Weaver as Philadelphia's self made reform mayor
Portrait of John Weaver known as the little mayor who rose from errand boy to lawyer and reform leader. The piece covers his clash with the city’s political ring, the 1903 mayoral election, and his victory over Durham, including his break from the United Gas Improvement deal and his complex relation with Rothermel and the ring.
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Philadelphia
City Gas Works
United Gas Improvement Company
Thomas Dolan
John Weaver
New York Times
Weaver
America
Ring
Rothermel
Quay
Salter
Mexico
Salter Mast
Francis Shunk Brown
Durham
Mayor Weaver Described As Bold Yachtsman Leader
The New York Tribune profiles Mayor Weaver as a frank personable figure with bulldog courage and English tenacity. He mixes good humor with strong opinions and finds greatest joy in yacht racing beating to windward across Barnegat bay with skill at the tiller.
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Weaver
New York Tribune
Seven Seas
Mayor Weaver
Barnegat Bay
Good Craft Horse Conformation for Draft Value
Ontario Institute Bulletin advises selecting a well balanced draft horse with strong rib, short back, and solid legs. Emphasizes sound feet, full conformation, and proper gait. warns against contracted feet, brittle hocks, and coarseness. Recommends testing stallions by observing footing, trot, and walk to avoid stilted movement.
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Ontario Tostitute Bulletin
The Vigorous Sow and Large Litters
Experiments show pigs from large litters grow faster than those from small litters. A sow with many piglets has greater vitality and milk supply, while mature sows yield heavier pigs. Breeders keep big-litter sows for years and raise two litters annually to stay profitable.
Horse shoeing caution from Dr A S Alexander
A Wisconsin Experiment Station note advises not to rush decisions on a horse’s soundness. It recommends trying unshod feet first, applying to fore and hind feet, and removing shoes where the animal is valuable to ensure accuracy before judging there is a problem.
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A. S. Alexander
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Feeding for Profit and Hog Diets from the Farm Bulletin
The article extols oats as versatile farm feed and discusses a charcoal and copper supplement for hogs. It cites Spanish peanuts as a superior hog food versus corn, noting a 300 percent gain difference. It also covers calves on pasture, advising limited grain intake and suggesting oats and oilmeal near finishing time.
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Theodore Louis
Bulletin
Arkansas Experiment Station
C. F. Curtiss
The
Iowa Experiment Station
Breeder's Gazette
Hoke Smith Enters Georgia Gubernatorial Race
Atlanta June 5 Hon Hoke Smith secretary of the interior under Cleveland and ex editor of the Atlanta Journal announced himself as a candidate for Georgia governor subject to the Democratic primary. He is the third to enter joining Clark Lowell and J H Estill as announced contenders. The primary is more than a year off.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Hoke Smith
Interior
Cleveland
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Mith
Keing
Clark Lowell
The
Constitution
J. H. Estill
Savannah Morning News
Wabash Beats DePauw In Dual Track Meet 62 42
Wabash College defeated DePauw 62 to 42 in a dual track and field meet held in Greencastle on June 5. Wabash dominated the meet with standout performances in the 10 yard hurdles and hammer throw, with Van Dyke and Dewey highlighted for Wabash and McKee starring for DePauw.
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Greencastle
Lod
Wabash College
DePauw University
Wabash
McKee
DePauw
van Dyke
Dewey
Speaker Cannon Leads House Party to Alaska Visit
Portland June 5 Speaker Cannon and a large contingent of representatives and their families departed for Seattle where the party will proceed to southern Alaska for a brief visit. The list includes Speaker Joseph G Cannon Senator Hemeway and his daughters W K Rodenberg and wife.
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Portland
Ore
Cannon
House of Representatives
Line Will Be Extended to Dundee Adrian and Tecumseh
Detroit June 5. General Manager Matthew Slush of the Detroit Monroe and Toledo Short line announces that the company will extend its lines to Dundee Adrian and Tecumseh and will double track from Monroe to Toledo.
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Detroit
Matthew Slush
Detroit, Monroe
Toledo
Dundee
Adrian
Tecumseh
Monroe
Minnetonka Reports Apache Spoke West of the Lizard
The steamship Minnetonka reports she spoke the American bark Apache, the belated racer in the trans Atlantic race for the German emperor s cup, 250 miles west of the Lizard at 7 a m yesterday.
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London
Minnetonka
Costly Fire Destroys Terra Cotta Works Near St Louis
A major blaze at the Winkle Terra Cotta works just west of the city limits destroyed six buildings. The loss is estimated at four hundred thousand dollars.
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St. Louis
St. Louisa
Unidentified man blown to pieces in Dixon blast
An unnamed man is believed killed by an accidental dynamite blast in Dixon Illinois. Windows broken, neighborhood shaken as investigators probe the explosion.
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Dixon
Ill
Roosevelt receives unstamped letter from Berwick postmark
An unstamped letter to President Roosevelt was mailed from Berwick to Washington last Monday. Postmaster Bowman notified the president that 2 cents postage is due and the letter will not be forwarded until payment is received.
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Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
Bowman
Berwick
Mitchell urges miners to demand eight hour day in speech
Scranton Pa June 5 in Moosic President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers urged that the eight hour day and a signed agreement with the union be insisted on when the present contract expires May 31, 1906.
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Scranton
Moosic
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Stutter In Names Sparks Courtroom Quip in Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a stuttering moment over a child’s name Dinnia Casey. The godfather’s stammer allegedly led to the multiple initials Dinnia K K K Gasey, prompting a lighthearted debate on how the name was recorded.
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Flannery
Dinnia K
Gasey
Finnegan
Dinnia Casey
Philadelphia Ledger
The Penitentiary Doorway to Money Love
A Cleveland Leader aphorism warns that excessive love of money invites crime and punishment, framing greed as a primary path to incarceration and moral ruin.
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Cleveland Leader
Homeseekers and California Excursions From Chicago
The Illinois rail lines advertise homeseekers rates to many western states with departures on specific Tuesdays and a 21 day return limit. California excursions offer a 55.65 round trip starting April 10 with open routing and a Chicago departure from Washington Street. Agent contact details provided.
Vacation Tours Offer Low Summer Rail Rates Across Regions
The Iowa Central lists 1905 summer excursion fares from Brighton to St Paul and Minneapolis 12 dollars Duluth 16 dollars Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo 22 75 Salt Lake City and Ogden 35 75 plus special rates for Epworth League and G A R encampments Portland Oregon 49 dollars with ninety day limit and flexible routes California and Hot Springs Arkansas special fares one fare plus two dollars. Tickets on sale June 1st to October 31st for many routes with various sale dates and extensions. For details contact agents or A S Cutts GP.
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Pacific Coast
Iowa Central
Brighton
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Portland
Ore
Caliornia
Hot Springs Ark
Cutts
G. P
Asbury Park Excursion for National Educational Meeting
The Nickel Plate Road offers a summer excursion to Asbury Park New Jersey for the National Educational Association meeting July 3 to 3 inclusive with stopovers at Conebanes Lake Niagara Falls and New York City. The round trip fare is 21 35 with sale dates June 29 30 and July 1 2 and return by August 31. Meals aboard in dining cars and day line boat service on the Hudson are available with no excess fare on Nickel Plate trains. Tickets and details from John Y Calahan Chicago agent.
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New York City
Chicago City
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
la Salle and
van Buren Sts
Asbury Park
N. J
National Educational Association
Nickel Plate Road
Ita
West Shore
Lackawanna Road
Conebanes Lake Points
Niagara Falls
New York
sal'Fentastenia
Delaware Water Gap
Mohawk Valley
Hudson River
Albany
Chicago
la Salle St
van Buren and
la Salle Sts
John Y. Calahan
Tobacco Ad Warns Local Readers About Sales
A clipped notice cautions readers not to go to Corvette & McAihin neys for tobacco as they do not handle it, reflecting a brief consumer guidance snippet from the period.
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Corvette & McAihinney’s
Unusually Low Summer Rail Rates West and Northwest
Burlington Route offers round trip tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo to depart June 1 through September 30 with return before November 1 1905 at about half fare. Also special dates in June July August with limited returns and 25 cent add ons. Pacific Northwest California Yellowstone Cody Black Hills and Utah routes listed with varied return limits and midseason side trips. Descriptive literature free from J E Kunath agent.
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Burlington
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Stober
Utah
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Billings
Scenic Rockies
St. Paul
California
Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Park
Gardiner
Monida
Scenic Colorado
Cody
Big Horn Basin
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood
Hot _s
Lead
Custer
Sheridan
Wyo
J. KE. Kunath
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Hin Hine
Batry Tate
Graham Crackers
National Biscuit Company Bakeries
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Feeding
Bb. J. Waterstripe
Kus
Uneeda Biscuit
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Asbury Par
lowa’Central Ry
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
New Mexico
A. B. Cutts
Minn
Rock Island
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Washington
H. W. Russel
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