Morgan Defends Senate Privacy Amid Panama Scheme Claims
In Washington on February 17, Senator Morgan challenged a Reyes disclosure about a supposed $1,000,000 payoff tied to Colombia and Panama. He rejected public misstatements, urged open sessions, and condemned leaks as crimes. Senate activity included railroad safety measures and a rider to the army bill amid broader session disruptions.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Rafael Reyes
Mexico
Colombia
Reyes
Panama
New York
Measure on Philippine currency passes Senate in Washington
The Philippine currency bill authorized a gold peso as the unit of value of twelve and nine tenths grains of gold nine tenths fine, with silver peso coinage and gold coin tender. It includes issue of 75 million silver coins of one peso and various centavo denominations under Philippine government control with war department approval. Debentures will be issued to maintain parity between silver and gold pesos. Patterson amendment for an international conference to fix a commercial exchange was adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Philippines
United States
Government of the
Philippine Islands
Cortelyou Named Secretary of Commerce by President
The president sent to the senate the nomination of George Bruce Cortelyou for secretary of commerce. The senate confirmed him immediately after executive session and a favorable committee report, with no opposition.
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Washington
Senate
George Bruce Cortelyou
Commerce
Congress
Depew
Cortelyou
Way Around Statehood Bill Deadlock Emerges
Washington Republican senators and the steering committee urge a plan to replace the statehood bill with a measure like anti trust or eight hour laws to win broad votes. If impractical the consolidation compromise bill may be prepared for unanimous passage in an extra session.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Territories
Privilege ruling on East St. Louis bridge probe resolution
In Congress yesterday Kern of Timet moved to call for a War Department investigation into alleged pooling between East St. Louis Bridge and Construction Co and a competitor. The speaker ruled the resolution not privileged, blocking immediate consideration.
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Washington
Kern
Timet
Secretary of War
East St. Louis Bridge and Construction Company
Congress
Roosevelt backs Crum for Charleston port post
President Roosevelt told visiting senators he hopes the senate confirms Pr DD Crum as collector of the port of Charleston South Carolina and has no intention of withdrawing the nomination. The president urged definite senate action on the matter.
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Crum
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Pr. DD. HH. Crum
Charleston, & C
Garfield Named Commissioner of Corporations in New Commerce Dept
Washington Feb 17 James K Garfield of Ohio will be appointed by the president as commissioner of corporations in the new department of commerce. The appointment likely goes to the senate today Garfield is currently a member of the civil service commission.
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Garfield
Department
Washington
James Kt. Garfield
Ohio
Department of Commerce
Senate
Civil Service Commissione
Corner in broomcorn could boost prices to 100 a ton
Charleston reports a corner in broomcorn forming that may lift prices to 100 a ton. Last year’s crop fell short of consumption and many factories are short. Supplies are reportedly sold and held by a few brokers. Prices have risen from about 40 to 80 and continue climbing. About half the crop has already been made into brooms, leaving roughly 11,000 tons for eight months of production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Broomecorn
Corp
President Roosevelt Hosts Des Moines Editor at Dinner
Washington reports President Roosevelt welcomed Lafe Young Des Moines editor at dinner Sunday night during Young's visit. Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw will entertain Young.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lafe Young
Des Moines
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Young
Vinol Claims Quick Recovery Aid With Refund Guarantee
An advertisement touts Vinol as a fast strength builder aiding sickness recovery. It promises direct stomach action, improved appetite, better digestion, and richer blood, with a refund if not satisfied. A testimonial from Henry F. Sturtevant supports its benefits for grippe recovery.
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Vinci
Henry F. Sturtevant
Huntington St
Brockton, Mass
Addressing The Prescription Return Nuisance In Drug Stores
A New York Press column describes pharmacists joking about a “bottle morgue” for unclaimed prescriptions. Clerks note many customers, often women, order medicines they never collect and hypothesize a deposit system to curb wasted compounding, while lamenting the lack of accountability.
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New York Press
Peculiar Mississippi Hotel With State Named Rooms
A traveler describes a Backwoods Mississippi hotel where each room bears a state name rather than a number. The Delaware room is small, Maine is boisterous, New York is the best, and Iowa and Florida appear in odd orders. The eccentric owner runs the curious inn, leaving readers puzzled about the idea behind the state-named rooms.
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Mississippi
Atta Juat
United States
Delaware
New Hampshire
Maine
Montana
New York
Alabama
Iowa
North Dakota
Birmingham Age-Herald
Trade With United States Boosts Scottish Exports
The London Globe notes Scotland ships manufactured goods to the Union totaling about 2,000,000 pounds this year. Restrictions on agricultural exchanges magnify the significance of this freetrade, as Scottish trade with the United States grows.
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United States
Scotland
Union
London Globe
Language of a village shop notice in North Wales
Inscription over a shop deer in a North Wales village mentions Coblar and daler in Bacco Shay and Wig Bacon and Gin gurvred Eyes. It notes mornings by me, praises paradise in summer, and claims gentlemen and Lady can have Tue and Crumpnets and Straw bery with scim milk due to lack of cream. N. B. Shuse and Boots valued well.
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North
Wales
Coblar
Daler
N. B. Shuse
Boots
What More Could They Want in Secret Courtship
A young man questions Millie about her father's objection and asserts six years of weekly visits. He asserts his persistence and frustration at the lack of perceived application, revealing a quiet, long courting drama. The exchange hints at family disapproval and enduring affection.
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Gerald
Chicago ‘Tribune
Life's worth lies in achievements not years
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation notes life should be measured by quality of deeds rather than duration, urging focus on meaningful accomplishments over length of years.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Anthracite Mine Tie Up Over Price Dispute
In Wilkes Barre Pa on February 17 1900 the first regional tie up since the strike settlement halted work at the Paciene colliery of the DL and W as 700 men and boys were rendered idle by a price disagreement between operators and workers.
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Wilkesharre
Ti'a
Miners Reject Higher Wages End Line Closure
Workers refused a raise and a contract proposal to clean out eighteen inches of blue rock at the vein. They offered eight men to work for 245 dollars a day or a car at 150 dollars for clean coal. The company deemed the advance insufficient and closed the line.
Judge bars gypsum trust sale at Fort Dodge mills
Judge Whitaker issued a permanent injunction in Crawford v Fort Dodge Plaster Co stopping the United States Gypsum Co from selling its interests to the four of six Fort Dodge mills. The case alleges gypsum executives manipulated prices to force Crawford to sell. The hearing spanned the week with many officers testifying.
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Fort Dedela
United States Gypsum Company
Wiltaker
Nebraska High School Principal Shot During Student Altercation
Professor Hill, principal of the local high school, shot and seriously injured student Kenrys Reem after attempting to remove him from a room. The principal was assaulted by Reem and two companions who came to his aid and beat him during the ensuing fight.
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Fiyannis
Professor Hill
Kenrys Reem
Reem
Teco
Bee
Cupid's Champion Ill as He Battles State Marriage Law
John Lane, once known as the Cupid champion for defending the St Joseph marriage industry, lies ill with appendicitis at his home in St Joseph Michigan. He opposed the state reform seeking residency and Sunday prohibition for marriages. he was reelected with a Cupid platform. Charleston reports that a private meeting between John Winder and W G Caldwell ended with no legislature investigation and the matter dropped.
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St. Joseph Mich
John
Tee
St. Joseph
Pill
Lane
Charleston
W. Va
Inet
John Ht. Winder
Jananna
W. G. Caldwell
Wheeling
Hotee Judiciary Committee
Winders
Hanne
Caldwell
The Rotary Snowplow and the Boreas Pass Winter War
The piece describes western railroads facing severe snowdrifts. It highlights rotary snowplows as the main weapon, especially at Boreas Pass in Colorado, where drifts reach tens of feet. It notes how crews battle, clear routes, and the dangers when blockades occur, with trains unaware of the quiet struggle ahead.
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Rocky Mountains
Toreas Pasa
Colorado
Boreas
Uerality
Bnow
Tenderfoot
Boreas Pass
Great Divide
Wyoming
New York Tribune
Philadelphia ministers condemn Buddhist idol shipment to Korea
In Philadelphia on February 17 ministers denounced a local firm’s contract to ship Buddhist idols to Korea as an assault on religion. Missionary Mrs. W. Hi OB Corliss and Rev. Frederic Pool criticized the move as commodifying faith. Bishop Cyrus Poss compared it to other unpopular U.S. imports but cautioned it surpassed some acts in severity.
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Philadelphia
Korea
W. Hi OB. Corliss
China
Frederic Pool
Cyrus 1 Poss
Mehodtet Episcopal Church
India
England
Philippines
United States
MOTHER WAS NOT ROMANTIC
William A. Rowe an agent for Metropolitan Insurance was arrested in Lansing Michigan for abducting Grace Bankhart a 15 year old girl. The pair eloped marrying February first at Windsor though the mother Mrs L A Steele complained. Rowe feared lack of consent and dated lines to obtain a license in Flint but returned and kept his job as an agent despite the marriage.
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Lansing
Mich
William A. Rowe
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Grace Bankhart
L. A. Steele
Windsor
Rewe
Rawe
Flint
Widow Charged in Macedonian Murder Case
Coroner Herbert Lioix and Mrs Barney Melaniels arrested for killing the husband. Melaniels found in the road near his home with throat cut. Inquest testimony strongly implicates McDaniels wife and Livix.
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Macedonia
Ato
Herbert Lioix
Barney Melaniels
Melaniels
McDaniels
Livix
Funeral for Rear Admiral Frank Wildes Held in West Roxbury
Funeral services for Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, who died aboard a steamer en route from China to San Francisco, were conducted yesterday at Emanuel Episcopal Church West Roxbury by Rev Samuel Snelling rector of the church.
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Boston
Frank Wildes
San Francisco
China
Eimimanuel Episcopal Church
West Roxbury
Samuel Snelling
Burglars Loot Home of Castner Curran Bullitt
In Philadelphia on Sunday night burglars entered the residence of William Bullitt, partner in Castner Curran Bullitt, and stole the family plate worth 5000 dollars. Almost all valuable silverware was taken in the break in news confirms the incident.
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Philadelphia
William ©. Bullitt
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
Pocahontas Fields
Vassar College Honors Seniors With High Standing
In Poughkeepsie on February 17 the Vassar College faculty conferred honors on senior students for high scholarship. The list includes Decatur Mills and Mary Mills among others.
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Poughkeepsie, N. WY
Vassar College
Mary Kk. Mills
Decatur M Ills
Longtime Buffalo figure John Alsbury dies at poor farm
Buffalo New York February 7 John Alsbury a once prominent central district politician died February 1 at the poor farm near the village. He was buried February 2 with two mourners attending. In 1842 he ran unsuccessfully for the state legislature against Abraham Lincoln.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Alsbury
Thi Village
Abraham Lincoln
Ex-Chicago Fire Chief Dennis Swenie Dead at 61
Dennis J. Swenie, former Chicago fire chief and veteran firefighter, dies aged 61. Also noted: a Prussian wife Engels of Kardorf is mother of her thirtieth child at 55, all living except five. British parliament reassembled. a Berlin professor claims a scarlet fever serum cure.
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Dennis J. Swenie
Chicago
Charter
Engels
Kardorf
Prussia
Berlin
Discoveries of the Dentists at Chicago Meeting
At the Odontographic Society of Chicago fifteenth anniversary, two dental advances were shown. Porcelain as a substitute for gold silver and amalgam in fillings was demonstrated, along with saliva analysis to diagnose diseases of teeth and gums.
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Chicago
Favorite Prescription Promises Women Heal from Weakness
An advertising piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing womanly illnesses and weakness. It includes patient testimonial from Mrs. Oscar Brown of North Carolina and lists other remedies and a chance to obtain The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser by mail.
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Oscar Brown
Oxford
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
Description of the black back of India animal and its features
The text describes a graceful black back animal in India weighing 30 to 50 pounds with a black king back hide and white belly. Males have inky black back crowns, spiral black horns averaging 18 inches and up to 26 inches. Herd behavior makes it hard to approach on foot as bucks lift heads and sniff the air, alert to stalking.
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India
Mrs Black-Sam Johnson Seeks Word on Wife's Return
A fragment from the Smart Set recalls Mrs Black-Sam Johnson asking if her husband will return after about six months away. The tone captures speculative social gossip as she begins to hope for news.
Mrs New Wed Tastes Dumplings From Old Cookbook
A witty exchange sets a domestic scene as Mrs New Wed complains of dumplings made from Mrs Snorer's cookbook. Mr New Wed remarks the book itself was cardboard tasting, highlighting humorous kitchen banter.
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Mrs. New Wed
Harry
Study is the Bane of Boyhood
A terse reflection contrasts study with youth, labeling study as the bane of boyhood and the indulgence of adults, implying restless rebellion against scholastic discipline.
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Heyes
Cortelion
House
Army
Philippine
Commerce Senate
Broomcorn
Vinol
Cook
Deai
THE
Gypsum Trust
Lather Strentuous School
Ba Eresses
Cupid
St. Doe
Cleese
Rockies
Meaniata
Quaker City Concern
Wildes
Vassar
Black Backs
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Onae Hi. Keon
Ant M. Kew
Prana Kh Senn
Canaehior
Citizen's National Bank
Shaw, Jenk
Kates
Washington B
State Bank of i Piret National First National Bank
Citizen's National Ha
P. J. Hanley
Peachons
Washington County Savings Hank
Schuyler W. Livingston
Washington County Savings Bank
R. R
Maina
GT. Lout Memphig
Peoria
ST. Jose
Omaha
Denver
Fort Worth
Paul Minneapolig
Baton Texas
Goiées State Limited
Texas Limited
Bili4es
Kearville
Yatta
Pesro
el Paso
Mage Teau
Paasen
Weet
Saat
Ceva
Ally
Hi. W. Rubsel
Marsh W. Bailey
Oryce
Law
Crall's
Washington, la
Eicher , Wilson
A. KR. Dewey
A. Dewey
Dewey
Temple Huilding
Alberton's Grocery
W. A. White
Pollakis Abstract Rok
Crail
Dry Gomis
Northwest Corner Square
New Set Abstract Books
S. W
J. L. Brookmart
H. & W. Scopield
Osteopathy
C. S. Harper
Over Kim & Co
Arthaud
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Same
BANKS
J. A. Cunningham
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Cashbler
Asa't Cashier
Anca McCvury
B. F. Brown
A. Harvey
A. Moore
W. W. Wilson
D. J. Palmer
Hington County
Capital
State Bank
Chas. Ohngemach
D.M McLaughin
Ss. A. White
E.G. Wilson
Henry Knecht
Tabor
Ak, KS
Burlington
Iowa Central
Srighton
Marshalltown
O& N W Ry
J. U. Trvremone, Gro
Yth TraMic
G. P. & T. Marshalltown
Means & Stichter
East Side Restaurant
Gasey’s
Firet Barn
North Hotel
Allen
T. J. Dempsey
J. J. McKeone
DR. King
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