Fire Destroys Hallville Business District Losses $50000
Multiple main business houses in Hall vile Tex were wiped out by fire with total losses pegged at 50000. Other items note the senate passing a consular reorganization bill and Missouri's attorney general suing Western Union for back taxes totaling 38831.33.
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Hallvile
Tex
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Missouri
Western Union Telegraph Company
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Burke
South Dakota
Naval Training Station
First National Bank of
Anthony Maitre
St. Louis
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Federation
Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale College
Yale Alumni Association
Cleveland
Ohio
God
Yale
Boston & Maine
Pennsylvania Company
Bankers of
New York
James Osborne
Norman Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Jerome
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
Jefferson County
Alabama
Old Colony Trust Company of
Birmingham
Ala
Brunswick
Montezuma
Chillicothe
John S. Smith
Block
Chillcothe
G. F. Weatherwat
Chaffee
Washington
Mexico City
Los Angeles
Cal
Roosevelt
Camp A. Wheeler
Confederate Cavalry
Atlanta
Topeka
Gould
George B. Greene
W. P. Doremus
Western Canada's marvelous crop returns
The article notes seven years of rising farming returns in the Canadian West, now Alberta and Saskatchewan. It cites growing wheat oats and barley acreage, rising yields, and a bumper 1904 crop that boosted settlement and prospects. It highlights Alberta Red winter wheat adaptation and rail links, predicting long term opportunity for settlers and agriculturists.
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Canadian
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Venezuela to Be Pressed for Apology Over Incident
The dispute centers on Venezuela’s treatment of M. Taigny, the French charge d affaires, as he exited Venezuela following the severing of diplomatic ties. France demands a formal apology and restitution for the alleged mistreatment.
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Venezuela
M. Taigny
Dip
Calls for Highest Ability in University President
Andrew S. Draper argues in the Atlantic that university leadership hinges on accountability to the central office and clearly defined responsibility. A president must wield necessary power yet stay grounded, or the institution faces ruin. the issue is selecting someone capable of meeting the demands of a great office.
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Andrew S. Draper
Atlantic
From Plant to Cigar Frank P Lewis Tour
Frank P. Lewis returns from a tour of leading tobacco sections noting growing fields and quality gains in old tobacco holdings. His Lewis Single Binder factory dominates fancy graded tobacco in the United States and sales topped seven million last year, likely eight million in 1905, with no traveling salesman and orders behind for twenty three months.
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Frank P. Lewis
United States
Herald-Transcript
South America area and population contrast with United States
South America covers roughly twice the United States in area while housing about half its population. The comparison highlights vast geographic scale differences and demographic spread between the two regions.
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South America
United States
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children ad card
Many children are sickly and require relief. Mother Gray a nurse at a children’s home in New York claims her Sweet Powders cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders break up colds and destroy worms. Atari Druggists’ 25c. Sample mailed free addressed to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y. Also note birth rates in England are only 75 percent of those thirty years ago.
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Mother Gray
New York
Atari Druggists
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Woman's Adjectives Outsize Her Ideas in Quotation
A short quip notes that a woman's adjectives often exceed the substance of her ideas, highlighting a playful critique of language weight over content. The remark invites reflection on how description can overshadow reasoning in dialogue.
Albanian George Washington in America Seeks Educational Aid
Albanian Shaban Bey Gotsha, son of a provincial governor, tours the United States to win support for educational projects for fellow Albanians. A former Turkish army officer exiled for seditious acts, he has a $35,000 price on his head from the sultan. He sometimes visits Albania disguised as a priest, is 33, and regarded as a heroic figure by Albanians for his perseverance and appeal despite Turkish bullets twice before.
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George Washington
Shaban Bey Gotsha
Gorsha
Chinese Army of the Future Demonstrates Modernization
A seasoned delegation witnessed Chinese troops at Hochienfu revealing a modern army approaching European strength in armor and drill. China reportedly ordered 1,000,000 rifles and 300 modern batteries, signaling a substantial upgrade and promising stiffer resistance to any future Pekin expedition.
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Hochienfu
Europe
China
Pekin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Willard Fisher Emerges as Middleton Mayor Candidate
Prof Willard Fisher of Wes leyan University drew merriment when proposed for Middleton Conn mayor. A Democrat on city council, he declared himself a stout Republican and aligned with Democrats in general. He ran as a Democrat and won, surprising opponents who doubted his chances.
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Willard Fisher
Wesleyan University
Middleton
Conn
Man With Removable Eyes Raises Medical Curiosity
A 56 year old man with unusually prominent eyes woke in pain to find his left eye on the pillow. He replaced it with help and retained sight. The eye can fall out when he leans forward, with episodes affecting either eye. The Berlin Medical Association notes the singular abnormality reported in the Optician and Photographic Trades Review.
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Berlin Medical Association
Optician and Photographic Trades Review
Childless Rich in America and Birth Rates Among the Wealthy
The article argues that among American multimillionaires birth rates are low, with many prominent figures like Carnegie Sage Stanford Huntington Vanderbilt Belmont and several Rockefellers childless or with few children. It contrasts current trends with earlier era families such as Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant and William Duer, noting a decline in birth rates in Fifth Avenue circles and a link to wealth and rising crime against birth.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Russell Sage
Leland Stanford
C. P. Huntington
Frederick Vanderbilt
Perry Belmont
Rockefellers
William H. Vanderbilt
George Gould
J. P. Morgan
Dr. Guilfoy
Register of Vital Statistics
New York
Fifth Avenue
Col
Nicholas Fish
Elizabeth Stuyvesant
William Duer
Catherine Alexander
Harvard Professor Advocates Hastening Death of Incurables
Charles Eliot Norton, renowned Dante scholar and Harvard professor born in Cambridge, Mass., 78, has publicly declared support for hastening the death of incurables. The noted author of many literary works is cited for his controversial stance.
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Harvard
Charles Eliot Norton
Curables
Cambridge
Mass
Reading the Wrong Book in a New England Library
A library trustee’s home helps a young worker obtain Pilgrim's Progress to read for church admission. A family member notices the volume titled Innocents Abroad The New Pilgrim's Progress and the trustees weigh adding a cross reference See also Mark Twain for a later Pilgrim's Progress to the catalogue.
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New England
Pilgrim’s Progress
Mark Twain
Harper’s Weekly
Libel on American Womanhood in New York sermon
The Boston Transcript critiques a New York minister who claims rising alcoholism among women endangers the republic. It argues such charges are sensational and unfounded, noting temperance advances and the public's disregard for exaggerated claims as harmful libel on American womanhood.
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New York
Republic
Boston Transcript
Remains Found Linked to Sabine Women Struggle
Excavations in a muddy marsh between Rome's Palatine and Capitoline Hills uncover well preserved skeletons of men women and children. The posture suggests they fled a heavy burden or feared violent death. Historians link the remains to participants in the Sabine woman incident from Rome's early history.
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Rome
Palatine
Capitoline Hills
The Companionable Girl and Social Harmony
A companionable girl blends goodness with graciousness and tact. She is agreeable yet independent, a good listener who shares experiences without dominating. She is social, sympathetic, and adaptable, harmonizing with others’ moods and offering thoughtful company.
Not Yet. An Eastern singer on the hereafter
An eastern singer contemplates a journey to the hereafter saying he would not undertake such a voyage even to meet poets Shelley and Keats. The Atlanta Constitution notes the humorous contrast between the dream of glory and the impractical voyage beyond mortal life.
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Shelley
Keats
Atlanta Constitution
Noblesse Oblige as Duty on All People
The passage argues that obligation rests on all beings and that decent people must be obliging. It frames noblesse oblige as a core motive, believing a person’s status obligates them to act with consideration and helpfulness.
Large Austrian factory funds daily warm baths for 100 workers
The article notes a factory in Austria uses its waste water to provide all 100 employees with a daily warm bath. It also comments on fate, and mentions a person speaking about conversion and coming to this country to lecture.
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Austria
Salzer's Bargain Seed Book from Salter Seed Co
Advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promoting Salzer's Bargain Seed Book. It touts a catalog of seeds at bargain prices and promises free seed, plus a Cosmos flower gift with order.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Drawe Er W
la Crosse
Wis
Turtles Captured Ride by English Tourists in Taganac
In the North Borneo Herald two English women, Mrs McEnroe and Mrs Darby, visited Taganac. They sat awake at midnight to watch and saw a large turtle emerge. First Mrs Darby then Mrs McEnroe mounted its back and rode for a distance along the sands before the creature returned to the sea.
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North
Infallible Cure for Toothache
A London physician told a medical society that tooth extraction was unnecessary. He claimed to cure most severe toothaches, unless rheumatism was involved, by applying a paste of alum ground to a powder two drachms nitrous ether seven drachms to the affected tooth.
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London
Fat burglar trapped in Paris hotel ventilation
Guests at a famous Paris hotel heard cries for help at 1 a.m. A very fat burglar was found jammed in a ventilator after his failed escape attempt. Waiters and the manager stormed the door, then brickwork had to be knocked down to free him.
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Paris
German Study Pins Rail Traffic Cause on Old Locomotives
A German student notes that Russian railroads struggle to handle traffic due to obsolete engines. Of 14,326 locomotives, 6,919 are between twenty four and forty six years old, a substantial share contributing to capacity issues.
Word Puzzle Contest Promises Grape-Nuts Prizes
A Postum Cereal Co promotion invites families to weave words from Y I O Grape-Nuts for prizes toward $100 in gold, $10 and $5 boxes, and $1 cash. Rules limit names, allow Webster words, and encourage letters describing health benefits of Grape-Nuts. Deadline April 30, 1906. entries to Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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