Washington Congress opens with McKinley message amid losses
The sixth Congress begins in Washington as members attend the president's message. Deaths of Senators Gear and Davis are noted. Bills for army reorganization and pension details pass or are introduced. discussions include capital anniversary, patent law revisions, and a bridge project. Reporting mentions notable incidents, court decisions, and political appointments.
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Gear
Davis
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Senate
Crete
Supreme Court
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Oklahoma
Jonathan ¥. Dolliver
Iowa
Tawi
Pullte Sells
Eliles
Frye
Ways and Means Committee
Wleck Exchange
Custom House
Dubuque
News of world events from an old newspaper page
The undated clipping lists multiple items: the English steamer Rossgul foundered off Jersey with two drowned. Boxer executions in China and 250,000 native Christians massacred. Queen Victoria's fifteenth parliament opened in London. Salisbury warns Europe against mediation in the Transvaal. death of composer Henry Russell in London. Kruger at The Hague and reception by Hollander. speculation on partition of China. Gen Newell’s forces attack a British convoy near Pretoria. U S Senate adjourns. Great Butter bill passes. appointment of Hantelle to a Navy post. lynching of Dan Lone in Virginia. Turkish Muslims report massacres in Armenia. Ohio Federation of Labor convention ends in a row. 119 deaths on the Great Lakes. postal receipts and expenditures for the postal service. Gen. Tinston attacks Filipinos on the Nehico river. immigration to the U S up 196,857. Alabama calls for constitutional convention to restrict negro suffrage. ships Town and Philadelphia ordered to South America. Miss Annie Griffin murder in Ontario. Lord Roberts signals conciliatory policy toward Boers. Holland and Portugal recall ministers over Lorenzo Marques. inability to find a Filipino junta in Hong Kong. Kang Yau Wei says restoration is key to peace.
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Ont
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Durban
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Holland
Portugal
Lorenzo Marques
Mong Kong
Kang Yau Wei
Waneher
Army Reorganization Bill Passes House in Close Vote
Washington December 2 The House approved the army reorganization bill by 106 to 139 with three Democrats joining Republicans for the bill. A key fight centered on a substitute by Mr Littlefield to prohibit intoxicants at military posts, carried 189 to 51. Amendments increased surgeons and adjusted officer ages and retirements. The canteen issue drew heavy interest as delegates from the WT U in session watched.
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Dey
House of Representatives
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Hall
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Mr. McCall
Rep. Mass
MeCall
Marnlil
Littlefield
Messis
Grosvenor
Iig
Dem
Shay
Tex
Shatter
Gans
Wmlshugh Lee
James T. Wilson
Philippines
Signal Corps
Dimtt
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Senate
Minor News Items From An Old Paper
Trop Africa coffee industry grows rapidly and Seilly Isles total 83 square miles across 40 islands. Pittsburgh firm ships 450 000 tons of coal to Nantes. Boston museum reveals 25 terra cotta statues are bogus. Pennsylvania buys 100 000 acres for forestry. Finnish immigration drops after peak last year. Washington lab tests road gas torines. Porto Rio contract laborers allowed to land as citizens. A powerful telescope could reveal 5600 stars at once. Me steamer Queenette described with enormous, cart-like funnels. Antoinette Fink in New York defies husband by leaving for America. Schwehkavile St Pauls Lutheran marks centennial. Katnswe plans celebrate anniversary with group. Wart Valles, Akita to Mele City project eyed as all‑American river route. Greater New York public schools budget for 1901 cited. Chinese punishment detail noted. readers disciplined for offences.
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Immigration Bureau
Porto Rio
United States
Antoinette Fink
New York
Lawad
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Akita
Mele
Greater
China
Ilso
Old Officers Reelected at W C T U Convention
In Washington the morning session of the W C T U convention reelected officers: President Mrs L M N Stevens. Vice President at large Anna A Gordon. Recording secretary Mrs Susanna M D FP. Recording secretary Mrs Clara C Hoff man. Assistant recording secretary Mrs Frances B Bewuetramp. Treasurer Mrs Hulen M Barker. The body adopted resolutions renewing loyalty to God, opposing Brigham J Roberts in the House, endorsing liquor suppression, women’s enfranchisement, living wage, eight hour day, child labor prohibition, and purity laws, while condemning gov regulation of vice in the Philippines.
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Dec
W. C. T. U. Consention
L. M. N. Stevens
Anna A. Gordon
Teetypridir
Susanna M.D
Clara C. Hoffman
Aspielant
Frances B. Bewuetramp
Hulen M. Barker
Arknuwledghinge
Brighiam J. Roberts
House of Representatives
Man
Death of Dr Walter C Pease in Wisconsin
The longtime northern Wisconsin physician Dr Walter C Pease died of heart disease after being summoned to a sick patient near Mire Cart Montloli. He leaves a bereaved family and reportedly his Willezins will be discontinued next Sunday. Also composer Simon New THI Monty Tot sent ties, author of songs including A Life on Une Queen Wares, died Thursday. born in Sheeross in 1813.
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Parliament Opens Amid Fierce Attacks on Chamberlain
London report on the fifteenth Victoria reign Parliament opening details sharp Lib–Con crossfire trampling questions on South Africa and China. Chamberlain faced intense scrutiny from Rosebery and allies while denying charges and defending Ellis letters. Lords read the Queen's Speech urging a special session for war expenses.
Towne Heads to Washington for Senate Seat
Chavins A Towne left Duluth on Thursday to receive his U S Senate commission after accepting the vacancy caused by Cushman K Davis. He says his term will be brief and opposes the ship subsidy while supporting enough army funding to finish the Philippine campaign.
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St. Paul
United States
Washington
Philippines
St. Pau
Charles A. Lowne
Tulith
Elly
Northern Pacific
United States Senate
Cushman Kk
Davis
Michigan
Aime
Michigan University
Chicago
Interin Marquette
Dulunh
Towne
Em Npator
Congress
Republican Party
Patbwig
Useless Fragments Describe Vague 19th Century Notions
Fragmentary OCR yields odd figures about linen wards and a church insurance value. A stringed wire arch and precise scales for diamonds are mentioned. Britain’s beer and aerated water demand ties to corks, with piano demonstrations suggesting broader industrial chatter.
Oldest Man in U S Claims 11-Year Life With Peruna
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas, age 11, born 1788, praises Peruna as the best remedy for coughs, catarrh, and diarrhea. He credits long life and good health to the remedy, calling catarrh the common disease behind aging and endorsing Peruna as essential for the elderly. A free book on catarrh offered by The Peruna Medicine Co. of Columbus, Ohio.
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Isaac Brock
McLennan County
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Peruna Medicine Co
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Miscellaneous matters flare in scattered global notes
A sweep of brief items notes paid lawmakers by day in many countries, a ban on first cousin marriages in 14 US states, Lancashire wealth vs London, rising cancer mortality in Hamburg, Russia boosting border troops to 300000, Missouri’s leading Democratic delegation, Württemberg’s Alpine society of 25000, a periodical with 26000 subscribers, and Cuba increasing American farming machinery imports as farming methods modernize.
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New
Missouri
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Cuba
Mrs Henriette Olberg Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills For Health
Albert Lea Minnesota December 2 1909 Mrs Henriette Olberg a longtime flax and linen official at world fairs and editor speaks of severe fatigue nervousness and poor appetite during Chicago World Fair duties She credits three boxes of Dodd s Kidney Pills with restoring health and energy stating they make her feel ten years younger All dealers sell 50 cents a box
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Seel
Dodd
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