Government to overhaul federal business systems
President Taft champions a broad reform of U S government operations led by Secretary Charles Norton. A $100000 start funds experts and a Washington commission to rewrite procedures, aiming to save hundreds of millions yearly and modernize clerical work across departments.
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Taft
Congress
White House
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Charles D. Norton
the Treasury
The
Treasury
Norton
Maj
Charles Hine
Harriman Ines
Washington
U. S. Land Office
Uncle Sam
Belfast's Great Shipyard Shapes Maritime History
Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard at Queen's Island stands as a world leader in large vessel construction. The article traces its origins from 1836, notes key partnerships, and highlights record outputs, massive ships under construction, and the workforce of 11 000 to 12 000 with weekly wages over £20 000 across about 120 acres.
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Harland & Wolff
Queen’s Island
Belfast
Southampton
North
Mhe
Messrs. Harland & Wolff
Messrs. Thomas ‘Barnes & Co
Belfast Iron Works
Queen's Island
Harland
Gustavius Wilhelm Wolff
Walter H. Wilson
William James Pierre
Lord Pierre
Scot
Oceana
Red Star
Messrs
Oceanic
White Star Company
Wisconsin Guide Records 41 Pound Muskellunge Catch
Douglas H. Bethard of Peoria Illinois landed a 41 pound muskellunge at Teal Lake Sawyer County Wisconsin. The 54 inch fish bent the line and broke the rod before being brought in with Jimmie Gorman assisting. Bethard calls it a big one that did not get away and notes the fish’s fight and size.
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Hayward
Wis
Sawyer County
Douglas H. Bethard
Peoria
Ill
Teal Lake
Peoria Statesman
Jimmie Gorman
Mr. Bethard
Gorman
Bear strike on highway near LaGrange halts oncoming car
A New York party driving a car with Edwin L. Hopkins, Mrs. Hopkins, John P. Fassett, and Marian Gordon hit a large black bear on a Bangor Maine road near LaGrange. The bear rode on the hood before falling off. all occupants escaped unharmed and continued toward Bangor and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor, Me
LaGrange
Edwin L. Hopkins
John P. ‘Fassett
New York
Marian Gordon
Philadelphia
Bustle as Bank: Woman Tights Fortune in Real Estate or Mines
Mrs Ollie Mackler carried over 15000 in thousand dollar bills for 25 years and invested in real estate and coal mines to hide her wealth. A bankruptcy trustee accuses her of concealment and fights in three courts to prove the property is hers, not her husband Johns to defraud creditors.
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St. Louis
Ollie Mackler
John Mackler
Jesse W. Sikes
Son Carries Mother's Bones to Oregon Grave
Henry John Johnson rode from the desert to Roseburg with his mother's bones in a saddle box. The pair, traveling from Iowa over the Boise Kelton route, buried her far from anyone's sight twenty years ago and then vowed to reunite her remains with her husband in Oregon. On his father's deathbed, the son reaffirmed the promise to bring the mother to the family burial site.
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Roseburg
Ore
Henry Johnson
Douglas County
Boise-Kelton
Johnsons
Iowa
Oregon
Johnson
Healers Arrested Over $20 Million Treasure Tale in St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri the Rev Bishop Schrader and Dr Dowie were jailed after a real estate agent offered $1,200 to finance an expedition to recover a rumored $20,000,000 buried on a Gulf of Mexico island. They claimed Elijah Dowle hid the fortune to fund Zion City.
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St. Joseph
Schrader
Schlatter
James Alexander Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Denver
Dowie
Elijah” Dowle
Gulf of Mexico
Honduras
Elijah
Chicago
Helijah
Wathena
Woman with Measles in Portland at 66
Mrs. Henderson, sixty six, residing near Twentieth and Everett streets, has measles for the first time. She and physicians do not know how or when she was exposed to the contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
J ‘Henderson
Twentieth
Everett Streets
A Mother Risks Life to Save Baby in House Fire
A woman rushed into a blazing home to save her baby as flames devoured a cluttered interior. Headlines hailed her heroism while mothers at home viewed it as a natural instinct of motherhood, not extraordinary bravery.
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Cleveland
Sleep and Skin Soothing Bath for Infants and Mothers
In a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, rest and relief come for itchy burning and inflamed skin in infants and children. This economical treatment promises calmer nights for worried parents and is marketed nationally with a free 32 page care book from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Completely Pauperized. Charity warns against aid breeds idlers
Albert W. Hebbard argues charity can pauperize recipients in a New York dinner discussion. He cites Jack Hanch, a habitual idler, who benefited from weekly church gifts as the pastor justified aid. The tale questions whether benevolence fosters dependency or honors generosity.
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Albert W. Hebbard
New York
Jack Hanches
Jack Hanch
Methodist Church
Jack
Cyclone Visits Kansas Farm A Vassar Bride Recalls Biscuits
A lighthearted tale describes a Kansas farmer courting a Vassar graduate turned wife. Two weeks after marriage a cyclone visits the farm, rips fences and haystacks, and pretends to play horse with the barn. It shies away when seeing the bride’s first pan of biscuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Kansas
Deadlock at Crimson Gulch Over Gold Filling Tithe
A stranger asks about the man at the bar in Crimson Gulch. Stage Coach Charley sits in a bind after town dental work left him with seven dollars worth of gold filling he refuses to surrender. The proprietor blocks his departure until the bill is settled.
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Crimson Gulch
Charley
Wise Words A Physician on Food Portland Doctor Emphasizes Dietary Duty
A Portland Oregon physician speaks on medical duty beyond treating illness. He argues physicians must teach patients how to protect health through hygiene and diet, stressing humane guidance.
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Portland
Oregon
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China
P. and O. Line
Paris
Rod
North Woods Story
Bruih
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Portland, Ore
Cuticura
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