Senate acts on Gamble bill and canal tariff plan
The senate passed the Gamble bill opening 1,200,000 acres of the Cheyenne and Indian reservation in South Dakota to entry. Aimed at foreign policy, a Panama Canal tariff bill proposes free transit for American ships and a 1.25 per ton charge for foreign vessels. The era-spotlight notes include the Chinese princes decision on government form, immigration literature distribution, and commemorative stamps for the 1913 Panama Pacific Exposition.
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Washington
Senate
South Dakota
United States
Creesssy L. Wilber
Vital Statistics
Census Bureau
Panama Canal
Bradley
Kentucky
State Department
Peking
Bureau of Immigration
Brown
Robert S. Sharp
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
California
Diverse World News Tangles Stir Public Debate
A sprawling summary of political, diplomatic, and legal matters across the globe and United States. Highlights include Missouri clashes in the Folk-Clark case, fraud probes in Indian land sales, Italy and France in steamship disputes, Taft pushing judicial salary increases, and notable deaths, elections, and policy debates shaping the era.
General Bernardo Reyes Not Labeled For Rebellion
Personal note reports General Bernardo Reyes will not be executed for inciting rebellion. It also mentions the 200th anniversary of Frederick the Great celebrated in Berlin and Alton B Parker blaming Colonel Roosevelt for agitation driving judiciary recall. President Taft accepts invitation to St Patrick's day dinner in Boston.
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Bernardo Reyes
Frederick the Great
Berlin
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Taft
Charitable
Irish Society of Boston
Iowa State News Briefs Highlight Local Deaths and Industry Wins
The week’s Iowa items report Isaac Spoors of Waterloo celebrating her 101st birthday, Armstrong Manufacturing to open a stationary engine plant in Charles City, and a Farley to Waukon railway line project. Also noted are grand jury actions in Davenport, a Mason City will verdict, and ethics and public notices across the state.
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Isaac Spoors
Waterloo
Mercury
Iowa
Scott County
Grand Jury
Isaac Richardson
Davenport
Arthur Wundram
Wundram
Richardson
Farley & Iowa Northern Railway
Luxemburg
Farley
Waukon
Henry Ricker
Dubuque
Ricker
Mason City
Pearl Wix
J. B. Youngblood
E. L. Beck
Des Moines
Iowa Poultry Association
Sioux City
Exposition City
Seymour
Andrew Carnegie
Anthony Murphy
Luton
Milwaukee Railroad
Clifford Wilson
Rockwell City
Fort Madison
Wilson
James White
Sac City
Shirley Marth
Lake City
Lincoln
Nebr
Martin
Round House
Missouri Valley
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Violet Lorenz
Humane Officers
Masonic Temple
Keokuk
Lodge
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Edward K. Chapman
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Johanna Hansen
Edith Long
Knights of Columbus
Grand Knights
Order
George Vermilya
Vermilya
New York
Meservey
Catherine Coleman
FF. L. Hagen
Harry D. Kelly
Edmund Sterzing
Anamosa
Emil Ackerburg
Peter Ackerburg
Red Oak
Theophilus
Civic Federation
Hon. C. B. Murtagh
Ringsted State Bank
County Savings Bank of
Algona
Men and
Harcourt and Gowrie
C. E. Freed
Corn Belt Packing Company
Fort Dodge
I. C. Millane
Montour
Millane
John P. White
Oskaloosa
United Mine Workers
Thomas L. Lewis
Bridgeport
O. James Delaney
First National Bank
Marengo
Johnson County
Frances Polis
Springville
Paris Green
George C. Scott
Not Altogether His Fault Juror Verdict From Sparse WV Jury
A Wheeling lawyer recalls a quirky verdict from a sparsely settled West Virginia county. The jury argued long in a bare backroom before the foreman stated they did not believe he acted but would have if given the chance, a quip cited from Harper’s Magazine.
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W. Va
Harper's Magazine
The Evil Eye and Dominant Eye Theory
Charles L. Smith argues the evil eye belief stems from a dominant eye differing in power. He warns forcing ambidexterity harms the nervous system and calls for restoring natural eye balance to avoid lifelong misery.
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Charles L. Smith
New York
No Credit Even for That in Stray Stories
A brief exchange between Mr Seekton and his wife illustrates measured speech and credit for calm deliberation. The husband claims he never spoke hastily while the wife gently acknowledges his restraint, highlighting temperance over urgency in a domestic vignette from Stray Stories.
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Mr. Seekton
Leonidas
Castoria Reminder Cautions Parents on Safe Bottle Use
Health warning urging mothers to inspect every Castoria bottle for LD signature before use. Notes Castoria trusted for over 30 years and targets infants and children, citing child elders who cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Jones Proud Father Describes Son Joining Brass Band
A speaker recalls a father describing his son who has joined a brass band, noting the boy’s potential while the father’s pride hints at future achievement. The conversation contrasts quiet doubt with a hopeful act of musical pursuit.
What Every Farmer Should Know Formulas and Plans
An old farm manual advertises a book by W L Keller of Kearny Nebraska offering instructions on killing and curing pork and boar hides and fur, tanning leather at home, sausage making, curing hides, fabricating cement projects, and building farm projects. It promises 100 views with plans and a free price list, noting last appearance and address.
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W L. Keller
Kearndy
Nebraska
The Meanest Man and His Windmill Plot
In a sharp note, Knicker-Why questions Smith for installing a windmill. Bocker claims the device is used to blow drifting snow onto his neighbor’s path.
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Knicker
Smith
Bocker
Cole's Carbolisalve for skin burns and itching relief
Cole's Carbolisalve relieves burning itching and skin diseases with instant burn pain relief and scarless cures. Available in 250 and 500 sizes from J W Cole & Co Black River Falls Wis. Free sample offer to requestors.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Bachelor’s late-night curfew feels funless to him
Jackson Wray notes an old bachelor will stretch his night out to 2 a m if desired but laments missing the thrill of sneaking up stairs barefoot. He jokes about conscience easing the mind and the couch becoming a substitute for nightlife.
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Richeson
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Charles Burnsides
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Kan
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Cyrus EB. Woods
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Portugal
Sun Yat Sen
China
Herbert Knox Smith
Steel Corporation
William R. Hearst
General Assembly of Kentucky
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Raphael Semmes
Osceola
Ark
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Justice Harlan
Standard Oil Company of
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Joseph Kenyon
Chicago
White House
W. E. Bailey
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Castle Hot Springs
Ariz
World’s Christian Endeavor Union
W. L. McCall
Massachusetts
Foss
Lawrence
Mass
Alphonsus S. Donlon
Georgetown University
Joseph J. Hummel
Ogden
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
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Minneapolis & St. Louis
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Revolutionary Army
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Panama
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Lamoille
Lloyd-Loeffler
W. J. MicNamee
Mount Pleasant
Miss Polis
Odd Fellows of Iowa
Earl Bauer
Greenfield
State University
Iowa City
Iowa Journalistic Club
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John Kennedy
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