President Roosevelt Launches Tuberculosis Crusade in Government Service
Washington March 9 The president directs all departments to print and place tuberculosis rules in federal buildings and to identify afflicted employees. Failure to comply may justify dismissal. Surgeons general ordered to conduct thorough inspections and appoint sanitary boards as needed.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Army
Surgeon General
Navy
Sa .Con General
Public
Imarine Hospital Service
Thei
Coal Mines to Close April 1 Prompting Nationwide Strike
T E Young an Ohio bituminous operator said mines will close April 1 and begin the largest strike in history. He noted the Indianapolis conference will see central states vote unanimously against miners demands. He predicted the fight would end with operator victory as Ohio Illinois and Indiana operators had already rejected the demands.
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Cleveland
T. E. Young
Ohio
Frank L. Robbins
National Conference of Operaors
Indianapolis
Central States
Illinois
Indiana
Man Drinks Mucilage To End Life In Shamokin
After a quarrel with his wife Alfred De Long drank a bottle he believed contained poison to commit suicide in Shamokin Pennsylvania on March 9. The bottle did not contain poison but the act prompted medical attention and an investigation.
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Shamokin
Alfred De-Long
Man nearly smothered by liquid poison mucilage incident
A man swallowed a liquid mucilage poison that glued his jaws shut and stuck his tongue to the roof of his mouth. Doctors struggled to save him as his wife laughed at the peril, fueling his anger before the couple later reconciled.
Irrigation Petition Support From Oregon Historian
Geo H Himes assistant secretary of the Oregon Historical Society praises the Wenatchee Commercial Club irrigation drive dated Feb 14 1906. He urges more petition blanks and says the effort deserves national backing due to water value in the Inland Empire west of the Rockies. He recalls 1858 plains trek and passage through Natchez pass.
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Guy OC. Browne
Commercial Club
Geo. H. Himes
Oregon Historical Society
Guy C. Browne
Seo
Wenatchee
United States
Rockies
Plains
Natchez Pass
Puget Sound Basin
Great
Inland Empire
Rocky and
Cascade Mountains
Letter with 50 dollar bills and stamps sent to county treasurer
Tacoma March 9. County Treasurer Edward Lakin received a letter with two 50 dollar bills and fifteen 2 cent stamps and a note claiming the money as personal taxes not reported to the assessor. The letter was unsigned. Lakin turned the money into the current expense fund as unknown funds.
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Tacoma
Edward Lakin
Notice of Property for Sale and Medical Practice Change
A resident announces sale of lots 32 and 32 block 31 G N plat and household furniture. Dr W M McCoy has bought Dr J Walender practice and electrical outfit and will run the Ellis Forde building office with hours 2-4 pm and 7-8 pm. Walender asks friends and former patients to employ the new doctor.
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Wenatchee
G. N
Farmers
C. E. Graham
W. M. McCoy
J. Walender
Ellis-Forde
Plan to Save Niagara Falls Agreement Reached
The International waterways commission reached an agreement to protect Niagara Falls, with both Canada and the United States pledging precautions to preserve its scenic beauty. A separate note says a conceited man misleads himself more than others.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto Ontario
International Waterways Commission
Favors Building Canal by Contract
Washington reports the senate inter oceanic canals committee heard W H Burr advocate a contract plan for a Panamanian canal. Burr, ex‑Isthmyan canal commissioner, said government should hire contractors to build the waterway and probe costs for a fair price. Chicago noted Zion City overseer Vuliva urged residents to fund over 250000 to shield the community from money lenders, calling for salary cuts and frugal living.
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Washington
W. H. Burr
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Isthmus
Panama
Senate Committee On Inter Oceanic Canals
Morgan
Congress
Prof
Burr
Chicago
Vuliva
Zion City
Dr. Dowie
Major Dawson Fire Destroys Montecarlo Building
A blaze at 2 a.m. in Dawson V T originated in the furnace room beside the Montecarlo saloon and, aided by subzero temperatures, consumed the Montecarlo building within minutes. The Northern Commercial Company fire department responded to a second alarm, with losses estimated over 350000. Recovery plans call for immediate rebuilding and resumption of business.
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Dawson
V. T
Montecarlo
Front Street
Northern Commercial Company Fire Department
Montecallo
Harper appointed acting head of Semitic languages
Prof. Robert Francis Harper, brother of the late President Harper of the University of Chicago, is named by the university trustees as acting head of the department of Semitic languages and literature, vacant after Président Harper's death.
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Chicago
Robert Francis Harper
Harper
University of Chicago
University
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L. W. Wells
Asst
Seo’y Oregon Historical Society
J Walender
Prof. Harper
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee Valley
Bousquet and Hol
India
H.l.wiester
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