The Deciding Vote in the Senate Deadlock
A day of high tension as the final ballot for United States senator nears. Republican factions split over Allison and anti Allison lines with Thomas pushing hard, while Jeremiah Wood speaks up about bribes and mortgages before voting for Allison.
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United States Senate
Republican Party
Allison
John Allison
Randolph Keener
Henry Thomas
Snyder
Hall
Wood
Assembly
Joint Assembly
United States
Jeremiah Wood
Speaker
Agin Allison
feNers
Ples
Agin
Washerwoman Purchases Auto From Wash Earnings
Battle Creek woman Mrs Christian K Huber a washerwoman who rides in an automobile earned from weekly family washings owns the car and two houses plus a farm she saved 1000 to buy the vehicle and uses it for deliveries and Sunday outings asserting she has the same right to own an auto as the wealthy.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Christian K. Huber
Huber
Sue
England's vast insurance market shown in blue book
London tallies 96 insurance companies in the British islands with total premiums of 35.6 million pounds and claims of 22.1 million pounds for the year. Year-end balances reach 317.1 million pounds with about 36 million invested in land and property.
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London
British Islands
Missionary Pioneers on Baffin Land Face Devouring Dogs
Reverend E. J. Peck and partner Bilby survive a perilous voyage to reach the Arctic mission on a remote island north of Labrador. Their first church on Blackwell’s Island, Baffin Land, built of seal skins, was eaten by Esquimaux dogs. They continued teaching locals and translated the New Testament and Genesis into the Baffin Land dialect.
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Statio
Arctic
Labrador
E. J. Peck
England
Blackwell's Island
Baffin Land
Esquimaux
Cattle Blaze Kills Forty at Matador Ranch Incident
Cowboys at the Matador ranch near Channin Texas dipping cattle in oil found an unbranded steer and branded it. Branding iron heat set the oil soaked hair on fire causing the steer to run into others also dipped in oil. The resulting blaze killed about forty cattle.
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Matador Ranch
Channin
Tex
Blind Inventor Noack Creates Automatic Disconnector
Wit tenberg blind inventor Noack, 47, has devised an automatic disconnector for electric currents that can break the connection at will from one to fifteen minutes and fit to any apparatus. The invention costs 60 cents. Noack has been blind since birth.
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Noack
Wittenberg
Sunshine State of Colorado Cited in 1905 Weather Report
Colorado is hailed as the land of sunshine with statistics for the year ending March 1, 1905 showing sun on air for all but eight days at Colorado Springs and a peak temperature of 89 degrees on July 15, according to Four-Track News.
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Colorado
Land
Colorado Springs
Chandler Plays Intermediary in Roosevelts Rate Fight
Ex Senator Chandler meddles in railroad rate legislation as a go between President Roosevelt and Senator Tillman. Roosevelt’s private remarks about Knox Spooner and Foraker are revealed, prompting Tillman to publicly recount Chandler’s reported statements.
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Washington
Chandler
Senate
Roosevelt
Tillman
South Carolina
Spooner
Knox
Foraker
Senator Knox Holds Calm Tone Amid Roosevelt Feud
Senator Knox remains unruffled as critics label the president and discuss cabinet quotes. The piece recalls a magazine attribution to Secretary Root and Knox’s defenses of executive involvement during the railroad rate fight, noting Knox’s steady friendship with Roosevelt and his influence in legislative matters.
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Knox
Chandler
Roosevelt
Root
Hay
Mr Knox
Congress
Senate
Gold Dust Twins of the Senate Boost Knox Crane
Two new senators Knox of Pennsylvania and Crane of Massachusetts gain credit for shaping a constitutional rate bill. Knox rises in influence with limited speeches while Crane coordinates the amendment strategy. Their teamwork fuels talk of Knox as a possible Pennsylvania governor and a future presidential contender.
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Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
Crane
Massachusetts
Mr. Knox
Shaw
Treasury Department
Seven Year Old Prayers for Smashing Traps
Ethel a New Hampshire girl pleads with God to smash her brother Willie's bird traps. She admits she already destroyed them herself just before praying, prompting a motherly lesson about the prayer's meaning and kindness.
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Ethel
New Hampshire
Observations on Human Physiology in Early Text
The note reports eye misalignment in two of five cases and stronger dominance of one eye in seven of ten, with the right eye typically higher than the left. It notes only one in 15 has perfect eyes and that fair-haired people show the most defects. It adds ear advantage, variable finger nail growth, and a left leg shorter than the right in 54 of 100 cases.
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Thomas
Antis
Snyder
House
Thomas Forces
Hall
Allison
Wood
Mussin
Washington
His One Failing and the Judge on Jones
A courtroom aside quotes a judge criticizing Jones for always calling people names. The exchange labels Jones as infernal and illiterate, portraying a charged personal critique within a legal setting.
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Jones
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State House
Henry
Old
Jority
Michigan
Land of
Sunshine
Willie
Mother
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