Taft Urges Economy and Shipping Subsidy in Message
Washington reports Taft’s message backs economy in administration seeks foreign trade growth and home industry support. He favors a ship subsidy for U S shipping, delays tariff changes until new Congress, and urges permanent Tariff Board with schedule by schedule revisions. Public building appropriations include Denver La Junta Fort Collins and Albuquerque Roswell projects with related site purchases and park care.
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Washington
Central American
Republica
Canada
Congress
Taft
Supreme Court
Joye
South America
Tariff Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Denver
la Junta
Fort Collins
Wyoming
Lander
Sheridan
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Roswell
Inet
Denver Mint
Balloon crosses North Gea to Orkney where aeronaut dies
An International Ballooning Club balloon from Munich rose toward western Europe and drifted across the North Sea. It landed near Kirkwall in Orkney after a gale floored the basket. Herr Meteger drowned while others Disler and dJuerdese survived after a later descent.
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London
International Ballooning Club of
Munich
Witserland
Kirkwall
Orkney
Scotland
Anrumauta
Herr Meteger
Loathin
Metager
Orkney Islands
Disler
dJuerdese
Miller Defeats Tremblay to Retain Welterweight Title
St Paul fighter Miller defeats Tremblay of Montreal to retain the welterweight wrestling championship of the world in a bout held in St Paul. Tremblay challenges for the title and the victory secures Miller’s claim as champion.
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Miller
Tremblay
St. Paul
Young Miller
Bugese Tremblay
Montreal
Gary Denies Involvement In Steel Operations
New York United States Steel Corporation chairman Garyfort denies involvement in setting company policies and handling employee matters. He asserts he did not direct operations or influence pay and staffing decisions during upheaval at the firm.
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Gary
New York
Mibert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Eadhe
Accuracy and Publicity at Western Union Deal
The article recounts the 1900 takeover of Western Union by AT&T led by Theodore N. Wall. It describes a new era of candor with an eight month appraisal, write downs, and a public report showing surplus reduction yet stock rose as investors welcomed accuracy and publicity. It questions whether big firms will follow this open-book model.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Wall
Purchasing Corporation
Gould
Western Union
Telephone Company
Telegraph Company
Marke
Wall
Pinandera
Harper's Weekly
Cimliar
Infant in Tree Top Scene Draws Curious Gaze
A cryptic report describes a baby named Hockheby perched in a tree as wind moves branches and observers note the scene. The fragment hints at protective devices and a calm infant amid movement, without clear actions or outcomes.
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Hockheby
Fort Riley to gain wirelogo telegraph station soon
Fort Riley Kansas is set to receive a new wirelogo telegraph station nearing completion. In California copper smelting and refining will use Oita as fuel in reverberatory furnaces. War Department plans to sell Fort McKinney near Buffalo Wyoming comprising 16000 acres. Three Wells Fargo express employees in Muskogee Oklahoma face investigation into the disappearance of an iron chest with 6000 in silver and 11000 in unsigned currency. Montana State Treasurer E E Peselstyn reports a monthly balance of 168586 and state investments totaling 4362800.
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Fort Riley
Kansas
Oita
California
War Department
Fort McKinney Military Reservation
Buffalo
Wyo
Wellm Fargo & Co
Express
Muskogee
Oklo
E. E. Eeselstyn
Montana
Taft Taps Fred W. Lehman Solicitor General
President Taft names Fred W. Lehman of St. Louis as solicitor general to succeed Idoyd W. Bowers. Maj Gen George F Killett retires as Marine Commandant after long service. Supreme Court reverses lower court on Hemme case involving Mercantile National Bank funds. Sixty first Congress closes with few actions and reflections on Lorimer probe.
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Fred W. Lehman
St. Louis
Idoyd W. Bowers
George F. Killett
Taft
Congress
Circuit Court of the
United States
New York
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Lorimer
Witnets
Lavine and Crouse to head twelve round Akron bout
Paddy Lavine of Buffalo and Buck Crouse of Pittsburg signed for a twelve round fight in Akron Ohio on New Year’s Eve. Colorado Springs businessmen praised the Colorado College Tigers and the high school Terrors with an elaborate banquet.
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Paddy Lavine
Buffalo
Buck Crouse
Pittsburg
Akron
Ohio
Colorado Springs
Colorado Colleger Tigers
Aing
Population and events snippet from early 20th century
Population figures for Virginia and the United States cited with yearly increases and totals. Notes on Frank Tebell moving the Wichita club to Pueblo, deer season accidents in Michigan, a Missouri typhoid outbreak, and deaths of Ella Finley and Mary Baker Glover Eddy. Also mentions a train wreck near Clinch Port Virginia with fatalities, and 1910 luxury imports totaling 250 million dollars.
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Virginia
Frank Tebell
Wichits Baseball Club
Pueblo
Colo
Massachusetts
Martha Gammons
Howard County
Minaouri Pacific
Pasdeneer
Knobhester
Missouri
United States
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
James Pete
Newburg
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
Clinch Port
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Christian Science Church
George J. Weal
Mra. Eddy
West
Mia
Eddy
Bow
N. H
Boston
Robert B Davie
State Street
Han Die
Hannah Y Greenwood
Bomnerville
Prominent Cheyenne Resident Dies After Operation
Edmund J. Michau, a longtime figure in Cheyenne, dies from complications following an operation performed days earlier. Private Fred Boyce of the Eleventh Infantry sentenced to six months in jail and a $100 fine for digging a hole through Thomas Talbot's cottage.
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Cheyenne
Edmund J. Michau
Fred Boyce
Aleventy Infantry
Thomas Talbot
Logie Future to Favor New County Formation
The next Logie meeting in January will consider creating a new county from southern Mig Horn and northern Fremont. The proposal aims to form the new county boundaries.
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Thermopolia
Mig Horn
Fremont
Flockmaster Arrested on Federal Fence Charge
United States Marshal Les Snow arrested C. W. Barney, a Sheridan county flockmaster, for illegal fencing of government land. Barney posted a $1,000 bail to appear in the federal district court during the May term.
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Cheyenne
United States
Les
Has Complete Company Arrives at Fort Rue sell
Has Complete Company from Has Complete Company arrives at Fort Rue sell presenting a full company of engineers to the Cheyenne post for the first time. The unit comprises 3 officers and 145 men, with 65 engineers disembarking from Capt Lu ensh and Company ML from the Presidio.
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Cheyenne
Fort Ruesell
Presidio
Luensh
Company ML
Engieering Corps
Cheyenne Post
Dickerson Serves Term Confirmed by Supreme Court
Cheyenne reports the state Supreme Court completed review of Peter Dickerson's case and affirmed the lower court. Dickerson is serving seven years in the penitentiary for perjury tied to his trial for alleged criminal assault on Mrs. D. M. Con Tess, assistant principal of the South Cheyenne public school, a charge on which he was acquitted.
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Cheyenne
State Supreme Court
Peter Dickerson
Dickerson
D. M. Con Tess
South Cheyenne
Thermopolis Wins 1911 Wool Growers Convention Site
Thermopolis is chosen to host the 1911 Wyoming Wool Growers' Associations convention marking its first public recognition as a railroad town. The town gains status as the Burlington line connects Kirby to Orin Junction, improving transportation that previously limited its chances.
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Thermopolis
Cheyenne
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Associations
Burtington
Kirby
Orin Junction
Residents Push Plan for New Platte County Seat at Lusk
The eleventh Legislature studies multiple county divisions. Business leaders form an association to create Platte from Converse eastern half with Lusk as seat. Thermopolis district backs a new county from Fremont north and Big Horn south. Wheatland district seeks a new county from northern Laramie.
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Converse
Platte
Lusk
Thermopolis
Fremont
Big Horn
Wheatland
Pigs Dog Chickens and Bears Cause Local Casualties
A Kane area report describes losses including four pigs, one dog, thirty chickens and three bears in recent days. Bears reportedly caused the chain of animal deaths while residents attended to the mess, noting stray canine from Ireland unfamiliar with Rocky Mountain terrain added to the incidents.
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Kane
Ireland
Rocky Mountain Grisaly
Beaver Killer Beapen Flees Toward Green River
Deputy Sorenson laments a controversial decision that released beaver killer Jim Ricky on promise of travel with his family toward Green River. Ricky reportedly crossed toward the state line into Colorado after abandoning his family and horses worth 9500 to allow his wife to return home.
Trustees Propose Land Sale Inquiry at State Legislature
The Board of Trustees of a state university appoints a committee to prepare a statement for the Legislature regarding the inspection and sale of land owned by the university. The action aims to address disposition of university property and potential legislative oversight.
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Biate University
Tuai
Innocent on One Count in Dinner Debacle
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Farmer-Say denying work on a dinner and Boston Allsinge-Ah! refuting the accusation, claiming the double negative is a selectam she’s never used.
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Innocent
Benny on Benevolence and Hidden Treasures
Benny reflects on benevolence and giving to the poor. His mother finds old clothes and a gold headed cane worth 25 that grandfather hid in the attic eighteen years ago, illustrating that benevolence brings its own reward.
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Benny
Grandpa
Unmistakable Hint Sparks Evening Courtship
A young Braylate receives a delicate hint from the young lady he visits as the clock and familiar devices provoke no response. She orders refreshments and her mother sends breakfast food, while the humble man contemplates his worth and humility.
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Braylate
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