Calhoun County Praised For Roads And Wealth
Mr Dodge in a Good Roads speech lauded Calhoun county as having the best roads land water people and prospects with undeveloped wealth. The praise echoed by observers in Anniston and Jacksonville Normal School professor Carl Holliday who cited a sonnet urging South to seize its rich heritage through better roads and the Seaboard railroad.
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Calhoun County
Dodge
Anniston
Carl Holliday
Jacksonville Normal School
Republicans Split Over Tariff Stance in Alabama
In Calhoun county editorial pages debate tariff revision with Republicans torn between standpat and revision. The Kansas City Star praises mules while urging Crook for agriculture commissioner as farming values rise and farmers gain ground in the county.
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Kansas City Star
Alabama
James Crook
Labor Unions In Politics Influence Voters Across Elections
A lengthy argument urges organized labor to vote in all elections to safeguard workers’ interests and curb foreign immigration. It cites Russia’s oppression, ballot power, and Samuel Gompers’s push for a united labor vote in 1908. Leaders foresee labor candidates may reshape presidential and congressional contests.
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Russian Empire
Russia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
This Date in History Compilation
This date features a list of historical events and births from 1457 to 1904. Notable items include the first printing of the Book of Psalms, Cortez's conquest of Mexico, Pope Pius VI's birth, Fort Ontario and Oswego’s destruction, a sloop capture, the Oregon territory formation, Farragut's death, Cologne Cathedral completion, fires and proclamations, and a 1904 naval battle with patent medicines advertised in a street listing.
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Mexico
Cortez
Pope Pius VI
Ontario
Oswego de
Alabama Leads in Manufacturing Growth Despite Smaller Base
The Census Bureau issued bulletins on Alabama and Connecticut comparing industrial progress. Alabama shows faster gains in capital, wages, and output since 1900, with 75.2 percent capital growth and 51.4 percent output rise, though Connecticut employs more workers and runs higher total production. The trend suggests Alabama’s manufacturing expansion outpaced Connecticut in the past five years, despite higher child employment rates.
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Bureau of the Census
Alabama
Connecticut
New York
Railroad backs specialty farming along line to Gadsden Anniston
The L and N railroad plans to develop specialty farming between Gadsden and Anniston. It has hired an export fruit and vegetable grower to advise farmers at no cost and will assist in marketing the truck farm output and provide facilities to reach markets.
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Gadsden
L. & N. Railroad
Anniston
Living Costs Higher for Workers in North Atlantic States
A Bureau of Labor supplemental report on retail food prices shows that 1,567 working families across the United States spent an average of 363 dollars in the North Atlantic states, 342.82 in the North Central states, 317.32 in the South Central states, and 326.44 in the Western states.
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North Atlantic States
United States
Bureau of Labor
North Central States
South Central States
Faulty Art of Today by Eustace Miles
Commentary argues that modern athletic women are misrepresented by traditional art. The essay contends artists keep to old idealized female forms and call for Royal Academy to depict England’s athletic life more accurately.
Commercialism in Colleges Reflects Greed Across Institutions
Reverend W A Bartlett of Chicago laments rising commercialism in colleges and universities. He notes presidents and speakers criticize greed but offer few remedies. Bartlett warns students may be taught to value others by price and recalls Harper's critique of secularism eroding religious training. A New York preacher adds workers seek pay, blaming high living costs and a flawed life concept.
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Harper
University of Chicago
New England
New York
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Evening Star
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Buffalo
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Cologne
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Atlanta, Ga
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W. W. Taylor
South Dakota
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Corbett
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Chicago
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