Taft weighs retrocession suit to reclaim land for District
President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham discussed testing the constitutionality of retroceding Virginia land back to Washington, with Alexandria County and D C residents pressing for the action. If suit proves impractical, alternative steps will be sought to allow growth and preserve the Potomac riverbank.
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Virginia
En Lal
Wickersham
White House
Pridar
United States
Tartanat
Wado
Erecentis Hanomis Taslar
Alexandria County
Washington
Petitians
Aft
Department of Justice
Thorne- Gas
Conger
Nurgima
Potoemse
Leistiter
Stonehenge Estate Sale Aims to Preserve Relic for Nation
London reports Amesbury estate owner Sir Edmund Antrobus plans private sale of Stonehenge area with a clause to preserve the historic stones for the nation. Rumors of American purchase attempts are denied as efforts mount for the War Department to acquire the Salisbury Plain section adjoining the standing stones.
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London
England
Stonehenge
Amesbin
Edmund Antrobus
United States
War Department
Salisoury Plain
Ten Thousand To Wife Of A Day In Estate Case
Mrs Margaret Thi val Tae Yas Chicago artist, pursued by a crowd of distractors, begins to claim her share of a large estate amid marriage events. De Vaux, her husband of many years, still loves his young wife despite the marriage’s strain and a $10000 bequest is noted in the proceedings.
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Washington Fox
Margaret Thival
Chicago
Grove Tno
Mira
Vaux
Mexican Rebels and Exiled President Headlines
Fragments report leaders of the Northern Rebels under Pascual Orozco and a deposed president and wife. Notes mention Madero winning the presidency and list cabinet names like Emilio Campa and Antonio Rojas. Rebels in the field are called the Tiger of the North.
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Pascual Orozco
Madero
David DE LA Fuente
Hureta
Emilio Campa
Ax Orozco
Seneen
Ynez Salazar
Antonio Rojas
Ay Ovoxco Caneral
President weighs Texas troop buildup and Congress role
The figure of 10,000 troops for Texas by March 4 is cited but the President has no immediate plan to send a formal message to Congress. Friends say Congress should decide on precautions and near-term deployments, while the President believes Congress is already advised to determine its own course.
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Texas
Congress
Mexic
Mexico
State Department
Four Thousand Soldiers Ordered to Galveston Camp
About 404 soldiers were ordered yesterday to Galveston Texas and nearby ports for possible mobilization to Mexico. No immediate move to Mexico is planned, but a strong show of force is intended to deter aggression and reassure allies while President Wilson seeks guidance from Congress. Transports Sumner Kilpatrick McClellan Meade and Meade will shuttle troops, with cavalry on the flanks, as work continues on assembling the Fifth Brigade for Gulf passage.
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Tes
Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Thravak
Washington
War Department
New York State
Barth
Middle West
Gulf
Menxico
Rng
Gin Frederick A Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Robinson
Nebr
Fresilio
San Francisco
Carter
Chicago
Alexander
Fort D. A. Ruecell
Bng
Ramesey D. Potts
Marion P. Maus
Albany
N. Y
Sumner
Kilpatrick
McClellan
Newport News
Meade
Philadelphia
Fifth Brigade
United States
Madero
Seneric Ad for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
An old promotional text touts Senup Pepsin as a safe gentle laxative for infants and families. It claims quick relief from digestive discomfort, promotes healthy growth, and offers a money back guarantee with free samples via mail to Dr W B Caldwell at 417 Washington.
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Milia
Iup
Fannix
W. BR Caldwell
Washington
Memorial Ball Urges George Washington Memorial Hall
At the George Washington Memorial Association annual meeting in Washington, speakers urged a memorial hall here noting the cancelled Inaugural ball underscoring the need. Plans include a $2,006,000 fundraising goal with $110,000 cash subscribed and nearly $500,000 pledged. Officers and trustees were reelected. Sen. Elihu Root and other leaders joined the advisory board. The group seeks federal passage to set aside the old Pennsylvania Railroad station site for the building.
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George Washington Memorial Hall
Washington
George Washington Memorial Association
Fleury IF. Timock
I Street
Dimock
Senate
Congress
Charles J Bell
Joseph Foraker
Charles J. Bell
Damiel Manning
Albany
Charles W Richardson
Guernsey
Henry
New York
Frank Nortman
Elhn Root
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
What'll Stop Sour Stomach Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets Ad
An advertising pitch extols Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for sour stomach. It claims rapid comfort by sweetening the stomach arresting fermentation and preventing gas while noting physicians prefer the known digestants over patent medicines. The ad emphasizes reliability and low price at a ninepence or similar stake.
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Stuart
Titanic Suit Rules Allow Relatives to Sue Now
The U S circuit court of appeals ruled relatives of Titanic victims may file immediate lawsuits for full damages against the steamship line. The decision reverses an admiralty injunction, permitting heirs of the 1,600 plus passengers to seek claims before the April deadline. The total potential damages could exceed 10 million dollars.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Steamshin Company
Steamship Company
Admiralty Court
Strikers Given Sixty Years In New Jersey Case
Five of ten coal dock strikers on trial for the murder of Erie Railroad detectives were convicted of second degree murder in Hackensack on February 22. Justice Parker sentenced the five to terms totaling at least 60 years. The defendants, all foreigners, were part of a riot at Edgewater where the detectives were killed amid efforts to reach strikebreakers aboard a boat.
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Hackensack
N. J
Erie Railroad
Parker
Edgewater
May enter the cabinet possibility raised for Lehmann
Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis, former solicitor general, conferred with Attorney General Wick erham. After resigning last summer he was speculated as a potential Attorney General if the Democrats won the national election.
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Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Wickersham
Lehmann
Hamilton Starts For Home From Panama
Representative John M Hamilton of West Virginia, previously confined in Ancon Hospital with erysipelas, began his return voyage to the United States today from Panama on February 22.
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Panama
John M Hamilton
West Virginia
Ancon
United States
Elite Mastery Ball Tops Society's Night In Copley Plaza
One hundred ten society leaders from Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington danced and dined until dawn at the Copley Plaza ballroom. The event labeled the elite mastery ball cost at least 11000 with breakfast at 630 am. Hamilton Fishp of New York and Newport staged the base trot and the specially arranged horse tie while a Sherry's orchestra from New York provided music.
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America
Washington
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Copley Plaza
Oelock
Hamilton Fishep
Newport
Harvard
Ballinum
Sherry
Mrs C W Morris Sr Dead In Washington
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Wo Morris Sr are planned after a Friday night death at the home of her daughter Mrs Wood Cox 1398 Curara Street NW. Rev John Briggs will conduct the service tomorrow at the Cox residence. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Survived by two children Mrs Wu Cox and Charles Wo Morris. Her husband, a contractor, died in 1901. Born September 12 1847 in the city she had lived here all her life.
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Charles Wo Mu
Mra Wood
Curara Street
John 1 Briggs
Fifth Baptist Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Wor Cox
Caraid Street
Charles Wo Morris
Five Remedies For Household Use By A Medical Manufacturer
An old time physician endorses Peruna and four other remedies for home use. Manalin and Manalin Tablets aid mild laxative needs, while Lacupla offers a vegetable alternative for blood and sores. Peruna and Peruna Tablets are touted for catarrh across head to lungs, with tablets convenient for travel.
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