Taft to Call Special Session After March Fourth
Washington reports that a special session of the Sixty-List Congress will be convened soon after March 4 to address tariff revision. President-elect Taft indicated he would push the call after his inauguration to hear arguments from interested parties as Republican leaders pledged. Judge Taft left for Cincinnati for family matters not politics, while Taft and Roosevelt discussed administration plans at the White House.
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Congress
Taft
White House
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Repubican
Echo of the Campaign Swedish Pastor Questions Taft on Philippines Church
In St Paul on November 16, Rev Magnus Larson of the Swedish Baptist church asked Judge Taft to state his position on the Roman Catholic church in the Philippines before a presidential stance. Taft replies that $7 million in bonds funded lands for Filipino farmers, denies urging Catholic disarmament, and says teachers may attend Protestant services. He states he is not a Roman Catholic and treated the church like any other.
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Swedish Baptist Church
Taft
Philippines
Ergyman
United States
Partic
Clerical Letter Challenges Roosevelt on Catholic Vote
New York officials of the synodical conference of the Lutheran Church of America released a letter to President Roosevelt. The missive supports church state separation and condemns judging a candidate by his or her religious belief. It cites Roosevelt’s prior remarks calling such voting bigotry and argues that religious affiliation should not dictate civic choices.
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New York
Ann Oper
Roosevelt
Muilel
New York City
Synetical Conference
Byrangelicat Lutheran Church of America
Focal Pathe Conference
Ovo
Contested Church State Separation Debate Cited in Letter
A dated letter argues for separation of church and state while defending religious liberty and conscience. It cites papal figures including Boniface VIII, Pius X, Leo XIII and Cardinal Gibbons to support Lutheran objections to perceived bias against Lutherans in Catholic office.
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Boniface Viil
Pius X
Leo M
Carolinal Gibbons
Foraker's Final Statement on Standard Oil Employment
Cincinnati nov 16 senator to seph bo foraker publishes a final statement amid the election aftermath detailing his employment by the Standard Oil Co. as an attorney. letters with Virgil P Kline and M I Elliott support his claim of lawful service and adherence to the court decree while outlining the dispute and its impact on his senate successor question.
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Cincinnati
Toseph Bo Formaker
Standard OH Company
Virgil P. Kline
Senate
Standard OF Company
Kine
Foraker
Standard
Ohio
Kline
Kornker
Ohio Supreme Court
Valentine Priest
M. I. Elliott
New York
Standard Oil Co
Status of the Next House
Washington November 16 The temporary roll call of the house for the Sixty first congress shows 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats total 391 compared with 389 in the last session 228 Republicans and 166 Democrats a net loss of four Republicans and a net gain of six Democrats Indiana shows biggest shift from Republican to Democratic with only two of thirteen Indiana reps remaining Republican in the next congress Colorado also shifts Republican gains for Democratic reps while Nebraska adds two to the Democratic column making the division even Missouri Ohio Kentucky New Jersey North Carolina Oklahoma and Wisconsin contribute further party switches to Republican gains from Democratic seats
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House of Representatives
House
Indiana
Bryan
Kern
Colorado
Nebraska
Ohio
Elmers
Wherntucky
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Jersey
Thode Taland
Wisconsin
Patrons urged to notify office of subscriber names
Regular readers who receive the paper are asked to inform the office of their name. This notice requests patrons to report any name changes or add missing names to ensure delivery.
Jubilee of Pope Pius X Ordination Fifty-Anniversary Mass
Rome reports Pope Pius X marks the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood with a grand Mass at St. Peter's. Crowds from Vatican officials to beggars witness high ceremonies as cardinals archbishops and orders accompany the pontiff in a solemn procession and benediction.
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Pope Pius X
St. Peter's
Vatican
Quirinal
News item about Mrs A FR Read status in Denver
Reported by family, Mrs Alen Fy head near death after a menacing incident on a Monday in Denver. The article notes medical treatment was started immediately and doctors remain hopeful for recovery, though the situation is grave.
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A. FR. Read
Denver
Alen Fy Head
Bist Montiay
KGL Mes
Honey Deve Chandler Phipps
Crick
Another Railway Rate Fight On Nov Th Arkansas Order
An Arkansas railroad commission order prohibiting state truck lines from enforcing a five cent passenger rate took effect at 12:01 this morning. Railroads refuse to comply and dispute the ruling, signaling ongoing conflict over rate regulation.
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Lithe
Dhock
Arvin
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Wright brothers to be honored at London banquet official
London reports that the Vera Chair of the United Kingdom will present its legislative mind to the Wright brothers, the veroplanists, at a banquet in Wilbur Wright's honor in London before year’s end.
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London
Vera
United Kingdom
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Mittens Misstep Prompts Humble Reproof in Brooklyn Life
A lovestruck suitor trailing a young woman drops her muff mitten on the sidewalk. He retrieves it and offers it back with a smile, but she rebukes him by saying you may keep it as it is her mitten. Brooklyn Life reports the scene with light humor.
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Amy Mittent
Brooklyn
Battle at Okmulgee ends with Deckard killed and town on edge
Nov 16 Okmulgee Oklahoma reports a fatal confrontation between Jim Deckard, a black desperado, and law officers at the St Louis and San Francisco station. Sheriff Edgar Robinson, Chief Henry Khuber, and several deputies died or were wounded. Deckard fired on officers from his barricaded home, killing the sheriff and several deputies before being shot and burned as his house burned. Governor Haskell ordered militia readiness to quell tensions between white and black residents.
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Okla
Jim Deckard
Edgar Robinson
Okmulgee County
Henry Khuber
Chapman
Steve Grayson
Vic Farr
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Steven Grayson
Grayson
Klaber
Deckard
Deckart
Robinson
Haskell
Guthrie
Muskogee
Deckird
Great Church Assemblage in Chicago Catholic Congress
In Chicago on November 14 a vast gathering of Roman Catholic leaders from the United States Canada and Mexico attends the Catholic missionary congress. Over sixty archbishops bishops and abbots converge led by Most Rev Diomede Pio and Archbishop Yitzhey with Rev Francis Clement Kelley as vice editor. The gathering follows the Pope Pius decree elevating the United States and Canada to equal standing with other nations in the church. The opening ceremony features Archbishop Pateconio celebrating a high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Name amid a ceremonial parade from the cathedral college to the Holy Name Cathedral.
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United States
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Catholic Missionary Congress
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Mexico
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Holy Seat
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Congress
Yitziey
Francis Clement Kelley
Pope Pius
America
Pateconio
Selena Pontifica
Hioly Name
Cathedral
Ltory Name
Two Boy Skaters Drowned in Duluth Lake
Duluth Minnesota on November 1 reports two twelve year old boys Irak Mc Leod and Ralph Pynes drowned while skating on the artificial lake of the Great Northern Power company.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Northern Power Company
Irak McLeod
Ralph Pynes
Kiesing. When a woman is kissed against her will she is a receiver of stolen goods.
New York Life.
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Kiesing
New York Life
It's Up to You from the Chicago News
A reflective note from the Chicago News urges resilience amid sin and sorrow. It compares troubles to mountains and suggests building a tunnel to walk through them with effort and hope.
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Chicago News
Do You Go in for Ballooning
A brief quote from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a playful exchange about ballooning. The line questions interest in ballooning and offers a witty response about going up for it.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Death of the Chinese Emperor and Empress
The legation confirms the death of China’s emperor and empress. The emperor died Saturday at 5 PM. Per precedent, they will be buried in the imperial mausoleum in the western hills near Peking, connected by a railway. Rulers of the Manchu dynasty are interred there.
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Legation
China
Imperial Mausoleum
Peking
Haas Kills Himself After Heney Attempt
Maurice Minas, who tried to assassinate Francis J. Heney, died by self-inflicted gunshot to the forehead while in county jail. He rolled from bed, a 41-caliber Derringer found in his hand. Heney’s condition improves. surgeons report the bullet lodged near the left jaw and swelling diminishing as he regains strength.
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San Francisco
Maurice Minas
Francis J. Heney
Hans
Haas
Francis J. Weney
Heney
Illinois proposes public utilities commission to regulate ratepayers
Illinois legislators consider creating a public utilities commission modeled on New York's, with broad power over railroads street railways gas electric and telephone firms. The plan abolishes the existing railway and warehouse commission and would compel open books, uniform accounting, and annual reports to the new body. The act also ends passenger toll passes except as allowed by federal law.
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Hainois Public Utilities Commission
Hines
Ettelsan
Mllnois
Public Service Commission
Commission
Country Lite Commission's Purpose. Washington Navy 16
A Roosevelt letter to Chatrian Bailey outlines the commission's aim to unite farmers and professionals across the United States. It states the task is not to audit farmers or dictate methods but to identify broad economic, social, and educational conditions and determine how farmers and the government can assist each other.
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Washington, Navy
United States
Roosevelt
Chatrian Bailey
Cirmors
College Football Scores From Chicago to Cambridge
Nov 1 scores show Cornell 6 over Chicago 62 in Chicago. Illinois 15 over Purdue 6 at Ann Arbor. Pennsylvnia State 6 at Pittsburgh 0. Princeton 6 over Yale 0 at Princeton. Dartmouth 6 over Harvard 0. Michigan 01 over Pennsylvnia in Ann Arbor.
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Chienea
Chicago
Cornell
Chivawea
Lalaserty
Hinois
Purdue
Ann Arbor
Pennsylviania
Michigan
Cambridge
Dartmouth
Pharvard
West Point
Washington and Jefferson
Cadetsky Et Amipolis
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Pittsburg
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Prineton
Yalett
Princeton
Counterfeit Is a Poor One Says Secret Service Chief
Chief Wilkie of the secret service reports a new counterfeit silver certificate known as the Indian Head. It is a poorly executed note on a single sheet with surface marks to mimic the fiber. He says the counterfeits are easily detected by careful money inspection.
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Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service
Nuttier Than Ever on the Nutting Walk
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader recalls a nutting day with a maiden and her lover. The chestnut burred and leaves lay about as she again refused the same line, ending the trip and their closings, with the narrator noting the season’s mood and distance.
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Charity
Cleveland
Self defense claim in Bedford murder case
Tohn Tel ford, accused of killing Oscar Sloganson, says the shooting was in self defense after a quarrel at the Bedford place north of Marengo. He confessed at Crystal Lake during a preliminary hearing and was brought to Woodstock for trial preparations. He fled with three horses later, financing a trip to Nebraska to his mother’s home.
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Woodstock
Tohn Telford
Oscar Sloganson
Bedford Place
Marengo
Crystal Lake
Lowell
Bedford
Hoganson
Tian Ue
Deneen Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Springfreed
Governor Deneen proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day in Springfreed Florida urging residents to give thanks for national prosperity. He emphasizes responsible civic sentiment as essential to progress and growth.
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Deneen
Springfreed
Bray
Paris Stricken by Water Famine in New Town
Paris, TH, a town of 600 inhabitants, suffers a water famine due to drought. The state board of health has ordered police to take charge of the two wells and distribute water impartially.
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Paris
State Board of Health
Otis Charged With Attempted Murder in Chicago Case
Nov 10 authorities in Chicago formally charge May L Otis with attempting to murder her weather. The district court will set bail and schedule further hearings as investigators pursue motive and timeline.
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Chicago
Otis
Paragon humor in kitchen tale from Philadelphia Bulletin
A brief Philadelphia Bulletin piece presents a domestic exchange where a wife questions a dish, the husband replying that it is not his mother’s paragon, and she sighs in disappointment before he suggests passing another. The dialogue underscores family cooking standards and affectionate banter.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Vivisect Sect Suspected Behind Social Grudge
Town Topics notes a sharp dig at a woman who “cuts” acquaintances, hinting at a cultish group as the motive. The item blends gossip with a pointed accusation, reflecting local social frictions and rumor dynamics in an urban column.
Shetland Ponies Trade Decline and Pedigree Demand
The Shetland pony trade has deteriorated. crofters once sold foals for 6 to 8 pounds, now insalable unless pedigreed. Ponies from Unst and Sedar are prized for form, speed, and intelligence, often fetching higher prices, while Snatter island ponies are a cross with Arabian lineage and hard to train.
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Norway
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Unst
Sedar
Snatter
Height of the Tower of Babel in ancient estimates
Historical writers offer wildly varying tower heights. Some claim twelve miles, others four miles, while Strabo records 600 feet. The passage notes the impracticality of such a structure given the lack of elevators.
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Tower of Babel
Strabo
Norwegian cattle fed with powdered whale meat
A historical note reports Norwegian cattle being fed powdered whale meat to fatten them. The practice reflects wartime or economic constraints influencing livestock feeding strategies and dietary inputs used in agriculture.
Fifth to Diamond Wedding Anniversary Names
The article lists traditional anniversary names by year: fifth is wooden, tenth tin, fifteenth crystal, twenty-fifth silver, thirtieth pearl, fiftieth golden, seventy-fifth diamond. It presents the sequence as a guide to traditional materials associated with each milestone.
Transfer Solution for Newspaper Cuts
A simple solution used to transfer newspaper cuts to paper or cloth combines a lump of soap the size of a hickory nut a pint of boiling water and four tablespoonfuls of turpentine.
Alarm clock caper ends in odd arrest
Parish police searched a man named Zockeruff for stolen alarm clocks but found none. As officers departed, alarms rang from under his bed and two cuckoo clocks emerged. Zockertilfl is now in prison.
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Zockeruff
Zockertilfl
Glass Desk Tops For Easy Reference And Cleaning
Glass desk tops save time by spreading data under a plate glass surface for quick reference and easy cleaning. The smooth surface resists dust and spills, keeping information visible and accessible.
Ring’s Little Liver Pills Ad for Bile Bouts and Headache
An advertisement promotes Ring’s Little Liver Pills for biliousness and sick headaches. It claims the pills keep you well and sell for 25 cents. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
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