Hope for Apple Growers Boosts Codling Moth Control
Delaware Experiment Station reports Disparene spray after blossoms fall kills codling moth larvae and canker worm. Endorsed by New Jersey and Missouri Valley seed firms, the insecticide promises larger, better quality apple crops in the Midwest this year.
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United States
Delaware Experiment Station
Sanderson
Delaware
Paris Green
J. B. Smith
New Jersey Experiment Station
Bowker
Boston
Cincinnati
Missouri Valley Seed Company
St. Joseph
Middle West
Sin as Greater Wrong Than Harm to Others
A philosophical note asserts that sin harms the sinner more than any other, implying inner guilt and moral consequence outweigh external impact. It emphasizes personal accountability and the deep, self-inflicted nature of wrongdoing.
Ball Blue and Detlunece Starch Ad Fragments
An OCR fragment with dated advertising lines mentions Ball Blue powder at five cents, Detlunece Starch for whitening clothes, and assorted quotes from Dryden Carlyle and others. The readable items include product pitches and moral maxims, lacking cohesive news content.
Bishop of London faces question from curious audience
Tales recount the bishop of London asking a child to pose a question. A boy asks why angels walked Jacob's ladder with wings, and the bishop retreats with a humorous line about who would answer, describing a humiliating escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. Ingram
No Female Angels Declared by Long Island Minister
A Long Island minister declares there are no female angels in heaven. He does not cite sources and says most people imagine angels as white robed females with wings, but he asserts the absence of female angels. The remark sparked debate among listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Growing Girls Benefit Told By West Pembroke Mother
Mrs. A. L. Smith says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her thirteen year old daughter’s recurring Crazy Spells once taken with yellowing of eyes and poor appetite. After a dozen boxes the spells ceased, with continued occasional use. She urges other mothers to follow the remedy for healthier daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Pembroke
A. L. Smith
Dodd
Mrs Smith
Man Afraid of Burning Up His Wick Darkens World Hope
A pithy proverb-like line portrays a man fearing self-destruction and diminishing his influence, suggesting caution in risking one’s energy and brightness to avoid ruin.
Congress Plans Actions in Both Houses This Week
Both chambers will pursue a busy agenda this week with anticipated votes and committee activity. Leaders outlined bills touching economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic issues, aiming to advance priority legislation before a congressional recess.
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Houses OF
Congress
Knotty Questions to Decide House and Senate Bills
Washington report outlines this week in Congress with the House focusing on post office, military academy and sundry civil appropriation bills and the Senate dedicating time to District of Columbia, Indian and pension measures. Debates over rural free delivery salaries railway mail subsidies and service may stretch the post office bill. the Senate agenda includes possible action on Senator Fairbanks' department building proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Military Academy
House
Representative Thompson
Alabama
McCall
Senate
District of Columbia
Fairbanks
Chinese Armies Threaten Russia in Far East
Paris ledgers report 40000 Chinese troops trained by Germans and Japanese poised to strike Russia. Berlin and Tokyo dispatches note German and Japanese instructors amid plans for operations by June. Port Arthur torpedo destroyer Skerl destroyed by submarine mine as 495 officers head to the front.
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Paris
Figaro
Berlin
Manchuria
Far East
Russia
Germany
Toklo
Petit Parisienne
Port Arthur
Mikado
President's Gifts Arrive From Abyssinia
A cub lion a hyena and two elephant tusks sent by King Menelik of Abyssinia arrived for the National Zoological Park in Washington. The lion and hyena were sent to the zoo while the tusks went to the White House and will later join the national museum.
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Washington
National Zoological Park
Roosevelt
Menelik
Abyssinia
New York
Zoo
White House
National Museum
No Nursery at the Fair Declared
ST. LOUIS announcement says the World's fair board of lady managers abandoned plans for a model day nursery for visitors' infants. The project faced an estimated cost of about 50 000 dollars and the expenditure was not approved.
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ST. Louis
Lady Managers of the
Seligman Gets Five Years for Insurance Fraud
Max Seligman, described as a clever swindler, was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding the Equitable Life Insurance company of several thousand dollars by false representations in securing notes that the company cashed.
Attempt to Raise British Submarine Boat No. 1 A
Attempts were made without success to raise the British submarine boat No. 1 A, run down by the Berwick Castle Friday afternoon. Damage centered on the conning tower though the hull seems intact. The Berwick Castle arrived undamaged. officers gave no further details.
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Portsmouth
Donald Currie Line
Berwick Castle
Congratulatory Messages Pour In Over Northern Securities Verdict
Messages of congratulations arrive from across the nation to President Roosevelt after the Supreme Court's Northern Securities decision. Roosevelt personally congratulated Attorney General Knox and cabinet members echoed the praise. Knox declined to reveal future plans on prosecutions under the Sherman anti trust act pending full digest of the ruling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Knox
Senate probes pension order and potential increases
The U S Senate adopted a resolution directing the secretary of the interior to report whether a recent order enlarged the pension act of June 27 1890 and its amendments and to specify any annual pension increases once fully operative. The chamber also passed a bill approving Arizona territorial bond funding for an asylum expansion and the incorporation of the American Academy in Rome before adjourning to Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Overman
Secretary of the Interior
House
Territorial
Arizona
Ameican Academy
Rome
MILLARD SEEKS PRESIDENT ON NEBRASKA U S ATTORNEY
Washington reports Senator Millard pressed the president over Williamson S. Summers United States attorney for Nebraska. Summers likely faces removal but will stay until Millard agrees on a successor. Edward Rosewater of Omaha and Senator Dietrich push for change, with no immediate action.
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U. S
Washington
White House
Millard
Williamson S. Summers
United States
Nebraska
Edward Rosewater
Omaha
Dietrich
Summers
Clerk Hire in Post Offices in New Bills
Two bills by Rep Birdsall Iowa authorize the post master general to use surplus revenue to hire clerks in third class offices and to name intersection offices as distributing or separating sites with allowances for clerk hire.
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Washington
Birdsall
Iowa
Drafting Statehood Bill in House Committee
The house territories sub committee tasked to draft statehood bills for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Territory has nearly completed the bill for the first two. Next it will tackle taxation and other issues for admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a state.
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Washington
House Committee On Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Seven unions in Seeleyville vote against strike
In Seeleyville Indiana seven local unions in the vicinity voted against a strike on Tuesday. The majority against striking is estimated at about three to one.
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Seeleyville
Ind
A Lent Sermon Attacks Display and Divorce Trends
Rev Dr McKim of Epiphany church delivered a sermon condemning extravagance and passion for display in national life. He described progressive polygamy among divorcees and urged moral reforms during the Lenten service.
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Washington
McKim
Epiphany Church
Resolutions Urge House Inquiry Into Trusts and Monopolies
Representative Hearst of New York introduces ten clause resolutions for a five member House committee to investigate trusts. The measure cites beef coal and ice trusts raising living costs, steel and shipyard trusts inflating stock, and widespread unemployment from corporate greed, urging enforcement of existing laws and new legislation. It directs a full report to Congress and picks up a demand to enforce current laws meanwhile.
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Washington, D. C
Hearst
New York
Beef Trust
Coal Trust
Ice Trust
Ufe
Shipyards
Steel Trust
House
Congress
Committee On Rules
Sound view of merger ruling praised by attorney general
The attorney general cites a renowned railroad president saying the decision is sound law and beneficial to legitimate interests and national welfare. He adds the government never claimed broader law than language indicates and clarifies the case focused on the Northern Securities device.
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Washington
United States
House panel trims Lewis and Clark exposition funds
Washington. The house committee on Industrial arts and exposition reduces the senate bill’s 1.75 million appropriation for the Portland Oregon Lewis and Clark exposition to 200900 for a government exhibit 220000 for government buildings 25000 for Alaska 25000 for Philippines and authorizes minting 250000 souvenir dollars at 2 each with profits to the exhibition company. The full committee will revisit the bill on Saturday.
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Washington
House Committee On Industrial Arts and Exposition
Senate
Portland
Ore
Exhibition Company
Miners vote on scale in Indianapolis election
Tellers completed canvassing the miners' vote in Indianapolis. Total ballots 165,887 with 98,514 in favor of accepting the scale and 67,373 against it or in favor of a strike. Majority against a strike stood at 31,141. Secretary Wilson said a joint subscale committee meeting in Indianapolis next Monday would likely sign the scale for two years and arrange a joint convention two years hence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
The
United Mine Workers
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
A historical ad declares catarrh a constitutional disease and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from FJ Chaney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only internal cure, claiming to reach blood and mucous surfaces and offering a $1000 refund if not cured. Also mentions Wally Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
FJ Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Population span of US and Canada over four decades
The United States has maintained a population about twelve times that of Canada for forty years, and the divorce total in the United States over that period exceeds Canada’s by a factor of ten thousand.
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United States
Canada
Wabash Mailroad Special Rates To Winter South Resorts
The Wabash Mailroad offers daily sale rates to South Winter resorts with half fare round trip plus 2.00 on the first and third Tuesdays monthly. Features a dedicated station at the World's Fair grounds and through routes from Omaha Kansas City Des Moines St. Louis to Toledo Detroit Niagara Falls Buffalo. For details contact Harry Be MooreS G A P D Omaha Neb.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Des Moines
St. Louis
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Moon-Faced Bridegroom Rhyme In a Witty Verse
A witty exchange between poet and friend about a beloved appears in a playful dialogue. The poet ponders moonlike beauty while the friend responds with sly, purring remarks about looks and rhyme. Judge comments on the clever wordplay.
Insurance Growth and Miscellaneous Quips From South Omaha
The note extols the State Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co of South Omaha with growth figures from 1896 to 1901 and beyond. It urges readers to join, listing secretary B R Stouffer in South Omaha. Also contains proverbs and ad style lines on starch and domestic life with a satirical edge.
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State Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company of
South Omaha
B. R. Stouffer
Nebr
Salzer Seed Co promotes high 1904 farm yields in 1904 ad
Salzer Seed Co boasts 1903 corn and oat yields across states, touts beardless barley and many crops per acre, and urges farmers to mail 10 cents and stamps for a full seed catalog. The push claims dramatic productivity and a farm catalog pitch ends with a Patmore quote.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
Farmer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Defiance Starch Co Offers 25 Exposition Trips
The Defiance Starch Co offers twenty five round trip tickets to the St. Louis Exposition to five winners in each of Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten cent 16 ounce Defiance starch package before September 1 1904. Tickets mailed September 5 by registered mail. Starch sold by dealers. The quote ends with a Latin motto.
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Defiance Starch Co
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Omaha
Nebr
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Third Ave
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Minneapolis Study Club
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Carlyle
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