Walrus Tusk Gift to President Taft From Fairbanks Alaska
Citizens of Fairbanks present a 20 foot long walrus tusk to President Taft. The tusk, 10 inches in circumference, comes from a large Bering Sea walrus and is richly embossed in gold. It features a miners cabin, gold placer mining, and views around Mount McKinley in its northern scenes.
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Vhow Ty Harrias-Echva
Fairbanks
Alaska
Taft
Bering Sea
Mount McKinley
Roosevelt Replies to Democratic Connecticut Governor Hopeful
Roosevelt counters Baldwin letter calling him a reactionary and clarifies his criticisms. He reiterates that his objections target Baldwin as a judge and frontiersman in policy not a mere law writer, citing the Homie Case and Voxte case as examples of statutory limits and interpretive disputes.
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Connecticut
Coronel
New York
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Kuvernor
Local Obituaries From Early November 1910 Notices
Several death notices list victims by full names and residences. Virginia Lee Griffith and Alberta Tla date of passing November 3 4 and 6 1910, with services at residences in Washington DC area. Also Mary Ward Yinsrat Alberta Tla Georgianna Pogares Marion Weaver Joanna Moe. Funeral times and locations vary across churches and cemeteries including Mount Pleasant Cemetery and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Negf Tech
Pritay
Virginia Lee
Ce Elagard KO Griffith
Daugh
Charles HR
Julie
Cmntario Place
Sun Us
Doudun Park
Hal Hao
Om Monet
Sinday
Mary Ward Yinsrat
Secni Street
Lh Am
T Footers
Hutch
le Sud
Telanves
Gilends
Alberta
John Ingalls
Sona
Mattin
Ring
Eethital Street
KE Ores
Cordorf Marion Weaver
WooLam Kirkis Jr
Moa Walt R Duntop
Mohr
Bridis
Fourth Street
Jo G
St Peters Churet Mortis
Torgetown University
Tos Pomaey Georgianna
Maria Cecil Moan
St ‘Line Carunty
Mara
St Aloysius “Church
Prilas
Fer
Dauhiter
Harlin
Mabellin
Railroads and liberty of contract debated in judge's ruling
A critical review of a decision concerning railway employee rights and the fifth amendment argues the ruling voids a clause shielding carriers from liability. The author condemns the judge as reactionary and socialist-leaning, asserting the need for strong state action to address labor conditions.
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Hexts
New Haven
United States
Congress
Ames asks Lodge 79 quit to save Republican ticket
Lowell Mass November 4 An open letter from Representative Butler Ames to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge calls for Lodge to pledge not to seek reelection. Ames, a Republican from Lowell, argues Lodge's continued candidacy endangers the governor and state ticket and urges him to retire.
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Lowell
Mass
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Ames
Lodge
United States Senate
Party & W
Sherman aids Dalzell in Pennsylvania campaign swing
Vice President James Sherman spoke to voters in the Thirtieth Pennsylvania district on behalf of Representative John Dalzell. He arrived in Pittsburg, toured steel mills, and attended a closing campaign rally in McKeesport where Sherman was the principal speaker. He planned to address Westchester County voters in White Plains, New York, the following night.
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Pittsburg
James & Sherman
Pennsylvania
John Dalzell
Sherman
McKeesport
Dalzell
Sher- Man
Westchester County
White Plain
Roosevelt Campaigns in Iowa Amid Snow and Cheers
Former President Theodore Roosevelt toured Iowa in harsh weather to back Republican tickets. He spoke at Davenport and Des Moines, addressed 2000 high school pupils on education, and urged support for Gov Carroll and the party platform. Crowds braved slush as Roosevelt emphasized progressivism and attacked Democrats while planning further stops in Ohio and Chicago.
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Carroll
State
Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Theoadore Roosevelt
Charles Grith
Davenport
Cal Roosevelt
Mr Gulk
Republican Party
Gov Carroll
Cummins
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Ol Roosevelt
Chicago
Col Roosevelt
University Church of Chest
del Roosevelt
Grant Club
Des Moines Commercial Club
Coliseum
Democrats Hold Meeting in Guray Building
The Democratic central committee of the District met last evening in the Guray building with Chairman J. Fred Keiley presiding. Favorable reports on party success nationwide were received and the committee announced headquarters at the New Ebbitt next Tuesday evening to receive election news by special wire.
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Democratic Central Committee
Guray
J. Fred Keiley
Ebbitt
Pension plan urged for old government clerks
Auditor M. Chance of the Postoffice Department urges retirement with pay for aging clerks and proposes a self funded pension by diverting part of salaries. He notes low efficiency and recommends younger staff, while promising savings over two years without dismissals or position losses.
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Secretary of the Treasury
M. ©. Chance
Postoffice Department
Chance
Secretary of
Tha ‘Treasury
Whipping Post Backed by Washington Official
Richard Sylvester the police superintendent urges a whipping post in the District of Columbia for minor offenses including wife beaters and mistreaters of children. He recalls backing the plan five years earlier after a Congress bill and cites a Washington College of Law freshman debate in support. Former police judge Ivany G Kimball also advocated the post for petty offenders, often speaking on the topic from the bench.
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Richard Sylvester
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington College of Law
Iviny G Kimball
Stimpson Defends Independence in Westchester Tour
Republican governor candidate Henry L. Stimson campaigned in Westchester driving to New Rochelle Mount Vernon and Yonkers amid rain crowds. He asserted he would be governor by oath and conscience not Roosevelt or any other man, denying being anyone's man while noting an auto mishap in Tarrytown and a final speech in New Rochelle.
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Mework
Henry L. Stimson
Westchester County
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Stimson
Worman
Roosevelt
Col Roosevelt
Col
Tarrytown
Health Office Records Of Local Births And Ages
A health office record lists numerous newborns and ages, including infants at Freedmen's and Treedmen's hospitals. Entries show names of parents and children, street addresses, and ages from newborn to several decades. The document references several institutions and places such as Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Asylum Hospital.
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Lirgina JL. Grimth
Mary J Smithson
Shannon Place
Anacosda
James Ho Draper
Térhua R Stahup
St Ne
Hristing P Block
21St St Nw
Mary L Dant
Mionie Omohundro
H St Nw
James Newton
Pa Ave Se
Ronico M Fischer
St Se
Frederika Sprohs
Gt Se
John Willameon
John Gleason
St Nw
Mary G. Morgdn
Georgetown Unversity Hospital
Forrest E Stansbury
O St. Nw
Amelia Edmunds
Margaret Christian
Louisa BE Green
Ith St Nw
George Fish
Democrats Score T. R. Praise for President Taft at Mass Meeting
Thomas Nelson Page and Representative Charles C. Carlin led a Democratic mass meeting at the New Willard Hotel denouncing Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican party. They accused Taft of being misled by advisers and faulted Roosevelt for attacks on the Supreme Court and his new nationalism. They blamed Republicans for high living costs and the Payne Aldrich tariff, urging Democrats to expose GOP perfidy and defend pledged reforms.
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St Gov
Saratoga
Dix
Tammany Halil
Payne, Aldrich
Taft
Auditorium
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ohio Republican State Committee
Ohio
Toledo
Cleveland
New York
Thomas Neilson Page
Representative Carlin
New Willard
Theodore Roosevelt
Repubean Party
Thomas Nelson Page
Charles C. Carlin
Virginia
New Willard Hotel
Supreme Court of the United States
Acorn
Carlin
Jefferson Davis
League of American College Men’s
Democratic Club
Col Roosevelt
Tariff
Theodora Roosevelt
Africa
Carling Jet
Republicana
Republican Party
United States Treasury
Val Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Albert J Beveridge
Page
Soosevelt
Republican
Democratic ‘Party
Mexico
United States
Creen M Fulton
Henry Barker Wilts
School of Political Science
George Washington University
Charles A Douglas
Georgetown University
J. J Speight
Democratic Congressional Committee
Speight
WW &Ride
Postal Revenues Rise for US Postal Service in 1910 Report
The United States Postal Service fiscal year ended June 3 1910 shows revenues of 224 128 6762 a 10 percent rise from the prior year. New York leads with 37 262 47957 followed by Illinois 24 508 29968 Pennsylvania 17 961 61955 Ohio 12 221 92740 Massachusetts 11 297 17496 and Missouri 9 577 5312. Expenditures reach 229 977 22450 up 4 percent with rail and rural delivery costs dominating. Money orders issued total 1 417 689 worth 647 736 327 77 abroad and incoming international orders amount 9 868 480.2 percent.
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United States Postal Service
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Missouri
Bishop to Preach Sermon in Baltimore Conference
Bishop W F Anderson the next presiding bishop of the Baltimore conference will preach at the Waugi M 5 Church at Third and A streets northeast Monday night.
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W F Anderson
Baltimore
Waugi M 5
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