Northern climate sparks debate on health and work
A northern climate essay extols outdoor life and seasonal variety over tropical monotony, arguing temperate homes with open windows sustain health. It cites Dr Beles claiming cotton mill conditions and treble disease stem from soil pollution, not cotton dust.
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Wells
Ohio State Journal
Tropics
Stiles
Cotton Milla
Ant
Hank Worm
Manchester Union
Beles
New England
Boston Curfew Plan Aims to Keep Under-14s Home After Nine
Mayor Pitzgerald reviews a draft curfew ordinance from the Boston Home and Scala association. The measure would require city hall to sound a whistle at 8 66 nightly, warning children under 14 to go home. It bans loitering after nine in any street or public place with a $5 fine for violations.
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Pitzgerald
Boston Home and Scala Association
City Hall
Boston Globe
Influenza Suspect Sneezes and Questions You
A person with a red nose and wrapped throat steps forward and sneezes toward you. They remark on catching the grip, prompting annoyance as concerns over illness rise in the encounter.
Pettport Manufacturer Bankrupted by Hobble Skirt Adoption
The London figure notes a petitioning garment maker blames the hobble skirt for bankruptcy yet warns others may share the fate. The passage mocks weather chatter and mentions earthquake news from Karakol, where coats from the same region are cited as wiped off the map.
Print names of policemen who shoot hold-up men stir debate
In Chicago a debate centers on printing the names of policemen who shoot hold-up suspects. Critics argue it creates false notoriety while supporters say transparency is needed. The passage notes strong condemnation of the practice by some voices.
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Chiaga
Hackensack church deacons charged after alleged pinocle incident
Two Hackensack deacons face charges following an incident described as a pinocle game gone awry. The report notes authorities say the event escalated, with witnesses and community leaders calling for calm as legal proceedings begin.
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Hackensack
Taft Advocates Reciprocity At National Corn Exposition
President Taft told the National Corn Exposition crowd in Columbus that reciprocal trade with Canada benefits farmers, manufacturers, railroads, merchants, and warehouses. He argued tariff policy should reflect production costs and cautioned against tariffs as protection for foreign goods, urging closer North American economic ties.
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Columbus
Taft
Canada
United
Great Western Desert
Great Plains
Northwest
Tom
Iittle
Onia
Caada
Etill
Gaite
Bath
Danville Indicts 216 Writs in Vermilion grand jury
Vermilion county grand jury released its first report naming Danville officials Frank W. Jones and Peter Sanidas among those indicted. The panel listed 216 indictments and cited charges including gate selling and embezzlement against Hardy H. Whitlock, former county treasurer, with counts totaling 214.
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Danville
Frank W. Jones
Peter Sanidas
Jocal Creek
Hardy H. Whitlock
Chinese appeals to Taft seek citizenship aid in New York
John Ab Hang, a Chinese immigrant and proprietor of a small tailor store in New York's Chinatown, writes to President Taft asking for help to regain his citizenship. The Civil War era figure becomes the focal point of the appeal.
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Taft
New York
John Ab Hang
Chinatown
Court upholds Oklahoma Jim Crow law as constitutional
The U S Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Oklahoma's Jim Crow law is constitutional and does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision preserved state racial segregation provisions and framed them within constitutional bounds, reflecting prevailing legal standards of the era.
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St. Louis
United States
Elm Scuit Court of Appeals
Oklahoma
Three Die In River Tragedy After Slippery Trolley Plunge
In Sheboygan Wisconsin three women died when a speeding trolley car plunged into the Sheboygan River after a slip caused by a frigid draw opening. Motorman and conductor perished. one passenger survived by leaping from the car before the plunge.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Eighth Street
Anna Mather
Irty
Sheboygan Falls
Tannie van Ouwekerk
Mise
Olga Willsmite
Iwaltrass
George Thiene
Frank Webst
Prut O. Atzold
Milwaukee
Thuy
Bizold
Tha Ralle
Canning Company Official Dies by Own Action
Unsecured notes totaling 409000 found among the possessions of DP. F. M. Brown secretary and treasurer of the old Illinois Canning Company committed death by his own action. Coroner's jury returned verdict citing health as the cause. Brown had been an executor of his father in law James Cunningham's estate and was a former prominent banker and financier.
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Low
James Cunningham
Pusliionalia
Farmer Pardoned by Taft After Mercy Plea
Washington reports President Taft pardoned Dunkirk farmer Guy Livingston of Montana. Livingston, who pleaded mercy after his stock froze and home was pillaged, was convicted on a technical charge of taking whisky on Blackfoot Indian land, pardoned within an hour of the justice department sending the case.
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Washington
Guy Livingston
Dunkirk, Mont
Falle Lve
Rate
Department of Justice
Livingeton
Reaper King Cremated in Cherry Casket
William N. Whitely of Springfeta Ohio, a pililongire reaper manufacturer, was cremated Friday in Cincinnati. His cherry wood casket was hewn by Whitely more than fifty years ago.
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Cincinnati
William N. Whitely
Springfeta, C
Schley Injured in Ice Fall. Adorns Wins Streak
Schley A. S. Nuty sustains two broken ribs and internal injuries after a fall on an icy page Thursday. Washington rear admirer Feld Scott reports the incident and says Schley was carried from the scene.
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Schley
Washington
Winfeld Scott
A. S
Nuty
Con Syed
Sant
Illinois Gains Seats in House After Reapportionment
The Illinois House passed a substitute to the census reapportionment fixing the lower chamber at 435 after March 3 1913. States gaining include Arizona California Texas Rhode Island New York Ohio Pennsylvania Washington and more. Democrats allied with some Republicans won the expansion, while a Crumpacker plan to set 433 failed awaiting Senate ratification.
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Congress
Arizona
Alabama
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Tolabo
Ilinois
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
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New Max
Ito
House
Senate
Explosion Kills Ten at Smithville Railroad Yard
An explosion at a Smithville Texas railroad yard during repair work tore apart a locomotive and damaged nearby engines and the roundhouse. Ten workers were killed and seven injured, with railroad property valued at about 20 000 dollars destroyed. Fragments and body parts were scattered, hindering identification.
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Smithville
Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Fall Kill Two Aviators In Flight Collision
Two aviators, Avidtura Noel and Del atorre, died when their plane from 250 feet plunged after wings folded during a military test before War Department experts. The accident occurred as witnesses reported the aircraft descending in daylight. A daylight saloon debate was scheduled today in Austin with a veto anticipated from Governor Calhoun after Ben Ata’s approval.
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Douat
Brance
Avidtura Noel
Delatorre
War Department
Noted Tenor to Deag Davenport at Bruges Farm
A historic note recalls a famed German tenor from forty years ago visiting Davenport at Adolph Bruges estate on a Thursday at the vast county farm.
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Deag
Davenport
Adolph Bruges
County Voor Farm
Eulogy Highlights Dolliver as Modern Senator and Tribune
The speech in the U S Senate honors Senator Dolliver of Iowa as a tribune of the people who advanced economic reform through protection and revenue measures. He is praised for oratory, energy, and a mission to improve national wealth and citizen prosperity.
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Wahsington
D. C
Deven
New York
Dolliver
Senate
Ollagy
Elkine
West Virginia
Daniel
Virginia
Towan
Cummins Views Unchanged on Canada Reciprocity
Iowa Senator Albert B. Cummins told the Union League Club of Brooklyn he supports reciprocity with Canada but opposes every trade agreement branded as reciprocity. He recalled his past advocacy and defense of protection while opposing the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
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New York
Aobert B. Cumming
Iowa
Union League Club
Brooklyn
Sendlor
Mr. Cummins
Canada
Archbishop Ryan Dead in Philadelphia After Long Illness
The Rt Rev Patrick J Ryan archbishop of Philadelphia died after a long illness at the archiepiscopal residence near the cathedral in Logan Square. He had served the church for decades and was aged 68. Funeral details are pending.
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Philadelphia
Serena
Patrick Jom Ryan
Logan Square
Hess
Gardnen Trial Opens Over 1908 Bribery Scheme
New York February 14 1908 trial began for former State Senator Frank J Gardnen charged with offering a 26000 bribe to vote against anti betting tracks measures. Prosecutors say the graft exposed a wide scale political corruption, with a half million dollars spent and votes traded for favors. District Attorney Whitman hopes the case reveals identities of money received and the men behind the payments. Principal witnesses include Otto G Foelker and others from Brooklyn aligned with the prosecution.
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New York
Frank J. Gardnen
Haja
Otto Poeiker
Ilan Aaj
Legislative Investis. Log Committee
Whitman
Qardner
Dieclag
Theii
New Iowa Postmasters Appointed and Resignations Noted
A list from Washington shows postmaster appointments in Iowa with changes across Lyon County and surrounding areas. Several names appear with duties reassigned or resigned, including River Slous and Harpigon 0 ty Ovlag Walker, while Eloyan Cakgloova and others are noted with February dates and terms.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
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