President Roosevelt Urges North South Unity On Race Problem
Roosevelt told the Republican club that the race question is national, not sectional, and that the North and South must unite for a solution. He praised southern courage in handling the issue and urged fair treatment among nations in foreign policy, with amassive Lincoln dinner at Waldorf Astoria drawing over 1,300 guests including 275 women.
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New’ York
Roosevelt
Republican Club
Press Club
United States
Waldorf-As Oria Hotel
New York
Astor Gallery
Myrtle Room
Abraham Lincoln
South
North
Oyama's Men Grow Active On Japanese Fronts In Mild Weather
In Kuroki's headquarters on February 14, Japanese artillery has become more active after three months of sparse replies. Artillery duels occur daily along portions of the fronts as the unusually cold weather of the past fortnight gives way to mild sunny days and melting snow.
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Kuroki
Resignation of Shenandoah Bank and Express Agent
P J Ferguson president of the First National Bank of Shenandoah and Lehigh Valley Railroad attorney has resigned after thirty eight years as an express agent here. His former clerk John McDonald succeeds him as agent for the Adams Express Company.
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Shenandoah
P. J. Ferguson
First “National Bank
Lehigh Valley
John McDonald
Adams: ‘Express Ompany
Wisconsin senate opens anti corset probe amid capital move talk
Madison Feb 15 an anti corset crusade hit the Wisconsin legislature with a Ways and Means report on a bill to create a commission to investigate violent cases of women injuring themselves by tight corsets. The session includes lawmakers proposing moving the capital to Grand Rapids Hudson Superior or other cities with more bills than any prior session.
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Madison
Wis
Committee On Ways and Means
Libby
Wipperman
Grand Rapids
Wood County
Kear
Hudson
St. Croix County
Hudnall
Superior
Martin
Helmont
la Fayette County
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Viroqua
Kansas City Lines $1 Million Locomotive Order
Kansas City Missouri February 15 The Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway orders locomotives costing 1 000 000 to be ready for delivery next January The company expects to haul cattle in its own cars from Texas and Oklahoma to Kansas City before next fall A passenger service will run between Kansas City and Sweet Water Texas Until its own rails are built the Missouri Pacific tracks from Osage City will be used.
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Kansas City
Mexico and
Orient Railway
Kansas
Small Lightships Sail 14600 Mile Cape Horn Route
Two 115 foot lightships built at the post for California service have sailed more than 14600 miles around Cape Horn to their Pacific station off Blunt's reef near Medecine, California. Lightship No. 83 and relief-boat No. 86 cost about 82000 dollars each and are designed for general duty.
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New York
California
Cape Horn
Pacific
Blunt's Reef
Medecine
Cal
Ex-Governor Boies Ill in Hot Springs Hotel
Ex Governor Horace Boies lies critically ill in a Hot Springs Arkansas hotel where he sought treatment weeks ago. Relatives at Waterloo fear he may not recover and family members have been summoned to his bedside.
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Boies
Des Moines
Iowa
Horace Boies
Hot Springs
Ark
Waterloo
Fraud Witness Disappears in Colorado Train Escape
Denver detectives search for Juan de Dios Montes Huerfano county clerk who escaped from a train while in custody of Mose Viane sergeant at arms of the legislative committee investigating the governor race.
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Denver
Colo
Juan de Dios Mones
Huerfano County
Mose Vianecourt
Legislative Committee
Honor to American Ambassador Meyer in Rome Visit
King Victor Emmanuel hosted Ambassador Meyer as his sole guest at a motor outing and shooting party to Castle Fusano. Queen Victoria joined the lunch after the day’s sport. The sovereigns praised Meyer's transfer to St Petersburg noting its political significance.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Ambassador Meyer
Castle Fusano
Meyer
Mr. Meyer
St. Petersburg
Rev C M Conway sues church for salary
Sharon Pa February 15 Rev C M Conway has entered suit against the First Baptist church for 269 salary due January 1. The church owns about 16000 dollars worth of real estate. Mr Conway is pastor of the Linesville Baptist church though residing in Greenville.
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Sharon
C. M. Conway
First Baptist Church
Conway
Linesville Baptist Church
Greenville
Are You Out of Sorts Dr Chase Blood and Nerve Food Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Food as restoring animation and vitality. It claims rich blood, steady nerves, and relief from nervous enfeeblement, urging self weighing before use and noting the product by The Dr Chase Co. Philadelphia. Sold by Houseworth Bros for 66 cents a box or 2.00 for five boxes with a free book.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
Dr. Chase Co
Philadelphia
Bock
Houseworth Bros
Reporter Knocked Footpad in Wilkesbarre Hold Up
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on February 15. A foot pad grabbed reporter H. A. Slattery and brandished a revolver at his face. Slattery dodged and struck the thief’s jaw, prompting a violent fall.
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Footpad
Wilkesbarre
H. A. Slattery
Slattery
Desperadoes Captured After Fierce Gun Fight Near Basin
Sheriff Fenton and Deputy Alston trapped Oklahoma Combs and Denver Lane after a lengthy shootout in which more than fifty shots were exchanged. The pair had escaped from jail at Billings, Montana a month earlier.
Heaviest Woman in County Buried in Sleigh
In Pine Grove Pennsylvania on February 15 Mrs John Wolf of Keffers who was buried at Tremont weighed 420 pounds making her the heaviest woman in Schuylkill county. The hearse was too small for her body so a sleigh was used for the burial.
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Pine Grove
John Wolf
Keffers
Tremont
Schuylkill County
Workmen to Study American Public Works Methods
Madrid reports 100 workmen will be sent to the United States by the department of public works for a two year study of American city public works methods. The delegation aims to observe practices and gather comparative data for home use.
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America
Madrid
Department of Public Works
Stray Dog Delivers Newborn Babe to Kokomo Home
A Kokomo man, John Lanconner, reports a strange dog arrived at his house with a large basket containing a newborn baby. A note pinned to the child's clothing stated the birth date as February 10 1905 and asked to keep both baby and dog.
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Kokomo
John Lanconner
Bort
Anarchist Gil Sentenced in Maura Plot Case
Madrid reports anarchist Gil, arrested last September for plotting against Premier Maura, was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment by the court on February 15.
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Madrid
Gil
Maura
Bill to allow women voting for electors killed in senate
Defeat of suffrage bill in Topeka Kansas where the senate voted 60 to 29 against granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. The action marks a setback for the woman suffrage movement in state politics.
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Topeka
Kas
Senate
Verdict Set Aside In Suit By Chorus Girl Against Lee
Boston February 15 The jury verdict for Helen Bates McNally the chorus girl who sued Robert H E Lee of Cambridge for 30000 alleging breach of promise of marriage has been set aside.
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Boston
Helen, Bates
McNally
Robert EH. Lee
Cambridge
Policeman to Umpire in Central league news
Reports from Laporte indicate ex Chief Philip Bongérz has joined the Central league umpire staff. Bongérz, currently on the Pacific coast, moves after serving in police leadership in South Bend.
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South Bend
Ind
Laporte
Philip Bongerz
Bongérz
Pacific Coast
Bayard Hopkins Arrives After Weeks Overdue
The schooner Bayard Hopkins, overdue three weeks and feared lost, has arrived in Hampton Roads Virginia on February 15. No injuries are reported, and the vessel is being assessed for damage and cargo status by local authorities.
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Hampton Roads
Bayard
Noted investigator spurns wealth for “new kind of way” book idea
The piece highlights a veteran investigator, aged sixty, who remains active and modest about a proposed book on a new method. It contrasts his stance with critics, citing Ohio Childrens Home Society figures and debates on large families and poverty, via Dr F H Darby remarks.
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Loos
New York
Darby
Pin Worm Destroyer sold by Steketee’s sample offer
A historical advertisement promotes Steketee’s Pin Worm Destroyer as a remedy for pin worms and general worm irritation. It claims the product laxative uses and urges readers to request a sample for 25 cents, listing GEO G. Steketee as proprietor at 129 Cherry St Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Steketee
Geo.g. Steketee
Cherry St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Untitled fragment hints at grain flour inheritance
A fragmented note discusses flour and grains including wheat corn and rice, mentioning a Mrs. Austin and a claim of inheritance affecting children placed by “us.” The text is garbled but centers on flour composition and a supposed distribution or share.
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Ziesel Brothers
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Elkhart
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