Roosevelt Era Panama Crisis Dominates Washington Debate
The Panama issue floods White House and departments as administration, facing questions of war versus peace with Colombia, weighs a strong defense in Congress. Cabinet eyes possible threats, dispatches more marines, and considers command realignments along the isthmus and canal frontier.
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Washington
Panama
White House
State Department
War Department
Navy Department
Capitol
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Turner
Atlanta
Tutumati
Hoar
Democratic Party
Senate
Daniel
Virginia
Morgan
Congress
Navy
Golon
Canal Strip
Senate Ratifies China Trade Treaty With Reservations
The Senate ratified the U S China commercial treaty in executive session without opposition. Representative Nelson criticized the accord as insufficient for U S trade and blamed Russia for limiting open ports, citing Mukden and Antung as inland ports. He warned of possible Manchurian tensions ahead.
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Washington
United States
China
Senate
Nelson
Russia
Mukdon
Antung
Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Diplomatic Corps Reception
President Franklin D Roosevelt’s wife hosted a distinguished diplomatic corps reception at the White House on a Friday afternoon. The event welcomed new diplomats unable to attend earlier due to White House mourning, with assistance from her sister Miss Carew and cabinet women.
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Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Calumet River Plans By Army Engineers
A war department report on the Calumet river channeling outlines a 200 foot wide by twenty foot deep first reach to 122nd Street, sixteen feet deep from 122nd Street to the forks, and ten feet from the forks to half a mile above Hammond. Above the forks the work is deemed not worthy.
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Calumet River
Washington
Col
Ernst
Army Engineers
War Department
122D Street
Forks
Hammond
Demands Bristow Papers in House Post Office Inquiry
Washington on December 19 the house voted to disclose each member of congress's role in the post office scandals. The move follows a resolution by Mr Waener of Pennsylvania, chair of the post office expenditures committee, seeking all Bristow data. The data may reveal statements about some congressmen.
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Bristow Fapers
Washington
House
House of Representatives
Congress
Waener
Pennsylvania
Bristow
Aid for Ottoman Christians Resolution Aims Berlin Pact Review
Senator Pen rose introduced a concurrent resolution asking the president to use U S influence to urge signatories of the 1878 Berlin congress to reconvene and ensure the Ottoman treaty provisions protect reform and Christian populations.
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Washington
Penrose
United States
Ottoman Empire
Congress Seeks Free Travel for Puerto Rico Teachers
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin introduces a concurrent resolution for free transport of 600 public school teachers from Puerto Rico to the United States and back to attend summer schools, aiming to improve teacher training.
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Junket
Washington
Cooper
Wisconsin
Porto Rico
United States
Plague Outbreak in Mauritius Traced to Rat Infestation
United States Consul Campbell at Fort Louis Mauritius reports a terrible plague outbreak on the colony. Officials believe the contagion spreads due to billions of rats infesting the island.
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Washington
United States
Campbell
Fort Louis
Mauritius
Engineer Davis Relieved in Philippines Ordered to Detroit
Lieutenant Colonel C B L Davis of the corps of engineers has been relieved from duty as division engineer in the Philippines and ordered to Detroit Michigan to oversee river and harbor work in that vicinity.
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Philippines
Washington
C. B. L. B. Davis
Corps of Engineers
Detroit
Mich
Gold Discovery Reported in Lucas Farm Dunn County
Menominee Wis Dec 19 Gold found on a Lucas town farm Dunn County with an assay of 145 dollars per ton. The sample came from rock taken every five feet for eighty five feet in a well and mixed to determine the average gold content.
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Weil
Menominee, Wis
Lucas
Dunn County
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a cure advertised as New Great South American Kidney Cure. It claims rapid relief for bladder and back pain in men and women, with immediate easing of water retention. Sold by C. H. Leonard, druggist.
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C. H. Leonard
Illinois will voided over South Dakota land gift
Judge Whit ing rules Isaac Hoyes Illinois will void as far as 28 000 acres of land in South Dakota are concerned. The will sought to grant life interests to Cres Hatcher of Sioux Falls and Isaac E L Hatcher of Mortis caya, with a separate provision to grandchildren. The decision impacts state lands and outlines the distribution plan in the contested clause.
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Whiting
Isaac Hoyes
Ilinois
South Dakota
Ught
Cres
Ee ‘Hatcher
Sioux Falls
Isaac EL Hatcher
Mortis
Caya
D. Kota
Mysterious Whitechapel Like Killings Resemble Jack the Ripper Case
New York reports a woman's body found in a James Slip hotel two blocks from the East River evokes the Jack the Ripper murders. Police suspect a Swedish sailor, with detectives tracing the last seen person to the hotel. Wounds described as throat slashes and a deep chest wound.
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New York
Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel
James Slip
East River Front
Shakespeare
East River
Sarah Martin
Martin Larsen
Inspector McClusky
Detective Bureau
James Street
James Kelly
Kelly
Sock” Gleason
Lantry
Slaughter House Point
Mineral with electricity found in Mariposa ore
Professor Charles N. C. Gage of San Francisco and his assistant Frank Post were blinded for thirty six hours by a flash from a new mineral from the Fitch mine in Mariposa county. The gray sand like substance, allied to radium, allegedly generates electricity and could cut current costs to thirty percent with future storage methods.
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San Francisco
Charles N. C. Gage
Fitch
Mariposa County
Frank Post
Gage
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Doctor in Texas
A physician from Delia Texas, Dr. Armstrong, recommends and prescribes the One Minute Cough Cure for coughs croup and la grippe claiming it acts at the source of trouble and heals lungs aiding oxygen delivery. Sold by Houseworth Bros.
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Armstrong
Delia
Tex
Houseworth Bros
Persians Rout Russians Reported in Berlin Dispatch
The Tageblatt notes bloody clashes between Russian civilians and Persian troops with Russian forces routed in ongoing hostilities.
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Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Fire Loss Hits $150,000 at Arrott Power Building
Pittsburg Pa Dec 16 Fire in the Arrott Power building caused a loss of 150 000 largely covered by insurance.
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Pittsburg
Arrott
Kodo Dyspepsia Cure Digest Tones All Food Classes
An OCR fragment notes Kodo and dyspepsia cure claims claiming digestion aid across all classes of food. The readable text is brief and lacks context about sources, dates, or authors.
Deathbed note on typhoid cure effectiveness and family origin
Fragmentary report states a deathbed remark about typhoid fever treatment and notes the deceased and family came from the east. Details are limited and names or dates are absent.
Supreme court rules grain option betting illegal as gambling
Lincoln Neb Dec 19 A Supreme court decision holds that speculating in grain options on the Chicago board of trade is illegal and constitutes gambling. Dealers in grain futures may leave the state as a result.
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Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Chicago Board of Trade
Compromise in $50,000 breach of promise suit settled
The breach of promise case filed by Katherine Wolverton a New York cloak model against Dudley Baldwin a Cleveland bachelor has been settled for about $10,000 in New York on December 19.
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New York
Katherine Wolverton
Dudley
Baldwin
Cleveland
San Francisco Woman Weds Chinese Lover in New York
Miss Roberta Lang of San Francisco marries Lum Tan Tsee after eloping with him to New York. The couple flew to Chinatown to escape parental ire and began their life together following the ceremony on December 19.
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New York
Roberta Lang
San Francisco
Lum Tan Tsee
Chinatown
Hartley Nominated Bishop by Pope Pius X
Rome December 19 The nomination of Rev James J Hartley pastor of the Church of the Holy Name Steubenville Ohio to be bishop of Columbus has been ratified by Pope Pius X.
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Hartley
Rome
James J. Hartley
Church of the Holy Name of Steubenville, O
Columbus
Pius X
Officers for the Tacoma Detail Named in Cal Route
Vallejo Cal Dec 19 These officers have been detailed on the new cruiser Tacoma Commander Reginald Nicholson in command Lieutenant Commander Harry George executive officer
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Tacoma
Vallejo
Cal
Reginald Nicholson
Harry George
Britain tariff reform league selects 23 for tariff commission
London December 19 The Great Britain Tariff Reform League announces twenty three persons who have accepted invitations to serve as members of the tariff commission.
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Tariff Reform Commission
London
The
Great Britain Tariff Reform League
Tariff Commission
Christmas Tree Syndicate Deserts Overstocked Market
Philadelphia December 19: fearing heavy losses from glutted demand the Christmas tree syndicate destroyed five full carloads of spruce and pines.
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Philadelphia
Soldiers massacred Jews near Warsaw in plunder raid
In Berlin on December 19 a report says Russian soldiers killed seven members of a Jewish family near Warsaw. The attackers plundered the house and obtained about $1000 in cash.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Orphan Agnes O'Hern Named Heiress to Millionaire Connor
The ten year old Agnes O'Hern, who had carried milk daily to Thomas Connor's home, is declared his heiress after his passing, announced from Joplin Missouri on December 19.
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Joplin
Agnes O'Hern
Thomas Connor
To Continue Theater Trust Votes To 1910
New York December 19 The Vaudeville Managers Association on the Hastern circuit has voted to continue the organization as it now stands until 1910.
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Theater Trust
New York
Vaudeville Managers’ Association of the
Hastern Circuit
Zora Phora Offered Free Trial for Women Ailing
An advertisement claims Zora Phora cures leucorrhea change of life and pelvic disorders. Letters from Alice Brown of St. Joe Street Elkhart Indiana and Joseph Brownell of Wentworth Avenue Chicago describe relief after four bottles. The product, sold by druggists for one dollar, offers free trial bottles and medical advice from Kalamazoo Michigan.
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Alice Brown
St. Joe
St. Elkhart
Ind
Joseph Brownell
Wentworth Ave
Chicago
Ill
Zora Phora Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Spavin Liniment Advertised As Cure-All for Horses
English Spavin Liniment removes lumps, blemishes, and injuries from horses. Claims to treat blood spavins curbs spents sweeney ring bone stiffles sprains and swollen throats. Offers one bottle at a discount of 59 dollars with warranty and sales through C H Leonard druggist.
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C. H. Leonard Drigbist
Anarchist Pierson Cleared In Obstructing Streets Trial
Charles Pierson of Galveston was tried on a charge of obstructing the streets and found not guilty. The report that plans of President Roosevelt’s home were found in his possession is unfounded.
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Galveston
Tex
Charles Pierson
Roosevelt
Sold Military Camp Site at West Point Maneuvers
Louisville Ky Dec 19 Dr Prewitt left to propose to the war department the sale of the West Point Kentucky ground where recent military maneuvers were held to the government.
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Louisville
Prewitt
War Department
West Point
$100 Anti Diuretic Claim For Children’s Bedwetting
An ad touts Dr E Decthan's Anti Diuretic as a cure for bedwetting in children and adults. It promises arrest of the condition at once and notes a $100 value potential for users, with $1 price from C H Leonard, Druggist.
Revolution Claims Santiago de los Caballeros
In Porto Plata on December 19, rebels gained control as government forces retreated after a severe battle. Domingo and Revels reported the surrender of the city to revolutionists.
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