The Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda of Rangoon and Its Quiet Life
Rangoon’s Shwe Dagon pagoda dominates a square of temples and shops where Burmese worshippers and visitors mingle. The scene near the great stupa blends ancient teak shrines, jewelwork, and street life with Buddhist calm, market bustle, and a unique colonial-era mix of races and customs.
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Tarkoon Burma
Yooyar
Rome
Chermopylae
Hastaesar
Lower
Walstrom
Toda Flore
Mettin
Hid Fu
Tomenla
Rangton
Northcott at Bogota arrival and diplomatic note
Northcott the newly appointed American minister and his wife and son arrived in Bogota, Colombia, receiving a cordial greeting from a government representative. A bill restoring the rights of Don Digi Men doza Berez, former Colombia minister at Washington, previously declared a traitor in 1908, passed both houses.
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Bogota
Colombia
Frote Northcott
Don Digi Mendoza Berez
Olombia Munaster
Washington
Dr Huntington Sinking Rally Echoes Near End
Fragmentary notes describe Dr Huntington sinking amid a rally. Attendees remained attentive as the scene continued through the night with concerns that the end could come at any moment.
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Nahant Mies
Althaush
Rey de Weim
BR Buntington
Grace Cuvee
New York
Federal control needed a safeguard trade, Nagel declares
Secretary Nagel and Chicago railroad president Winchell address at National Travelers Association dinner in Chicago. Nagel says the government must balance protecting domestic industry with fair reciprocity, noting the push for tariff revision and the need to avoid weakening enterprises abroad by overbearing home restrictions. He argues for uniform national trade rules and cautious expansion to new foreign markets.
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Rock Island
Presieont
Chicago
Comerce and Labor
Charles Nagel
Benjamin F Winchell
H Vago Fock Island and Pacific Railroad
National Travelers Association
Nagel
United States
Pracy Bey
Association officers elected at St Louis meeting
The group discussed freight rates and operating costs with claims of declining earnings in some states and gains in others. St Louis was chosen as next year’s meeting site. Elected officers include President Frederic L. Grogs Milwaukee first vice president Frank Bartlett Chicago second vice president A Mergentheim New York third vice president Frank H Morse Milwaukee secretary J M Shvally Chicago.
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St Louis
Frederic L. Grogs
Milwaukne
Frank & Bartlett &J. Louis
A Mergentheim
New York
Frank H Morse
Milwaukee
J M Shvally
Chicago
Navy Reorganization Board Details By Secretary Meyer
Secretary Meyer disperses a new board to assist reorganization of the Navy Department. The group meets at the navy yard in Boston with Rear Admiral Swift in command and includes J M Foyer, Captain Charles J. Vreeland, Captain Sidney A. Staunton, Captain Frank Fletcher, Commander Roy C. Smith, and Lieutenant Commander LH Chandler. They discuss personnel and administration, potential promotion schemes, and the influence of information sources on the inquiry likely before House and Senate naval committees.
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Meyer
Navy Department
Navy Ard
Boston
Wake Iam Swift
Te Yard
J M Foyer
Navy General Board
Charles J. Vreeland
Office of
Naval Intelligence
Sidney A Staunton
General Board
Board of Constrution
Frank Fletcher
Vermont
Roy C Smith
Naval War College
Newport
LH Chander
Bureau of Navigation
Mdr
Chandler
Hay Hee
Meyers
Navy Yard
Audment
Mary Newberry
Thore
Navy
Hington
House
Senate Naval Committees
Newberryystem
Navy Yard Operaton
Newheny Plan
Amoy Rebels Active Amid Dynastic Turmoil in China and Argentina Report
Across Amoy China and Buenos Aires Argentina a mix of unrest and diplomacy unfolds. Chinese rebels near Amoy organize and recruit with arms while Argentine officials in Washington discuss a coup or dynastic dispute and the fate of prominent ministers.
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Mandalay
Shwe Dagon
By Frederic J. Haskin
Buddha Anises
Hohae
Yirae
Tommy Atkins
Ted
Indian Empire
Kipling
Rangoon
Empire
Evelustog
Sears
Barbirle
Britain
WI Rangon
Northcott
Huntington
Berond
Eweraeerhnie Iyc
Newberry
Iseman Bro Outfitters
Seventh and
E Streets
N. W
E. B
Strat
Georgia
Monument
Buenos Ayres
Tiuenos Aires
Argentina
Charles HP Sheraill
Amercan
Hay
State Department
Sethor Tang Hate
Te Talis
Legat m
Buenos Aires
Per
Sen
Polo
Amoy
Cooma
Niwas Praperhhb
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