What Prosperous Newspaper Can Do
A prosperous newspaper can advance a city in many ways while weak papers stagnate. The Los Angeles Times Kansas City Star Seattle Times and Indianapolis News are cited as strong papers deserving credit for urban progress. Newspapers built on integrity should receive fair ad rates and be encouraged, not hindered.
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Los Angeles Times
The
Kansas City Star
Seattle Times
Indianapolis ‘News
Des Morges
Love of Animals and War Reflections From Twain
A fragmentary note cites Mark Twain on war and sieges with a Frenchman and two dogs anecdote. The text shifts to new Prussian university rules restricting Russian student admissions to ensure political loyalty and academic suitability.
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Mark Twain
Paris
Harpegg Weekly
Nobel Peace Prize Won by Roosevelt Not Public Until Storthing
President Roosevelt receives the Nobel Peace Prize with gratitude and proposes using the prize money to found a Washington based Industrial Peace Foundation. He outlines an annual conference bringing labor and capital representatives to discuss industrial issues and promote harmony.
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Loveland
Nobel Committee
Storthing
Christiania
Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Congress
United States
Fisheries Dispute and Japanese Tragedy Reported
London papers debate Britain's Newfoundland fisheries stance amid U S Britain talks. The Tribune hints Britain might bargain to ease the cost, while The Standard condemns US tactics and urges Britain to prioritize its people. Tokyo reports sixty Japanese seamen drowned when sampans capsized in a squall near the Chitose.
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the Tribune
Newfoundland
Edward Grey
Great Britain
The
Standard
United States
Tokyo
Chitose
Murder by a Madman in Jackson Ohio
Elmer McNeal a demented coal miner armed with two revolvers fired on a trolley car crowd in Jackson Ohio. He killed Harry White wounded J D Van Atta and J E Kinnison before officers shot him through the head after a pursuit.
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Jackson
Ohio
Elmer McNeal
Harry White
J. D. van Atta
Newark
J. E. Kinnison
Public Schools
Jac
K McNeal
Chester Gillette to Auburn Prison in early January
News of the Week reports Chester Gillette is to be elected at Auburn prison and moved there within ten days. The item follows a long list of disparate stories including a rejected motion, a rescue at sea, labor strife, and various deaths and legal actions across the United States.
Anglo French Italian treaty with Abyssinia near signing
World diplomacy reports the treaty with Abyssinia awaiting signature in London with King Menelik’s approval. Other items note Hamburg ships ending use of German officer personnel, Venezuelan insurgents seizing Barquisimeto, and shifts in education law debates. Population data show a 7.6 percent rise from 1900 to 1905.
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Abyssinia
London
Menelik
Federation of
Hamburg
Montilla
Barquesimeto
Lara
House of Lords
Bill Ireland
Bebanzin
Dahomey
Algiers
Reichstag
Algeciras
M. Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
Morocco
Chamber
Count Castellano
Southern Wreck in Danville Kills Two Trainmen
A Saturday morning collision in Danville railway yards between northbound No 34 and freight No 82 killed engineer George C Kinney and brakeman W B King and injured three others including Robert Ford the fireman. Postal clerk O Q Mailer and others were taken to General Hospital. Fire followed the crash and flames spread to several cars.
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Danville
Sawyer
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Southern
George C. Kinney
Thomasville
N. C
W. B. King
Robert Ford
General Hospital
C. P. Mull
Columbia
Tegro
Han
H. M. Patterson
Chagham
Grandmother killed crossing street by auto in New York
In a four room flat on 828 W Twenty sixth Street Grandma Serafina Macalsko about to cross the street said an automobile would kill her. A fueled brougham struck her mid block as she crossed half way. She died at 10 o clock Sunday morning. Her daughter Francesca recalls her warning.
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New York
W. Twenty-sixth Street
Serafina Macalsko
Italy
Runn
Francesca
Captain and Crew Rescued in Atlantic Distress
Captain Fredericksen of the Norwegian bark Wellington, his wife, and 15 crew members were rescued December 3 after water-logging at sea. They were found exhausted by the Elder-Dempster steamer Sokoto in lat 35 N, long 65 W. The Wellington sailed from Mississauga on November 12 bound for Waswater-log. The Sokoto completed the救援.
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Nassau
N. P
Fredericksen
Wellington
Elder-Dempster
Sokoto
Doings of the Old Dominion
Dr Campbell Anderson found dead in his Gate City drug store, killed by a severed artery in his right arm. James Nelms, brother in law, is under arrest. authorities pursue coroner’s inquiry. Also reports resignation rumors from the All Light Infantry Blues battalion and a $1,000,000 loan talk for the Jamestown Exposition Company.
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Campbell Anderson
Gate City
Anderso
James Nelms
Nelms
Peson
Anderson
Luther J. Cheatwood
W. A. Bowles
R. Page ‘Burwell
All Light Infantry Blues
Baltimore
Harry. George Tucker
J. Taylor Ellyson
Exposition Board of Governors
Washington
R. Carter Tt
Richmond
E. A. Catlin
Peudential Ts
Tazewell
West Virginia
Button
State Corporation Commission
German National Insurance Company of
Chicago
German Insurance Company
Freeport
Ill
San Franisco
Fort Wool
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Monroe
Harrison
Strong
Reno
Col . Harrison
Weil
Charmberlin Hotel
John T.jones
Jones
Corporation Court
Norfolk
Sporting Brevities Highlight Varied Openings From Global Sports
Rhyolite Nevada offers 20000 for Hyland vs. Nelson bout. Football deaths two fewer than last season. English Lawn Tennis Association balks Beale Wright as British rep on English council. George Bonhag drops indoor record to 14 48 3 5 in NY. Jack Crabtree pays 6900 for Hal Direct at Fasig Tipton in Madison Square Garden. Danny Maher rides 892 wins in England, to London March 1 for Lord Derby next year. Royal Australian show features trotting stallions rivaling thoroughbreds. NYYC member caps power boat race to Bermuda, departing June 8. Billy Frank wins Star A C six mile cross country. Eiffel Tower stair race sees 120 contestants, winner 3 minutes.
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Rhyolite
Nev
Dick Hyland
Nelson
English Lawn Tennis Association
Beale C. Wright
Eanglish Council
George Bonhag
Twenty-third Regiment
New York City
Jack” Crabtree
Hal Direct
Fasig-Tipton
Madison Square Garden
New York
Danny Maher
England
London
Lord Derby
Royal Agricultural Society
Victoria
Australia
New York Yacht Club
Bermuda
Billy” Frank
A. C
Star A. C
Long Island City
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Liverpool Cotton Exchange Opens at $1.75 Million
The Prince of Wales and Princess opened Liverpool’s new Cotton Exchange palace built at a cost of $1,750,000. The event marked the completion of the handsome structure and its official opening to business.
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Liverpool
Prince of Wales
Cotton Exchange
Zion City Church Leaders Sign Debts as Creditors
Leaders of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion City including Dowie and Voliva have signed all their interests as creditors. The announcement indicates a unified position on debts and property claims within the church hierarchy.
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Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Dowie
Voliva
Ave
Nervous Etiquette Debate Sparks Table Discussion
Miss Timmid asks if nerves show at thirteen as Mrs. Hirfm replies she feels nervous while hosting. The exchange captures tensions around age and social expectations at the dining table.
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Paal
Portsmouth
Old Point
Philpot’s
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East Hicks
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Diggs
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Saebatse
Berkley
Brandon
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Atlantic Hotel
M. B. Crowell
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Baltimore Street
Anaur W. Rossos
Light Street
Fostenr
K. J. Cn
T. H. McDawswer
A. M. Marcha
Bulding
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros’ ‘Mathews Co
Leslie C. Garnett
Mathews
Va. WI
Gloucester
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews CH
Mitch
Alaska
Prussia
Peirce
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Gilette
Auburn
John T. McAtee
Philadelphia
Nancy Boyd
Allegheny
John Madison Keith
Panama Canal
Peck
Pennsylvania Lines
Mohawk
Gresham
Great Round Shoal
Vineyard Haven
Reading Iron Company
Shea
William Kelly
Coal Teamsters’ Union
Buttonwood
Wilkes-Barre
Leslie Carter
Norma L. Munroe
John Harsen Rhodes
Greenwich Savings Bank
Herbert Gregerson
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Jacob Schill
Wall Street
Harry Eugene Robinson
United States Navy
Patrick
George W. Hendee
Vermont
Morrisville
Peter Asserson
Brooklyn
Chester E. Gillette
Grace Brown
Auburn Prison
Harry K. Thaw
Nteston
New York State
W. W. Finley
George A. Kimmel
Arkansas Bank
University
Apolis
Elias Asiel
Douthern
Flagman
Spencer
Engineer Kinney
King
Gilbert School of Shorthand
Dilbert School OF Shorthand
Calvin L. Fleet
N. Fremont St
Purina
Pratt Street
Baltimore, Md
Virginia
Robert Morgan
Morgan
Supreme Court
Winchester and Strasburg Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Keith
Swanson
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport News
Jacob Bowen
Rappahannock County
Thornton’s Gap
Luray
Bowen
Blue Ridge
Sarah Gibson
William West
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