Oklahoma and New Mexico Statehood Bill Passes Senate
After a nine hour session the Senate approved the joint statehood measure admitting Oklahoma and New Mexico while excluding Arizona. Amendments ranged from prohibition extensions to territorial voting on the Arizona constitution. The bill then moves to conference.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Idnian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Committee On Territories
Indian Territory
Gillinger
Foraker
Bard
Patterson
Labor bills defeated in Olympia committee rout
In Olympia on February 8 the house labor and labor statistics committee indefinitely postponed four union backed labor bills including No 98 introduced by Huxtable of Spokane. The anti measure fight drew organized employer protests from across the state as minority members prepared reports supporting passage.
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Olympia
House Committee On Labor and Labor Statistics
Huxtable
Spokane
Consul General John Goodnow Resigns From Shanghai Post
John Goodnow, current consul general at Shanghai, tendered his resignation to the State Department after a meeting with Assistant Secretary Pierce. The resignation takes effect March 31 and Goodnow will return to China to turn over duties and then pursue private business. successor not named.
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Washington
John Goodnow
Shanghai
State Department
Pierce
Goodnow
China
President to appoint Henry L. Wilson to European post
Washington reports that after March 4 the president will nominate Henry L. Wilson of Washington current U S minister to Chile for a European diplomatic posting. Wilson met with the president and the secretary of state in Washington yesterday.
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Washington
Henry L. Wilson
United States
Chile
Europe
Wilson
Stewart Confirmed as Seattle Postmaster by Senate
Washington notes the Senate confirmed George M. Stewart as Seattle postmaster just before adjournment. Senator Ankeny reacts with chagrin while Senator Foster celebrates and vows to keep the delegation united and push Stewart’s confirmation amid Piles opposition in Seattle.
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Washington
George M. Stewart
Seattle
Senate
Senator Ankeny
Foster
Ankeny
Hall Indicted in Land Fraud Case in Oregon
Former U S Attorney John H Hall is indicted by a federal grand jury in two cases tied to land fraud investigations. One indictment closes the Butte Creek Land Lumber and Live stock Company inquiry and the other targets Meldrum and associates alleging conspiracy to obstruct public lands in Wheeler County and intimidate homesteaders.
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Portland, Or
United States
John H. Hall
Grand Jury
Butte Creek Land, Lumber and Livestock Company
Henry Meldrum
Butte Creek Company
Wheeler County
Comerford Expelled From Illinois House
Springfield February 9 Frank D Comerford representative fromCook county second senatorial district was expelled from the Illinois house after a committee found his charges of corruption unfounded The expulsion occurred following his lecture on alleged bribery and a lengthy defense in which he attacked the investigating committee The final roll was 121 votes for expulsion with 13 against and eight abstentions
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Springfield
Ill
Frank D. Comerford
Cook County
General Assembly
Comerford
Illinois
Law College
Chicago
House
Nome mining boom reports reach Seattle from Dawson advices
A Nome Nugget dispatches from November 19 describe numerous rich strikes near Nome since the last boats left. Advices from the far North cite bonanza claims at the Standard Oil warehouse area and Dry Creek with winter mining underway after a big Little Creek strike near Nome.
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Seattle
Nome
Standard Oil Company
Dry Creek
Dawson
Nome Nuggett
Bering Sea
Little Creek
Repeal of Electrical Ordinance by Bellingham Council
The Bellingham city council voted to repeal the electrical ordinance that allowed inspection by a representative of the Washington Insurance Association of wiring in private homes and stores. The city electrician will handle inspections for now and a permanent plan is uncertain.
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Bellingham
Washington Insurance Association
City Electrician
Optical illusion from a Washington scientist stuns readers
A government department scientist in Washington presents a very deceiving optical illusion. At first glance, readers may mistake the image for reality, but careful observation reveals its hidden nature and clever construction.
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Washington
Ways of Telling Time from Our Philippine Possessions
A fragment from a Youth's Companion item contrasts timekeeping devices from the Philippines with clock origins. It notes water clocks in coconuts, hourglasses, and candle clocks, each marking hours and prompting reflections on life and time.
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Philippine
Waterbury
Time in History From Water Clocks to Sun Dials
The piece notes water clocks and sun dials as early timekeepers. It explains the limitations of sun dials in cloudy weather and local latitude. It argues that a thriving industrial society seeks precise time and shares an anecdote about Henry Drummond giving a watch to an African chief, who viewed it as a toy.
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Sle
Ife
Henry Drummond
Africa
Must Have a New Cow
A mother sends her 5 year old son to a neighbor for milk. He asks if Mrs Smith has a sour cow too. The tale uses playful mishearing to reveal domestic life and child perspective through a simple household episode.
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Charlie
Counting Mania and Social Observations Across New Orleans
A newspaper man reveals a compulsive habit of counting telegraph poles to the point of distraction. The piece cites friends Jones and others on Canal Street and links to broader quirks of modern urban life. It also quotes opinions on French elections and a witty exchange about pleasing the world. It ends with a quip on marriage and equality.
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Canal Street
Jones
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Litterateur
M. Charles Seignobos
International Monthly
France
Paris
Pyrenees
Alps
Ram's Horn Blasts Warning Notes on Repentance
A sermon-like piece urges sinners to repent and warns against compromise with sin. It discusses character, salvation, prayer, fidelity to Christ, and the Christian life with aphorisms and moral exhortations.
Gems Found in the West Point to Prospect in California
The article surveys potential precious stone deposits across the western states. It notes small diamonds in California placer mines, sapphires and turquoise in Nevada Arizona Idaho and New Mexico, opals on Pacific beaches, and significant sapphires and rubies found in Idaho Montana and Fergus County. It mentions about 75000 dollars worth of gems mined annually regionally and hints at historic mining by Spaniards and Aztecs.
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California
el Dorado County
Placerville
San Francisco
Pescadora
San Diego
Owyhee County
Idaho
Montana
Arizona
New Mexico
New York
London
Fergus County
Nevada
Vancouver Island
Alaska
San Francisco Chronicle
Osteopathic Physicians Office Ad
Graduates of American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Missouri offer services in rooms 7 and 8 Postoffice block. Office hours 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. 1 to 5 and 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tel 1884. Prepares plans specifications and estimates on all building and construction work. Thirty years practical experience. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
Gand Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane
D. D
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
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