Bennet Leads Fight Over Roosevelt Evidence Resolution
The Sixtieth Congress debates a resolution demanding the President supply any evidence of corruption by members and whether prosecutions have been or will be pursued. Vic Bennett pushes to vote the resolution and its preamble separately, but the House largely backs action to require information while some call it too weak.
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Roosevelt
House
House of Representatives
Sixtieth Congress
Bia
Vic Bennet
Bennet
Mr Bennet
Henriet
Speaker
Wailliams
Macon
Arhameas
Iolston
Congress
Common Sense And A Tablet Offer For Digestive Relief
An advertorial promotes tablets claimed to aid digestion and appetite by improving gastric juice absorption. It asserts tablets supply necessary nutrients from blood to support next meals and claims natural, common sense remedies. The piece notes mailing details and pricing per package.
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Lids Marseall
Steerage Comfort Rules Win Approval in Congress
Congress passes a bill tightening steerage passenger requirements. It sets minimum space per passenger on the open deck and bath facilities, raises sleeping room standards, and expands smoking and recreation areas aboard transatlantic steamers. The measure lowers the maximum number of passengers per ship while increasing passenger storage limits and enforcing age based admission rules.
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Congress
Tongres
Yenter
East Square Fort
Piwest Pass
BS Lu
New Lorkould
WANTS ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR LABOR INSPECTORS AND FIRE HOUSE
Treasury officials sent supplemental estimates for 1916 appropriations to enforce child labor laws in Ash District. Two labor inspectors were proposed at $1 each, with funds to buy tools and erect a fire engine house for Company No. 4 on D Street NW. An alternative asked 3150000 to house Fire Companies No. 2 and Truck Company No. 3, with Truck Company No. 3 on government property slated for Mall construction.
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Engine House
HK District
Treasury
Fisc
Trevskel
Inv
Aice
D Street
Fourteenth
Explain District Budget and Commissioners Conference
Commissioners concluded conferences with the House district subcommittee on appropriations regarding the next fiscal year budget. They toured the District to show planned streets and improvements and urged adoption of their recommendations, asserting District revenues cover the District share if extraordinary and current expenditures are distinguished. The bill will not be reported until after the holidays.
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District of Columbia
Fiacal
Lave G
President Nominates Tex and West Virginia Officials
The President sent to the Senate the nominations for a collector of customs for Brazos de Santiago Texas Benifre B Creager and a collector of internal revenue for the district of West Virginia George E Work, both named yesterday.
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Senate
Texas
West Virginia
District of Brazos de Santiago
Tex—Benifre B
Creager
Internal Revenue
District of West Virginia
George E Work
Weat Virginls
Policeman Edward Hunt Ended Life After Joking With Fellow Officers
A Maine police sergeant Edward Hunt, 40, committed suicide in the station house by shooting himself in the head with a revolver after telling colleagues he planned to resign and join the army. He died en route to the hospital. details mention his Coast Guard and Marine Corps ties and prior service, with no clear motive found.
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Edward Hunt
Maine
Tuliemay Faward
Fort of
Te Second Precinct
United States Marine Corps
Segt Hunt
Hunt
Homeopathic
Tal Hunt
Ge Bowapis
Ge Bowapis Ings Ching With Cant JT Strats JS A. Retired and Ath Foliceman
Michael Donnelly
Precinit
Sabot
Servike Toweyrt
Jinghin
Bing
Serand
Dau
Sylvester
Fraud Orders Issued in Wide Postal Sweep
The Postoffice Department reports 230 fraud orders issued and 242 citations to answer charges of illegal use of the mails. Twenty three orders were supplemental to prior actions and two targeted foreign lottery concerns. The effort aims to curb scams across classes, despite strong opposition from swindlers and their allies. The department will continue enforcement and funeral arrangements follow for victims as needed.
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Sullivan
Sylvester
Huntin Gmina
Evers
Pole Department
Postottic. Department
Frida
Usig
United States
Postoffice
Rare nerve repair after broken arm at George Washington Uni Hosp
A rare operation by Dr L H Taylor at George Washington University Hospital repaired the fractured right arm and musculospiral nerve of Henry B Somerville, age 0, after a ball injury. The bone was set and the nerve sewn with silk thread. full recovery expected in about a year. Several eminent physicians witnessed the procedure.
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L. H. Taylor
George ‘Washington University Hospital
Henry B Somerville
Twenty-ninth Street
L. H Taylor
George Washington University Hospital
Joseph J Kinyon
United States Marine Service
Owen
George Washington University
Ile
Taylor
Names and places appear in fragmented political roster
A garbled OCR list names many individuals and states including Nevada Washington Oregon Nebraska New York North Carolina Mississippi Pennsylvania Indiana and Georgia with titles like Admiral and Representative and mentions Mrs Grosvenor. The text reads as a partial roster of people and districts with no coherent event or action.
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Muiaves Nixon
Nevada
Ankeny
Washington
Fulton
Oregon
Brown
Nebraska
Glcott
New York
Martin
North Carolina
Chapman
Dllalz Payne
Lok Chandler
Blorissipp Graham
Pennsylvania
Landie
Indiana
Watson
Rauch
Yndtenz
Adare
Indteng
Adambeon
Georgia
Grosvenor
Chanukah Observance Begins With Candles and Family Traditions
Washington Jewish community readies Chanukah observance marking eight days of light gifts and reunions. Rabbi Abram lanterns the festival under themes of Maccabean victory, monotheism, and temple rededication while services at Eighth Street Temple feature sermons by Dr Simon and a Sabbath school program for children.
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Washington
Abram Pastor
Hebrew Congression of Washington
Bisley
Judah Maccabee
Lome
Orthodos Olsonance
Joepin
Shamkil
Jew
Sirian
Chanukih
Eighth Street Temple
Simon
Iedsea
Temple
Illustraine
Palestine
Merger Proposal Unites Bureaus Under New Commerce Agency
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania and Representative Shepard of Texas introduce a bill to consolidate the Bureau of Manufactures and the Department of Commerce statistics into the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The plan envisions a single track link to the Navy Yard running along Ky and avenues southeast, with Secretary of Commerce oversight.
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Moate
Navy Yard
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce
Navy
Anal
Wichigan
Unclear fragment on Philadelphia streets and results
Fragment mentions 33d and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia with unsatisfactory results and a note about friends. No clear event, date, or names other than street references.
Arrest at prison gate sparks Baltimore case and arrest
George Hewitt and George Thotton were released from Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore after a 15 month sentence when Hewitt was arrested at the city station by a Central Office detective for alleged offenses. A subsequent inquiry tied the suspect to jewelry thefts in Baltimore and other cities as police circulated notices across jurisdictions. The case involves a Charles Tuglish alias and a local complaint from a Baltimore resident, with Hewitt held on charges and awaiting further action.
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George
Hewit
Thotton
Maryland
Baltimoce
Sterda
Entral
Betetive
Cox
Tarhatten
Farbelton
Laitimore
Heart Che
New York Bonds Sell High at Public Sale
New York State 4 percent highway improvement bonds offered by the state comptroller and underscored by bids from National City Bank, Harris & Co, and Wood Sager. Prices ranged from 111 to 2481 with a block of 233,300 secured, oversubscribed seven and a half times as bids totaled 37,872,200.
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Albany
Dew
Martin
Tlynun
Fald
New York
National City Bank
Ow Harris & Co
Wood Sager
Warnie
Mob lynches Elmer Hill in Adair County tragedy
A mob seized Elmer Hill near Monticello in Wayne County last night and hanged him to a tree after abducting him from the jail. His body bore bullet wounds. authorities say the identity of his attackers remains unknown and unconfirmed.
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Lexington
Farragut Corps Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Farragut Corps Vo 51 BH elected officers at the annual meeting led by President Mrs Plora C Carnes and senior free president Visa Warle Cten. Elected vice president Mrs Fmma A Johnson, treasurer Mrs Julia Roberts, chaplain Mr Mary P Riple, conductor Are T Lizzie Bradley, guard Mrs Amy L Carr, delegates Mrs Jennie Parker and Mrs Emine Molbrook, alternates Mrs Emma A Jolinson and Mrs Georgia L Leane. Joint installation with Parragut Post No 10 planned for January. Dinners to widows and veterans families arranged. New Years Day reception at Mrs J Liev Bradley’s home.
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Farragut Corps
Plora C Carnes
Visa Warle
Cten Daniel
Fmma A Johnson
Julia Roberts
Mary P Riple
Lizzie Bradley
Amy L Carr
Jennie Parker
Emine & Molbrook
Emma A Jolinson
Georgia L Leane
Parragut Post No 10
J Liev Bradley
Ust
Capital Street
Arrest in Diamond Theft Case Shocks Chicago
Chicago police arrested Dee W Mrs Lo Wenowen at the request of Pittsburg authorities over a $10 diamond robbery. Eddie Granthias Mcdowell was nabbed after smashing a Northside jewelry store window on December 3 and attempting to flee with diamonds valued at $10. McDowell received a ten year penitentiary sentence seven days later. Mrs McDowell is wanted as an accessory before the fact.
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Chicago Dee
Lo Wenowen
Pittsburg
Eddie Granthias Mcdowell
Thaw's Aunt Dies Insane In Philadelphia
Marion A Thaw, aunt of Harry K. Thaw, died at Frankford Friends Asylum where she had been an inmate for years. Her death is noted amid coverage of Thaw's 1908 insanity trial. Also reported, Deucher elected Switzerland president by Federal Assembly set to succeed Brenne.
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Israel
Philadelpha
Mareiet
Harr Bolbew
Friends Asslur
Fankford
Ha ‘Sas
Asbum
Harry Thaw
Stanford Winte
Numbter
Comimerce
Federal Assembly
Mio Deucher
Ff Brenne
Thoughtful People Endorsing Kidney Disease Cure Claims
An advertisement-like passage cites James Ts son VM D praising Fulton’s Renal Compound as the sole remedy for kidney inflammation at both early and chronic stages. It claims rising kidney deaths and urges readers to request a monthly bulletin of “late recoveries,” listing San Francisco as a contact locale.
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James Tsson VM
University of Penn
Thorl Arn
Altases
Fultons
John
Falton OG
First St
San Francisco
Henry Evang
De Sagan and Boni Court Duel Over Children
The report notes a royal court clash as De Sagan dismisses Boni and the prince recalls Boni’s aloof care for his children. The judge may question Boni’s many homes and past conduct while the court weighs the high moral grounds amid a tense household dispute. In a separate brief, Argentina plans two battleships with funds of 70 million for armaments and possibly a third vessel.
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Washington Pot
Paris
Prince See Sagan
Bonis
de Castellano Inca
Boni
Argentina
Buenos
Notices of Partnerships and Stockholder Meetings in Washington DC
Public notices record formation of Maurer and Company as a limited partnership by George H Maurer and Adaline Bovee with $600 paid in. Also listed are annual stockholder meetings for several railroad and street railway companies in Washington DC, with meeting dates, offices, and stock transfer blackout periods from December to January.
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George H Maurer
Adaline Bovee
Srm
Mauer and Company
Supreme Court District of Columbia
George T Malrer
Ada
Richard P
Stocklold
Anacostia and
P Tomes River Railroad Company
Juast Capitil
Washington ,DC
Arack
Arcordan
Aclease T J Whiteheld
Annunlal Wfeting
Georgetean and Tennallytown Railways Company
Ampany Fanteenth
Capital
Washington DC
Suis Company
Jans
TIDAD
Brettwood Talwart Company
East
Capit
Washington
Satuday
Attecor Rus
St Ch
Te Batomac
Tlee Foner
Ste
Wasington
Stacl Ff
Whitey Lab
Cami
de Stockl ii Bs
Ccoorl Ff Carefer Bool
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Thus City
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Chicago
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Qth Street
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Thaw
Frends Acylum
Frankford, Pa
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Prince Saga
Tatest
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Phove
Dancing Academy
Noy Ave
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Potomac Savings Bank
Clorge Town
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Rand Remyte Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Herrick & Kent
Rank J Hent
Sai
Pillsbury’s
Sanitary Grocery Co
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H Thompson Sherwood
Frank P. Milburn & CO
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New Nee Ee S . Bot
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Bed Briday
le Henry Miller
Edith Wonne
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EC Heintz
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Testor Acompaniat
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Lesacog
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Massachusetts
Josef Kaspar
Penta Condue
Pesshugina
Cae A Sa Mini
Georgetown -Ardhente
Terete
Folun
Oalia
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