Global and Domestic News Roundup
A world of items spans suffrage parades in Washington to legal battles over the Standard Oil dissolution. Wilson’s secretary salary set at 7500 annually while Webb liquor bill becomes law. Currency reform plans and rail pay readjustment push through. Navy funding and shipbuilding advance with one battleship authorized. Labor and anti trust actions unfold as strikes, price debates, and corporate consolidations surface across the United States.
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Dhaamdansg
Ideala
Missouri Supreme Court Accepts Resignation of Special Commissioner
The Missouri supreme court in Jefferson City accepted the resignation of Henry C. Timmonds as special commissioner to take testimony in the contempt case against William R. Nelson owner and editor of the Kansas City Star. It appointed Charles C. Crow of St. Joseph as commissioner.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Henry C. Timmonds
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Charles C. Crow
St. Joseph
Four auto mobile bandits die by guillotine in Paris terror spree
Foreign death sentences were pronounced on four suspects after months of terror in Paris and its suburbs. Thirteen others were condemned to long terms, one killed himself in his cell after a life sentence. The Mexican war minister asked Gen. Porfirio Diaz to rejoin active service in Cairo.
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Paris
France
Cairo
Egypt
Porfirio Diaz
The
Republic
President Wilson Urges Justice and National Renewal
President Wilson in his inaugural address calls for a Democratic mandate to reform the nation. He vows to cleanse government of private interests, restore justice, and modernize tariffs, finance, and industry while preserving essential rights and guiding the country with unity beyond partisanship.
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Welhington
Democratic Party
Wilson
House of Representatives
Senate
Spring Clipping of Horses
The article explains spring clipping as a modern, popular practice among top horse owners and farmers. Clipping supposedly helps horses dry faster, stay healthier, and be ready for work after winter. Advances in clipping machines speed the process, with cows also clipped periodically to aid cleanliness before milking.
Fleas on a Dog Prompt Druggist Advice
A customer asks how to treat dog fleas and the druggist responds with a curt remark that the dog will manage without help. The exchange reflects a terse, period-voiced dialogue style.
Queen Elizabeth Married to Her Realm in Lesson
In a southern colored school a student misreads a history lesson about Queen Elizabeth. The teacher asks for proof and the pupil reads the claim that Elizabeth "was married to her realm" prompting amusement and a teachable moment about interpretation.
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South
Queen Elizabeth
Thomas
Postum Helps City Bookkeeper In Stomach Trouble
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with banishing stomach trouble after pneumonia left neuralgia. He and his wife switched from coffee and tea to Postum, noting reduced nerves and blues, improved concentration, and no medicine. The letter promotes Postum from Battle Creek as a food beverage and cites The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Tam
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Adv
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Treasury Building
Eer
Standard Oil Trust
Wickersham
Charles B. Morrison
Oliver E. Pagan
White House
House
Carter Glass
House Banking and Currency Committee
J. J. Fitzgerald
Committee
Internal Revenue Department
Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
J. P. Morgan & Co
Parcel
Hitchcock
Arizona
Cambria Steel Company
Jamestown
Luther Conant, Jr
International Harvester Company
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
Frieda Trost
Philadelphia
Trost
Garment Workers
New York City
Borough
George McAneny
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Homer Riggle
Kansas City
Boston
Allis- Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
James W. Wallace
John H. McClementy
Francis S. Bangs
Sulzer
Whitman
John W. Russell
Matteawan
John Nicholson Anhut
Harry K. Thaw
Doctor Russell
Hyde
Peterfield
Frank P. Walsh
John H. Lucas
Missouri
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