Convict Road Work Debated Across States and Territories
An article montage discusses convict labor as a road building option, noting supporters in Iowa New Mexico and beyond. It highlights concerns about remote camps effectiveness and criminal elements, while praising portable camps and the potential for highway improvement. It cites opinions from the Burlington Hawkeye Leavenworth Times and Portland Oregonian on policy, judiciary roles, and migration bureau debates in Carlsbad and Deming.
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Muscatine
Lowa
Journal
Privons
Burlington Hawkeye
Leavenworth Times
McClaughry
New Mexico
Condition of Woman in Flowery Land of Japan
Henry George Jr. in Philadelphia North American describes harsh labor for women and children in Osaka mills. Apprentices endure strict control, low wages, and long hours. Geisha training leads to limited pay, while some support families, earning modest respect.
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Osaka Mille
Detci
Henry George Jr
Philadelphia
Smoot Expelment Debate Presses Utah Senator’s Standing
Mr. Hopkine defends Senator Smoot in senate speech while Republicans rally to keep him seated. The issue divides party lines as the committee favored unseating amid absences, though Smoot’s conduct and renunciation of polygamy are highlighted.
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Hopkine
Mitneis
Senate
Smootght
Paraker
Utah
Smo
Senate Committee
Smoot
Ite
Ite Executive Council
Globe Democrat
Brooklyn Women Defy Meat Price Rise With Boycott
In Brooklyn a community surveys meat costs and decides to go without as prices surge. Women report private talks with butchers and a temporary 2 cent drop follows, while they insist on enduring higher costs to uphold self reliance and resist monopolies.
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Te Welton
Acordia
Brooklyn
Jones Brothers in Police Court Proceedings
Frank and C. C. Jones faced a disorderly conduct case in the police court after a night involving a saloon and a jail escort. Frank was fined for his condition, while the other brother, Jones, claimed disorderly behavior but was fined as well. Also noted is Peter Roberts, an Italian arrested for drunkenness, who spent five days in the city jail.
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Portland
Oregonian
Demos
Department of Government
Wike
Brown
Jones
Frank
C. C. Jones
Babbitt
Sam
Frank Jones
Jones the Wild
Pveu
Peter Roberts
Rosas
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Albuquerque Citizen
1Aoe
Citizen Publishing Company
Stricken
W. TT
Carlsbad Argus
Territorial Bureau of ‘Immigration
Max Frost
Arius
Tiresem
Deming Graphic
Pecos Valley
Bureau
Graphic
Bureau of Immigration
Rads
Buechtel
Eberhard von Pawel
Colorado
Downey
Indiana
Republican Party
Rome
The
Interstate Commerce Commision
Japan
Pol
Christian Science
Grant Building
Might
M. J. Church
South Ame Street
Epworth League
O. HK
Holliday
Christian Church
Gold Avenue
Broadway
Ernest KR
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Silver Avenue
Fourth Street
J. McQueen Gray
Carlsbad
N. M
Hest Baptist Church
Lead Avenue
Hammond
J. W. T. McNiel
Young Peoples Meeting
Dm. Sea
Congregational Church
Silbernagle
Washburn
Gould
J. HM. Heald
Ark Building
J. H. Heald
First Methodist Episcopal
J. Rolling
Naboth's Vineyard
Epworth
Ls Avenue
South Third Street
West Presbyterian Church
Fifth Street
Hugh A. Cooper
Charles D. Hurvey
C. A
University of New Mexico
Hurvey
Bolo
Hugh
Collins
Hayden
Jones Brothers
C. W
E. W. Grove
J. T. Hurger
Mountain Road
Hakery
Wert
Railroad Avenue
A. D. Johnson
General
F. H. Strong
Gasa
William McIntosh
Solomon Luna
Albuquerque
McIntosh Hardware Co
T. C
NEAD
E. Maharan
Opera House
Halling
Pioneer Bakery
South First Street
Fee’s Hot Chocolate
Walton's Drug Store
J. D. Eakin
G. Giomi
Chas. Melini
Bachechi
Consolidated Liquor Company
Melini & Eakin
Bachechi & Giomi
Southwest
Jos
Schlitz
Wm. Lemp
St. Louis A. B. C
Yellowstone
Green River
W. H. McBrayer
Cedar Brook
Louis Hunter
T.J. Monarch
United State
Humphrey Ovals
Albuquerque Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
Fourth and
Chickering & Sons
Whitson Music CO
South Second Street
J. F. Palmer
North First Street
St. Elmo
Joseph Barnett
Prop
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