1907: Roosevelt era and reform push reshape parties
A long survey tracks 1907 as a year when old party lines blur into conservative versus radical, with Roosevelt facing opposition while pushing reform. Hughes rises in New York, Taft gains fame, and railroad and oil battles provoke federal actions. Prohibition gains steam, affecting elections from Georgia to Oklahoma, and November results signal a temperate shift across the nation.
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Hughes
Republican
Public Service Commissions
Harriman
Roosevelt
Sherman
Indianapolis
Provincetown
Mass
Pilgrims’ Monument
Kinley
Canton
Taft
Columbus
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Standard Oil Company
Landis
John D. Rockefeller
Chancellor Day
Spooner
Justice Brewer
National Committee
Washington
White House
Congress
Mide
Beyen
Guist
Bryan
Reorganized
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Michigan
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Minnesota
Busse
Chicago
Johnson
Cleveland
Philadelphia
South
Delaware
Kentucky
Georgia
Oklahoma
Salt Lake City
Dr. Taylor
San Francisco
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Hidden Gifts of the Christmastide
Poem reflects a mother's tenderness and a child's Christmas joys with toy trains plows and ships. It notes the quiet gifts of maternal love and the happiness of a baby's discoveries during the season. Fraternal orders aid in spreading comfort to the poor at Christmas.
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Aloysius Coll
Unclear NYC Return Mentions Victory in Cleveland
Fragments note many in New York City alongside the referenced victory in Cleveland. The text mentions Johnson and a prior Cleveland win, but details are incomplete.
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New York City
Johnson
Cleveland
Notable Executive Acts of the Administration
A survey of major presidential decisions includes the Panama Canal shift to full government control under Major Goethals, anti Japanese laborer exclusion measures, swift naval mobilization, cabinet reshuffles, Oklahoma statehood, and key laws in the Fifty ninth congress such as the sixteen hour workday for trainmen and pensions.
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W. J. Oliver
Major Goethals
Army Engineer Corps
Canal Commission
Shonts
Stevens
California
Metcalf
Atlantic
Pacific
Admiral Evans
Norfolk
Waterways Commission
Burton
Ohio
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Treasury
Shaw
George von L. Meyer
Interiorm Department
Hitchcock
Garfield
Herbert S. Smith
Oklahoma
Haskell
T. ¥. Gore
Robert L. Owen
Christmas In Big Timber Bright With Santa and Gifts
Santa Claus visited Big Timber as scheduled and distributed gifts to children across schools churches and homes. Christmas programs and carols filled classrooms and churches while a Grand Hotel feast celebrated the holiday with neighbors and visitors.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
St. Nicholas
K. of P. Hall
Edith O'Leary
Butte
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Tucker
Grand Hotel
New pastor welcomed at First Congregational Church
Rev. Dr. H. H. Thoren of Lemars Iowa has accepted the call and will serve as pastor. He will preach next Sunday on Rational Doubt and Its Remedy in the morning and Nicodemus in Three Experiences in the evening. All welcome to attend. Also the Methodist Episcopal Quarterly Conference meets Saturday at 8 PM with Rev. L H. Mickel presiding and the pastor leading Sunday services.
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H. H. Thoren
Lemars
Iowa
First Congregational Church
Thoren
Nicodemus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
L H. Mickel
J. A. Meeke
Lutheran Church Services Announced for Big Timber
Lutheran Church notes Sunday school at 1 30. Services at Howie next Sunday at two. New Years Day services in Big Timber at two in the afternoon led by Pastor K A Erickson.
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Howie
Big Timber
Limited Sunday Services Amid Rector’s Columba Bus Trip
No regular worship next Sunday. Only Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. as the rector travels to Columbus.
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Columbus
Orino Laxative Syrup Promoted By Local Drugstore
W. D. Richards, a local druggist, advertises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a new laxative that stimulates without irritation and guarantees money back if not satisfied.
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W. D. Richards
Public Speaker Interrupted by Cough Cures Advertised
Public speakers are frequently interrupted by coughing and this ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption. The genuine product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package. W. D. Richards.
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Foley
W. D. Richards
Grand Masquerade Ball by Big Timber Camp MWA
The sixth annual masquerade ball by Big Timber Camp MWA will be in the Auditorium on New Years Eve December 31. Readers are urged to keep the date and prepare costumes with full poster details to follow.
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Big Timber Camp
M. W A
Election Notice for Co C N G M 2nd Lieutenant
Members of Company C National Guard Militia vote at the Armory next Saturday evening December 28 to elect one second lieutenant to fill the vacancy left by Post. By order of J H White Captain Commanding.
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J. H. White
Hogs For Sale by Harry Hanly at Otter Creek
Hog sale notice listing pigs for sale from wearing pigs to bred sows and dressed pork for wholesale to consumers. Contact Harry Hanly at 125 Otter Creek for details and pricing.
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Harry Hanly
Otter Creek
Annual Meeting Notice of Citizens State Bank Big Timber
Notice states Citizens State Bank of Big Timber holds its annual meeting January 6 1908 at 7 p m in Big Timber Sweet Grass County Montana. Election of seven directors for the ensuing year and other business on the agenda. J W Geiger cashier signs the notice.
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Citizens State Bank of Big Timber
Ihs
Big Timber
County of Sweet Grass
State of Montana
Peetie
J. W. Geiger
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Edwin 5. Potter
Universal News Analysis
Ty Aloysius
BIC Timber
St. Marks Church
Mike Mitchell
S. A. Perrine
Mont
Patterson Drug
A. E. Walker
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