Washington Relics Preserve Hasbrouck House Landmark
The Hasbrouck house in Newburg once served as Washington’s headquarters from 1782 to 1783. Built in 1750 by Jonathan Hasbrouck, the stone two story structure with a Dutch porch and heavy timbers now operates as a museum. Displayed are Continental hats vests and shoes, Hessian boots, and framed letters from Barr Morris Hancock Washington and Franklin.
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Newburg
Hudson River
Hasbrouck
Washington
Utica
Jonathan Hasbrouck
New York Central
Maj. Tilghman
Col
Humphreys
Benjamin Walker
Forest Hill Cemetery
Asies
Aaron Barr
Robert Morris
John Hancock
Franklin
Intelligen News Briefs and World Notes Highlights
A collection of short items from May 15 1904 covering editorials on Governor Folk’s penitentiary clemency, international tensions over Japan France and a war of words, destructive tornadoes across Kansas Oklahoma and Illinois, Chicago rail rate changes and trolley fight, St Louis first carload of Saccharomyces strawberries and Ozark crop outlook, Togo and Ro jestvensky predictions, Admiral Beresford opinions, biggest dry dock launch in Baltimore and sail to the Philippines, and St Louis Mayor Rolla Wells honored by China with the double dragon cross and unreadable letter.
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Rolla Wells
St. Louis
Equitable scandal highlights vast life insurer assets
The piece compares assets of 31 old line U S life insurers to national money and wealth, noting the Big Four firms control large sums and that one holder, with minority stock, can influence nearly one sixth of U S currency. It discusses stock and mutual structures and questions governance.
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Equitable
Old Line Life Insurance Companies
United States
Big
New York Life
The
Mutual
Metropolitan
China
United States Army
Equitable 18
Lexington
Miss Stella Walker Named Assistant Secretary of Exposition
Miss Stella Walker of St Joseph is appointed assistant secretary of the Missouri Lewis and Clark Exposition on the recommendation of Governor Folk and Harry Hawes. Sam Coox sues the Globe-Democrat for 250000 dollars in libel damages. The Globe Democrat defends that no article could harm him financially. A deadly tornado sweeps McPherson county Kansas killing twenty four and injuring eighty five. Hailstones four inches in diameter fall nearby. New Zealand adopts a discriminatory tariff to take effect soon, aiding England as trade with the island has risen sharply.
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Stella Walker
St. Joseph
Folk
Harry Hawes
Sam Coox
Globe-Democrat
Globe Democrat
McPherson County
Kansas
New Zealand
England
Metropolitan Street Railway to survey Hoe line near KC and St Joseph
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company completes the Hoe route survey between Kansas City and St Joseph. Within the lifetimes of people now living, Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison and St Joseph will form a practically single city.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Atchison
Admiral Dewey’s Friends Cite Togo for Victory
Friends of Admiral Dewey state he has not claimed Russia will win the coming naval engagement. They say he believes Togo will prevail due to superior seamanship and marksmanship of his fleet.
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Dewey
Togo
Mob swarms hearse at Union depot in St Louis
A Tuesday incident saw a mob of men and women assault police and seize the hearse bearing Bill Rudolph’s body from the Union depot in St Louis. The crowd sought crepe scraps and coffin handles as souvenirs, prompting calls that such criminals be rounded up and banished to an island.
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Bill Rudolph
Union Depot
St. Louis
Proposals to Expand Powers of the Railway Commission
Newspapers nationwide are filled with books pamphlets and notes debating enlarging the powers of the railway commission. Some oppose rebates and private profit but seek no more than that while spending vast sums to mold public opinion against radical legislation.
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Railway Commission
Roosevelt speech defends lawfulness against strike violence
The article portrays President Roosevelt’s Chicago address to strikers as a defense of lawful conduct and individual rights. It emphasizes that his stance is not anti unionism but against property damage, forcible obstruction, and interference with others’ rights, marking his position as decisive and timely.
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Roosevelt
Chicago Wedneyday
Mr. Roosevelt
Publicity Medicine for Railroads in Senate Clash
The senate committee led by Steve Elkins publicizes evidence favoring railroads in an interstate commerce case. By fall the public may feel injustice as the publicity bureau distributes material under pressure, shaping opinion in favor of the railroad side.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Steve Elkins
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Steve Hilkins
France Accused of Violating Neutrality Over Kamranh Bay Coal
The article asserts France knowingly violated neutrality by gathering thousands of tons of coal at Saigon months ago and shipping it via foreign vessels to Kamranh bay for Russian use. It argues such actions were preplanned, not accidental.
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France
Saigon
Kamranh Bay
Kanaus City Southern Rail Taken Under Dutch Interests
John W. Gaten and Dutch interests regain control of the Kanaus City Southern railroad. It will be operated in connection with the Burlington or the Milwaukee, according to statements.
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John W. Gaten
Kanaus City
State Author Willina H Wilder report received
The INTELLIGENCER acknowledges receipt of the serial report from State Author Willina H. Wilder, indicating ongoing official communications and documentation flow. Further details were not provided in the available text.
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Willina H. Wilder
Two Missouri Men Named as 1908 Presidential Prospects
The Columbia Herald notes two Mo candidates for 1908 presidency whose canes start with the same letter. It names Folk and Frances, Stone and Stephens, DeArmond and Dockery, Clark and Cowherd, among other alliterative pairings in country papers.
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Columbia Herald
Missouri
Frances
Stone
Stephens
DeArmond
Dockery
Clark
Cowherd
Post Office Rules Limit Sunday Supplements as Second Class
The post office issues an order effective September 1 2005 restricting Sunday supplements from newspapers as second class matter. It deems magazines sheet music and odd time publications not germane to the paper’s principal character and purpose and may require a higher price for such items.
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Post-Office Department
Alberta Education Clause Sparks Autonomy Debate
From the Wetaskiwin Post via H. D. Mille the province shows upheaval over the autonomy bill's educational clause. Resolutions and letters warn of migration if provincial control of schools leaves the legislature.
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Wetaskiwin
the Intelligencer
H. D. Mille
Alberta
Land gifts for national sanitarium from Las Vegas and railroad
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company grants the Montezuma hotel and 1,000 acres, while Las Vegas city provides 10,000 acres for a national sanitarium for consumptives. Fraternal organizations fund support. Deeds name a St. Louis headquartered organization. The facility, to house 5,000 patients, opens next fall.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Las Vegas
St. Louis
Early Rising Plus advertised as liver tonic cure
The ad touts Early Risers Plus as a safe laxative and energizer for all ages, claiming relief from constipation and biliousness without griping. It is sold by Cren shaw & Young. A severe wind storm Tuesday night damaged parts of the city, overturning small buildings and uprooting larger ones, with the worst destruction at R. L. Isherwood’s nursery where a greenhouse was destroyed.
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Tor Bill
Rivers
Crenshaw & Young
R. L .Isherwood
Territorial Expansion of the United States Across Regions
A compact summary of U S territorial growth listing areas acquired or claimed by time and method. Key domains include Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Oregon, Texas annexation, Mexican Cessions, Alaska, Hawaii, and recent Spanish possessions, with dates and monetary values where noted. The record compiles totals and treaty origins from 1783 to 1898.
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United States
Orginal
Paris
Louisiana
France
Florida Province
Spain
Oregon
Miles
Russia
England
Texas
Texa
United ‘States
New Mexico
Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Alaska
Russa
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Porto Rico
Phillippines Islands
Guam
Samos
Toataila
Wake Island
U. S
Grand
Change of Firm at Napoleon bay prompts new management
The Blanke Mercantile Company of Napoleon bay sold its stock to Hellert & Swueke who will continue the business at the same location. The retiring firm thanks customers for patronage and asks settlements from those owing. The new firm invites a liberal patronage and promises courtesy. 2-26u
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Blanke Mercantile Company
Napoleon Bay
Hellert & Swueke
Change of Location for The Woman's Exchange
The Woman's Exchange of the Baptist Church moves to the vestibule of the Baptist Church corner 12th and Main. It will be held every Saturday afternoon from 2 o'clock on with many articles for sale by housekeepers.
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The
Baptist Church
Professor Sehseperkoetter Named Hedgewood Teacher
Prof. H. H. Sehseperkoetter, who taught last year at Alma, has been elected to teach at Hedgewood School MeXl Yen. The announcement confirms his new assignment and notes his prior post at Alma.
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H. H. Sehseperkoetter
Alma
Life on Maine's Frontier As Told by a Caribou Settler
A long memory piece recalls a man who settled at Caribou 46 years ago. He describes starting with no roads or boundary lines, clearing land by hand, and traveling two miles to a grist mill and 34 miles to the post office for the Rockland Gazette. The old post office survives as a timber house. His 120-acre clearings grew to include multiple buildings and a school on the site, now connected by a telephone line. Modern invention and enterprise have transformed hardships into ease, with the neighbors described as progressive and owning a herd of Jersey cattle.
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Caribou
Rockland Gazette
Presque Isle
Port Kent
Tom Freed Blind Jerry in Jersey Stable Guardian Horse
Tom and Jerry, 16-year-old horses owned by a Jersey City lawyer with a farm in New Brunswick New Jersey, are inseparable. Jerry is blind, and Tom acts as his guardian, freeing him at night by untying his halter. The pair share stalls and often rub noses, with Tom leading to their joint liberty and both horses living in ease on the farm.
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Tom
Jerry
aJdersey City Lawyer
New Brunswick
N. J
New York Sun
Chinese Boys In School Describe Traditions And Methods
A six year old Chinese boy begins school with fortune teller rites and new clothes. He presents a gift to the teacher, burns incense for Confucius, and sits on a high stool with ink, slate, and brushes. Lessons are shouted, books are recited aloud, and writing uses ink on stone. The noisy classroom resembles Bedlam.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Confucius
China
Bedlam
Consoling dialog from Detroit Free Press excerpt
Molly frets about entertaining Charlie this evening while Dolly encourages composure. The exchange shows domestic dialogue captured in a Detroit Free Press fragment with casual tone and familiar names.
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Molly
Charlie
Dolly
Detroit Free Press
Black humor quoted in Times mockery nationwide
A fragment quotes a New York Times line about race and color with a nationalist jab. The snippet juxtaposes a cheerful view of a colored person with a counterimage of a black man appearing blue, reflecting midcentury press stereotypes.
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N. Y
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Rojestvenszky
Beresford
Baltimore
Philippines
Price Baking
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Far End
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