Indictments said to follow Beef Trust probe and other items
The Beef Trust investigation is said to have resulted in forty indictments. The Southwestern Baptist University of Jackson Tenn conferred the LL D on Governor Folk. Russia and Europe are mentioned with policy repression and a possible Asiatic Monroe Doctrine. An order limits entrants to 320 acres of public domain. A cold air engine claims to cut coal and oil use by 70 percent. The Nap Patterson show failed to draw crowds. The Columbia Herald condemns town bonuses for normal schools as bribery. The Odessa Democrat joked about editor Bales. The Iowa Medical Society calls for beard removal by doctors. The world moves on with various geopolitical notes.
Maximum Freight Rate Bill Faces Federal Challenge
A suit filed Wednesday in the federal court at Jefferson City challenges the Speer-Dickinson Maximum Freight Rate Bill. Frisco general solicitor L F Parker seeks an injunction to block rate schedules as confiscatory to a public utility. The piece also surveys broader political and diplomatic comment surrounding Roosevelt era issues and personnel shifts.
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Jefferson City
Railroad and Warehouse
Knott, Rice
Marse Henri Watterson Spends Summer in Europe
The Louisville editor Henri Watterson spends summers abroad about every seven years. He writes home vivid letters from Europe, though he dislikes most of the continent from Bay of Biscay to Ural mountains. He admires only the bohemian lifestyle he encounters there.
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Marse
Henri Watterson
Europe
Henri
Bay of Biscay
Ural Mountains
Ife
Feud between Hargis and Cockerill flares in Breathiut Kentucky
A mild clash in Breathiut county Kentucky last Sunday between Hargis and Cockerill captains left casualties just under the San Juan scale. The skirmish served as a preliminary test of the enemy’s mood before a planned general action. The piece notes contrasts in Japanese courtesy toward defeated foes and recalls harsher treatment of a prior wartime prisoner at Fortress Monroe.
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Breathiut
Kentucky
Battle of
San Juan
Guntile- An
Fortress Monroe
River Front
Missouri railroads join Frisco in injunction suit
The Missouri railroads have joined with the Frisco in an injunction suit against the state era to restrain enforcement of the Speer Dickinson Maximum Freight Rate. The daily press noted two months ago that a railroad conference was held in 86, Loute Vat Whe, and representatives adjourned without deciding on action to take on bats bil.
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Missouri
Frisco
State Railroad and Warehouse Commissionera
Speer Dickinson
Daily Press
Bats
Williams Rader road law fails to show results
The Williams Rader road law has produced no noticeable effect with papers statewide not reporting any community using its provisions to improve roads. Critics say benefit districts may yet emerge, but for now toll and private-ownership options seem preferred to mud roads. The piece critiques the law, hints at upcoming legislative changes, and links national politics to state road policy debates.
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Williams-Rader
Naval battle loss estimates for Russian forces
The report cites casualty figures from the latest engagement with Russian forces, listing 14,000 killed or drowned, 4,606 captured, and 8,000 led to various shores. Details on sources and dates are unclear.
Norway Secedes from Sweden After Ninety Year Union
This week Norway seceded from Sweden ending a ninety year union. Although parliaments and laws remain separate, the two nations varied on many state policy issues. Norway pursues free trade while Sweden maintains tariffs, and consular representations caused the split. Since 1816 both shared a monarchic line but could veto legislation locally. War is unlikely but possible, experts say.
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Norway
Sweden
Prussian Councils Approve Wedding Gift Tokens
The Minister of the Interior instructed municipal councils in Prussia that “tokens of loyalty” for the Crown Prince’s wedding would be welcomed and expected. Most councils voted appropriations for wedding presents, a contrast to harsher remarks about Missouri leadership and Gov. John A. Lee.
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Associated Press
German Empire
Prussia
John A. Lee
School principal orders comfort over coats in heat
Superintendent Greenwood of Kansas City public schools directed principals to avoid forcing elementary pupils to wear coats indoors during warm weather, noting children should be comfortable. The remark contrasts with a quip about future martyrs at a party hosted by Mrs Blanche Amory.
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Greenwood
Kansas City
Major Pendennis
Blanche Amory
Carthage Democrat marks 25th anniversary edition
Dan Roach’s paper the Carthage Democrat released a twenty fifth anniversary edition last week. The sixteen page issue is fully illustrated with halftone cuts of public and private institutions, farms, and resorts. It provides a complete writeup of Jasper County resources and local business opportunities and boasts Carthage as the most beautiful city for miles, highlighting houses, public buildings and streets.
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Dan Roach
Carthage’ Democrat
Jasper County
The
Democrat
Carthage
Nevada district gains 4.4 million in gold ore output in three years
In three years the gold district of Nevada bag produced 4.4 million dollars worth of gold ore, signaling rising mining activity and economic impact for the region.
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Guldiei d
Navada
Roosevelt Rate Regulation Debate Shapes Ohio Convention
The Ohio convention backed the administration by praising the president and opposing rebates, yet avoided explicit rate regulation. Taft addressed the gathering, while broader state conventions later this summer may reveal whether others follow Roosevelt's doctrine or railroads. Taft ruled for the Bridge and Terminal Co. in St. Louis, noting no charter violation but signaling potential federal action. The Cear remains at war, and Tsarist tensions persist in Russia.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Congress
St. Louis Merchant's Bridge
Bridge and Terminal Company
St. Louis Republic
Real Estate Transfers of May 1905 and June 1905
Compiled list of transfers and related notes from Tuesday May 30 to Monday June 6 1905. Includes Brinkoetter to Walkenhorst Vandivers to Sebulize Waddell to Barpett Schultze to Vandiver and multiple parcels in Corder Lexington and Waverly with various sums and terms.
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Herman H Brinkoetter
Anna Maria Walkenhorst
Lota
Concordia
Vandivers
Albert H Sebulize
Higginsville
WA Warner
T R Landram
Waverly
Walter B Waddell
Mary A Barpett
Albert Schultze
Charles al Vandiver
George Corder
Harry Rodekohr
Lexington
Bank of Waverly
Mary Ann Scott
Richard Stalling
Clifton Bradford
Elizabeth Winkler
Meng & Zeysing
R W Ashworth
Local Health Remedies and College Exhibition at Lewis and Clark
An ad touts Herbine as a cure for tiredness and related ailments with a testimonial from J. J. Hubbard of Temple Texas. Crenshaw & Young druggists carry it. Whitman College showcases relics of Dr Marcus Whitman at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. A job notice seeks reliable distributors for circulars in Lexington area. There is a Lewis and Clark parade planned with around 5,000 expected participants.
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J. J. Hubbard Temple
Texas
Crenshaw & Young
h.Sm
Whitmer College
Washington
Marcus Whitman
Oregon
Father Elis
Father Bile
Whitaii
Thy
Lewis and Clark
Italian Garden Technique and the Pleasure of Personal Plot
Historic notes describe Italian terraces and shaded arbors as a model for lush gardens. It highlights interwoven trees forming trellises, cedars and citrus mingling with vines, and peasant labor shaping olive orchards and mulberries for silkworms alongside poppies and oleanders. The piece contrasts grand formal gardens with the joy of a personal, hands on plot.
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Italy
Vi Carlotta
Com
Belvidere
Gray
Remarkable Wooden Pavements in Hull England
Hull adopts 13 miles of wooden pavement replacing granite blocks. Wood from western Australia deemed best for durable, smooth surface. Blocks cut to brick size, laid on cement foundation three inches thick. Some sections laid seven years ago.
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Hull
England
Pon
Jurral
Harel Wade
Western
Australia
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