Congressional news brief notes key early 20th century actions
The national house committee advances the Livingston resolution for a New York cotton exchange inquiry by the commerce department and labor. Officials condemn Standard Oil. seeds distribution restored in a farm bill. Roosevelt criticized by Senator Rayner. Japan and China topics raised. many deaths and disasters noted including fires, wrecks, and a mine disaster in West Virginia.
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Roosevelt Rides With Bacon Then Accident Slips Result
President Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon rode Sunday near Rock Creek Park. Bacon’s horse bolted, he fell and suffered a badly bruised leg, confining him to home for two days. The two men had previously walked in wet clothes after a prior outing.
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Taft
Buzzing Senate Mystery Solved by Pettus Ear Device
A strange buzzing that unsettled the Senate while presidents messages flowed was traced to Senator Pettus of Alabama. His new ear hearing device, stored under his coat with a battery, created the mysterious sound when the ear piece touched the battery.
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Congressmen survive perilous Panama alligator hunt ordeal
Congressman James McKinney of Illinois and Capt Shanton took part in an alligator hunt on the Isthmus of Panama during Christmas holidays. After a volley killed a dozen resting gators, the pair faced a massive target near their boat and killed it at close range. McKinney declined further hunts while Ambassador Robert McCormick’s career faced oversight and transfer amid a separate wartime flap with President Roosevelt.
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AmNashéor McCormick
Fonda
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Mareh
Gulf coast of Texas grows as fertile farming region
Brownsville Texas ends the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico line's reach as a land boom spreads along the Nueces to Rio Grande. The 1904 completion spurs irrigation and two crops yearly with artesian wells and new farms replacing cattle ranching. A January 15 Rock Island excursion carried 16 car loads to view the development.
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Rio Grande
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Professor Had Last Laugh and German Birth Trend
President Hadley recalls a Yale prank where students alter a notice about a professor's absence and the professor prizes a quick revert. The second item notes Germany’s births fell by 40,000 and deaths rose by 30,000 from 1904, keeping the birth rate sliding from 36.9 to 34 per 1,000.
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Nervous headaches promise from Dr Williams Pink Pills
Nervous headaches and neu ralgia blamed on nerve starvation and poor nutrition. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as the cure feeding nerves through the blood. Testimony from Mrs Addie Merrill of Auburn Maine claims long relief after use.
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Pink Pilla
Addie Merrill
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