Perry Named City Solicitor In Potosi Missouri
William B. Perry who has been blind since seven years old has been chosen city solicitor in Potosi Missouri. New Bedford Massachusetts reports a notable regional career update. The piece also notes U.S. beet sugar factories numbered 63 in 1905 04, a rise from a decade prior, and U.S. coal production in 1904 at 000,000 tons, surpassing France and Germany combined. Morocco’s population is un census bound with best estimates around 7 690 000.
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William B. Perry
City Solicitor
New Bedford
Mass
Moorish Morocco post offices and Indian lands openings
Britain Germany and France maintain post offices in Morocco towns while the Moorish government lacks any national office. Government mail moves via special carriers as openings of 405000 acres of Kiowa Comanche Apache reservation lands are approved. Vatican jewels valued at least 200 million dollars amassed through centuries of contributions.
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Morocco
Honee
Oklahoma
Cincinnati Tops National Insurance Premiums Per Capita
An Ohio Life Policy Owners Association expert reports Cincinnati pays the highest per capita life insurance premiums in America, at over 4 million dollars in the last year. The data show Cincinnati leading with a per capita rate of 10.77, followed by Boston 10.74, New York 6.67, St. Louis 6.48, Philadelphia 6.12, and Chicago 4.08.
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Cincinnati
America
Ohio Life Policy Owners’ Association
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Italian guide Nagi dies in Alpine crevasse incident near Monte Rost
In near perfect preservation the body of guide Nagi from Aosta Italy was recovered after a crevasse fall near Monte Rost. He had been descending with two Milanese alpinists when he disappeared and the cord joining him to the others was severed by ice.
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Nagi
Aosta
Italy
Jatt
Monte Rost
Dollar counterfeiting scare spreads after 1905 mint halt
Reports say dollar production stopped at the mints after printing and the coins escaped into circulation. The attorney general warns that anyone proving they passed a 1905 dated dollar will be punished, noting the director of the mint states no silver dollars were coined in 1905.
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United States
United State
Mint
Fortifications System Cost and manpower projections
In 1885 Congress approved a vast coast fortifications program. Total outlay reaches 119 million dollars with 64 million for defenses and 55 million for gun factories and fortification sites. A studied congressman forecasts 46,000 personnel will be needed upon completion with annual defense spending of 50 million dollars.
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Congress
Taft the champion long distance traveler of modern times
Secretary Taft, governor of the Philippines since May 1900, has logged at least 100,000 miles in official duties. He spent 60 days at sea and six weeks in trains, with a 5,500 mile circuit around the islands to establish provincial governments. His initial voyage via Shanghai and Hong Kong covered nearly 12,000 miles.
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Taft
Philippines
Islands
Shanghia
Hong Kong
End of the spire era reshapes church architecture
A columnist notes rapid church construction with fewer spires, most new buildings lacking tall pointed shafts. The Roman Catholic parishes lead the trend toward practical, commercial design, with utility driving changes in church architecture across the United States.
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United States
Strick
Railways expand with big orders for cars in year
A historic surge in railway buying shows 241,415 freight cars and 3,289 passenger cars ordered in the past year, compared with 136,561 freight cars and 2,213 passenger cars the year before. The increases mark a 154 percent rise for freight cars and 50 percent for passenger cars as orders replace older stock.
Nang Hanu City Court Tale of a Female City
A traveler's tale describes Nang Hanu as a Siamese city in Bangkok with a female population of about 9,000, where all officials from judges to soldiers are women and men are absent except for occasional royal visits. The city is depicted as having walls, markets, temples, theaters, parks, and streets all staffed by women.
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Nang Hanu
Bangkok
Meridian Tornado Devastates City Sights and Losses
Meridian Miss March 3 An army of men clears debris as the city reels from a Friday cyclone. Estimated damage tops 1.25 million dollars. 24 dead 46 injured. Front street and Georgetown and Fewell Survey areas hit hardest. 500 residences damaged or destroyed. Militia and relief workers mobilize. fires contained. Macon Marion Meehan Junction reported safe with no fatalities.
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Meridian
Miss
Macon
Front Street
Georgetown
Fewel
Fewell
Alabama & Vicksburg
Mobile & Ohio
Queen & Crescent
Marion
Meehan Junction
Dowie doctrines prompt Chicago health department action
Chicago officials intervene in a Dowie related case as a seriously ill woman Ella Turner near death after Dowie adherents prayed instead of contacting a doctor. Corporation Counsel Lewis rules the health department may forcibly intervene in extreme sickness when physician services are refused. A physician attended, stopping her suffering.
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Lewis
Chicago
City Health Department
John Alexander Dowie
Ella Turner
Dowie
Voliva
Zion City
Health Department
Advertising Farmlands for Missouri Immigration Boom
Missouri Immigration association held its first St Louis meeting to promote rural Missouri assets. Boomer sentiment favors showcasing the state's agricultural and mining potential to attract settlers, steering people toward Missouri rather than leaving.
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Missouri
Missouri Immigration Association
St. Louis
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Members Listed
Washington D C A roster shows the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee voting members for an upcoming meeting to elect a chairman and officers. Representatives from Alabama to Nevada and New Jersey to Washington are named, with senators and a delegate listed for Arizona.
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Washington, D. C
New Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Alabama
Burnett
Akansas
Little
Miorila
Clark
Georgia
Griges
Illinois
Rainey
Indiana
Zener
Kentucky
Hopkins
Louisiana
Broussard
Maryland
Gill
Massachusets
Kelcher
Mississippi
Bowers
Missouri
Liorsd
Nevada
van Dmser
New Jersey
McDermott
New York
Ryan
North Carolina
W. W. Kitchin
Oio
Garber
Pennsylvania
Kline
Rhode Island
Granger
South Carolina
Flaley
Tennessee
Gaines
Texas
Smith
Virginia
Southall
West Virginis
Davis
Wisconsin
Weisse
Senators
Arkansas
Berry
Idaho
Dibois
Carmack
Montana
Culberson
Martin
Florida
Taliafforo
Stone
Newlands
Arizona
Land Disposal Progress in February and Year to Date
In February 490 acres were homesteaded 3004 cash entries and 4636 final proofs. Since January 1 total 17867 acres homesteaded 5745 cash entries and 9449 final proofs. Grand total of 0 002 acres disposed of in under 60 days. Public land remaining under 100000 acres in the state.
Trees His Only Monument
In Houston Texas the former Gov, laid in state at the Texas state capitol before a large viewing. The funeral followed in the afternoon with interment beside his wife. By his dying wish pecan and walnut trees would mark the grave, one at the head and one at the foot, and the trees would provide nuts for planting across Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Logg
Austin
State Capitol
Port Worth
Texas
Fristly Fire Damages Carthage Freight Depot and More
A fire near destroying the Frisro freight depot at Carthage caused about 500 dollars damage to the building and several thousand to the freight. Four transfer vans carrying N. Leupold goods were set for loading to Birmingham. KR Stone Milling manager S. G. Prater was killed in an accident at Republic when his coat caught in a shaft. The eight hour mining law challenge will be heard in Carthage circuit court. An audit of Allin C. Bates’s Mississippi Elevator and Grain Co. books shows a 15,000 dollar shortage. Missouri penitentiary binder twine price set at 8.5 cents per pound, with future output expected to rise. Vernon county old settlers J A McGuire and Mrs. Mary Huoppenbrock wed in Nevada. A Santa Fe wreck at Ellison injures three boys riding derailed refrigerator cars.
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Frisro
Carthage
Cimage
G. Prater
Republic
Die
Reform congress at Noroton Point dissolves in failure
The congress of political reformers at J. G. Phelps Stokes's country residence at Noroton Point, Com., broke up without achieving its aim to find a method to free the masses from political vultures due to too many divergent ideas on how to proceed.
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New York
Congress
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Norotemn Point
Com
Lerause
Finnish fishermen peril on Baltic ice near Helsinki
Helsinki March 5. It is feared that about 80 fishermen and their families aboard ice on the gulf of Finland are doomed. A fortnight earlier roughly 1,000 people with horses fished off the east land when ice parted and drifted into the Baltic. Later ice split and an east wind drove a block with 20 people ashore at Fredericksham. The fate of the others remains unknown.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Fredericksham
Woodmen of the World to Move Headquarters
Sovereign Commander Root says the Woodmen of the World will relocate its headquarters from Omaha due to a proposed tax on the order reserve funds. The executive committee will pick a new location by Wednesday, with Chicago or Detroit as likely choices. A separate report notes a prairie fire in the Texas Panhandle has burned two million acres of grass, with cattle losses and log value estimated at about $1 per acre.
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Omaha
Neb
Root
The
Woodmen of the World
Order
Chicago
Detroit
Roswell
N. M
Panhandle
Texas
Nationnalizing Japanese Railroads Bill Draws Diet Debate
A bill introduced in the Diet would nationalize Japanese railways and order companies to sell at a price based on construction cost plus twenty times the average profit of the past three years. The measure, dated March in Tokyo, outlines government seizure of the rail network and sets terms for compensation.
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Tokio
$1,000,000 stadium plan for Columbia University
New York on March 5 reports a spacious athletic field costing 1,000,000 is proposed for Columbia University. Plans filed with President Butler by the committee he appointed earlier outline the project as a major athletic facility.
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New York
Columbia University
Butler
Chinese deny split in Imperial high commission
In Seattle on March 5 local Chinese leaders deny a rift in the Imperial high commission and claim three members remained behind while others went to Portland to study Oregon and later California schools.
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Seattle
Wash
Deny the Stars
Imperial High Commission
Portland
Oregon
California
Militia Withdrawn From Springfield After Riots
Peace returns to Springfield as militia withdraws Monday after riots. About 800 men and boys have been arrested in the crackdown.
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Springfield
Dorsis Kleban Arrives as American Representative for Russian Blue Cross
Dorsis Kleban arrives in New York after being named the American representative for the Russian Blue Cross. He will establish his headquarters in the city to coordinate activities.
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New York
Dorsis Klebanoff
America
Russian Blue Cross
Ancient Date Festival Opens at Haarlemsche Courant Exhibit
Holland marked an unusual journalistic festival with Haarlem displaying the Haarlemsche Courant. The paper, among the world’s oldest newspapers, traces back to its first issue exhibited to the public.
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Holland
Haarlem
Haarlemsche Courant
Weaver named Shannon County probate judge by Folk
Gov. Folk announces J. Hex Weaver of Montee r to be probate judge in Shannon County to fill the vacancy caused by Arnot A. Carter's resignation. Mrs. F. W. Berefied, farmer’s wife south of Clarence, shows poultry profits, clearing $40 from six ducks last year while keeping the original six, selling only meat and feathers.
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Folk
J. Hex Weaver
Monteer
Shannon County
Arnot A. Carter
F. W. Berefied
Clarence
Carroll Exchange vice president Alexander Trotter dies at 78
Alexander Trotter, vice president of the Carroll Exchange Bank of Carrollton, died suddenly of heart disease. He was 78 and raised in Carroll County.
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Alexander Trotter
Carroll Exchange Bank of
Carrollton
Mr. Trotter
Carroll County
Oldest Daughter of Revolution is Laid to Rest
Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson of Northampton Massachusetts died recently and was believed to be the oldest true daughter of the revolution.
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Drusilla Hall Johnson
Northampton
Mass
Currants Boost Winter Nourishment In Household Recipes
The article urges using currants as a dense source of nutrition during cold months to support children's vitality. It presents cheesecake variations, rice pudding with currants, and currant buns, detailing ingredients and steps such as mixing with milk, butter, almonds, spices, and currants, plus method notes for rising dough and baking times.
The Gowns For Spring In Pattern Books Describe A Princess Silhouette
Fashion writer Anne Rittenhouse outlines spring gown trends featuring the princess skirt with corsage styling, wide fullness from corset edge, and matching short coats. She notes elastic waist shaping, sheathy doubles, and slim coats with neck-fastened vests and velvet edging, suggesting versatile looks for slender figures.
Corn au Gratin Recipe Steps and Flavoring
For one quart of hulled corn prepare a pint of rich cream sauce seasoned with Worcestershire or other condiments for a piquant taste. Layer sauce and corn in a baking dish or ramekins, top with grated cheese and paprika, bake until well browned.
Frying Creole Chickens with Cream Butter Sauce
Cut two chickens and season with salt and cayenne. Roll in tour and fry in hot lard until done. Remove and drain, then pour sauce made by boiling one cup of cream with half cup butter over them. Garnish with parsley and sprinkle minced parsley atop.
Mending Day Plan Proposed for Weekly Darning
A recommendation suggests dedicating one day each week to darning and mending. While urgent repairs may arise, the plan emphasizes scheduling a specific day for this vital household duty.
Untarnished Silverware Packed in Flour Claim
A claim states that packing silverware especially knives forks and spoons in dry flour will keep them dry and untarnished. The note describes a simple preservation method without reference to any person place or date.
Nervous Dyspepsia Rescue By Pink Pills Pioneer Cure
Des Moines woman nearly starved by gastritis recovers after rejecting nourishment. After two failed doctors, she used Dr Williams Pink Pills, regaining strength, appetite and ability to work. She credits the pills with stopping vomiting and restoring health. Sold by druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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J. A. Wyatt
Seventh Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Very Cheap. A Sayings The Rich And Pride In Show
A brief item notes a quote about the rich and airs. It mentions a Detroit Prep Press style remark and mocks court services. The fragment suggests a promotional jab about inexpensive airs and a patent medicine claim. It cites a manufacturer Wemer M D of Soringtid Mo and a two cent flow product.
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Detroit Prep Press
Wemer
M. D
Soringtid
Pretty Near It. Teacher Question on Bigotry Meaning
A classroom exchange centers on meaning of bigotry as a student asks what the term means. The learner hints at a playful, perhaps muddled metaphor about a map marrying two women, adding a half-holiday aside that suggests whimsy or confusion in the dialogue.
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Tommy
Cure a Cold in One Day Propaganda Snippet
An odd Federal era ad lists Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee by E W Gnove. A separate note warns of a brewing cash request when a wife lets a husband roam. Garfield Tea promoted as a herb cure for constipation and headache with a sample offer from Brooklyn based Garfield Tea Co.
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E.W. Gnove
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn, N.Y
Mistake About Father at Waldorf Envy of Pittsburg Millionaire
Two young men tour New York and observe a Pittsburg magnate nicknamed father. They find him living a double life, dining with them while secretly aging and sleeping early, then returning to a glamorous night out. The soirée ends with a witty reveal about his shoes and a lesson on pride and success.
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Waldorf
Pittsburg
New York
Bine
Coffee to Postum: a clergyman's health reform tale
A Iowa clergyman recounts coffee's ruinous effects on his nerves and sleep after age twenty, then his switch to Postum Food Coffee. He describes restored strength, mental clarity, and restful sleep, praising Postum as superior to coffee and urging testimony to its benefits. The ad notes Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, and mentions the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Iowa
Biblical Institute
Postum
Postum Co
Batthe Creek
Mich
Wellville
Fortune's Wheel Turns for Man Who Helps Move It
A proverb-like remark highlights that fortune favors those who take action. The saying implies success comes from effort and shared burden rather than waiting passively for luck.
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Hie
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Bates
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Folk Heads Equalization Board
State Board of Equalization
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Wilder
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Kansanity
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Olmsted, le Roy
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Peoria
Chicago Journal
Uncle Eben
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Dodds
Storm
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USA
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Monza
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