Wisconsin Governor La Follette urges reform in railroads and taxes
La Follette in a special session message to the Wisconsin legislature calls for a uniform railroad accounting system, expanded railroad tax collection, and stronger crossing safeguards. He backs an investigative panel into public service corporations and insurance companies, urging a comprehensive inquiry with full reporting by November 1906. He also proposes an Australian style primary election reform to ensure majority support.
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State Assembly
Mateo
Wis
Jam Welly
la Follette
Setha
Mae Nself
Pethe Service Corporations
Ing Yance
Stue Welchstine
United Status
Gona
Elis
Wisconsn
Whitey Dove
Gratefel
Wisconsin
United States
Commonwealth
Madison
Kew
Jala
Australia
New York
Tke
Mie
Iscandala
Licensed to Marry Names in 1907 Notice Fragment
Fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century notices page listing multiple marriage licenses and obituaries. Names include Vhana W Eaglend Baura M Jacobs Jos K Muha Anato Wisaler Laverus Kensler Mrs Jutla Koong Willa Paul Ella M Jay Forrester and others. Dates referenced December 4 195 and December 7 1907 with addresses in Lt van Vetatart Latchford Leura Langley Norfolk Va and Chicago area. Funeral notices mention Henry Shanklin Emma Fowler Stahl Catherine Webster and Mary Agnes Lidsale among others with residence details and private services.
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Vhana W
Eaglend
Baura M
Jacobs
Jos K Muha
Anato Wisaler
van Vetatart
Latchford
Leura J. Langley
Laverus Kensler
Jutla Koong
Unicture
Willa Paul
Riehineng
Ella M
Maerchester
Jay
Forrester
Notium
Lake
Nellis
Swernwy
Qgue
Lin Ic
Charles Joseph
James M
Marsh
Dunsal
Mary Agnes
Willian Lidsale
Tresdas
Charles Mushoney
P. Th Mast
Norfolk
Henry Shanklin
Gem
Sue Themis
Stahl Fuseil
Fourth Stat Southwast
Rewtives
Ats
Pers
Jptrey Avenue
Mix Catherine (Ferguson) Webster
William Alexander Webster
Health Office Record of Inmates and Addresses
Fragmented list shows names ages and addresses in Washington area including Bethesda and D.C. locations. Items include Elizabeth Austin 62, Beverly 8, Ary Harman 34, George Rabinon 63, and multiple others with street addresses and ages, indicating a health office registry or census-like record.
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fKepor
Fiteabeth Austin
Méthesda
Agney Allen
Burrinie
D.C
Avrie
Mrovkt
Mycwis Walker
Beverly
Janas Wo Elfen
Sears
Lo St
South Crem
Q St. Na
Ary
A. Harman
Kenyon St
Tune! & Whiting
Seam
Miret Fav Ua
Geem
St. Na
Mildlem
Spitters
Mary E Noron
Sy Sears
Itt Kat
Rounitree
George Rabinon
Vera
Stines Canastow
Wid Rat
Shulair
Aries Mogillian
Ay Horie Thomas
Juan Vayter
Muvuke Thornton
Renton
Jove van Morn
Amuse Cashiasten
Pears
Buiville
Lak Ward
Notice of inverted death and varridge notices across papers
Notices indicate inverted death and varidge notices will be published simultaneously upon application, with no charge for telegraphs. The list includes New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Public Ledger and other papers such as Journal Rochester Herald St. Louis Republic Pioneer-Press and Minneapolis Star.
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Minneapolis
Laure
Vulveland Plain Dealer
Canlinn
ATT Enquirer
Kansas Man After Lyons Job Seeks Vernon for Treasury Head
Senacor Long from Kansas with the Kaonaus delegation in Congress called on President Roosevelt to back W. T. Vernon of Quindara Kansas as Register of the Treasury to replace Judson W. Lyons who will term expire next March. Vernon, a Negro, is described as the ablest man of his race in the state.
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Senacor Long
Kansas
Kaonaus
Congress
Roosevelt
W. T. Vernon
Quindara
Kans
President Removes Pettijohn As Nebraska Land Register
President Moosevelt dismissed James C. Pettijohn from the Valentine Nebraska land office for alleged land fraud involvement and ordered the receiver Albert L. Yowle to resign immediately. The General Land Office will assign two special agents to oversee movements of ocean steamers and related duties.
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Moosevelt
James C. Pettijohn
Register of the Land Office
Valentine
Nebr
Parcipation
Albert L. Yowle
Wilk
General Land Office
Mark Twain Seventieth Birthday Honor Dinner in New York
Mark Twain was the guest of honor at a Delmonico dinner in New York hosted by Col. George Harvey to mark his seventieth birthday. About 170 writers attended, with a congratulatory cable from forty British authors led by Hardy, Meredith, Kipling, Doyle, and Zangwill. Roosevelt sent a letter, and Twain spoke on reaching seventy with his characteristic wit detailing his lifelong habits, inclinations, and humor about aging and morals.
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New York
Mark Twain
Delmonico
George Harvey
Inus
England
Thomas Hardy
George Meredith
Alfred Austin
Arthur Balfour
Rudyard Kipling
Anthony Hope
Gilbert Parker
Qonan Doyle
Jan Maclaren
Humphry Ward
Israel Zangwill
Roosevelt
Joel Chandler Harris
Thease
W. D. Howella
Chard Watson Gilder
Henry van Dyke
Brander Matthews
Weir Mitchell
Kate Douglas Wiggin
John Kendrick Bangs
Amelia Barr
Hamilton W. Mable
Caroline Wells
Irving Bachelier
Andrew Carnegie
George W. Cable
Hopkinson Smith
Ames Repplier
Virginia Wrazier Boyle
Harvey
Col. Harvey
America
Jong
Theodore Roosevelt
Severn Terrace
Murder Raised at West Twenty-Sixth Street Basement
Police probe a brutal murder case after a tailor near 112 West Twenty-sixth Street reported seeing two men carry a man into a basement on Christmas Eve. Seventy bones, a stained ham mast, a pail with potential quicklime, and a skull fracture were found, suggesting a fatal assault. Coroner Scholer cited likely murder based on the skull and teeth evidence.
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New York
Dec
Tenderloin
Ex-Amining
West Twenty-sixth Street
Scholer
Art Treasures in Demand in Cronier Sale at Paris
Frenzied bidding at the Cronier art collection sale in Paris pushed total proceeds beyond 5,000,000 francs though the collection remained unfinished. A regency desk sold for 115,000 francs and a chest for 45,000. Beauvais tapestry by Houcher fetched 300,000 francs. a Getzling by Coypel, 200,000. Two sizes of tapestried furniture brought 206,000 and 441,000. A Louis Quince clock sold for 33,000 francs and a Garpegux statue realized 79,000. Brokers were outbid as collectors cried out fools.
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Washington Post
Paris
Des
Bourse
Cronier
Beauvais
Houcher
Coypel
Louis Quinge
Garpegux
Western Insurance Firms Halt Move to Influence Legislation
In Chicago on December 6 nineteen Western life insurers met to discuss forming a mutual benefit association to influence legislation.Several large companies opposed the gathering and Chicago Life Co declined to bind itself to any action. Opposition to formal organization grew amid unrest over insurance issues, and the plan was abandoned for now.
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Chicago
Western Life Insurance
Association For Mutual Benefit
Chicago Hfe
Emigration plan to send 1090 Azorean laborers to Hawaii
Honolulu reports sugar planters move to emigrate 1000 families from the Azores via the territorial board of immigration. An agent will depart shortly, with Secretary Atkinson likely to accompany if resignations occur. Rumor ties J P Cooke to territorial secretary post.
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Azores
Honolulu
Territorial Board of Immigration
Atkinson
J. P. Cooke
Standard Oil Case Continued In Topeka Kansas
By agreement of the attorneys the quo warranto suit brought by Attorney General Coleman to oust Standard Oil Company from doing business in Kansas was continued until March. hearing set for Supreme Court.
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Standard Oil
Topeka
Kans
Der
General Coleman
Standard of Company
Kansas
Lecture on Ireland by Edward Harrington at St Dominic's Hall
Mr Edward P B Harrington delivered a ramble through Ireland at an entertainment in St Dominic's Hall Sixth and F streets southwest under the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division No 4 He had recently returned from the Emerald Isle after years studying Irish life and conditions.
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Ireland
Edward PB. Harrington
St. Dominic’s Hall
F Streets
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Harrington
Land Fraud Witness Assaulted in Pinesville Case
A message to the governor’s department reports a chief witness against Representative Williamson of Oregon was brutally assaulted by Pinesville’s town marshal for testifying in land fraud trials. The injury was serious, and the incident centers on the ongoing Oregon land fraud cases.
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I Yucernor Department
Williamson
Oregon
Pinesville
Messenger A forger steals funds then wife buys costly items
Whitney Hall a messenger in Washington’s Justice Department was arrested on a warrant charging forging T M Blackford’s name to a $2000 check drawn on Citizens National Bank. His wife bought dresses and two gold watches, then planned a Waldorf Astoria trip. Hall and wife were jailed. bank recovered $1700.
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Hall
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Baltimore
Peck
Warren
Boardman
Eppatate
Commercial National Bank
Barger
Separation of Negro Churches Forms Separate Presbyteries
Knoxville reports the first step toward segregating church structure for African Americans. The Synod of Tennessee’s colored churches formed separate presbyteries and endorsed forming a separate synod for colored churches, aligning with a law to divide synods in the same territory. The move aims to increase responsibility and representation for black churches. The Tennessee Synod covers Tennessee and parts of Alabama, North Carolina, and Southwest Virginia.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Presbyterian Church of the Northern Assembly
Synod of Tennessee
General Assembly
Game Territory
Synod
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Redmond
Pennypacker Visions in Atlanta for Two Day Visit
Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania and party arrive in Atlanta for a two day stay. They will travel to Andersonville for Thursday’s dedication of a Civil War monument and then proceed to Chattanooga to visit historic sites. Governor Terrell and Mrs. Terrell hosted a reception at the governor’s mansion this afternoon.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Andersonville
Chattanooga
Terrell
Czar Abandons Annual Lunch for St George Cross Soldiers
Paria reports Emperor Nicholas skips the traditional Winter Palace lunch for soldiers decorated with the Cross of St George. The St. Petersburg corre spondent says the decision shows he is practically a prisoner at Tsarskoe selo, the first omission since the order’s founding.
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Paria
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
St. George
Tsarskoe Selo
Samoans Are Contented In Tutuila Under American Rule
A dispatch from Tutuila Samoa reports President Roosevelt acknowledged a letter from Tuimaiue former Bamog king praising U S officials and saying Samoans are happier and more prosperous under American rule. A colonial meeting in October favored Navy control. Copra season nears close and volcanic activity on Sayali remains active with no danger.
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Tutuila
Samoa
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Tuimaiue
Manua
Bamog
United States
Navy Department
Sayali
Ticket Speculators Lose Theater Right to Refuse Tickets
The New York Court of Appeals upheld a theater manager's right to refuse tickets bought from sidewalk speculators. William H. Callister sought $400 for lost business against Al Hayman & Co of the Knickerbocker Theater. The court agreed proprietors may refuse tickets obtained through speculators if they post warnings to patrons.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
William H. Collister
al Hayman
Utherg
al Hayman & Co
Knockerbockers
New York
Callister
Hhe
Avhele
Aid for the Blind Bazaar at 96 E Street NW
The Aid Association for the Blind hosts a bazaar at headquarters 96 E Street Northwest featuring Oriental art pieces, a Egyptian palmist, and an Assyrian in charge of laces. A musical programme entertained last night and another is promised tonight. Seven women and five men, all with productive trades, display aprons pillows chairs mats and brooms. Bazaar open today 4 to 10.
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Aid Association
Rhea Blind
E Street
Eight Horses Incinerated at War Department Stable
A fire at an adjoining stable near seven teenth and G streets destroyed eight horses owned by liveryman W. C. Williams of 1724 G Street. The one story frame building housed government saddles and Secretary Taft’s horses. One horse was rescued. Maj. E H Neumyer of the District Guard lost a horse and wagon. Total losses about 1200 in stock and 200 in the stable.
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War Department
G Streets
Taft
W. C .Williamis
G Street
Henry Clotz
Willams
E H. Neumyer
Distrit Guard
Wedding at Pure Food Exposition Draws Crowds
More than 6 000 attended the Pure Food Exposition at Convention Hall last evening. The event showcased a bride and groom ceremony planned under a floral display by Gude & Bros. as the couple walked to an arbor lane of chrysanthemums to an Lohengrin march. The groom’s name was George Cook. the bride’s name was kept secret.
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Convention Hall
Gude & Bros
George Cook
Texas Society Elects Officers at Pythian Temple Meeting
Texas Society last night elected officers led by William H. McNiel as president and H C Wil moth as first vice president. The program included a concert with Cornelia Parker Wolfe Margal and others. Roosevelt Garrison No 74 Army and Navy Union met at Ninth Street NW and chose leaders including Joseph J Gordon and Frank C Longstreet. Washington Eagles No 125 held an annual entertainment banquet at National Rifles Armory with toastmaster J J Feeney and remarks by multiple speakers.
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Texas Society
Pythian Temple
O. W. Gillispie
William H. McNiel
H.C. Wilmoth
C. H. Clifford
Charles el. Bruce
W. E. Suddgrthe
Gustave Bender
W. L. Alexander
Fatime W. Gr
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Union
Ninth Street
Northwest
Jozeph J. Gordon
Frank C. Longstreet
Edward G. Burch
Robert Koehler
L. von der Miller
Thomas A. Taylor
George B. Beckley
W. B. Chamberlain
Antonio Lauletta
J. A. Joyce
Executive Council
Beret
John G. Quigley
Dennis Coughlin
A. W. Gall
Washington Fraternal Order of Eagles
Aerie No. 125
National Rifles’ Armory
J. J. Feeney
August Brill
Daniel A. Driscoll
Hugh F. Harvey
John Doyle Carmody
Rossa F. Downing
Myer Fisher
Bicycle Racers Hold Pace in Six Day Madison Square Garden
Twelve teams trained through the day in Madison Square Garden as the six day race reached the forty fourth hour. Leaders stood tied at an ominous four miles behind the old record of 131 miles set by Elkes and McFarland in a prior edition.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Elkes and McFarland
Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Card
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal kidney remedy curing a range of ailments from dizziness to back pain. It promises hospital use, doctor endorsements, sample bottles, and a free information book by mail, urging readers to send their address to Kilmer in Binghamton New York.
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The
Washington Daily Post
A. L. Walker
East
Linden St
Atlanta
Swamp-Root
Swamp Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Weather Conditions December 8 58 9 m. Washington
High pressure dominates with generally clear skies across the country except light lake region snows and Western Washington rains. Temperatures rise slowly with fair conditions Wednesday and Thursday except lingering snow in the Lake region and Montana. Coastal winds vary with region. ships to European ports face southerly winds. River bulletin notes Potomac River muddy and Shenandoah River clear.
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D. 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Barentt
Washington
British Northwest
Lake
Mississippi River
Washinton
Oregon
Montana
New England
Great Lakes
Mls Nein
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Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
Modrat
Telepnom Im Tak
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Speert iv
Bret Astela
Priece
North 319
John R. Wright
Tenth St
North 47
George P. Zurhorst
Newspaper
Freblve
Lyons
Pettijohn
Friederich der Grose
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Boulogne
Pretoria
Hamburg
Dover
Queenstown
Oceanic
Liverpool
Cherour
National Art Association
F St. Nw
Prince of
Brenda
First Standard Oil Trust
Republic
Amy Oddrene
Maryland
N. Carolan
Tokalon Wine CO
Montgomery
Ala
Alabame
Southern Steel Company of
Gadsden
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Underwood Coal and Iron Company
Blount County
Dros Gisis
W. Grove
Commercial Bank
United Irish League
Balfour
Boston
Mass
United Irish League of America
John E. Redmond
Dublin
League
Parnell
Pennypacker
Czar
Melton
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Dr. Malmer
Barperd Ferry
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Potomac River
Cidsay
Asheride
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N. Dak
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Ohio
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Wyo
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A. Collins
14Th St
Ida Dorothy Peake
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Gov
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White House
Hugh Dinsmore
Arkansas
Jeff Davis
Mig
George Y
Delaware
Dingmore
Gray
Board of Regents
Smithsonian Institution
Souther
California
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New Orleans
Washington &Southwestern Limited
Southern Pacific Ry
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L. S. Grown
Washington, D. C
Penna
R.R
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Arcive
Secord
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