Congress Debates Army Provision and Reapportionment Bills
Senate debate on the army reorganization bill focuses on the canteen provision with no final action. House passes Burleigh substitute for Hopkins reapportionment, reducing the House to 316 members for ten years. Both chambers report on river and harbor measures as sessions proceed with various minor actions.
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Senate
House
Hopkins
National
House of Representatives
Teller
Manila
United States
Messrs
Cushman
Hepburn
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Washington Navy Commander Quackenbush Dies at Home
Commander Quackenbush of the U S Navy died at his Washington residence on the 10th. Born in New York, he entered the navy in 1847. David Graham Adee, brother of Assistant Secretary of State Augustus Adee and a noted author, also died in Washington on the 10th.
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Quackenbush
Eta
Washington
New York
Navy
David Graham Adee
Augustus Adee
Colby College Student in Bangor Ill From Hazing Blows
William Phillips a Colby College student in Bangor Maine is critically ill from fever and hemorrhage attributed to hazing blows received during a Delta Upsilon initiation last fall. Other items note fires, ship destruction, railroad and industrial news, and financial developments.
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East
William Phillips
Colby College
Bangor
Deljta Upsilon
Beard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ith
Nan ‘Y Wns
Segmen
Mp Shipbuilding Co
Maine
Havana
W York
Chattanooga Ngham
Ala
Swallows
Sonetala
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia Doctors Warn Rapid Spread of Grip
Physicians in Philadelphia report the grip spreading quickly across the city. Few deaths are directly caused by the disease, but rising pneumonia cases are causing widespread concern and alarm.
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Philadelphia
Notable Obituaries and Industrial Moves Compete for Headlines
Oldest American Fred Mason Laing dies in Chicago at age 100. John B Laing joined the Scottish order in 1922. International Asphalt Co formed in Springfield to challenge National Asphalt Co with potential South American bed control. Huntington W Jackson wills estate worth 450000 to charity. San Francisco meat prices soar 30 to 40 percent due to Nevada Utah Idaho shortages. Wisconsin law school closes over smallpox exposure affecting 300 students. Sitka tribes unite under American flag as tribal emblem. Carnegie Steel tube plant at Conneaut advances with 1,000,000 ton capacity, rivaling National Tube. Circle City Yukon famine across flour, potatoes, bacon, sugar, rice scarce. John J Fee founder of Berea College dies aged 105. No Knife last Omaha chief dies at 115. Electric rail syndicate forms from Battle Creek to Chicago via Detroit.
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John B.laing
Fred Mason
United States
Chicago
Laing
Scotland
International Asphalt .Co
Springfield
National Asphalt Co
Asphalt Trust
South America
Huntington W. Jackson
Newark
N. J
San Francisco
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Law School of
Wisconsin University
Madison
Alaska
Sitka
Carnegie Steel Co
Conneaut
National Yube Co
Circle City
Yukon
Berea
Ky.) College
John J. Fee
Fee
No Knife
Nebraska
Battle Creek
Mich
Detroit
Control of World Steel Markets Now Admitted by English Papers
While voyaging from San Francisco to Yokohama the steamer Doric rescued the Japanese ship Shogetsu Maru after typhoons blew its canvas away. The vessel was waterlogged and had only one day of food for its crew when the Doric took it in.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
British naval progress and global notes from 1900 era
The year 1900 saw no battleships launched by England though two first class armored cruisers four sloops and 80 destroyers were built. News covers Missouri governor inauguration Topeka Kansas and a major collapse of an anthracite shaft project in Pennsylvania. A Denton England munitions factory explosion kills ten. Anarchy linked mail packages in Paterson New Jersey prompt seizures. Big Four railroad plan under NY Central review. Senate and house sessions note politics and a major graveyard insurance fraud case unfolds in New York Jersey City and Union Hill.
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England
W. A. Dockery
Missouri
Reading Co
Brookside
Tower City
Denton
Paterson
N. J
Seiure
la Questione Soviale
New York Central
By Four
Big Four
Vanderbilts
Topeka
Stanley
Kansas
New York
Stone Ants
Senate
Mth
Teller
Eagan
House
Fiver
Carlier
Colonial’ Insurance ,Co
Jersey’ City
Bays
Umea
Colonial Insurance Co
Bellevue Hospital
Union Hill
Thomas J. Kelley
Jersey City
Thomas Moran
A. Moran
Colonial Co
Moran
Bellevue
Kelley
Edward Jahr
West Hoboken
Thomas Martin
William Neckar
Martin
Neckar
John Nevin
The
Jahr
Mheppenheimer
Insurance Company
Dr. Jahr
Keller
Brenner
Naval committee opposes buying Holland submarine boats
The House naval affairs committee nears completion of the naval appropriations bill. It favors two battleships and two cruisers plus a 5,000-man enlistment increase, and a confidential Navy Board report from Admirals O Neill Melville Bradford and Woodward opposes adding Holland type submarines.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Board of Bureau Chiefs
Navy Department
O'Neil
Melville
Bradford
Woodward
Burpham and Burnham Win Nominations in Local Race
The report notes Burpham for Ser Congert and Jan Henry Burnham winning the nominating process for Republican members. It mentions William E. Chandler as a candidate and references earthquakes near Berlin with scattered Saxon district mentions. The item reads as a terse, partially garbled election brief from a distant region.
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Congert
N. H
Jan Henry
Burnham
Ture Fox
United States
William E. Chandler
Chandler
A Fitting Rebuttal and a City Fire Tale
A west side fire drives a man to heroism while his mother flees in alarm. The crowd mocks the vain cry of Save my mother as a messenger rescues the woman and the man learns he is no brave hero. Also a medical ad warns against mercury and promotes Hall colds cure and family pills.
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The
New York Mail and Express
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Burlesque Tuba Player Wonders About Travel Fun
An Indianapolis Press excerpt shows a musician inspecting a battered tuba, noting the wire netting on the bell, and asking if a performer can have much fun traveling with one night burlesque outfits.
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Indianapolis Press
Grain-O promises safe coffee substitute in grocery stores
A notice touts GRAIN-O as a pure grain beverage replacing coffee. It appeals to delicate stomachs, claims similar taste, low cost, and benefits for children. Prices are 15 and 25 cents per package. The item is referenced alongside a separate remark about Towne Newman in an auto race.
Lane's Family Medicine Health Notice
An old advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine treats digestion and daily bowel movement. It touts gentleness on the liver and kidneys and promises relief for headaches at a price of 25.
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Lane
Fragmented newspaper snippets mix ads and quips
A collage of late 19th century clippings includes a shopper’s alarm over a dead man in a bargain crush, a floor walker’s remark, ads for laxatives and dyes, a witty line about love never ripening, and a morbid joke about a turkey from various press voices.
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Philadelphia Press
Peruna Endorsed For Grippe Relief By Readers
Letters from Frances M. Anderson Samuel M. York and Caroline J. Kahl praise Peruna for la grippe catarrh and chronic aftereffects. Anderson credits rapid recovery after three bottles. York reports restored hearing and health. Kahl cures hemorrhages and pulmonary trouble and urges continued use. Dr Hartman offers free advice.
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Peruna
Samuel M. York
Union Grove
Ala
Caroline J. Kahl
Otisco
Ind
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M. I. Puppin
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Iso
Emtire United Traction Co
Fnal
New Jersey
New Jer
Treasury
Johnson
Lehightion Co
Graveyard Insurance
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Ser
Berlin
Siles
E. Hain and
Friedlang
Dresden
Agurs
Manchester
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Vod
Sherlock Holmes
H. H. Green
Atlanta
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Purnam
Etroit Journal
Ktar
Irecer
AISA
Hiro Daya
Bears
Centaur Gold Paany
New York City
City Garden
Lax
Lds
Johnn A.saller
Canada
Land of
Department of Interior
Ottawa
F Pedley
OttoM V_ McINNES
Merril Bik
D. E. Caven
Columbus
Cutihis
Midland Pub. Co
la Bsalle Street
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AN. KO
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Piso
Frances Zi. Anderson
SSS
Frances M. Anderson
Higher Educational League
Astoria
Washington, D. C
Grippe
Judge Anderson
Virginia
la Grippe
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