Roosevelt Special Message on Panama Canal Crisis
President Roosevelt argues the United States acted justly in recognizing Panama and securing canal rights. He criticizes Colombia for delays, defends U.S. control and protection measures, and asserts the canal is vital to national safety and civilization. He says no U S government complicity in Panama's revolution occurred.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Panama
United States
Colombia
Republic of
Congress
Nicaragua
New Granada
Panam
Navy Department
Colon
Hubbard
Nashville
Department
Shaler
Col
Torres
Tobal
Amaya
Panama Railroad Company
H. M. Witzel
J. P. Jackson
Alcalde
Yorres
Monkey Hill
Cartagena
Republc
Tony
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal Company
Panama Company
France
Republic of Panama
Great Britain
Germany
Denmark
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Peru
China
Cuba
Maly
Costa Rica
Japan
Austria-Hungary
Central
South America
Harge
Joss
Isthmus
Anniversary exchange in a playful punchline
Brief exchange from a Chicago Daily News page where Wedderly marks ten years of marriage and Singleton reacts with a quip about expecting congratulations or sympathy. The dialogue conveys a lighthearted anniversary moment with named participants.
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Singleton
Chicago Daily News
Office Seekers and Dodging Duties Mentioned in Post Comment
A Chicago Post quote lampoons a candidate who sought office before the election but dodged duties afterward, only appearing on salary day. The remark contrasts pre election ambition with post election absence.
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Chicago Post
Delivery of Speech Timely and Effective
A Washington Star report notes the political orator stressing careful speech delivery as crucial to timing and impact. The exchange highlights the emphasis on oratory technique in political communication.
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Ac. O. D. Transaction
Washington Star
Young man makes first call quoted in parlor scene
All the world loves a lover, the young man declares as he makes his first call. The fair maid asks if he has met papa yet, a line captured in a Chicago Daily News parlor scene.
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Papa
Chicago Daily News
Not at home Mabel’s fiance seen as club member
A Chicago American remark notes Mabel’s fiancé is not attractive but is heavily involved, belonging to seven or eight clubs and nearly as many lodges. The item emphasizes his extensive social affiliations rather than appearance.
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Mabel
Chicago
Briggs and Griggs Tangle Over Sunday Dilemma in Brooklyn Life
Briggs debates choosing between playing golf on Sunday or attending church. Griggs urges following conscience, while Briggs fears risking divine disfavor. The exchange appears in Brooklyn Life.
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Briggs
Griggs
Brooklyn
Iowa marks 57th year as state debates schools and laws
The Des Moines correspondent notes Iowa’s 57th birthday passed without fanfare. It covers moves to relocate the deaf mute institution from Council Bluffs, a drop in school attendance despite a new law, and proposed legislative measures from primary elections to road and tax reforms. It also lists agricultural, educational, and criminal justice topics slated for discussion.
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Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Board of Regents of State Control
Des Moines
Iowa City
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Andersonville
Analter
Dent and Dumb
Council Bluffs
State Board of Control
Board of Supervisors
Secretary of State
Reform Schools
Des Moines Murder Trial Jumps On Arrival Of Daughter
The case centers on Mrs. Charles W. Graves whose charred remains were found by her husband. A verdict of murder was returned after inquiry. No arrests were made until Winnie Zeider arrived from Chicago and accused Graves, who was then taken into custody.
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Charles W. Graves
Des Moines
Winnie Zeider
Grau Opera Company
Chicago
Graves
Largest mastodon tooth shown in Iowa
One of the largest mastodon teeth ever seen in Iowa is presented to Curator Aldrich of the state historical society by D F Schell of Sheldahl. The tusk measures seven feet six and a half inches long and seven inches in diameter at its thickest. Aldrich notes it is among the finest known specimens and well preserved.
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Iowa
State Crop Service
The
Educational Council
Senate
State Teachers’ Association
Aldrich
State Historical Society
D. F. Schell
Sheldahl
Policy Change at State University Tuition Entrance Mid Year
The State University at Town City announces a new policy to admit students at the start of any semester. Beginning February 15, 1904, new students will be welcomed in all colleges and departments. The change also adds a mid year graduation for those entering mid semester.
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State University
Town City
Iowa
Iowa State University Student to Represent in Oratorical Contest
Henry G. Walker from Iowa City will represent Iowa State University in the annual oratorical contest before the Hamilton club of Chicago. Contestants include students from the University of Chicago Michigan and Knox College. Walker will speak on Alexander Hamilton. the event aims to spark interest in oratory amid modern political haste.
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Henry G. Walker
Iowa State University
Chicago
Iowa City
Hamilton Duly
Michigan
Knox College
Walker
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton Club
Middle West
Irving Society
University
Island possessions listed for new state register
The secretary of state preparing a new official state register due January. Land Commissioner Jamison directs with assistant Guy Yrower. The volume will cover Alaska Hawaii the Philippines Porto Rico and Guam plus other long held territories.
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United States
Jamison
Guy Yrower
Secretary of State
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Fico
Guam
Remarkable Record of Charles M Duren Local Official
Charles MeI¢een Duren president of the Hardin County bank Tidora holds a long record of trust. He has served 26 years as Eldora treasurer and 21 years as Isidora Cemetery society treasurer. He also serves Grinnell town college trustee and has 30 years in the Eldora Congregational church choir. He has never missed Sunday service unless ill or away from the city.
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Charles MeI¢een Duren
Hardin County Bank
Tidora
City of
Eldora
First Congregational Church
Oldora
Isidora Cemetery Society
Town College
Grinnell
Duren
Hidera Congregational Church
Sielues
Sole Survivor of the Senate the Longest-Serving Member
William 3 Allison entered the United States senate in 1873 and is the sole survivor among those who have served the longest continuous tenure. He recalls meeting famous men from 30 years ago and notes that only Stewart of Nevada and Mitchell of Oregon remain from 80 years past as their successors have come and gone.
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William 3. Allison
United States Senate
Allison
Stewart
Nevada
Mitchell
Oregon
Senate
Suit Over Depot Cold and Pneumonia Claim
Mrs. Wunice Hendon of Moulton sues the Chicago Burlington and Quincy for 2000 dollars alleging pneumonia contracted November 16 while waiting four hours in a cold Sedan depot. She booked from Moulton to Centerville, says no fire and improper care after her K. and W. train ran late.
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Craught
Sedan
Wunice Hendon
Moulton
Centerville
Petition Against Pardons Circulates in Hardin Counties
The petition circulated by the Rainsbarger brothers confined in the penitentiary seeks to counter a remonstrance opposing pardons for members of a famous outlaw gang. Both petition and remonstrance gain signatures in Hardin and neighboring counties.
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Rainsbarger Brothers
Hardin
Priority of building demands at Iowa State Regents meeting
The upcoming January session of the state university regents in Iowa City will decide on two or three new buildings with funds in sight and, more importantly, resolve the long debated issue of which construction demands have priority among competing university interests.
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State University Regents
Iowa City
Rural free delivery routes slated for January first
The plan lists routes in multiple counties with detailed metrics. Columbus Junction Louisa Woodbury Selma St Ansgar Thompson Coggan are the towns. Route lengths range from 24 to 253 miles, areas from 15 to 86 square miles, populations served from 605 to 1 105, and houses on routes from 103 to 221.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Hornick
Woodbury County
Selma
van Wuren County
St. Anscar
Mitchell County
Thompson
Winnebago County
Coggan
Linn County
Women Husk Corn for Church Fundraising Effort
Congregational church women in Humboldt pledge one dollar each to fund carpet for a new $16 000 church. They toiled in a cornfield earning three cents a bushel for 40 bushels, then picked beet patches and sold popcorn at football games. Teachers sold popcorn and hired out janitor work to meet the goal.
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Ald Im
Humboldt
Congregational Church
Will Strong
Corry
Worryby
Jerryby
Mabel Fuller
Minnie Nichols
Atreoia
Halling
Court House
Independence telephony firms seek clearing house
About 60 independent telephone companies discuss forming a toll clearing house to offset accounts among themselves. They aim to eliminate separate auditing bureaus by centralizing accounting, reducing expenses. The first managers meeting to form the association was held in Des Moines last week.
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Des Moines
Ages of Soldiers Civil War Statistics by Union
Special correspondence outlines Civil War soldier ages from the U S military records compiled by T I Elephens. The data show age distributions with figures for ages 10 and under through 44 and over, including totals for each bracket.
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Glate Miliary Department
Cvil
T. I. Elephens
Adjutant General
Stephens
End to suits over insurance rate increases in Des Moines
Special Correspondence describes Judge McHenry ruling that policy holders cannot challenge rate hikes when insurers switch from mutual to old line status. Rates must be compensatory, leaving policy holders with no remedy. The piece also notes John D. Rockefeller's Christmas gift to friend Charles Austin, easing a mortgage on a seven acre melon farm near Sioux City along the Missouri river.
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W. H. McHenry
Des Moines
Nockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Charles Austin
Austin
Walker’s Island
Missouri River
Sioux City
Rockefeller
Police Matron Warns of Traffic in Young Girls Between Sioux City and Omaha
Police Matron Thurston states no most nefarious traffic has occurred for years. She asserts minors are lured from Sioux City to Omaha and enticed into lives of shame there and back, with scores of young women sent down the wrong path in Sioux City.
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Thurston
Sioux City
Omaha
Library Commission Considers Statewide School Library Supervision
The Iowa library commission may supervise school libraries across the state. State Librarian Johnson Brigham and Miss Alice Tyler, secretary of the commission, were appointed to a committee to study feasibility and report at the next meeting of the commission.
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Library Commission
Iowa Library Commission
Johnson Brigham
Alice Tyler
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Fort Dodge
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Ames
Matimate
Cummins
Herriott
Foster's Opera House
House
Opera House
National Guard
the School Law
Iown
Minnesota
Friends of
Ministerial Association of
Criminal Statistics
Midora
William BR. Allison
Muncholdt
Do Mnatubiak Clearing House
Polley Wolders
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