Congress debates freak bill to regulate commerce by cabinet
Washington reports a proposed Kansas populist measure creating 45 executive departments. It would form a grand army of labor, assign members to public commerce, fix rail rates at one mill per mile, cap telegraph and telephone charges, limit school hours, and punish voters who skip elections. It also lists departments for fisheries, periodicals, amusements, hotels, baths, and laundries.
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Washington
Kansas
Grand Army of Labor
Republic
Grand Army
Department of Public Commerce
Department of Public Transportation
Department of Public Communication
Department of Public Education
Department of Elections
Sccretary of Public Faunuiies
Surprised by City Lights A Mountain Boy in Denver Jail
Ralph Strop a 14 year old from Gold Hill Boulder County cannot read or write and has never seen a city larger than his mountain home. He arrived in Denver in custody of miner Thomas Williams and is in the city jail under Humane Society oversight. He longs for his mountains but seeks work to support his mother and stepfather.
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Denver
Col
Ralph Strop
Mountains
Gold Hill
Boulder County
Thomas Williams
Whitehead
Swedish woman leaps from Madison Avenue Bridge on religious bout
Idena Werisch a 22 month New York resident from Sweden leaped from the Madison Avenue bridge into the Harlem river amid floating ice with a bible clutched to her breast. Rescued unconscious she was taken to Harlem hospital where nurses said she would likely recover if pneumonia does not set in. Friends suspect religious mania and note she had spent days reading a bible given by her mother.
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New York
Idena Werisch
Harlem
Madison Ave
Harles Hospital
Olen Johnson
Fifth-ave
Bentham
Randy” Stewart
Dentist Pulls Wrong Tooth in Philadelphia Lawsuit
Bertram Mitchell sues Dr. Samuel Kimmell for 5000 damages claiming the dentist pulled the wrong tooth while Mitchell was unconscious. He alleges the decayed tooth was ignored and the healthy molar was extracted, causing ongoing pain and loss of masticating function.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Kimmell
Bertram ‘Mitchell
Mitchell
Kimmell
Young Mitchell
In Town A Guy Faces Reformatory Bill Court
A Noblesville man appears before the house committee on reformatories with Neal's bill establishing whipping posts. Neal denies authorship and presents Ananias Guy, a Noblesville justice of the peace, as the true father of the measure. The meeting runs into the afternoon as the bill is debated.
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A. Guy
Nobiesville
House Committee On Reformatory Institutions
Neal
Noblesville
Ananias Guy
Guyed
Unclear fragmentary item from Indian High School notes
The readable text shows a jagged reference to Indian High School toward the north and Armstrong Park purchased by a syndicate. Mentions investments and a 15 T.200 leading figure, with scattered names like Ingalls Jr and Sipatha. The passage is partial and lacks coherent actions or dates.
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Armstrong Park
Ingalls, Jr
Forgotten Dog and Master Die Starved in Broadway Tenement
Police found Timothy McGrath dead in a 402 West Thirty-eighth Street room the same week his dog died. A tin box held bank books showing about 15,000 in savings and deeds to Fortieth Street property and a Calvary cemetery lot. Neighbors recall he faced illness after the dog’s death. heirs will inherit over 25,000.
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New York
Broadway
Thirty-eighth St
Timothy McGrath
McGrath
Emigrants’ Savings Bank
Bank
Fortieth St
Baltimore considers ban on soiled clothing in street cars
Health commissioner Bosley and Assistant Commissioner Jones seek to curb carrying bundles of soiled clothing in public transit. A protest letter cites North Ave and Central Ave cars as examples. They urge a city ordinance and requests to railways for rear-platform storage to prevent disease spread.
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Bosley
Death Dance of Cheyenne Indians
Wichita Kas February reports a Cheyenne death dance in Oklahoma as a plague devastates the tribe. Medicine men call on spirits to halt the deaths as women kill infants in a ritual to save remaining children, with violent scenes and a 30 day duration led by Chief Standing Yellow.
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Wichita, Kas
Southwest
Oklahoma
Yellow Bear
Yellow
Cheyenne
Pretty Moon
Stroud
Bad criminals pass through Bertillon department records
Police clerks in the Bertillon department list a string of noted criminals since January 1. Suspects include Paul Lang aka Chas Hoffman and Phillip Sterne, Arthur Cameron aka James Ryan or Mr Nolan, Alfred J. Burns once known as Arthur G. Harris, and A B Cross or Samuel C. Welch.
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Bert Parrett
Bertillon
Paul Lang
Chas. Hoffman
Phillip Sterne
Chicago
Indiana
Arthur Cameron
Jas. Ryan
Mr. Nolan
Illinois State
Windsor
Can
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Bill on bail altered. treason singled out
Wood's bill admitting bail pending appeal to the supreme court was knocked out in a peculiar way. Senator Stillwell proposed an amendment adding all other crimes after treason, which would render the bill ineffective and leave treason murder rape excluded from bail.
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Senate
Wood
Supreme Court
Lst
Stillwell
Religious debate mixes with temperance push in state politics
A clock and gavel comment on Representative King and Statesman drinking water in a temperance context. They note votes on a six month after remonstrance loon license proposal, borderlining religious influence, with remarks about Joe Morgan Reagan Pritchard Adamson Airhart Wesling and Speaker Aritman involved in the temperance talks. The exchange hints at Quaker ties and election timing.
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House
Representative King
Statesman
Scott
Joe Morgan
Central Christian Church
Christian Endeavor Element
Joe
Reagan
Marion County
Pritchard
Adamson
Crick
Wesling
Temperance Committee
Rev.Airhart
Boone County
Airhart
Aritman
Charmed by trolley car in Titusville visit
Mrs. Margaret Gilson, age 106, visits Titusville and takes her first trolley ride. She enjoys the modern car though wary of curves, noting it feels safer than horses. Her mother lived to 105, and observers doubt Mrs. Gilson will outlive her.
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Titusville
Margaret Gilson
Pleasantville
Controversy Over 20 Per Cent Tax Bill Sparks Critique
A tax expert denounces the senate measure granting the attorney general power to collect delinquent taxes for 20 percent. The critic claims Joe Hart pushed the bill, cites Switzerland county as his residence, and warns it would yield a large annual bonanza for the attorney general.
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Senate
Joe Hart
Hart
Switzerland County
Prominent French Contra alto Seeks Hair Growth Trial
A promotional ad touts a free trial of a hair growth remedy credited to Mlle Rivageon and N Thatcher in Covington Kentucky and Paris Elysees. It asserts many believe baldness is incurable and urges readers to try Foso treatment, claiming it has restored hair on previously bald heads.
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Rivageo
N. Thatcher
Avenue Des Champs Covington
Elysees
Paris
Altenheim Medical Dispensary
Butterfield Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
First Woman Nominee Rejected by Law Academy
The Law academy of Philadelphia rejected Margaret Klingelsmith, the first woman proposed in its 118 year history. Despite her position as one of two Philadelphia women lawyers and head librarian of the Biddle law library, six members supported admission while a large majority opposed it citing dangerous precedent.
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Klingelsmith
Law Academy
Philadelphia
Biddle Law Library
Fireworks devour Sistersville in fatal blast and ruin
John Clendenning, 26, of Sistersville, was burned to death when a gas explosion started a fire that destroyed several fine residences and business houses in Strington. The town was almost totally destroyed and losses are heavy.
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Sistersville
W. Va
John Clendenning
Strington
Elliott's Troubles at the Zoo Photo Sparks Nickname
County clerk George Elliott posed beside a lion at the zoo for a newspaper photograph. Friends nicknamed him the lion tamer as he swore loudly while the picture circulated. Frank Sherfey sent him a small cage with jars of wire nails and a toy lion with a card asking him to tame it. A Martinsville friend predicted success in a training business.
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George Elliott
Frank Sherfey
Martinsville
Senator Kittinger Makes Entrance in Senate Chamber
One on Kittinger, Senator Kittinger, hat off and his gate shining, strode down the aisle in the senate chamber Wednesday morning. A wag joked carriage No. 83 to provoke a response while he wore ordinary garb and a Prince Albert coat, resembling a levee hackman.
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Kittinger
Senate
Prince Albert
Knights of Honor Officers Elected at Grand Lodge Meet
The Knights of Honor held a grand lodge session at the Union Trust Building with committee reports showing strong condition. Officers elected Tuesday include Grand Dictator Friday Mechanicsburg, Grand Vice-Dictator George Fender Logansport, Grand Assistant Dictator A B Ritz Evansville, Grand Reporter James W Jacobs Jeffersonville.
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Knights of Honor
Union Trust Building
Mechanicsburg
George Fender
Logansport
A. B. Ritz
Evansville
James W. Jacobs
Jeffersonville
P. W. Bartholomew
Indianapolis
A. W. Conduitt
Committee reshuffle over governor mansion site plans
The Commercial club committee that opposed removing the blind institute to make way for a governor mansion was discharged after chairman Hilton Brown left town. A new committee will be appointed with the Board of Trade to pursue alternative cheaper sites including the John M. Butler home on Meridian street, the Twemeke property on Pennsylvania street, and the Fahrnley home on Meridian street.
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Commercial Club
Hilton Brown
Board of Trade
John M. Butler
Meridian-st
University Park
Itwemeke
Pennsylvania-st
Fahrnley
Lawler Daugherty Contest Postponed Again in Senate Committee
The Lawler Daugherty contest in the senate elections committee was delayed again on Wednesday due to the republican primary caucus. The hearing is set for Thursday with a possible start between 8 and 196 a.m. Attorneys for both sides work on a joint statement of facts to leave only legal questions for the committee.
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Senate Elections Committee
Sage reiterates view that stock market is too high
New York on February 20, Russell Sage again warned the stock market is overvalued and likely to decline. He stated that prices over the past two years have been too low or current prices are too high.
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New York
Russell Sage
Notable Upset and Transfers Sour News Roundup
Theodore Wood dies of pneumonia in New York. Crocker expedition sails from Frisco to observe May 11 solar eclipse. Smallpox cases rise in Williamsport and Proctorville. Alaska surveys planned at $60,000. G D Gear named Hawaii circuit judge. Strauss & Co glove factory burns in Gloversville with losses around 340000. Acquittal in Portsmouth case. Olga Nethersole sails to Lone Wednesday. Chile seeks naval station in Salvador. Taunton man killed by falling tank. Sistersville man burned alive. Dallas killer faces death. Washington police plan nets for inaugural crooks. Dublin prepares for King Edward.
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Theodore Wood
United States Express Company
New York
Crocker
Sumatra
Frisco
Williamsport
Proctorville
Alaska
G. D. Gear
Hawaii
Strauss & Co
Gloversville
Edward K. Fraley
Portsmouth
Laura Bell
Olga Nethersole
New New York
Chili
Republic of Salvador
Correction: Mayme McCullough Noted as Inmate at City Hospital
The Sun reports Mayme McCullough, formerly declared insane and listed as an inmate at the City hospital, was found wandering by police after discharge. Hospital authorities say she was moved to the station house to await transfer to the asylum due to violent behavior.
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SUN
Mayme McCullough
City Hospital
Bill targets illegal liquor sales passes legislature
The bill declaring places selling liquor illegally a nuisance and enabling their suppression has passed the Kansas legislature and will go to the governor. It permits searches of suspected sale sites and seizure of liquor and property found there.
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Topeka
Kas
Physician endorses Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for widespread catarrh relief
A retired doctor cites dramatic progress in treating catarrh over ten years, endorsing Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as the safest and most efficient internal remedy. He asserts the tablets act on blood and liver, expelling catarrhal poison, and notes benefits for headaches deafness hay fever asthma and throat and stomach catarrh after days of use.
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Stuart
Cures Weak Men Free Offer From Dr Knapp
A Detroit physician advertises a free home cure for sexual weakness and related issues. He invites men to send name and address to Dr. L W Knapp at 1069 Hull Building Detroit Michigan to receive a confidential free receipt with directions. He cites unsolicited testimonials praising regained vigor and size.
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L. W. Knapp
Hull Building
Detroit
Mich
Daily Mail
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