Washington Letter: End of Fifty-seventh Congress March 1907
Washington notes describe the Senate organizing a special session after adjournment, partisan filibusters on statehood and tariff bills, and a late-night House push on appropriation measures. The Capitol hosted a reception for leaders, oath ceremonies for seventeen re-elected and ten new senators, and floral tributes to Gorman and Hopkins amid restored camaraderie.
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Aldrich Financial
Representative Butler
Missouri
Wagoner
House
Washington
Gorman
Maryland
Hopkins
Illinois
Enator Gorman
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Foraker
Hanns
Newlands
Stewart
Senator Long
Senator Barton
Golden Rule Bargain Store Opens in Silver Lake
Notice announces the relocation of a large stock including dry goods groceries boots and shoes queensware nations and general merchandise to the Henry Paulus building in Silver Lake. The owners invite all to visit and promise low prices and complete departments.
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Silver Lake
Henry Paulus
W. A. Swart
Senate Leaders Face Divisions Over Panama Treaty
A congressional diary notes Senator Morgan will not filibuster on the Panama Canal treaty but opposes it as written. Senator Gorman becomes Democratic leader and vows a proactive policy with Senator Stone, though both seek the presidential nomination. The immigration bill raises questions about jurisdiction for insular possessions. Moody praises naval appropriations adding ships to the fleet. Capitol liquor sales ban passes, while a Capitol expansion plan is replaced by a large model display. Indiana G A R encampment at Anderson set for May 12–14 with lavish decorations and living flag parade planned.
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Morgan
Gorman
Jones
Arkansas
Stone
Missouri
National Capitol
House
Senate
Capitol
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Anderson
Ateam
Thomas Stewart
W. T. Dorbin
Indiana
Bargain Offer Promises from Local Advertiser
Fragmentary ad copy describes a local advertiser who claims to offer bargains and urges readers to respond. The text is incomplete and provides no clear names, dates, or locations to specify a full summary.
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Advertiser
Remarkable case of cough cure restores health
Mrs Gertrude E Fenner of Marion Indiana suffered a cold deep seated on the lunge causing pneumonia and weight loss from 148 to 92 pounds before using One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles cured the cough and restored her health and strength.
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Gertrude E Fenner
Marion Ind
Couger
Sunday Excursion Rates on Nickel Plate Railroad
Nickel Plate Railroad Company announces Sunday excursion tickets at one fare round trip on all trains leaving stations after 1 p.m. Saturdays. No rate below 25 cents. Children five to twelve pay half the adult fare. Children under five ride free.
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Nickel Plate Railroad Company
New Postal Card Design Replacement Announced by Postoffice
Postoffice officials announce the old return postal card will be replaced by a new and elaborate design. The old card has outlived its usefulness and will be phased out as the updated card is issued.
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Postoffice
Advertiser Keeps Address Open After Busy Season
A prudent merchant ends his ad campaign at year end yet maintains public visibility. He notes brisk post holiday purchase momentum and expects continued patronage despite stepping back from advertising.
Assessing Begins April 1 under new law changes
Auditor Sherrick reports county assessors informed that House Bill 130 passed with emergency clause removed. The assessment of property starts April 1 this year under current law. The measure allows March 1 to May 1 as window. grants county assessor fifteen extra days and board of review ten extra days to complete duties.
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Board of Review
Ortiz Widow Wins $6000 in Big Four Suit at Grant
Found for the Plaintiff in a suit brought by Mrs. John Ortiz against the Big Four railroad in Grant county. A jury returned a verdict of 6000 after an all night deliberation. Interrogatories were submitted with the verdict. attorney O S Cowgill will move for a new trial claiming improper answers. Ortiz was killed at an open switch near Alexandria on former southbound passenger No. 23.
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Big Four
John Ortiz
Grant County
Cowgill
Ortiz
Alexandria
Wabash Times-Star
Senators Push Protections for Reporters and Informants
Lawmakers in both chambers have introduced bills to shield reporters and their informants from being compelled to reveal sources. A second provision makes it a misdemeanor to provide false information to newspaper staff and to present it as true, with fines from 10 to 500 dollars.
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Senate
House
Grand Jury
Methodist ministers debate divorce remarriage policy
At a meeting in Indianapolis Ray EB Sotell presiding elder of Crawfordsville district read a paper on The position of the church concerning marriage that stirred strong reaction. The discussion focused on whether divorced individuals could be remarried by Methodist ministers in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ray
A. Sotell
Crawfordavilis
Parable on a small seed and the spread of evil
A religious parable criticizes tobacco use as a tiny seed that grows into a great plant corrupting society. It describes chewing and snuffing leading to sickness, weakness, and social decay, while merchants profit. Saints and the poor suffer as many refuse to quit and cling to the habit.
Advantages of being fifty from The Woman of Fifty
Extract from The Woman of Fifty in the March Cosmopolitan asserts fifty plus women dominate social life with tact, diplomacy, judgment, and organization. It describes professional women at their zenith refining talents, drawing on life experience to influence future social dynamics.
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Madame la Resources
Wakeful Child At Harrisburg Stirs Family Concern
The two year old child of Mr P Ge McPherson of 59 New Tenth Street Harrisburg Pa has been sleeping only two or three hours in the early part of the night prompting concern from parents and local observers.
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Ge ‘McPherson
New Tenth
St. Harrisburg
National Guard enlistment and local notices in Indiana
Reports from Indiana items include a man joining the National Guard and William Jennings Bryan lecturing in Valparaiso on The Conquering Nation. Indictments against eighteen Terre Haute saloon keepers for selling liquor without a license. Planned electric road work between Warsaw and Winona Park. A Ross Losh, 11, died from lockjaw related to vaccination. Anti Saloon League efforts in Green Castle state a county wide crusade against saloons. Typhoid fever rages in Peru with over one hundred cases linked to Wa Bash river water.
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Terre Haute
Anti-Saloon League of Green
iIt
Ressdville
Peru
Wabash River
Farm hand attacked by Rhode Island farmer deemed self defense
A Rhode Island farmer struck his Black farm hand in what was described as justifiable self defense. In the South such incidents are framed as racial issues due to larger Black populations.
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Rhode Island
South
Publisher George Cook Wins Suit at Vincennes
A case ended at Vincennes last week in favor of George Cook former Capital publisher. He sued Henry Mooney for 50 cents of subscription and obtained judgment while Mooney paid 15 dollars in coats.
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Vincennes
George Cook
the Capital
Henry Mooney
Mooney
Vanderbilt Loses Patent Interference Appeal
An adverse decision in an art interference proceeding at the Patent Office upheld against Cornelius Vanderbilt. A. Snow & Co. report that Vanderbilt sought to broaden claims after interference was declared but was not allowed. They note wealth and influence do not affect Patent Office rulings and there is no fair court.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Patent Office
A. Snow & Co
Washington
Vanderbuilt
Myron H Downing Promoted in Fort Wayne Sales Career
Fort Wayne promoter Myron H Downing, a veteran traveling salesman for the Fox Biscuit Company, is receiving a promotion as part of the company’s nationwide sales push. The move includes a salary advance and recognition of his long service on the road for the biscuit brand.
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Myron H. Downing
Fort Wayne
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