Princeton Football Player Crippled by Locomotive Accident
A Princeton football player was run over by a locomotive during practice, sustaining crippling injuries as officials speculate he overexecuted a new tackle. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, says Captain Ammons Den will wake a new Cel north of the pole. Taldwin and Ary remain unaccounted for.
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Post Office Stamps to Feature American Flag Design
Since 1869 the post office department plans a new two cent stamp series using the American flag in one design. The new stamp will bear little resemblance to the current issue and marks a shift in design approach.
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Post Office Department
Paterson superintendent urged to keep classes going
A Paterson New Jersey school superintendent faces pressure as teachers marry quickly. the writer says the city should celebrate its charming teachers and not pity for vacancies, urging the administrator to hustle and maintain attendance.
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Paterson
N. J
Alpine club death toll climbs in Swiss mountains
Figures from the Alpine Club of Switzerland report 63 climbers died last summer with two more deaths since, pushing the total above any prior year. Over the last decade no fewer than 305 people have died on the Alps.
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Switzerland
Alps
Pocket Typewriter Promises Portability For Journalists
A pocket typewriter designed for reporters and authors lets notes be taken without leaving the pocket. It measures four inches by three inches and can be operated without removing the hands from the pocket, reflecting a novelty in portable writing devices.
Navy academy shortens course to speed sea service
The urgent need of officers in the navy has led to dropping one year at the naval academy. The object is to put shipmen into sea service in the fourth year, where theoretical and practical instruction will be combined. This change will not give commissions sooner than completing four years at the academy.
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Rumor on Chinese Empress Dowager’s Anti foreign Move
A report claims the empress dowager plans another anti foreign upheaval, though sources doubt her. The Boxer episode should have taught a lesson, and her resolve may shift when Wu Ting Fang returns and informs her of the clash with modern civilization.
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China
Wu Ting Fang
Indiana coal miners strike for better mule treatment
Nearly 40 miners in Indiana led a sympathy strike over mule care in mines. They argued work dogs were not fed or watered and that the men would not work unless the mules received proper treatment, a remarkable labor action honoring the animals.
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Indiana
Record of_changes in fifty seventh congress
The diary notes that since March, 71201, the House has seen 12 members die, three resign, and two removed by contests, totaling 17 changes in just over two years. It claims this is the most changes in any single congress session in U S history.
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House of the Fifty-Seventh Congress
Two Observations from Mint Director Report on Gold
The mint director reports the world gold supply continues to grow and the United States is now the largest single contributor. By 1901 world output exceeded 20 million dollars while the US share was nearly 9 million. The United States led all other gold producing nations.
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United States
Anytralasia
British Attitude Toward Anarchists Amid Brussels Arrest
The British public and government show no tolerance for anarchists yet value national dignity. The Mel riven authorities will react to the Brussels arrest of James Kier Thandie, a British parliamentarian, as an anarchist. Hardie is seen as odd but not an anarchist.
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Brussels
James Kier Thandie
Hardie
Peanut method for insomnia gains sleep in Philadelphia man
A Philadelphia man debts insomnia relief by eating roasted peanuts at night. He chewed each nut at least 25 times, consuming fifty nuts to induce sleep after about fifty minutes of steady jaw activity. The account endorses the peanut method as effective through exhaustive chewing.
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Philadelphia
News From Missouri Debates and Local Incidents
A 12 day debate between Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints at Barnardi is noted. A Toppenaville court awarded Benjamin Hetian $5,000 in a death case linked to Southwest Missouri Electric Railway. Notices include political elections, church appointments, burglaries, accidents, rail developments, population figures, and local business formations across Joplin, Carthage, Joplin, and Kansas City with multiple named individuals and organizations.
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Toplim
Benjamin HeTian
Southwest Missouri Electric Railway
Yese
Viadwet Fa Joplin
Auwenet
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Miese
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Ilivs
Mary Andrews
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Neteef
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Wil Pivitt
Rothe
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Sam Elomt
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Dryden
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Tie
Pacific
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Dreyden
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Tooilinge
Sedntia
Brel
Macon County
Manniebal
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Roosevelt's Annual Message on Trusts Tariffs and Policy
President Roosevelt outlines trust regulation and tariff reform, urging public supervision of corporations, reciprocity with Cuba, and flexible tariff changes. He favors preserving domestic industry, strengthening national defense, and expanding commerce, irrigation, education, and Alaska settlement. He calls for a federal approach, not state action, to corporate oversight and supports naval expansion and canal strategy. He emphasizes civil rights of workers, fair wages, and balanced policy to sustain prosperity.
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Bankruptcies Show Varied State Totals for Year
Washington reports on the bankruptcy law operations for the past year with 16,374 voluntary petitions and 2,100 involuntary filings. New York led voluntary cases with 1,906, followed by Witness 1,514 and Alabama 1,496. Illinois previously led with 2,266. Smallest totals included Alaska 1 and Nevada 7. Major debtor groups spanned farmers, wage earners, merchants, manufacturers, professionals, and contractors and hotel keepers.
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E. C. Brandenburg
New York
Alabama
Massachusetts
Maine
Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
Alaska
Arizona
New Mexico
Porto Rico
Nevada
Oswati
Delaware
Idaho
Virginia Constitution Inquiry on Carter Glass Election
Representative Taylor of the House introduces a resolution asking Elections Committee No 1 to investigate if Carter Glass’s Virginia congressional credentials rest on a lawful November 4 1902 vote and whether Virginia registration rules or constitutional provisions properly allowed the franchise to all citizens. The move aims to test the Virginia constitution’s validity.
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Taylor
Elections Committee No
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Carter Glass
Virginia
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Committee of Elections No. 1
Kansas City Brewing Trust Declared Unlawful by Court
The Kansas City court of appeals ruled the local brewery combine a trust and forbids its enforcement under Missouri law. The Ford Heim Brewing Co. sued a saloonkeeper. lower court judgment was reversed by a three-judge panel, blocking debt collection by the brewers.
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Kansas City
Brewing Company
Court of Appeals
Sanitary Condition in Havana Deteriorates Under Relaxed Policies
Washington reports indicate Havana’s sanitation, once improved by American methods, is regressing. General Wood’s dispatches note a gradual relaxation of sanitation enforcement, with inspectors lenient and numerous violations of sanitary laws surfacing.
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Washington
State Department
Shavang
Wood
Health in the Philippines malaria cases rise among troops
Washington reports from Col. Adwir, chief surgeon in the Philippines, show increased malaria and dysentery among troops and a noticeable drop in cholera cases. Eight army cholera deaths occurred in October, and none have been admitted to Manila’s military cholera hospital since September 1.
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Oreilly Tans
Col
Adwir
Philippines
Manila
Pennsylvania Officials Clear Yards After Freight Backlog
Pittsburg Va Dec 1 Pennsylvania officials worked from Saturday through Monday clearing yards of freight and restoring normal traffic on lines east and west for the first time in many weeks.
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Pittsburg
ThePennsylvania
Sharon and Union Steel Merger Becomes Operative
Pittsburg Pa Dec 2 The merger of Sharon Steel Co and Union Steel Co is now operative. The new company will start with a capital of 346 million dollars and operate as Union Steel Co.
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Pittsburg
Sharon Steel Co
Union Steel Co
Dow Company
New York Expenses in SpanishAmerican War Reduced to 5875
Washington reports the comptroller of the treasury allowed only 5875 of the 320172 claimed by New York for expenses in aiding the United States to raise a volunteer army during the Spanish American War.
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Washington
New York
United States
Spain
Comptroller of the Treasury
Bloomington Tragedy: Sweetheart Shot Then Suicide
At Whitehall ten miles east of Bloomington Indiana on December 1 Thomas Livingston shot and fatally wounded his sweetheart Fannie I Freeman and then fatally shot himself.
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Ind
Whitehall
Thomas Livingston
Fannie I. Freeman
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