There and Back Again to the Liquor Fight in London
A moral aerospace column recounts a London licensing day scene where a guardian widow warns against renewed licenses amid rows of saloons. The board questions what they have to do with workers’ ruin, as a public house license renewer must live by provoking harm. The piece argues strong for curbing drink and the community paying price reflects a broader temperance stance.
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Wilfred Lawson
London
National Temperance Advocate
House of God
Johna
Jennie
Grand Lodge pivots power and cuts pay in AOUW meeting
In Grand Island Nebraska the Ancient Order of United Workmen voted to lower the grand master workman's salary from 2500 to 1500 a year and cut the grand lodge delegates by half. The headquarters shift to Grand Island was approved with Lincoln hosting next year’s grand lodge. R. P. R. Millar was elected grand foreman and H. M. Stockwell won grand overseer after two ballots. Several officers were chosen without contest and the minimum admission age set at 18.
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Grand Lodge
Order of United Workmen
M. H. Schultze
Beatrice
R. P. R. Millar
Lincoln
H. M. Stockwell
Clearwater
George H. Barber
Grand Island
FB. J. Morgan
Plattsmouth
J. H. Morehead
Falla City
Grand
Bassett
Inside Watch
J. D. Jasalek
Omaha
Ancient
Ten Miners Killed as Mine Dump Collapses at Pinckney Tenn
A new ore dump at Pinckney Tenn collapsed, killing ten white men and boys and wounding several others. Names of the dead include Josh Remington and Jim Brown. among the injured were George Gamble and William Kilpatrick. The collapse occurred while the men were atop the tipple. two escaped with minor injuries. The cause is unknown. the dump had been tested with 20 cars of ore less than a month earlier.
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Nastvvntz
Pinckney
Tenn
Josh Remington
Oat
Kilborn
William Kinnony
Jim Brown
Oat Harris
Lanvin Harris
Richard Hardwicr
Matt Owens
Jim Crowe
George Gamble
Ocype Gamble
O'Dill
William Kilpatrick
Joe Newton
Denny Brown
McHermore
H. Christian
Mallory Chosen U S Senator on 85th Ballot in Massachusetts
Stephen R. Mallory was elected United States senator today on the 85th ballot with 63 votes to Chipley 44 and Gell 1. Mallory, of Pensacola, formerly Florida representative, spoke in the house praising the Chicago platform and favoring free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, while avoiding tariff positions. He has long career in Florida politics and law, after confederate service and Georgetown education.
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Tattanasene
Stephen R. Mallory
United States
Mallory
Chipley
Gell
House of Representatives
Chicago
Stephen Russell
Florida
Pensacola
Virginia
Georgetown College
District of Columbia
National House of Representatives
Committee On Commerce
Falling Off in Immigration Decline Persists Across U S
Washington reports show continued drop in immigrant arrivals with nine months ending March 31 1907 at 142041 versus 308680 a year earlier a likely countrywide decline of at least 93000 for the year. New York alone accounts for large portion of the loss.
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Washington
Immigration Bureau
New York
Stump
A Venerable President and a Shifting House
An elderly John Quincy Adams recalls a street greeting in Boston as he notes his aging home’s decay and hints at his approaching death. The piece frames aging, memory, and a final calm farewell with Adams’s reply about his house and himself.
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John Quincy Adams
Boston
Ita
United States
Washington
Earth
Kansas Drummers Meet Grand Lodge Session Opens
Leavenworth May 15 The sixth annual grand lodge session of the Order of United Commercial Travelers of Kansas opens with an open mass meeting and a secret grand council session. Preliminary reports show a prosperous financial condition and growing membership nearing 1100.
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Grand Lodge
Order of United Commercial Travelers of
Memrcie
Should Be of Interest to Every lg Woman
A testimonial touts Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the only cure for ailments peculiar to women. It says the writer suffered six years from internal weaknesses after four doctors failed to help, then found relief and hails the product as a "Saviour of Women" from Waynesboro, Pa.
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W.br
Woman's Relief Corps
Noth Benevolente
Illinois
Denver
Sam Rice Corps
Marshall Town
Memorial Day South
W.R.C
Pinkham
Mra
B. A
Perramy Waynesboro, Ps
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Lee Harris
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Swartz
Atlantic
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Cor
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Beatrice Man
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Jersey Lily
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England
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Langtry
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Muddy Creek
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Wamego
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Naval Academy
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Philadelphia
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M. BE
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Iowa State Univerity
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New Mexico
Iowa
Emmett & Co
Falls
Tom Mann
France
Hoe
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Metropolis
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Colorado
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Rockies
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Columbia Bicycles
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John H. Wood
Fifth Street
Lester L
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