Roosevelt aims federal license plan for inter state trade
The president plans to require federal licenses for all traders engaged in inter state commerce. He links the license scheme to a broader program including railway rate regulation and inheritance tax debates, with six features guiding licensing and corporate governance under the Bureau of Corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Garfield
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Bureau of Corporations
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
United States
Governors on Wealth Tax in Washington Letter to the Editor
The writer argues a progressive wealth tax cannot pass the state constitution and notes Washington’s inheritance tax as a stable revenue source. He says fortunes pose governance risks but one class cannot be taxed disproportionately without constitutional change, and asks the President for a system to make the very rich pay more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
New York Times
Washington
Usher's comeback ballad dominates charts
A music feature notes Usher resurged with a high profile ballad that slimmed his earlier pop image. The piece highlights fan anticipation, radio play, and visibility across media outlets as the track climbs streams and charts.
Governors Call for Progressive Inheritance Tax
Letters from governors ILBERT E. MEAD of Washington I H ELROD of South Dakota and B B BROOKS of Wyoming dated April 15 1906 advocate a progressive tax on large fortunes and estates urging adoption of inheritance taxes aimed at wealth redistribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, South Dakota
Wyoming
Ilbert E. Mead
Washington
Pierre
The
New Yorkimes
I. H. Elrod
South Dakota
Casper
New York Times
B. B. Brooks
London Praises Roosevelt At Washington Corner Stone
London newspapers comment on President Roosevelt's corner stone speech at the House of Representatives building in Washington praising his bold words and public men reform proposals. They note English readers will welcome an income tax and inheritance measures, while condemning Emperor William in contrast to Roosevelt.
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London
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Washington
America
England
William
Count Goluchowski
Algeciras
Ferryboats Bump In Fog Off Liberty Street Pier
In dense fog the Plainfield and Red Bank ferryboats of the Central Railroad of New Jersey collided in the North River near Liberty Street. Both vessels were damaged. Plainfield towed for repairs, Red Bank kept in service with temporary rails. A passenger described as a Jerseyite wore a wonderful Easter bonnet aboard Red Bank.
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Plainfield
Red Bank
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
North River
Liberty Street
Jersey
Earthquake Devastates Formosa City Areas
A Formosan earthquake killed 109 and injured 29 with Kagi and Daigo suffering heavy damage. Landslides altered topography as Ajensai saw 1191 buildings collapse. authorities race to aid thousands made homeless after the tremor, stronger than the March 17 quake.
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Tokio
Formosa
Kagi
Daigo
Seversons
Ajensai
1500 Linemen to Strike Across Seven States
About 1500 linemen of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company will strike at 9 tomorrow morning. Seven states Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama will feel the impact. Grievances include refusal to recognize the union better pay and shorter hours. Linemen earn 2.70 dollars for nine hours with two hours off on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Index to Departments Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers
A compact listing page previews department sections including arrivals of out-of-town buyers, financial news across pages 12 to 15, society notes on page 9, and weather and yesterday's fires on page 9 or unspecified page, indicating a structured contents overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial News
Weather Report
Auction Sales And Classifieds Highlights On Page 11
Furnished rooms and boarders and help wanted are listed with brief notices on page 11. Hotel and restaurant items appear alongside loss notices and other classifieds.
Naples whisky sale described in local notice
A fragment notes Dewar's Whisky promotion in Naples with public sale and broad availability. Omitted or unclear details prevent a full event summary. key items include Naples location and a whisky sale mention.
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Dewar
Third Negro Lynched as Mob Burns Jail in Springfield
Springfield Missouri April 15 a mob lynched a third black man after burning the jail and freeing fourteen prisoners. Governor Folk sent militia and deputy sheriffs to restore order as investigations and prosecutions are planned.
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New York Times
Springfield
Statue of Justice
Gov. Folk
Duncan
Copeland
Roua
Will Allen
Bud Kane
Mr. Ronark
Allen
Rouark
Bud. Kane
Blain
Horace Duncan
James Copeland
Mabel Edwards
Roscoe Patterson
Greene County
Pene
Crimnals
Patterson
Lincoln
Criminal Court
Horner
Salvage at Vesuvius Ruins in Naples After Eruption
In Naples salvage continues after Vesuvius eruption last Sunday and Monday. Women trapped under walls survive six days speechless, with nine bodies recovered and about a hundred still beneath ruins. Ash drifts ten feet deep, funerals and Easter worship mark renewed calm as Prof Matteucci notes easing eruption. Cardinal Prisco leads thanksgiving mass as crowds fill streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Vesuvius
San Giuseppe
Pompeii
Conditi Vesuvius
Matteucci
Royal Observatory
Prisco
Negro sought after brutal assault sparks lynch mob in Bronx
A contractor Thomas Maher was found dying after an attack by Robert H. Scott near Belmont Avenue in the Bronx. A mob gathered at Scott’s home demanding lynching, police intervened, Scott captured and jailed at Tremont station after a high speed pursuit.
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Thomas Maher
Krelling Avenue
Pelham Avenue
Bronx
Robert H. Scott
Belmont Avenue
Maher
Cambrelling Avenue
Gillin
Tremont Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Tremon
Tremont
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Plans Colorado Bear Hunt Next Fall
Special to The New York Times reports Theodore Roosevelt Jr., elder son of the President, will lead a bear-hunting expedition in Colorado next fall. Jake Borah, veteran hunter and guide who guided the President last spring, has been engaged to pilot him. Roosevelt is expected to arrive at Simon Springs in August, with details on duration and exact hunting location still undetermined.
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New York Times
Glenwood Springs
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Colorado
Jake ” Borah
Simon Springs
Plac
Train schedule fragment for Chicago area unclear
Fragmentary OCR text from a timetable or transit notice shows scattered words about hours to Chicago and train service. The readable content is insufficient to identify a clear event, date, or entity beyond generic transport timing references.
Mother and Son Die In Electric Incubator Incident
In Westchester County near Croton Falls a live 8000 volt wire from a new electric incubator killed Daniel Jeungst Jr. and his mother who died trying to pull him away. The father, relatives, and neighbors recall a hopeful experiment in egg hatching turned tragic.
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Croton Falls
Westchester County
Daniel Jeungst, Jr
Jeungst Brothers
Jeungst
Chicken House
Mr. Jeungst
Mitchell
Brewsters
Landslide Stops Sermon at Jersey City Church
During Easter service at the Waverly Congregational Church on Ravine Road Reverend Howard A. Briggs described a rock and earth collapse that blocked the road below. Heavy rain loosened a southern retaining wall. 100 feet of wall and several tons of earth slid into the road, but the church remained safe and the sermon continued. It will take several days to clear the debris and reopen the road.
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Howard A. Briggs
Waverly Congregational Church
Ravine Road
Jersey City
Hoboken
Palisades
Jersey City Heights
Briggs
May Try Steel Passenger Cars On Principal Railroads
Railroads consider adopting steel main-line passenger cars after criticism over accidents. The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks designs, while Baltimore & Ohio and Southern Railway managers discuss steel cars. Erie and New York New Haven have limited steel suburban cars. New York Central has 125 steel cars on order for local electrified service.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Railway
Erie
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York Central
Four opportunities of pre employment with reference
Four opportunities for pre employment are noted by Metropolitan Surety of ROW. The brief item highlights available positions and references to required credentials.
Woman Heroine Stops Desperado Gang in Iowa Town
In Valley Junction Iowa on April 15 Mrs John Fairgraves armed with pistols captured and disarmed three gang members holding up her husband’s saloon. She led a posse to drive off the remaining robbers and bound the men for jail after confronting the leaders at gunpoint. The episode ends with residents grateful for her action ending a day of outlawry and disorder.
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New York Times
Valley Junction
Iowa
John Fairgraves
Baseball Fatal Foul Ball Kills Jersey City Boy
Robert Norton a 12 year old of 42 Court House Place Jersey City was watching a game between the Ideal and Active Clubs at Palisade Avenue and Washburn Street when a foul ball struck him on the forehead. He collapsed and died at home before a doctor could treat him. Police could not determine who struck the ball.
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Robert Norton
Court House Place
Jersey City
Palisade Avenue
Washburn Street
Norton
Loan for Russia Set at 1 Billion Sums
Report from St Petersburg states an April 21 signing of a 1 000 000 000s loan to Russia about 193 million dollars. American bankers reportedly agreed to take 25 million worth of bonds but asked a higher commission than foreign partners.
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Petersburg
Associated Press
United States
Acrobatic Escape From City Bicycle Car Crash
Alfred Leakleby, an acrobat of 215 West Thirty-eighth Street, dodged a head on collision with an automobile on Broadway at Fifty-eighth Street by executing a half back somersault. His bicycle was wrecked but he escaped unharmed while the car, driven by John D. Prince, skidded to a stop.
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Alfred Leakleby
West Thirty-eighth Street
Leakleby
Broadway
Fifty-eighth Street
John D. Prince
Prince
Mutiny Chiefly Aboard Lisbon Keelhaul Vessel
Reports from Madrid state on April 13 the Portuguese battleship Vasco da Gama showed unusual movements and cries as signals for help rang out near Lisbon. Aresan tug fired on, then retreated. A lieutenant was killed by a mutinous crew seeking revenge for a sailor’s death. Trials threaten for 483 mutineers aboard Don Carlos with seven sentenced to close confinement.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Aresan
Don Carlos
Nethersole Carter Row Shakes Chicago Stage
In Chicago on April 15 reports say a feud broke between Olga Nethersole and Mrs Leslie Carter over a matinée. Carter bought a bracelet engraved with both names, sent it to Nethersole, who returned it and refused gifts. Carter then sent a $15 check for the occupied box with a note.
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New York Times
Chicago
Olga Nethersole
Leslie Carter
Miss Nethersole
Justice Hooker Sued In Bank Indebtedness Case
Buffalo April 15. Christopher L. Williams as receiver for Fredonia National Bank sues Justice Warter B. Hooker. He is charged with owing $25,000 of which notes he indorsed and part stems from individual paper.
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New York Times
Buffalo
Christopher L. Williams
Fredonia National Bank
Justice Warter B. Hooker
Superintendent killed by train near Sixteenth Street Station
William Fildwick, superintendent of the Oakland race track, was fatally struck by a train near the Sixteenth Street Station in San Francisco. He was very deaf and likely did not hear the locomotive whistle. No racing will be held at Oakland tomorrow due to his death.
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Jefferson City
Sonaf W. Folk
Springfield
Greene County
San Francisco
Cal
William Fildwick
Oakland Race Track
Sixteenth Street
Oakland
Gorky Dispossessed Again as He Hides in New York
Maxim Gorky and Mme Andreieva were moved from the Lafayette Brevoort to the Rhinelander after he was turned away. The party then traveled by carriage between hotels, attended a Socialist meeting, and faced conflicting reports on their whereabouts as immigration officials weigh the case with Secretary Metcalf.
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Maxim Gorky
Rhinelander
Fifth Avenue
Lafayette- Brevoort
Mme. Andreieva
Gorky
M. Burénin
Geraty
Lafayette-Brevoort
Pieshkoff
M. Brunenin
Eixth
Grand Central Palace
Berkeley Lyceum
Kelly
Apaent -House
H. Gaylord Wilshire
Belleclaire
Mr. Geraty
East Tenth Street
Hotel Victoria
Broadway
Onty-Seventh Street
Pieskkoff
Htel
Grand Central Station
Mme
Andrejieva
Pishkoff
M. Burenin
Tres
Martha Bensley
Mme. Andreyeva
Miss Bensley
Dr. Tchaykoffsky
M. Narodny
Miss Beasley
Robert Watchorn
Immigration Bureau
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Russia
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Usher
Southern Bell
Missouri
Eonaw
Theodore, Jr.’S, Hunt
Son
Lad
St. Petersburg
Nethersole-Carter Row
Justice Hooker
Fredonia Bank
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