Ministers and Mayor Face Moral Lids and Motives
A local newspaper critiques ministers and officials for praising the mayor and the city press after the so called moral lid was closed. It argues the action stemmed from spite, not public demand, and urges laws be enforced fairly rather than used as political weapons. The piece faults Mayor Holtzman for ignoring and then enforcing the law, calling for genuine virtue and civic righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lod
Holtzman
Rail rate bill urged by Speaker Cannon in line with Roosevelt
Fe W A Stead notes the czar as the coolest map in Russia. Triumvirate Witgon remains a focal point in Indiana Republican politics as the public presses for a clear comprehensive law to end rebates and private car injustices. Public support for real railroad rate regulation runs nationwide, strongest in Indiana due to editorials and shipper concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Congress
Roosevelt
Indiana
Indianapolis Star
W. A Stead
Russia
Opposition to Panama Canal delays gains traction in Congress
The Panama Canal project faces renewed opposition as lawmakers prepare for the next session. Theodore Roosevelt’s support is cited while canal supporters claim construction will start July 1, 1906. Shonts notes progress at Panama and Colon, including waterworks, sewers, and paving bricks. He argues eight hour and contract labor laws would hinder Isthmian work, where over 80 percent of employees are aliens and American labor would bear higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Isthmus
Shonts
Panama
Colon
Canal Commission
United States
Ganal
Mexico Offers Japan Territory to Subdue Yaqui War Party
A translated dispatch claims Mexico offers Japan a Sonora strip and Tiburon Island to colonize and deploy sericulture workers able to fight Yaqui and Seri Indians. It warns Japan would subdue these tribes as Spain did, detailing Yaqui, Seri, and Seris tribe conditions and current border violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Government of
Japan
Sonora
Gulf of California
Tiburon
Thum
Bpain
Kome
Rivera
Gulf
Wn& Bonara
Tiburon Island
Sowors
Chihuahua
Sondra
Elephant at Avacolr saloon drinks whisky in riotous spree
A group of men hauled an elephant from a chena into a saloon in Avacolr town and fed him nine quarts of whisky. The intoxicated animal wrecked the bar, smashed a decanter, and overturned tables, demonstrating almost human intelligence in its reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avacolr
Mat
Sunshine and Smiles Amid Bizarre News Snippets
A chaotic collage of dialogue and odd facts spans kings and scientists, hobbies, and playful jests. The piece weaves punning names, theater mentions, canal talk, and local quirks from Battenberg whiskers to a dry Panama zone critique, ending with a flurry of humorous misprints and character sketches.
Holdups Reported Near Flackville In Northwest City Area
Two armed Black men robbed Andrew Rock near Flackville as he rode home, pulling him from his horse and searching him while one man covered the animal. It was the third local hold-up in this vicinity over the past weeks, with suspects fled into bottom lands along the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beidge
Andrew Rock
Flackville
Tus
Thought Leaders Misguided on Secret of Ife
Yerbert Spencer Charles Darwin Thos TL Hustey and Lois Pasteur at various times in tet Fiver thought they had discovered the secret of Ife but repeated tests proved they were mistaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerbert Spencer
Charles Darwin
Thos. TL. Hustey
Lois Pasteur
Jn Tet Fiver
Wireless Tower To Rise 2000 Feet Over San Francisco Bay
A high wireless tower is planned atop Blount Tamalpais near San Francisco Bay reaching about 2000 feet above sea level. The elevated transmitter will send messages across the region, with aims of enhancing communication to and from Honolulu and other Pacific sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blount Tamalpais
San Francisco Bay
Honolulu
Alfalfa Harvest in Greeley District Colorado
Fifty thousand acres of alfalfa were raised in the Greeley district of Colorado this year with three crops cut during the season. The average yield for the three cuttings was five tons. Perfectly healthy people save pit rich Wood. Hols Sareuparilia pei and entiches Iné bled and makes people healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colorado
Hols Sareuparilia Pei
Old Nurse for Children advertisement promotes Winslow Syrup
An old newspaper ad touts Mrs Winslow s soothing syrup for teething children claiming it calms the child soothes the gums and relieves pain wind colic and diarrhoea. It promotes a twenty four bottle size with positive health claims.
Santa Barbara’s quaint capital of Cultta Qin myth
Fragmentary station copy describes Santa Barbara as a quaint town with Spanish friars and Chriss Vanity, claims of ancient Christ preaching to American Indians, and mentions gold mines guiding tourism via the Pacific. Then a postal inquiry for W. Nt. Connor in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 8 Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chriss Vanity
California
W. Nt. Connor
Pourth-st. Cincinnati
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bon
Ohio St
Indianapolis
Ind
New York
World Building
Eugene
van Zant
Chicago
Tribune
A.W. Allen
Trium Witgon
Panama Canal
Primitive
Tinuron Islent
North America
Themen
Sunshine and
King Alfaneo
William
Paris
Igathet Kinsing
University of Cieagu
Louig
Battenberg
Missouri
Shonts i
Patinma Canal
Eva Af. Shonts
Panama Zone
Sho
Lester Shalker
Garrettsville
Journal
Richmond
Nave
Dave
Beng
Coirae
Alexsather
Atler
Bard
A. W. Kohl
the Marion Trust Company
Cor, Circle and
EB. Market St
Lind
J. S. Farrell & Co
F. Lilsnalsst
Pope Motor Car Co
Waverlay
Pett! IS Dry Goods CO
Pettis Dry Goods Co
Drs Works
Karstadt's Dye Works
Uinole
Tis N. Tillaole
Indiana Ave
Karstadt Wittas Beretofore
Columbia National Bank Foreign Exchange
Sale Deposit Vaolta
Rricers
Wilbon
A. A. Barnes
L. PB. Newsy
W. K. Sproule, Jr
Cahier
W. D. Dickey
Terial
Coli-Rolied Ghit
Aomara
Mora
Senovo Jawa
Biov
Jewel Caen Sas Ae Tee
Lilly
Stalnaker
Washington Street
Santa Barbara
H.J. Sanders
Wests
Ohio St. Avs
Featory
People’s Credit
Washington
Citizens’ Loan
the Union Trust CO
Hg-Tid
Plymouth
Vonnegut Hardy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!