This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
6
A collage of remarks on politics, theatre, literature, and foreign affairs. Notes touch on New York election jokes, Russia and China prophecies, Brazil revolution, and a street securities find. Curiosities include a Kishinev tragedy remark and a Detroit Satan statue, with varied vignettes on culture and sport.
The President discusses railroad rate regulation, labor, insurance, revenues, currency flexibility, civil service, public lands, and international affairs. He advocates a central administrative body to set maximum reasonable rail rates, curbs on rebates, and stronger national oversight, urging Congress to act on Hague arbitration, navy efficiency, and Philippine governance reforms. He also notes education gains in the Philippines and calls for tariff changes and canal funding.
Communications with the outside world fail as mutiny grows, with general troops in Baltic provinces and other regions in open revolt. Local authorities struggle to maintain order while scattered uprisings disrupt rail and telegraph lines.
Reports from Berlin Paris and St Petersburg detail mutinies in Odessa and Balke provinces with Ismail and Donan regiments disarmed. Troops rebel in Odessa and mutinous sailors threaten state order as trains and telegraph networks face disruption. Roosevelt train window incident adds to nationwide security concerns.
Mark Twain recalls his London studio meeting with James McNeill Whistler. He aimed to outjoker the painter, feigning a dim-witted demeanor and riffing on Whistler’s cloud study. Whistler warned that the paint wasn’t dry, yet Twain pressed on, and they soon bonded.
Washington report on Internal Revenue Bureau shows receipts for the year ending June 20 19 year totaling 234 178 976 dollars, an excess of 1 284 195 over 1904. Based on the first three months of the current year, I R revenue is forecast to reach 242 000 000 dollars for 1906, about 8 000 000 more than last year.
Valdosta December 6. A death sentence was imposed on J G Rawlings Milton Rawlings Jesse Rawlings and Alfred Moore for the murder of the Carter children last June with January 6 fixed for their execution. Len Rawlings received imprisonment for life.
The public debt shows that at the close of business Nov 30 1905 the debtless cash in the treasury amounted to $999,752,831 a decrease this month of $12,893,204
Lawrence H. Grahame of New York, named commissioner of the interior for Porto Rico, assumed office yesterday following his November appointment. The move places Grahame in a key federal post overseeing Puerto Rico’s internal affairs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.