Urgent Need for U S Jurisdiction Over Hot Springs Region
Acker reports to Secretary Ballinger that complete federal administrative control is required over Hot Springs Arkansas and its surrounding territory to become a true health and pleasure resort. Separately, two charges against Hart H. North claim entry leniency toward Orientals and Hindus at the San Francisco port. Tawney bills a $250000 information fund for prices abroad and at home, adopted on party lines.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Ark
United States
Hart H. North
San Francisco
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Asiatic Exclusion League
F. H. Ainsworth
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
House
World and Local Items from Legislative to Social News
The Warren bill advances to aid irrigation. Interior designates new homestead areas in Wyoming and Utah. Dr Charles R. Nesbit denounces “Wildcat evangelism” at the Southern Presbyterian session. Premier Rutherford resigns as Alberta cabinet head. New York grants park gifts from Harriman fund and others. Missouri Kansas border dispute to be settled per senate joint resolution. Burkett's 425000 post office addition bill passes senate. Actors' fund net profits reach 110000 from New York fair. Oklahoma tornados wreck towns with multiple deaths. Congress faces a long session amid fence repair concerns. Springfield experiment tests a large credit union. Augustus L. Revers, Paul Revere’s great grandson, dies in Morristown. 85 tins opium (5000) seized by U S government in St Louis Chinese grocery. Rev William A Wasson to quit parish to defend liquor causes. Methodist Church debates extending minister time limits in DC area policy.
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Warren
Wyoming
Utah
Interior Department
Southern Presbyterian Church
Charles R. Nesbit
Nashville
Tenn
Rutherford
Alberta
Hughes
State of New York
E. H. Harriman
Hudson River Palisades
Missouri
Kansas
Senate
Burkett
Lincoln
Actors’ Fund
New York City
Oklahoma
Congress
Springfield
Mass
Augustus L. Revers
Paul Revere
Morristown
N. J
United States
St. Louis
William A. Wasson
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverhead
N. Y
National and international brief notes across politics and conflict
Reports from St Louis on the Poor Law officials organization and a tariff platform while Indiana Republicans debate and Alaska factions clash in Washington. Peru and Ecuador accept mediation on their boundary dispute. Luther West alias Tommy Rogers arrested in Missouri and handed to federal officers. Sir William Mather proposes a world peace movement named for King Edward. Liberia reports tribal oath of allegiance and pacification. New Jersey prosecutor seeks dissolution of several firms. New Orleans aims to host Panama Canal exposition. A bank cashiere avoids robbery via time lock. Warrant for H L Welty for embezzlement. Peru accepts mediation in border dispute. Arkansas forestry bills discussed. Taft to visit Panama next November. Kansas flat-rate express cuts ordered. Union Portland Cement plant fire in Utah. John H Converse gives evangelical fund. Burlington controls Colorado & Midland. Geologic quake detected ledd by Georgetown. Senate passes two Dreadnoughts in naval bill. Senators critique navy fever. Edward Trickett dies after 35 years in KC fire service. China adopts decimal coinage nationwide.
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Peru
Ecuador
Luther West
Tommy Rogers
Mabray
Webb City
Swenson
Des Moines
Edward
William Mather
Peace Society
Liberia
Lyons
Monrovia
State Department
New Jersey Supreme Court
Garven
Hudson County
Armour& Co
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
National Packing Company
New Orleans
Ellison
Layton
Utah
H. L. Welty
Home Security Savings Bank
Billingham
Wash
State
United States
Brazil
Argentine
Arkansas
Congress
House Public Lands Committee
Alec F. Potter
S. J. Record
Arkansas National Forestry
Taft
Panama
Canal
Washington
Kansas State Railroad Commissioners
Union Portland Cement Company
Devil Slide
Ogden
John H. Converse
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Burlington
Colorado & Midland Railroad
Georgetown University
Senate
Hale
Clay
Edward Trickett
Kansas City Fire Department
China
Boutell Backs Tariff Change In Politics
Attorneys for Dr. Hyde of Kansas City filed a motion for a new trial to be heard June 4. Washington B. Thomas of the sugar trust was summoned as a government witness. Taft accepted honorary president role in Unitarian laymen league. Spitzer turned informer in sugar fraud inquiry. Bryan addressed Chicago.
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Boutell
Dr. Hyde
Kansas City
Taft
League of Unitarian
Washington B. Thomas
Sugar Trust
San Francisco
Jeffries-Johnson
Hinshaw
Norris
Nebr
Lawyer testifies in murder case against Mrs. Doxey
In St Louis the Erder murder trial hears evidence of a predicted relative’s death and notes of held debt, with Mrs Kate Erder and Mrs Katherine Erder corroborating. Attorney H Miller describes a morphine tainted letter writing spree and a conversation about life insurance and alleged marriage prior to Erder.
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Kate Erder
Church in a Day in Peoria Unites Union and Brotherhood
In Peoria Illinois Memorial day project begins at 7 am with 75 carpenters led by Earl Stout and 125 members of Central Christian church’s men’s brotherhood. They work to finish a new church in ten hours, ending at 6 pm with a praise meeting, debt-free.
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Peoria
Ill
Earl Stout
Carpenter’s Union
Men’s Brotherhood
Central Christian Church
W. F. Turner
Not a Fourth of July Memorial Day Proposal
Commander J Willard Brown of the Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic proposes changing or abolishing Memorial Day at the national encampment. He favors a Memorial Sunday in place of the holiday with forenoon reverence and noon flag-raising followed by sports and pastimes. He argues a law preserving the day is better than its abolition.
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Boston
J. Willard Brown
Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
Grand Army
Blizzard Strikes Lake Superior Region Paralyzing Transit
Calumet dispatch says Lake Superior and surrounding country are hit by a fierce blizzard with high northerly winds and heavy snow. All boats seek refuge, a heavy sea runs along the southern coast, wireless reach is lost, and wire and train service are practically demoralized.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Calumet
Lake Superior
Governor Calls Extraordinary Session Over Cobb Nomination Bill
Albany N Y Governor Hughes on Friday called an extraordinary session of the legislature for Monday June 20 to revisit the Cobb compromise direct nominations bill after it was defeated in the assembly following a lengthy filibuster.
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Albany
Govermor Hughes
Nebraska In Brief Highlights From Many Towns
Wymore residents press B and M for a new depot. Scotia land sells at 108 per acre. Robbers loot R G Hall hardware in Fairmont. Catherine Murphy of Johnson County loses an eye after an accident. Bernard Swanson dies in Polk County from a gasoline engine incident. F W Watson of Alliance dies in Kansas City after multiple family fatalities by violence. Fremont court fines for booze delivery. Beaver City district court has 58 cases with 11 divorces on the docket. Gov and Mrs Shallenberger celebrate 25th anniversary with a silver chest gift. Columbus capstone accident endangers J H Brock. Supreme Court reverses Nelson embezzlement case from York Milling. Elk Creek man finds tarantula in banana shipment. Alleged horse thief Frank Ward captured near Broken Bow. Allegheny Pa school board considers Nebraska summer school for teachers. Nebraska high school debating league titles go to Plattsmouth with Hastings and Geneva pupils highly placed. Holdrege couple marks golden wedding. Dunbar resident Duncan reports an oil gusher on Oklahoma land. Arbor Lodge orchard yields may fall short this year. Traveling salesman loses $40 after con by two on Missouri Pacific train. Calgary consul grants extradition for Frank Shireman to Ogallala. Governor eyes conditional pardon for Anton Krupicka. Nebraska City reports death of H B Martin and Eva Wheeler in Wyoming sulphur mine fumes.
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Wymore
Theg B & M
Scotia
R. G. Hall
Fairmont
Catherine Murphy
Johnson County
Bernard Swanson
Polk County
F. W. Watson
Alliance
Kansas City
Watson
Fremont
Wm. Morton
Beaver City
John Brun
Elk Creek
Frank Ward
Broken Bow
Ward
L. D. Evans
Seneca
Jessie Ertel
Geneva
D C. Blackburn
Holdrose
Thomas Duncan
Dunbar
Oklahoma
Cr. E. Dwyer
Monton Brothers
Arbor Lodge
Otoe County
Curt Weber
Chicago
Omaha
Missouri Pacific
State Department
Washington
Calgary
Frank Shireman
Ogallala
Shireman
Shallenberger
Anton Krupicks
Krupicka
Nebraska City
H. B. Martin
Eva.s. Wheeler
Thermopolis
Wyo
Mr. Martin
John Henry Martin
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Emuwast of Wisconsin extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating longstanding female ailments after other remedies failed. The Pinkham Medicine Co of Massachusetts says thousands of grateful letters prove the product helps women avoid surgery and regain health, inviting sick women to write for guidance.
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Adake
Praktoon
Cagetahs
Veavlilie Orapiett
Emuwast
Exoca
Silvanieae
Wis
Surey No Place for Her Prof Percival Lowell Quote
Prof Percival Lowell dismisses Martian canals as lines not canals in a New York interview. A Beacon Street magician reading letters under a rug astonishes a Boston maid with a hidden note reveal. The maid flees, lamenting her clothes and identity in the comic scene.
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Percival Lowell
New York
Panama Canals
Boston
Beacon Street
Paris Marriage Breakup Told In Quip By Wife and Husband
A fragmentary exchange reveals a dispute over leaving a wife in Paris and a humorous remark about choosing fabric lengths of three yards and a half or four yards before the decision to depart. The dialogue underscores marital strain and impatience in a literary snapshot.
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Paris
Hard on Children When Teacher Has Coffee Habit
A school teacher recalls switching from coffee to Postum citing relief from nervousness heart palpitations and irritability. She notes improved mood and energy in class and attributes health gains to the beverage change.
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The
National Association of Poor Law Officials
St Louis
Ninth
Indiana
Alaska
Doctor
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Erder
Michigan
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkhears
Maid
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