Source of Joy to the Boys: Dead Leaves Fire Fun
Washington Star reports boys in the city use piles of dead leaves for fires along curbs. They watch flames rise as smoke drifts toward homes, ignoring laws against such acts while carts remove the leaves.
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Washington Star
Report on House debates reports and Pettus on wealth
The National Magazine praises official reporters of House debates noting 2 to 3 million words transcribed between December 1905 and March 1906. It highlights rapid transcription aided by graphophones and relays. Senator Pettus of Alabama says he will remain among the poorest in the Senate, comparing labor to wealth and denying a wish to retire to a farm.
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National Magazine
Thirty-first Congress
Pettus
Alabama
Senate
William Wirt
United States
Senator Pettus
John McFarland
Master Mariners' Association of
Gloucester
Washington
Maine
Charles Harty
Gloucester Fishermen and Summer Boarders Captivate North Shore
The north shore hosts admire Gloucester’s fishermen as summer guests flood the wharves and cottages. Capt. Alfred Johnson, famed for crossing the Atlantic in a dory, features among noted skippers amid tales of near misses and fogbound danger at sea.
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Alfred Johnson
Lelia Lorwood
Johnson
Lelia E. Norwood
Georges
Buck
Capt
Atlantic
Soloman Rowe
Sol” Jacobs
Siberia
Columbia River
Alfred Bates
East Gloucester
Labrador
Mr. Spence
Anisauam
David Stanwood
Magnolia
Manchester
Leroy Spinney
William H. Goodwin
Gloucester Harbor
Harry
President Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Gardner
North Shore
Kept Tab on Chinamen During Chinese Commission Visit
Chief Clerk Denby of the state department faced an awkward task guiding the Chinese commission in Washington. The visitors resembled one another to Western eyes, forcing Denby to count them carefully as they left offices to ensure his retinue remained complete.
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San Francisco
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Occidentals
Denby
State Department
Washington
Cannon
Matthew Cummings
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Boston
Mr. Cummings
Ireland
America
Charlestown Navy Yard
Cummings
Foresters
Roddy the Theatre Rat Causes Panic and Rescue
A theater scene topsy turvy as Lobbs' pet rat Roddy escapes in a ruckus. The frightened rodent dashes through boxes and orchestra before being rescued by Lobbs amid screams and pursuit. Roddy then shuns theatergoing.
Austrian Court Rules Telephone Medical Advice Is Chargeable
An Austrian court ruled that physicians must be paid for medical advice given over the telephone just as for in office visits or bedside care. Vienna doctors had faced patients who sought advice by phone then refused payment claiming no visit or prescription.
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