Supreme Court Upheld State Marriage Divorce Limits
The United States Supreme Court rejected a husband’s claim that New York must recognize a Connecticut decree and needed to honor his freedom to remarry. The ruling blocks using lax divorce laws to sever marriage ties and warns of broader impacts on property, inheritance, and children’s rights amid varied state divorce laws.
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Port
New York Court
United States Supreme Court
New York
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Binte
Earthquake Cures Reported In San Francisco
San Francisco reports that many sufferers from various ailments before the earthquake and fire are now cured. A paralytic of fifteen years is entirely cured and other recoveries are noted. A girl who lost her voice after the shock recovered it when moved by her mother’s sight. Travelers note seismic shocks cause surprising bodily effects, including a drunken dinner turning sober after an earthquake.
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California
New York Sun
AN Francisco
Japan
Russia
The Run for Success and Courageous Endeavor
A Kansas City World excerpt urges turning effort into progress. It contrasts the idle with the bold, arguing that those who try despite missteps gain strength while self-defeating pessimists delay advancement. Success comes from bold persistence and learning from setbacks.
Cost of War Compared to Agriculture in U S History
The United States spends about 140 million yearly on pensions for past wars and 180 to 200 million on preparations for future conflicts. Last year naval support totaled 12 million, army funding 77 million, military academy costs, totaling 340 million for pensions and services. Agriculture received about 5 million, with total Department of Agriculture appropriations over history around 65.7 million, about 12 million less than last year’s army expenditure. The piece notes a peaceful nation relying on agriculture for prosperity, per Boston Transcript.
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United States
Shere
Naval Establishment
Army
Military Academy
Department of Agriculture
Boston Transcript
Brave brakeman on the Horseshoe Curve rescue
A Chicago party witnessed a dramatic winter incident on the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona as a brakeman, moving along the tops of swaying freight cars to set brakes, slipped but clung by a leverage stick and hand, then crawled back onto the roof and resumed work after a near fatal fall into the chasm. The tale highlights the perilous role of brakemen on the mountain grade and the dangers of air braking on snow and wind.
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Altoona
Pittsburg
Chicago
Limited
Music Trade In South Africa Dominated By Germany
Consul Snodgrass reports American manufacturers seek market data to challenge Germany and Britain in South Africa. Despite war and drought, Cape to Zambezi spends 28 pianos and organs yearly amounting to 1 000 000 to 1 500 000 dollars. Transvaal purchases rise from 109 210 in 1902 to 176 120 in 1903 and 310 485 in 1904, signaling durable home music-making against the theory that South Africa is only transient.
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Snodgrass
Pretoria
South Africa
United Kingdom
Germany
New York Herald
Cape
Zambes
Transvaal
Global musical trade shifts in Transvaal reports
The Transvaal bought musical goods in 1904 totaling 163280 dollars from Germany, 92015 from England, and 39590 from the United States. Germany leads importations while Britain holds about 40 percent of South Africa's musical trade, with Germany and Britain nearly equal in pianos and U.S. gains are noted.
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Sient
Transvaal
Germany
England
United States
United Kingdom
France
Great Britain
South Africa
Druggists Borrowing Practice in New York
New York druggists frequently borrow drugs to fill short notice prescriptions rather than order from wholesalers. They seldom buy outright from each other, instead borrowing and repaying after restocking from wholesalers, a notable feature of the trade as reported by the New York Post.
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New York
New York Post
Is Compelled To Editorial Tone in Somerville Journal
Editorial writer laments fatigue from endless composing as proofreader empathizes with the grind. Notes the toll of daily writing and year after year effort in a local newspaper setting.
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Somerville Journal
One of Many. Mrs Whyte and Mr Browne Quip on Temper
In the Somerville Journal a brief quip records Mrs Whyte asking if her husband is even tempered, and Mrs Browne replying that he is sometimes even bad tempered. A witty note closes with a remark about carrying an umbrella during threatening weather. if no rain falls the umbrella harms nothing.
Massacre of Jews Arouses Bialystok In Massive Outbreak
Outbreak in Bialystok Russia begins with a bomb at a Corpus Christi procession, killing many including a priest. Mob attacks Jewish shops across Alexandrovski and surrounding streets, with Jews fleeing to the railroad station where several are killed. City of 60,000, 35,000 Jews, suffers widespread violence and destruction.
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Bialystok
Russia
Alexandrovski Street
Fedoroff
Alexandroveki
Sura
Warsaw
Old Poland
Thas
Poland
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Adopted as One State
The conference report on the statehood bill passed the House with no dissent and Roosevelt signed it that evening making Oklahoma and Indian Territory a single state. The measure unites Oklahoma and Indian Territory and conditions Arizona and New Mexico on separate ratifications in the fall election. Speaker Cannon defended himself amid political charges as the bill reshapes federal courts replacing four districts with one in Indian Territory.
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Indian Territory
Union
Tower House
Roosevelt
Congress
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Cannon
Smith
Educator gifts, dean offers, and school salary boosts
Mrs. Loulen N. Bullard endows Harvard Medical School with 52000 for a neuropathology chair. Judge Harvey R. Keeler of Cleveland is offered the West Virginia University law dean post. Whitelaw Reid mails a library fund check to Miami University from London. Dr Esther B. Van Bemmen wins a Carnegie Rome fellowship. Columbia’s Denon Kirchwey quips after class. Columbus board raises elementary salaries to 750 and others to 700. min 45 monthly. principals to 1250. Hoboken minimum to 600, rising to 1000. Principals start at 1800, rising to 2200. A 14-year age limit for child workers in several states. Hebrew technical school for girls in New York City formally dedicated to practical arts training.
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Loulen N. Bullard
Harvard Medical School
Harvey R. Keeler
Cleveland
Ben
Law Department
West Virginia University
Whitelaw Reid
London
Miami University Library Fund
Jane
Esther B. van Bemnen
Woman's College
Carnegie
American School For Classical Studies
Rome
Denon Kirchwey
Columbia Law School
Columbus
Ohio
Hoboken
N. J
Connecticut
Illinois
Maryland
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Hebrew Technical School For
Second Avenue
Fifteenth Street
New York City
Fatal Explosions On Ship Ha verford Infernal Machine Suspected
Nine men were killed and about forty injured when a terrific explosion ripped the British steamer Haverford of the International Navigation Company at Huskisson Dock. An infernal machine was suspected, though a barrel of naphtha may have blown up. The ship sailed from Philadelphia, cargo of 2186. Outwardly little harm appeared but interior damage was extensive. Firemen and police aided. the crew landed passengers at Liverpoort before unloading. A wooden box marked For Manchester England and steel fragments were found in hold No 2, fueling the infernal machine theory. Officials say ignition of gas from naphtha soap might be the cause.
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Haverford
International Navigation Company
Nielsen
Liverpoort
Philadelphia
Huskisson Dock
Manchester
England
Flag 18 to Have a New Star Oklahoma Statehood Act Passed
The Senate adopted the Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood bill after three hours of debate led by Senator Beveridge. Opposed by Senator Money who called the union an outrage. If approved, Oklahoma will join Indian Territory as the forty six state with Guthrie as capital until 1918. Arizona and New Mexico voting on a potential single statehood and the process for constitutional convention and ratification are outlined.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Congress
Guthrie
Arizona
New Mexico
Beveridge Labeling Measure Faces Cost Dispute
House agriculture panel advances a Beveridge amendment creating mandatory healthful label and foreign commerce certificate for interstate food, with rigid government inspection costing 2 million dollars annually. Debate centers on who pays the inspection. several Republicans vote for government funding while others push to load the cost onto shippers.
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Beveridge
House Committee On Agriculture
Funnar
To T
Henry
Conn
Haugen
Towa
Davia
Minn
Lamb
Bowie
Ala
Candler
Miss
Cramer
Ind
Wadsworth
William Lorimer
Burlington Guilty In Elkins Law Rebates Case
A Kansas City jury found the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company guilty of Elkins law rebates to Armour Swift Cudahy and Nelson Morris packing firms. The Burlington faced four counts with potential fines up to 20 000 per count, totaling 80 900. Sentencing was deferred.
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Kansas City
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
McPherson
Chaoges
Sentenca
Liquor Dealers Promote Temperance in Louisville Adress
The National Liquor Dealer Association, at a Louisville convention, urges temperance across the United States. It commends temperance societies and calls intoxication a crime, urging liquor outlets to be run in a way that families would be comfortable visiting together.
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National Liquor Dealer Association
Louisville
United States
Economic bulletin notes rising industry and harvest gains
The report highlights resumed coal mining and 30,000 re employed workers in Barreth and Chicago, with demands for manufacturing goods and broader construction material distribution. Wheat harvests begin and agricultural conditions are favorable. prices for raw materials stay firm and retail sales rise amid higher food prices. Grain movement hits 8,875,028 bushels. live stock, hides, and lumber receipts rise. Bank clearings exceed last year. railway earnings grow and exports for wheat and corn are detailed for the week.
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Chicago
Eamsey
Ines
Colengo
Cun
Review of Trade
New York
San Francisco
United States
Canada
Bradetreet
Market quotes of livestock and grains across cities
Chicago cattle and hogs priced from four to eight dollars, sheep and hay values listed. Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York markets show varied ranges in cattle hogs wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and clover seed. Prices include prime heavy hogs from four to five dollars and butter creamery at high single digits.
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Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
B&c
New York
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Kansas City World
Burlington
Hansens City Packers
Urae Ee
Ney
Barre Eran
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