Peary Nears Pole But Falls Short of Summit
Peary failed to reach the North Pole yet came within 191 miles, closer than any prior expedition. Critics question the value of such feats while praising his persistence and courage, noting science and human progress may benefit if discoveries push exploration forward. His wife’s steadfast faith amid his perilous absence stands as his best consolation.
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Peaty
North Pole
Arctic
Pole
Peary
Capt
Cagni
Duke of
Abruzal
Boston
Pres
Pnt
Mare Ap
Orth Pole
Ale
Daegera
Yale Professor Urges National Health Department Action
The Troy Times reports Prof Norton of Yale advocates a national department of health. Yale and others support the idea and publish that four preventable causes waste life and urge government action. Norton argues less than 750000 lives could be saved annually with proper measures, valuing the economic gain in the billions.
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National Department of Health
Norton
Yale University
Troy Times
Yale
Department of Social Science
United States
Telegraph rates and spelling reform impact on telegraphy
The piece notes spelling reform would alter international telegraphic charges by letter rather than word and cites examples like thru. It mentions a Los Angeles burglar stealing paintings and hints at advances from Edison on a cheap motor car and Santos-Dumont on a new aeroplane. It closes with a quip about safe walking for pedestrians.
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Europa
America
Mr. Edison
M. Santos Dumont
Notable Bridge Tragedy Near Rathbun Claims One Life
A late night bridge skating party near Rathbun Iowa was struck by an eastbound freight train, killing 18 year old Micsets Hocking and injuring several others including Fred Workman and Mabel Herne of Rathbun. The group had been skating on the Charl ton river bridge when the train collided, sending some victims into the river ice and leaving others with multiple injuries. The dead girl was the daughter of a prominent Rathbun family.
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Rathbun
Moravia
Moery
Frieghton
Milwardee
Charlton River
Micsets Hocking
Fred Workman
Teg
Mabel Herne
Arm Brat
Mino Foeeting
Freg Werla Ranta
Hels
Ames School First in Chicago Livestock Show Award
Iowa Agricultural College won 61st prize for a steer or heifer born between January 1, 1965 and September 1, 1805. Defender, a Hereford steer, took grand championship honors. Purdue and Kansas State College followed. Ames staff, including Prof. Curtiss, led a strong judging team. Ontario College led overall in horse judging.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Chicago
Purdue University
Kansas State College
Zis
Arthur PB. Turner
England
Curtias
Ames
Edward
Armour & Co
Ontario
Michigan
Kansas
Pesrlese Wilton
Imnola
Indiana
Frank Nave
Attica
Ind
Crestan Youth Bound Over For Murder Case
Robert McFeeley charged with the murder of his father was bound over to the grand jury without bail and placed in county jail awaiting indictment. Testimony included a crippled sister whose injuries were claimed to stem from an assault by McFeeley. Defense hinted at temporary insanity pleas and possible transfer to Clarinda. motive cited as anger over charges.
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Crestan
Robert McFeeley
Jall
Young McFeeley
Clarinda
County Commission of Insanity
Sana
Attempted Hold Up Aboard Niwola Central Train
Two masked men hid in a Pullman sleeper near Farley and attacked Conductor Collingsberger, beating him unconscious. The assailants fled after the assault, leaving no valuables stolen. The conductor was treated in Waterloo for head and hand injuries.
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Hisnole Central
Pullman
Waterloo
Chicago and
Parley
Collingsberger
Robert G Cousins Named Chairman Of Foreign Affairs Committee
Robert G. Cousins, native Iowan born in Cedar County, has been appointed chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs. Representing the Iowa district since 1893, he graduated from Cornell in 1881, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and has practiced law since. He has served in the Town legislature and as prosecuting attorney, and was a presidential elector in 1888. His Tipton home becomes the seat after the death of Robert Roberta Hitt of Twins.
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Robert @. Cousins
Robert G. Cousins
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Iowa
Cedar County
Cornell
Cousine
Tipton
Cousing
Robert Roberta Hitt
Twinnols
Town College Clinches Prestigious Championship Honor
The article notes the possessed championship quality and the aim to fit it for the contest. Prof. Skinner of Indiana college previously bid for the animal with the sync object in view. The Town college won a similar honor in 1902.
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Skinner
Indiana College
Town College
Minister Found Dead While Praying in Boone Residence
Rev. R. G. Young, a retired prominent Presbyterian minister, was found dead in his rooms over a bakery on Wight Street while kneeling as though in prayer. Mrs. Eddy reported a rent receipt. on searching the apartment she found him on the pantry floor. Coroner ruled death from heart disease. no inquest.
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R. G. Young
Boone
Wight Street
Father wounded by son in ducking misfire incident
George Johnson Jr. attempted to shoot a chicken his father held. The shot struck the father in the abdomen and hip area, leaving him in a precarious condition at home as doctors treat the wound and hope for recovery.
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Missouri Valley
George Johnson, Jr
Cousins Named Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington Speaker Cannon announced Rep. Robert G. Cousins was promoted to chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs, to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Robert R. Hitt who died.
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Bob" Cousins
Washington, D. C
Cannon
Robert G. Cousins
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Qouth
Robert R. Hitt
Nols
Big Starch Elevator Burns in Ottumwa Fire Destroyed Mill
Firefighters battled a massive blaze that destroyed the American Biarch company storage elevator in Ottumwa. The flames swept the structure and caused surrounding buildings to be threatened as crews contained the blaze and prevented further spread.
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Ottumway
American Biarch Company
Two Muscatine Boys Drown In Icy Water Incident
Two Muscatine youths William Pat Hobeck and William Kero drowned after the ice gave way on Homer's wynd within the city limits. They were with two companions when the ice collapsed, sending them into ten feet of water. One boy escaped, the other was rescued by a bystander. the two bodies were recovered.
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Muscatine
William Pat Hobeck
William Kero
Homer
Wynd
Jury awards over twenty thousand in Gould damages case
It is learned that Foreman Gould received over $20,000 in damages from the School Central after a compromise. The plaintiff’s lawyers had earlier rejected a $20,000 offer and Gould had sued for $40,000. The case began before Judge Reed at Dyburne.
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Oyer
Waterloo
Foreman Gould
Sc Hools Central
Garroad
Reed
Dyburne
Gould
Horror at Cornell Chi Psi House Fire Kills Seven
A Cornell University Chi Psi fraternity house in Ithaca burned on Friday, killing seven people including four students and three townsmen who had joined as volunteers. Rescue efforts highlighted heroism of firemen and victims, with several injured and the building left a charred ruin linking to the Fiskes’ famed residence and its controversial legacy.
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Ithaca
Gh! Psi
Cornell University
W. H. Nichola
Chicago
F. W. Grelle
East Orange
N. J
Alfred 9. Robinson
Hook and Ladder Company
John C. Rumsey
Hose Company
BE. J. Landon
F. W. Grotie
Schmuck
Nichole
McCutcheon
Pope
Cornell
Sam Halliday
Earle
Gibson
Jennie McGraw Fiske
John McGraw
Cornail
Fiske
Prat
Willard Fiske
Judge Boardman
Fisker
Lynn Factory Explosion and Fire Ravage Lynn District
A Thursday explosion at the P. J. Harney Shoe Manufacturing plant on Alley Street ignited a four story blaze that swept 14 buildings in West Lynn, causing about 520000 in damage. Eleven injured, including Celia Tradenburg in critical condition. three factories, the Boston and Maine station, and neighboring dwellings burned or damaged. The disaster disrupted Christmas business for local shoe makers. Kansas grain law voided by U S circuit court judge in Kansas City. Rome reports the pope’s physician Dr Lappont died after cancer and pneumonia.
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Lynn
Masa
P. J. Harneyhoe Manufacturing Company
Alley Street
West Lynn
Celia Tradenburg
Boston & Maing
Four Killed in Gotligton Maine Collision
Four people died and three others were seriously injured in a head on collision between a special and regular train on the Maine Central railroad near the village of Annabussycaak.
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Gotligton
Lewiston
Mewr
Maine Central Railroad
Annabussycaak
Charges Attorney General of Texas Shows Bailey Cash Ties
The statement details alleged payments to Senator Bailey from Waters-Pierce Oil Company magnate H C Pierce and J W Bailey. Vouchers note loans of 3000 to Bailey and 1600 for a Texas civil case, plus dated telegrams and letters about drafts and reimbursement for legal expenses. Documents include a 1901 note for 8000 and requests for New York exchange to cover Bailey’s expenses.
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Austin
Tex
Davidson
Senator Bailey
Waters- Pierce O! Company
St. Loui
Waters-Pierce Ol! Company
H. Clay Pierce
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Henry Stribbing
Waco
State of Texas
Waters-Pierce Ol
Lake Sebagamon
Wis
Andrew
St. Louis
Johnson
Bailey
H.C. Piero
Watera-Pierce Ol) Company
H. C. Pierce
J.W. Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Washington
Shaw urges restricted credit currency to curb panics
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw reports to Congress recommending a restricted credit currency and warns against a central bank plan. He urges expanding circulation during tight money and contracting it when funds are plentiful, proposing a taxed credit currency and a $100,000,000 reserve fund to inject or withdraw from the market as needed.
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Washington
Congress
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Respite Granted for Meyers Murder Case in Missouri
Gov. Folk announced a respite until January 10 for Mrs. Aggele Myers of Jefferson City and Frank Hottman of Kansas City who were convicted of murdering Mrs Myers husband and sentenced to hang.
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Aggie Meyers
Jefferson City
Folk
Aggele Myers
Frank Hottman
Kansas City
Myers
Rear Admiral Aserson Dies in Brooklyn Home
Rear Admiral Peter Aserson, US Navy retired, died suddenly at his Brooklyn home Thursday. He served with distinction and was connected to veterans affairs. A funeral is expected to be announced by his family and the VA.
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Asserson
New York
Peter Aserson
Brooklyn
Gillette 18 Convicted in Grace Brown murder case
In Herkimer New York the jury convicted Chester H. Gillette of the murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake on July 11. After five hours of deliberation twelve jurors found him guilty in the first degree, with six ballots taken. Rumors persisted of a possible confession, but officials and the district attorney declined to confirm any such claims.
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Herkimer
Chester H. Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Gillette
Gilettel
Ward
Glette
Count Boni Snubbed in French Chamber Debate on Algeciras Treaty
Paris dispatch reports Count Boni de Castelane faced a deliberate snub as half the chamber left during his tirade on Morocco policy. He remained unshaken amid the uproar, while the chamber later ratified the Algeciras treaty unanimously. Separate items note Rockefellers subpoenaed in St Louis circuit court and two men hanged in Valdosta Ga for July 1995 murders.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Chamber of Depu
Algeciras
Chamber of Deputies
Count Bont
Bont
Ale
France
Deicasse
Morocco
Allence
Robbers Believed To Murder Invalid Woman in Fire
In Zanesville Ohio robbers allegedly killed Miss Sarah Wiley a helpless invalid and then set her home ablaze to conceal the crime. The house burned and the victim's body was incinerated.
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Zanesville
Sarah Wiley
Suit to Break Will of Lybrand Heir in Delaware O
Terre Haute woman Lucille Lybrand files suit to contest the will of Edwin G Lybrand of this city. The decedent left about 35000 dollars to Ohio Wesleyan University and others. The action seeks to break the will on grounds not specified in the fragment.
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Lybrand
Wim
Delaware
Lucille Lybrand
Terre Haute
Ind
Edwin G. Lybrand
Ohio Wesleyan University
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Buffalo Center Tribune
A P. Boyd
Pub, Ae
Buffalo Center
Los Angeles
the Commonwealth
Ames School
CHI Psi
James McCutcheon, Jr
Pittaburg
Decamp
Henry M. Curry
KR. Powers
Atlanta
W. W. Goete
Milwaukes
H. A. Uihblein
G. R. Satlor
Pittsburg
J. Pope
Lynn Factory
S. R. Petera
Pollack
United States Circuit Court
Rome
Minniapolis
Padof
Ghaw
Count Bonis
Chamber
John D. Rockefeller
Aix Associates
Standard Ol
St Louis
United States Marshal
William Henkel
Besley
Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
Henry M. Flagier
Charles M.pratt
Oliver H. Paynes
Wilam Rockefeller
Johnn. Archbold
Valdosta, Ga
J. G. Rawling
Alf Moore
Willie
Carrie Carter
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