Cannon Resolution Wins Clearance for Pulp Inquiry
Washington action after 184 to 110 vote establishes a special committee led by Mann to investigate the paper trust and tariff effects on white paper prices and forest resources. The panel will seek all information to guide possible legislation and faces opposition from major paper manufacturers planning protests in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Cann
Gurlon Wood
United States
Committee On Rules
DeArmond
Bf Mixsourd
Cannon
Munn
Illinois
Stafford
Wisconsin
Miller
Kansas
Bannon
Ohio
Rapud- Neans
Sime
Tennessean Ryan
New York
House
Senate
Morrissey Wins Boston Marathon to Lead U S Olympic Team
Morrissey of the Mercury Athletic Club Yonkers N C won the Boston Marathon finishing two hours twenty five minutes forty three and one fifth seconds to lead an American Olympic squad in London. Hayes of Irish American A C New York City finished second with Fowler of Cambridgeport third. Longboat set the course record beating Morrissey by over a minute.
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Boston
Thomas P. Morrissey
Mercury Athletic Club
Yonkers
N. C
United States
London
Fo Puget
John J. Hayes
A. C
New York City
Robert A. Fowler
Cambridgeport
Morrissey
Tom Longboat
Longboat
Stansfield Ends His Life in San Francisco
Passed Assistant Surgeon Halsted A Stansfield a government bacteriologist and diagnostician, resigned from his post and was found dead from an apparent self inflicted act in Sutra forest two days after his wife and daughter's death last year. Associates suggest his work against plague cholera and fever may have driven him to insanity.
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Halsted
Stansfield
San Francisco
Cal
Halsted A. Stansfield
Marine Corps
Rupert Blue
Sutra Forest
Trains Collide Near Melbourne Kill 41 Injure 60
A catastrophic wreck at Braybrook Junction eight miles from Melbourne leaves forty one dead and sixty injured after a Bendigo bound train rams into a Baharat bound train. The fire consumes most of the wreckage and many bodies are unrecognizable upon recovery.
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Melbourne
Austral
Braybrook Junction
Bendigo
Baharat
Germany to build warship dock at Kiel Canal entrance
The Imperial Government will soon begin a docking and repair complex at Bruns chuettel near the Kiel Canal, planning one dry dock now and another in 1909. Other items note Minneapolis sign painters form a new union, Chicago curbs market changes, and various international political and civic developments.
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onItiel
Crmal
Berlin
Brunschuettel
Kiel Canal
No Man Till 29 Then She Wed the First
Miss Adah Pratt of Washington married B Franklin Hoover of Philadelphia after living a life raised to believe marriage a sin. Pratt, taught to shun men, left home to marry Hoover whom she met in Philadelphia after a brief courtship. The ceremony, by Rev J C G Pidge, took place at the Fourth Baptist Church parsonage.
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Miss Pratt
Women’s Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Adah Pratt
Irving Street
Washington
Franklin Hoover
Texas
Hoover
Martha McWhirter
Waco
Belton
Woman's Commonwealth
Montgomery County
Maryland
Mr. Hoover
Dgam
Chicago
Yigast
J. C. G. Pidge
Fourth Baptist Church
Pgiris
Mr. Soover
Monitor Florida to be used as target for twelve inch gun fire
Norfolk Virginia report indicates men will be aboard the monitor Florida when it is used as a target in a test of twelve inch gun fire in two to three weeks. An observation tower will be built high above the main deck to watch effects, with volunteers possibly manning it and special armor and a bullet head added to prevent sinking if struck.
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Norfolk
Florida
Tubderstandai
Y M C A Job Bar Sparks Christian Clash
Los Angeles General Superintendent C B Weaver says Christians were fired from the new Y M C A building project claiming non Christians do 20 percent more work. He states no Christians remain on the job and accuses church members of laziness.
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Los Angeles
C. B. Weaver
Weavey
Lancashire cotton spinners abandon US plantation plan
The Lancashire Cotton Spinners have dropped a scheme to buy cotton growing estates in the Mississippi Delta due to legal barriers to real estate holdings. The Cotton Spinners' Association had set up a committee to form a company to control a US plantation, a result of a British delegation visit.
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Manchester
Lancashire
Mississippi Delta
Allong
Cotton Spinners’ Association
United States
Women in Holland Prohibited from Marrying While Employed
Royal decree in Holland ends a rule from three years ago banning marriages for women working in postal and telegraph offices. The item also notes various society and cultural mentions, including Miss Gladys Squiers and others connected to diplomacy and art events.
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Holland
Misa Helen Cannon
New Patriotic Society
Letitia M. Snow
Woman's College of Baltimore
State Normal School
Farmville
Becky Young
New York Municipal Art Society
Lavinia L. la Bordy
South
Taft
Cincinnati
Queen Alexandra
Frussia
Victoria
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
London Plans Comey Hall On Thames At Westminster
London County Council approves building Comey Hall on the Thames bank at Westminster. The project is slated to cost 7 million dollars and take seven years to complete. Architect Ralph Knott, age twenty nine, will receive about 200 thousand dollars in fees.
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London
London County Councill
Comey Hall
Thames
Westminster
Ralph Knott
Campedh Len Wats
oMee
Sports miscellany from early 20th century events in multiple cities
Reports cover a wide set of events including horse racing at Hartford with a $10,000 Charter Oak Purse for the 2.09 class, boxing bouts in Colma and Chicago, tennis at the Racquet and Tennis Club, and Yale Yale football at Cambridge. Outcomes noted include Marty Vardon beating Armand Massy in a 36 hole match and Packy McFarland defeating Jimmy Britt in six rounds.
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Adam Styan
wWeight
Phladelphia
Ryan Evan Wake
Hartford
Laebor
Ragiisbinen
Princeton
Harvard
Prineeton
Marty Vardon
Armand Massy
Deal
Kentish
England
Packy" McFarland
Iicago
Jimmy Britt
Colma
Cal
Peter Latham
George Standing
Hem Abe Attell
America
Bathing Nelson
Chicago
Cambridge
Mash
Yale
Ularvard
Packer
Nottong
Jenninge
Nelson
Anhols
McPar- Vand
Betrothed Pastor Found Dead in New Jersey Hotel
The Rev George W Tomson pastor of Woodbury New Jersey's First Presbyterian Church was found dead in his Newton Hotel room with a bullet wound to the temple. Coroners verdict suggests self inflicted death amid rumors of engagements and romantic entanglements with several women including Mrs Fannie Kenworthy a wealthy widow. A dramatic church meeting ended with Miss Helen Moore resigning from the church amid accusations of broken promises and scandal.
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Woodbury
N. J
George W. Tomson
1St Presbyterian Church
Newton
Mergyman
Toms
Tim
Dr .Tomson
Dr. Tomson
Fannie Kenworthy
Helen Moore
Isis
Mish Moore
Miss Moore
Nona
Pacific Coast
Navy tests steel nets to stop torpedo blows in Narragansett Bay
Exhaustive trials in Narragansett Bay show steel nets resisting torpedo attacks. A 25 foot square net was tested as torpedo boats Morris fired a Whitehead torpedo at full speed, which struck the net’s center and bounded off the deck.
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Newport
R. T
Narragansett Bay
Morris
Foraker Defends Negroes and Other Sports Notes
Senator Foraker pleads for civil rights before a large audience of negroes in the Senate Falleriex. Five Chicago men pool funds to build an co operative apartment with plans by each investor. Danish women gain voting rights in government elections. Baseball notes include Joe Kelley, Patsy Donovan, Snodgodes, and Mowall sightings. Trinity beats Dartmouth ten to nothing in Durham.
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Foraker
Nepgroes
Senate
Justem
Brownsville
Chicago
Catchey
Pacific Coast
Grouthrow
Oathielder
Philadelphia Nationals
Mike Donn
Mike Giffin
Griffin
Lowninver
Remsons
Durham
N.C
Trinity
Dartmouth
Ts Cobh
Dodge Criss
Dim Whale
New Haven
Heather Day
Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York Mille Exchange
Wholesale prices for standard quality foods listed in New York at the Mille Exchange include butter creamery West Western and various cheeses and beans. The garbled OCR lists multiple product names and vague grades with inconsistent pricing, making precise values unclear.
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New York
Deane
Jama
Cal
Mane Averted in 1891 by Tumense Wheat Crops
In 1891 a London crash impact eased by a strong harvest in the United States. The article notes a huge grain export, a $50,000,000 gold import, and revived business confidence. It also reports Cuba’s sugar crop drought and Western and Southern economic optimism, with details on hops, canned goods, beef prices, maple goods, sugar, syrup, and horse demand trends.
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Mane
New York City
London
England
Snygland
Panter
Europe
United States
Canadian View of Shaw Case Sparks Legal Debate
An excerpt critiques how evidence rules and expert testimony shape jury eligibility and pretrial handling. It argues the system shields the wealthy, noting that jurors could be disqualified, trials suspended, and experts swayed by pay, leaving society with a biased outcome in notable cases.
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Chnadian
Texperta
Noel
Pave
Ty Fee
Perbay
Hey
Hay Jug
Court of Justice
Santy
Tn Kmigwand
Home Secretary
Se Low
New York
Reading man crafts two four foot model boats from pocketknife
Hiram Martin of Reading Pa. fashioned two miniature boats from a pocketknife during spare moments. One boat was a pleasure craft and the other a warship, each about four feet long and finely detailed.
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Hiram Martin
Reading
Clergyman’s Story Sparks Peculiar Exchange At Service
A clergyman told a marvelous tale during a service while a girl asked in confusion if the tale was true, prompting a hush as listeners pondered the odd remark and the preacher’s response.
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the Tatler
Incompetents Seeking Office Tied to Train Trap
John Temple Graves derides aspiring office seekers in a tale from Linpincott’s Magazine. While traveling to collect a letter, a farmer on the platform watches a yellow dog chase the train and laughs as Graves ponders what the dog would do if it caught it.
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John Temple Graves
Graves
Linpincatt
Harper's Weekly
Descriptive nouns and oddities in language and tech advances
A London Chronicle note explores old descriptive animal group terms and humorous shifts in language if medieval sportsmen had kept their terms. It cites Vladimar Poulsen, a 38yearold Danish inventor, for wireless telephone links over 290 notes and a Tynemouth water vehicle usable as a prison van fire unit or ambulance.
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London Chronicle
Vladimar Poulsen
Hist Criminal Court
Copenhagen
Lyngby Aul Weisunsee
Tynemouth
England
Postum Coffee Substitute Helps Eye Trouble and Headaches
A Oswego woman attributes slowed eye function and headaches to coffee. She quit coffee and drank Postum Coffee Substitute, boiled longer for altitude, and reports eye symptoms vanished after about three months. A nursing baby also improved, and a friend avoided dyspepsia and headaches after switching to Postum. There’s a Reason.
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Oswego
Mont
Sintu
Postum
Postum Co
Tate Creek
Mich
Grago Mo
San Bernardino Man Praises Kidney Pills Cure
A San Bernardino resident Lionel M. Heath reports long back pains frequent urination dropsy rheumatic aches and kidney trouble. He claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured him five years ago and again this year. He endorses the product sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Sunny San Bernadino
Lionel M. Heath
Mighty Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Vienna’s 15 Million Loan Pushes Debt to European High
Vienna plans a 15 million pound municipal loan over ninety years to fund public works. Major components include lighting 3.5 million, tramways 2.75 million, gas 1.25 million, and a million plus for markets and depots. Remaining funds cover a new water system, paving, parks, and a jubilee hospital. The diet of Lower Austria also seeks large borrowing, with Vienna bearing 80 percent of provincial taxes.
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Vienna
Europe
Lueger
Uie
Rle
Diet
Lower Austria
Tenried Lesson on Willows and Manners Appears Mixed
A fragmented note mentions Willows as attractive and links etiquette to a game called qwattimony. The text combines references to chat ability and kindness as tied to social skills, with unclear emphasis on winning or personal interactions.
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Hart
Adna Case of Scabies Cure Report in 1907 Letter
A New York family recounts a scabies case where a young woman suffered intensely from sores and itching. After seven weeks of treatment with Cuticura Resolvent and Ointment, plus regular bathing, her condition improved and she could seek employment. The note conclusions praise Cuticura products as effective.
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Adna Case
Bodp
Niels
Cutleura
Vanradene Bates
Little Ave
New York
N. Y
Mar
Transit of Comets and Wheat Transport in Historical Notes
A collage of remarks on generosity and genius, Russian wheat shipments, river and rail transport, and historical freight rates. It notes one third of Russian wheat moved by waterways over a twenty year span, with rail rates around six to seven and a half cents per bushel and river rates lower, plus average transport distances.
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Russia
Maporto
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Amoy
Andover Theological Seminary
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Lydia EF. Pinkham
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Lydia
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