President's Message Summarized From A Historic Speech
A lengthy excerpted synopsis of a presidential address urges Congress to pass campaign reform, enforce criminal penalties, regulate trusts, limit labor injunctions, and expand government oversight of railroads. It covers tax policy, education, agriculture, shipping, immigration, and U.S. role in Cuba and international affairs, stressing peace through justice and strong armed forces.
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Cuba
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Rio de Janeiro
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North Dakota Notes Mixed With Local Updates
A mosaic of small items across North Dakota reports events from Measles closures in Mandan and a diphtheria halt near Lisbon to new skating rinks at Cavalier and repairs planned for the Leeds venue. Rail service improvements, courthouse talk, and civic concerns fill pages alongside floods of rural issues, crime calendars, school delays, and weather impacts.
Grand jury to probe New York pool room gambling case
December grand jury to be sworn today will be asked by District Attorney Jerome to conduct a full investigation of the gambling situation in New York City as it relates to pool rooms. Grain shipments via the Erie canal show a sharp rise. total season output reaches 26,002.64 bushels against 13,623,945 last year.
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Missouri River Produce Company
Bramarck
Northwest
New York
Jerome
Butalo
Erie Canal
Dushelé, Ag
Pope's Doctor Sick in Rome as Fever Grows
Rome December 4. Dr Lappons physician to Pope Shagope is gravely ill with fever and signs of blood poisoning developing.
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Rome
Lappons
Sha Gope
Earthquake in Sicily reported near Muazzo
London December 4 a severe earthquake was reported to have struck Muazzo on the north coast of Belize yesterday no deaths reported yet relief efforts or damage details pending confirmation from local authorities
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Sicily
London
Muazzo
Blelly
Guilty verdict in Murphy forgery case at Fargo
After a forty eight hour trial Maj. John B Murphy was found guilty of forging a tax receipt in ward county. Judge Lander scheduled a motion for a new trial and Judge Pollock set January 8 for arguments. If denied , sentencing and appeal to the supreme court are planned with aims for March term review.
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John 8
Murphy
Fargo
Lander
Pollock
Walt
Supreme Court
Maj. Murphy
Lauder 15
District Court
Supreme Curt
Ward County
May
North Dakota
McGee
William Crowder
Harry Hardy
Willem Crowder
Hoss
Great Northern Bailroad Co
North Dakota Grain Shortage Ties Up Rail Cars
Fargo bankers and machinery dealers press for immediate relief as a car shortage halts North Dakota farmers. F. O. Hellstrom claims railroads bluff to limit grain haul until Great Lakes navigation ends. An 1906 state survey shows 39 percent of wheat in farmers hands, 23 percent under elevator control, 38 percent shipped, with signs of slight improvement as more cars become available.
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North Dakota
F. O. Hellstrom
Northwest Thresher Co
Fargo
Hellstrom
Great Lakes
Marshall
Post- Uelans
B. J. Welser
First National Bank of Fargo
Welser
Weiser
Fuel Famine at Fargo Drives Shortage of Coal and Cars
Fargo faces fuel famine as coal dealers report dwindling supplies and slow shipments. Cars are scarce due to road problems and lack of motive power. Empty cars sit in yards, hindering coal and grain deliveries and threatening severe cold impact.
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Fargo
Wend Froin East
Seek Assessment Reform Aimed at Real Value Taxation
G E Wallace of Wahpeton leads a push for state wide real value assessment of property including farms and cities. Current method taxes at one fifth to one fourth of value, disadvantaging cities who issue bonds. Legislation likely to propose changes to equalization. Page Baptists plan a new church to replace the fire damaged building, similar in size and cost.
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G. E. Wallace
Wahpeton
State Association of Commercial Clubs
Baptists
Page
Reward for Poll Missing After Rumor of Murder Near Granville
A $500 reward is offered for information on Rudolph Polly Poll a Granville area farmer who vanished after rumors he murdered August Genetzky. Poll left for Minnesota four years ago leaving property in a neighbor’s care. he failed to appear for a hearing and remains missing. People in Sargent County discuss protecting valuable records amid a vote on a courthouse.
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North Dakota
August Genetzky
Granville
Rudolph Polly Poll
Denetsiky
Minnesota
Judge Webber Hangs Self in Barn Disaster
New Ulm Minn Dec 6 Judge B I Webber committed suicide by hanging in the hayloft of his barn shortly after 9 am found by Chief Adolph Klause. Despondency over his wife’s paralytic illness and fear of poverty after resigning as judge drove the act. he was 74, a Maine native who served nearly 24 years as judge of the Ninth Judicial District.
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Minn
B. i&, Webber
Adolph Klause
Mfe
Webber
Maine
Minnesota
Andy Is No Bum Steer at Chicago Stock Show
Minnesota Farm School exhibit wing at the Chicago International live stock show saw yearling Andy from the state farm school win the champion yearling and reserve grand championships. Defender, a Hereford steered owned by F A Naye of Attica Indiana, took the grand championship.
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Minnesota Farm School
St. Paul
Minnesota
Andy
State Farm School
F. A. Naye
Attica
Ind
Rate Hearing Closes on Minnesota Commodity Rates
After six days of hearings the railroad and warehouse commission ended the investigation into Minnesota commodity rates. Witnesses said current rates are low, with some as low as in Iowa, while operating expenses remain higher here than in other states. Bliss Ida Strucke died from kerosene fire injuries at Lester Prairie home. Roy Peterson, a La Crosse semi pro ball player, was crushed in an explosion near Mexico, Wisconsin. he will survive but cannot play baseball again.
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Congress
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Henyn
Lobe
Bestia Yashion
Falas
Aira
Panama
United States
Nave
Ceringeo Aar
Standing Rock Agency
Gillette
State Historical Society
Medicine Society
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Dec
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Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Towa
Hutchinson, Minn
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Burne
Lester Prarie
la Crosse
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Roy Peterson
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Mexico
Dog Causes Hunter’s Death in Baraboo Wisconsin
Dan and Dog Killed, Baraboo Wis Dec 6 Dr E H Kreutaman of Lavalle was accidentally killed while hunting. The gun stood against a tree and was knocked over by a dog, killing the man.
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Baraboo
Wis
E H. Kreutaman
Lavalle
Beaat
Child Burned to Death in Barron House
In Barron Wisconsin on December 6 a one year old child of John Rhodes died from fatal burns while the mother was momentarily away from the home. The cause of the clothing fire is not determined.
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Barron, Wis
John Rhodes
Out of Season Toy Tree Leaves Questioning Family Dialogue
Fragmentary dialogue shows a child asking why leaves on a toy tree are wrong and a mother asking for reason. Sister Jean cites Causet's winter in Milwaukee Ben as justification, reflecting erratic transcription.
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Memzya
Jean
Mamma
Milwaukee
Ben
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