Southern Senators May Turn Against Roosevelt Plan
Washington dispatch notes a shift in southern sentiment toward the Roosevelt administration on canal policy and railroad regulation. Alabama figures Pettus and Morgan loom as long-serving incumbents facing a strong primary push amid rising pro administration support in the region.
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Washington, D. C
South
Alabama
Pettys
Morgan
Sycpeanite
Pettus
Welther
Slabamacas
Pettite
City seeks boards of registration for elections
Cedar Rapids observed that the biennial elections law does not provide for municipal election registration boards. City Attorney Hughes requests legislation authorizing the mayor to appoint a board. He singles out Section 1076 of the code as faulty.
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Cedar Rapids
Hughes
Millionaire Edward R Tufts Convicted of Perjury
Edward R Tufts, reputed millionaire and mine owner in Montana and the northwest, was found guilty of perjury in obtaining a divorce. A new trial is unlikely, and he faces a sentence of one to fourteen years in the penitentiary.
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Chicago
Edward R. Tufts
Montana
Mine Horror Claims Two Children in Iowa Tragedy
In Oskaloosa Iowa on January 17 Ambrose Shepherd aged two and his brother Willie were killed when a blast at the Hocking mines fired by a striking shot loaded a second shot that buried them under coal and left their father badly injured.
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Hocking
Oskaloosa, Ta
Ambrose Shephard
Willie
Fahey Firm to Liquidate After Employee Speculation
Cleveland stock and grain brokers P. R. Fahey & Co. announced liquidation today caused by speculative acts of a trusted employee and the continued ill health of Mr Wahey.
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Cleveland,c
P. R. Fahey & Co
Wahey
Father's 27th child born to milkman in Chicago
Jonathan Allen Monroe, 63, a cattle buyer at Union Stock Yards, celebrated the birth of his twenty seventh child a boy at 5:84 am January 4. Fifteen children live at home. three married daughters live away. all receive schooling and start in business. Monroe, once a Roosevelt ally, keeps family faith and humor in a busy home.
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Chicago
Jonathan Allen Monroe
Monroe
Union Stock Yards
Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Pshaw
Death Seems Near Marshall Field Nephew Says
New York Jan 15 Stanley Fitzla nephew of Marshall Field said his uncle is hopeless at 10 am with death hours away. Physicians at the Holland House reported near the end of the seventh day of the disease Field remains critical with no improvement and pulse fluctuating. Jeffersonville Ind City treasurer elect Joseph B Spahr broke his thigh bone while at home and face amputation of the leg.
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Marshall Field
New York
Stanley Fitla
Field
Holland House
Jeffersonvile
Ind
Joseph B. Spahr
Vision Restored by Rabbit Cornea Graft in Washington
Wilton Heinard, blinded by lye in 1905, undergoes pioneering graft of rabbit cornea at Episcopal Eye Ear hospital. Belgian hare corneas hope to restore sight. a second surgery will refine the surface. Patient faces post operative healing and potential restoration of vision with strong glasses.
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Belgium
Hare
Washington
Wilton Heinard
Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital
Heinard
Mr. Heinard
Twelfth Street
Joseph Miles
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Heinaré
Hubbard nominates three postmasters in ground of policy
Washington January 18 Congressman E H Hubbard sent to the Senate the nominations of W S Freeman LeMars Frank A Large Rock Valley and Laney B Smith Sioux Rapids. He expects to win his point on the Cherokee office and Hogan's nomination to succeed Henderson may be made at any time.
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Post Office Department
E. H. Hubbard
Senate
W. S. Freeman
le Mars
Frank A. Large
Rock Valley
Laney B. Smith
Sioux Rapids
Hubbard
Hogan
Henderson
Congress ruling on Philippine independence amendment
Washington January 18 The House considered the Philippine bill for amendments when Chairman Olmstead ruled McCall s amendment declaring independence for the Philippines as settled policy out of order McCall appealed and the chair was sustained 198 to 123 Only three Republicans McCall Hoa and Fordney overruled the chair indicating narrow support for independence measure.
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Washington
House
Olmstead
Committee of the Whole
McCall
United States
Hoa
Mass
Fordney
Mich
Park Row ham and man invites Roosevelt at White House
Johnny Meehan of Park Row runs a busy ham and man refectory and keeps a wakeful city presence. He will hang a January 18 White House invitation beside a portrait of "Big Tim" Sullivan in his art gallery. Roosevelt once met Meehan while police commissioner and often visited Meehan’s establishment.
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Park Row
New York
Johnny Meehan
Tim” Sullivan
Roosevelt
White House
John T. Meehan
Four More Die in Tunnel Disaster Surge at New York Shaft
A compressed air tunnel in East River near Forty-second Street killed two Black workers by suffocation and caisson disease and drowned two more. The white foreman and his assistant saved two survivors and escaped the shaft just before collapse. The wreckage lies 20 feet below river level as rescuers hauled the dead to the surface.
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New York
East River
Mano'war Reef
Forty-second Street
Liberals’ Landslide Wins Redraw UK House Seats
London reports a Liberal landslide with 62 of 76 contests won yesterday. Liberal gains total 64, Labour adds seven. unionists mostly lose seats. Notable defeats include Gerald Balfour and Lord Hugh Cecil, while Gladstone Birrell and James Bryce secure large majorities.
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London
Hastings
Gerald Balfour
Balfour
Leeds
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
South Bristol
Augustine Birrell
Board of Education
North Bristol
Lord Hugh Cecil
Free Traders
Greenwich
T. Gibson Bowles
Kings Iuyan
W. Thorne
Westham
J. G. Nutting
Herbert John Gladstone
Home Affairs
Birrell
James Bryce
J. Lawson Walton
H. C. Arnold- Forster
Croydon
Howard Vincent
Sheffield
Ada Rehan Wins One Fifth of Daly Estate
New York January 17 Ada Rehan the actress has secured one fifth of the late Augustin Daly estate The estate includes a theater in New York and one in London The contest was led by Judge Joseph Day brother of Daly Rehan lives with her sister Mrs Oliver Dowd Byron in New York
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New York
Augustin Daly
Ada Rehan
Miss Rehan
London
Joseph Day
Oliver Dowd Byron
Court Sensation in Joplin as Butler Attacked in Court
Estill P. Butler, on trial for the December 1904 murder of policeman Claude Price, was assaulted by about 200 spectators in a Joplin courtroom last night after he beat a deputy sheriff. Officers intervened to save him. his mother briefly passed him an open knife before authorities pulled him away. Butler, nicknamed Foot and a Half, has a history of sensational escapades.
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Joplin
Estill P. Butler
Claude Price
Butler
Hayward Declared Candidate for Secretary of State
Davenport Iowa January 16 The Times officially confirms Senator W C Hayward as a candidate for secretary of state, outlining his bid and backing from local supporters.
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Hawvard
Davenport
the Times
W.C. Hayward
Mine Workers Meet Opens Seventh UMWA Convention
Indianapolis January 16. The seventh annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened with about 1,200 delegates present. President Joan Mitchell led the session as Governor Hanly and others delivered welcomes and organizing work commenced.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Joan Mitchell
Hanly
Strange Watches Collectors Highlight Curious Timepieces
A jeweler notes a diverse assortment of watches from skull cases and shirt studs to a gold pencil mount and a finger ring. He recalls a Geneva origin and cites the sultan of Turkey owning the richest, five inch diameter watch with 22 karat gold and cathedral bell like chimes. A blind man’s watch features no crystal and raised figures with stiff hands.
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Germany
Geneva
Turkey
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted In Hanna Wyoming Ad
Special from Hanna Wyoming January 15 describes kidney disease warning signs and urges prompt use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. A local resident Mr W H Jeffries reports relief after two boxes, noting morning fatigue, back pain, and general kidney distress improved and cured.
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Hanna
Wyo
Dodd
Bright
W. H. Jeffries
Connoisseur Visits Store Amid Curiosity and Ads
A child asks what a connoisseur is and recalls a man who bought a picture yesterday while others merely looked around. An ad then promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, priced at 2 cents a bottle.
Peddler Prompts Question With Bonbon Box Exchange
A Philadelphia Press fragment shows a peddler asking about typewriter supplies and a young businessman replying he already bought a box of bonbons just an hour earlier. The exchange hints at casual commerce and a moment of personal detail.
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Philadelphia Press
Askeat
The Usefulness of Sharks in Ocean Life
A Pearson's Magazine piece reframes the shark as a hardworking sea servant and cleaner rather than a menace. It argues sharks act as sanitation workers, scavenging carrion and debris, with diet limited to dead matter or rare prey like sea birds and squid, challenging the pirate image.
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Pearson's Magazine
Coffee Poisoning Sufferer Finds Relief in Postum
A Duluth man credits coffee withdrawal and switching to Postum with curing headaches dyspepsia and nervousness. He reports rapid improvements in digestion sleep and energy and says Postum alone restored his health. The testimonial cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Duluth
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pigs
Morocco Conference Opens as Powers Weigh Pact and Independence
The Algeciras conference opened with Duke of Almodovar presiding, urging Morocco independence and open door policies. France and Germany backed the stance, while Britain and other powers watched for a potential broader struggle amid cautious optimism. Italian press warned of a possible general conflict and urged reassessment of foreign policy.
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Algeciras
Duke of Almodovar
White
Duke Almodovar
Morocco
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Russia
United States
Hurance
Britain
Austria
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Rome
Tribuna
Resto del Carlino
Political Bets Rise as Paris Voters Watch France’s Presidential Race
Paris bettors join Wall Street trend with heavy wagers on the French presidential contest. Favorites include Fallieres Doumer Loubet Bourgeois Deschanel and Rouvier with odds cited 2 to 1 for Fallieres and up to 4 to 1 for Loubet. Bets of 500000 francs and 100000 francs are common amid brisk wagering of the unfolding campaign.
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Paris
Paria Bourse
Wall Street
United States
Fallieres
Doumer
Loube
Bourgeois
Deschanel
Rouvier
Chaumie
M. Fall
Woman Run Over by Union Pacific Train Near Clarks
An unknown woman about 45 was fatally struck by a Union Pacific train one mile west of Clarks Nebraska. She was seen walking the track with a galise and a bundle half an hour earlier. Coroner Adams will identify the body.
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Clarks, Neb
Union Pacific
Adams
Wind Storm Ravages Ohio Indiana and Kentucky
Specials report a severe wind rain and hail storm causing major damage across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Telegraph lines failed and Lima Main Street Presbyterian church was gutted by fire after a lightning strike and Frankfort Indiana lost a brick school with one pupil killed and two seriously injured.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Lima
Main Street Presbyterian
Frankfort
Ind
Denison, Prior & Co Liabilities Hit 3 Million In Bank Inquiry
An official statement from the bankers' committee reports Denison, Prior & Co liabilities at 3,000,000 including forged bonds by L. W. Prior. Assets are valued around 1,500,000.
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Cleveland, O
Bankers’ Committee
Denison, Prior & Co
L. W. Prior
Cassie Chadwick Returns to Work in Prison Sewing
Columbus Ohio January 18 Cassie Chadwick too weak to work for days starts with women convicts making buttonholes in shirts She will continue until strong enough to run a sewing machine
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Cassie Chadwick
Columbus, O
Election Fight in Hungary Kills Peasants and Gendarmes
A violent clash at Bilke in the Bereg district during a judge election left six peasants and two gendarmes dead and many wounded. Reports say the confrontation involved a large peasant crowd opposing authorities. The incident marks a deadly turn in the election-related unrest in Budapest.
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Budapest
Bilke
Bereg
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