Condensations of Greater or Lesser Importances
A digest of brief items from abroad and national affairs. From Nicaragua to Paris, Rome, London and Berlin, notes on Americans abroad, a harness maker’s damages, a Himalayan ascent, Antarctic travel, cabinet posts, and legislative moves. Also obituaries, police actions, and congressional adjournment details.
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Olivares
Managua
State Department
United States
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Harold Vanderbilt
New York
Seine
Paris
Vanderbilt
Valence
Duke of
Abruzzi
Turin
Himalayas
Rome
Pourquoi Pas
Jean M. Charcot
Punta Arenas
Chile
South Pole
London
Home Department
Winston Spencer Churchi
Board of Trade
Sydney Buxton
Duchy of Lancaster
J. A. Pease
Herbert Louis Samuel
Notable figures and events span politics and crime
Obituaries note Frank W. Dunn in Dorchester, Mass. Sen Tillman improves. Congress votes 112 to 88 for Indian warehouse provisions. Taft speaks at Washington birthday banquet in New York. Crawford proposes $1,000,000 for a six foot channel KC to Sioux City. Lowe held on mail robbery charges in Missouri. Sherman creates panel to study high cost of living. Fighting in Nicaragua resumes. Philippine army maneuvers continue. Aldrich hints at cutting government costs by $300 million. Mare Island reports poor condition of West Virginia and Maryland. Ballinger withdraws lands pending inquiry. Morgan Guggenheim explains Alaska activity. House bills to improve labor relations introduced. Davis attacks Owen and Standard Oil. Taft policy bills under Senate leaders. Powder works explosion in California injures and kills. Perkins absent from Senate over six weeks due to injury. Springfield, Maryland reports on Rev James, former minister.
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Frank W. Dunn
Dorchester
Mass
Tillman
House
President Taft
Washington
New York
Crawford
Kansas City
Sioux City
St. Louis
William W. Lowe
Federal Grand Jury
Missouri Pacific
Eureka
Sherman
Nicaragua
Philippines
Aldrich
United States
Senate
Mare Island Navy Yard
West Virginia
Maryland
San Francisco
Orient
Ballinger
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Alaska
Jeff Davis
Owen
Staydard Oil Company
Taft
California
Springfield
James
Daston
Congress Debates Pole Expedition and Civil War Pensions
Washington lawmakers consider sending 12 officials to search for Peary records and defer Peary promotion until proof of pole discovery is provided. A pensions bill backs widows of Civil War veterans married since 1890. The rivers and harbors bill allocates 550000 for Jamaica Bay with up to 7 million more as needed, plus 10 million state match. House panel reelects managers for the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Missouri River needs fail to gain traction. West Point hazing bill passes. Interior Department extends homesteader residence deadline to May 15.
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North Pole
Peary
Butler
Rep
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Congress
Pole
Senate
Committee On Pensions
Jamaica Bay
Henry E. Palmer
Nebraska
John M. Halley
Wisconsin
Henry H. Markham
California
Missouri River
Iowa
Dakotas
Montana
West Point Military Academy
Interior Department
Critics scoff at statue of Senator Harlan in hall
Fragment reads as critics mock the statue of Senator Harlan installed in a statuary hall while a Michigan figure Senator William Alden Smith recovers from appendicitis. The text also notes Treasury layoffs and rising living costs amid political discussion.
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Senator Harlan
William “Alden Smith
Michigan
Treasury
Department
Taft
Secretary Shows Speech Causes Commotion in Both Countries
The dispatches report renewed anti Japanese sentiment after Leslie Shaw a former US treasury secretary warned war with Japan was inevitable. Maj Gen J Franklyn Bell warned that war could break out soon as Yokohama readies to welcome 700 Americans aboard the Cleveland.
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Tokio
United States
San Francisco
Leslie Shaw
Asha Shinbun
Ji Ji Shimpo
Shaw
Morristown
N. J
Yokohama
Cleveland
Japan
Pacific
Troops Aid Philly Transit Clash as Clergymen Seek Arbitration
About 200 Pennsylvan ia State police veterans arrived in Philadelphia to back authorities and help restore order as the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co battles the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. A car run was expected tonight amid a protracted dispute over union recognition and arbitration.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Police
Todsey
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Zarmen
Prescription error claims two lives in Minot area
In Rogers county a cough remedy error caused the death of Mrs. McFadden and left her husband in critical condition. The prescription, filled at a Rogers drug store, was taken at 10:30 AM and by noon she had died with his condition described as dangerous though there were some hopes for his recovery.
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Minot
N. D
McCumber bill favors second homestead entries
Washington Feb 24 The McCumber bill to provide for second homestead entries was ordered favorably reported by the senate committee on public lands. It would allow second entries under the homestead laws for those whose first entry had been forfeited abandoned or lost for any reason except cancellation for fraud or relinquishment for a valuable consideration.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Mines Resume at Butte Operations Reopened
In Butte Montana on February 24 operations resumed in the original and West Stewart mines and the Butte Reduction works are to run at full blast within a few days.
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Montana
Butte
Mont
West Stewart
Attempt Bribery Report Ties Prosecutor to Packers Case
New York reporters say an official from Hudson county New Jersey claims an attempt was made to bribe Prosecutor Garvan to drop the meat packers case. Garvan declined to confirm details but implied pressure would not deter prosecution.
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New York
Garvan
Hudson County
N. J
Ae AN
Oatmeal Tops Food Lists In European Taste
Readers note oatmeal ranks highly in dietary guides with Quaker Oats praised as the cleanest tasting and purest option. The article suggests Americans should eat more Quaker Oats to improve health and strength, citing Britain and Europe favoring oats as a staple.
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Feadér
Britain
Europe
A Cheerful Prospect and a Bold Rejoinder
In a light dialogue a man asks a young suitor for his opinion of his daughter. The reply is a humorous jibe about beauty and age with a reminder that youth changes with time.
Keep Baby Skin Clear with Cuticura Soap
Parents often overlook minor infant eruptions that can scar social and business life. Regular use of Cuticura Soap, with Cuticura Ointment when needed, purifies and protects baby skin. Request the free 32 page Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Proprietors
Boston
Belgium's Neutral Status Lets It Forego Navy
Belgium remains the most prosperous and densely settled state in Europe. The late king's reign saw substantial wealth and social reforms. Its international neutrality allows it to dispense with a navy while keeping a small, inexpensive army.
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Belgium
Europe
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised by Cheney and Co
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease cured by internal medicines. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is a regulated prescription by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes testimonials available.
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Itall
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
The Graveled Geometer
Bucla boasts of his prowess until his wife questions why gas bills stay high. with a groan he rushes into the night searching for the answer.
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Bucla
Make $500 In Gold Offer From Salzer Seed Co
A promotional pitch from the John A. Salzer Seed Co invites readers to earn $500 in gold by participating in a national contest. The firm touts itself as large and thoroughly responsible and promises a supply of reliable seeds for participants who complete the challenge.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
The Apology of Adam in a Blame Scene
Adam declares there was no tariff while the man blames the woman and asserts he had done his best in a terse moral vignette.
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Adam
State Supreme Court Hearings on Coal Rate Fixing
North Dakota defends 1907 law fixing coal shipping rates arguing cost of service cannot be precisely determined and broader equity supports rate flexibility. Northern Pacific counters that rates below cost may be used to push local coal development and balance overall profits. The case tests if states may regulate interstate commodity rates to promote local resources.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United State
North Dakota
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Miller
T. F. McCue
Guy C. H. Corliss
Supreme Court of North Dakota
Charles W. Bunn
Northern Pacific
Peter
Paul
Troopers Mobilize as Philadelphia Strife Deepens
Pittsburg reports state troopers from Greensburg and nearby districts totaling over 1000 ordered to Greensburg training barracks to mobilize for possible action. In Philadelphia a teen, John Hough 18, dies in Sutamaritan hospital amid ongoing streetcar strikes with militia guarding transit offices and limited car service.
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Pittsburg
Johnston
Greensburg
Jeanette
Philadelphia
John Hough
Samaritain Hospital
State Fencibles
Germantown
Lehigh Avenues
Traction Company
Eighth and
Dauphin Streets
Transit Company
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co
Missouri River Improvement Fight Before Senate Panel
Capt Isaac P Baker, famed for Missouri river work, told the senate commerce committee that engineers lag on the upper Missouri in North Dakota and Montana and that past appropriations were wasted rather than used effectively. He urged stronger pushes and better management of funds.
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Washington
Isaac, P. Baker
Missouri River Fame
Senate Committee On Commerce
Missouri River
Baker
Army of Engineers
Missouri
North Dakota
Montana
Upper River
Woman killed in Denver street car collision
A Rock Island passenger train collided with a street car in Denver Colorado this afternoon killing one woman and fatally injuring the motorman.
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Denver
Colo
Rock Island
Fire at Dickinson Hospital report
Dickinson North Dakota February 23 an alarm was turned in at 4 o clock this morning for a fire at the Stein hospital which had gained headway in the basement nurses first discovered the fire and the rooms were already filled with smoke or flames causing swift action by responders and staff
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Dickinson
N. D
Stein, Hospital
Elephant and Longneck Debate Airship Hazard
In a playful exchange, Elephant asks why Longneck keeps his head low. Lion offers the joke that Longneck fears bumping his head on passing airships, turning a simple curiosity into a lighthearted vignette.
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Elephant
Longneck
Lion
Are you aiding neighbors in a yearly garden
A philanthropist asks if one helps others and Mr Crosslets replies he makes a garden each year for the benefit of nearby chickens. The note ends with a misprinted ad tone and a stray proverb about standing from under when common sense vacates.
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Mr. Crosslets
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Shallenberger
Burkett
Gulf Coast
Joseph A. Graham
Salisbury
Cannon
Valentines
Chicago
Anna Christian Spreckles
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Berlin
Iowa Supreme Court of Iowa
Lovering
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Sarah Bailey
Stubbs
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Patel
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Boise
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