Change the Date and Inauguration Reform Debate
A compilation notes calls to move inauguration day earlier, with commentary from the Washington Star and Indianapolis Star. It cites Congress and public sentiment, plus musings on women in opera and Europe earthquakes in Death Valley. It also reports rising pistol homicides and state actions to curb deadly weapons. Darning cotton sales are down, with debate on American women darning stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Des Red
Meyer
House
Senate
Congress
Ester ‘Herald
New York
New England
Persian public indifferent to disputed parliament
The text argues that Persians show little energy for representative government and that the shah is tactful to exploit the moment. It claims no people deserve better governance than what they are willing to accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buge
Mme
Calve
Ing
Indianapolis
Persia
Slip garages proposed to elevate Srance system
A proposal envisions Srance adopting a network of all slip garages. The idea suggests technological and urban planning benefits that could raise efficiency and accessibility across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srance
Iowa Jury Finds W. J. Winston Guilty Of Bucket Shop Trade
After thirty minutes of deliberation the Des Moines criminal court jury found W. J. Winston guilty of conducting a bucket shop. The Iowa items note estate splits, a Dubuque diamond jubilee, river navigation plans, and various local cases from Grundy county to Ames.
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Des Moines
W. J. Winston
George Wells
Grundy County
Methodist Episcopal Societ
Dubuque
Missouri
Sioux ‘City
St. Louis
John Lawrence
John Brown
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Waterloo
Houston
Lora’ Manley
Lovilla
Marshalltown
Howards Bluff
Webster City
Anton, Gooden
Sioux City
J._W.Kime
P. O Kato
Iowa State Savings Bank
Creston
My Faville
Omaha
Faville
LeClaire Rapids
Mississippi River
LeClaire
Rock Island
Mlinois Bank
Sarah BE
Winslow
Newton
Cerro Gordo
Mahannah
Ames
J. B. Belvenire
Citizens Wholesale Supply
Iowa City
Pure Tood
M. E. Flynn
Burlington
Important News Notes Of A Week In Early 1900s
A weekly roundup surveys actions in Congress and the White House. It notes the House resolution demanding evidence from the president on secret service appropriations and a Senate probe into perceived fears of probing officers. It reports cabinet talks, Panama Canal charges, and Roosevelt’s stance on Pulitzers libel case.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
New York
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Roosevelt
Joseph Pulitizer
Panama Canal
New York World
World
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Trust
House
Ways and Means
Brownsville
Foraker
Wilson
Prominent Figures Face Legal Scrutiny In Brightline Roundup
Boston council president Leo F. McCullough is charged with perjury and conspiracy to defraud the city of 200 dollars. Oklahoma City cashier C. M. Buckles is found guilty of embezzling 1872 dollars as Canadian county treasurer and sentenced. Senators and officials including Philander Knox and others are linked with cabinet and political-legal matters.
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Leo F. McCullough
Common Council of
Boston
C. M. Buckles
First State ‘Bank of Oklahoma
City
Okla
Canadian County
Philander
Knox
United States
Pennsylvania
Taft
Anton Simon
Lord Alexis
Haytt
Henry E. Agar
Princeton Ind
Wabash
Harlingen
Tex
Ralph H. Booth
Detroit
Muskegon Chronicle
Muskegon Morning News
Alice Neilson
New York
Count Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Isabella J. Martin
Oakland Cal
F. B Ogden
Multiple tragedies and incidents headline midwest news flare
Reports recount a deadly head on train collision on the Big Four line near Lilley and Woodruff Illinois with one killed and another seriously hurt. Other items note a libel charge against John D Rockefeller Jr and arrests in New York. An officer in Ohio is killed in an ambush. A Turkish parliament session marks a constitutional move. A public notice causes street chaos in Napoleon Ohio. A Williamsport bridge pier collapse claims four lives. Drownings occur in Milwaukee and San Francisco police chief Biggs is found.
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Rostov-of the-Don
A. ‘Pusy
Frederick
Thorn
J. Hains
Peter
William “B
William “B. ‘Annis
Annis
Charles Birchfield
Thornton ‘Hains
Meyer
Santa Claus
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Portland
Ore
QO. H. Huff
Elmer Hill
Mamie Womack
Adair
Kentucky
Monticello
Joseph ’'L
Sullens
Springfield
Haks
Eureka
Col
Chu Chin Ching
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Thompsonville
Gonn
Connecticut’ General Assembly
Caracas
Castro
Salt Lake City
Grand Army of the Republic
Tobacco Trust
Jacob van Heemskerk
Curacao
Berlin
Charles Gardner
Cheswick
Pittsburg
Tom
Madison Square .Garden
New York
Dorando Pietri
Leo P. Stout
Mare Island Navy Yard
Naval
Postmaster General
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
EB. H. Harriman
Otto Kahn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Alix
Gomez
Venezuela
Carl Clapp
William Barnhart
Roadhouse, II
Carrollton
Abbes Bouysson
Bardon
Chapelle-aux-Saints
Correze Department
United States
Colombo
Ceylon
Georgia
England
Robly D.evans
Hampton
Broadway Magazine
Henry Reuterdahl
Gov. Hughes
Vine
Lilley
Woodruff
Ill
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Carvalho
Star Company
William R. Hearst
New York American
F. C. Woods
Greenwich
Turkey
Napoleon
Williamsport
Oscar, Bartlett
Milwaukee
Albert Kunz
Biggs
San Francisco
Palice Lsanch
Bays
Carnegie presses tariff revision on steel imports
The article notes Andrew Carnegie urging tariff changes in Washington to protect steel production. It highlights his view that tariff plans will boost domestic mills and keep up with global competition as the industry expands.
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Washington, D. Ai
Carnegie
Skibo
Washington
Soettia
Penns Company
Gavnde
Castro's Regime in Venezuela Succession Amid Turmoil
Dispatches from Port of Spain report Vincente and Cipriano Castro reshaping Venezuela as the regime tightens after a recent leadership departure. The new government faces a purge of close associates as censorship remains strict and unrest grows.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
J”Vincente
Cipriano
Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Gomez
Girl Kills Self At Music Soiree In St Louis
A 16 year old girl Hilda Wuestenberg of Eldridge Indiana swallowed carbolic acid during a social music gathering in a St Louis apartment on December 22. After listening to Liszt Meditation she wrote six notes to family and friends and dressed herself before descending to the parlor where she died before help could arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Liszt
Hilda Wuestenberg
Eldridge
Night Riders trial ends with dramatic testimonies
In Union City Tennessee on December 22 the trial of eight alleged night riders nears closing as Frank Fehringer testifies about a score of outrages rather than the murder. Mrs Emma Johnson recounts her whipping by the band in a dramatic courtroom moment.
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Tenn
Union City
Rankin
Frank Fehringer
Emma
Johnson
Haymarket Riot Victim Dies in Chicago
Chicago reports the death of Policeman Louis Jotson sixty four from injuries a leg wound suffered while dispersing rioters in the 1886 Haymarket upheaval. His widow says he never recovered after the attack and was carried home by fellow policemen.
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Haymarket
Chicago
Haymark
Louis
Farmer Injured as Car Hits Pedestrian in Los Angeles
Jerome Harvey, an elderly Le Ta farmer, was struck while dodging a streetcar at Ninth and Main. He was thrown by the car’s speed, caught by a fender, and is in a serious brain concussion with no consciousness recovery.
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Lowan
Los Angeles
Jerome Harvey
le Ta
Ninth
Main Streets
Clara Barton
Harvey
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G. J. Peek
Algona
Fort Dodge
Northwestern
Gilman
Rose Brill Maier
St. Francis
Oskaloosa
Prescott
Barnum
Carroll County
A. Sykes
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Baptist Church
Baptist Young People of
Ames College
J. A. McCarthy
Britt
Charter
Iowa River
Marshall County Farmers
Anima Husbandry
Iowa Central Railroad
Dillon
Sons Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers Association
Ballingall House
Ottumwa
Buxton
Vernie Watkins
Emanuel Lobbins
Monroe County
Albia
Marctno Wireless Company
London
Washington Notes
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Carnegie Amazes Committee
Pennsylvania Steel
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