Roosevelt Urges Urgent Legislation For Nation’s Resources
President Roosevelt transmits the national conservation commission report and urges Congress to act on water power development and resource protection. He warns against neglecting fundamental needs while praising past efforts to conserve forests minerals and inland waterways. He calls for national forest protection strict rail rate control and a sustained public duty to ensure equal opportunity and public welfare through responsible governance.
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Yman
United States
Panama Canal
Othe
Lfe
Rure
Sahara
Alm Har
Commission
Cnuné Crostan
Cummins Re-elected Senator and Unanimous Committee Allocations
In Des Moines on January 20, A. B. Cummins was re-elected U S senator for a six year term starting March 4 by unanimous Republican vote. Speaker Guy A. Feely named house committees with no regard to factions, and Emory H. English and Er. D. Chassell were endorsed for state printer and binder respectively at a Republican joint caucus. Tonight Cummins plans to address Congress after returning to Washington.
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Des Moines
B. Cummins
United States
Guy A. Feely
House
Emory H. English
Er. D. Chassell
Binder
Send Aid to Liberia From Washington President Seeks Aid
President Roosevelt informed Congress of a State Department letter from Secretary Root proposing a three member American committee to Liberia to assist in stabilizing its government. He supports the plan and asks for a $20,000 appropriation to cover expenses.
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Liberia
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Root
Lincoln Highway Memorial Bill Proposed From White House to Gettysburg
Plan unveiled in Congress by Representative LaJean of Pennsylvania proposes a highway memorial to Abraham Lincoln from near the White House to the Gettysburg battlefield. A 150 foot wide boulevard survey is to be funded with a $25,000 appropriation.
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Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
LaJean
Pennsylvania
White House
Washington
Gettysburg Battlefield
Philippine Claims Settled by Senate Panel
Washington Jan 20 The senate committee on Philippines authorized a favorable report on a bill to pay 80 083 to four Roman Catholic orders in the Philippines in full satisfaction of all claims for use of the orders property by U S forces before Jan 24 1906.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On
Philippines
Philippine Islands
United States
Pittsburg Boodle Trials Headed For Early Trial Week
Pittsburg Pennsylvania January 20 officials say seven councilmen and two bankers arrested in the bribery scandal will be brought to trial early next week unless something unforeseen occurs. Intimations also point to additional arrests this week.
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Pittsburg
Liberia apologizes to Germany over harbor incident
Berlin reports Liberia has issued an official apology for the improper acts of its harbor officials who halted two Woerman One steamers off the Liberian coast with the customs gunboat Lark. The matter is regarded as settled.
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Liberia
Germany
Berlin
Bank Safe Cracked at Hadar Nets $2000 Loot
Nebraska report states robbers blew out a wall and damaged the Hadar Warmers State Bank vault then escaped with 2000 dollars. No witnesses heard the explosion and no clues to the getaway were found.
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Nebraska
Hadar
Net
Warmers
Chinese envoy Tang Shailo Yi sails for Bremen
Chinese envoy Tang Shailo Yi and his entourage depart New York on the Pring Friedrich Wib Nam bound for Bremen. En route to China, Minister Wu Ting Fang visits to bid farewell to Tang and the Imperial Chinese party and its entourage.
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New York
Tang Shailo Yi
Pring Friedrich Wib Nam
Bremen
China
Wu Ting Fang
Tang
Memorial Resolution Set For Senator Allison Eulogies
In Washington on January 20 representative Hepburn introduced a house resolution fixing February 21 as the date for eulogies honoring the late Senator Allison to be heard.
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Allison
Washington, D.C
Hepburn
House
Pope's Fund Receives $5000 Of Earthquake Relief
Ambassador Griscom presented Archbishop Ireland with 5000 from the American committee balance for earthquake sufferers. Ireland plans to add it to the pope's fund or distribute as deemed best by the committee. The committee will forward the remaining 31000 to his eminence for relief efforts.
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Rome
Griscom
Ireland
America
Ambascador
State Capital Gossip Great Law Force
In Des Moines Attorney General Byers described Iowa's vast law enforcement apparatus including 800 mayors and city marshals, 99 sheriffs with deputies, 53 district judges, a grand jury in every county, and a supreme court. He urged central supervision to coordinate peace officers and prosecuting attorneys, and ease of enforcing laws through a governor led reform plan.
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Des Moines
Byers
Supreme Court
State Department
Department of Justice
Garst
Meredith
Office of Commerce Counsel
Peterson
Va. Law
Cosson
General Byers
Ffuckier
Harding
Senate Committee Clerks Row Sparks Upper House Motion
A brewing dispute over senate committee clerks escalated in the upper chamber after Senator Gillmand moved to withhold swearing in clerks until after the recess. Mills county senator opposed concurrent adjournment rules. debate paused as Senator Peterson moved to wait for the House decision. Saunders spoke against the motion.
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Senate
Gillmand
Mills County
Peterson
House of Representatives
Saunders
Lawmaker Borttiger Pushes Higher County Officer Pay
Representative Henry Boettner of Davenport proposes raises for township officers to $4 per diem from $2. The measure affects township trustees clerks assessors and county officers. Doettger plans further bills to increase maximum pay for officers and clerks as work proceeds.
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Henry
HH. Boettner
Davenport
Bortiger
Mr. Doettger
First Bill Introduced in Thirty Third General Assembly
Representative Ellis of Jackson introduces Spring House File No 1 to appropriate 1500 dollars to move former Governor Ansel Briggs remains from Omaha to Andrew County. A monument is to be erected. Briggs, first state governor 1846 to 1850, is buried in Omaha. Previous bill failed to emerge from committee.
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Ellis
Jackson
Spring House
Thirty Third General Assembly
Ansel Briggs
Omaha
Andrew
Jackson County
Briggs
Feely Pushes Testimony Measure on Iowa Officers
Speaker Guy Feely seeks to compel officers and agents to testify about the real inside history of corporations when summoned before grand juries or in court. The bill, prepared after his elevation to speakership, would require state reimbursement for expenses and includes provisions for testimony during investigations.
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Guy Feely
Iowa
Feely
Stata
Iowa Senate Committee Chairmen List Reveals Broad Range of Appointments
A roster of senate committee chairmen includes Smith of Mitchell for Ways and Means, Dowel of Polk for Judiciary, Maytag on railroads, Saunders on agriculture, Bruce for schools, Allen of Pocahontas on public health, Clark on cities and towns, Gilliland on banks, Stuckslager on insurance, Whipple on tele graphs, Mattes on corporations, Sammis on suppression of intemperance, Cosson on labor, Hunter on highways, Nichols on elections, Peterson on libraries, Savage on charitable Institutions, Smith of Des Moines on printing, Larrabee on mines, Fitzpatrick on constitutional amendments, Burgess on districts, Van Law on senatorial and representative districts, Bennett on military, Brown on compensation public officers, Sevly on pharmacy, McCullogh on commerce and retail trade, Gates on penitentiaries, Allen of Van Raven on public builders, Pridden on horticulture, Taylor on fish and game, Francis on rules, Balkemas on public lands, Wilson on engrossed bills, McMannus on enrolled bills, Adama.
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Senate
Ways and Means
Smith
Mitchell
Dowel
Polk
Maytag
Saunders
Bruce
Allen
Pocahontas
Clark
Gilliland
Stuckslager
Whipple
Sammis
Cosson
Hunter
Nichols
Peterson
Savage
Des Moines
Larrabee
Fitzpatrick
Burgess
van Law
Bennett
Brown
Sevly
McCullogh
Gates
van Raven
Pridden
Taylor
Francis
Balkemas
Wilson
McMannus
Adama
Birth reporting law faces fines and jail under proposed act
A proposed measure drafted by Dr. Louis J. Thomas would require registrars to record births with a 50 cent filing fee. Failure to report could bring fines from ten to two hundred dollars, sixty days in jail, or both, aimed at improving timely vital statistics.
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Dstrict
County Registrar of Births
Uulity-third General Assembly
Papa
Mimo
Louis J. Thomas
State Board of Health
Thomas
Carroll Announces Aides To Governor Office
Announcements list the aides connected with Governor Carroll including private secretary C Nye of Des Moines pardon clerk Anna D Cunning of Des Moines requisition clerk H Wood of Sioux City general Clark C M Snyder of Mount Pleasant stenographer Winifred P Dobson of Des Moines and messenger Thomas T Tell of Sioux City
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Carroll
Des Moines
Anna D. Cunning
H. Wood
Sioux City
Clark
C. M. Snyder
Mount Pleasant
Winifred P. Dobson
Des Moles
Thomas “7
Tell
State Normal School Trustees Up For Reappointment
The legislature faces the selection of Cedar Falls State Normal school trustees as Edward Griffin of Iowa City and Y. F. Osborne of Rippey seek reappointment. The terms of Griffin and Osborne expire, with both aiming to return to the board. Further names appear garbled in the record.
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State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Edward Griffin
Iowa City
Y. F. Osborne
Rippey
Mayen Ae Sree
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised in Testimonials
Camden New Jersey and Gardiner Maine readers report relief from female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials say headaches back pain weakness and nervous exhaustion improved and some avoiding surgery.
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W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Avenue
Camden
N. J
Teacher's Orders from Judge Story
A boy bursts in from school and asks his mother to warm his jacket behind the stove. The boy explains the jacket is not wet but the teacher sent him home with the instruction. The judge accounts the scene as a humorous domestic vignette showing school and family dynamics.
Wagner Confounds Critics in London Visit 1855
During Wagner's London visit in 1855 the critics panned his Bach style show at the first concert despite Beethoven’s symphony absent use. For the second performance he used a partition on his desk and consulted it, while the critics noted marked improvement though the score remained Rossini's Barbier de Seville.
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Wagner
London
Rossini
Mice on the Pillow Spook Woman in Sleep Vigil
A woman recounts a fear of mice invading her pillow at night after finishing a biscuit, hearing scampering in the dark and waking to find mice in her hair trying to reach crumbs. She admits shouting, switching on the gas, and staying awake the rest of the night.
He Wouldn't Sell His Estate After Reading Description
A country estate owner considers selling but, after an estate agent details the property, declares he has found the place he’s always sought. He decides not to sell, realizing the description reveals his long sought match.
Mother-in-law helps woman with Postum health relief
A Ta resident credits Postum with curing stomach issues and indigestion after coffee caused headaches. She adopted Postum on her mother-in-law's advice and notes her complexion improved and headaches disappeared. Her grandmother also bene fited, traveling again after years of illness.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle
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