25 May 1905
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
1
The defense portfolio moves into new hands as a council of national defense is formed to oversee joint Army and Navy efforts and ensure harmony between services.
May 23 dispatches report an imperial manifesto creating a preliminary state defense commission led by Grand Duke Nicholaievitch to draft a law and oversee a new council to supersede the existing war council. Attacks abroad are reported repulsed with no major changes on the front.
A historical piece warns that oysters carry typhoid germs and other disease organisms. It notes the oyster’s low food value, its habit of living in ocean slime, and cites declines in oyster consumption after a Dean of Winchester's death linked to oysters. It argues oysters are unfit for human food and contain stomach acids that cannot be removed by proper preparation.
Washington May 23 Frederick McMaster receives a commission as American consul at Zanzibar. An understanding with his attorneys on the main tenance of his blot has been approved by the state department.
In Nashville Tennessee on May 23 Negroes are described as considerably wrought by events as a mass meeting is held to press for prosecution of policemen following a shooting incident amid rising civil unrest and community demand for justice.
New York May 16 One million new American citizens this year is the computation by the immigration bureau at Ellis Island. The estimate rests on comparisons with last year and earlier years. In the barge office records last year 12 870 immigrants passed inspection across ports. The year before there were 857 046 accepted candidates for citizenship.
A compact readable note lists the Supt of booin, the County Surveyor and the State's Attorney in a line suggesting official titles or appointments. The fragmentary text hints at local government roles without detailing actions or dates. The piece reads as a catalog of offices rather than a full event.
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