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...these bids was that of the Admiral-Oriental Line for ten 535-ft. steamers operating between the Pacific Coast and the Orient. This line is controlled by the Dollar interests. So when Stanley Dollar, son of Robert Dollar (TIME, May 28), went to Washington, it was assumed that he bore a further proposal in regard to these ships...
...ignorant of Latin American affairs. He told of a letter he had received from the late Theodore Roosevelt: "Even the great Teddy addressed me as 'Senator,' when I've never been anything below the rank of a Cabinet Minister in my life, and, to cap the climax, my letter bore the destination of Buenos Aires, Brazil...
...Federal Bank and Trust Co., Dubuque, Ia. They represent Dubuque, the French trader, being shown the lead mines of the region by Sauk and Fox Indians; the first steamboat going up the Mississippi, watched with awe and premonition by aborigines on the bluff; the old ferry which bore the pioneer settlers in their " covered wagons " across the great river near Dubuque...
...national circulation. By competition they might drive local newspapers out of business- much as large metropolitan department stores have treated neighborhood stores. On the other hand, aeroplane delivery would greatly alter the question of what news is worth printing. One of the San Francisco newspapers carried to New York bore in its headlines: BANDITS KILL POKER PLAYER; POSSES SCOUR MOUNTAINS FOR WOUNDED MAN; MRS. KERR FINED $10 FOR BATTERY OF WOMAN. Scandal may be useful for a national circulation, but " local stories" are not. If aeroplanes extend the range of newspaper circulation they may do away with "local news...
...Harrison, and 35 years the junior of the ex-President. A week before their marriage in 1896, General Harrison (a Presbyterian) was converted to the Episcopal faith. His son and daughter by his first marriage openly disapproved of the second and did not attend it. The second Mrs. Harrison bore her husband one daughter. Since his death (March 13, 1901) she has lived very quietly. Last week she telegraphed Mrs. Harding : "Deepest sympathy to you from one who has had a similar anxiety and sorrow. This is a grief to the whole country...