hurt On Pay Enter Car
Potts a Republican official and a member of the Association of American Government Accountants was injured on a pay as you enter car at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. A swinging door struck his leg, breaking bones in both limbs. He was rushed to George Washington Hospital for a two hour operation.
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Carl Potts
Association of American Government Accountants
George Washington Hospital
Cara
Fourteenth Street
Potts
Pitteenth
Penneylvanie Avenue
Suffrage Rally at New York Hippodrome Draws Big Crowd
The Ladies Shirt Waist Makers Union and suffrage backers packed the Hippodrome with 800 plus attendees. Mrs Oliver Belmont and Anna Shaw led as speakers on self help and equal deals for women, while labor voices framed the push for a square deal akin to men.
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New York Hippodrome
Square
Anna Shaw
Washington Post
New York
Hippodrome
Oliver H P Belmont
Rangetikel
New Zealand
Julius Hopp
Coddington School of Art and Drama
Alexander Irvine
Belmont
Political Equality Association
Union Laborites
Rowe Pastor Stokes
Bill Coakley
Mgr
M J Lavelle
St. Patricks Cathedral
Heman
Frederick Nathan
Consumers League
Irs ‘Rangetikel
Maxwell
Public
Robert Erskine Ely
Political Education League
Ross Pastor Stokes Mas Cleveland
Civic Forum
Caroline Dexter
Schneiderman
Womens Trade Union League
Anita Bloch
Simon Potlait
Russian Defence League
Albert Abrams
Central Federated Union
Meyer Landon Lennora O Rely
National Association For Womens Suffrage
Carpenter Finley Arrested In Stripped Street Spree
Samuel Finley a carpenter was arrested shortly after 8 pm while strolling Elliott Street in a state of undress. The sleepwalker claimed he remembered nothing after gazing at Sunday supplements and was later taken to Casualty Hospital for examination. A friend offered to fetch his clothes as his family awaited him elsewhere.
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Samuel Finley
Elilett
Ashe
Strotl
Casualty Hospital
Finley
Finley 5
Roosevelt Hunt Nears End With Elephants Proud
Correspondent reports Col Theodore Roosevelt and R J Cuninghame arriving at Naivasha after a long hunt. Roosevelt says he and Kermit are proud to have each taken an elephant while unaccompanied by experienced handlers. The party proceeds toward Londiani and Nairobi with plans for further hunts and travel to Uganda and the Nile, amid official greetings and railway milestones.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Col Roosevelt
R. J Cuninghame
Naivasha
Roosevelt
Kermit
aMciais
Lord Delaméra
Lord Dilamere
Njoro
Woman from abroad denies residency claim in gown case
A blond young woman, Eleanor Terradell, arrived by ship with gowns and faced a probe over her status as a foreign resident. An inspector warned of perjury if she lied about living abroad two years, and she reconsidered signing an affidavit. Evidence showed she sailed from New York on the Deutsch lant July 23 last year and faced further questioning by Deputy Surveyor Smythe. Elliott F Shepard offered to swear she had not been in the U S for two years, but the case moved to Tuesday for formal explanation.
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Lingene
Fitbhe
Washington
New York
Eleanor Terradel
Amerika
WS Conrow
Eliett F Shepard
Miso Terradell
Shepard
Conrow
Mina Terradell
Miss Terradall
Deutschlant
Trenit
Misa Tarradell
Smythe
Sam
Col. Shepard
Elliott ’ Shepard
Cal Elliott F Shepard
Vanderbit Hea
Curt 1 Gruner
Norwalk
Conn
The
London Statist
Camra
Tarsiga
Telatives
Department of Commerce and Labor
House
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Henry Clay
Otis
Boston
de Witt Clinton
New York City
David Stuart
Tir Senate
Senate Laberal
Incomplete sentence about Brescia Shepard accident and divorce
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Brescia Shepard in an automobile course incident causing a broken collarbone and a divorce petition involving Mira Shepard and Alfred Potter. further details are garbled and unreadable.
Triduum at St Dominic's Opens Clerical Sermon Series
A triduum for the Immaculate Conception preparation began last evening at St Dominic's Church under the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Dr D J Kennedy O P of the Catholic University preached the opening sermon and will deliver the discourse again this morning and tomorrow at 7 o'clock. The exercises close Wednesday with general communion at 7 30 o'clock.
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Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Dominic's Church
D J Kennedy
O P
Catholic ‘University
Wardlaw Murder Case Deepens with Insurance Ties
Essex County police chase a complex web linking Ming Virginia Wardlaw to her aunt Mrs. Snead’s murder motive centered on life insurance. Key papers include a grant of policy rights to an invalid grandmother, with investigators gathering documents from New York Life and notes on a drugstore package. The case prompts a weekend hearing and ongoing forensic stomach analysis.
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Washington
New York
Essex County
Ming Virginia Wardlaw
Bavex County
Dcay W M. Snead
Fletcher Snead
Snead
ME Whidlaw
Dilrd Avenue
Princeton
Miss Wardlaw
Oesy Wardlaw
Martin Snead
Martha Elizabeth
Werdlaw
Wardlaw
Ocey Wardlaw Martin Snead
New York Life Insurance Company
Wml Cummings
Eclet
Norman R. Haskell
Nett
Virginia Ward
McKensie
Newark
Sneads
Wilhelm
Nashville
Tenn
Fletcher W Snead
Mra Ocey
Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Uncertain Names Mark A Fragmented Local Notice
A garbled OCR style listing many names and places without clear events. It mentions Jacksonville Gur Nuggat Horteon and various names like Charley Paine Magdation Grave G Orilene Juarez and Anne McGee, lacking cohesive action or date.
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Seymour Beutler Roal
Hofman Jack
Ferrier
Jack Nonnaly
Gabiegram -Auverin
Aira Lighthouse ‘the Wrestlar
Anne McGee
Governor appeals to Taft for liquor law enforcement help
Governor W R Stubbs sent an appeal to governors nationwide urging cooperation to compel the internal revenue department to adopt and enforce regulations stopping bootleg liquor dealers in prohibition and local option states. He also sought audience with Taft.
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Apedal
Washington
Topeka
Kana
Dec
WR Stubbs
Internal Revenue Department
Taft
Aid for Export Trade Needs United States Support
James Franida Burke urged the Manufacturers Association to boost foreign markets for American goods. He urged a larger American built and manned merchant fleet, expanded shipping facilities, and American banks and warehouses worldwide to overcome a $400,000,000 trade balance deficit and keep wages high amid fierce competition, stressing aggressive U S trade policy and canal and inland waterway development.
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York
James Franida Burke
Manufacturers’ Association of
Thin City
Burke
Burks
England
France
Germany
Japan
Far Haat
South America
United States
Lawly
Panama Canal
Apf
Stats
The Senate power and procedure in American history
A compact analysis of Senate rules compared to the House, noting longer terms, limited state representation, and unwritten norms. It describes filibuster usage, cloture debates, quorum counting, presiding officers, and the Senate’s enduring traditions shaping its influence and minority rights.
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Senate
Henry Clay
Stepuen A. Douglas
Hannibal Hamlin
Henry A Wheeler
Allison
House
Tne
Congress
Aldech
West Virginia seeks requisition for Virginia attorney general
Special to The Washington Post Charleston West Virginia December 5 Application made to Gov Glasscock by McDowell County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Smith for a requisition of Virginia Attorney General elect Samuel Wallume who is indicted in McDowell County for felonious assault. During a Welch trial Wallame allegedly struck Judge Joseph Sanders with a pink well. Glasscock has taken no action on the application.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Washington
Charleston
Hl Glasscock
Robert Smith
McDowell County
Samuel Wallume
Welch
Wall Fama
Joseph ‘M Sanders
Glaasrock
Roanoke Man Serves as Best Man at Lynetburg County Event
Mr Herbert Jonson of Roanoke acted as best man and ring bearer at a local wedding. The title holder Miss Barbera Dixon of Washington Dower served as bridesmaid. Mr Johnson is known as the sales agent for the Lynetburg Country Company of Lynebbare.
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Herbert Jonson
Roanoke
Blawerth Manr
Barbera Dixon
Wastington
Johnson
Lynetburg Fountry Company
Lynebbare
Marriage Secret Well Kept in Boston Event
An Allegany County attorney David Habb and Miss Ranch Stallings wed in Boston on March 8 at Broomfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev George F Durgin officiated. couple now reside in New York. Also reported is the Bedford Virginia wedding of Nannie Kavanaugh Mann to Marland Reiley Johnson at the Mapleside home of Mr and Mrs Frank Mann of Alderson West Virginia with the bride given away by her father.
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Washington Post
Cumberland Md. Des
David
READY TO BAIL COLLIER Policeman Convicted of Manslaughter
Jobe W Colter the policeman convicted Saturday night of the killing of Capt W H Mathews of the police department last March probably will be released on a 1000 bond. The jury found Collier guilty of manslaughter and his attorneys will seek a new trial on appeal. James Cotton, owner of Empire Laundry, will appear before the district attorney to offer to qualify a surety for 3900. End.
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Jobe W Colter
W H Mathews
Police Department
Collier
James Cotton
Empire Laundry Company
France buys aeroplanes in wartime arms push
The Washington Post reports that France's ministry of war ordered four Breguet type aircraft, one Bleriot, and one Anz?toinette. The Matin and Le Figaro indicate purchases including Wright Parmer and Bleriot planes, reflecting a broad military air acquisition.
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Matin
Ministry of War
The
Figaro
Ministry of Yer
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