Two Indian Senators Clash in Historic Senate Debate
Oklahoma's Robert L. Owen and Kansas' Charles Curtis, both of mixed Native ancestry, engaged in a dramatic senate exchange over an Indian citizenship bill. Owen argued against federal control of tribal property while Curtis challenged his status, delivering a tense clash that bordered on a personal colloquy.
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Washington
Senate
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Owen
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Five Civilized Tribes
Mr. Curtis
Mr. Owen
Secretary of the Interior
Curtis
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Supreme Court
Jn Carter
Rome
Interior
Mothers Horrible Deed Ends in Tragedy After Family Crisis
A farmer’s wife Mrs G Spires led three of her children to a fatal end before killing herself. The four year old survivor was found three miles away. The act occurred west of Basilio Friday as local reports describe a carbolic acid poisoning and throat cutting scheme.
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G. Spires
Basil
Bryan speaks to Mississippi crowd on trusts and delegates
William J. Bryan addressed thousands in Jackson after arriving from Memphis. He denied charges of money influencing Mississippi valley delegates and blamed trusts and railroads for seeking unfriendly delegates to block his nomination. He praised by Governor Noel and received a standing ovation at the Century theater.
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Mississippi
William J. Bryan
Jackson
Mr. Bryan
Memphis
Noel
Denver
Mississippi Valley
Bryan
Century Theater
House
Senate
Kentucky
Bradley
United States
Railways plan to close many stations under nine hour law
A Washington special reports American railways will comply with the nine hour law, leading to the hiring of thousands of extra operators and the closing of numerous small stations. Officials say service discontinuances will cause temporary travel and shipping inconvenience but are necessary to cut operating expenses.
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Washington
American Railways
Wu Ting Fang Arrives in San Francisco with Large Retinue
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang arrives in San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner Siberia for a second term as minister to the United States. He travels with seventy aides including consuls for Mexico Havana New York and San Francisco and attaches for the Chinese legation in Washington. The group includes three nephews three secretaries and twenty four students bound for American schools and colleges.
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Frisco
Wu Ting Fang
San Francisco
Siberia
Mexico
Havana
New York
Washington
Not Guilty Plea in Denver Murder Case
Giuseppe Alio pleaded not guilty to the murder charge of Rev. Leo at arraignment in Denver. Judge Greeley Whitmore set the trial for Monday March 9. Peter Bossie was dismissed as interpreter due to claims of anarchist ties.
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Giuseppe Alio
Leo
Denver
Col
Greeley Whitmore
Peter Bossie
Tampa Fire Wipes Northeastern Tampa In Big Blaze
A fierce fire on Sunday destroyed 308 buildings across 55 acres in Tampa’s northeastern city section between Twelfth and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth to Twentieth streets. Four large cigar factories were lost, with $600000 in damage and one fatality, a Cuban woman in labor, as residents fled with little but their lives. The blaze crippled water pressure, cutting firemen’s effectiveness, and the national guard was later deployed to guard the ruins.
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Tampa
Fla
M. Stachelberg & Co
M. Perez & Co
Gonzalez Fisher & Co
Esberg Gunst & Co
Stachelberg
Fernandez & Brother
Twelfth and
Michigan Avenues
Sixteenth
Twentieth Streets
Twelfth Avenue
Perez & Castro
Maximo Caras
Lakeland
Bartow
Miguel Rodriguez
Sudden Demist for Hamilton Found Dead in New York Home
Andrew Hamilton longtime counsel to New York Life and other insurers and head of insurance litigation and legislative affairs in the U S and Canada was found dead in bed Sunday morning at his New York City residence.
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Yellow Dog” Fund
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life
Canada
New York City
Ed Turner Hanged in Chattanooga for Lookout Mountain Killing
Ed Turner a Kentucky feudist was hanged in the county jail at Chattanooga Tennessee on Thursday His neck broke on the fall He killed his wife Lillian Turner on Lookout Mountain April 2 1907 He confessed claiming her alleged infidelity during trial
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Turner
Lillian Turner
Lookout Mountain
Georgia Briefs Locker Club Indictments and Public Notices
A Savannah grand jury returned sixteen indictments naming forty individuals tied to locker clubs in Savannah. Other items include a St. George Grand Army of the Republic branch with 25 members, Wesleyan College’s first graduate Katherine Benson, rail mileage books approval by several lines, speed restrictions on Fitzgerald Ocilla and Broxton trains, brewery lobby for beer and light wine, temporary auditor resignation, George Barton captured after a prison escape, plans for a national farmers fair in Atlanta, and cotton seed meal tax growth with stricter pure food enforcement statewide.
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Savannah
George Barton
Fulton County
Atlanta
Bessemer
Ala
John Harper
Barton
Harper
James Brown
Joe Williams
Bulace Wallace
R. F. Duckworth
Georgia Division
Atlanta Fair Association
Barrett
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Genorgia
South
Four Die in Depew Fire Including Schultz Father and Three Children
Anthony Schultz and three of his children Nellie aged thirteen Joseph eleven and May eight died young in a Sunday home fire in Depew New York. Mrs Schultz and the four younger children were rescued from the blaze.
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Anthony Schultz
Nellie
Joseph
May
Depew
N. Y
Headache Causes and Remedies Featured in Odd Claims
An assortment of vintage medical quips and ad blurbs discusses headache causes from cold exposure to October through May. Remedies include laxatives and tonics like Brown's Bronchial Traches and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion, with shopdoor notes and joke lines from a Philadelphia Inquirer clipping.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes testimonials and lists Toledo Ohio as the origin. Hall's Family Pills are recommended for constipation.
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K. J. Curarg & Co
Propa
Loledo
Pruggista
Rives
Hall
City per capita tax comparisons show New York exceedings
The piece compares city taxes, noting New York at about $31 per person while Philadelphia and Chicago are around $13. It cites Buffalo $12, Washington and similar cities $11, Houston under $10, Los Angeles $7.50, Scranton and Seattle $6.50, Nashville about $6, with the national average near $10–$11. The author remarks New York’s rise over nine years.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Buffalo
Washington
Bridgeport
Schenectady
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles
Scranton
Seattle
Nashville
Tenn
New York
Broadway
Newly Married Couple Tours Jamestown Exposition
At Jamestown a new couple views the harbor from the exposition. The husband points to a large battleship while a tug sails nearby. The wife jokes if the small tug is a tug of war, adding light humor to the scene.
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Tom
Success Magazine
Old Surgeon Finds Coffee Caused Tremors and Quit
An Illinois surgeon recounts his years of coffee use that left his hands unsteady and insomnia brutal. After trying Postum for three years he reports tremors and dizziness disappeared and blood flow normalized. He notes a friend also stopped coffee for Postum and praises the drink, urging proper preparation per package directions.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pkas
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Alio
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ED Turner
Georgia Briefs
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P. Q. Stoner
Ohio
Smith Warren
Town
Wesleyan
Katherine BE. Benson
Macon
eWsleyan College
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company
Southern Railway
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Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Railroad Commission
Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railway Company
South Georgia
Smith
L. C. Mathews
Central of Georgia Railway Company
The
Central
Mathews
Hudson
Brown
Woolford
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jamestown
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