The President and the District in Taft’s Address
The Washington Post notes President Taft’s message to Congress urges stronger District authority. It calls for a public utilities commission, centralized school control, and expanded oversight of wards, public grounds, and parks to model the capital’s economy, sanitation, and reform efforts. It highlights revenue and debt plans, including support for extinguishing the municipal debt.
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White House
Taft
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National Capital
Public Utilities Commission
Virginia
Potomac
Willow
Board of Commissioners
Washington
Bedergl
Judson Dll
A Green Christmas Brings Quiet Comfort Across Regions
The scene juxtaposes urban bustle and rural calm as a green Christmas hints at milder weather. Citizens notice milder temperatures, and country hedges and cedars show a calm, hopeful winter landscape with a sense of beauty despite the season.
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Orrence
Yount
Bonlfare
Pennsylvania
Whitechapel
President's call for tariff revision and economy in policy
The president urges Congress to act on tariff revision while cutting appropriations to balance the budget. He argues economy will aid tariff reform, notes uncertain revenue, and backs strengthening the interstate commerce framework and canal fortification funding. The piece cites a Louisiana Supreme Court decision on freight rates as context for fair return and vessel of policy.
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Congress
Treasury
Panama Canal
Army
War Department
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
State Railway Commission
Louisiana
Railway and Steamship Companies
State Supreme Court
Commission
First Map to Bear the Name America and Whales with Whiskers
An old New York dispatch reports seized canned eggs from National Poultry and Egg in Aten son Kansas bound for Kings County Refrigerating in Brooklyn with 720 cans found spoiled and teeming with bacteria. It also notes a notional critique of price manipulation and living costs. A second feature discusses Prince Maximilian Waldburg offering to loan the Waldseemüller carta marina of America through President Taft, detailing lineage, historic maps, and the discovery of whale whiskers by Prof Roy C. Andrews in the Pacific and their exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. The article links these curiosities to debates on trade, science, and imperial generosity.
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New York
National Poultry and Egg Company
Atenson
Kans
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Eges
Prince Maximilian Waldburg
Taft
United States
America
Amerigo
Vespucci
Frederick
Society On Jesus
England
Ditton Hall
Nile
Amenca
Africa
Waldseemuller
Waldburg
Wolfaxe
Father Fischer
Great Lakes
iSpeke, Grant
Samuel Baker
American Museum of Natural History
Roy C. Andrews
Pacific Ocean
Andrews
Earth
Andrews’ Tafta
Ade Gallery of Fame to spotlight Hoosier celebs
The Indiana society's annual banquet will feature George Ade's Gallery of Fame with 63 notable Hoosiers pictured from youth to fame. A new fable titled I Knew Him When a Hoosier tale recounts how a Hoosier becomes a Chicago millionaire, illustrated by photographs unearthed from sealed trunks and dusty attics..Notables include Booth Tarkington Meredith Nicholson Albert Beveridge Charles Fairbanks Decrees Nesbit Shaffer McCutcheon Wells Dudley Foulke.
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Chicago News
Indiana Society
George Ade
Ade
Chicago
Booth Tarkington
Meredith Nicholson
Albert J Beveridge
Charles W Fairbanks
Joseph H Defrees
Wilbur D Nesbit
Johnn C Shaffer
John T McCutcheon
Ort Wells
William Dudley
Foulke
Tragedy memorials mark roadsides across Europe
Notes on roadside memorials in Europe describe crosses and stone markers at sites of murders and accidents. The piece discusses how Catholic and Latin countries place inscriptions for mercy, with examples like King William Rufus and Cade’s Stone, plus cases in England such as Bosworth Field and soapy Sam.
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Europe
England
William Rufus
Walter Tyrrel
New Forest
Dustless Tails on Cow in New York World
In a pristine Montclair barn a dairy owner ordered every cow tail sprayed with filtered water from an atomizer before milking. A sunlit dust particle led to the precaution, aiming to prevent contaminating milk as cows swing their tails during milking.
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New York World
Montcisir
M. 7
Tariff board cannot be separated from politics insists Emery
Prof Henry C. Emery of the tariff board says its weakness lies in future power uncertainty and warns against turning the board into a political football. He argues tariff policy remains political and must be decided by Congress while the board provides facts and knowledge to build broad confidence in any tariff plan.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Tari Board
Asist
Congress
Chicago Association of Commerce
Henry C. Emery
New Clew to Kipling from the Lahore Museum
Boston Transcript notes a “clew” about Rudyard Kipling linking his East knowledge to an elder Kipling who served as curator at the Lahore Museum. The piece imagines Kipling learning from a Tibetan lama, advising the reader that the artist’s modeling explains his portrayal of Eastern figures and Buddhist imagery.
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Boston Transcript
Kipling
Lahore
Lahore Museum
Rudyard
Kim
Divorce Action Over Rats Drives Man From Home
Charles Everson of Union township New Jersey seeks an injunction to bar his wife from keeping pet rats after years of nocturnal squeaks and nibbling in their Philadelphia and Elizabeth homes. He describes the rodents as intelligent, fond of his wife, and disruptive to his sleep, alleging they force him from their home.
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New York American
Charles Everson
Union Township
Union County
Everson
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Poultry Yard Aboard Welsh Prince Ship Reveals Egg Rich Route
George White first officer aboard the tramp steamer Welsh Prince says a poultry yard on the ship is profitable and serves fried chicken and fresh eggs twice weekly. The vessel, discharging at Bush stores in Brooklyn after a 40,000 mile voyage, carries hens and geese across a lower deck section. A goose laid an egg daily for twenty days during cold weather, while in Cebu geese fetched low prices. The ship also transported a skeleton whale and an alcohol preserved embryo whale to the Museum of Natural History, the former caught off northern Japan by museum agents.
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New York World
George White
Brooklyn
White
Philippines
Cebu
Sheppard
Japan
Museum
China Pork Exports Highlight World Food Trade
A Baltimore American piece notes two ships carrying 10,000 Chinese pig carcasses to Liverpool show China’s potential as an export food supplier. The voyage included 23,000 cases of eggs and 15,009 cases of poultry. The article also mentions possible U S leadership changes with William Sulzer and Champ Clark as leading Speakership contenders, praising Sulzer’s qualifications and New York’s backing.
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Celestial Realm
Liverpool
Great Britain
Lawa
James J Hil
Northwest
Lessie
Joe’ Cannon
House of Representatives
William Sulzer
New York
Champ Clark
Missouri
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Sulzer
Democrats of
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Committee On Foreign Affairs
Committee On Patents
How It Happened At Houston Fest
Tie showed braver under the bed during a life and death struggle with a burglar. He crawled under the bed believing the intruder was in the basement, facing danger to protect others.
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Houston
Tie
Christmas Shoppers and Royal Politics in Old News Echoes
A collage of verse on shoppers and a reflective piece on Rosebery and American politics. References to a dream of a 24 hour store and romanticized knightly images contrast with critique of moderation and foreign influence in politics. The poem threads through fashion, commerce, and public figures.
Reflections on Asiatic Immigration and Views of Visitors
A Washington column presents Col John P Ith and Col Irish arguing that Chinese and Japanese immigrants are capable workers. It praises Japanese labor discipline, education, and morality, while urging closed doors to Asiatic immigration on equal terms. Also quoted are notes from Adam Littlepage and Jerome Huff on economic and agricultural reforms.
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Pacific Coast
John P Ith
California
Pacife
San Francisco
Japan
Advocating Better Roads and Local Auto Travel
A series of pointed paragraphs argues for up-to-date roads in the Midwest and West. It cites gravel and macadam needs, farmer support, and the rise of automobile clubs driving demand for improvements. It urges forming good roads clubs in every county and criticizes pompous officials. It ends with reflections on daily grind and human foibles.
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United States
En Arlington
Iowa
Lever
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