Roosevelt Proclaims Expanded Forest Reserves to Guard Timber
President Roosevelt issues proclamations adding seventeen million acres to U.S. forest reserves and creating or enlarging thirty-two reserves. He argues swift action preserves timber from lumber syndicates and keeps land for homemakers and future generations, while Congress may adjust the law.
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Congress
United States
White Horse
Walth
Theodore Roosevelt
Sumner Sails To Hampton Roads Inspection Trip
The army transport Sumner arrived in Washington to take members of the House and Senate military committees to Hampton Roads for fortifications inspection. Brig Gen Murray leads the party with possible Taft and Maj. Gen. Bell. The Sumner, deepest draft riverboat here, will start at 1 PM due to night travel risks. return Thursday morning.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hampton Roads
Murray
Taft
Bell
Potomac
Fever Source Traced to Ships Water System
An investigation into the typhoid outbreak on the battleship Connecticut points to contaminated water pipes or faulty sterilizing work. The report notes the sterilizer operated all night, suggesting infection occurred before the ship, bound for the West Indies, left New York.
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Connecticut
Navy Department
New York
West Snates
Army Orders Show Widespread Assignments and Movements
A jumble of naval and army orders lists officers from First Lieutenants Cotchett Power and Ecker to Majors, Colonels, and captains, detailing reassignments, medical transfers, retirements, and station moves. Vessel movements note arrivals at Guantanamo and Mare Island among others, with several officers awaiting deployment or new duty posts.
Vermont Joins U S Navy As New Battleship Commissioned
Boston March 4 the Vermont was formally placed in commission at Charlestown Navy Yard. Lieut Commander Levi C Bartolette acting as commander and Capt William P Potter who will command the Vermont. Ceremony brief with orders read and flag raised. Silver service gift of the State of Vermont to be presented later.
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Comemand
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W. A. Marshall
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Marina Guard
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Militia Inspection Schedule Released by District Guard
Maj Lloyd M. Brett of the First Cavalry adjutant directs annual muster and inspection starting Friday with the Third Battalion First Regiment. March dates cover general staff Second Regiment and units across March 11 to 22 including the Naval Station aboard the U S Puritan. Capt Edward F. Riges and Capt C Fred Cook assist in the evening inspections.
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First Cavalry
District National Guard
Ambulance
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C. Fred Cook
Brett
Mail weight divisor rule ends Sunday bias in rail routes
Postmaster General Cortelyou issued an order to use the full number of weighing days as the divisor for calculating average daily mail weight on railroad routes. The change ends prior practice of using only working days, which favored railroads, and aims for fairness to both railways and the government.
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Post-office Department
Railroads
Congress
Post-office
Washington, D. T
Keeps Inspectors Moving
Secretary Straus orders immediate transfer of assessment inspectors between districts to increase inspection frequency of passenger carrying vessels in U S waters. Rotation aims to improve results versus remaining in a single district.
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United States
Straus
Maj Frank McIntyre reassigned to assist ant chief Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary Taft reassigns Maj Frank McIntyre to the role of assistant chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. He was promoted from captain in the Nineteenth Infantry and has served as chief in the office for two years. The promotion leaves him unattached to a regiment and creates a captain vacancy, with plan to assign a regiment if he leaves the office.
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Taft
Maj
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Maj. McIntyre
Nineteenth Infantry
Why March Is the Most Dangerous Month
A historical ad-like note warns that March brings health risks due to seasonal change. It recommends fortifying the body with wholesome food and Father John’s Medicine as a spring tonic to strengthen the system and drive out poison, claiming it prevents colds and throat and lung troubles without morphine or stimulants.
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Father John
Helped the Baby With Father John's Medicine Benefit
A reader reports that Father John's Medicine aided a very thin child with bronchial trouble and notes the child is improving. The writer, Mrs. Kei Lehehr of First Ave New York City, also recommends the remedy to neighbors.
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Father John
Mra
Kei Ileher
First Ave
New York City
Social Gossip Says Presidents Privileges And Elite Circles
A society column details Washington lifestyle and presidential perks with a New York angle. It notes lavish White House arrangements, ten notable senator families in society, and prominent guests at opera nights including Mrs Edmund Randolph and Mrs J Pierpont Morgan. The piece also covers Miss May Van Alen, Boake Cockran, and a Boston trip by the President with a double christening at Capt Guy Murchie’s home.
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White House
Washington
Hepburn
Fower Circle
Edmund C. Randolph
Richard Stevens
New York
Countess of Strafford
William Douglas Sloane
James A. Burden, Jr
Adele Sloane
Sloane
J. Pierpont Morgan
Janet McCook
Adolph Ladenburg
James B. Hustln
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
Aiken
John J. Wysong
Alfred Kessler
Robert Goelet
Forsythe Wickes
Mis
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Critica
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Cockran
Cochran
Boston
Dr. Bigelow
Guy Murchie
Murchie
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Trinity Church
Church of the Ascension
Lawrence
W. H. Dewart
Donald
Trinity
Roosevelt
Gen Wood
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Wirt Deater
Guy Murchie, Jr
Robert Treat Paine
John
Longworth
Lea
Lea Fhansion
Essex Street
Newton
Brookline
George C Lee
North Shore
Lees
Norfolk Social Note Princess Alice Returns to Grandmother
NOVELIST MARRIED. Miss Des Skinner of Norfolk becomes bride of George Bronson Howard, magazine writer and novelist of New York. The bride, daughter of Capt and Mrs William W Skinner, met Howard in Baltimore. The marriage was hurried as Howard planned to go abroad for a year. they sailed last Saturday and will reside in New York upon return.
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Norfolk
George Bronson Howard
Washington Post
Heve
New York
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Norfols
William W. Skinner
Baltimore
Howard
America
King Edward Arrives in Paris Incognito
King Edward arrives in Paris from England to continue to Biarritz. Large crowd at the railway station but no official ceremony due to royal privacy. He will stay about three weeks, then join the royal yacht Victoria and Albert in the South of France for a Mediterranean cruise with Queen Alexandra.
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England
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Bristol
Biarritz
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France
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Alexandra
London
Sandringham
Empress of
Russia
St. Petersburg
Miss Ada L. Howard Dead First Woman College President
Miss Ada L. Howard died in Brooklyn New York at age 59 born 1822. She served as teacher at Mount Holyoke College and Western College Oxford Ohio and was principal of Knox College in Galesburg Illinois before guiding Wellesley College as its first woman president from 1875 until ill health ended her tenure in 1881.
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Wellesley College
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Mount Holyoke College
Western College
Oxford
Ohio
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Galesburg
Ill
Bridgetown
N. J
Howard
Stevens Named Temporary Head Of Isthmian Canal Commission
Theodore P. Shonts resigns as Isthmian Canal Commission chairman. John F. Stevens is appointed temporary chairman, with Col. George F. Goethals to assume full charge upon vacancies. Other engineers Gallard and Sibert will join as commissioners as vacancies occur. Taft to inspect Gatun locks on April 1. Stevens salary remains at 15000 dollars. Griswold sings for Kaiser. Minnesota battleship delivered to government.
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W. Leon Pepperman
George F. Goethals
Stevens
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Gallard
Sibert
Goethals
Colethals
Denene
Taft
Gatun Locks
Charleston, & C
Plague Of Consumption Spreads Across Continents
A leading doctor notes consumption rises worldwide, tracing many cases to neglected colds. He cites Concentrated oil of pine as a potential quick relief for respiratory issues, warning against impure patent medicines that can damage kidneys.
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