Kidnapped Boy Found in Brooklyn Amid Nationwide Interest
Freddie Muth, a ten-year-old kidnap victim in Philadelphia, is located in Brooklyn with relatives and will soon return home. The bulletin notes cement production in 1900, drownings in Minnesota, a Milwaukee steamer collision near Harbor Beach, and a huge freshwater pearl reportedly valued between 10 and 15 thousand dollars.
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Freddie Muth
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
United States Geological Survey
Sisseton
S. Th
Martin
Minnesota
Manchester
Milwaukee
Lake Pluran
Steel King
Tlarbor Beach
Harbor Beach
Interocean Transportation Company of
William Bates
Ted Wing
Ming
Tle
Bates
Duluth
Minn
Poe
We. OL WwW. Ds Tex Moines. 27 4 Sioux City.27 25 ne Denver
A compact sports or standings fragment lists multiple city and team abbreviations with percentages and numbers, including Sioux City and Omaha, indicating a regional, scoreless, or ranking snippet. The readable items point to a scoreboard-like snapshot of teams and locations without a clear single outcome.
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Tex Moines
Sioux City
Denver
Lincoln
Omaha
Pueblo
Earthquake relief aid sent from Japanese Red Cross
News nuggets note an American Red Cross relief import from the Japanese Red Cross for California earthquake sufferers. Fire damaged trade and office buildings in St Louis, burning Booker's livery stables and incinerating fifty horses. Ohio miners ordered back to work after a strike settlement.
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American Red Cross
Japanese Red Cross
California
Booker
St. Louis
Ohio
Pittsburg
Arthur Peterson
Dittsburg
Shoshone River
Wapiti
Wyo
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Jellico
Tenn
Philadelphia
Kean
Freddie Muth
Sulzberger
Sedrowoolley
Wickersham
Lookout
Skagit Valley
Washington
el Paso
Texas
W. R. Slinkard
Sonora
Pacific
Southern Pacific
Senate
Herbert J. D. Pierce
Srcate
Norway
Hunitington Wilson
Ilinois
Mr. Pierce
Riate
Infernal machine blamed for fatal ship explosion
A British steamer Ha verford arriving from Philadelphia exploded while unloading at Huskisson Dock. Nine men were killed and about four injured as a fire fed by linseed oil cake cargo raged for hours. Investigators noted a wooden box with steel fragments marked for Manchester and speculated on an infernal device, while company officials cited ignition of naphtha gas as the likely cause.
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Haverford
International Navigation Company
Nielsen
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Huskisson Dock
Manchester
England
Senate approves Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood plan
The conference report on the statehood bill for Oklahoma and Indian Territory passes without revision after a three hour debate led by Senator Beveridge. Senator Money opposes urging union as an outrage. Arizona and New Mexico vote on possible single statehood, while Guthrie is named capital until 1913 if approved.
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Senate
Okahoma
Indian Territory
Beveridge
Money
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Guthrie
Packers Face Government Cost For Meat Inspection
A House agriculture panel backed a substitute to the Beveridge amendment that would fund thighd meat inspection at 2 million dollars annually, with healthful label guarantees for interstate commerce and a foreign trade certificate. The vote was 9 to 7, party lines forming over who bears inspection costs.
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Ie Beveridge
House Committee On Agriculture
Beveridge
Henry
Conn
Haugen
Iowa
Davis
Minn
Lamb
Bowie
Ala
Candler
Miss
Cramer
Ind
Wadsworth
William Lorimer
Burlington Guilty In Elkins Rebates Case
A Kansas City jury found the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company guilty of violating the Elkins law by granting rebates to Armour Swift Cudahy and Nelson Morris packing firms. Each packer had earlier been convicted. The Burlington faces possible fines up to 80,000, with sentencing deferred.
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Kansas City
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Elkins
Armour, Swift, Cudahy
Nelson Morris
Burlington
McPherson
Sentenca
Temperance Address From National Liquor Dealers in Louisville
The National Liquor Dealers Association convened in Louisville Kentucky to address the nation. It states members believe in temperance and law obedience, commends temperance societies, and argues intoxication should be a crime. The ad concludes that saloons and cafes should be run so families will feel welcome.
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Liquor Men Against Drankennesa
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Louisville
United States
The National Pike and Its Presidential Pageants
Washington correspondence notes how a future great highway from tidewater to the Mississippi would split toward the Pacific via Denver and toward the Pacific by Puget Sound. A bill by Rep. W Pearre seeks federal aid to restore the National Pike or Cumberland road monuments. The piece traces the old buffalo trail roots, its evolution into a road, taverns, and the glamorous era of presidential processions along the route before the railroad, detailing coaches, freighters, and the era’s splendor.
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Washington
America
Tidewaiter
Mississippi
Pacific
Denver
Great Western Ocean
Montana
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Peton
Jacksonville
Congress
W Pearre
Maryland
Old Cumberland Road
Raleigh
Simith
New World
Bering Straits
Cumberland Road
Appalachians
Potomac
Ohio
Braddock
Kentucky
Indiana
Virginia
Republic
Old Road
Jackson
van Buren
Monroe
Harrison
Polk
Tyler
Frisco Relief Effort Amid Quake City Aid Surge
A San Francisco earthquake relief overview notes massive international contributions including gold, food, and clothing. It details funds, committees, and logistics from a consolidated relief fund led by James D. Phelan, with millions paid in and promises continuing while meals, tents, and medical care are organized for refugees.
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San Francisco
General Relief Committee
Red Cross
Pardee
James D. Phelan
Lvhelan
Value of Steel Output Rises Since 1900
A census bulletin reports 1905 total output of American steel and rolling mills valued at $673,065,026, up 13 percent from 1900. The note ends by urging readers that it pays to advertise in this paper.
Teaching Social Amenities at New York Girls High School
A practical hospitality course added to housekeeping at a girls technical high school in New York. Classes have hosted receptions for wives of city officials and held an appreciation day to honor teachers and principals.
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Girls’ Technical High School
New York
Senate Debates Panama Canal Ship Canal and Related Bills
Senate spent Friday divided between the Panama canal bill and the Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal measure. Debate covered national charters for inter state canals, amending banking law, and naval appropriations. Controversies over material purchases, commissions, and conservation funding framed a day of tied votes and conference decisions.
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Senate
Messrs
Teller
Morgan
Beacon
House
Panama Canal
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Watterson
Inox
Nelson
la Follette
Amdo
Shell
Fundes
Superion
Wis
Senate Recasts Conference On Railroad Rate Bill In Washington
In the National Capital the Senate sent the railroad rate bill back to conference with old conferees reappointed to press Senate amendments. President Roosevelt faced sharp criticism from Representative Brundage in a house speech amid White House spending worries and Mrs. Minor Morris arrest. Washington reports Gif ford Pinchot may replace Secretary Wilson as head of the Agriculture Department soon. The army retirement law grants three quarters pay after thirty years. The Senate approved crediting naval or marine service for prior periods, and the House military affairs committee favored this bill.
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Senate
Alio Ti
Tillman
Tiepkins
Walsh Banks
Chisago
National Bank
Touse
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Committee On Forview
Gene Edward S. Brage
Wisconsin
Tdouse
Wadswort
Committees On Agriculture
Wyox
Panama Canal
House
Aero
Spanish Claims Commission
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Beveridge
Philippine Islands
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Supreme Court of Arizona
Navy
Ordnance Department of the Army
Revenue Cutter Service
Roosevelt
Representative Brundage
Arkansas
Minor Morris
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Secretary Wilson
Agricultural Department
Marine Corps
Tllouse Committee On Military Affairs
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as stomach aid tonic
A mining man from Oneals California recounts relief from weak stomach headaches and weakness after years of illness and a rattlesnake bite. The ad claims the pills build new blood and repair nerves and offers 50 cent per box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co in Schenectady New York.
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Oneals
Calif
U.S. Regular Infantry
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Great Tunnel Planned Through Sierra Nevada Mountains
The Central Pacific Railroad plans a six mile tunnel through the Sierra Nevada near Truckee California to replace steep grades and curves. Chief Engineer Hood reports modifications with approval expected from President Harriman. Estimated cost tops ten million dollars and annual operating savings exceed one hundred thousand. At over thirty six thousand feet it would be among the world’s longest tunnels.
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United States
Central Pacific Railroad Company
J. Mayne Baltimore
Technical World Magazine
William Wood
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
Truckee
Ariz
Hood
Harriman
Cascade Range
Washington
Great Northern Railroad
Carl Schurz In Boston Speech On Inflation And Specie
The excerpt recalls Carl Schurz in 1877 Boston where he attacked Benjamin Butler in a gubernatorial bid, argued resumption of specie payments, and likened inflation to a balloon that once carried the nation off its feet. He declared, We have placed our feet on solid ground again and we propose to keep them there.
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Schurz
Carl Schurz
Boston
Senjamin S. Butler
Massachusetts
Doctor Converts From Coffee To Postum After Heart Alarm
A physician recounts years of coffee use with daily heart palpitations until a severe attack led him to switch to Postum. He notes his palpitations vanished except when drinking small amounts of coffee again, and advises friends and patients to quit coffee. Postum Co. promotes the product and cites widespread physician use. A book titled The Road to Wellville is mentioned.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Clinton
Vauchn & Vannest, Publishers
National League
Ls. W
Chicago
Cincinnati
Phildelphia
Wy. Taw
Sy. Louis
Cleveland
Washington, TW
Detroit
Doston
American Association
W. le
Western League
Kansas City Packers
Frisco
War Department
Benevolent Express Companies
Pitelan
Utah Board of Education
National Commissioner of Education
William Abbott
Central Pacific
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