Water as a vital mineral resource prompts Congress watch
Scientists warn that hydrographic work by the Geological Survey faces possible stoppage due to congressional appropriation cuts. In 1905 about 800 steam gaging stations operated to measure river and stream flow, with extensive underground water studies and pollution research adding to vital insights. The urge is to maintain uninterrupted funding, reflecting the growing need to base daily life on science.
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Geological Survey
Congress
United States Congress
Jolliboy and Talkerly Dispute Over Spouse Reaction
In a playful exchange from Me-Up, Jolliboy jokes about his wife being speechless after a flirtatious moment with Miss Gofast, while Talkerly retorts that his wife was not surprised. The banter highlights marital teasing and assumed reactions.
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Jolliboy
Gofast
Valve types and operation in piping systems
A throttle valve is a general term including globe and angle valves. A globe valve moves in a straight line within the pipe, while an angle valve redirects flow at a right angle bend to make the elbow. Globe angle or other types are operated by control mechanisms.
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Boldenweek
Captain Porter
Secret
Mysterious Chicago Subtreasury Theft Revealed
Chicago officials report a major theft from the Subtreasury with between 175000 and 200000 dollars missing. Secret Service and Treasury investigators press suspects among employees as they extend interrogations to uncover the culprits.
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Chicago
the Tribune
United States Treasury
Washington
Ben
Shaw
Treasury Department
William Boldenweck
Secret Service
Uncle Sam
Boldenneck
Porter
Texas Senate Exonerates Bailey in Dismissal Vote
Texas Senate adopts a resolution dismissing the Bailey investigation committee. The measure exonerates Senator Bailey by a 14 to 11 vote as part of a nationwide week of dramatic events.
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Texas Senate
Bailey
Irving Music Hall
New York City
Belle Jones
W. C. Moore
Lexington
Delaware
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Russell
Middletown
N. Y
Wilkes- Barre
Union Station
Sumter, & C
Steamer Hugomea Sank by French Cruiser Kleber
In hazy weather the French cruiser Kleber rammed and sank the American fruit steamer Hugomea on the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Seven Japanese coal passers and firemen drowned, and James O Neal of New York suffered a broken leg. The Kleber sustained slight damage after arriving from Havanna, turning as Hugomea drifted into its path.
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New Orleans
Kleber
Mississipi
Lewis
James O'Neal
New York
Havanna
Avalanches Ravage Norwegian Farms Leaving Eight Dead
A telegram from Opstryn Nordfjord reports the Tunold farmstead destroyed with eight fatalities. The Koletak homestead on Gedrangerulao was overwhelmed and ten people are missing or dead, underscoring widespread avalanche disasters in Norway.
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Opstryn
Nordfjord
Tunold
Koletak
Gedranger
Bayom Hove
Imperial loan planned as German revenues rise
Reichstag hears secretary announce a $50 million imperial loan despite a $16.25 million revenue increase. Other items note Turkish official Sami Pasha's death, Buelow accusing Center party, wreck survivors in peril, Zelaya claiming Honduran gains, and various international tensions from Europe to Russia.
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Sami Pasha
von Buelow
Center Party
Crete
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
Honduran
William
Nuevo Leon
Mex
Jabez Bunting
Leutenant
New Brunswick
San Bernardo
Salvador
Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Milk price rise noted in 1905 census report
Washington special reports a 1905 census bulletin showing cream prices up 247.9 percent and milk up 3.7 percent since 1900 amid factory curtailment and city demand. It details 8,926 butter cheese and condensed milk plants with $47 million capital, 15,557 workers earning $5.41 million, and a rise in product value to $168.18 million.
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Washington
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Woman Burned To Death In Columbia Carnival Fire
A freak figure known as Wild Rose the monkey girl from Yucatan, age 45, was burned to death after being left alone in a locked room during a carnival exhibition in Columbia. A dog’s frantic yells drew rescuers to the fire.
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Columbia
S. C
Wild Rose
Yucatan
Fire scare injures crowd at Italian church in Chicago
More than a dozen women and children were injured, several seriously, after a vapor from a radiator frightened about two hundred people who fled the Italian church. Many were trampled or cut by glass from a demolished window during the rush to escape.
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Chicago
Woman saves son then is stabbed by husband in Kansas clash
Kansas City report says Mrs. J Oscar Richardson intervened between her son and husband at Rosedale Kansas during a quarrel. The mother was stabbed to the heart as the son sided with her. Richardson then attacked the son with a knife.
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Kansas City, Mo
J. Oscar Richardson
Rosedale
Kan
Richardson
Lyric Theater in Altoona Destroyed by Fire
Fire at the Lyric Theater, Keiihs vaudeville venue, in Altoona caused by crossed wires, damaging the building opened last November. Loss estimated at 90000 with ex congressman J. O D Slicks and PD J Neff offices and library furniture totaling 16000. other occupants also affected.
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Lyric Theater
Keiih
J. 0D
Slicks
PD. J. Neff
Iene Te
Doings Of The Glodominion Remarkable Cases In Virginia News
A Virginia paper item details a boy of 14 in Staunton’s Western State Hospital waking after two years in a deep sleep and relearning walking. It covers smallpox vaccination in Campbell County, a Bay Shore Railway case court costs totaling 67 575 dollars, Kirby heirs in Portsmouth receiving 500 000 dollars, a freight wage raise of seven and a half percent on through runs, several shipyard and rail accidents, a jail escape in Lynchburg, a Farmville school elopement, a Petersburg jail break, a York County Confederate veteran death, rescue of drunken soldiers by the Apache cutter, and multiple local fatalities and incidents.
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Staunton
Leslie Chewning
Spottsylvania County
A. C. Chewning
Campbell County Board of Health
Lynesburg
Thhey
Bay Shore Railway
Waddill
T. H. Willcox
J. Edward Cole
Floyd Hughes
D. Tucker Brooke
B. W. Leigh
J. (. Groner
H. L. Page
M. (. Elliott
Tazewell Taylor
Vsale
L. Billups Kirby
Portsmouth
Nathaniel Kirby
America
Scotland
Billups Kirby
Portsmouth Coal and Ice Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
Henry House
Norfolk
Lynchburg
David Bradberry
Southern Railroad
Paces
Bill” Johnson
W. P. Woody
Norf and Western Railroad
Marie Woody
A. L. Woody
Citizens’ Bank of
Crewe
Place
T. A. Woodson
Woodson Drug Company
Youn
State Normal School
Farmville
J. FE. Kinchlowe
The
Baptist Church
Petersburg Jall
A. J. Gregory
L. BE
Rivenback
C. B. Pitt
Pitt
Awakening to Harm of Local Yellow Journalism
In Wester Massachusetts and nationwide there is anger at sensational reporters who distort events for profit. Critics say yellow journalism degrades truth beyond dime novels, with local readers often misled by reports from distant places. The rise of this practice prompts calls for remedies, though solutions remain elusive.
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Springfield
Wester Massachusetts
Cedar sleepers pioneer on American and Cam railways
Extensive experiments show cedar wood used for railway sleepers with promising results. Cedar proves durable and resistant to brittleness, reducing derailments. current usage accounts for miles of permanent way on trunk lines. Forest-sourced sleepers come largely from domestic forests, reflecting large-scale adoption.
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Dominion
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