Moros Routed in Mount Bajo Action Near Jolo
Major General Leonard Wood reports a severe battle near Jolo on March 6 to 8 involving American troops a naval detachment and Moro constabulary. Fifteen enlisted men and a commissioned officer were killed several wounded and the Moros lost about six hundred killed with many others injured or captured. The action cleared a hostile band raiding friendly Moros and ended a dangerous insurgent rise.
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Manila
Mount Bajo
Jolo
Mtajo
Ensign H. D. Gooke, Jr
U.S. sSteamer
Bliss
Myself
Omar Bundy
K. P. Lawton
Rivers
L. M. Koehler
Mc Glachlin
Lieut
Johnson
Moro Constabulary
Constabulary
John R. White
Tyree Rivers
Gordon
Wylie T. Conway
Sixth Infantry
Joseph W. Duncan
Mutineers pay penalty in first degree murder verdict
Jefferson City March 9 Vaughn, Ryan, and Raymond, convicts tied to the penitentiary mutiny last November, were found guilty of murder in the first degree. The trio, Harry Vaughn, Charles Raymond, and Ice Box Ryan, were charged with killing Gateman John Clay during the escape attempt on November 24. This was their second trial.
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Jefferson City
Vaughn
Ryan
Raymond
State Penitentiary
Harry Vaughn
Charles Raymond
Ice Box
John Clay
Panic in a Synagogue Sparks Fire and Injuries in New York
March 12 reports describe a panic at Anschel Neer synagogue on Madison Street, causing many worshippers to flee from smoke filling the temple. Injuries and clothing torn are noted after a struggle in the narrow passageway during the incident. the building sits above a tailor shop, with the event drawing attention from local sources.
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New York
Anschel Neer
Templa Fm
Madison Street
Firctional League of the
United States
Jones
Chicago Fly News
Oklahoma and Indian Territory One State Oklahoma
Washington March 10 The senate passed a statehood bill admitting Oklahoma as a single state with Indian Territory The Arizona and New Mexico provisions were struck out by 87 to 35 after a 35 to 36 earlier vote The key free voting showed 42 to 29 for allowing separate Arizona and New Mexico votes on joint statehood and the day centered on this bill.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Arzona
New Mexico
Burrows
Arizona
Yeas
Alger
Beacon
Blackburn
Bulkeley
Carter
Clark
Montana
Clay
Guiberson
Daniel
Dubois
Flint
Foraker
Foster
Frazier
Gallinger
Gearin
Hansbrough
Heyburn
Lattimer
McCreary
Mallory
Martin
Morgan
Newlands
Overman
Patterson
Perkins
Pettus
Rayner
Scott
Simmons Spooner
Slone
Taliaferro
Teller
Tishman
Nays
Allee
Allison
Ankeny
Beveridge
Brandegee
Burnhaw
Clapp
Wyoming
Crane
Cuilom
Nick
Dillingham
Lelliver
Dryden
Fulton
Gambie
Hale
Hemenway
Hopkins
Kean
Knox
la Follette
Lodge
Long
McCumber
Mullard
Nelson
Nixon
Penrose
Piles
Proctor
Smoot
Sutherland
Warner
Wetmore
New Moxico
Western railroads plan gut rate reductions nationwide
Western railroads will sign a broad cut in freight charges, about 15 percent on six classes, across territory from the Atlantic to the Missouri river. A Chicago meeting with traffic executives backed the move, with next talks including Missouri river jobbers to set base rates and extend adjustments toward New York to Chicago.
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Chicago
Cates
Western Railroads
Record-Herald
Atlantic Seaboard
Missouri River
Western
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Missouri River Territory
Seaboard
Mississippi
New York
Mine Operators Stand Firm in Illinois Coal War Standoff
Illinois Coal Operators' association will not concede to United Mine Workers demands for higher pay. An executive meeting yesterday adopted resolutions to resist the miners' strike threat set for April 1. The group approved plans for a joint Illinois Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania meeting in Indianapolis to seek a wage scale for the year ending March 31, 2007.
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Chicago
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers’ Union
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
To Enforce Constitution Albany Incorporation
Albany March 14. The Constitution association was incorporated yesterday to assist in maintaining and enforcing the Constitution of the United States in all its provisions and throughout its jurisdiction.
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Con
United States of America
Four St. Louis Officers Indicted on Bribery Charges
A grand jury in St. Louis returned bribery indictments naming four officers: Sergeant J. J. Connors and Patrolmen Cantillon Cantillon Haberstroh and Theodora Vollmer. Connors and Cantillon were arrested following the indictment. A stray sentence from the source mentions a sharp tempered girl and a mag, but no clear context is provided.
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St. Louis
Grand Jury
J. J. Connors
Camtilton
William J. Haberstroh
Theodora Vollmer
Connors
Cantillon
Banks Of Canara Gain People’s Savings Big
Record of financial institutions for 1905 shows prosperity across Canada with deposits rising. Canada’s chartered banks report $522,317,000 in last year’s deposits and public savings totaling $609,454,000, averaging over $100 per person. surplus in the Dominion treasury registered at $7,865,000 amid rising revenues.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Canna
Canmin
United States
Canana
Canada
Denmark
Dominion Finance Department
Dominion Treasury
Hen Pecks Carpet Tacks Sparks Lawn Quip
In a comic exchange cited by the Chicago News a man notes a hen pecking gray carpet tacks in the yard. His wife jokes she may be planning to lay a carpet as a playful misunderstanding of the bird’s actions.
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Homer
Chicago News
Bridge Whist Score Cards Packed by Colorado Midland
The Colorado Midland railroad issues two color bridge whist score pads for five cents postage. Cards will be mailed to any address upon payment. Send to C. H. Speers G P A Denver Colorado for the set.
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United States
Colorado Midland
C. H. Speers
Denver
Colo
Flogging as Punishment in China Details
The excerpt notes that for some misdemeanors in China flogging remains a permissible punishment. A wealthy individual can hire a substitute to bear the strokes for a fixed fee per strike, a practice even the stoic Chinese crowd finds unappealing for workers.
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China
Engraving of Hagerman Pass Issued by Colorado Midland
A 26 by 40 inch steel engraving of Hagerman Pass, Colorado, issued by the Colorado Midland Railway. Framing ready and mailed to any address on receipt of 15 cents in stamps, via C. H. Peers, G. B. A., Denver, Colorado.
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Hagerman Pass
Mountain Pass
Colorado
Colorado Midland Railway
C. H. Peers
G. B. A. Denver
Colo
Northern China Dogskin Industry Regarded
Parts of Northern China experience extreme cold prompting natives to wear dogskin garments. Several establishments raise a peculiar breed of dogs for their skins and slaughter them when they reach eight months old.
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China
Fixed Star Diamonds and Cars Attract Gossip
A Chicago News caption puns on a celebrity, noting she has wealth with diamonds and automobiles. A singer whispers she is well fixed, while a comedian quips she is a fixed star, underscoring gossip about a glamorous figure.
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Chicago News
Scotch author and young fiend on tanks end day match
A famed Scottish writer and a young rival spent a full day on the tanks. After close, exciting games they prepared to leave. The elder pressed the youth to play again tomorrow and the younger replied that he was to be married then but could postpone.
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Laddle
Restaurant Manager Faces Silent Complaints
A patron asked a restaurant manager where the lunch beef came from and, noting no complaint, replied that nothing was wrong with the beef. The anecdote likens big concerns to the silent satisfaction they provoke, paralleling the manager’s calm deflection.
Iowa Legislature Sweeps Through March Sessions
Des Moines reports from March 7 to 10 detail senate and house actions. Bills include delaying the school year end to July 1, funding a memorial for George Perkins, and expanding primaries. anti pass and nursing exam measures. tax and insurance law revisions. and bills on milk quality and estate allowances. Authorities and committees debated exemptions and term changes as a busy legislative week unfolds.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa City
George Perkins
Sheron Cemetery
Board of Health
Polley County
Huouse
Rivers and Harbors Committee
United States Congress
Mississippi
Canale
House
Geneva
Davis BD Henderson
National House
Courtright
State Railroad Commission
State Board of Medical Examiners
Brooks
Lewis
United States
Twenty Eighth General Assembly
County Mutuals
WouseTha Dashill
Newberry
Babcock
Dinlam
Hart
Representative Dixon Lynching Story Reported
A Montana representative notes a lynching alory where vigilantes aim to hang an Irishman and a Swede by tying a rope and pushing them from a railroad bridge. The Swede fell and swam ashore as the rope failed. The second man, the Vishman, warned about the rope while claiming he cannot swim a stroke.
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Dixon
Montana
Alory
Senate debates statehood and army reforms in Congress
Washington reports show Senate sessions focused on the statehood bill with McCumber Leveridge and Patterson in dispute, while debates over army medical corps changes and judicial review of ICC orders shaped the day. House actions included tobacco relief, Indian appropriation, and tariff talks plus abolishing lieutenant general rank and pension bills.
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Washington
Senate
Tony Mr
Welson
District of Columbia
Hale
Maine
Chine
House
An Lacey
Garmin
Williams
Clapp
Beunlors Dailey
Tillman
Chamber
Aldrich
Foraker
Crane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minmew
McCumber
Cellasion
Leveridge
M McCumber
Patterson
Ingmbhers
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Fire at Prairie Mineo Company causes six thousand damage
A mid day blaze at the Praction Mineo Company in Shenantoah, Payee County, caused about $6,000 in damage before extinguished. The fire is fully insured with Millers Mutual of Des Moines.
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Payee County
Shenantoah
MiNoie Company’s
Millers’ Mutual of
Des Maines
Inventory Clerk Finds Sleepy Thief In London Home
A clerk tasked with inventory in a London house discovers the servant asleep on the sofa with an empty bottle nearby. The mistress checks the page and notes a single dim entry reading "One yellowing carpet" as the inventory item.
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London
Pink Pills Restore Strength and Health, Says Norwich Woman
A testimonial from Mrs. Amelia Hall of Norwich Connecticut claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cured her grip lingering weakness and neuroses. She says prior tonics failed but the pills increased strength and flesh, easing breathing and fatigue. The ad promotes the pills as nerve and blood builders with a request for a booklet from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Wiliams
Barly
Aimelia Hall
Norwich Conn
Indian customer seeks receipt joke
An Indian visits a merchant to pay a debt and asks for a receipt. The merchant says a receipt is unnecessary. The Indian replies that in heaven the Lord will ask if debts are paid and asks where the receipt is, claiming he cannot go to hell to fetch it.
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Tn Yain
Patent Medicines and Known Composition Claim
The article argues that patent medicines from Dr. Pierce are now proven alcohol free and free of narcotics. It cites published ingredient lists and claims the Golden Medical Discovery uses glycerine as a substitute, with plant roots furnishing curative properties. It references Dr. Grover Cooley and others as authority supporting the medicines’ efficacy for bronchial throat and lung diseases.
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Tos
Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce Eme
Dra
Grover Coo
New York
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Philo
Scudder
Cincinnati
Ellingwood
Chicago
Hale
Pierca
England political meeting laughter reply
At a recent political meeting in England the speaker joked and admitted the audience missed the point. A plaintive voice then said I laughed, mister, and the room responded with laughter.
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England
Balzer's Seed Door Bargains Statewide Catalogue Offer
Special seed catalogue from John A. Salter Seed Co promises free seed to grow tons of grain this summer. Includes variety of Northern Grown Pedigree Seeds, bargain prices, and a free Cosmon annual flower with orders. Dog life note at end appears unrelated.
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Balzer
John A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Draws
la Crosse, Wis
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