News of the Week Highlights From Around the World
A condensed roundup reports multiple incidents and developments including train wrecks near Marshalltown Iowa and a mail car robbery in Seattle. Industrial, legal, and political items span US court rulings on Carmack and capital moves, rail rebates, aviation falls, and tariff talks. Nicaraguan presidency by Estrada is noted along with postal savings banks. Canada and US trade talks, forestry land sales, and social policy proposals are included.
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National Capital
Louis Johnson
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Frank E. Smith
Tipton
Marshalltown
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago
North Coast Limited No.2
O. E. Kittridge
Argo
Seattle
T. N. Barnadall
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Illinois
Oklahoma
New York
Beef Trust
Trust
Carmack
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
Willis Vendevanter
Joseph R. Lamar
Holmes and
Lurton
Wichita
Kan
Uncle Sam
Postal Savings
Supreme Court of the United States
Press Publishing Company of
Federal Courts of
National Tariff Commission Association
Washington
Congress
Canada
Taft
The
Bois National Forest
Idaho
Ozark Forest
Arkansas
American Sociological Society
George E. Howard
University of Nebraska
Violent Earthquake Fells Russian Turkestan Areas
A powerful earthquake rocked Russian Turkestan with many buildings destroyed and unknown death tolls. Great ground fissures opened and a fire and panic erupted during a New Year church celebration near San Luis Potosi Mexico, killing 17 and injuring over 80 mainly women and children. Disptches report Hornet gunboat capturing Truxillo Honduras and federal troops taking Batopilas Mexico. European peace costs noted. Taft congratulates Nicaragua’s Estrada. Peru Ecuador tensions rise amid Hague mediation doubts. Madrid reports Portugal unrest and monarchist activity across provinces.
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Russian Turkestan
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Puerto Barrios
Hornet
Truxillo
Honduras
Batopilas
Edmund Thery
Europe
Taft
Estrada
Nicaragua
Peru
Ecuador
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Hague Tribunal
Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
Varied 1904 era political notes and events summarized
Senator Stephen B Elkins dies at his Washington home after a year illness. J J Gallagher receives twelve years hard labor for assaulting Mayor Gaynor. Senator Gore denies resigning via telegram to an Oklahoma paper. US Progressives push a strong navy while opposing politicized navy yards. William E Corey resigns as US Steel president. James Swan Morrill's will provides 15000 for a Vermont statue in the DC Capitol. John A Dix inaugurated New York governor and takes the executive mansion as the first Democratic holder in 16 years. E W Howe retires from the Atchison Globe passing leadership to his son to focus on a magazine.
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Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Henry Gassaway Davis
Senate
Washington
J. J. Gallagher
Gaynor
New York
Gore
Oklahoma
United States
House
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
James Swan Morrill
Senator Morrill
Vermont
Roswell P. Flower
Honest John the Tinware Peddler’s Odd Fame
A New York tinware peddler recalls how he was nicknamed Honest John from boyhood. He tells of brief, humorous episodes including being hailed for honesty, holding a horse, and witnessing the wagon being looted while the peddler dealt with thirst at a saloon.
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John
New York
Imite
Lower Ninth Avenue
There Are Others in the Polls
Wise comments on Green and his role in politics describe him as a reform-minded figure using complex rhetoric to convey simple ideas. He criticizes pols who rely on grand language to mask simple conclusions.
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Munyon
Pretty Ellen Terry compliments gallant playwright
Miss Ellen Terry attended the New York premiere of a young playwright’s latest work. After the third act she congratulated him warmly and pledged to send American friends to see it, prompting the playwright to bow and claim the piece could sell 90,000,000 tickets.
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Ellen Terry
Players’ Club
Terry
New York
A Discouraging View From a Rural Official
An unnamed rural official questions the value of investigations while farmer Corntessel laments that such probes rarely alter personal preferences. The dialogue contrasts skepticism about inquiry with a humorous quip about car trouble and a quote on libraries lending a house its soul.
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Farmer Corntessel
Woman credits Postum with health boost after coffee woes
A Pennsylvania woman recounts headaches, palpitations, and poor health linked to coffee. She switched to Postum after a friend's success, noting immediate improvement and long term well being, urging readers to try Postum as a coffee substitute and asking them to read The Road to See Ss.
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Pennsylvania
Postum
Missouri Legislature convenes in first session of 46th
Jefferson City reports the Missouri legislature opens the 46th biennial session with both houses in noon session led by Lieutenant Governor Gmelich and acting house chair John S. Holmes. Democrats secure organizational control and joint session casts state officer returns amid redistricting concerns.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Gmelich
Senate
John S. Holmes
Rolla
Cuticura Cures Child Rashes Hair Loss in Weeks
A Tennessee mother recalls her six month old son's severe scalp infection spreading to his face and arms. After failed treatments, she reports rapid improvement within days of using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment and credits the products with restoring hair and health.
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F. E. Harmon
Atoka, Tenn
Denatured Dutch Treat Solves Fare Impasse
In a pay-after-you-enter car, two women split the bill by each paying the other's fare. The conductor calmly settles the quarrel as Gladys and the brunette each insist on paying, a witty solution noted by the Cleveland Leader.
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Gladys
Cleveland Leader
Young age pensions proposed to reward birth rate
A Labor member of the commonwealth parliament in Australia suggests a complementary scheme of young-age pensions starting at birth for the fourth child. The plan argues that early rewards would encourage birth rates and recognize parental duty.
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Australia
Labor
London Chronicle
They Both Knew The Fool Said I Am The King
The fool proclaims kingship while the king asserts error then admits he is a fool. A week later the king angrily acknowledges his own folly, and the fool laughs, recognizing the truth behind the king's claim. The tale from Smart Set centers on vanity and wisdom.
Investigating Biggun Charges Debate
An intimate friend asks if charges against Biggun were investigated. A distinguished statesman on the committee replies that no formal inquiry has occurred beyond an informal meeting, and they have not found him guilty.
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Seats of the Mighty
Biggun
No Such Luck Dialogue About Keeping a Second Child
The fragment shows Wilson and Harper's Bazar exchange about keeping a second girl. Wilson states they cannot keep the forty bird, implying a constraint or joke on offspring. The text reflects a humorous or satirical tone typical of period publication.
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Wilson
Harper’s Bazar
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