National Grange Pushes Federal Aid For Public Highways
The National Grange urges Congress to create a National Highways Commission and approve federal appropriations for road improvements. It cites France’s road administration and argues U S highways lag and require scientific planning under national and local authorities. House Bill 15887, from Frank Currier, reflects these aims and gains broad farmer support.
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Educated While They Work in Cuban Cigarmaking
A Cuba Review and Bulletin description praises a cigarmaking factory where workers enjoy good light and air, a leather chair, and keeping hats on while working. A factory reader sits in the rear, funded by cigarmakers, earning ten to twenty cents weekly, with entertainment such as novels and newspapers.
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Havana
Cuba
The Mason Revolution
A family night dinner triggers Marjory and Portia to debate politeness and class manners at home. Portia proposes a quiet revolution to cultivate gentler behavior daily, challenging the family to practice better courtesy.
Miners Strike Paralyzes U S Coal Fields Across Regions
The countrywide coal strike begins on April 1 with about 300000 miners from Pennsylvania to Colorado walking off. Western Pennsylvania and Indiana remain active in negotiations while Michigan Kentucky West Virginia and the Southwest press for terms as operators seek wage and arbitration changes.
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Black Coal District
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Michelangelo a Master in Painting and Sculpture
The New York American lauds Michelangelo as a supreme artist in both painting and sculpture. It praises the fresco The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel as perhaps the world’s greatest painting and cites the David and other statues among the finest works, affirming his mastery with chisel and brush.
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Statine Chapel
New York American
College entrance limits spark calls for reform voiced by Smith President
Smith College President Te Clark Seelye urges less strenuous entrance requirements to avoid delaying marriages and widening access disparity. Wisconsin college presidents discuss consolidating smaller schools under the General Education Board with Rockefeller and Carnegie support, while Minnesota data show rising female teachers and higher salaries. A model school contract was awarded for Moorhead normal school to provide practical teaching experience.
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Smith College
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Rockefeller
Carnegie
University of Wisconsin, Beloit College
Lawrence University
Wisconsin
J. W. Olsen
Minnesota
Minnesota State Board of Control
Moorhead Normal School
Oormala
Plague Battle Shapes San Francisco Naval Visit
The Marine Hospital Service reports progress against bubonic plague as the battleship fleet nears San Francisco. Surgeon General Wyman, with local authorities, notes 121 confirmed cases and 77 deaths, rats and fleas studied, and plans to extend investigations to more U.S. ports.
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Denver Anarchist Giuseppe Alio Murders Monk at Denver Altar
The Italian anarchist Giuseppe Alio killed Father Heinrichs at the altar in Denver. He was convicted of murder in the first degree. After conviction he was stripped, given new clothes, and placed in a cleaned cell. He attacked a trusted guard with a razor blade, slashing his throat but not fatally, before being subdued. Denver officials warn of a possible anarchist gang in the city.
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Republicans Back Taft Across States In Convention Actions
Across multiple states, Republican conventions endorsed William H Taft for president and instructed delegates to back his candidacy. Nebraska Missouri Minnesota and Oklahoma urged Taft, while Indiana Democrats nominated Bryan for president with Marshall and Taggart winning state posts.
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Cannon
Taft
Fov Deneens
First Town
Allison
Kentucky
Tafe
Fairbanks
Nebraska
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicago
Auy
William NI Taft
Missouri
St Louts
Roosevelt
Minnesota
State Central Committee
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Thomas Taggart
Mortality Rates Rise for Cancer and Typhoid in 1906
Census bureau figures for 1905 and 1906 across fifteen states and DC show tuberculosis and meningitis deaths fall while cancer typhoid fever whooping cough and violence deaths rise. New York has the highest city rate. California highest state rate. Pittsburgh and Allegheny top typhoid cities.
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District of Columbia
South Dakota
Michigan
Colorado
California
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Pennerylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Girl Fights Bats in Midnight Hotel Room
Miss Alice L. Earle of South Norwalk awoke to a bedlam of bloodsucking bats in her room during a San Antonio winter stay. She wrapped a cover over her head and fled as attendants later killed sixty one bats after dawn, ending the scare.
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South Norwalk
Conan
Miss Earle
Miss Earlewan
San Antonio
Texas
Bata
San Francisco Grafting Again and Police Involvement
The report links graft prosecutions with earlier liberations of Schmits and Ruef. It notes several police officers under the current administration were caught with marked money paid to protect Chinatown divekeepers. It mentions Traante’s parents vanished and four Chicago justices sentenced five fathers and one mother of truant children to one day in jail and a $5 fine.
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Schmits
Ruef
Po Hce
Chinatown
Chicago
United States Gold Reserves Hit Record Levels
Washington reports reveal the United States holds more gold than ever before with vaults and mints totaling over 1.02 billion dollars in gold, certificates, and coin. Gold stock across nations shows the U S leading with Germany close behind and per capita figures listed.
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United States
United States Treasury
Cub-Treasuries
St. Petersburg
Dominion of Canada
Dominion Treasury
Germany
France
Russia
United Kingdom
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Rubber Trust Orders Salary Cuts Amid Slump
The United States Rubber Company known as the rubber trust has directed its 100 plus wholesale and retail affiliates to reduce salaries due to a decline in rubber demand. The move targets wage bands across management and staff to align costs with lower trade activity.
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