Washington Briefs on Congressional and Global Events
Foreign notes protest Russia over Manchurian railway claims while Italy’s Giolitti government resigns. Morgan and Drexel align with a London firm to form Morgan Grenfell. U.K. House of Commons asserts control of national finances as Chilean mediation proceeds. Admiral Togo retires in Japan. succession by Vice Admiral Ginjo.
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Russia
Sidney Sonnino
Giolitti
Standard
J. Pierpont Morgan, & Company
New York
Drexel & Company
Philadelphia
London
Morgan, Grenfell & Company
Houses of Commons
United States
Alsop
Edward
Chile
Giolitte
Italy
Bokhara
Khiva
Togo
Naval Command
Military Council
Gero Jjuin
Secretary approves land contest decision in Nebraska case
The Interior Secretary Ballinger approves the land office decision in Henry Kern versus John Haton contest. The report notes Secretary Ballinger's annual report and other federal and state items including a major Kansas inheritance tax and agricultural show honors.
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Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of the Land Office
Henry Kern
John Haton
Alliance
Neb
Ballinger
Alica
Ark
Nord Owens
Stella Belk
Kansas State Treasury
James Clarke
Marshall County
Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Angus
King Ellsworth
America
Chicago
Greenville
Ohio
John Harvard
Cochran
Georgia
Aldrich
California
Sec
Meyer
Taft
Winshaw Baye
Caion
Congress
St. Louis
iDoxey
Columbus
Dickinson
StPail
Minny
Ve. Peng
Browne
Willkbe
Congress set to provide the liveliest session in years
Representative Hitchcock of Omaha predicts an active session with constant action and early fighting as congress opens. He backs postal savings banks while George Curry presses for New Mexico statehood. Oklahoma banks seek national bank charters amid pending applications including Germania Bank at Ponca City. Also notes death of Brigadier General Henry M Adams in Boston and a gag order on information to congressional committees. Prohibition amendment defeats in Alabama. Morgan gains control of Equitable Life. State Knox returns passports of felipe Rodrigues and notes Nicaragua ties.
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Baldito
McPherson
United’ ‘States
Court of’ Appeals
St. Paul
United States
Court of Nebraska
Nebraska
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake Division
Southern Pacific
Lovett
Harriman
Bankers
Ft. Leavenworth
House of Commons
Congress
National Liberal Federation
House of Lords
New York
Nicaragua
Washington
Knox
England
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Wilson
Norris
Cannon
Charles Amidon
United States District Court of North Dakota
Fargo
Emperor William
James Freeman Curtis
Boston
Treasury
Kansas City
Hitchcock
Omaha
J. Hitchcock
George Curry
New Mexico
Ballinger
Oklahoma
Treasury Department
Germania
National Bank of
Ponca City
Charleston
St. C
Henry M. Adams
Engineer Corps
Army
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Alabama
Tz ‘pi-Morgan
Sof
sofshFelipas
Rodrigues
Legation
Zelayantz
Montana Stone Should Be Used, Say State Officials
Officials urge Montana sandstone for the state capitol project noting Columbus stone is inferior. They warn Montana stone will prevent losses to union workers exceeding 125000 and recommend public subscription with future legislative repayment to contributors.
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Livingston
Columbus
Indiana
Montana
New mine concentrator planned for Butte Black Rock
A. B. Wolvin of Duluth announced a 600 ton per day concentrator will be installed at the Black Rock mine on Butte Hill by March 1. The plant, to handle 750 tons daily, costs $150000 and will be erected by American Metals Company under Guggenheim control. Superintendent Atwater reported new crosscut extensions yielding zinc ore with 67 percent zinc and 19 ounces of silver in the last four feet.
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Butte
B. Wolvin
Duluth
Butte & Superior Copper Company
American Metals Company
Black Rock
Butte Hill
Metals Company
Guggenheim
Butte & Superior Company
Supt
Atwater
Mountain slide near Dark Horse mine injures none
A serious accident report from the Idaho side details a mountain slide near the Dark Horse mine on Saturday. Seven men and seven pack horses were swept 400 yards to a lake. all escaped without a bone broken or any injury, though every man lost his hat as the pack outfit traveling from Salmon to the mine was caught in the slide.
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Dillon
Idaho
Dark Horse
Montana Stockgrower Edward J Murphy Dies in Spokane
Edward J Murphy a stockgrower from Augusta Montana and brother to T Waldo Murphy an attorney in Spokane died in the Golden Gate building apartments where his sister Mrs Anna B Nett lives He had been ill about a year and spent the last six months in Spokane He was 39 and unmarried He leaves a brother and three sisters in Helena Montana
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Montana
Spokane
Edward J. Murphy
Augusta
Mont
T. Waldo Murphy
Anna B. Nett
Golden Gate
Murphy
Helena
Gun Packer Fined In Missoula Police Court
E C Estevik a railroad laborer was fined 25 dollars in Missoula police court for carrying concealed weapons. Judge Small condemned the practice prevalent in Missoula threatening peace and safety. Estevik showed the weapon in a saloon and threatened to use it during a quarrel.
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Missoula
Estevik
Football game leaves Virginia player unconscious after Davidson clash
A Virginia football game against Davidson left Jay Webster unconscious for several hours. The incident occurred during the match at the Institute and involved SuMissoula figures before the player was attended to and later stabilized.
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Fbynehbures
Virginia
Jay Webster
ofSuMissoula
Virginian
Feleven
Unclear fragmentary note on sports and voices
Fragmentary text mentions a sports figure and a keeper, with remarks about a person named Bill and a poor musical voice. Details are sparse and attribution uncertain.
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Bill
Backache I8 Kidneyache Doan's Kidney Pills Ad
A nurse from Parsons Kansas touts Doan's Kidney Pills as relief for back pain and kidney congestion. She reports sharp twinges and irregular secretions stopped after using the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sells them for 50 cents a box.
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Thompson - Watkins
23Rd St
Parsons
Doan
Namié
Cook’s quip highlights a wife and her long marriage
A nineteenth century tale tells of a happily married woman with three decades of wedlock and four grandchildren. When a box of flowers arrives the cook jokes that the husband sends all the pretty stems. The remark sparks a proud exclamation from the mistress.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Australia Was There All the Time Joke
A school board prize ceremony quip recalls Dr Thorold asking which island was largest before Australia’s discovery. He then solemnly answers Australia was there all along, prompting laughter from the children.
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Thorold
London School Board
Australia
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Advertised
This historical notice promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used by a nurse at a New York Home. It claims to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms with thousands of testimonials. Free samples offered by Allen S Olmsted Roy No.
Sufficient Evidence Cited in Courier Journal Item
A Louisville Courier Journal blurb notes a father’s alleged drinking after last night. The report quotes a witness describing the father sassing the janitor on entry, implying continued alcohol-related issues without detailing any incident.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Change in your pocket in a tobacco habit cure ad
A fragment from a period page mentions a Pleasant WRIGLEY, SPR, claiming a cure for an unpleasant tobacco habit. It also notes a girl’s reaction to flirtation and a man’s indifference if he does not pursue it.
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialist Eye and Ear Fargo ND
An old ad or notice lists Dr J H Rindlaub as a specialist in eye ear and throat care in Fargo North Dakota. The surrounding text is damaged with scattered phrases about remedies and products, indicating a vintage medical advertisement or directory entry.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
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