Washington Notes Chronicle Mixed Global Events
New pure food law enforces accurate labeling as DOJ prepares for enforcement. Promotions and appointments include Maj Gen William Duvall. Bonaparte and Purdy discuss Standard Oil cases. A jeweled sword is given to Roosevelt. warship wireless record set near Savannah. various deaths and international incidents reported from Europe to the Americas.
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Washington
Department of Justice
William ¥. Duvall
William McCaskey
Department of the Dakot
Bonaparte
Purdy
Roosevelt
Ambassador Aoke
Tanlemon Werehyama
Jujih
United States
Shout Slogan of Deep Waterways
Milnois Supreme Court rules on primary election unconstitutionality. J M Barr resigns as director general of Jamestown Exposition. Eighteenth United States infantry sails from Fort Leavenworth for the Philippines on a three year station. Minneapolis investors seek to form a 1.8 million dollar mining company in Cook City Montana. Mr and Mrs William Jennings Bryan celebrate twenty third anniversary in Lincoln with Farmers club dinner. Marquette dairymen raise milk price from 8 to 10 cents a quart due to grain and hay costs and possible trust. A painting of J Pierpont Morgan seized by New York customs sold for 35 dollars to T J Wallace who will hang it in his saloon beside a stuffed monkey. Negro voters barred from Louisville Democratic governor primary. party cites primary law intent. Rev John Royer of Switzerland County Indiana tried by nineteen Methodist committee for kissing a member of his congregation and suspended for one year.
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Supreme Court of Milnois
J. M. Barr
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Philippines
Minneapolis
Cook City
Montana
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Farmers’ Club
Marquette
Mich
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
T. J. Wallace
Louifsville
Democratic State Central Committee
John Royer
Switzerland County
Ind
Roosevelt Pushes Mississippi River Deepening At Memphis
President Roosevelt addressed the Deep Water Ways convention in Memphis praising Confederate veterans and declaring he favors rapid Mississippi River improvement. He invoked Crockett's motto be sure you are right then go ahead and noted the need for a reliable deep water channel from the Gulf to the lakes before departing for Providence Louisiana.
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Gulf
Lakes
Davy Crockett
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Providence
Ambassador Tower to Quit as Berlin Ambassador
Ambassador Tower asked President Roosevelt to allow retirement from the diplomatic service next spring. He has served in Europe nearly eleven years and wishes to return to the United States to attend to home life and his financial, mining, and railroad interests. He and Mrs. Tower with two daughters will likely stay in Baden Baden until they return to the U.S. end of the month. He would leave a long and storied record as a top U.S. diplomat in Europe.
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Ambassador Tower
Roosevelt
Mr. Tower
Harvard
Tower
Baden Baden
Europe
Plenty of Big Game in Upper Michigan this Fall
Marquette Michigan October 6 Big game hunters expect a plentiful season in upper Michigan. Reports indicate abundant deer and numerous black bears despite wolves causing some damage. Wolves are widespread across the peninsula with Mecominee County noting especially large numbers.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper Michigan
Peninsula
Mejominee
Theegion
Farmlands Granted to Homesteaders Across States
Washington reports about 120000 farms homesteaded in the last year under general land office rules. Total acreage tied to homestead and related laws reached 17853600 acres, suggesting near 120000 farms. Louisiana shows slight acreage gains. Alaska reports none.
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Washington
Sam
General Land Office
Louisiana
Wyoming
We Fizure
Alaska
General Land Offee
United States
North Dakota
South Dakota
SBU
Wisconsin
Oil Crief Listed as Falsehood by Grand Jury Findings
Federal grand jury declared the statement by Mr. Moffett of Stimard Oil unfounded amid a circulating pamphlet alleging Standard Oil’s guilt. The panel noted no evidence supporting claims of widespread shipping practices distinguishing Standard shipments as unique. The case centers on alleged price manipulation and industry practices in the oil sector.
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Mr. Moffett
Chicago
A. Moffett
Stimard Oily
Indiana
Judee Landis
Suandard Oil Company
Landis
Prent Moffett
Whiting
Pullman Hedgwish
South Chicago
Washington society wine dinners spark divorce case
Winfield Scott seeks to end his marriage to Eda Scott in Chicago after accusing her of social excesses in Washington. He describes lavish wine parties and flirtations involving prominent men, including George Hanniford, with depositions filed in superior court. The case, tied to eight years of Washington residence, aims to reveal social circles at the capital.
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Washington
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Winfiel Scott
Winfield Scott
McKewen
Eda Scott
Scott
Federal Bureau of Statistics
George S. Hanniford
Prize Is Deaths Agent. Pennsylvania Boy Aims Revolver Kills Brother
Edward Kauffman, nine, was shot and killed near Nottingham by his older brother Harry who had just won a revolver at the county fair. On meeting him after school the younger boy was held up and the weapon discharged. The incident occurred in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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Armenia
Jojarevats
Servia
Pennsylvania
Oxford
Edward Kauffman
Nottingham
Here
Harry
Edward
Scandinavian North highlights and royal travels in 1906 news
A wide mix of European notes reports the Duke of Orléans planning an elk hint on Vestfeldet, Norwegian and Swedish rail and sugar investments, and donations for public works. It mentions Crowned King Oscar’s 33rd anniversary, Danish and Greek royal movements, and a Danish lobster patrol amid Swedish tensions.
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Vestfeldet
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