Rush of Water Engulfs Town in Arizona Disaster
A San Francisco River flood in Bishee Arizona wrecked frame buildings and destroyed the business district. From seven to twenty people were reported dead or missing, with Mrs Josep Thewin among the confirmed victims after a house collapse. A saloon, a small restaurant, and several homes were washed away with multiple families feared lost in the torrent.
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Bishee
Ariz
Clifton
Artz
San Francisco
Chase Creek
Ife
Josep Thewin
President Roosevelt’s Message Dominates Senate Session
Roosevelt’s annual message to congress occupies two and a half hours of Senate debate. The session includes a Japan situation resolution by Senator Rayner of Maryland and memorial resolutions for deceased House members. In the House, the message read for two hours and twenty five minutes as members and galleries follow closely. Speaker Cannon names Robert G. Cousins to chair Foreign Affairs and Frank O. Lowden to join the committee after the death of Robert R. Hitt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Rayner
Maryland
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Robert G. Cousins
Iowa
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Robert R. Hitt
Mlinois
Frank O. Lowden
Hitt
Army chief warns of lacking water transport in emergencies
Washington report notes Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry states the government lacks water transportation facilities for rapid troop moves in crises. He cites the Cuba pacification force and the San Francisco disaster as examples of how a small Atlantic reserve fleet could speed operations and praises the army's adaptability under novel conditions.
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Washington
Thomas H. Barry
Army of Pacification
Cuba
Atlantic
Barry
San Francisco
Francis found guilty of murder in first degree in 1905 case
Kansas City switchman Kansas City Austin Francis was found guilty of murder in the first degree in 1905 after a trial for the murder of his sweetheart Winona Newton aged 18. Her body weighed down with a heavy stone was found in a dry creek on the southern outskirts. The Missouri Supreme Court reversed the verdict and freed Francis who was 21.
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Kansas City
Austin Francis
Winona Newton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Francis
Oklahoma delegate seeks church state separation in constitution
A Guthrie delegate proposes a resolution at the constitutional convention urging the draft of a law protecting church state individuality. The plan mirrors four Seventh Day Adventist memorials signed by 5,000 voters, requesting no constitutional reference to any city or public worship.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Pric Aly
Siames
Chesebrough Meg. CO
State Street
New York City
Boy's Head One Solid Sore Cured by Cuticura
Avard Oklahoma store owner A C Barnett shares a grateful letter detailing his son’s severe scalp eczema. After three months with a physician and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent plus Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the condition cleared, hair regrew, and no recurrence followed. The family endorses Cuticura as effective for eczema. March 30, 1905.
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A. C. Barnett
Atlantic City Mayor Describes Cosmopolitan Visitors
Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City praises the resort as a melting pot with many nationalities. He recalls a Pasteur Institute physician treating an Indian chief named War Eagle who fears hydrophobia after a suspected bite. War Eagle quips about a black poodle in ragout last Friday.
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Stoy
Atlantic City
Pasteur Institute
War Eagle
Wrong Method of Teaching and Chauffeur Rules
Consul Paul Nash laments that many educated Americans in Venice cannot speak a second language despite years of study. He blames traditional Latin and Greek teaching methods for this failure. France imposes new driving license rules requiring technical knowledge and fitness tests to prevent accidents.
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Paul Nash
Venice
France
New Years Calls and Postum Drink Promotion
A nostalgic look at New Year visits from twenty five years ago contrasts with current alcohol use. The piece praises Postum as a wholesome beverage replacing coffee or spirits, citing a Staten Island doctor and his daughter who promote it to guests and patients, with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Staten Island
Natives Steal Sheep Claimed At Orange River Colony
A Winburg farmer alleges that in his district alone 24,000 sheep are stolen yearly and estimates total theft across the Orange River Colony at 100,000 annually. The report notes widespread loss and points to native depredations as the main cause of heavy livestock theft in the region.
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Winburg
Orange River Colony
Empress of Japan Widely Loved for Education Support
The Empress of Japan is highly beloved for backing women’s education. She funds schools and universities from her private purse and supported wounded soldiers by personally visiting hospitals during the Russo Japanese War. Her sterilized bandages, reused for healing, intrigued medical researchers due to their impact on recuperation.
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Japan
Russia
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