Beveridge and apportionment stir in Indianapolis news
The Indianapolis Sun reports Beveridge forces claim satisfaction with the new apportionment law, denying protests. It notes Beveridge likely to win reelection if the Republicans prevail, with internal party frictions unlikely to affect him. Local weather and street notes in Central Ave and West Indianapolis are mentioned, along with quiet statehouse conditions and campaign chatter surrounding Judge Anderson in New Albany and Louisville.
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Beveridge
Sentinel
Central Ave
Fall Creek
Indianapolis
Reforms and political notes span Indiana and Missouri
A collection of clipped lines notes federal court actions toward labor disputes with the Wabash railroad, prosecutions against voice sellers in Indiana, a St. Louis man recovering savings from a stove vault, praise for saving banks, Gov. Dockery’s possible 1904 presidential bid, reorganizers warned, and county officers salaries paid quarterly under a new act.
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Wabash Railroad
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Indiana
Worthington
St. Louis
Treasury Department
Terre Haute Express
Dockery
Missouri
United States
Altegheny Mountains
Mason and Dixon
Sullivan Times
Columbia City Post
Roosevelt Chaplet Tops Debutante Hair Fashion
Miss Alice Roosevelt's south tour sparks a fad as chaplets replace natural flowers in dark hair. Velvety buds and chiffon flowers with silver sequins lead a wave among debutants, with white and pink buds popular and a few critics deeming some styles too matronly.
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Misa Alice Roosevelt
Eho
Roosevelt
Helen Roosevelt
The Sketches and Songs of a Singer in 1903
A fragmentary prose item from the Boggsville Bugle explores springtime whimsy and humorous sketches. It includes Joe Kim Mel and curious arithmetic about a wife’s travel, plus vignettes on love and daily life. A brief note ends with a bold call to the forward singer.
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Joe
Boggsville Bugle
Joe Kimmel
Rockefeller
Ike
Stocks and fashion notes on neckwear and table etiquette
The article highlights new neckwear for women using embroidery stocks shaped like collars, priced from 1.25, urging downtown inspection. It also notes a shift in table manners with relaxed etiquette, wider public acceptance of elbow support, and a description of progressive dining service practices. It includes a recipe for a thorough mayonnaise dressing with step by step guidance.
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Couras
Various Notables Drawn in Brief Local Notes
A patchwork column recalls Peter Berg the Chicago bartender with Napoleon’s watch, musician Bernard Shraft in San Francisco, ex representative Grow visiting Montrose, officer John D. Long’s hospital progress, and figures from royal to political life. It mentions Dr Emma Stone’s death in Melbourne, Miss Sarah Sanborn’s abolitionist rescue tale, and congress directory quirks including J Frank Alli e and Utah’s new senator’s marriage.
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Peter Berg
Chicago
Napoleon
Berg
Bernard Shraft
San Francisco
Jonathan Strauss
Se Duling
D. Milburn
Buffalo
McKinley
Oxford
Grow
Montrose
John D. Long
Navy
St. Margaret's Hospital
Mount Vernon St
Boston
Frederick the Great
House of
Jim
Emma Constance Stone
Melbourne
London
Tasmania
Woman's Medical College
Philadelphia
Stone
Sarah E. Banhorn
Hampton Falls
N. H
Franklin B. Sanborn
Comcord
Primary Commissioners Named for City Convention Delegates
The republican city committee appointed ward by ward primary commissioners led by Chairman Logsdon. They are tasked with fixing the number of delegates to the city convention. Names include Lin Gardner Coffin Cox Spurbler Krause Langedale Webb Taylor Buddenbaum Buehler West Goudy Mc Cleaghan Keller.
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Board of Primary Commissioners
Logsdon
Lin
Fred C. Gardner
Clarence Coffin
Tinton A. Cox
E. G. Spurbler
Edward Krause
R. W. Langedale
W. W. Webb
Charles Taylor
Treat Buddenbaum
Eugene Buehler
W. B. West
Hugh Goudy
Fred McCleaghan
Otto Keller
Tobacco Specific Free Trial Pack Promises Cure
An advertisement touts a tasteless remedy called Tobacco Specific that allegedly cures tobacco addiction by removing nicotine from the body. It claims a free prepaid trial package can be mailed to any applicant at Rog Jers Deng & Chemical Co in Cincinnati, Ohio, aimed at helping wives and mothers persuade husbands and sons to quit smoking.
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Bacco
Rog Jers Deng & Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dr. Bull
Bonu 'Pi Pactureha
Baizimonn
President's Freak Mail Still Pours In From Across Lands
The president receives vast mail daily including many “fake” letters. A Washington mail room handles messages for the president and family, with deluges from California and far beyond. Some writers sign grand titles while others issue commands, and Christmas letters for Santa Claus arrive as well.
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Europe
City
Washington
White House
California
Wno
No. Sr
Evan Jesus Chris
Fmd
Michael
Heaven
United States
George Washington
Eddy Roosevelt
Santa Minus
Trom Cmt
Beveridge Seen As Unopposed Indiana Senator in 1905
Siddietown News argues no organized opposition to Senator Beveridge’s reelection in Indiana. The piece praises his record, loyalty to the party, and calls for unity to back Beveridge in 1905, stating Republicans should nominate no other candidate.
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Beveridge
United States Senate
Senator Beveridge
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Fair
Fairbanks
Patrbanks
United States
Siddietown
Cannon and Corbin Spit To A 2 Cent Spittoon Pact
Illinois congressman Cannon and Adjt general Corbin share a quiet card game at Corbin's home. The tale says Corbin wins money from Cannon with a promise of a modest present. Cannon agrees to bring a cheap gift a 2 cent spittoon as a joke ending their wager.
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Congressman Cannon
Illinois
Adjt
Corbin
Joe
Gen Corbin
Appropriations
Cannon
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Delaware
Bay State Gags Company
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Ames
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Congress
Benjamin F. Butler
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Utah
Alpha M. Eldridge
Hephy
Rank L. Stanton
President's Freak Mail
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Pettis Dry Goods Co
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Toren
Fune J. Cnexey Maxes Oath
F. J. Caer & Co
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Stace
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Watt
Prank J. Cheney
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Indiana Trust CO
Indiana Trust Building
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Federal Union
Hugh Daugherty
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