Senate and House Debate Rail Rates and Army Budget
The Senate and House spent days debating railroad rate policy, with Foraker opposing broad legislation and Dolliver supporting the Dolliver-Hepburn plan. The House passed the army appropriation bill and a bill to mark Confederate graves in the north. The Senate advanced the five civilized tribes settlement and other calendar items, including nickel and penny coin supply increases and a Alaska delegate to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Senate
House of Representatives
Dolliver
Denver
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Congress
Alaska
Nelson
District of Columbia
Multiple Disasters and Legal Notices From Early 20th Century News
Fire destroys Armour & Co storage plant in Philadelphia after a gas stove explosion. Thor, a Norwegian coastwise steamer, sinks near Haugesund with 30 drownings. Gen. Benjamin Murray dies in Calais, Maine, a Civil War veteran. Four men from barge No. 11 of Consolidated Coal Co. disappear presumed drowned. tug Daniel Willard sinks near Rockport with three of five crew lost. Seven Baltimore & Ohio workers fined for Sunday trains in Uniontown. Boxer Frankie Neil fight sparking manslaughter charges as Harry Tenny dies. Pittsburg woman robbed after gas extinguished, left near death. Detroit to Cleveland navigation opens, Lake Erie opening nearly 36-year best. El Diluvio editor jailed for insulting dispatch about King Alfonso. Carnegie Steel to build 1500-ton steel barges for rail transport to southwest. ore boats can tow ten, total 15,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour & Co
Philadelphia
Haugesund
Bergen
Norway
Thor
Benjamin Murray
Calais
Murray
Consolidated Coal Co
Daniel Willard
Gloucester
Mass
Rockport
Baltimore & Ohio
Justice John Boyle
Uniontown
Harry Tenny
San Francisco
Frankie Neil
Neil
Martha Negley
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Lake Evie
el Diluvio
Barcelona
Spain
Alfonso
Carnegie Steel Co
New York
American Ice Co
Smithfield
W. Va
Santa Fe
Toltec
N. M
United States
Dunkirk
N. Y
Austin
Tex
Sane
London
William Gatacre
Gatacre
Millie
Parrsboro
N. S
Machias Bay
Machiasport
Gibson
Cook
Fucecchio
Florence
Italy
Metropolitan Railway Co
New York City
Tahiti
Society Islands
Tuamotu Islands
Joseph Medill Patterson
Chicago
Public Works
Dunne
City Health Department of
Lewis
Norwood
Northwestern Guaranty Co
Windes
Superior Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Army and Navy
David E. Sherrick
Marion County
Ind
Sherrick
Josephine Terranova
Loop Creek
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Thurmond
M. A. Perkins
Algeciras
Arthur Nicholson
Paris
France
Germany
Doubasoff
Moscow
Council of the Empire
Chouknin
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
Louisiana
Mississippi
Boston
Rockland County
New City
New Jersey
Longworths Return from Cuba as Schofield Dies
Rep. Nicholas Longworth and wife return to Washington from Cuba. Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, ret., ex-army head, dies at St. Augustine Florida. Tacloban, Leyte capital, destroyed by fire causing 600000 dollars in losses.
Hamilton Returns to New York Under Alias on Steamer
Andrew Hamilton arrived in New York on the Deutschland, registered as W. Milton, after heading New York Life Insurance Co legislative work. He faces possible criminal proceedings and explained he used an assumed name to avoid annoyance. Hamilton offered brief remarks about vouchers and McCall’s death while denying other unspecified accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Hamilton
W. Milton
Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Co
John A. McCall
New York Life
John C. McCall
Paris
Fowler Committee
Legislative Investigating Committee
United States
McCall
Frenchwoman Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Gerdron Case
The trial of Berthe Claiche for Emil Gerdron's murder ended when she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. Judge Justice Davis remanded her for sentence to March 29 and signaled further investigation into police involvement with Claiche as a potential state's witness. Gerdron was allegedly lured to his death on July 8 by a plot involving a policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berthe Claiche
Emil Gerdron
Berthe Clarche
Supreme Court
Davis
Tombs
Gerdron
Banker's Son Kidnapped For 20000 Dollar Ransom
In New York a 14 year old boy Antonio Bozuffi son of banker John Bozuffi was kidnapped on Sunday after being sent to buy stamps. The kidnapper demanded 20000 dollars in ransom in two letters threatening the boy's death if the amount was not paid. Authorities pursue leads as relatives fear for his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Antonio Bozuffi
John Bozuffi
Hicks annuls five contracts in Philadelphia water project
Thomas T. Hicks sworn in as Philadelphia public works director annuls five contracts held by Daniel J. McNichol for city filtration system work. He cites collusion irregularity and fraud harming the city. Total value of the cancelled contracts is 1 976 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
McNichol
Thomas T. Hicks
Public Works
Lincoln Acker
Daniel J. McNichol
Ore Miners Struck in Cornwall Strike
Mining at Cornwall ore banks near Lebanon Pennsylvania halted since Monday as about 300 workers go on strike. Strikers include American and foreign laborers demanding a ten hour day and higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Cornwall
Prisoner Charles Brews ter Hanged for Murder in Coudersport
Charles Brews ter was executed by hanging in Potter County Jail, Coudersport, for the murder of his step father Marshall Stryker. The sentence was carried out on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coudersport
Charles Brewster
Marshall Stryker
Potter County
Cured eczema using Cuticura remedies, Selma woman says
A Selma Alabama resident Lizzie E Sledge reports four years of severe eczema on face and body. After two doctors failed one year of treatment her husband bought Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment which cleared the skin over six months. She credits the remedies with curing eczema and other troubles. Oct 28 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Nickel Plate Line Promotes Eastbound Passenger Service
The Nickel Plate Road markets its popular eastbound passenger service highlighting comfort and cleanliness. Colored porters in uniform assist travelers including women and children, with Pullman sleepers and dining options available from the La Salle Street terminal in Chicago. For tickets and reservations contact General Agent J. Calahan in Chicago. If politics is an unclean game it is so because unclean men have run it so long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Pullman
la Salle St
Chicago
Calahan
Adams St
Ill
Robbed in Church By Coughing During Service
An advertisement laments interruption by coughing during church services and touts Anti-Gripine as a guaranteed cure. It promotes the medicine sold everywhere by F. W. Diemer, M. D., in Springfield, Missouri, and ends with a moral line about love and selfishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Springfield
Quack cures and proverbs from old advertisements
A compilation of short ad blurbs touting laxatives to cure colds in one day with refunds, promote Garfield Tea samples, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, and Paroointment piles remedy. Also includes cynical lines about bigamy, manners, and trust.
Saving Women From Costly Surgeries Through Pinkham Remedy
A Victorian era ad recounts common female ailments and the dangers of untreated symptoms. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for tumors and various female troubles and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Adams
Seattle
Wash
New England States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Adams
Back Pain Relief Story From Olympia Man
A Olympia resident recalls six years of back pain after a cold and says Dean's Kidney Pills restored regular urine and reduced soreness. He finished with six boxes to ensure a cure and reports no return of trouble. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Gorham
East 4Th St
Olympia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Warren
Val
Congressional
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Cuba
John M. Schofield
St. Augustine
Fla. Tacloban
Leyte
P. I
Henry L. Whitbeck
Isaac H. Weikert
Gettysburg
Eliza Weaver
Greensburg
Albert Veltner
Edmund Bury
Bury Compressor Works
Erie
Buffalo River
Portland
Cassius Gillette
Engineer Corps
Gillette
Canada
Wheeling
la Belle Iron Works
Wheeling and Steubenville
Pope Tin Plate Co
Steubenville
O. Samuel C. Wallace
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Vandergrift, Pa
Tavernola
Lake Iseo
Steven Adams
Star Powder
Idaho
East St. Louis
James Sapp
Jesse
James
Meridian
Miss
Dundee
Scotland
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Helsingfors
Finland
Guardian
Tammersfors
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Bourke Cochran
The
Tammany Society
Mount Carmel
Southern Railway
Nace Gillen
Youngstown
Notre Dame University
South Bend
MR. Hamilton
Philadelphia Bulletin
E.W. Grove
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn, N. Y
Red Cross
Kemp
Balsam
Shiloh
W.L. Doucas
W.L. Douglas
Dougl
RICES
Jaest
Douglas Makes & Men
Tata
Brockton
W-L
W. L. Douglas
Yello’ A.5
Tower CO
U.S.A
Tower Canadian CO. Limited
Toronto
Can
Gray
Fom
Olmsted
le Roy
Southern Farm Lands
Ric Soneet and
Wasuincron . D. Cc
Price Wc
Acme Mfg. CO
Fairmount Ave
Vmila
Weahing Refergerlld & CO
Boxeshington, D
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!