Five Days of Global News and Congressional Focus
A digest of recent parleys over the railroad rate bill in the House and Senate discussions on San Domingo policy and the Moroccan conference. Other items include pardons, postmaster appointments, mine explosions, shipyard fires, and international incidents from Paris to Panama.
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House
Campbell
Kansas
Martin
S. D
Senate
Patterson
San Domingo
Teller
United States
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across United States
Edgar Whittaker dies at 90 in Saugerties New York. Fire destroys the Transeau home in South Williamsport killing two children. Mine disasters near Delorme West Virginia claim three lives in one report and one more dies later. A boiler explosion at Twelve Mile Creek WV kills three instantly and injures another. Disasters and deaths recur across the nation with various causes and locations.
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Edgar Whittaker
Ulster County Bar
Saugerties
N. Y
David Lowenstein
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
George Transeau
South Williamsport
Delorme
W. Va
Bald Knob
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Twelve Mile Creek
Boston
Patrick Say
Peoria
Philadelphia
Say
Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
W. H. Marshall
American Locomotive Co
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
William S. Meade
New York
South Seas
Prominent Peoria preacher found dead in suspected suicide
Rev. George H. Simmons, 40, pastor of First Baptist and bank president, was found dead in bed in Peoria amid investigations into moral accusations. A cyanide death is suspected. a farewell letter mentions ex-Gov Yates and unfinished business. Banks faced runs as details emerged. Simmons leaves a widow.
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Peoria, Ill
George H. Simmons
First Baptist Church
Interstate Savings Bank
People’s Savings Bank
Yates
Peoria County
Simmons
Terre Haute
Ind
Scholes
Lawson’s Committee proposes reformers to control two life firms
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston invites Gov. Albert B. Cummins to join a reformist committee to receive proxies for New York Life and New York Mutual Life. The panel would include Gov. Johnson, Sen. La Follette, Gov. Broward, and ex Attorney General Monnett to attend annual meetings and elect honest directors.
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Des Moines
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Albert B. Cummins
New York Life
New York Mutual Life
Gov. Cummins
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Woman Kills Children Then Herself in Roxbury Home
Police report a Roxbury Massachusetts tragedy at 29 Dennis Street where Mrs Annie L Dixon 27 killed her four children Annie 5 George 3 Mildred 2 Marion 1 and then herself by opening gas jets. Husband Arthur B Dixon 31 discovered the scene after returning from work. Medical Examiner Dr A A McDonald labeled the deaths a joint murder suicide.
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Boston
Dennis Street
Roxbury
Annie L. Dixon
Annie
George
Mildred
Marion
Arthur B. Dixon
Dixon
A. A. McDonald
Convict Wins $25,000 Prize For Attendance Guess
Lincoln Nebraska Feb 7 Frank Campbell a convict at the Nebraska state penitentiary who has about one year remaining won the $25,000 prize for correctly naming attendance at the 1904 St Louis exposition Campbell was convicted of embezzlement and is serving his sentence.
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Lincoln, Neb
St. Louis Exposition
Frank Campbell
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Campbell
Three Children Burned to Death in Helena Fire
Three young girls of J B Copher perished in a Helena Montana house fire on Monday night after their parents left them alone in the home. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors reported the tragedy.
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Helena
Mont
J. B. Copher
Bloomers and Underwaist Patterns For Children
Patterns Nos 5120 and 5124 describe child size bloomers and underwaist in one-piece circular waist patterns. Materials include muslin longcloth and Canton flannel with options for long sleeves. Sizes 3 to 10 years, quantities and prices are given, order by mailing coupon with size and pattern number.
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Pattern Department
Misses' Shirtwaist In Mohair Pattern No 5548
The pattern features a broad sailor collar and removable shield with a high collar. Front has two wide tucks from shoulder to waist, bishop sleeves with straight cuffs. Fabrics include mohair serge flannel albatross and linen. medium size uses 2 5/8 yards of 86 inch material for sizes 14 to 17 years.
Frenchman Transforms Vegetables Turning Radish Into Potato
A Parisian inventor, M. Molliard, abandons grafting methods to transform vegetables. He claims to have turned a radish into a potato, reported by a consul in a recent dispatch.
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M. Molliard
Paris
More Suited Casseli's Journal Excerpt
Dialogue notes advise finding a single man over marrying a husband. Celia counsels Beth to avoid marriage and pursue independence through bachelor status. The exchange reflects social attitudes about marriage and relationships in the source material.
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Beth
Celia
Casseli
Western Canada’s marvelous crop returns by years
The article notes rising wheat oats and barley acreages in the Canadian West after 1898, especially after Alberta and Saskatchewan formed in 1905. It cites rising yields and vast increases in sown areas and total crop. Alberta Red wheat proves viable and rail lines spur settlement. Government agents offer full information.
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Canadian
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Saskatchewan
West
Bible gift marks Virginia church's 300th anniversary
King Edward offers a bound inscribed Bible to the Protestant Episcopal Church at Williamsburg Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Church of Virginia. The note adds that banquets cannot feed the heart hungry.
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King
King Edward
Protestant Episcopal Church
Willamsburg
United States
Church of Virginia
Nervous women urged to try Lydia E Pinkham remedy
An advertisement argues that nervous prostration and related symptoms stem from female physiology and praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Customer letters claim relief from insomnia backache headaches and fatigue, with promises of renewed vitality and youth.
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Lydia
E. Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
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