News of the Week Recaps World Events and Political Upsets
A condensed roundup covers adjournment of the Sixtieth Congress after a $1,008,804,000 session, the currency commission, and arming reforms. It notes Roosevelt’s ride, Japan’s waterpower push, cyclones in 1908 with deaths and damages, court actions on oil firms, and political shifts in Oregon Nevada and Missouri. Also cited are rail, weather, and transport incidents, labor and public notices, and notable deaths and appointments.
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LaFollette
Stone
Gore
Congress
Senate
Currency ‘Commission
Aldrich
Representative Vreeland
Arthur Shelton
Senate Onzalttee
Missouri Happenings and Local Notes From Sedalia to Warrensburg
Missouri items report a man named Clairborne Owens dying by his own actions at home in Carroll County after attempting to hang himself and then fall into a well where his sister arrived as he sank. Secretary of State details show fees collected last month totaling 15 549 25 from notarial, corporate and land, bank, rail, automobile, and post office sources.
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Misa Hester Ward
Appletam City
United Presby
Cain
Benjamin Constant
Castano
Liotta
Cleveland
Hare
Chicago
Quiver Lly
Clee
Nation Bank
Hooker
Bre
Cunard
Queenstown
New York
le Angeles
Bert McMilfo
Lana
Northern
Great Palls
Samuel Whitlow
Iolakan
May Sapp
Moran
Missouri
Presbyterian’ General Assembly
Sonson
Kanaan
Denver
Friends of
Willam J. Bryan
Tammany
Alton B. Parker
Revolution
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Clairborne Owens
Carrol County
Owens
Secretary of State
Missouri Association of Post‘office Clerks
Sedalia
Robert E. Connelly
St. Louis
Maville
Carothers
Kirksville
Walter J. Kennedy
Sedana
George Galloway
the Ozark Fiddler
Stone County
Galloway
Cannot Use Old Cemetery Opinion Rules Public Cemetery Title Remains
Supreme court division holds that the title to a public cemetery remains in the people so long as the grounds are maintained as a burying place even if interment ends. Separate items note a large graduating class, a horse frightened to death near Knobnoster church, and April state treasury figures with receipts and disbursements.
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Herse
Knobnoster
Missouri notes and local updates from Carrollton area
A roundup of Missouri items including the death of Lee Newnham near Carrollton from heart failure. May earnings and balances of the state penitentiary and funds for good roads and game protection are reported, along with Gallatin preparing a $25,000 high school. Officers elected for the State Bee Keepers association include J. W. Rouse, W. T. Carey, and Robert E. Holekamp. A Springfield State Normal funding issue delays work on the new academy until after January, with a $160,000 appropriation contingent on state action. Delmar Jockey Club charter revocation noted and Williams Woods College in Palton facing a deficit referenced.
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Kansas City
Kan
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Japan
South
Jefferson Davia
Lackawanna Railroad
Speaker Cannon
Pittsburg
Chicago
Old Fort Dearborn
Oregon
United States
Chamberlain
Senate
United Oil Company
West
Florence
Col
Lena Ublinger
Oklahoma
Methodist General Conference
Baltimore
Fity-aix
David Jacobson
Robert C. P. Holmes
Jacobson
Henry W. Warren
Theodore H. Price
New York Cotton Exchange
Connelsville
Dover
Passaic N. J
Woods
Passaic
Bee
Pheipe
Board of Regents
Charles Davis
State Normal School
Springfield
Rolla
Marnes
Weed stalk tragedy claims Floyd Leslie at 16
Floyd Leslie son of Glasgow Postmaster W T Leslie died from a weed stalk injury after stumbling on rough ground. The weed stalk penetrated his body five inches and caused death hours later. Also reports a humorous wager on brick balance by Peter Arth lasting ten hours around a block, won $5 as Bt Charles crowd watched.
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Floyd Leslie
W. T. Leslie
Glasgow
Won & Freax
Peter Arth
Charles
Civilization Raises Hope for Longer Human Life
A German scientist argues civilisation increases disease risk and mortality, but Geneva records show life span and prime vigor have extended over time. The text suggests optimistic view over pessimistic, noting older ages achieving notable work and leadership in various fields.
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Kmail Konig
Ana
Conana
Geneva
Fast-Day Superstitions in Armenia
In Armenia long fasts are common with seven days abstaining from food. Young unmarried women receive one concession on the seventh day a little cake mixed with salt. Dreams of sparkling water portend a destined maiden helper for the fasting youth, a belief held with strong faith by unmarred men.
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Armenia
Diamond Toe Blanks Robbery Legend on Narrow Gauge
In Arkansas, Reynolds of a Malvern Junction to Hot Springs narrow gauge line offered a $100 reward and clothes for stealing a ride. A moonlit night visitor claimed to have earned the reward by riding the boiler tank, saying he beat his way on the red engine and found a fortune in luck.
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Arkansas
Reynolds
Malvern Junction
Hot Springs
By & Nest
Diamond Jos
Mr. Reynolds
Willing to Chance Him Widow’s Uncertain Marriage Notes
An odd fragment features a widow and a minister debating a marriage ceremony. The angular widow, amid playful dialogue and garbled words, signals readiness to proceed with her prospective husband, despite unclear outcomes and odd phrasing.
Attempted assassination linked to Dreyfus affair mars Paris
An attempted shooting near the Felix Faure presidency is connected to the Dreyfus case. Emil Zola faces renewed pressure as supporters recall the 1902 events. The attacker, Gregoris, aimed at a high profile target, while security intervened.
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Paris
Emil Zola
Alfred Dreyfus
Hiss
Agure
Danie
Felix Faure
France
Dees
Pantheon
Dreyfus
Montes
Diage
Gregoris
France Militair Military
Pic Ture
The
Republic
Ace
Pozzi
Bryan Replies to Arts Lincoln Neb In a Pharaday Night
In a New York World article Bryan is described as reacting to a Lincoln Nebraska query. The piece notes his involvement in a philanthropic contribution attributed to Ryan and claims the donor acted without Bryan’s knowledge.
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Bryan
Arts
Lincoln
Verdigris Flood Destroys Bottom Lands East of City
Damaged flood from the Verdigris spread across a wide stretch of bottom lands east of the city. The affected area includes vacant lots and uncultivated fields, with much of the land rendered unusable.
Robbers Seize Bank Cash in Fairbury Neb\n
In Fairbury Nebraska a bank robbery suspect spanning Republic and Fairbury routes headed toward Hebron after an alleged break in. The crime involved around 1200 dollars in cash and linked to a broader robbery case.
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Cube Bank
Fairbury
Nebraska
Sherit S . Lowell
Republic County
Fairbury Way
Hebron
Neb
Cro Bienot
Bar
Kaseas
Grant Refused to Place in St Louis Missouri
Fragmented note reports a 1859 event involving engineers and delegates at the Grand Pac. References to Regan office, Missouri and Kranssl division appear, with unclear details about rooms and a secured arrangement.
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Grant
Louis
Regan
Gra
Sonia
Missouri
Grand Pac
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Jefferson City
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J. E. Swanger
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Order of Bcottich Rites
Supreme Council of
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Carrollton
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