Naval appropriation clash and Oklahoma Indian Territory state plan
Washington reports a heated naval appropriations debate as advocates push for more ships while Sen Hale favors two. The push for a single state combining Oklahoma and Indian Territory could defeat the omnib us measure amid Democratic doubts about New Mexico and Arizona. A curious government document titled Patriotic Studies is printed as a government publication. Foraker Act and Porto Rico governance issues are discussed along with parliamentary precedents on Brigham Roberts.
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Washington
Congress
Hale
Senate
House
Moody
Elkine
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Indlan
No Man's Land
United States
Wellington
Maryland
New Year Opens With Broad Business Prospects
From New York R G Dun weekly review notes a bustling week despite holidays and year end inventories. Purchases hold steady as freight costs rise and wages improve, signaling strong activity across iron steel footwear leather textiles and farming markets with grain shipments expected to exceed rail capacity.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Snowbound Nebraska ranchers face feed shortage in deep winter
State Representative-Elect Hanna visits Lincoln as Nebraska cattlemen endure a foot of snow across vast ranges. Ranchers with large herds fear feed shortages with no thaw in sight, especially in Cherry and Rock counties, where feeding plans are uncertain. The snow reaches to Norfolk eastward and extends south across multiple counties.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hanna
Nebraska
Norfolk
Cherry and
Rock
Iowa executive council clears auditor and examiner
Des Moines Iowa January 3 the executive council issued a statement vindicating State Auditor Merriam and Insurance Examiner Beehler from charges that they conducted legal examinations of eastern insurance companies and levied exorbitant fees in connection with those exams.
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Des Moines
Executive Council of
Iowa
Merriam
Beehler
German court plans push for crown princess child
Berlin reports the Saxon court aims to obtain possession of the crown princess's expected child. Police chief agent Schwartz in Geneva is instructed to watch closely to prevent any substitution or deception.
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Berlin
Toersen
Schwartz
Geneva
Ex Representative J N Castle Found Dead in Chicken Yard
Stillwater Minnesota reports former Congressman J N Castle aged 65 was found dead in his chicken yard shortly after noon yesterday from heart failure. The death ends a public service career marked by local political involvement and community leadership.
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Stillwater. Minn
J. N. Castle
Telegraph News firm fined for injunction violation
Judge Kohlsaar imposed 400 fines on National Telegraph News and officers W. R. Stewart F. K. Crawford and A. K. Brown for violating a temporary injunction issued last May. The order barred them from appropriating ticket news of Western Union Telegraph company.
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Chicago
Kohlsaar
National Telegraph News Company
W. R. Stewart
F. K. Crawford
A. K. Brown
Western Union Telegraph Company
Secret Service raids counterfeiters den in Wilmington
Secret Service Agent George F. Foster located a counterfeiters den at 528 West Second Street and police raided it yesterday. Arrests were made including Biagani Malcaroso known as Mike Ross his wife Sabhia Malearoso and Nicola LDi Paco, the brother in law.
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Wilmington
Del
Secret Service
George F. Foster
Washington
West Second Street
Biagani Malcaroso
Mike Ross
Sabhia Malearoso
Nicola Ldi- Paco
Sudden Death of a Big Four Engineer in Mattoon
Nick Robson, a Big Four engineer on the St. Louis division, died suddenly of heart disease at his Mattoon home. He was known for fast runs including the Knickerbocker special and the Exposition Flyer.
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Mattoon
Nick” Robson
St. Louis
Barber Samuel Ely Convicted of Statutory Assault
Samuel Ely, a Kalamazoo barber, was sentenced to six years in Jackson prison for statuto ry assault after enticement of young girls into his shop. The chief witness was his daughter Bertha, who also worked in the shop.
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Kalamoo
Mich
Dan
Samuel Ely
Jackson
Ely
Nto
Bertha
Cable opens linking California to Honolulu to end isolation
The completion of the San Francisco to Honolulu segment of the Mackay Pacific cable is announced and working well. Governor Dole in Honolulu sends New Year greetings to President Roosevelt, who replies warmly, noting the benefit to Hawaii and the U.S. unity. The Honolulu message traveled to San Francisco after January 1.
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Washington, Dan
San Francisco Honolula
Dole
H. F. Cooper
Rooseveltt
Honolulu
Territory of
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Kole
San Prmecteeo
Dreyer Begins Prison Stay At Joliet
Joliet January entry reports broker Dreyer starting a prison term. He slept poorly as midnight whistles from HLineis Steel nearby sounded in the night. He was escorted to breakfast, then assigned to the record office under Chief Clerk Wetmore with a 7 to 5 workday.
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Record Department
Iowa Eisteddfod awards span choirs and solos in Des Moines
The Iowa state Eisteddfod concluded a two day session in Des Moines with prizes awarded. Top choir honors went to Williamsburg glee chorus and Ottumwa and Des Moines entries in various categories. Baritone solo prize was split between George F. Peter of Marysville Missouri and R L Own of Chicago.
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Des Moines
Williamsburg
Ottumwa
Marysville, Mo
R. l L. Own
Chicago
Christmas Menu Favorites for a Festive Spread
A vintage menu offers oyster cocktails julienne soup olives and celery with almonds and stuffed turkey as the centerpiece. Dishes include truffled turkey kitchen notes, celery bed, Brussels sprouts, candied fruit and plum pudding. Goose feature appears, with guidance on cooking and presentation.
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Londons Nuts
Meno NO
Oyastera
Christmas in Servia Quiet, Pistol Salutes and Pig Feast
The Baltimore American describes Servia Christmas customs. A father cuts a young oak and brings it in while greetings are exchanged. Corn is thrown on him. A pistol salutes the tree on Christmas morning. The national dish is pork and even the poorest save to buy a pig for the feast. Santa Claus attends as an honored guest carrying gifts after the meal.
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Servia
Santa Claus
Baltimore American
Disappearance of Miss Nancy E B Fegler in Hamilton
Police in Hamilton seek Nancy E B Fegler of Logansport Indiana who vanished on a trip from Logansport to Hamilton. She left Logansport Tuesday to visit William Bell’s family. Bell waited at the Pennsylvania station for her train but arrived too late and found no trace.
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Hamilton, O
Hamilton
Nancy EB. Fegler
Logansport
Ind
Perler
William Bell
Bell
Pensylvania
Engine Crash Injures Two On B and O Sleeper
An engine collided with a Baltimore and Ohio Pullman sleeper at Sterling Ohio yesterday injuring two passengers. The injured are Fis Clapp of Lodi and Samuel Gault. Authorities say the engineer was likely asleep at the time.
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Akron
Baltimore and Ohio
Sterling
Fis Clapp
Lodi
Samuel Gault
United States Ship Drifting Off Pacific Coast
The ship St David is adrift in the Perth Pacific with dismasted masts and little food aboard. The Niagara steam yacht carrying Howard Gould has passed Gibraltar on its voyage from New York. Milk Wagon Drivers union of Chicago seeks to end early morning milk deliveries. Australia faces a need to import 100000 tons of breadstuffs from wheat regions for the coming season. New York soft coal prices rise to 8.40 per ton wholesale. Rock Island Company declares a quarterly 1 percent dividend on preferred stock. Professor Wilder of Cornell states orangutan is closer to man than the gorilla.
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United States
St. David
Perth Pacific
Niagara
New York
Howard Gould
Gibraltar
Rock Island Company
Pew Company
Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
Witty Exchange Between Mrs Trubbles and Doctor
Mrs Trubbles asks if the doctor can help her husband with his worries. The doctor replies he can relieve him of that concern.
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Mrs. Trubbles
The Matin Thing and Ted Madge Admiration
A playful note from a New York Times column praising Ted Madge as the loveliest girl worth a fortune, wondering if she has it. The fragment hints at a social gossip tone and a witty valuation of a person.
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Ted Madge
Ned
New York, Times
Poverty as a Grindstone Sharpening Wits
A Chicago News aphorism notes poverty acts as a grindstone for wit sharpening. The remark frames hardship as a catalyst for cleverness among many individuals.
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Chicago News
First shell used in warfare by Gujarat sultan in 1480
The record notes a shell used in combat by the sultan of Gujarat, India, dating from 1480. The brief entry highlights early military artillery deployment in the Gujarat region.
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Gujerat
India
Transmigration in a Washington Star quip
A short, colorful exchange notes a convicted man who used a high society guise to steal jewelry. The speakers claim he is now in prison wearing prison clothes, moving from a social lion to a zebra.
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Pete
Mike
Washington Star
Higher Allegiance to Hymen Jury Absence Case
A St. Louis man dodged a jury summons because his marriage ceremony in St. Louis was scheduled for the same hour. He believed he knew which court order to follow.
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St. Louis
Richmond Times
Zola Early Struggles and Breaks with Hachette
The London Truth recounts Zola s hard early years in the south of France and Paris. Gambetta aids him with an prefecture posting, and Hachette provides a 60 franc monthly wage while Zola writes book puffs and becomes his secretary. The piece notes his humble finances and his wife s diligence amid poverty.
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Zola
Gambetta
Castle Sarrasin
M. de Preyeinet
France
Iste
Hachette
London
Why crossing legs harms health says doctor to son
A Philadelphia Record excerpt explains that leg crossing presses the knee region and compresses nerves and vessels. It warns that continued crossing leads to numbness weakening and thinning of the legs and condemns the habit as injurious to health.
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Philadelphia
The Christmas Goose How To Cook A Young Goose For Christmas
A Chicago Inter Ocean note describes selecting a young green goose, washing skin, and stuffing with mashed potatoes onion sage salt and pepper. Bake twenty minutes per pound, baste often, and garnish with blood oranges and parsley. Make a pan sauce with giblets and flour.
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Chicago
Age of a Georgia worker described with rural landmarks
In a Georgia courtroom a Black man answers age questions by equating his age to local landmarks. He says the white oak on Marie Tom’s plantation is as old as the mill dam, which is not older than the red barn that nearly burned when the stars fell.
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Georgia Darky
Marie Tom
Atlanta Constitution
Speeding the Parting
A playful dialogue hints at social tension. Mamma expresses shock at Miss Boersum’s cold greeting, while Ethel recalls a later cordial farewell, contrasting initial rudeness with a warm goodbye.
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Mamma
Lantern prank at sub urban photo society lecture
A member of a suburban photographic society delivered a lantern slide lecture. Another member slipped in his own lantern portrait as a prank. The lecturer, unaware of the image, read aloud a caption calling the next slide a picture of a refractory donkey.
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Photographic Society
Minnesota’s Nicknames Then and Now
Minnesota is described as the North Star State for its geographic position and coat of arms, the Lake State for its many lakes, and the Gopher State for the abundance of gophers that irregularly disrupted travel and even spooked horses by stepping into holes.
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Minnesota
Berlin Cleanliness Amid Coal Fires Shines in Europe
Consular reports portray Berlin as a clean busy manufacturing capital with smokeless air due to coke and briquettes, skilled furnace construction, and rigorous firing training for firemen. While Silesian coal is bitumen rich, the city minimizes visible smoke by controlled combustion.
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Berlin
Europe
United States
Germany
Largest Southern Illinois woman Mollie Atchinson dies
Miss Mollie Atchinson 26, of southern Illinois, died at Inn station thirteen miles from Benton. She weighed 520 pounds, the largest woman in the region. The death occurred Thursday morning.
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Benton
Urs
Mollie Atchinson
Linois
Eat Inn
Ohio Gas Well Now Largest In State
Zanesville report states Ohio Fuel Supply drilled the largest gas well in Ohio with a daily capacity of 14 million cubic feet. The discovery marks a major increase in regional energy output for the company and the state.
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Zanesville, O
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Ohio
Visits to Berchtesgaden Salt Mines Captivates Tourists
A London correspondent describes Berchtesgaden in Bavaria as a sought destination for travelers. The salt mines offer a candle lit slide ride, a boat crossing of a dim salt lake, and a final train ride through dark tunnels, with attire restrictions on women and striking landscape views.
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Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Baleburg
Lendan
Herchtesgaden
Ronigses
Salt Lake
Berch Tearaden Selt
Writers and their long labor on famous works
The passage compares the writing paces of authors Bret Tlarte Cooper Longfellow Alfred Tennyson Thomas Moore and notes editions and translations. It highlights thirteen years revising Saint's Everlasting Reet six months for The Spy and multi year efforts for Dante Lalla Rookh In Memoriam and other works.
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Faxter
Cooper
Longfellow
Alfred Tennyson
Thomas Moore
Bricklayer from Cork Becomes Hod Carrier Tale
Richard M. Hunt recalls a Cork immigrant hired as a hod carrier after being told to carry fourteen bricks per load. When bricks ran short he could only find thirteen, provoking a shouted demand from a mason on the sixth story to drop a brick, to “make me number good.”
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Richard M. Hunt
Cork
Pat
New York Times
Advice on buying cravats for husbands from The Haberdasher
A writer in The Haberdasher urges women not to buy their husbands cravats. If needed, let him choose to avoid family trouble and eye pain for spectators. he may not know what he wants but he knows what he does not want.
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Haberdasher
Keeping Accounts Plain and Useful for Personal Finance
Keeping accounts simple and clear helps avoid disputes about money. A written record of transactions strengthens legal value in court and fosters economy and saving. Housekeepers mechanics and anyone handling money gain by forming the habit of keeping accounts.
Fears Long Drawn Out Diggs Rounder Exchange
A terse dialogue reveals fears about Diggs and his wife, with feathers of doubt about the future and even death. The exchange hints at prolonged anxiety and speculative concerns surrounding Diggs and his family.
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Diggs
Biggs
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