Senator Burton Found Guilty On Six Counts In Post Office Case
Sen J R Burton of Kansas is convicted on all six counts in an indictment accusing him of accepting compensation from Rialto Grain and Securities to act as attorney before the post office department. Trial lasted a week in St Louis with verdict at 12:50 am. He plans a bill of exceptions and appeal to the Supreme Court. His seat may become vacant if the verdict stands.
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St. Louis
J. IR. Burton
Kansas
United States
Rialto Grain and Securities Company of
Post Office Department
Senator Burton
Supreme Court
Burton
National Congress
Strikers Starve as Lockout Triggers General Action
In St Petersburg the Workman's council threatens a countrywide strike after 70 000 workers were locked out yesterday and refused to return under old terms. Delegates seek interior support while famine and hardship spread among the unemployed, with cases of starvation and extreme destitution reported.
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St. Petersburg
President Will Be Endorsed By Administration On Rates
Washington reports at White House talks on freight rate legislation showed no shift in the president's stance. Officials, including Secretary Root Taft Bonaparte Senator Knox and Commissioner Garfield, endorsed the current policy pending the president's message. Dolliver and Hinshaw voiced broad support for the administration's veto framework.
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Washington
White House
Root
Taft
Bonaparte
Knox
Garfield
de Neress
Dolliver
Jaws
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Hinshay
Nebraska
Roosevelt Fires U.S. Officer in Civil Service Violation
President Roosevelt removed from office William S. Lieb the assistant United States treasurer in Philadelphia for constant and persistent violation of the civil service law while in office.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Washington
Williams
Lieb
United States
Philadelphia
Seventeen Die In Boston Railroad Disaster
Boston on November 24 reports list of victims from a railroad crash. Positive identifications were still lacking as four men and four women remained in the oil morgue and many bodies were mutilated or charred, hindering recognition.
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Boston
Mass
Plange
Women and Rings Rule a Man with a Twist
A witty adage notes that any woman can bend a man to her will once she has placed a ring on his finger, implying commitment gives leverage in relationships.
Mutiny Strikes Sebastopol Port and Fort
Nov 26 27 reports describe sailors at Sebastopol mutinying and joining workers under a red flag. Brest regiment rebels, Bielostok cheerfully joins, officers driven off, General Neplueff captured, Euxine fleet unsettled with crews disaffected amid broader Black Sea unrest.
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Sebastopol
Brest
Odessa
Admiral Pisarevski
St. Petersburg
Sebastopo
Admiralty
Associated Press
Black Sea
Ukase
Russia
Neplueff
Bielostok
Biblostok
Chouknin
Seventh Army Corps
Simerfopol
Cronstadt
Governor Pennypacker Presents Silver Service to Pennsylvania
In Philadelphia Governor Pennypacker, before state and city officials and Navy officers at League Island, presented the armored cruiser Pennsylvania with a 143 piece silver service weighing nearly 750 pounds and valued at $25,000.
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Philadelphia
United States Navy
League Island Navy Yard
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Austrian People Secure Suffrage In Nationwide Protests
Vienna reports a new epoch as the people urge universal equal suffrage and the crown promises by February to introduce a full and direct suffrage bill. Monster demonstrations occur in major cities, with Austerlitz the only town reporting violence where troops killed two and wounded thirty.
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Vienna
Barn Gauteh von Frankenthurn
Austerlitz
Hearst Gains Eighty Votes in NYC District
Hearst gained 80 votes in a single election district during the recanvass of New York's contested mayoralty election. The gain came from the fifteenth election district of the Twenty-sixth assembly district where inspectors were arrested recently, and the county canvassers reported erasures and numerous changes on the district's tally sheets.
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Hearst
New York
William R. Hearst
Board of Inspectors
Board of County Canvassers
Iowa delegation sent to Washington for uniform divorce law conference
Des Moines notes report a February conference in Washington on uniform divorce law with Governor Cummins naming Congressman Walter Smith B P Birdsall and E H Hubbard as Iowa delegates. It notes potential impact on 1906 or 1907 Iowa legislature and mentions related legal and budget debates in state government.
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Des Moines
Washington
Cummins
Walter }. Smith
B. P. Birdsall
E. H. Hubbard
Iowa
We Are Careful of His Hours and Toys
A fragment from Harper's Magazine citing the Mother’s Handbook and its precepts on child discipline. The text emphasizes mindful limits, prayerful consideration of needful discipline, and avoidance of harming the child.
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Harper’s Magazine
Phonopostals and Wallace’s Ocean of Convexity
Phonopostals described as a postal card style recording device using a sapphire stylus and coated cardboard, capable of 75 to 80 words and mail transmission. Alfred Russel Wallace recounts a $2,500 convexity challenge against John Hampden, enduring abuse, legal action, imprisonment, and a final win on technical grounds.
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la Nature
Alfred Russel Wallace
John Hampden
Wallace
Hampden
Largest tree in Vermont described in Chester yard
The dooryard of Jerry Richard in northeast Chester holds what may be the largest tree in Vermont or New England. It measures 23.5 feet in circumference at two feet high, spans about 130 feet between branch tips, has seven limbs each 2.5 feet thick, and woodchoppers estimate it holds 15 to 20 cords of wood.
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Paul
Colorado Springs
J. K. Paul
Vermont
New England
Jerry Richard
Chester
St. Albang Messenger
Russian Army Red Tape
W. T. Stead recounts Gen Linevich in Manchuria using a rubber stamp signature for daily forage requisitions. Commissary officials deemed the stamped papers invalid, forcing the general commanding a large army to sign each order for his horses oats by hand.
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W. T. Stead
Linevich
Manchuria
Woodchuck Reluctant to Leave Liberty in Bath
A Bath Maine man keeps a woodchuck as a pet for over a year. He released it in an open field but the animal followed him home, prompting the plan to free it again. A young dancer measured his ball night on a pedometer, noting long average dance distances per waltz and polka and estimating total miles danced.
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E. Elliot
Bath
Mr. Elliot
Knuckle Under Phrase Tied to Kneeling for Pardon
An etymology note explains that to knuckle under or to knuckle to derives from old uses of knuckle as a body joint, implying kneeling for pardon. It clarifies the knuckles of the hands were not involved in the expression’s origin.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Advert
Claiming kidney weakness affects all organs the ad promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal kidney cure. A testimonial from Mia A L Walker of Atlanta praises its health benefits and urges sufferers to try the remedy for relief from dizziness headaches and general tiredness.
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Mia. A. L. Walker
East Linden St
Atlanta
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Offer Ad
An old promotional notice touts Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues. It invites readers to test their urine conditions and send for a free sample bottle and a book of testimonials from Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
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Swamp Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Bright
Aidney
Kilmer & CO
Binghamton
Swamp-Root Bottles Sold Everywhere Says Ad
The copy urges buyers to get Swamp-Root in regular fifty cent and one dollar sizes at drug stores nationwide. It reminds customers to remember the name Swamp-Root Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root and the label showing Binghamton N Y on every bottle.
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Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
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