Railroad legislation debates loom as Congress readies work
Congress returns to railroad policy with ICC rate plans and Foraker and Elkins alternatives. President Roosevelt backs a rate bill but faces party unity strains. Shippers protest giving rate power to a commission while debates over Panama, tariffs, and policy loom.
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Interstate Commerce Commission Bulls Administration
Foraker
Congress
Panama Catal
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission Rate du 9
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Foraker Rate Oil
Ellins
Jasnes
Thes
Roosevelt
Sato Domingo
Canter
Uhe
Crucelal
Resplendent Diplomats At Roosevelt White House Reception
Grand display of jewels and medals graced President Roosevelt s reception for foreign representatives on January 4 with diplomats from Russia Italy Portugal Spain and Venezuela dominating as they wore ornate orders and grand crosses. The attire, speeches, and social rituals highlighted the era s diplomatic pomp and the allure of royal era regalia.
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Roosevelt
Alomatic Corps
Diplomatic Corps
Liere
Gregory
Islay
Gregory Kyl
Chars III
Spain
Alfonso XIII
White House
Ciprituo Castro
John & Walker
Canaus Canal Commission
Venesuela
Libertad
Honduras
Santa Rosa
Ler Congres
Order of Glory
Achmed Huy
Tunis
France
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Paris Statue of Franklin Unveiled in Paris Honor 200th Birthday
The article notes the 200th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin is celebrated with the unveiling of Paris first statue to him. It mentions Mr Harjes of Morgan, Harjes firm offering a bronze statue to Paris, reflecting broad reverence for Franklin in both the U.S. and France.
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Benjamin Frankls
Paris
Morgan, Mur Jis & Co
Om Clais
Franklin
Foreign orders and Philadelphia statue details fade into history
The text traces Persian and Spanish military honors worn by figures like General Werley and Don Luis Pas tor, noting orders such as the Persian Sun and Portugal’s Royal Military Order. It mentions a Philadelphia origin for a bronze statue replica and contrasts it with the original Franklin statue gifted by Foster C. Strawbridge at a cost of 19,009 dollars, detailing the dedication timeline and manufacturing notes.
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Don Luis Pastor
Leon
Castile
Almerite Militar
Valertino Werley
Viscount de Alte
Philadelphia
Chia
Foster C. Strawbridge
Chethera
Ima
Giary
Pas Addruss B
Kae Misia
Union Square
Rew
Fork City
Beecher humor ends with a hen egg in hat tale
A Relating of Beecher recounts a Congregational preacher told a line about beauty. The hen laid an egg in his hat as a playful reward, illustrating a whimsical episode attributed to Beecher.
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Beecher
Australia Produces Fifteen Million Pounds Of Honey Annually
Australis reports honey production at about fifteen million pounds each year. The figure highlights the country’s strong beekeeping sector and steady demand for honey across local markets.
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Australis
Anouslly
Sacajawea Statue Fame Aids Lewis and Clark Era
Oregon City author Eva Emery Dye wrote The Conquest about the Lewis and Clark expedition highlighting Sacajawea. Portland women formed a statue project, raising funds to erect a monument with copper provided by Mrs Henry Waldo Coe, honoring Sacajawea and the aid she gave the expedition.
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Eva Emery Dye
Oregon City
Ore
Portland
Woma
Sacajawea
Lewis and Ark
Lo Briog
Columbia
Charboncay
Lewis and Clark
Dakotas
Charbone
Learocog
Charsoneau
Colushia
Pacific Ocean
Clark Y Riied
Alice Cooper
Tenvor
Lipreading school aims for national teachers college
Senator Anox of Pennsylvania witnessed a demonstration by deaf mute children at the Capitol. Miss Mary Garrett of the Philadelphia Home for Training Deaf Children to Speak seeks a $100,000 congressional appropriation to create a national normal school for lipreading instruction, with her party including a dozen supporters hoping to win over Senator Knox.
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Anox
Pennsylvania
Ais
Capitol
Philadelphia
Mary Garrett
Gare
National Normal School
Congress
Washington
Knox
Feefs and Fua and the Kings Court Quip
Fragmentary antique prose with misread phrases, a Cleopatra vignette, a cherry stone anecdote bought for 25000 dollars, and a dim street scene where a man with kindling trades a piece in a flirtatious exchange, ending with a wry remark about craft in death.
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Poland
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Alexander
Tanr Nicholas
Thussia
Order of the Crown of
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Order de la Conception
Ala ¥ Iora
Jobo VI
Portugal
Montrel
Teweis
Pope Gregory XVI
Spats
Poly
Drunee
Persia
Sacajaweas
MHS Eva
Maxwell
Homemaker
Iuilawats
Yan Yrar
Cockey
Fur Great Peoples ‘Progress
Jewele C Remedi
Tealib
Homemaker Magazine
Tyro
Gatazine
Maxwell's
Hosemaker Magazine
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
Waterman
Cleopatra
Oliver
Prossa
Lam
Hne
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
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Webb Fublishing CO
St. Paul Minn
New Haven
Cant
Star
Kampfe Brothers Manufactur
Star Safety
Reade Street
New York City
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