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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1908

Page

18

Speech and ceremony mark the Root era cornerstone

President Roosevelt presides as Secretary Root delivers a peace pledge. Andrew Carnegie and John Barrett oversee the cornerstone ceremony for the building of the American Republics, with flags raised and messages of goodwill from South American leaders. The event emphasizes peaceful settlement, international cooperation, and the Western Hemisphere alliance.

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Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Boost For Summer

Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier that cures skin troubles and strengthens the body for hot days. Suited as liquid or Sargatabs chocolate tablets. priced one dollar for 100 doses, sold by druggists or mailed from C I Hood Co Lowell Mass.

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New International Building Groundbreaking By Presidents Ceremony

The ceremony for the waposing international building included President Roosevelt Secretary Root Cardinal Gibbons and many dignitaries touching the mortar with a silver trowel and striking the stone with a silver gavel. The marble hall will serve as a diplomatic center for twenty one American nations with a large reading room and a Hall of the American Ambassadors planned for international conventions.

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Wait Protects Chanler Testimony in New York Case

In May 1900 the United States Circuit Court ruled that John Armstrong Chanler may enter New York to testify against Thomas Sherman without risk of return to Bloomingdale Asylum, where he escaped years ago. Chanler, now in Virginia, was declared of sound mind there, though New York courts still deem him insane. The guardian’s estate is valued at $1,000,000.

New York John Armstrong Chanler Bloomingdale Asylum United States Circuit Court Chanter Thomas Sherman Virginia Bloomingdale New York State

Hippopotamus in Runaway Parade Wrecks Two Horses in Cleveland

A hippopotamus attached to a circus wagon frightened during a May parade in Cleveland Ohio ran away loosing panic across Scranton road hill. The wagon careened as onlookers scattered and two horses were crushed to death before keepers restrained the animal.

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Big Note Swindle Exposed In New York Court Case

Charles Brun finser was arrested in the offices of Assistant District Attorney Crosby Rindleberger charged with obtaining 28000 dollars worth of notes from Sherman O’Leary, cutlery manufacturers, after a scheme involving Barry. Gundlach, an alleged agent, led to further arrests as investigators traced counterfeit or misused notes and a payback flow. The case centers on a Harlem room and a Harlem hotel exposure, with defenses claiming West Virginia bar admission and hotel ties.

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