President Roosevelt Urges Immediate Federal Meat Inspection
Washington June 5 President Roosevelt forwards the Reynolds Neill preliminary report on Chicago stockyards calling for drastic, thorough federal inspection of stockyards and packing houses and all interstate or foreign meat products to protect public health. He notes current laws and funding hinder enforcement and proposes a per head inspection fee with labels on meat products to ensure decency and safety.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Messrs. Reynolds and Neill
Girave al
Beveridge amendment urged to curb meat abuses
Theodore Roosevelt calls for immediate enactment of provisions to empower the Department of Agriculture to inspect meat and meat products in interstate commerce, regulate preparation methods, and set sanitary standards. He promotes amendment No. 29 to the 1907 agriculture appropriation act to authorize such oversight.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Articulture
Senate
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago Packers Deny Roosevelts Inquiry Findings
Chicago packers respond to the Neill Reynolds report and Roosevelt’s congressional message by asserting strict federal inspection before and after slaughter and claiming their methods are entirely sanitary.
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Chicago
Neill-Reynolds
Roosevelt
Congress
Protests From Meat Packers Over Beveridge Amendment
Protests have been received from the Union Meat Company of Portland Oregon and leading packers of Seattle protesting against the Beveridge amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. They do not object to federal inspection of packing establishments but oppose bearing the cost of inspection.
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Washington
Union Meat Company
Portland, Or
Seattle
Beveridge
Coburn Named U S Senator for Kansas by Governor Hoch
Foster Dwight Coburn was appointed United States senator from Kansas by Gov. Hoch to replace resigning J R Burton. Coburn, longtime secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture, has not yet stated acceptance and was not a candidate. Home in Kansas City Kansas. previously commissioner of livestock exhibits at the St Louis exposition.
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Topeka
Kan
Foster Dwight Coburn
United States
Hoch
J. R. Burton
Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas City
Kansas
Burton
Will Expose The Guilty Insurance Evaders
A San Francisco Chamber of Commerce meeting adopted resolutions to expose organizations evading obligations or delaying claimants. The plan calls for sharing information with the board of trustees and sending findings to other chambers of commerce nationwide.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trustees
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Tacoma Cadets Win Drill at American Lake
The Tacoma high school cadet team won the Lippy banner for the third time at the annual cadet drill encampment at American Lake. Spectators from Tacoma and Seattle watched both teams show an excellent appearance.
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Tacoma
Tacoma High School
American Lake
Seattle
Shaw Attacks Cummins In Iowa Speech Duel
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived in Des Moines to join Republican faction battles and delivered two speeches Saturday denouncing Gov. Cummins as a tariff revisionist.
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Des Moines
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Iowa
Gov. Cummins
Goldfields Depopulated After Spate of Prospecting
Remarkable strikes reported near Alkali Springs seventeen miles northwest of Goldfields Nev. yesterday Goldfields was nearly depopulated of mining men and prospectors for two days the stream of gold seekers poured into the district from Goldfields and nearby camps.
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Goldfields
Nev
Alkali Springs
Kearsarge Battleship's Design and Tragedy Off Cuba
The battleship Kearsarge, famed for its heavy armor and unique turret layout, suffered a fatal powder discharge in a gun turret during target practice off Cuba, killing seven. Launched March 24, 1898 at Newport News, the 868 by 72 foot vessel displaces 11,525 tons and can reach sixteen knots. Its main battery includes four thirteen inch, four eight inch guns, plus twelve five inch and smaller weapons.
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Kearsarge
Cuba
United States Navy
Newport News
Remarkable antiquarian medical notes and early science
A compilation discusses 18th century remedies like snail infusions for coughs, gentian root in malaria, and public resistance to quinine in Corsica. It then surveys urbanization trends and moisture for comfortable interiors, plus observations on aging silver porcelain, watch cases, carbon diffusion, and early atomic theory including electrons, ion charges, beta rays, and earth heat.
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Alleria
England
I. J. Barnes
Boston
Nebraska
Loveland
New Zealand
Cowpeas Yield and Farmer's Anecdotes Highlight Southern Crop
A farmer recalls netting $6,000 on pea crop with 700 tons of first class pea vine hay contracted at $12 per ton and outlines costs per acre for cleaning seed and soil improvement. The piece includes a lighthearted parable about Miss Abigail Spears and a Congress member reflecting on vacation and public speaking.
Local Office Hours and Medical Listing Include Hayes Building and Tacoma Practice
Office hours span morning and evening slots at Hayes & Hayes Building with telephone 177 and an office over Hayes & Hayes Bank at 9:30 am to 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm phone 4938. Physician and Surgeon offers Gynecology Skin Diseases and Genito-urinary Surgery at 954 Pacific Ave Tacoma WA.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Hayes & Hayes
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Pacific Ave
Tacoma
Wash
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Bay City Chamber of Commerce
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J. J. Thomson
Earth
Abigail Spears
James
Miss Abigail
Brother James
Abigail
Washington Star
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DF. Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
M. Robb Stapp
Warren Brown
Co. Cross
Attorney AT Law
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G Street
R. 4. Fox
Rooma
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Jesse F. Murphy
U. S. Land Office
Olympia
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Pau
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Fort William
Milwaukee
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Omaha
Locke
Aberdeen
John Halstead
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. F Street
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Cor. H. and Hume
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
A. Ingebrightsen
Ocosta
Portland
All Points East
Hoquiam
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
Grays Harbor
California
Los A Angeles
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C. E. Burrows Co., Agts
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Prop
Wishkah
Samson’s Hotel
Tacoma, Wash
Swan Samson
Westport, Wash
Mrs. Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
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