Senate Battles Over Canal, Rates Loom Large In Congress
In Washington the Senate debated railroad rate legislation and the Panama canal emergency appropriation amid accusations and critiques of officials and methods. House sessions featured sharp clashes over insurance regulation and taxation, with leaders sparring over control and states rights.
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Warhington
Senate
Tillman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
Mitchell
Oregon
House
Williams
Payne
Washington
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Shaw
Magers
Teller
Scott
Morgar
Panama
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Tilman
Canal Commission
Shonts
Kentucky
Mm Cochran
New York
Mfe
Cockran
Empress Promises Park Walk For Opera Star
A fragmented passage notes Mme. Grisl, famed opera singer married to Signor Mario, performing in St Petersburg. The emperor grants permission for a stroll in his private park, greeted by the singer and two attendees. The scene ends with a garbled exchange about Grilegttes.
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Mme. Grisl
Signor
Mario
Petersburg
Mme. Grist
Gril
Supreme Court Rules On Intent In Liquor Sale Case
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court reverses a district ruling but keeps the case focused on whether a sale occurred in Wisconsin or Iowa. It upholds that jury must decide intent regarding bills of lading and delivery, affecting the Schlitz Brewing company in a Linn county dispute over C O D liquor.
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Supreme Court
Brewing Company
Stote
Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
John Hamilton
Schlitz Brewing Company
Linn County
District Court
Schiltz Company
Bishop
Hqnors
Wisconsin
Iowa
Aas
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton
Schirtz Brewing Company
Meet after forty years reunited in Mason City
Mason City woman Mrs Jennie Keley and her mother Mrs Putney of Nashua Neb, long separated after a child was stolen by an aunt, were united in Mason City on Thursday in a poignant reunion. A mutual friend noted a striking resemblance leading to identification and reconciliation after decades apart.
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Mason City
Jennie Keley
Putney
Nashua
Neb
Phureday
Agel- Jont
Arm torn to shreds in corn shredder incident
Pleasantville reports a farmer in a corn shredder near Percy suffered a severe arm injury. The machine pulled the limb and only a strip of it remained attached.
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Pleasantville
J. A. Walki
Percy
Horse Thieves Stolen Tag and Buggy Spur Local Reward
Local officers have yet to obtain a clue about the horse thieves who took C. B. Dubridge's tag and buggy last Saturday night. A reward of 76 dollars has been offered to spur other officers to action. Farms in the area are excited by the robbery.
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Perry
C. B. Dubridge
No One to Uselees on a Boat to Spy
Fragmentary cryptic note describes a voyage scene with unnamed individuals aboard a vessel. The text hints at spying or reconnaissance but lacks clear subjects or outcomes to establish a full event. The tone implies secrecy and tension aboard the boat.
Board of Control recommended for Iowa state schools
Des Moines reports a plan to unify the state’s educational institutions Iowa City Ames and Cedar Falls under a single fifteen member board with an executive committee of three. The board to be appointed by the governor with salary details and bipartisan limits, funds handled by the state treasurer, and a January 8 filing date.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
General Assembly
Legislative Commission
State University
Agricultural College
The
Normal School
Whipple
Benton County
Senate
Ames College Board Rejected Beardshear Hall Name
Ames December meeting of the Iowa State college board of trustees rejects naming the new building Beardshear Hall and designates it Central Hall Instead. The plan includes a new agricultural hall costing about 333000 with total annual appropriations and a legislative budget of 371000. Provisions cover heating, lighting, poultry farm equipment, and land purchases.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Beardshear Hall
Beardshear
Thebrary
Theollege
Engineering Hall
Des Moines Fire Destroys Rothwell Block At Sixth And Walnut
A basement blaze at the Rothwell block on Sixth and Walnut destroyed the structure late at night, with losses near 200000. Firemen fought from midnight to 3 with a roar as the joist fell, and by six o'clock crews still sprayed water on the wreckage. The principal losses were the store and two tenants, H. B. Ghase grocery and J. W. Hess drug.
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Des Moines
Rothwell
Sixth and
Walnut Streets
H. 8. Ghase
J. W. Hess Drug Store
Woman Settles Damages Over Church Kiss Case
Mrs Rahn sued Mr Carroll for $138 after an alleged assault by John L Bowman during a church trip. Jury could not set a sum, and the matter was settled out of court for $189 to cover costs.
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Kies Gost
Carroll
John L. Bowman
Odd Exchange Over Egg Hatchings At New York Malt
A fragment from a New York Malt item records a quirky dialogue about an egg that fails to hatch after three weeks. The father responds with a pun about sandy conditions for bum actors, reflecting a light humorous tone in the clipping.
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Harry
Yfather
New York
Indictments for Railroads Charge Rebates and Conspiracy
Fourteen indictments announced in Kansas City allege rebates and conspiracy involving major rail carriers and shippers. Key figures include George H. Crosby of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, George L. Thomas of New York, and officials of the Chicago Alton, Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul, and other firms. The packers Cudahy and Swift face accusations for an East St. Louis to New York rate contract, 23 cents per hundred pounds, active July 1905 to January 1906, with further rebates claimed for other routes and customers. Theそう investigation shows Thomas operated agencies in multiple cities and that the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line granted a rebate to Howard Mills of Wichita on flour shipments.
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Kansas City
Commie
George H. Crosby
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
George L. Thomas
Broadway
New York
L. B. Taggert
Crosby
Chicago
Faithorn
Wann
Federal Grand Jury
Burlington Railway
East St. Louis
Grand
St. Louis
Joint Traffic Association
Burlington
City
Schwarzchild& Sulzberger Packing’ Company
Georges L. Thomas
Vice Vera
Thomas
Omaha
Milwaukee
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Howard Mills Company
Wichita
Kas
Kangag City
Hazing incident at Annapolis Naval Academy told by cadet
Midshipman Jordon Pettis Kimbrough of Germantown Tennessee fainted after a hazing session at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland on Tuesday night. Witnesses testified the cadet was forced to stand on his head then on his feet for ten minutes and was found unconscious later. He was hospitalized and reported listed as improving though conditions remained serious.
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Jordon Pettus Kimbrough
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Meriwether Court Isartial
Eifeet
Jordon Pettis Kimbrough
Germantown
Tenn
Nate
Sultan Seeks Reconsideration of Macedonia Dispute Note
The Forte replies to the note on Macedonia asks for reconsideration of Turkish proposed modifications rejected by ambassadors. A joint Turko-Persian mission is to arrange the frontier dispute to avert conflict.
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Constantinoplé
Macedonia
Baron von Calles
Tukey
Arrapgs
Republicans for Statehood in Oklahoma and New Mexico
Republicans in caucus backed admitting Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as one state and Arizona and New Mexico as another. The plan groups both statehood proposals into a single bill, with hearings on a constitutional liquor ban in the two territories not to be rushed. The Hamilton bill is expected to be the measure reported by the committee.
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Washington, D. C
House
Okalahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
New Mexican
Adama
Wisconsin
Tawney
Minnesota
Hamilton
Committee On
Committee On Territorriay
Plattis
Strike Cripples Telegraphs Across St Petersburg
St Petersburg reports a continued telegraph strike with lines repeatedly cut and no wires functioning from the city. Baltic residents in St Petersburg cheer a tsarist ukase promising local self government seen as a step toward decentralization and relief from 1867 Russification policies.
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St.St. Petersburg
Bydtkuhnen
East Prussia
St. Petersburg
Baltic
St. Petersone
Ukase
Lithuania
Grenadiers Mutiny in Moscow Garrison
Moscow dispatch reports open mutiny by Rogtoff Grenadiers after arrests over bad rations. Mutineers freed prisoners seized arsenal, seized arms, and set up a twenty member committee to command. Astralian regiment and Cossacks refused action. telegraph and post services largely restored.
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Moscow
Berlin
Lokal Anzleger
Rogtoff Grenadiers
Grenadiers
Astralian Regiment
Cossacks
Fragmented OCR doodle baffling classroom exchange
A Boston public school teacher sought a vivid idea of a vrbanig with a chalk drawing of fiery Hames on the board. She then asked students to name the image, prompting a sharp response from a pupil who said it looks like hell, ma'am, revealing the garbled and puzzling nature of the text.
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Boston
Pedchante
Sters
Moody Directs Courts 10 Work Against Carrier Discrimination
Attorney General Moody orders United States district attorneys to vigorously enforce the act against rebates and discrimination by carriers. He urges investigations, possible indictments, and collaboration with grand juries, outlining procedures and the possibility of conspiracy charges to curb interstate transport abuses.
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Washington
Moody
United
Dikins
Cartiera
Washington, D. C
United States
Supreme Court
Olune
William H. Moody
Sultan Submits to Demands of the Powers
Constantinople December 16 Turkiye has formally surrendered to the powers demands and accepted the plan for financial control of Macedonia. A communication from the porte to Austria Hungary closes the eleven month long phase of negotiations and the international fleet will be withdrawn promptly.
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Constantinople
Turkenysis
Macedonia
Porte
Austro-Callos
Alice Roosevelt Engaged to Congressman Longworth
Washington report states Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president is engaged to Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati. The wedding date is not fixed but planned for early spring with a ceremony to be held in Washington or nearby, and the engagement has been publicly acknowledged by family circles.
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Alice Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Nicholas Longworth
Clnelangto
Miss Roosevelt
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