Roosevelt Demonstrates Endurance Riding Ninety-Eight Miles
President Roosevelt rode ninety-eight miles in a single day to defend the army and navy physical tests. He traveled to Warrenton Virginia and back with Dr. Rixey Dr. Carey Grayson and Captain Archibald Butt. Despite sleet rain and near darkness he arrived at the White House in the evening unwearied and quickly changed for a hearty meal.
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Roosevelt
White House
Army
Navy
Roswell
Warrenton
Virginia
Rixey
Carey Grayson
Archibald Butt
Aqueduct Bridge
Potomac
Georgia
Icansion
Powers of Congress Debate Over Access to Information
In Washington a Senate debate centers on whether Congress may demand information from executive department heads. Senator Bacon argues for broad power to compel documents and explanations, while Senators Lodge Hale and others stress executive discretion and caution against Congressional overreach. The House spends most of its session debating a DC appropriation amendment for $15,000 related to children.
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Congress
Senate
House
Bacon
Georgia
Lodee
Hale
Legislative Department
Fulton
Teller
Clapp
Money
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Charles W. Arthur
Inland Waterways Commission
Roosevelt
Newlands
Nevada
Aldrich
Kean
Colorado
Congress backs amendment and probes secret agents role
Supporters won the amendment, while the House Judiciary Committee moves to request information from the attorney general on the number duties salaries and legal basis for federal special agents. The Senate committee plans to investigate the demolition of the old Pennsylvania depot ordered by the president.
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House Committee On Judiciary
Department of Justice
Department
Congress
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Pennsylvania
Chicago wedding draws six bishops at Holy Name cathedral
Archbishop Quigley officiated as Bishop Hennessy of Wichita and five other bishops from Peoria Rockford Trenton Newark and Newark attended the ceremony. Miss Blanche Plamondon of Chicago wed J Henry Smith son of former U S senator James Smith Jr. in Holy Name cathedral this morning. A large Chicago crowd and sixty guests from New York and Newark attended.
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Quigley
Hennessy
Wichita Kan
Spalding
Peoria
Muldoon
Rockford
Ill
McFaul
Trenton
N. J
O'Connor
Newark
Blanche Plamondon
J. Henry Smith
James Smith
United States
New Jersey
Holy Name
New York
New Surgeon General Named as OReilly Retires
Brigadier General Robert M. O'Reilly retires from active service and Colonel George H. Torney assumes duties overseeing Army health. Torney, born in Maryland on June 1, 1845, joined as assistant surgeon in 1875 and led the Relief during the Spanish-American War before becoming deputy surgeon general in 1903.
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Washington
Robert M. O'Reilly
United States Army
George H. Torney
Uncle Sam
Torney
Maryland
Two Boys and a Gun Fatality in Indiana Town
In Alexandria Indiana on January 14 Clyde Wooten seventeen was killed by a bullet from a flobert rifle held by Walker McCarty fifteen. McCarty said he opened the rifle and, not knowing it was loaded, closed it and discharged it. Wooten was seated across the room and the bullet struck him under the left eye, penetrating the brain and causing instant death.
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Alexandria
Ind
Clyde Wooten
Flobert
Walker McCarty
McCarty
Wooten
Kelsey Resigns Insurance Post to Take Deputy Controller Role
Otto Kelsey, former state superintendent of insurance in Albany, resigns after Gov. Hughes failed to remove him, then assumes duties as first deputy state comptroller. The change follows a year of political contention and Kelsey’s formal notice to the governor.
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Albany
Otto Kelsey
Hughes
Carrie Nation Arrested During Tyne Saloon Raid
Carrie Nation, the American anti saloon crusader, was arrested in Newcastle upon Tyne while leading a raid on a local saloon on January 14. The incident marks a rare cross Atlantic protest against alcohol.
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Carrie
Newcastle-on- Tyne
England
Carrie Nation
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Grain and livestock prices across markets show Wheat No 2 red at Indianapolis $1.19 and corn No 2 around 62 1/4 cents. Cattle and hogs move unevenly with mixed guidance and closing auctions affecting bids. Receipts include hogs, cattle, sheep, and horses at regional exchanges.
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Indianapolis
Irimothy
Chicago
New York
Shively Wins Coveted Plumb in Indiana Senate Race
In a long all night Democratic caucus in Indianapolis the final ballot chose Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend for the U S Senate seat to succeed James A. Hemenway. Kern, Lamb, Slack, and Menzies trailed as the caucus prepared to ratify the choice in a joint session next Tuesday.
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Indiana General Assembly
Benjamin F. Bhively
South Bend
James A. Hemenway
United States Senate
Shively
John W. Kern
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
G. W. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
Kern
Marion County
Hoffman
Slack
Lamb
Mensgles
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Home Treatment
An advertisement touts a painless home remedy for piles from Pyramid Drug Co. It claims no surgery or doctor is needed and offers a free trial package by mail. A 60 cent follow up box is advertised, with druggists carrying the remedy and testimonials of painless cure.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid
Marshall
Mich
Comte
Beatrice Mills to Wed Earl of Granard in New York
Miss Beatrice Mills of New York will marry the Earl of Granard master of the horse to King Edward. The private city wedding at the Ogden Mills home on Sixty-ninth Street will be attended by close relatives and featured bridesmaids from leading American families.
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Great Britain
Beatrice Mills
Countess of Granard
Earl of Granard
Edward
City House
Ogden Mills
Sixty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Miss Mills
Thomas Francis Cusack
Archdiocese of
Mise Ellin Mackay
Clarence H. Mackay
Edith Taylor
Moses Taylor
Alice Astor
John Jacob Astor
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Donald Forbes
Ear of
Gladys
Henry Carnegie Phipps
Cavendish Bentinck
England
D. O. Mills
United States
Beatrice
Thornton Jenkins Hains AW goes to the jury today
The case of Thornton Jenkins Hains proceeds to a jury as debates over arbitration treaties and other routine matters unfold in a session dominated by legislative actions.
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Thornton Jenkins Hains AW
Senate
Haiti
Ecuador
Uruguay
Bolivia
Chicago
Tennessee Prohibition Bill Clears Lower House
Nashville Tenn January 11 The bill to prohibit sale of intoxicating liquor in Tennessee passed the lower house by 62 to 30 with 22 Republicans for and one against the measure The proposal now goes to Governor Patterson who is expected to veto but a veto may not stop the bill under the constitution The act would make prohibition effective July 1 1909 and could become law without the governor's signature.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tenessee
General Assembly
Senate
Patterson
Subar Trust On Trial Today For Sugar Refining Fraud
The federal case against the American Sugar Refining Company known as the sugar trust was brought in Brooklyn federal court. The government alleges fixed scales used by the firm and some employees defrauded the United States treasury of import revenues on raw sugar.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Thomas [. Chatfield
Federal District Court
Brooklyn
the Sugar Trust
United States Treasury
College Nicknames and Preferred Terms Across Universities
The New York Sun notes that college students reject generic labels for their teams preferring official or locally favored names. It lists examples such as Wes leyan not wanting to be called the Methodists and Naval Academy avoiding Annapolis or midshipmen, Columbia disliking Columbians, and many schools favoring traditional nicknames like Maroons, Gophers, Badgers, Cornhuskers, and Wolverines.
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Beng
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Chicago University
Segietimies
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University of Pennsylvania
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Maroons
Chicago
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Minnesota
Badgers
Wisconsin
Cornhuskers
Nebraska
Foley's Orino Laxative Promises Regular Bowels
Advertisement claim by O. DL. Knoefel touts Foley's Orino Laxative as a cure for chronic constipation and sluggish liver. Text promises pleasant taste and avoids constant purgatives if used until bowels normalize.
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Foley
O. DL
Knoefel
Wonderful change from Electric Bitters praised by a mother
Mrs W Louilpatrick of Danforth Maine credits Electric Bitters with reversing years of dyspepsia for her mother who, past 70, regains health after doctors gave up. The tonic is said to invigorate organs, cure liver and kidney troubles, and restore sleep and appetite, available for 50 cents at Charles D Knopfels.
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Chas. D. Knopfel
Newspapers to Be Prosecuted Under Prohibition Law
The Georgia Anti-Saloon League states it will prosecute state newspapers that print whisky advertisements, asserting papers act as hired agents for whisky houses in violation of prohibition law.
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Atlanta
The
Georgia Anti-Saloon League
League
Clearing Deeds for Senatorial Contest
Springfield reads through a contested leg body as Governor Deneen is certified and a recount petition seeks the governorship result. Senatorship battle looms with Hopk ins supporters wary of Deneen moves and inaugurations approach amid a looming caucus and adjournment. Washington tragedy: Mrs Lissie Harbin killed by husband Frederick Kraemer who then fatally shot himself.
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Wasmngun
Washington
Lissie Harbin
Frederick J. Kraemer
Kraemer
Ancient Bones Found in Swiss Cave Reveal Early Humans
Scientists report bones of men from around 100000 years ago found in a Swiss cave. Modern illness threats prevail, says A W Brows of Alexander Me. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. Trial bottle offered free by Brad the Tribune.
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Switzerland
A. W. Brows
Alexander
Dr. King
Oheas
D. Knoefel
Taxpayer notice item unclear from transcription
Public notice fragment references tax payers and parcel identifiers but lacks clear details or actionable deadlines.
Alabama Supreme Court validates pistol law
Montgomery January 14 The Alabama supreme court upholds the pistol law prohibiting ownership or carrying a gun under twenty four inches and restricting sale of pistol supplies for short firearms. Vienna January 14 Slight earthquake shocks were felt in southern Austria and Tyrol.
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Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Vienna
Austria
Tyrol
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