Odd Fellows plan hall and holiday hopes in Idaho
The Shoshone Journal reports varied Idaho items including a hall for the Odd Fellows at Holler, funds pledged for Fourth of July programs, a vaudeville theatre in Nampa, and the Soldier touring millie overhaul ready by harvest. It notes encampment plans for the A T L and WR at Payette, rural file 2 in Rigby, a sugar factory accident in Nampa, a high school vote, and irrigation congress attendance. The state penitentiary population rises, land board changes, Pythian week in Boise, cattle market talk, and park donation near Nampa. Plans for an Idaho regiment encampment, Minidoka project delays, and Portland Chamber turnout for irrigation congress are also covered. A caller reports on the Penitentiary cell installation and an unidentified body found in an irrigation canal near Parker. Stream reports from Minidoka show 22,900 second feet discharge with no pond fall.
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Payette
Elmer Rowe
Nampa
Fairbanks
Cwinn
National Irrigation Congress
Bome
Charles
McConnel
State Land Board
MS Church of Caldwell
Pythian
Boise
Grand Judge Knights of Pytitas
Rathbone Sisters
Capitol City
George Ferrall
Snake River
Howell’ Ferry
Minitoka
Benn
Idaho Regiment
Oregon
Washington State
American Lake
Tacoma
Wash
Ttan
Minidoka
Ieterior
Parker
Koreans Revolt Against Japan In Korea Uprising
A Hongju battle reports heavy insurgent losses and Japanese gate blowing. Rebels numbered over a thousand under Ming Chyonguth, with many prisoners and executions on the city walls. Proclamations threaten Koreans who alter their topknots as unrest spreads across Korea.
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Ming Chyonguth
Tokusan
Hongh
Hijitaka
Ninchagrin
Kongwando
Korea
Beveridge amendment lodges meat inspection bill change
Washington reports the House adopting a substitute for the Beveridge amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. It removes objectionable farmer amendments and aligns the measure with the president’s wishes. Debate time was curtailed as Wadsworth aims to move the bill to conference with conferees Scott of Kansas and Lamb of Virginia.
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Washington
House
Beveridge
Wadsworth
Committee On Agriculture
Scott
Kansas
Lamb
Virginia
Crime in Caucasus Surges Despite Police Efforts
In the Caucasus region lawlessness grows with murder and robbery unchecked. A noon assault on a city street saw armed criminals board a tramcar and rob passengers, taking purses and jewelry, while police make no arrests. Tensions rise between Armenians and Tatars amid unrest.
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Tiflx
Caucasia
Caucasus
Ae City
Tuentay
Aear
Tastars
Kean Sentenced to Twenty Years for Kidnapping
Philadelphia report states Joseph Kean was sentenced to twenty years in Eastern Penitentiary for abducting Hate Freddie Muth. Kean, a father of three with no means, will likely split his family as Mrs. Kean contemplates moving to New York to start anew after the disgrace.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Kean
Freddie Muth
Kean Teaves
Kean
New York
Revolution in Russia Now Seems Certain
St Petersburg and Moscow bourses collapse as Social Democrats push armed uprising. Moscow streets see daily demonstrations for a general strike, with proletariat leaders pressing conflict. Rural guards side with peasants. army propaganda grows. Jews massacred at Bialystok. Authorities blamed for provocative telegrams fueling mob hatred.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Social Democrats
Social Revoluioniats
Bialystok
Russia
President presses for thorough meat packing house inspections
President Roosevelt demands a rigid and round the clock inspection regime for meat packing houses. He argues the House substitute remains inadequate and seeks changes agreed with Wisconsin's Representative Adams to push a thorough, not shameful, inspection, aligning with the Beveridge amendment aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Wadsworth
Committee On Agriculture
Wadsworth
Wailaworth
Adams
Wisconsin
Agricultural Committee
Adame
House Committee
Statehood bill yields calm in Phoenix mood
In Phoenix the signing of the statehood bill causes no excitement. People feel relief that suspense ends and conditions are clear. The section signals a general belief that joint statehood will be decisively defeated at the November election.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Respite on Hang Deadline Sought for Condemned Woman
The Missouri supreme court overturns for a new hearing in Mrs Aggie Miers case. She is condemned to die on June 29 for her husband’s murder in Kansas City two years ago. Governor Polk mulls a 30 or 60 day respite to allow a fact inquiry and potential commute to life imprisonment.
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Jefferson Cy
Supreme Court
Aggie Miers
Kansas City
Polk
Fife
Meat Bill Agreed Upon In White House Talks
Washington reports a near complete meat inspection bill agreed by President Roosevelt and the House Agriculture Committee. The measure authorizes a 3 million dollar annual appropriation, drops the court review and civil service waivers, and omits a packing label date. It shifts inspector access to plants and realigns provisions per the president’s guidance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee On Agriculture
White House
Cannon
Cowan
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Beveridge
Different Kinds of Friends Question by Senator Sorg
A Washington Star quote notes Senator Sorg humorously rejects a view that a politician should have many friends. He adds it depends on whether friends seek to help or want favors in return.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Chicago meat under ban in house questions
In London and Ottawa reports, the house of commons questions War Secretary Haldane about Chicago canned meat supplied to British troops in the South Africa war and the attribution of enteric deaths to ptomaine poisoning. The secretary says over half of canned meat came from the United States but cannot confirm Chicago as the supplier. A kitchen committee inquiry follows about a box marked Armour’s found in the commons dining room and whether any house food originates from Chicago.
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London
Chicago
House of Commons
Hicks-Beach
Exchequer
Haldane
South Africa
United States
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jacoby
Cloudburst in Bohemia devastates Selean area
A catastrophic cloudburst in Prague’s Selean Smychow Konopiseht region swept away dams bridges and roads. Sixty houses demolished fields flooded and crops destroyed. Seven people are reported missing with extensive livestock losses.
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Prague
Botenta
Selean
Smychow Konopiseht
Suzava River
Precious Stones Output in 1905 United States
Washington report on the production and importation of precious stones in 1906 notes total coal stone value reached $826,250 in 1905. Sapphire mine output contributed about $125,000, followed by a $65,000 yield from the urcunbee watpak as the next highest value.
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Washington
United States
Woman Claims Hypnotism By Murder Suspect In Husband’s Death
Mrs. Arilla Scheck, charged with murdering her husband Joel Scheck along with Ernest G. Stackpole, tells prosecutors she was hypnotized by Stackpole and unaware of the tragedy. She says she woke up to a horrific event and would not have consented to her husband’s death.
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Los Angeles
Arilla Scheck
Ernest G. Stackpole
Joel Scheck
Stackpole
Bad Effect of Athletics Victim Speaks On Training
A Philadelphia Ledger report quotes a hospital doctor calling athletics responsible for an unnamed man's condition. The doctor notes the man did not train, while another person involved did, suggesting overexertion as a factor in the ill effect.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Spiteful Marriages and Divorces Reported in Daily News
A pithy Chicago Daily News quip notes that a woman married to spite one girl and later divorced to let him wed the rival, illustrating petty motives in dramatic unions. The saying about seeing a mill conveys ironic wisdom on appearances versus truth.
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Chicago Daily News
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as stomach aid and blood builder
A mining man from Oneals Sea Third Regular Infantry describes debilitating stomach trouble and sick headaches. After trying many medicines he was cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills, claiming they made new blood and restored his nerves, with sales offered nationwide.
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Williams
A. ©. Merrill
Oneals
Aea Sea
Dr. Williams
I. Willian
Atx
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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