Yankee Soldiers Good Athletes of Other Lands
Yankee soldiers are portrayed as physically tougher through athletic training rather than war. Posts emphasize organized field days, baseball, football, and boxing, with garrisons funding gymnasiums and equipment. The piece notes reduced petty offenses, improved esprit de corps, and strong competition across posts, aided by community support and officer involvement.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
War Department
Garrison
Navy
Army
Kling's Tax Scheme Explains Inheritance Tax Bill
Senator Kling will introduce an inheritance tax bill modeled after Illinois law. It taxes lineals at 1 percent with $20,000 exempt, collaterals at 2 percent with $2,000 exempt, and strangers at graduated rates up to 8 percent for estates above $50,000, with a 2 percent collection fee to county treasurers.
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Kling
City of Beauty in Old Virginia Show to Open
Norfolk Virginia January 16 The exposition planned for 1907 will feature a historic naval and civil display on Hampton Roads with ships from many nations. The grounds resemble colonial architecture and will host a vast array of vessels and a large military presence, with projections of substantial expenditure.
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Old Virginia
Torical Museum
Jamestown
Congress
United States
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Merrimac
Monitor
National Guard
Tokio Mayors Clash Over Tramway Public Takeover
A Tokyo dispatch compares Mayor Ozaki with Cleveland’s Tom L. Johnson, noting both push to transfer street railways from private to public hands. The Tokyo assembly considers a 50 year blanket franchise and fare increase to 2 cents, with purchase rights and profit contingencies debated.
Mayor Johnson and the street railway takeover debate
The article profiles Mayor Johnson a 56 year old Kentucky born Indiana Street railway man who built a portfolio across Cleveland Detroit and Brooklyn. It discusses his 1901 Cleveland mayoralty and his support for public ownership of tramways as a curb to private monopoly. He argues the city should buy the tramways to lower taxes and prevent corruption, proposing a 14 cent fare funded by bonds repaid over 31 years.
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Tokio
Kentucky
Indiana Street Railway
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Detroit
Brooklyn
Congress
Henry George
The Solar System and Our Sun A Teaching Sketch
A speaker who showed 40 000 visitors the Lick telescope notes that most people grasp astronomy basics slowly. He describes the sun as a typical star whose gravity binds eight major planets and minor bodies in orbits, then outlines a scaled diagram of the solar system with sun at center and planets and moons at specified radii, including Saturns rings and Neptune's long year, to illuminate distances and relationships.
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Great Lick
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Panama
Father redesigns the drawing room to court room
A domestic quip notes a father renames the drawing room the court room after his daughters return from college with guests. The lighthearted exchange highlights family dynamics and humor in a home setting.
Bribe Case Involving Eleven Men Shocks City
A municipal ownership scam erupts as an accused man who accepted six thousand dollars in marked bills is jailed. Officials allege eleven men plotted the payoff. one suspect is expected to confess, with authorities moving to secure further charges and testimonies.
New York Alderman Charged in 6000 Bribe Scheme
Alderman Clifford was arraigned on a 6000 bribe charge for delivering 11 votes for Former Judge Cowing to become recorder. He says ten alders in the Municipal Ownership league were to get 500 each. Clifford arrested with marked money. ten other aldermen summoned before the grand jury.
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New York
Clifford
Cowing
Municipal Ownership League
Alderman Clifford to Face Court Over Bribery Plot
Scripps McRae Press Association New York January 16 Alderman William Clifford of Queens facing arraignment on bribe charges for steering ten votes in the aldermanic board for a $6000 payoff. He alleges all involved aldermen would share the bribe as grand jury subpoenas compel testimony. Names of ten implicated aldermen listed. arrest prompted by New York World reporter exposing sale of votes. Clifford jailed overnight amid mounting public shock and hoodlum accusations.
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New York
William Clifford
Queens
Aldermanic Board
Clifford
Municipal Ownership League
Grand Jury
New York City
New York World
John J. Cronin
C. B. Noonan
H. J. Leverett
William Torpey
Joseph Falk
H. C. Peters
Willam H. Rowcroft
Charles Kuntz
Thomas J. Mulligan
F. J. O'Neil
Aldermen Vote for Cowing in Corruption Plot
Reporter alleges he consented to sell his vote and those of ten associates for 6090 dollars. Clifford planned 600 dollars per alderman plus 500 dollars for expenses. 11 aldermen backed Judge Cowing on first ballot. David Mann, an agent, received marked tens of dollars. Mann confessed. Clifford arrested at the stoneyard after money changed hands. bail set at 10000 dollars. subpoenas served on ten aldermen.
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Clifford
Judge Cowing
David Mann
Cowing
Board of Aldersmen
Jerome
Delaware Hotel
Mann
Murphy
Whitman
Big Bond For Saloonist In Johnson County
Democratic representative George S. White of Johnson County moves an anti saloon bill in the house. The measure allows saloons only in cities with at least 1,000 residents and requires saloonkeepers to post a $2,000 civil damages bond and a $5,000 peace and compliance bond.
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George S. White
Johnson County
Medical Merger Act Resolution Introduced in Indiana House
Thomas M. Andrew of West Lafayette introduced a resolution Wednesday declaring the amalgamation of Indiana Medical College Central College of Physicians and Surgeons and Fort Wayne Medical School with Purdue University a legal act. Speaker Branch referred the measure to the education committee.
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Thomas M. Andrew
West Lafayette
Indiana Medical College
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fort Wayne Medical School
Purdue University
Branch
Committee On Education
Self Made Man Garry Herrmann on Baseball Salary
Garry Herrmann, famed for his wealth amid talks of his salary from baseball, repeats his refrain about self reliance, recalling he once shined shoes in the building’s footprint as a proving tale of rise from humble beginnings.
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Garry Herrmann
Mayor Ozaki of Tokyo Political Radical and Exile Leader
The text describes Ozaki as a 47 year old radical mayor with a Caucasuar costume image, exiled for outspoken views, educated in England, elected to the diet in 1890 and repeatedly reelected, serving as chief councilor of the foreign office in 1897, and minister of education in the same period. It notes his resignation amid talk of Japan becoming a republic and references a large annual expenditure of over 2.9 million dollars potentially covering revenue and avoiding further taxes.
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1Sa
England
Tokio
Japan
Okuma
Bill to create Board of Railway and Telegraph Examiners
A bill introduced in the house by B A Baker proposes a five member board appointed by the governor to examine the mental moral physical and educational fitness of telegraphers and other railway employees.
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Board of Railway and Telegraph Examiners
B. A. Baker
Strickland Proposes Flat Passenger Fare Across Railroads
Democrat Harry G Strickland introduced a bill in the house on Wednesday to fix passenger fares on all steam railroads at 2 cents per mile. The measure aims to standardize pricing nationwide.
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Harry G. Strickland
Meinsures
City Without Gas To Be Real Senator
Charleston, W Va Jan 16 Every industry in Charleston is paralyzed by failed gas supply. Street cars halted, daily papers suspended, gas mains broken by Elk river slides may take three days to repair. Hundreds go hungry, families cook breakfast on open fires. Legislature must suspend until gas is restored.
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Scripps-McRre Press Association
Charleston
W. Va
Elk River
Guggenheim Elected to U S Senate in Colorado
Simon Guggenheim was formally chosen by the Colorado Legislature for the U S Senate at noon. The multimillionaire smelter magnate pledged to devote his entire time to the nation and state, withdraw from all business, and serve without obligations to any interests or corporations. He voiced support for Roosevelt era reform and industrial-evils legislation.
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Denver
Col
Simon Gugenheim
Colorado
Ile
United States Senate
Guggenheim
Roosevelt
Congress
Cox Bill Proposes Police Pension Reforms for Indianapolis
Senator Cox introduced a bill Tuesday to alter Indianapolis police pensions. It raises widows' maximum to 30 dollars monthly and sets retired officers with 20 years service at 10 to 50 dollars monthly, replacing half pay. Critics call the division unfair, noting sergeants and captains would see higher sums.
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Police Pension Fund
Indianapolis
Sensitive wife seeks divorce over fidelity claims
Mrs. Leona Waggy, claiming sensitive temperament, seeks a divorce from Edward Waggy. The complaint alleges his affection for a single woman and his insistence on clinging to that love despite her opposition, causing her keen anguish.
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Leona Waggy
Edward Waggy
Mr. Waggy
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