Newsboys to vanish from trains under new station plan
Railroads move to abolish train news agents and peanut butcher setups on cars. Stations to host staffed news stands with uniformed agents allowed to sell papers during stops. The change aims to curb nuisance sales, shift profit to station outlets, and improve service while preserving select stock at major stations.
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Gutlizena
Fie
Quile
Alton
Lehigh Valley
Privilae
Ews
Filmframmers
Gale
Railway Company
Weard & Train
Cley
Gul
Ftle
Gles
Mill Secure Vetter
High collars linked to throat cancer alarms doctors
A Philadelphia Press report cites eminent physicians warning that tight high collars and neckwear called cholers irritate the throat, hinder muscles, and may spark cancer. A local hospital notes four throat cancer cases in six months tied to such collars, urging women to abandon extreme neckwear.
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Hognitus
Philadelphia Press
Editor's Wedding Present Sparks Comment in Novoe Vremya
An editor from Novoe Vremya marries the son of a Ways and Means minister. The bridegroom receives as a wedding gift the daily profits from one of the newspaper's advertising pages, a gift noted as provocative in London press.
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Tussia
America
Novoe Vremya
The
Ways and Means Communications
Novac Vromya
London
Glave
Maxim initials balance the name in Cleveland Plain Dealer
In a colloquial exchange about Sir Hiram S Maxim, a speaker notes the two initials G G after Hiram may balance the name. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is cited in the dialogue.
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Hiram S. Maxim
G. G
Grail Guns
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wisconsin Legislature Debates State Aid Rules and Bills
Wisconsin lawmakers discuss a bill linking state aid for fairs to premium lists, with caps and conditions, and a push to ban gambling on fairgrounds. Other measures address beer labeling, road control reform, water boards, and public health rules for transporting corpses. The session also covers liquor license limits, penalties for disorderly conduct on streetcars, and broader tax and property note reforms.
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Madigan
Miller
Gaveney
Feir
Anson
Assembly
Fenelon
Messure
Assemblyman
Hall
Afr
Coapman
Boards of Water
Wisconsin legislative actions span taxes and reforms
Madison reports outline proposed tax changes affecting insurance firms, foreign companies, and utilities. Bills consider direct voter initiatives, education penalties, road tax rebates for farmers, and licensing or funding shifts, with measures on marriage after divorce, political ballot design, and urban policing powers.
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Madison
United States
Senate
Stout
Miller
Cone
Board of
Dane
Commissioners of Public Lands
Sank
Columbia Coun
Len Yoot
Ilios
Alligo
Sturdevant
Duerewaechter
W. Evans
Benson
Barker
Smalley
J. €. Williams
Barlow
Roosevelt Emerging From Woods Near Rifle Passage
Roosevelt arrived at Rifle from Mesker by stage yesterday afternoon and departed by special trail over the Cascado Midland road. He may stay several days here and may proceed by wolf boat over the divide.
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Roosevelt
Colorado Sprines
Rifle
Mesker
Cascado Midland Road
Portrait of Victoria sold to Maximilian in Mexico
A Confederate exile bought a Queen Victoria painting that hung in a border family's home. The buyer, later linked to Maximilian in Mexico, reportedly sent the painting along with other materials. The seller recalls Union and Confederate tensions, amid travelers seeking contraband goods and a curious link to Carlotta’s room in Maximilian’s era. The tale ends with uncertainty about the painting’s final hiding place.
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Maximilian
Mexico
Queen Victoria
Henry Clay
New York
Sully
St. Louis
Missouri
Congress
Hhis Nam
Sip
AL Sheelosa Ul
Mimi
Sand
Confederacy
Victoria
Road Building Advances In Island County Under Convict Labor
In a historical update, Island County shifts from ineffective old road laws to a modern plan led by H. Owens. About 200 miles of roads are rebuilt in high quality using sand and clay, with county and city convicts, hired labor, and expanded bridge and drainage work. The 1900s effort reports 91 miles built and 90 miles repaired, plus new bridges and waterways, supported by two convoys and a full fleet of equipment.
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Madison
Web
Senne
Kreutzer
Reynolds
Assembly
Keene
Orton
National Association of Baggage Masters
Dahl
Land Navy
Spratt
Rossman
E B. A. Wiliams
Owens
Richmond County Road Improvements Boost Columbia Trade
Richmond County spent 27202 on roads and bridges last year, plus 2412 for chain gang and labor costs. The county rebuilt main highways from Columbia outward, enabling daily per diem feeding costs of prisoners at 19 1 2 cents and boosting farm access to markets. The enhanced roads have accelerated interchange with neighboring counties and spurred Columbia’s recent business prosperity. The State (Columbia, S C) notes the policy yielded tangible progress.
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Columbia
8. C
West Point Reveals Inside History By General King
General Charles King, West Point graduate and noted author, discusses hidden aspects of West Point not shown in official investigations. He critiques cadet ethics and the harsh social ostracism within the corps, noting how rumors and district politics influence perceptions of wrongdoing and the psychology of punishment.
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Charles King
United States Miitary Academy
West Point
Toste
South Algier
Prince Imperial
Coventry
Locked Burglar Surrenders to Police after Old Age Plea
Jemez Smith, a veteran thief with a long criminal record, walked into the central police station and asked Detective Watt to lock him up. He will serve a vagrancy charge after a lifetime of burglaries and four penitentiaries across major cities.
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Jemez Smith
Central
Watt
Penitentianes
Maz
Smith
Lehrer
Agate
Cleveland
French barrister Mlle Chauven wins first Parle court appearance
Mlle Chauven, a young French women barrister, appeared in Parle courts as counsel for a pointsman charged with neglect of duties in a railway accident at Choisyle-Roi. She argued the amnesty law applied to the case, and the court ruled in her favor.
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Mlle, Chauven
Choisyle-Roi
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