Cortelyou appoints Hitchcock first assistant Postmaster General
George Bruce Cortelyou returned to the Post Office Department as head and Frank H Hitchcock of Massachusetts chosen to be First Assistant Postmaster General. Robert J Winne formally handed office to Cortelyou, with Weaver named private secretary and a small ceremony held for the oath.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
H. C Weaver
Ohio
George Bruce Cortelyou
Post Office Department
Cvierk
Robert J Winne
Mortelyou
T E Roach
Vir Winne
Cortelyou
Wass Hinds Grace
Helen Cortelyou
Elmer Dover
Weaver W S Shallenberger
Edwin Maddenshird
John J Howley
Charles Conrad
Dover
Cortelyuu
New York
Hitchcock
Parishioner for Consumptive Healed by Father Johns Medicine
Rev Father Pontur of La Fargeville reports a parishioner deemed incurable by doctors has improved significantly using Father Johns Medicine. He notes the remedy is free from opium and morphine and contrasts it with risky cough syrups and balsams, claiming fifty years of use.
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la Fargeville
N . Rey
Joseph Pontur
St Josephs Parish
Father Johns
Father Pontur
Johns
John
John QC Brien
Cabinet Oath Taken In Routine Ceremony
Secretary Taft paused en route to the White House to attend a cabinet meeting. Chief Clerk Schofield notified that he was incumbent and John Handolph, War Department notary, was summoned. The secretary raised his right hand and took the oath, in the presence of Private Secretary Babcock and William McNeil the assistant librarian and notary.
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Hay
William McNeil
Babcock
Taft
White House
Schofield
Oda
John Handolph
War Department
Secretaries Rise in Diplomatic Posts Amid Washington Nominations
The President sent to the Senate multiple nominations including Charles H Treat as Treasurer, Charles W Anderson as collector in New York, Alston Grayton for a district judgeship in West Virginia, and John Ridgely Carter to London as ambassador with Wadsworth and Einstein in supporting secretarial posts. Dayton expected to assume district judge duties soon, while salaries cited show first secretary at London earning 2602 yearly and other ranks lower. Carter, a Baltimore native and diplomat in London, is depicted as highly popular in diplomatic circles.
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United States
Charles H Treat
New York
Charles W Anderson
Bulgaria
Henry P Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Lisbon
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District of Columbia
Roumania
Serva
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Register of Land Office
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Las Cruces
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Italy
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Wadsworth
Louis Einstein
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Parla
Bernard Carter
Baltimore
Trinity College
Hartford
Thomas F Bayard
England
Court of
St James
Henry White
State Treasury Department
Consul General at Dresden Appointee Well Known
St John Gaffney of New York appointed consul general of the United States at Dresden Germany. A well known Washington associate and friend of the president, he preferred Dresden to a South American post and has long visited Europe. The New Yorker was educated in Ireland and at Clongowes Wood, came to America in 1882, and was admitted to the bar in 1889. His wife, a noted writer and reform advocate, has led the National Council of Women and contributed to magazines on women’s education.
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Massachustis
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F Teeter
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Eriducuy
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Ohio
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White House
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New York
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International Congress of Women
London
Fon
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American-Irish Historical Society
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Gaelic Society
Negroes Look To President At Washington Conference
The closing session of the Washington conference on the race question met at Metropolitan Church. Bishop Abram Grant presided and urged cooperation among white Northerners and Southerners with African Americans to solve the race problem. A committee was formed to approach President Roosevelt about a national commission to study every aspect of race relations.
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Metropolitan 4 Me& Church
Prof & A Johnson
Shaw University
Raleigh
Abram Grant
Bishop Grant
Robert Reyburn
Roosevelt
Indiana
Kelly Miller
Dedication Services Continue at Calvary Methodist Sanctuary
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church on Columbia road hosts Dedication week with nightly programs led by Rev Joseph Dawson and invited district pastors. Speakers include W Andrews and F C Croxton with Lord's Supper observed and Sunday-school speeches.
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Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbia Roads
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Tomorow
W . Andrews
Treasury Department
F C Croxton
Roosevelts Rough Riders Reunion Delayed To April
President Roosevelt cancels Texas visit for Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio delayed to April 7 due to Senate session. He will travel via Louisville, St Louis, Dallas, Waco and Austin with brief speeches to legislators and public crowds. Fort Worth leg replaces Houston bear hunt. plans call for a Colorado fortnight before returning to Washington.
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Waco
Austin
Capitol
Eltizeria
Loeb
Colorado
Fort Worth
Houston
Big
Lyon Sloan Simpson
Denver
Panhandle
First Cabinet Meeting Discusses Pending Problems
The first cabinet session of the new Roosevelt administration entailed a thorough informal discussion of policies to be enacted. Postmaster General designate George B Cortelyou, who succeeded Robert J Wynne, was warmly received, and brief talks on State Department appointments followed as the meeting adjourned.
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Roosevelt George B Cortegou
Robert J Wynne
White House
President Roosevelt to Address Friendly Sons Dinner at Delmonico's
President Roosevelt will speak at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick annual dinner in New York on March 7 at Delmonico's. Arrangements include 600 covers, 2000 requests refused, escort by the Fifty ninth Regiment from the West Fifty-seventh street home, and remarks by Justice James Fitzgerald Congressman William Rourke Cochran Justice Martin J Keogh and Corporation Counsel John J Delany.
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Delmonico’s
New York
Roosevelt
Friendly Sons of St Patrick
Delmenco
James Fitzgerald
The
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William Rourke Cochran
Martin J Keogh
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Coungel
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Visitors at the White House greet Roosevelt during cabinet day
President Roosevelt meets a large group of visitors in the White House prior to cabinet hour. Gov Cummins of Iowa pays his respects. A delegation of seventy Iowa schoolboys in Washington for the inaugural parade is also received and congratulated by the President. Chinese Minister Liang Chang delivers the Emperor’s felicitations. Petersburg council plans an invitation for a Southern trip visit. Ballsplitters Republican Club of Toledo to meet Roosevelt at noon.
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Washington
George L Raymond
Andover
Great Britain
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Iowa
Roosevelt
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Liang Tung Chang
United States
Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Republican Club
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White House
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Free Dollar Remedy Offer For Rheumatism Sufferers
An advertisement by Dr Shoop promises a free dollar worth of his Rheumatic Remedy to any rheumatic sufferer with no deposit, reference, or payment. The copy details how rheumatic poison accumulates in blood, the role of kidneys, and the remedy's purported mechanism. It claims extensive testing, high cost of the German chemical involved, and urges readers to request a free dollar package by writing to Dr Shoop Box C746 Racine Wis.
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O. Mars
Eazy
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Roosevelt Kisses Bible Passage During Inauguration
Chief Clerk McKenney states the Bible was opened at random for the inauguration ceremony and Roosevelt’s lips touched a passage from St James. The verses 22 23 and 24 frame the event as a chance selection near the book’s end. Hearing continues on a ticket broker injunction against railroad ticket sales in Washington, set for March 13.
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White House
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