Governor Cumming Defends Senate Cross Examination
Des Moines March 20 Governor Cumming replies to Senator Elkins of West Virginia criticizing his Iowa speeches. He defends his testimony before the Interstate Commerce Committee and disputes Elkins claims of bias and improper influence by railroad attorneys during six hours of hostile questioning.
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Cumming
Viking
West Virglia
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Ikins
Elkins
Towa
Washington
Cummanis
Fox
Senate
Talkins
Cummns
Kikins
Alkins
Time Tables Fragment From R R Central Aid
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial rail or timetable text including times like 11:35 and 7:80 am with unclear station names and route identifiers. The readable pieces suggest a railway or transit schedule snippet from an unidentified Central area.
Train Parlor and Buffet Car Schedules and Connections
East bound trains No 200 202 204 210 and 200 210 offer buffet and cafe parlor car service with Sundays only operations on some cars. West bound trains No 903 205 207 211 feature buffet or parlor car service. Connections: No 202 links Rockford Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison and northward. Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb east and west. No 24 connects Rockford Beloit Harvard Madison. No 206 at Belvidere connects to Sycamore DeKalb Spring Valley and west to the Pacific Coast. John F Daly, Agent.
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East Bound
West Bound
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb Ail
Harvard
DeKalb
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
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Elkins Courtesies and Political Testimony Heated Debate
In a heated exchange a witness challenges procedural fairness at Elkins, accusing a railway attorney of prompting questions and alleging a hostile setup to discredit Cummins in his bid for renomination. He cites a right-hand seat occupant as ex Senator Kaulkner and criticizes the investigation as unseemly.
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Elkins
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Ilkins
Washington
Iowa
Gumib
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Senator Elkins and Governor Hanson in letter controversy
A fragmented report discusses Senator Elkins and Governor Hanson amid a dispute over advocacy and rail interests. It cites Roy Stanard Baker in McClure's magazine and questions the senator's stance toward railroads and the political pressures on voters.
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Chicago
Elkins
Hanson Kent
Liman
Wikins
Cunmains
Roy Stanard Baker
McClure’s
Baker
Skins
United States Senate
Labor Plot Confessed in New York Toward Blast at Bliss Building
Charvies Morin, a Bridgemen and Housesmiths union member, with two other workmen, confessed to dynamite plans against the Bliss building on Hast Twenty third Street. He told Assistant District Attorney Traing that walking delegates and the New York and New Jersey union branches financed efforts to destroy the Bliss project and other constructions and halt work. The district attorney’s office will not reveal the walking delegates' names.
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Bliss
Traventy-third ‘Street
Post & McCord
Traing
Trin
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Union
Albany Club Elects Judge Hamilton President Again
Judge Andrew Hamilton was unanimously elected president of the Albany club, with a turnout about twice last year’s. Most other candidates were scratched from the ballot to bolster his endorsement, marking Hamilton’s sixth consecutive term as club president.
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Andrew Hamilton
Albany Club
Ind ‘Miny
Hamilton
Albany
Examination reveals stock holdings in oil firms in Missouri case
March 26 New York report notes Rogers of the Standard Oil computer case yields little testimony. Counsel for the Standard Oil firm states for the purpose of the litigation the Winters-Cierce Republic and Standard Oil of Indiana shares are held for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Missouri Attorney General Studley says this sequence undermines lis cise.
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New York
Rogers
Missouri
Standard OV
Standard OH
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Standard Oil
Indiana
Standard Off Company
New Jersey
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Fire Damages Hawthorne Manuscripts at Yonkers Home
A blaze that wiped out Julian Hawthorne's Yonkers residence damaged about a score of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscripts along with letters and autographs. The collection included items from Hawthorne and correspondences from intimate friends, all harmed by smoke and water.
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New York
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne
Yonkers
Fire destroys five story building in Chicago district
A fire swept through a five story building at 80 to 84 Michigan Avenue in the wholesale district between Teandolph and Lake streets, causing an estimated loss of 148000. The gutted structure housed the Goodyear Rubber company and Beckley Inwwson company dealers in automobile supplies.
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Teandolph
Lake Streets
Michigan Avenue
Goodyear Rubber Company
Beckley Inwwson Company
Governor Pattison In Worsening Condition
Reports from Columbus indicate Governor Pattison's condition deteriorating with rising temperature and rapid respiration after a day of apparent comfort. Doctors monitor his breathing and fever as concerns mount.
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Columbus
John Hays Hammond Ill in San Francisco
John Hays Hammond the mining engineer is in San Francisco in ill health with acute pneumonia and arrangements are made to move him to Los Angeles for treatment.
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John Hays Hammond Vergil
San Francisco
John Hays
Hammond
Los Angeles
Murder Trial of Harry Skelton Aboard the River Mystery
The tale recounts Harry Skelton accused of murdering his wife after a rushed marriage to Anna Saundera. A village sleuth, a mysterious stranger, and a complex trail of blood, footprints, and a missing body drive a dramatic defense. The case ends with the wife revealed alive, the stranger’s ruse exposed, and Skelton’s fate sealed at the assizes.
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Hamilton named as major beneficiary in New York Life inquiry
Andrew Hamilton, legislative agent for New York Life, returned amid an insurance probe revealing extensive unaccounted sums. The Armstrong and Fowler committees tracked over 1.8 million dollars steered through Hamilton since 1802, with 1.07 million allegedly unsatisfactorily accounted for and proposed recoveries against Hamilton and associates McCall and Perkins.
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Andrew Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Com
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Paris
Fowler Committee
New York Life
Mowler Committee
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John A. MceCall
George W. Perkins
Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar Claims Quick Relief
An early remedy advertises Ken nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a pleasant cathartic for cold symptoms. It promises to evacuate bowels ease head clearing phlegm throat bronchial relief and cough suppression. Sold by all druggists.
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Money to loan for improved real estate at current rates
A hesitant, garbled notice promises loan money for improved real estate with figures suggesting $500 or more available at current rates. The fragment mentions an individual or entity but fails to provide clear names or location.
The Speakers Pocket Envelopes Cause Capitol Hill Stir
A Pittsburg Dispatch report claims Speaker Cannon keeps old envelopes with commissions written on them in his right pocket. The note says Secretary Wilson observed Cannon carry bulging pockets as he prepared to act on requests. The envelope notes allegedly influence decisions and create friction for others involved.
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Wilson
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Pittsburg
The Accused Labor Leaders in Idaho Governor Murder Case
The coming trial of Western Federation of Miners officials Charles Moyer William Haywood and G A Pettibone charged with complicity in the Steunenberg murder may reveal startling facts according to detectives Pinkerton operatives claim a confession from Harry Orchard who implicated the officials The assassination in Boise Idaho shocked the nation and killed former Governor Frank Steunenberg as he returned home from a business trip.
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Frank Steunenberg
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Caldwell
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Considerate Boy or Not a Reader of Whistles
A terse Philadelphia Press item quotes a mother and son exchange about a disturbing whistle. The remark hints at social expectations and phrases of decorum in child behavior. No names beyond Tommy are given.
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Philadelphia Press
Kennedy Laxa tive Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Promoted
An advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxa tive Honey and Tar as the original luxative cough syrup for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims the product cleanses mucous and travels through the throat and lungs and notes it tastes good and is harmless sold by druggists. Also mentions delivery to parts of the city.
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Seven Die In Parade Crossing Rail Disaster Near Sunbury
Seven members of a single family were killed when a Philadelphia and Reading Railway train struck a parade crossing one mile south of Sunbury. The victims include G. W. Neidig aged 4, Clarence Neidig 41, Siting Neidig 36, Mrs Clarence Neidig 30, and their children Mary 4, Binoche 8, and Gilbert 2.
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Train Collision Claims Engineer in Meridian Wreck
An inbound Alabama and Vicksburg passenger train collided with two misaligned switches at Hickory twenty miles west of Meridian. Engineer Charles B. Lewis of Meridian died and fireman Howard Gibson, colored, was fatally injured in the wreck reported March 26.
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Henpecked Husband Darning Stocks in Berkshire Hills
A traveling man recalls a Berkshire village tale of a clever farm wife who forces her husband to darn all his stockings. She quips that if every pair has holes wearing two pairs will cover them, and she makes him do it.
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Berkshire Hills
New York Press
Ancient Mexico Fans Gift to Cortes Sparked Royal Imagery
In pre conquest Mexico, Montezuma summoned goldsmiths to craft two feather fans in polished gold for Cortes. Aztec rulers similarly used the feather as a symbol of authority, placing it with gods Ometeuctli and Totec in their iconography.
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Weighing the Anchor Confusion in a London Pub Q&A
A young woman questions why ships weigh anchor when leaving port. Her friend evasively explains that the weight changes due to build up on the anchor, mentioning erbinnacles and things in a comical, partly nonsensical exchange sourced from the London News.
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London News
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement touts Witch Hazel Salve by B. C. DeWitt & Co Chicago as the original remedy for piles. It warns of counterfeit copies marketed on the brand’s reputation and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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Chicago
DeWitt's
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