Prohibition talk and naval policy mark March 9 Post
The Washington Post reviews prohibitionist views voiced by Bowdoin President Hyde and lawmakers, and surveys naval affairs from reform-era gains to manpower strains, calling for balanced funding and nonpartisan planning. It notes past senators’ returns and public service cycles, with emphasis on Bartholdt as a potential Missouri compromise, and critiques political boodling in the House.
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Bartholdi
Missouri
Post
Richard Bartholdt
United States Senate
Washington
Bartholdt
House
Senate
Vermont
Pithy political quips and social notes from a restless era
A collage of quotes and musings on money lending, peace banking, Philadelphia politics, federal appointments for African Americans, Russia and Manchuria, La Follette, Taft, Taft era poetry, and public figures. Observations touch on Warsaw labor strikes, Kuroki’s business acumen, moonshine in Madrid, and Alabama spouting amid corset debate.
Halfour Plans a Blow to Ireland's Parliament Vote
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports Premier Balfour may redraw United Kingdom districts to shrink Ireland's parliamentary representation. Ireland, with 103 MPs, risks losing twenty five to thirty seats, sparking Irish party unity against the move and potentially hindering home rule prospects. England Wales Scotland hold 49 percent of MPs. Ireland 103. Scotland 72 in a 670 seat chamber. The plan aims to equalize elector power amid population shifts, provoking heated debates in Parliament.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Balfour
United Kingdom
Ireland
England
Wales
House of Commons
Scotland
Burglars Seen Upstairs in Quarrel Over Night Alarm
A Houston Chronicle fragment depicts Mrs Timmid and Mr Timmid arguing about burglars being downstairs while a third man taunts them from the stairs. Elsewhere, a joke exchange on poets, wealth and stock schemes appears with satirical lines from various papers.
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The
Houston Chronicle
James
Mrs. Timmid
Mr. Timmid
Filanery
Mr. Rockefeller
Sheffield Park and Its Owner in Sussex History
A portrait of Lora Sheffield and Sheffield Park details, tracing the family legacy from cricket founder to political ties. The piece covers the park’s famed field, the Sheffield shield, and the line of succession including the Dowager Countess of Winchelsea and Mrs. Richard Arthur Paget, interwoven with anecdotes about eccentric aristocrats and literary figures.
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Lora Sheffield
Australia
Sheffield Park
Sussex
United Kingdom
Gibbon
Earl of
Sheffield
Lord Sheffield
Piccadilly
Lord Stanley of
Alderley
Countess of
Winchelsea
Richard Arthur Paget
Farm Imports and Exports From the Boston Transchips
The official measures of agricultural trade show declines in meat product exports from 1902 to 1904 and a mixed picture overall. Cattle exports topped 341 million dollars while imports stood at 311 million, with low value per head for imports. Coffee and cotton trade rose, corn and wheat showed surpluses, and vegetables, especially potatoes, defy easy explanation, prompting farmers to boost tuber production.
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Boston
Home Market Club
South Africa
United States
Newcastle
Refusal of Foreign Decoration by St Louis Editor
St Louis editor Edward J. Praetorius declined the Royal Order of the Red Eagle offered by the Kaiser. The Westliche Post notes the refusal without explanation, arguing Americans need no sovereign honor as freedom is the ultimate decoration. The piece critiques Americans seeking foreign decorations and likens such regalia to cravats or scraps of ribbon.
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St. Louis
New York Herald
Edward J. Preetorius
Westliche Post
L. Praetorius
Railway valuation debate in New Jersey and Western states
The Railway World argues New Jersey lags Western states in railway valuation theory but approves the New Jersey tax commission stance for equal assessment of all property. Railroads seek equal treatment with other properties, noting current inequality. Justice hinges on understanding railways' relation to the State as much as on tax systems.
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House of Representatives
National House of Representatives
New Jersey
Tg Tax Commission
Sovereign ambitions in the Danish West Indies debated
The piece argues Denmark may cede the Danish West Indies to the United States as the latter would hoist the Stars and Stripes. It notes Denmark’s costly stake and little return, while native desire for U.S. sovereignty grows, framing a likely transfer if the Danish flag falls.
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Boston Transcript
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A quirky column of social aphorisms and observations about men and women. It comments on disguises, pride, judgment, flirtation, beer, and engagement rings with brisk, satirical tone.
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Chicago News
New Pension Office Chief Vespasian Warner Opens Post
Clerks return to a disrupted Pension Office under new commissioner Vespasian Warner who was sworn in during the interim. He arrives at 9, moves to Capitol at noon, and begins handling transfers. Office decor remains, hindering work as file cases in the building court await replacement.
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Pension Office
Vespasian Warner
Warner
Capitol
Prairie Oil and Gas bars Kansas oil below 1 degree gravity
Independence March 8 Prairie Oil and Gas Company a Kansas arm of Standard Oil issued an order banning purchase of oil below 1 degrees gravity in Kansas affecting about two thirds of production. John O’Brien vice president said oil under 30 degrees gravity is undesirable and lacks refining value. Kansas oil gravities range 20 to 34 degrees with an average near 28. Separately in Cynthiana Kentucky the grand jury indicted Standard Oil Company on 200 counts for selling oil from a wagon without a license the penalties range from 30 to 1000 dollars per count and total at least ten thousand dollars. The indictments follow a Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling holding the company liable for a prior scene in Oldham County.
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Kans
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Prairie Company
Kansas Oil Producers
John O'Brien
Cynthiana
O'’Hear
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Standard Oi Company
Oldham County
Santa Fe Rebates Topeka To Shippers Revealed
Freight auditor W J Healy testified that the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad refunded 1 198 562 to shippers for the year ended June 30 194, claiming overcharges. He plans to name shippers but vouchers would take months. State aims to prove rebates away from overcharges, with repayments mainly to Standard Oil and other large firms.
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Topeke
Kans
Marek
Atchison, Topekan and Santa Fe Railroad Company
W. J. Healy
Santa Fe
Kansas
R. W. Dunlap
Healy
Standard Oil Company
Beef Trust Subpoenas Issued Across Midwest
Chicago reports another batch of subpoenas for witnesses in the beef trust probe. Subpoenas go to clerks managers and former employees of packing houses in Illinois Indiana and Missouri. The collection continues until March 20 and follows 225 subpoenas already served. The DOJ inquiry proceeds independent of a Commerce and Labor report.
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Chicago
March
Beef Trust
Illnois
Indiana
Missouri
Director Rockhill Resigns as Bureau Chief
The resignation of W W Rockhill as Director of the Bureau of American Republics has been accepted. Rockhill, nominated to be Minister to China, may depart for the post in April. William C Fox, long time chief clerk, is expected to succeed Rockhill as director. Gordon Cummings is expected to be promoted to chief clerk.
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W. W. Rockhill
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China
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Herrick
State
Ghia
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Mansfeld News
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CIA
Ohio
Leannet
Henry W. Coe
Harriman
Portland
the Sound
Nitchell
Col
William St. John
Atlanta
Raleigh
B. F. Pilsen
George S. Fowler
S. ©. Dean
W. R Gravener
Washington
Bonduet Bane
Willard
Altace
Reid
J. M. Simms
Mem Simms
Ebditt
Spanish design adopted by Porto Rico legislature
The Porto Rican Legislature chooses the Spanish regime coat of arms for the island, replacing the American Civil Government emblem. The bill, initially rejected by the executive council, was reconsidered and then passed.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
March
Executive Council
Secretary designates Gaillard Hunt to head passport bureau
The Secretary of State appoints Gaillard Hunt chief of the passport bureau and to serve on a three member commission studying naturalization of aliens. The panel includes one member from each of State Department, Justice, and Commerce and Labor and will report to the President.
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Postmasters Appointed in Four States and Territories
The fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday across multiple states including Maine with Minot H W Boarce, Massachusetts Shrewsbury O W Waite, New Jersey Kingwood P Emmons, Pennsylvania Haysville E P Eckard Penns dale J A Springman Robertsdale J C McClain, Virginia Elkwood Newton Dester Macante. Treasury receipts and expenditures: National bank notes redeemed 329,837. internal revenue 525,381. customs 1,287,62. miscellaneous 29,183. expenditures 1,660,000. Attorney General Moody on vacation left for North Carolina for a week’s rest.
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H. W. Boarce
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O. W. Waite
New Jersey
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P. & Emmons
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J. C. McClain
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Elkwood
Newton
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Macante
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Moody
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Americans admire simple coronation contrast at Raleigh
Visitors in hotel lobbies recount how American inauguration differed from London ceremonies. A London king’s coronation was showy while the U S event featured plain expressions of national unity. Remarks cover economic progress, worker treatment, and Cuba politics.
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America
London
H. 5. Wellcome
Raleigh
Edward
Aetlo
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