Congress in session on Cuba reciprocity and Panama
The senate debated the Cuban reciprocity bill with focus on constitutionality, while the house discussed pensions isthmus canal Panama tariff and labor. A recess was set from December 19 to January 4. Other items included warship moves to Cartagena and enforcement actions in Panama, and a broad push against crime in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Bailey
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Isthmus Canal
Republic of Panama
Perkins
Cal
Simmons
N. C
McCumber
N. D
Canada
Cuba
House
Isthmian Canal
Hoar
Gorman
Foraker
Panama
Cannon
Gov. Taft
United States
Philippines
W. N. Ellis
London
Menelik
Abyssinia
Havana
Chempulo
Corea
Atlanta
Gulf of Darien
Japan
Russia
San Miguel Bay
M. Contesse
Bundesrath
Neuchatel
Switzerland
A Week's Record of News Condensed
A compact digest of seven days of home and foreign news. It covers industrial developments, personal and political items, and notable happenings at home and abroad.
Notable 1900s Skirmishes and Shipyard Deals Across the Nation
A digest of diverse events including a 27000 net for St Luke's hospital annex in Chicago, Dr Frank B Mallory's scarlet fever germ discovery, Speyer Co bidding 4500000 for a failed Lake Superior trust, and the Northern Securities case nearing a February decision. Brig Gen Frederick Dent Grant assigned to the Great Lakes district in Chicago. Jesse Green hanged for murder in Chester PA. William S Buchanan, first US minister to Panama, sailed for Panama. City of Washington delivered canal treaty copy to New York. Asa C Bushnell suicide over 15000 deficit. Tug Mattie M sinking at Lake Concordia caused six deaths. Umbria voyage deemed worst of Capt Dutton. Crane workers to receive 250000 in profits as Christmas gift. Schwab owes 18000000 to shipbuilding trust per NY court. Millvale fire leaves 100 homeless. Carnegie calls blacks a blessing and asset to the country. Robbers loot Citizens Savings Bank in Quimby IA, two captured.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Frank B. Mallory
Harvard Medical School
Lake Superior Company
Speyer & Co
New York City
Northern Securities
United States Supreme Court
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the Lakes
Jesse Green
Chester
William S. Buchanan
Buffalo
United States
Republic of Panama
Panama
City of Washington
New York
Colon
Asa C. Bushnell
New Haven
Conn
Mattie M
Lake Concordia
Miss
Dutton
Umbria
Charles M. Schwab
Shipbuilding Trust
Millvale
Andrew Carnegie
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Quimby
Notable Deaths and Elections Across 19th Century America
Alexander McDonald former senator from Arkansas died at Norwood Park New Jersey Viola Sands Hazard aged 105 in Wakefield Rhode Island Maj William H Garland 91 died at the national soldiers home Johnson City Tennessee He shook hands with every president except Washington Patrick Collins reelected Boston mayor by 27000 John Lauder celebrated 100th birthday in Dubuque Iowa Prohibition Party national convention to meet in Kansas City June 29 Judge Jonas Hutchinson Cook County Superior Court died at home Chicago heart failure aged 63 Mrs Sarah Caswell Angell wife of University of Michigan president died at Ann Arbor pneumonia
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Alexander McDonald
United States Senate
Arkansas
Norwood Park
N. J
Viola Sands Hazard
Rhode Island
Wakefield
Maj
William H. Garland
Johnson City
Tenn
National Soldiers’ Home
United States
Washington
Patrick Collins
Boston
Joseph Lauder
Dubuque
Prohibition Party
Kansas City
Jonas Hutchinson
Cook County Superior Court
Chicago
Sarah Caswell Angell
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Penumonia
Marines Intercept Panama War Party Move
Dispatches indicate United States Marines landed at Colon and advanced toward the Panamanian border to halt the Colombians believed to have landed south of Panama. Warlike signals rise as global events press for quick resolutions.
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United States
Colon
Panama
Russia
America
Margherita
Italy
Bologna
Pope Pius
Roosevelt
Herbert Spencer
Hampstead
England
Indo-China
Simpson
Fuerzo Plata
San Domingo
State Department
Santiago
London
House of Commons
Count von Limburg-Stiram
Reichstag
Germany
Congress adjourns for Christmas and resumes Jan 4
Congress closed its sessions on December 19 and adjourned for the Christmas holidays. the session will resume Monday January 4. News items cover fires, hangings, political appointments, and other incidents across the nation.
Legislature Warms to Likely Speaker and Committee Posts
Special Correspondence notes near legislative convening time. George W. Clarke of Adel is favored as speaker after talks with the assembly. In the senate Warren Garst or F. L. Maytag may head appropriations while in the house Mahlon Head or E. J. C. Bealer are eyed. Judiciary in the house could go to Kendall if Temple takes ways and means.
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George W. Clarke
Adel
Gov. Herriott
Assembly
Senate
Warren Garst
Carroll
F. L. Maytag
Newton
House
Mahlon Head
Jefferson
E. J. C. Bealer
Cedar Rapids
Garst
J. J. Crossley
Winterset
M. L. Temple
Osceola
N. E. Kendall
Albia
Kendall
Judiciary
Temple
W. P. Whipple
Vinton
F. L. Mossberry
Columbus Junction
O. B. Courtright
Waterloo
C. C. Dowell
Des Moines
J. A. Smith
Osage
C. A. Wise
Cure of Ovarian Inflammation Reported by Patient
A reader recounts suffering three years with ovarian inflammation and painful menses. After refusing surgery, two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her condition in ten weeks, restoring health and weight. She credits the remedy and offers best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bailey
Atlanta, Ga
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkiam
Alice Bary
North Boulevard
Atlanta
Iowa Woman Weds Frederick Douglass Mentioned in Obituary
The widow Helen Pitts Douglass, sister of Gideon W. Pitts of Alton Iowa, married Frederick Douglass in Washington DC. Her family recalls the sorrow and public stigma they faced. Pitts, a powerful Sioux County landowner, feared remarks about the marriage would resurface if he entered politics.
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Frederick Douglass
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Helen Pitts Douglass
Gideon W. Pitts
Alton
Sioux County
Miss Pitts
Congress
District of Columbia
Fraudulent Government Badge Seeks Counterfeit Cash
A fraud is reported across Iowa towns where a man wearing a government badge and claiming secret service status visits stores. He asks to inspect cash drawers, seizes counterfeit notes, and threatens to summon U S authorities if merchants object, typically succeeding.
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Iowa
Secret Service
United States
A Model Town In Waverly Loyal Citizens Waive Damages
The city of Waverly has not been sued for over 15 years and shows a remarkable record for a town of 3 500 inhabitants. It is not due to perfect streets or a claims compromise, as no damages have been paid from the public treasury. It stems from the intense loyalty of citizens who waive personal injuries for the common good.
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Waverly
New York Central touted for fast trains and scenic routes
The Newark Central’s Four-Track Series is advertised with praise of timekeeping, equipment, dining car service, and roadbed. A two cent stamp to George H Daniels at Grand Central Station secures an illustrated catalogue. The piece blends humorous quotes from Punch and Philadelphia Record.
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New York Central
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
Newark Central
Cough relief notice hawks cheap cure from Dr Skirvin Co
A garbled ad touts a 25 cent cough cure in tablet form from Dr Skirvin Co based in La Crosse Wisconsin. The fragment also includes a quotation about winners and happiness attributed to Lady Blessington.
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Poe DR. Skirvin CO
la Crosse
Wis
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and refunds from druggists if it fails. It also mocks capitalization and cites various patent medicine lines and mock quotes from periodicals, reflecting era marketing and humor.
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the Intelligencer
Tenn 11
Cartagena
Colombia
Beaupre
Daniel Manning
Albany
Pawnee
Kaw
Bristow
Department
War Root
Leonard Wood
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
August Batteen
Allamakee County
Myersdale
Sherman
San Francisco
Manila
Thirtieth Infantry
Tuthill
W. A. McKowen
University of California Regents
Berkeley
Jimmy” Dunlap
Joliet
Ill
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
White House
Galveston
Tex
Charles Pierzen
John R. Procter
Gen. Black
John Stringer
Birmingham
Ala
William O'Neal
Garden City
Benjamin Benedict
Ashland
Martin Olson
John Rusk
Lars Anderson
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Harry L. Smith
Oaklane
LATPR
Benson
Honoretta Marshall
Webster
Mass
William Grant
Bainbridge
James Bird
Williamsburg
Manhattan
Brooklyn
South Congregational Church
Salem
John C. Black
Walden University
Nashville
Lee Cribb
Emmett White
Douglas
Kennard
Neb
Far East
Orient
Roscoe W. Derby
Cleveland
Fred Pflugradt
Root
Proctor
Wood
R. J. C. Walters
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frederic R. Coudert
Republic of
China
Porto Rico
Cardinal Gotti
Vatican
Pius
Pontiff
British and Foreign Bible Society
American Bible Society
Louisiana Territory
France
New Orleans
American Baseball League
Johnson
Victoria
Mount Ranier
Tacoma
Wash
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Nashville (Tenn
College For
Interstate Commerce Com
Pure Food Law
Iowa Board of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Lowa
Board of Agriculture
S. B. Packard
Marshalltown
M. J. Wragg
State Legislature
Mrs. Prxxnam
Minnie Orroson
Otho
Muggins
Buggins
Iladelphia Record
Lady Blessington
Puck
Cornell
Sae Ave
Minneapolis
Richard
Rgeau
Galdweil
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
St. Jacobs Oil
Price
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