Tariff Bill Ten Days to Finish Work
Washington July 9 After Senate passage the tariff bill nears conference with Republicans Aldrich Burrows Penrose Hale Cullom and Democrats Daniel Money Bailey on the Senate side and Payne Dalzell McCall Boutell Calder for the House. The House criticizes Senate move to appoint a conference before return. Conference likely tomorrow as leaders predict ten days to settle ten provisions. LaFollette quotes Aldrich shifting to tax corporations arguing against further taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Burrows
Penrose
Hale
Cullom
Daniel
Money
Bailey
House
Payne
Dalzell
McCall
Boutell
Calderhead
Conference
Free Bride and Groom Examinations Endorsed in Spokane
Spokane County Medical society votes to make physical examinations of prospective brides and grooms free for the rest of 1909. The July 12 criminal code requires fitness for license to marry, sparking a debate over fees before the measure carried. Auditor St. Ww. Butler says the law benefits the public, not physicians.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane County Medical Society
Murry
J. G. Cunningham
Daniel
St. Ww
Butler
Spokane County
Vital statistics July figures from state history society
The vital statistics department reports July totals: births 387, deaths 42, marriages 04, divorces 04, naturalizations 04. Births in the Lills region tallied by Pennington, Yiven, Lawrence, Fall River counties with small counts.
South Dakota Eyes National Irrigation Congress Visit
Governor Vessey reports strong South Dakota interest in the National Irrigation Congress to be held in Spokane from August 9 to 14. He plans to appoint a state delegation and seeks thoroughly committed attendees to attend without fail.
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Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Wash
Merry Dakota
National Irrigation Congress
Vessey
Arthur Hooker
Board of Control
Delegates Sought From South Dakota for Northwest Convention
A speaker urges western South Dakota cities to send large delegations to a northwest convention. He asks commercial clubs and town councils to promote attendance and promises to appoint delegates once pledges are secured, stressing timely commitment before the convention.
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South Dakota
Northwest
Old state house in Pierre to be sold August seventh
The Capitol commission decided the old state house will be offered for sale August 7 with the city of Pierre given preference as buyer. The wooden capitol cannot be removed until the new building is ready. It is described as the only wooden capitol building in the United States.
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Pierre
Capitol Commission
State House
United States
Roosevelt Party to Move to Forthal District
Reports of abundant game and man eating lions in the Forthal district prompt the Roosevelt party to shift to that region in August. A 200 native hunters’ effort failed to rout the beasts with a dozen killed. Three lionesses reportedly killed fourteen of fifteen natives, leading the government to close district highways to travelers.
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Roosevelt
Forthal
Naivasha
State Capitol Building at Pierre Progressing Rapidly
The 280 foot reinforced concrete pipe tunnel linking the new state house with the old capitol is finished. The powerhouse will use mechanical draft and vacuum circulation for heating and power. State Engineer Lea oversees the rapid completion and a new photo series records the progress for an eventual historical work.
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State Capitol
Pierre
State House
Lea
Rockefeller Back Home After 76th Birthday
John D Rockefeller returned to Cleveland from Jersey City where he celebrated his 76th birthday at a meeting of the Standard Oil organization which raised gasoline prices by a cent a gallon. He modestly accepted a check for over a million as his share of the company's profits.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Jersey City
N. J
Standards Organization
Division of Sports
Rockefeller
Standard
Congressman Cushman Dies in New York Hospital
Francis W. Cushman representative from Washington died at Roosevelt hospital New York. Lifelong friends Senator Pile and Andrew Burleigh were at his bedside. He had been in hospital since June 2 for neck surgery and later contracted pneumonia. Remains to be shipped to Tacoma.
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Francis W. Cushman
Washington
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Senator Pile
Andrew Burleigh
Cushman
Congressman Cushman
Tacoma
Remains of Victims Viewed as Victor Faces Strong Alibi Challenge
Aberdeen July 9 two thousand people viewed the Christie family and Michael Ronayne murder victims in state. Authorities doubted Janis Victor alibi claiming he visited Conde and rode toward Northville where he was arrested. Funeral services were held for the Christie family. Emil Victor seeks defense counsel with aid from John Morrow as prosecutors pursue evidence.
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Aberdeen
Janis Victor
Christie
Michael Ronayne
Rudolph
van Slyke
Conde
Anderson
Victor
Northville
Christie Farm
House of Horror
Christies
Emil Victor
John Morrow
Gingles Case Witness Denies White Slavery Links
Chicago July 9 Thomas Taggart a Democratic national committeeman from Indiana testified in the Gingles case that he knew Miss Barrett with a shop in his French Lick hotel but denied any connection to the case He was asked about white slavery and said he had heard the term but did not know its meaning. The physician Dr Watson testified the Gingles girl was found in the Wellington hotel bathroom with only scratches and not attacked.
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Chicago
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National
Watson
Wellington
Ella Gingle
Ella Gingles
Barrett
Thaw Case Denied Change of Venue by Judge Gaynor
Justice Gaynor rejected a bid to move the Thaw insanity investigation from Westchester county hospital to New York. The judge found no sufficient grounds to transfer the case and ordered it proceed in the current venue.
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New York
Gaynor
Westchester County Hospital
College head denounces football at national meeting
President Slocum of Colorado College denounced football before the National Educational Association. He said the game is dangerous and dominated by a love of sport, leading to abnormal physical development for intense competition.
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Slocum
Colorado College
Denver
Auierican
W. EF. Slocum
National Educational Association
Several May Be Implicated In Tenement Slaying
New York officials report a woman's battered body found in a tenement stairway. Blood tracks lead to a saloon where a man, believed involved, was sleeping on a pool table. Witnesses say a suspect left with five men and later washed bloody hands.
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New York
Philip Calia
Simon Brady
Tor
Brady
Calia
Thaw Ordered Back to Jail After Court Victory
Judge Mills ruled Harry K Thaw be moved from Matteawan asylum to White Plains jail reversing the attorney general’s opposition. The decision followed a potential transfer to Matteawan if venue changes were granted, signaling a relief for Thaw in his bid for release.
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White Plains
N. J
Mills
Harry K. Thaw
Mattewan Asylum
Thaw
Muattewan
Gaynor
Plea of Not Guilty Filed by Sugar Refining Officers
New York July 6 officers of the American Sugar Refining Co. appeared in United States court and entered a plea of not guilty in a case pending against the company and its executives.
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New York
The
American Sugar Refining Co
United States Court
Miscreant Hurls Coal at Taft Car in Transit
In New London a piece of anthracite about three to four pounds was thrown at the special Taft car just after it left. The missile hit the next car behind. no injuries. Taft and his family continued to Ft. Ticonderoga as detectives investigate the attacker’s identity.
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New York
Tait
New London
Taft
Ft. Ticonderoga
Aldrich Proposes Tax Exemption Amendment in Senate
The tariff bill was reported in the Senate as complete for the present. Senator Aldrich proposed an amendment to exempt mutual benefit organizations and certain nonprofits from taxation while taxing corporations under the agreed terms.
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Madison
Wis
LaFollette
Aldrich
Senate
Washington
Collecting a Debt From a Wily Shopkeeper
In a Success Magazine tale, Billy Aulger schemes a debt collection by day labor division. Billy Baker asks Mistuh Boyd for work, then Billy Phillips is pressed to settle a twenty year old debt for twenty dollars. The old man pockets half, while the lawyer reseats the customer with a wary warning.
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Billy Aulger
Mistub Boyd
Oli Billy Baker
Billy
Phrimips Han Owen
Mistah Phillips
Mistah Boyd
Sal
Success Magazine
Wartime Rank Talk and Remington quips in brief anecdotes
A Civil War major who became a brigadier general in Spanish American War joked that vaccination failed to produce general status. Frederic Remington, back from a western study trip, dismissed impressionistic art with a sharp quip about two maiden aunts in New Rochelle who knit better pictures than the exhibit.
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Frederic Remington
Remington
New Rochelle
We Touch One Another On All Sides
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on interconnectedness and social fortunes. A dentist dispute turns on payment with a sharp retort about teeth. An Irish historian enjoys a misdirected street tour, then a kind Scottish woman replies with humor about the devil.
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Blair
Magician Tricks Lead To Laughter In Orphan Asylum
A stage conjurer entertained inmates of an orphan asylum when a shy girl named Indy, asked to examine a handkerchief, then blew candy from it. The child interpreted the prompt literally, producing a comic result that caused peals of laughter from the audience.
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Kellar
Success Magazine
The Mary Denton Return Mystery in New Bedford Harbor
In nineteenth century New Bedford, Mary Denton, a whaler’s niece, sails with Captain Denton for a three year voyage. Edward Kendell, her lover, rises in business while fearing her return. On the third anniversary, fog swallows the Mary Denton and she vanishes, leaving Kendell and witnesses haunted by a ship that never anchors in port.
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Mary Denton
New Bedford
Fier
Captain Denton
Denton
Dentons
Kendell
Mary
Edward Kendell
Bin
Hive
Maury Denton
Dig Mer
Tyne
Wootheart
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