Congress Progress and Impeachment in Early 1900s
Congress debated the army appropriation bill and statehood measures while the Senate prepared night sessions over the Swayne impeachment. The House finished debate on the army bill, and the 12 impeachment articles against Judge Charles Swayne were adopted. Senate actions included a long Stone speech and executive confirmation of Vespasian Warner as pension commissioner. The post offices committee reported an appropriation totaling 180,781,993 dollars.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Swayne
House
Stone
Charles Swayne
District Court
Florida
Vespasian Warner
Illinois
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Post Office
Czar and family narrowly escape in St Petersburg
The czar of Russia and family survived a grave accident at the Winter Palace when a charge of grape was fired into the mansion. Officials call it accidental, but public doubt grows as Russia faces strikes, darkness, and military strain amid broader uprisings and labor unrest.
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Russia
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Fall River
Mass
Bigg Lumber Company
Lumberton
Elvado
Colorado
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Senate Committee
John Kenneth Mackenzie
Robert Coy
Chicago
Sonora
Mexico
United Mineworkers’ Convention
Randall
Wyoming
Mitchell
Hay
Japan
China
Roosevelt
Texas
Brazos Valley
Andrew Carnegie
Oberlin (O.) College
Chadwick
John R. Platt
New York
Hannah Elias
Denmark
War notes and Russian push near Port Arthur
In the Russo Japanese War Japan plans to dam the entrance and dry Port Arthur harbor to salvage sunken Russian ships for the mikado. Japanese heavy artillery rush from Port Arthur to Kuropatkin's army as fire range widens. Russia threatens to invade north China and Chinese Turkestan if China aids Japan against Russian contraband. Kashgar in Turkestan, a city of 50,000, is reported occupied by Russian troops.
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Japan
Port Arthur
Mikado
Kuropatkin
Tientsin
Russia
China
Chinese Turkestan
Kashgar
Turkestan
Bank Scandal at Dixon and New Liberty Savings
Davenport report by Receiver H J McFarland details Dixon bank collapse caused by cashier Arnold Bethusen who allegedly diverted about $100,000 to finance Chicago Cleveland Amusement Co. Assets listed include cash 25 dollars and notes totaling about 41,840 with several large notes deemed doubtful.
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Davenport
H. J. McFarland
J. M. Helmick
Dixon Bank
Arnold Bethusen
Dixon and
New Liberty Savings Banks
Cleveland Amusement Company
Chicago
New Liberty Savings Bank
M. Bethusen
Man and Wife Found Guilty of Arson in Hotel Fire
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harvey were convicted on arson charges for allegedly setting fire to the Glidden hotel they operated over a year ago to collect insurance. Two brothers, W. E. Hobbs and A. W. Hobbs, died in the blaze. the Harveys, both 23, had been married a little over four years. The penalty is life imprisonment.
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Chicago
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Colorado
Sadie Thompson
Oak Park
Ill
Episcopal Church
Great Britain
Macedonia
Turkey
W. Harvey
Carroll
Glidden
William H. McKillip
Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Frank Evans
William Elmer Browning
Bedford
Ind
Sarah C. Shafer
A. G. Stewart
Iowa
Porto Rico
Willis Sweet
Idaho
Charles Smith
Eaton Rapids
Morton Kimes
Smith
Young Kimes
A. B. Loutzenheiser
First National Bank of
Duluth
McKay Carriage Works
Grove City
Loubet
France
Combes
Booker T. Washington
Kansas
Capitol
Wichita
C. W. Harvey
W. E
A. W. Hobbs
Harvey
Groom Fails to Appear. Olive Osborne Weds Elsewhere
In Des Moines Olive Osborne dismissed guests awaiting her marriage to Frank E. Brooks after the groom failed to appear. Weeks later she married Alexander Withers, with the same guests present as the ceremony was held beneath an arch bearing the motto Alls well that ends well.
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Des Moines
Olive Osborne
Frank E. Brooks
Olive
Alexander Withers
Des Moines Woman Demands Arrest on Wedding Day
A telegram signed by Mrs Julius Matthews of Chicago asks Des Moines Chief of Police to arrest her husband at his upcoming wedding to Mrs Susie Russ. Chief Jones says the message has no authority for such interference and cannot compel the arrest.
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Des Moines
Julius Matthews
Chicago
Jones
Susie Russ
Jilted Man Kills Himself in Trenton Navy Deserter
William Kessler aged 23 killed himself after his marriage proposal was rejected. He attached a gas jet tube to a rubber tube, wrapped a comforter about his face, and his body was found about an hour later. He was a Navy deserter from Trenton New Jersey.
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Dubuque
William Kessler
Trenton
N. J
Navy
Chess the Cause of Death in Osceola
Levi Taylor a Osceola businessman and inventor collapsed after declaring checkmate in a chess game with friend. Apoplexy triggered by the excitement of the match caused his sudden death at the board.
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Osceola
Levi Taylor
Iowa Man Appointed Porto Rico Attorney General
Washington reports that at a conference President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft agreed to appoint A. G. Stewart of Iowa as attorney general of Porto Rico to replace William Sweet of Idaho who resigned. Stewart previously served as a volunteer in the Spanish American War.
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Iowa
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
A. G. Stewart
Porto Rico
William Sweet
Idaho
Stewart
Spain
United States
Woman Is Cleared After Retrial in Gallaugher Case
Iowa City Mrs. Sarah E Gallaugher once acquitted of murder then convicted of perjury in the Harada trial now wins acquittal on a retrial ordered by the supreme court.
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Iowa City
Sarah E. Gallaugher
Charles Harada
Gallaugher
Supreme Court
Winterset and Des Moines News Roundup
Winterset reports the Madison County Agricultural Society held its annual meeting. Des Moines notes John Graham spent 15 consecutive hours playing $200 in a nickel slot machine, totaling over $1,009 in the past month. Burlington records the 88 year old Benjamin Q. Worrelly died after an icy sidewalk fall. Waterloo covers Mayor Lee’s sudden resignation call. Mason City highlights Evangelist Sunday drawing large crowds at a 2,000-seat tabernacle with plans to expand. Fort Dodge mentions a woman returning gloves by mail to avert Heaven fears. Des Moines also notes a formal dedication of the Dodge Light Guards armory in Council Bluffs. Swan and Knicrim items touch on an accidental shooting and holiday theft fears respectively.
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Winterset
Madison County Agricultural Society
Council Bluffs
Grenville M. Dodge
Dodge Light Guards
Burlington
Benjamin Q. Worrelly
Mason City
Tabernacle
Waterloo
F. A. Lee
Waverly
Swan
P. H. Huffman
H. H. Bowers
Fort Dodge
Knicrim
Des Moines
John Graham
Paris Death Tale Folklore Quip At Embassy Dinner
Charlemagne Tower, U S ambassador to Germany, recounts a Paris love and rabies tale told by a French diplomat in Berlin. The anecdote centers on a western city girl who fears rabies after her father is bitten, imagining Paris as salvation amid a bleak life.
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Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Paris
Cincinnati Conquirer
Berlin
France
Nothing But the Truth Joke From Chicago Daily News
A wry exchange between two rival dentists highlights a painless claim versus a photo taking habit. The bald-headed dentist says patients fall asleep during treatment, while the rival notes patients want pictures taken to capture facial expressions.
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Chicago Daily News
Bright's Disease Cure Claim by Local Citizen
Estherville Iowa Jan sd Mr George J Barber a well known local man says Brights Disease was cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after fifteen years of illness despite doctors in town and Chicago He credits two boxes with restoring his health and urges others to try the remedy asserting it is the best in the world for kidney ailments
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Estherville
Iowa
Jan
George J. Barber
Bright
Barber
Kiddle
Dodd
Chicago
Hothouse Flowers Shine in Palatial Display
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes how flowers that grow in Bagge houses command high prices and stand out among ornate blooms in this glossy, luxurious display.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
10000 Plants for 16 Cents Seed Offer
A fragment notes a remarkable offer from John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertising 10 000 plants for 16 cents. The brief item mentions a promotional sale likely in a classified or ad section of a historical newspaper.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Sweet Sixteen Fame and the Average Woman's Birthday
A curious line notes that while Sweet Sixteen is famous, the average woman's twenty-fifth birthday is more celebrated, suggesting a shift in social attention from youth to adulthood.
Abundant cabbage crop fuels tobacco smoke concern
An Indianapolis News item notes that despite a bumper cabbage yield, the region remains far from reducing smoke incidents, hinting at ongoing environmental or health concerns tied to smoke.
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Indianapolis News
Travel deals to Florida and New Orleans from Chicago
Tickets on sale via Queens and Crescent Route and near Railway to New Orleans and south at reduced rates. Various routes to Florida and Cuba via Atlanta and Asheville. For rates contact W A Beckler Chicago N P A or D P Brown Detroit NEP A or W W Dunnavant Warren TPA or W C Rinearson Cincinnati GPA.
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Queens& Crescent
Anto New Orleans
Pee South
Florida
Cuba
Atlanta
Asheville
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
Chicago
D. P. Brown
Fort Street
Detroit
Mich
No heart truly great and generous without terror and compassion
The sentiment notes that true greatness blends kindness with fearsome resolve, attributed to South. It underscores the paradox of humane mercy coexisting with stern strength.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Ends Bleeding Fast
An advertised remedy claims a guaranteed cure for piles with Jiching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding symptoms. The druggist offers a money refund if Pazo Ourment fails to cure within 6 to 14 days, priced at 50 cents.
Quote from Puck and J F Boyer in 1900 Indiana
A compact reader’s line prints a quotation from Puck praising discomfort remedies and a testimonial from J F Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 dismissing Piso s Cure for Consumption as unequal for coughs and cards.
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J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs, Ind
Vanity Enters Front Door as Reason Slips Out Back
In a terseChicago Record Herald note, Vanity enters through the front while Reason slips away via the back. The brief item frames a symbolic contrast, suggesting a discreet departure as a counterpoint to the observed entrance.
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Chicago Record- Herald
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