Federal Plan for Interstate Insurance Control Gets Endorsement
Senator Dryden backs a federal bill to regulate interstate insurance, creating a national Bureau of Insurance under a Federal Comptroller. The plan imposes exam requirements, bonds, and penalties, with state and national laws governing operations and a framework for cross state and foreign firms. It aims to curb evils exposed by previous inquiries while preserving safeguards and professional oversight.
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Congress
Dryden
Compr
Oracia
Secretary of Commerce
wPtroller
t&Ri
United States
Basiof Insurance
Army Seeks Sufficient Transports to Boost Service
Ashington reports the army requests adequate transport capacity to expand operations. Officials aim to remedy logistics gaps with government support and subsidies like a subsidy bill under debate. The move seeks faster mobilization and reliable supply lines amid ongoing military needs.
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Ashington
Dan
Government report warns of transport limits in war
A general staff paper shows American ships are insufficient to move a large army quickly to a foreign port. Transports of 6500 and 5600 tons are most in demand to keep units intact. The report urges subsidies for certain ships and calls the merchant fleet too small, noting Cuba transport in the last war relied on luck and weather. It advocates tripling the merchant marine to ensure adequate transport capacity.
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Army Transport Service
General Staff
Secretary of War
Taft
Gallinger
Merchant Marine Commission
United States
Cuba
America
Indian Affairs Report on Five Civilized Tribes Ends Mission
Washington reports final year 1805 of the special commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. It certifies missions accomplished, notes ongoing allotment work and dissolution of tribal governments, and cites difficulties in composing accurate rolls due to Indian naming, intermarriage, and related issues.
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Special Government Commission
Washington
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Rural Free Delivery Shows Large Petition Load and Costs
A statement by P. W. De Graw reports on rural free delivery up to January 1, 1906, listing 61,090 petitions received or referred with 13,125 adverse results. At that date 24,677 routes were in operation. In fiscal year 1906 rural carriers handled over one billion mail pieces at just under 1.5 cents per piece, and the 329,000 carriers for fiscal year 1908 carried costs around $16,871,733.
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Washington
P. W. de Graw
Trade Balance Favors France in 1905
The commerce between the United States and France totaled about 166 million dollars in the fiscal year 1905. Exports to France were 76 million and imports from France 90 million, according to the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor.
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France
Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Drive Out American Sharpers
In Mexico City on June 15 police uncovered a gang of American sharpers who target tourist players in touring poker games. Victims are fleeced and warned of arrest for gambling if they protest. One member was arrested and others fled as authorities pursue the rest.
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Mexico City
Coal Operator Is Killed in Boonville Train Incident
In Boonville Indiana on January 15 Harry Bruce a 64 year old coal mine operator was fatally struck by a westbound Southern train as he tried to board it while it was moving.
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Boouville
Ind
Harry Bruce
Southern
Accidentally Kills Companion During Squirrel Hunt
Sam Medlin, 21, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting squirrels with John Goodman. The incident occurred Jan 15 near Carril W. A coroner's jury exonerated Goodman of blame in the fatality.
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Carril
Sam Medlin
John Goodman
Goodman
Duchess Consuelo Vuliage Improves After Operation
London January 15 report shows Consuelo, dowager duchess of Manchester, recovering well after a relatively severe operation.
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London
Duchess of
Manchester
Consuelor Vuliage
Avalanche Claims Students on Austrian Excursion
In Innsbruck Tyrol Austria on January 16 a group of Seren htology students from a party of twelve were overwhelmed by an avalanche in the Hall valley. Authorities report one or more fatalities and several injuries as rescuers search the snow. The tragedy underscores dangerous conditions in the high Alpine terrain.
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Innsbruck
Tyrol
Austria
Seren Htology
Hall Valley
Western Canada shows strong 1905 harvest and settler appeal
The year ending reveals Western Canada’s agricultural breadth with wheat near 100,000,000 bushels and expanding fall and spring crops. Dairying thrives in new provinces, drawing Americans to Saskatchewan and Alberta as railways open vast free homesteads. Dominion agents will guide settlers as the prairie land rush continues into 1906.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Canadian Prairies
Toronto Star
Four Years of Agony Brought Relief by Cuticura
Anthony Lloyd of Alliance Ohio recounts severe foot injury in 1899 with gradual healing after using Cuticura Ointment and Soap for seven months. He notes prior doctors bills far exceeded the six dollar cost, and he returned to work after long suffering. The ad closes with a gendered proverb about stopping a woman's tongue and a baby's tears.
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You's Earth
Billy
Jon M. Lloyd
Arch Ave
Alliance
Ohio
Roosevelt to push Congress for a lock canal plan
Washington, June 16. President Roosevelt prepares a message to Congress favoring a lock canal. He met with Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee members to discuss the plan and to secure support for the canal commission nomination of Joseph B. Bishop. He also urged protecting canal officers' salaries amid the investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Committee On
Davis
Joseph B. Bishop
Canal Commission
Hearing Highlights Southern Pacific Blame in Canal Congestion
Washington Jan 16 Charges by Secretary Taft and Chief Engineer Stevens of the Isthmian canal commission tie the Southern Pacific to freight congestion on the Panama Isthmus. They claim the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, controlled by SP, delays cargo to obstruct canal materials reaching Colon, forcing shipments via San Francisco and Pacific Mail. The blockade, they say, blocks deliveries and hinders canal work.
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House
Washington
Taft
Stevens
Isthmian Canal Commission
Southern Pacific Railway
Panama
House Committee On Appropriations
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad
Steamship Company
San Francisco
Colon
New York
Pacific Mail
Pacific Mall
Mrs Taggart Placed On Cedric With Sons En Route Paris
Cincinnati reports Grace Taggart believed aboard the Cedric with her two sons en route to Paris amid divorce proceedings with Capt. B F Taggart. Friends booked her as Grace Thompson without her knowledge, later involved in the sailing plan. New York lists Mrs Gertrude Thompson and two Thompsons aboard the Cedric sailing to Liverpool.
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Cincinnati
Times Star
Grace Taggart
B. F. Taggart
Cedric
Paris
Grace Thompson
New York
Liverpool
Gertrude ‘Thompson
William ‘Thompson
Robert ‘Thompson
Senator Meeks Gains Support for Popular Vote Election
Columbus reports Senator Meeks' resolution in favor of electing U S senators by popular vote was adopted unanimously. Also notes a Washington petition accusing railroads of unjust rate discrimination against pressed glassware and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Fort Smith traffic bureau. An old bachelor’s idea of a fool fit man who attends his own wedding fallen meteorites.
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Columbus
Meeks
United States
Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fort Smith
Federal Control of Insurance Reform Bid Back in Senate
Senator Dryden reintroduces a bill for federal supervision of insurance with a controller of Insurance and safeguards to detect wrongdoing. He cites New York inquiry findings and says publicity and regulation similar to national banks will address constitutional questions and times are near passage backed by the president and legal experts.
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Ington
Benetor Drys
Ither
Ent
Dryden
Washington
Senate
Fay
New York Legislative Committee
New York
Congress
Drrdén
Terms Protection in England QEAQ
London Jan 15. Winston Churchill declared that protection has been killed signaling a political upheaval unseen since the great reform bill era. Manchester’s efforts and example are cited as saving England, while unionist papers note free trade victory amid a rout in the party. The fate of Joseph Chamberlain in Birmingham is the pressing question.
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London
England
Manchester
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Unionist Party
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Serious breach rumor ties Cannon and Babcock in clash
Washington January 14 reports say Speaker Cannon and Wisconsin Representative Babcock, leader of the insurgents, met in the speaker’s room. Differences on the Philippine tariff and statehood bills surfaced, with Babcock denying a leaked article and insurgents claiming a strengthening of their position amid a looming deadlock over Hamilton joint statehood legislation.
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Cannon
Babcock
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Dadcock
House
Mrs Morris Suffers Relapse At White House
Washington Jan 11 Mrs Minor Morris, who was ejected from the White House executive offices and grounds last week, was reported yesterday in a state of complete collapse. Dr Morris her husband said her condition is critical.
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Morris
Washington
Minor Morris
White House
Widow Educated Woman Takes Postgraduate Course
A charming widow is described as a well educated girl who has completed a postgraduate course, illustrating her continued pursuit of learning despite personal loss.
Dyspepsia remedy touted as quick aid in old advert
An old advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for dyspepsia with patient anecdotes from J R Miller of Dayton Virginia and others. It also includes notes on hog weights in France and humorous historic tales about General Belknap and the Dilettante Society.
Dressed Cannon Aide Draws Odd Remark In City Ride
iL White Busboy secretary to Speaker Cannon stands out for his sharp dress while Cannon, in a slouch hat, draws curious stares at an uptown hotel. An amused onlooker notes the pair and refers to Cannon as a handsome fellow and the other man as the old duffer.
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White Busboy
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Busboy
Don’t Wait Hunna Kidney Health Ad from Wyoming
An old advertorial urges immediate action on suspected kidney trouble with Dodd's Kidney Pills. It cites Dr. W. H. Jeffries's experience, noting prior tiredness and back pain resolved after treatment. The piece ends with a humorous line about winning a girl by bribing her father.
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Dodd
Hright
W. H. Jeffries
Beiow
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