Pittsburg Car Conductors Threaten Strike Over Wages
Two thousand five hundred street car conductors and motormen in Pittsburg consider striking for higher wages due to rising living costs but are deterred by the street car company’s ban on more than four thousand unemployed men filing applications to replace strikers. This is presented as evidence that prosperity was returning after Mr Taft’s election.
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Pittsburg
Street Car Corporation
Taft
Income tax debate shows Democratic push faces GOP opposition
The piece argues that income tax is fair and Democratic doctrine but notes Republican resistance in the Senate. It cites President Taft’s mild support and Senator Aldrich’s opposition, suggesting the measure’s birth hinges on GOP backing and likely will not progress.
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Senate
Taft
Aldrich
Quiet Potomac Bulletin on Roosevelt Policy Change
Readers note a shift in policy with Mr Roosevelt away from aggressive goals and the Strenuous One in Africa. Critics say the new leader prefers calm governance, golf, and avoiding conflict while old malefactors enjoy untroubled times and Broad Way remains steady for four years.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Ship of State
Broadway
Harriman
Potomac
Tariff fallacy in Bowles table on trade per capita
A brief critique of tariff rhetoric cites Gibson Bowles table calculating country tariff scales from total customs duties and per capita trade. It notes US duties around 48 percent on dutiable imports and 26 percent on all goods, with Holland’s free trade showing tenfold per capita commerce versus the protected United States.
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Gibson Bowles
Bowles
United States
Trade per capita favors low tariff nations in Bowles study
The article argues that per capita trade favors low tariff states and that Holland and Belgium, despite claims by protectionists, operate with low tariffs or near free trade. It asserts the US tariff wall suppresses global trade, comparing the United States unfavorably with Germany, France, England, Belgium, and Holland.
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Bowles
Italy
Spain
Austro- Hungary
Greece
Turkey
Portugal
Japan
Holland
Belgium
United States
Russia
Germany
France
England
Nebraska Republicans Defend 1907 Budget as Economical
Lincoln correspondence argues against charges of Democratic excess, asserting the 1907 legislature left deficits that the 1909 body absorbed with $160,000 for deficiencies. It claims new building funds and education spending offset prior shortfalls, keeping taxes stable, and defends gubernatorial appointment practices as a return to pre Poynter norms.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Sheldon
Hastings
Norfolk
Beatrice
Sheldon Administration
Igeg
Schallenberger
William A. Poynter
Deitrich
Poynter
Shallenberger
Nebraska Political Turmoil Touches State Offices
Governor Shallenberger faces board clashes over the state printing secretary and a shift in board composition. The printing board refuses to recognize the governor’s appointee and parties argue over a $2500 secretary. Treasurer Brian travels to Montana seeking $700000 in bonds for the Nebraska permanent school fund.
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Geneva
Friendles
Republican Organo
State Board of Printing
Nebraska
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Koreau
Maupie
Shallenberger
Kansas
Salina
Brian
Montana
Nebraska Permanent School Fund
Sherman’s Morrill tariff speech defends protectionist policy
The 861 discussion shows John Sherman advocating tariff protection to help manufacturers by allowing price increases. He argued wages were high and protection would recoup costs, noting the tariff’s purpose was not to aid workers but to reduce wages, a plan that allegedly succeeded then and ever since.
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John Sherman
Ohio
Missing Girl Returns Home in New York Case
Adele Boas thirteen daughter of Arthur Boas a wealthy throat manufacturer is back with her parents after a Boston episode. The girl in perfect health says the trip was a childish whim. She spent time in a rented room and in a restaurant earning two fifty weekly then returned to New York by train after evading questions at Stamford Conn.
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New York
Adele Boas
Arthur BE. Boas
Boas
Boston
South Station
Baseball Declared Nuisance in Small Sioux Falls Town
In Fairview near Sioux Falls a town council ordinance bans playing baseball on streets or vacant lots within the corporate limits. The measure labels baseball a public nuisance and says violators are guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Sioux Falls
Fairview
Mob kills man after assault in Parkwood Alabama
In Alabama near Birmingham Parkwood twelve miles south of the city a Black man was killed by a mob after an assault on Mrs Pitterson. The incident occurred April 26 as local authorities investigated the mob action and motive.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Parkwood
Pitterson
Scott Declines Mexican Ambassadorship
Harvey W. Scott of Portland Oregon declined the ambassadorship to Mexico after being tempered for the post.
Box Butte scientist stays to aid regional agriculture
Hunt, back from state veterinary measures, continues guiding Box Butte county farming and stock breeding projects. He declines higher pay offers to stay in northwestern Nebraska, aiming to advance local development as population grows, with community support urged.
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Hunt
Nebraska
Box Butte
Herald
Free berry stock from Sandoz Experimental Station
All farmers or others may obtain free gooseberries currants dewberries june berries grapes buffalo berries raspberries and blackberries at the Sandoz Experimental Station in Sheridan County on the river section 1 29 45. Director James A Saxpoz notes the stock is hardy and bearing.
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Sandoz Experimental Station
Sheridan County
James A. Saxpoz
The Runaways at Phelan Opera House Tuesday May 4
Alliance audiences are promised The Runaways a grand musical comedy with 36 performers and a large scenery and effects setup. The company, en route to New York, will offer special Alliance prices with reserved seats at 1.00 and 0.75 and general at 0.40. tickets go on sale Saturday, with a likely crowded house.
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Phelan Opera House
Alliance
New York
Burlington
Burlington Route Publishes Colorful Seattle Exposition Booklet
The Burlington Route issues a forty page three color folder promoting the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle. It features a detailed grounds plot and a street map of Seattle to guide prospective travelers.
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Puget Sound
Exposition
California
Seattle
Burlington
Addi
Nebraska Anti-Saloon League notes gains and politics
J B Carnes reports to the Nebraska Anti-Saloon League board on legislative battles and temperance progress. W. S Warrick of Alliance and league president praised, while county option fights and the Bryan measure are referenced alongside daylight law gains and shifting alcohol policies.
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S. K. Warrick
First National Bank of Alliance
Nebraska State Anti-Saloon League
League
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
Anti-Saloon League
Nebraska Anti-Saloon League
W. J. Kegan
Brewers
Thomas Darnall
Bryan
Patrick
Ohio
Indiana
Gaile
Ritchie
Warrick
J. B. Carnes
Jollo Changes Hands in Sheridan Theatre Deal
James Klindt, owner of the Star theatre in Sheridan Wyoming, reports he purchased the Jollo with possession given at noon Saturday. D G Glidden remains in charge for now. Klindt heads to Omaha and Kansas City and will return to Alliance in about two weeks. Also an ad offering one or two residence lots on Big Horn avenue.
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James Klindt
Star Theatre
Sheridan
Wyo
Herald Office
D. G. Glidden
Mr. Klindt
Omaha
Kansas City
Alliance
Big Horn Avenue
A. J. Welch
Thain Strikes Auto Near Elmhurst Illinois
Five merchants from Pontiac Sycamore Dixon Morrison were traveling in a car when a Chicago and Northwestern suburban train struck the vehicle near Elmhurst Illinois. One man A C Renne dry goods store manager Pontiac died. Four others were severely injured: W H McAllister Sycamore president of a dry goods syndicate bruised. O M Martin Dixon manager back and head injuries. Charles Birch Morrison manager back bruised and internal injuries.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Elmhurst
A. C. Renne
Pontiac
W. H. McAllister
Sycamore
O. HM. Martin
Dixon, TI
Charles Birch
Morrison, NL
Record-Breaking Cow Aims for $1000 Prize in Elma
Elma Iowa April 27 a record breaking cow will compete for a $1000 prize. Owner Tom McClusky keeps sales records showing $87.60 in butter sold from this cow in the past year while the family uses the rest.
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Elma, la
Tom McClusky
Elma
Explosion on Submarine Boat Foca at Naples
An explosion on the submarine boat Foca at Naples on April 27 killed seven crewmen and injured several others. The blast was caused by benzine, and the vessel was sunk at her deck to stop further explosions.
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Naples
Foca
Heinrich Conried Dies After Stroke at 78
Heinrich Conried former Metropolitan Opera director died in Meran Tyrol Austria after an apoplectic stroke several days earlier. He passed away peacefully this morning at the sanatorium where he had been staying.
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Heinrich Conried
Meran
Tyrol
Austria
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Man Falls 34 Stories To Death At Madison Square
New York April 27. Thomas Mortimore was killed instantly after plunging 350 feet from the thirty fourth floor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance skyscraper on Madison Square.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Square
Thomas Mortimore
Amberol Records Expand Phonograph Play Time
Edison Amberol Records offer four minute plus playback with a compatible attachment. The new records fit standard Edison machines and leave existing two minute records usable. The attachment enables longer, clearer melodies and voices and can be heard at the store. A phonograph can be bought that supports both Standard and Amberol records.
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Edison
Edison Phonograph
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