Veterans Discuss Pension Bills and Rail Fares at Encampment
Commander Nevius outlines pension legislation history and current survivors count, noting 596 411 Civil War veterans on rolls May 31 1999 and 162 million dollars spent on pensions in the year. He criticizes uneven rail rates for the Salt Lake encampment, praising transcontinental lines but lamenting higher fares east of Chicago.
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National Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
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Salt Lake
Pacific Coast
Chicago
St. Louis
Seattle
Fiery oratory and irrigation talks at national congress
A Idaho and regional leaders discuss irrigation, drainage, and conservation at a national women's clubs gathering. Speakers include Mrs. Emmons Crocker and former Gov. F. P. Gooding, with focus on the Carey act projects in Twin Falls and northern Idaho. The congress elects officers and plans to urge a $5 billion federal irrigation bond issue.
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Emmons Crocker
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roosevelt
Sarah Platt Decker
A. ©. True
Office of Experiments
FP. R. Gooding
Idaho
Twin Falls
Paul Clagstone
House of Representatives
Congress
Permanent Organization Committee
B. F. Fowler
Phoenix
Ariz
Arthur Hooker
Spokane
Pueblo
Colo
Washington
Fragmented Notes on Women and Plants from 19th Century Press
A jumble of quotes and captions mentions Mrs Emmons Crocker a Massachusetts state vice president and the London Globe. It notes plant root penetration through potato tubers and narcissus bulbs and references germinating wheat radicles. Also echoed are fashion and dress lines from Clerke and Minthead advertising.
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Emmons Crocker
Massachussetts of the
London Globe
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Missouri
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East Park
Fortunatus Miller
Three Rivers
Mr. Miller
Mr. Wilson
Women's National River and Harbor Congress
Massachusetts Federation — of Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation
United States
G. Tornier
Berlin
M. Dangeard
Bulletin of the Botanical Society of France
Bell Telephone
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hrmatt
N. Maity
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