Washington Feeds Bowens Plan Amid Allied Rejections
Washington reports show the allies rejected Bowen's final proposal and demand for equal treatment for all claimant nations. Officials withheld notes and cabling to avoid immediate disclosure while urging a retrace of preferential demands. Baron Speck von Sternberg arrives to lead Germany in Venezuelan talks as exchanges between Italian British and German embassies continue.
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Washington
Bowen
United States
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Compromise Offered On Venezuelan Claims Plan Weighs
Washington February 2. Allies consider a compromise for Venezuela claims ending a dispute over preferential treatment. Britain Germany and Italy would get 30 percent of Puerto Cabello and La Guayra customs for six months to a year. Afterward all claimants share equally by their claim amounts. The approach aims to let allied ships withdraw without prestige loss.
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Washington
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Bowen
United States
Puerto Cabello
la Guayra
Venezuelan
Militia to Receive Army Rifles Under New Law
Washington reports that under a new congressionally enacted militia law the entire citizen soldiery of the country will be supplied with the regular army service rifle. The state militia, about 115,000 strong, will receive arms as quickly as they are manufactured at the Springfield national armory.
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Washington
Congress
National Armory
Springfield
Mass
Spokane lumberman to open Campbell Lake mill
Colville reports J. J. Owen of Spokane has arranged an immediate lumber plant at Campbell's lake fifteen miles north. The mill will begin operations by April 1 with a daily capacity of 40 000 feet of lumber and log deliveries at the site start next week.
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Wash
J. J. Owen
Spokane
Campbell's Lake
Senator Proposes Cap on Individual Fortunes In U S
Washington February 2 Senator Wellington introduces a constitutional amendment to bar fortune holdings above 10 million dollars per individual. Any excess would be condemned whether or not a public nuisance folly or peril and forfeited to the United States treasury.
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Washington
Wellington
United States
Tara Hill to Be Sold at Dublin Public Auction
London reports Tara Hill historic site to be auctioned in Dublin after centuries as Irish kings seat. The 1843 O Connell gathering cited as last major event on the hill.
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London
Government seeks action on silver using countries currency
Washington notes the executive branch will push for an international monetary conference to adjust gold and silver rates in the Orient and silver using nations. A three member commission would study options without binding powers, with a $5 000 per commissioner appropriation and congress approval required for any outcome. The Mexican ambassador thanked Hay for presenting Mexico and China’s communications.
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Orient
Congress
Root
Senate
Hay
South
Central America
United States
Mexico
China
State Department
Commission
Milner asks to be relieved from South Africa posts
Reports from London say Lord Milner has asked to be relieved as governor of the Transvaal and Orange River colonies and high commissioner of South Africa, but he will stay until July at the government’s request, when a high position in connection with India may be offered.
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London
Lord Milner
Transvaal
Orange River
South Africa
India
Uncle Sam and the Push for Food Adulterant Legislation
The article argues widespread food adulteration threatens public health with additives like boric acid and formaldehyde used to preserve beef and bread. It notes concentration of production and industry denials, plus Dr. Wiley’s tests on animals to gauge human risk and guide potential laws.
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Uncle Sam's
Poison Brigade
H. W. Wiley
United States
Uncle Sam
Experimental boarding house to test food adulteration
In Washington Dr Henry W Wiley chief chemist of the Agricultural Department plans a free boarding house to study food adulteration. He recruits a dozen volunteers and begins a "poison brigade" with six martyrs to observe the effects of unknown minerals on daily intake.
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Washington
Henry W. Wiley
Agricultural Department
Wiley
Hike Barkis
Willin
From Messenger Boy to Cattle King Bert Moore’s Rise
The 1897 story follows Bert Moore who began as an 18 year old uniformed messenger, then a tramp with 25 cents, and by 1902 a 23 year old cattle king shipping fat steers from a Wyoming ranch to South Omaha. He later returned to Omaha to inspect the Western Union office where he once worked as an ordinary messenger. His true name was Moore but he used the name of his foster parent Mc-
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Bert Moore
South Omaha
Wyoming
Western Union Telegraphy Office
Omaha
Bert
Western Union Telegraph Company
Moore
Canon Kid of the Basin Makes a Ranch at Twenty Three
A youth known as the Canon Kid homesteaded 160 acres in the Big Horn Basin and, by fifty years of cattle business acumen, built a ranch with several hundred head of cattle and horses. He bought out two cowboys, expanded to 480 acres, and earned a solid bank balance by age 23 after five years in the cattle trade. The piece also notes lavish White House silverware and Japan’s insect and frog breeders, finishing with a Quip about enjoying a story only when it is about someone you hate.
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Wyoming
Big Horn
Bert
Canon Kid
White House
Japan
Tokio
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