Treachery and rascality in Town Topics trial
New Work, Jan 3 report details the trial of Norman Wapgood for criminal libel as Justice Deuch and others are pulled into a web of Town Topics allegations. Witnesses describe Colonel Mann and editors pressuring Baker to buy ads and suppress unfavorable articles while Town Topics figures defend a system of society editors and blackmail. The proceedings include testimonies from Baker, Post, Mann, and several Town Topics staffers as the case continues.
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Post
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Seward Webb
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James W. Girard
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County Treasurer Shortage Ties to Local Grants and Fallout
A misspelled but clear report notes a county treasurer, M. Amer, under investigation for a shortage affecting his community. The piece mentions farming ties, broad financial concerns, and political reactions as details emerge amid a wider Washington context including a representative Dixon bill on government land renovation and a historic clash between generals Gibbons and Nex Derves.
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Amer Jin
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Vox Standard
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Dixon
General Gibbons
Nex Derves
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Thuds
Exrecten
Cold in Oxford and Wheeler Shadil in Brooklyn
New York June 22. Joseph Wheeler who is in critical condition from pneumonia at his sister’s home in Brooklyn has the family discouraged and prepared for the worst. The report notes the rapid decline and the strain on relatives awaiting his fate.
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Jeaney Talla
E.W. Qrove
New York
Joseph Wheeler
Brooklyn
Lodge Fights for Constitution in Moroccan and San Domingo Issues
In a Senate speech on January 24 Mr Lodge defended the administrations Morocco and San Domingo policies. He argued that American representation at the Algeciras conference protected commercial interests and that actions in San Domingo prevented foreign seizure of property and challenged any unconstitutional power. Telection era critics were accused of aiming to unsettle constitutional limits. The Senate then met in executive session and adjourned after private pension business.
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Deronic
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Senate
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Baseball on the Pacific announces 1906 league setup
Sir Francisco reports Fresno awarded the franchise long held by Tacoma with A Evans named president and rector of the Coast League. Mike Fisher named manager of Fresno, optimism high for a pennant. San Francisco clubs undecided, 1906 season to open April 7 and run through November with Seattle, Oakland and Portland among the matchups.
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Pacific Ball League
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Tacoma
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Coast
Mike Fisher
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Oakland
Tony Angeles
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Portland
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