American salaries surge amid calls to raise top offices
A historical column rails against rising official and professional salaries in the United States. It notes President and congressional pay hikes proposed to take effect in 1909, arguing such increases widen the gap with labor and farming wages and threaten democracy. The piece contrasts political greed with a supposed public need and mocks calls to align with European norms.
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Europe
Congress
Stewart
House of Representatives
Edward VII
Czar Nicholas
Arctic Flea Collecting Expedition Returns With Specimens
Charles Rothschild of London leads the Bluebell voyage to Frobisher Bay seeking Arctic fleas from polar bears musk oxen gray wolves blue fox huskies and other Arctic animals. The expedition aimed to expand zoological collections with parasitic fleas previously unknown to science.
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Charles Rothschild
London
England
Arctic
America
F. G. Simpson
Grimsby
Frobisher Bay
Reat
Baffinland
Roosevelt Handles Santo Domingo With Big Stick Talk
A Chicago Record-Herald column notes President Roosevelts possible move on Santo Domingo Hayti and questions the value of U S intervention. It compares Secretary Shaw with earlier secretaries and cites election vote totals from 1900 and 1904 along with concerns over a biennial selection amendment.
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American Baseball League
United States
Roosevelt
McKinley
Parker
Bryan
Proposals Split on Constitutional Change Amid Opposition
The article notes that one amendment can be voted on per ballot while a combined bid to make elections biennial and extend officials’ terms faces strong opposition from state elites. An eastern paper reports 111 U S banks attacked last year netting 86564 with 42 burglars arrested and actions ranging from trial to death sentence.
Local Happenings From Irvington Township Hunt and News
Irvington township reports a Tuesday hunt with seventeen per side and captains chosen. Stevens led the scalp count amid rumors of skulduggery. Rabbits and other vermin were harvested and shipped to Chicago. Leo and Frank Miller return from Riga, N D, with Leo having staked a homestead worth about 1500 dollars and plans for Alberta. The town notes two whist clubs, a disrupted club relocation, and Geneva district social life.
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Irvington Township
Stevens
Chicago
Leo
Frank Miller
Plum Creek
Riga
N. D
Frank
Alberta
Canada
Frank Wolfe
Galbraith Block
Fenton Reporter
G. W. Newel
Tollef Kvitli
Ingold Oleson
Jacob Vasbo
Martin Finnestead
Stavanger
Norway
Geo. W. Kelly
Hesse
Galbraith Corner
John Sitert
Call Street
Dr. Gay
Local notices and society items compiled in Livermore paper
An elderly man recovering from a heart episode is noted as 65 with no prior trouble. N H Kathan of Livermore is to receive a $100 monthly pension plus back pay totaling about $2,000, being totally blind. Col and Mrs Spencer return from Rice Lake with hope of relative’s recovery. George Sodeberg visits Gerled area. The Mystic Workers plan a Red Men Hall meeting. Fred Clarke announces Christmas packages will be tagged free at the U S Express office.
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The
Livermore Gazzette
N. H. Kathan
Samuel
Col
Mrs. Spencer
Rice Lake
Wis
Chas. Sodeberg
Near Gerled
Mystic Workers of the World
Redmen Hall
Fred Clarke
U.S. Express
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Kodak
Chains Ring
China
Meray
Algona Canvirr
Hinchon & Finnell
Capt. Simpson
Rothschild
Shaw
Washington
Teddy
Santo Domingo
Hayti
Cuba
Supreme Court
Gordon & Bennet
Holy City
Call Opera House
Saxony
Foxy
Fritz
Yours
Foss Building
Jas. Taylor
Aoa
Johonn Goeders
Skinner
Mars
John Goeders
Algona, Iowa
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