Fragmented 1900s Notice Signals Political Chatter and Rumors
A long noisy notice warns subscribers about traveling representatives and various political rumors. It mentions Constitution Publishing Co, Columbus detences, and figures like Mayer McClellan, Smoot, Bryan, Hanna, and Reed era themes with casual social commentary. The piece references immigration, libraries, divorces, and unrest as it skims through contemporary politics and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Sekers
Wow Blackburn
Guartes B Moore
J. R. Car
Mewers
James T Carter
Claude A. Virgin
Alae
Constitution Publishing CO
Anti Roosevelt Literature Sparks Republican Intrigue in Kansas
The Topeka Capital reports anti Roosevelt material flooding Kansas and Cincinnati postmarks hint at Cox and Hanna collusion. It argues a Cincinnati influence seeks to steer the Republican nomination away from Roosevelt and toward a handpicked candidate, with Hanna wary of public risk and "dark horse" plots shaping a Chicago convention outcome.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cincinnati
Republian
Theodora Roosevelt
Hanna
Cincinnat! Commercial Tribune
Cincinnat
Cox
Buckeyenam
Ohio
Chicago
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Grand Army of the Republic
Republican Party
Chio Cabal
Junta
Marcus A Hanna
United States
Marcus
Peace at Kishinet Suppression Planned for Jewish Opponents
Report from St Petersburg indicates Von Plehve pledges czarist restraint to avoid outrages in Kishinet while critics doubt virtue in the policy. Russia seeks to appease Western powers amid sympathy for Japan as diplomats maneuver for a more favorable moment.
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Ekishinet
Kishinet
St Petersburg
von Plehve
Interior
Japan
Kishinef
Israel
Strange African Sleep Disease Threatens Central Africa
A vast region in East Africa faces a deadly sleeping sickness, with people falling asleep and dying suddenly. The Uganda protectorate reports the disease is microbic, spread by the tsetse fly and affecting both whites and locals. scientists seek a predatory insect to curb the vector while the illness continues to ravage colonies and cripple exploitation plans.
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Nyanza Lake
Dame van Winkle
Stienca
Africa
Uganda Protectorate
Transvaal
United States
Central
Bathing and Pneumonia Debate Shocks Chicago Doctor
The Chicago physician Dr John Dill Robertson argues bathing harms health claiming it causes tuberculosis and pneumonia. He testifies he has not bathed in two years and cites his own weight and vitality as proof. His assertions blame baths for exposing skin and triggering disease amid a pneumonia epidemic in Chicago.
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John Dill Robertson
Chicago
Robertson
Debunking a Doctor’s Bold Bathing Theory
The piece critiques a doctor’s claim that cold weather bathing causes pneumonia and chest troubles. It notes plausible links to winter ailments but argues against epidemics missing in colder cities and favors personal comfort over extreme cleanliness as a cause of death being tied to hygiene.
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New York
Milwaukee
Minneapoli
St. Louis
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Alderman Introduces Chaplain Office For Atlanta Council
Macon News reports Alderman Inman proposes creating a city council chaplain to attend meetings and open prayers. The officer would earn five dollars per regular meeting and may be nominated for the position by Dr. Broughton. The piece notes Atlanta pride and compares city developments with other papers amid varied regional commentary.
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Macon News
Inman
Atlanta
General Council
Broughton
Nashville
Tenn
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
St Louie
Enterprise
Brunswick Journal
Augusta
Sevannal
Bavannah Press
Savinnah
Brunswick News
Chicago
Bears and bombs and politics in scattered clips
A Southern press collage cites varied topics from Langley’s failed airship to smokeless powder and a Columbia flying machine. It notes South Carolina murders and few hangs, Panama treaty ratification pressure, state primaries progress, and President Roosevelt’s late move on civil rights in a white house reception.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Law and Order League
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Augusta Chronicle
White House
Roosevelt
Sidelights From State Press and Local Notes
A collage of regional clippings notes Georgia education clashes with political aims, a sugarcane plant in Waycross closing its first season with strong profits, and Rome’s water wagon decline. Griffin fears a Tamany dinner yields little, Augusta mocks inventor patent activity, Smithville’s McAfee house passes hands, and travelers fear chicken dinners may vanish from the Smithville menu today.
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McAfee
Smithville
GmHhville
Georgia Holiday Songs and Community Lore
A folded collage of dialect humor and seasonal chatter features Georgia voices about Christmas, race, and rural life. Tales intertwine with verses about mistletoe, turkey suppers, and antics of neighbors, deacons, and mules reflecting community humor and social tensions.
General Gordon Dead Revered Confederate Leader Memorialized
The obituary tributes from Savannah and Augusta papers praise Gen John B Gordon as a gallant soldier and principled leader. They recall his rise from Confederate commander to U S senator and commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, noting his enduring legacy in Georgia and the South.
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Augusta
Senate
Commonwealth
Savannah Press
Gordon
Atrife
United Confederate Veterans
Georgia
South
John Brown Gordon
Napoleon
Aracon
John B Gordon
Stors and Barn
Lee Jackson
Marshal Ney
Segura
Chattanooga
James A. Longstreet
The
Morth
Jackson Ile
Fia
Times-Union
Lawton
Santiags
Soraga
Lee
United States
Charlotte NC
Maor
Asa Commission
United States Senate
Bern
Columbia
SC State
Hampton
Longstreet
Hardnton
Gorton
Wade Hampton
John Gordon
Mississippi and Panama Canal Ratification Push
Mississippi legislature urged to instruct two senators to vote for the Panama Canal treaty. Louisiana backs ratification as key to southern trade, port access, and cheaper freight. Regions east of the gulf would gain ocean outlet. supporters call it nonpartisan and urgent for the current generation.
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Mississippi
Ody
Panama Canal
Louisiana
Mississford
Louisiane
New Orleans
South
Panama
Miselszipp
Gorman
Roosevelt
Gui States
Sels
Gulf
Degras
Gulf Port
Mississipp
Sherman Anti-Trust Law Information Sought in House
Washington January 11 Mr Jenkins chairman of the judiciary committee introduced a resolution to require the attorney general to report funds extended under the Sherman anti trust law enforcement act. The measure was adopted without debate and adjournment followed in respect to the late Mr Skiles of Ohio. Committees named to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jenkins
Judiciary Committee
House
Skiles
Ohio
Messrs Weod
North, Carolina
South Carolina
Stewart seeks more government clerks to extend hours
In Washington January 1 the Senate debated a resolution by Senator Stewart directing the appropriations committee to study departmental staffing. He urged increasing clerk hours from 4 pm to 4 30 pm and immediate action, while Gallinger objected and suggested limiting the scope to review the law requiring seven hours. The motion was tabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Stewart
Committee On Appropriations
Gallinger
Lnn
Socialiat Hangs Himself in Degerloch Forest
The body of Herr Agster a former socialist democratic member of the ralehstag was found hanging from a tree in Degerloch forest. Agster had previously attempted suicide in the Reichstag some time ago.
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Socialiat
Btuttgard
Herr Agster
Ralehstag
Degerloch
Agster
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