Senate Debates Trust Bills and Statehood in Early January
Washington reports a busy Senate with a push for a trust regulation bill and omnibus statehood moves. Key figures include Culberson, Nelson, Hoar, and Aldrich amid debates on coal duties and repealing protective legislation. House actions cover army staff creation and private pension measures.
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Senate
Culberson
Tex
Longe
Mass
United States
Mason
Lil
Nelson
Minn
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Hoar
West
Congress
District of Columbia
Veat
Aldrich
R. L
Donce
Ian
House
Henderson
DeWit C. Flanagan
New Jersey
Representative Salmon
Fitzgerald
Hawaiian Islands
Census Office
Knox
Griffith
Ind
Russell
Texas
de Graffengeld
Coal famine hits Marshall and nearby towns
A coal famine grips Marshall Missouri and surrounding communities. Slater is sent to this city for coal, which is scarce. Many families burn fruit and shade trees as fuel. Wood supplies are limited and expensive, with high demand and scarce stock.
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Marshall
Slater
Michigan Tragedy Stuns Adrian Hotel Parlor
In Adrian Michigan on a Friday afternoon William Chic aged 45 of Toledo shot and killed Elizabeth 35 then turned the revolver on himself. Both died the woman fatally shot through the heart as onlookers gathered at Platts hotel parlor. The couple had lived apart and Elizabeth, a hotel employee, had charged abuse of their 14 year old daughter by William.
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Adrian
Mich
William Chic
Toledo
Elizabeth
Platt
Seven Men Killed in Pittsburgh Train Collision
Seven men are dead with one dying and five injured after a head on crash between a passenger train and the rear of a freight train on the Monongahela division at Cochrane station near Duquesne. The deceased include G. E. Etroud baggage master of the Elizabeth accommodation Homewood and C. M. Boehner brakeman of the same train, with passenger John Stewart listed as killed and two unknown foreigners among the dead.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cochrane Station
Duquesne
G. E. Etroud
Elizabeth Accommodation
Homewood
C. M. Boehner
John Stewart
Gossips Blamed in Palmyra Tragedy
In Palmyra Wisconsin on January 12 Mrs Amelia Poller killed her two children Arthur aged three and Clarence aged five by hanging then killed herself. The bodies were found in a doorway and the woodshed. Authorities suspect insanity and a note blamed local gossips.
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Palmyra
Wis
Amelia Poller
Arthur
Clarence
Express trains collide near Moro Illinois killing fireman
Two fast trains on the Big Four wreck after a nine o'clock collision near Moro Illinois. A fireman is dead and engineer Hendricks and mail clerk Thomas Corrigan are fatally hurt. Most cars left the track but passengers appear unharmed. Trains Nos. 11 and 46.
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St. Louis
Moro
Ill
Hendricks
Thomas Corrigan
Fire at Somerset Hotel Claims Four Lives
Four perished in a blaze at the Hotel Somerset on Wabash avenue and Twelfth Street in Chicago. Mrs. Margaret Perry and her three daughters died after flames confined to five rooms on the fifth floor trapped occupants. three died inside, the fourth fell to his death from a window.
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Chicago
Somerset
Wabash Avenue
Twelfth Street
Margaret Perry
Hey Awed 17 Years Hanged Camden N D Jan Paul Wood Ward
Paul Wood ward aged 17 was hanged in the jail for the murder of John Coffin aged 11 and Price Jennings aged 14 last October. The report also notes a young girl in OttumwaTe committed suicide by ingesting poison after a dispute with her mother.
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Camden
N. d
Paul Woodward
John Coffin
Price Jennings
Seid
Lydia Dwyer
Long term bank deposit ties father and son across time
The Daiichi Dingo of 1900 secured a fixed 3 000 yen deposit from coal dealer Goichi Abe, to endure 240 years, with a bank promising 1 208 411 178 yen after 250 years from 1900. The tale follows Ki ichi Abe and Soichiro Asano, tracing a family bond from hardship to wealth and a late decision to place the money for future generations.
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Goichi Abe
Kyobashi-ku
Tokyo
Tokio
Japan
Ics
Ki Ichi Abe
Soichiro Asano
Breeding Army Horses Begins in British Authority Policy
Pretoria reports that Britain will establish immense stud farms starting with horses and expanding to cattle and other stock. Four thousand brood mares will be acquired, with stallions, for sale to civil authorities. Breeding depots will be created at sites like Stenderton and staffed by British and Australian horse experts to select mares and stallions for the program.
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Pretoria
Pall Mall Gazette
Stenderton
Parrot Reunited With Caddie Sparks House Tour
A Boston Transcript tale describes Caddie’s parrot reestablishing contact via telephone. The bird bursts into chatter with a full range of calls and nicknames, while the family quietly trails, eager to locate the source of the familiar voice and observe the reunion.
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Boston Transcript
Caddie
Hail
Steira
Fossee at Sea and Gold Dredging in New Zealand
The life saving service reports 358 vessel accidents last year with 23 424 people at risk and 10 lives lost. Property damage around 2 300 000 dollars. There are 272 stations, 195 on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60 on the Great Lakes, 16 on the Pacific coast. Maintenance cost 1 660 000 dollars. In New Zealand rivers about 240 dredges operate costing 35 000 to 70 000 each to extract gold.
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Fossee
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Pacific
New Fewland
Middle Island
New Zealand
Ptreaina
Old Maids as Listeners in Century Essay
Miss Liltie Hamilton French discusses old maids as listeners who receive many confidences but get little praise. The piece notes their long listening, lack of attention from others, and timid speech as they seek to be heard, contrasted with the male speakers who overlook them.
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Liltie Hamilton French
Mother
Origin of Chestnut Slang Traced to Edwin Abbey Tale
A Philadelphia art patron links the slang term chestnut to Edwin A. Abbey. The artist, famed for a King Edward VII coronation painting, allegedly told a recurring tale about a chestnut farmer who gave away his crop, ending with listeners shouting chestnuts, shaping the word’s slang meaning.
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Philadelphia
Edwin A. Abbey
Academy of Fine Arte
Edward VII
New York
Abbey
Tilo Club
Antipathies of People and Odd Medical Reactions
A Philadelphia Record report quotes a physician on unusual aversions and reflexes. Patients faint at rooms with large birds and convulse at eye contact with skin displaying an object. Nosebleeds follow seeing an apple or smelling hellebore, while raw fish sight inflames some. Cat proximity headaches, blood sight causes swoons, velvet touch chills. The physician notes these cases are well authenticated and interesting.
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Philadelphia Record
Egge
Chesne
Francis I
Diego Rodriguez
Conductor’s Honest Rakeoff in Coin Premiums
A Sixth Avenue conductor explains how he profits beyond collecting fares by recognizing rare coins with premium value. He recalls studying coin catalogs, memorizing dates of valuable pieces, and pocketing several hundred coins worth more than their face value to sell to dealers.
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Sixth Avenue
New York Times
Greenhorn
Jessy
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