Shaw Circular Warns Banks Against Call Loans From New York
Secretary Shaw issues a circular to all national bank depositories urging that public funds be kept at home and not loaned on call to New York brokers for speculative purposes. He allows banks to lend at home with proper security but condemns depository banks acting as agents for high rate call loans. If excess funds exist, return them to the treasury for placement where they benefit the local community.
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Washington
Shaw
New York
Issue of Circular Comes as Surprise
New York bankers reacted with surprise to Secretary Shaw's letter on using public money for speculative purposes. The order enjoining depository banks from lending government funds at high rates drew attention to the Treasury's ability to supervise banks through reported deposit operations. Liberal stock selling followed the circular, with several leading stocks falling one to two points.
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New York
Shaw
Treasury
Shaws
Bryan to go South campaign tour announced
Lincoln, Nebraska, Sept 8 William J Bryan thanked supporters after a large reception in Lincoln saying the crowd was the largest he ever addressed He spoke at the state fair grounds and at Fairview Then he planned a twenty day tour through the Southern Central and Southeastern states returning around October 1.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J Bryan
Bryan
State Fair Grounds
Fairview
Southern States Leaders to Attend Bryan Welcome
Louisville reports that W. E. Carmack of Tennessee and Henry Watterson of the Courier Journal have accepted to speak at the Bryan welcome on September 12. Watterson to preside. Governors from almost all thirteen Southern states expected to attend.
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Louisville
W. J. Bryan
W. E. Carmack
Tennessee
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Watterson
Pensions at Sixty Backed by Trades Union Congress
Liverpool report says the Trades Union Congress adopted a plan for pensions at age 60 funded by taxes on land values on wealthy. A resolution for arbitration treaties was approved, with strong protest against armament increases and conscription in Great Britain.
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Liverpool
Trades Union Congress
Great Britain
Armistice Declared for Ten Days as Peace Talks Begin
Havana reports a ten day armistice to pause fighting and to push toward a peace agreement. Negotiations aim to end hostilities during the ceasefire period with efforts to finalize terms.
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Havana
School Census Totals Reported For June 1 1906
Olympia sept 5 the superintendent of public instruction reports a completed table of county enrollment attendance and time taught. Census children total 219911, pupils enrolled 179994, average daily attendance 127505, actual days attendance 22711674.
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Olympia
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bryan welcomed home by Nebraska people
W J Bryan returned to Lincoln last evening to a large, nonpartisan reception. Gov Mickey and Mayor Brown welcomed him at the statehouse before a crowd said to be the largest in recent memory. He spoke of citizenship and thanked supporters for the warm, broad welcome given him and his family.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Statehouse
Mickey
Brown
Train Women in Gardening Colony Near London
London Sept 6. An effort to train unemployed women in market gardening bee keeping fruit culture poultry raising and dairy work is planned. A hundred acre land parcel in the southern counties will host the colony with widows and their children chosen from London relief applicants. After training the women will manage allotments around the farm at low rent.
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London
Tablet Unveiled Marking Portsmouth Peace Treaty
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a tablet was unveiled at 3 47 p m to honor the peace conference called by Theodore Roosevelt that led to the signing of the Portsmouth treaty on September 5 1905 ending the war between Russia and Japan The ceremony occurred a year after the treaty was signed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
Russia
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Tacoma water supply falls short again at South Tacoma well
Tacoma faces another water shortage as the new South Tacoma well fails to deliver expected flow. A Sunday test ran the big pump only briefly before water ran dry, jeopardizing the planned two million gallons daily reliance until the Green river gravity project is ready.
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Tacoma
South Tacoma
Water Department
Peddlers Seek Test of Rights Against Spokane Grocers
Trunk and Clarke of Spokane sue the Spokane wholesale grocers for 20000 dollars claiming refusal to sell goods because they trade directly with Big Bend farmers. The case tests peddlers rights.
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Spokane
Trunk& Clarke
Big Bend
Roosevelt to leave Sagamore Hill October 1
President Roosevelt will depart Sagamore Hill for Washington on October 1 and three days later fly to Harrisburg and York Pennsylvania to deliver speeches.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Harrisburg
York
Rome like a woman: a travelogue through ancient Rome
The narrator tours Naples to Rome by rail, highlighting the Campagna landscape, Cecella Metella tomb, St Peter's, the Vatican galleries, the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine and catacombs. He compares Rome to a woman, praising religion, motherhood, grandeur, and timeless mystery of imperial ruins and city gates.
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Rome
Naples
Campagna
Cecella Metella
Apennines
St. Peter’s
Vespaian
Concordia
Sancta Maria Antiqua
Colosseum
Constantine
San Sebastiana
St. John Lateran
Pius IX
Jerusalem
Dr Smits Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist Aberdeen
Dr Smits physician and surgeon lists multiple office hours at Aberdeen General Hospital and Crowther Wooding block with phones 614 135 and 1753. Practice limited to ear nose and throat with locations over EL&E Pharmacy and Kaufman Block in Aberdeen Washington.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
EL &E Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Wash
Kaufman Block
Tel
Office Hours At Hayes & Hayes Building
Office hours listed from 8:00 to 12:00 a m 1:00 to 5:00 and 7:00 to 8:00 p m at Hayes and Hayes Building telephone 177.
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Hayes & Hayes
Dual halves of a chameleon show independent minds
Researchers note the chameleon has separate nervous centers in each body half with independent eyes and functions. When agitated it seems like two animals in one, while a calm state shows unified action. Night observation reveals one eye can open as the other remains torpid.
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Scientific American
Rail Schedule Snippet for Portland Tacoma and Eastbound
Fragmentary timetable notes travel times from Portland and Tacoma through eastern points to Moclips Ocosta and Seattle. Reads like a series of morning and evening departure windows with times 8 42 am to 8 35 pm and 3 05 pm to 8 45 pm.
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Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Ocosta
Aberdeen
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G Street
R. 4. Fox
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Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
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Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
W. Johnston Transfer Co
Roslyn Coal
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H. B. Elder
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John Halstead
Pacific Ave
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Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Westport, Wash
Mrs. Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
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