Washington Notes On Votes And Appointments
Fragmented Washington notes report a decisive 103 to 48 vote on a bill to increase pensions for Julia B. Coghlan widow of Rear Admiral Coghlan. Mention of vacancies, appointments, and political moves includes references to Elihu Root’s successor and a vacant Connecticut seat.
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Washington
Julia B. Coghlan
Coghlan
P. Degea
Howevur
Vogel
House of
George Likey
Connecticut
Og Patterson
Tennessee
Steen Brook
Robert Bacon
Elihu Root
Mitchell receives rousing reception at UMWA convention
John Mitchell former president of the United Mine Workers of America heads a large delegation in Te lamapolia as 1,300 delegates cheer wildly and many shed tears. John G. Robinson of SemithSeld W Va is arrested for forging his wife's signature on a bond. Pierpont departs as vice chief of the army after buying the word Wash. Rear Admiral Sperry arrives and is greeted with salutes and official entertainment.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Lamapolia
John G. Robinson
SemithSeld
W. Va
Pierpont
Sperry
Wrecks and Disasters Hit News in 1900 Era Report
The report details shipwrecks off New England with casualties aboard the Florida and Republic near Martha's Vineyard, plus Baltic rescue outcomes and captain losses. It notes Gov Magoon praising U S Cuba occupation results, Taft and party sailing from Charleston, and various accidents including mines, fires, and a deadly snow slide in Colorado. It also cites a federal liquor bill, libel damages to Gov Comer, robberies, and political shifts.
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Republic
Nealea
Florida
No Man's Land
Martha's ‘Vineyard Island
Massachusette
Gresham
Baltic
New
Atlantic
Gov
Refres
Ira Remsen
Johns Mopkins University
W . Tevéteen
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Germany
Marbroeck
J. H. Voelker
Wallace
Idaho
Camp Bird
Quray
Col
McCracken, Ban
Jesse Hotel
Gre
Gabriel Longobardi
Chicago
Patterson
Feanessea Legisla
Senate
Ashe
B. B. Comer
Alabama
Montgomery
le Parmers
Vank Hadar
Ned
Foreste Powder Works
Hopatcong
N. J
Ingles
Reese
Lang
Sask
United States Pacific
Valparaiso
Coquimbo
Kile
Callao
Peru
Kansas City
Stone Canon
Chancellors
Cal
James P
Quarrel Ends In Kansas City Killing
Stephen T Hood of Kansas City was killed by his former friend James W Blanton after a quarrel. The report also notes various world events including a 138 foot oki record at Pittab ly and unrest in Europe, with multiple other crimes, trials and disasters cited.
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Stephen T. Hood
Kansas City
James W. Blanton
Northens
Pittablly
Tottenham
London
Swiss Aero Club
Collrich
pefGess
Johnstown
Herman Bililk
Chicago
Mary Vizal
Thibet
Jay Gould
George J. Goold
New York
Mary G. Donovan
Philadelphia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Wright
Mahoning County Infirmary
Canfield
Prohibition
Tennessee
Ailvia Beline
Galva
South Dakota
Susie M. Burdette
Joshua Burdette
Creek County
Oklahoma
Eufala
Okla
Sait
Burdette
Deaths of Prominent Figures Across Canada and England
Obituary brief noting the death of Most Rev Arthur Sweatman archbishop of Toronto and primate of Canada from pneumonia, plus the Earl of Leicester in Wells England and Charles Platt a Philadelphia based fire insurance man aged 80. A mention of George Smythe known as Bones and longtime Cambridge police caretaker at Harvard appears in fragmentary form.
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Arthur Sweatman
Toronto
Canada
Earl of Leicester
Wells
England
Charles Platt
Philadelphia
George Smythe
Cambepedia
Harvard
Woman's Kidney Pain Relieved by a Noted Remedy
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York testifies she suffered backache dizziness sleeplessness and languor from kidney ills. After using Deans Kidney Pills she reports prompt relief and urges others to try the remedy sold at 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N.Y
Beck
Dean’sa
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cure for Eruption Proves Curita Remedy Effectiveness
A Tennessee mother recounts two weeks of Cutiura treatment curing her two and a half year old daughter's painful hip eruption after two doctors failed. She notes the child remained clear of skin issues since February and is now fourteen. The letter is dated September 22, 1908 from Winchester.
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Mia
R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Petter Drag & Chem
Uurp
Bole Props
Bowen
Baroness Accused of Self-Interest in Gossip
The excerpt notes a dialogue about a baroness who rarely discusses other women and tends to talk about herself. The exchange questions her focus and social influence in their circle.
Rheumatism Cure Toris Prompts Medical Debate
An article discusses Toris as a rheumatism remedy, noting its claimed effectiveness when mixed with specific ingredients and the availability of Toris from Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago. It also mentions anger reducing vitality and a humorous exchange about the Sad-Eyed Individual unable to form consecutive thoughts.
Joy Work And the Other Kind
A promotional piece argues daily work joy depends on health and diet. It stresses proper nourishment with Grape-Nuts feeding productivity and mental vigor, citing testimonials and theRoad to Wellville reference as reasons to try the cereal.
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Arch of Health
North Dakota legislature faces jail reform and high profile passes
A joint session in Bismarck set up an investigation into the state penitentiary with a four-to-three House-Senate committee, while a governor and attorney general study of grain carrier charges is proposed. Lincoln birthday observances were planned, Carnegie may fund the state university, and anti pass concerns prompt talks of amendments.
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Bismarck
Astea
J. L. McVey
Minnesota
North
House Committee of State Affairs Today
State
Rowse
Senate
General Fund
Pierce
Lincoln
Andrew Carnegie
State University
Playfar
Valley City
Fraternity
State Insurance Department
Burke
Johm Carmody
Hillsboro
B&b
State Capitol
Noetty
Great Northern Road
Sabié
Thomas Wilson
Qmaka Road
Wilson
Board of Regents
Minnesota U
The Sign of Power and Calmness in Strength
A quote on power distinguishing calm, superior strength from active, lower strength. It warns against equating calm with dullness and urges mindful restraint to avoid being pulled down by reckless action. The speaker cites Swami Vivekananda on the nature of true power.
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Swami Vivekannasda
Marine insurance and its ancient roots in Barcelona
Marine insurance is the oldest form of modern insurance. Its principles emerged in the fourteenth century among Barcelona merchants when the city was a maritime power. Around that era, Barcelona also saw the creation of the famed maritime code known as the cosiselaéo del mar, foundational to modern shipping law.
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Barcelonas
Spain
Kingdom of
Catalonia
Barcelona
Life After Death A Seeker’s Open Road
An essay fragment on life after death from Ralph Waldo Trine’s book outlines a hopeful transition from life to a higher form of light not feared but welcomed. It argues true Christianity requires love over creeds and deeds over dogma, praising Sabbath devotion and neighborly mercy.
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Ralph Waldo Trine
Congressmen Claim Senate Seat in North Dakota Report
Me congressman M N Johanson declared elected United States senator by 136 Republicans to 16 Democrats. Johnson awaits Washington trip in late February while state bills move, including judiciary term extension and anti penitentary measures. Grand Forks reports focus on Tuttle Storey contest and state revenues tied to a Supreme Court decision.
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M. N. Johanson
United States
Joint Assembly
Jobmwen
le Moure
Senate
Johnson
East
Washington
House
LaMoure, Pierce
Talcott
Man's Rough Path and the Buy of Salvation
A brief saying from the Atlanta Constitution notes times are not always hard and a man needs money to buy salvation from a preacher, health from a doctor, and legal pin rights from a lawyer.
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Atlanta Constitution
Big Engineering Feat in Maine Dam Project
A major New England engineering achievement is a 2600 foot dam on the Union River in Maine. It is built of reinforced concrete and cost about 640000 dollars.
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New England
Union River
Repository of Writing Society Broken Up by Investor
A fragment notes the Society for Writing with Gamond being dissolved by an investor. It mentions a specimen of its works, the Lord's Prayer of 237 letters, written in a tiny format, with 1008 letters per square inch. It references high power lenses used by physicians to study minute bacteria.
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Society For
Lous
North Dakota News Roundup of Crime and Public Order
In Grand Forks several incidents unfold including Nick Sjodin's arrest on insanity grounds after seeking a gun at city hall and prior threats to harm himself. Other towns report bank schemes, poisoning of dogs, forged checks, missing persons, and planned meat safety ordinances. Community leaders discuss insanity treatment and early banking growth.
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Grand Forks
Nick Sjodin
Captain Sullivan
Sjodin
Minot farmer held on insanity charge after violent episode
Frank Havilcheck a young farmer north of Minot was arrested for the third time on insanity charges and confined in the county jail pending a board review. He has a history of moodiness and past fits but previous cases were not severe enough for Jamestown asylum. Last week he assaulted his mother and brother and saturated them with kerosene while attempting to set them alight until his father intervened.
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Ellendale
Bew
Dickey
Glenburn
A. B. Shattuck
Grand Forks
C.D. Hannan
W. C. Webb
Towner
Starkweather
Williston
Webb
Hamsey County
Dickinson
Joseph Schuber
Martin Hatzenbieler
Richardson
George Brown
Schuber
Minot
J. G. Gehres
Baselo
Joseph
St. Pat
Frank Havilcheck
Havilcheck
Jamestown
Contesting the Will Faces Supreme Court Challenge
In Grand Forks the North Dakota Supreme Court heard a case over the estate of Martin Walsh. Defendants include Mary Carney and Mary Finn two women who tended the ailing man while his siblings pursue the fraternal insurance proceeds.
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Grand Forks
Martin Walsh
Supreme Court of
North Dakota
Mary Carney
Mary Finn
Walsh
We Warrant for Financier in Rugby Case
Fargo reports no warrant issued for the financier known as Andy Jones who vanished after gathering over 200000 dollars from a defunct bank's valued securities. Bankers from Minnesota and Wisconsin arrived in Rugby to pursue the matter as the sheriff confirms the arrest action has not begun.
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Fargo
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rugby
N. C
First National Bank
Andy” Jones
Pierce County
Jones
Osfe Cracker Employed in Biemarck Adjutant General Resigns
Adjutant General Peake Q resumes duties by reclaiming the adjutant general office. State militia detail moved to other duties as a machinist is hired to inspect the vault after former Adjutant General Poole refused to surrender the vault door combination.
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Osfe
Biemarck
Peake Q
Adjutant General
Poole
Mrs Nesh Married Mimot
The wife of D M Noah who was convicted of murder has remarried a Douglas North Dakota man about two weeks ago. She had been living with her parents since her husband’s arrest for the Kenmare farmer old man Johnson’s murder and secured a divorce shortly after his conviction.
Long romance ends in North Dakota marriage at Butte
In Minot a 35 year romance culminates in the marriage of J. D. Gordon a Ward county farmer to Mrs. Jessie Davis of Butte Montana. The wedding took place January 2 in Butte after Gordon visited three weeks earlier.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Sufferer
A testimonial from Mrs Joan G McLean of Minneapolis Minnesota credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe suffering. The letter urges public sharing to prove the remedy helps many women with similar troubles and asserts its herbal composition.
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E. Pinkham
Lodia E. Pinkhham
Joan G. McLean
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wonderberry: Burbank introduces new climate adaptable plant
Luther Burbank unveils a fruit novelty, the Wonderberry, a berry bearing in three months. Seed-grown, it yields all summer in gardens or pots, promising great value and world advertising by J M Childs of Floral Park New York as an agent-friendly seed supplier.
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Luther Burbank
Piper
California
Burbank
Jom
Divorce Colony and a New Papa Mentioned
Comic snippets from old papers describe a scene in the Divorce Colony where the De Jones girl tells her friend Lucy van Smith about a “new papa” named Mr Jones. The exchange contrasts expectations with prior experiences and humor drawn from playful chatter in a social setting.
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de Jones
Lucy van Smith
Lucy
Mr. Jones
Lippincow
Creamery Ads and Aphorisms From St Paul Mills
An old newspaper fragment contains dairy ad copy from Milton Dairy Co and Chesent Creamery Co both based in St Paul Minnesota. It includes lines about buying cream and a generic aphorism on arms and laws.
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Milton Dairy CO
ST. Paul, Minn
Ciel
Priv! Chesent Creamery CO
ST. Pal 1
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Union Tobacco Society
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
George E. Chambérlain
Orefom
Charles J. Meghen, Jr
Colorado
Californian Assembly
Roosevelt
Gillett
Una
Turkey
Clinton
8. C
T. A. Jaggar, Jr
Penechusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Etna
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Isaac M. Wise
Temple Benedeth Israel
Twenty-First Council of the Asion of American Hebrew Congregations
St. Petersburg
Atlantic Terra Cotta Company
Paul Radioff
Marshalltown
Cutiura
Maurice de Fleury
Dr. de Fleury
Cong. Johnson
Frederick Weyerhawser
State Board of Forestry
Weyerhauser
L. W. Hill
Great Northern
State Highway Commission
Supreme Court
Grassick
Grand Brks
State Health Laboratory
Lve Stock Cauntary Board
State University At
Teachers’ Foundation
Cousthes
Conference Committee
Grand Forkse
A. J. Albring
Spokane
Wash
Kevil Albring
Cook
Doc Reed
Rosas
Virginia
Doc
North Dakota News
Hugby
Secret Service
Andy Jones
Rugby National Bank
BOIS
Barton Mate Bank
Medinage
Northwest
Julius Anderson
Wiles
Crary
Oscar Johnson
Finley
Result
Harry McLean
Frederickton
New Brunswick
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Toronto Construction Company
Devila Lake
Frank LeRond McVey
Minnesota Tax Commission
Minnesota University
Webster Merrifield
McVey
Fred Kosteleckey
Iim
Northern Pacific
Robert J. Stewart
Kathryn
Kathryn Recorder
Eome
Mr. Dude
Misa Sly
Mr. Oldhatch
Mr. Koagag
Miller & Holmes
Caesar
Dodds
Aiodney
Laney
Carters
Fe Corres, Peter
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