Royal couple to adopt foundlings from London workhouse
A London case sees two foundlings destined for a wealthy end, as a cultured woman and her husband, unnamed, offer to adopt William Seymour and Mary Oxford from the Marylebone board of guardians. They pledge a $600 bond and promise to raise the children as their own, with the pair set to inherit a large fortune.
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London
Marylebone Board of Guardians
Workhouse Committee
William Seymour
Mary Oxford
Seymour
Oxford
Board of Guardians
Kent
Inauguration Costs Stir DC Ahead of March fourth
The District of Columbia seeks congressional funding for the March inauguration expenses. The city bears the full cost, funded by local subscriptions and grandstand seats, with military participants paid by their states. A national approach is urged to relieve the burden on DC residents.
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District of Columbia
Congress
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Armament Reduction Debate Between Kaiser and Roberts
In a frank exchange apparent between Kaiser Wilhelm and Lord Roberts, the call for a million-man army to defend England is contrasted with the need for Britain to keep its navy at home. The piece suggests The Hague must push for arms cuts while Europe watches who unloads first.
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Lord Roberta
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lord Roberts
House of Jorda
Bobs
England
Great Britain
Europe
London
Kaiser
Hague
Three modern leaders draw attention in Boston Herald
The Boston Herald notes three ubiquitous figures in modern life the explorer the pioneer trader and advance agent of commerce and the religious propagandist. It argues science commerce and religion are fundamental facts shaping motives of truth seeking gain getting and altruism. It claims Christianity has planted the widest outposts and built the strongest propaganda machine among the three major world faiths Buddhism Islam and Christianity.
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Boston Herald
Christianeligion
Shipyard workers accept profit sharing offer after strike talks
The employee of a British shipbuilding firm and its president proposed a profit sharing basin if labor rejected striking. The workers accepted the offer and will test the arrangement for a year, deeming labor leaders who advised rejection as unsafe guides.
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Record of Important Events From Western News
A condensed week in review notes St Louis high at 72 F on December 17, Denver ranking as the 20th city in bank clearings with 10,669,000, and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad seeking 160,000,000 more stock for a Pacific coast extension. Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress grows to 900 members from 26 states and seven nations. Chief American Horse dies at Pine Ridge, aged 76. Los Angeles plans a 121 day winter meeting. nearly 1,000,000 in purses. Odd Fellows head updates to W L Kuykendall after John M Kuykendall’s Denver ties. Simmons Hardware to insure older workers’ lives for one year. Troop assignments include colored units returning from the Philippines. Emma Goldman deported from Bellingham after choosing exile over potential insanity charges. Cheyenne hosts next Dry Farming Congress, with Algeria Turkey and others joining. H P Agar, once believed dead, found alive in California and charged with forgeries. Cervera retires from active navy due to health. Taft to visit Panama Canal yearly. Roosevelt son eyed for Connecticut Assembly. Reymundo Diano denied citizenship in Cincinnati. domestic issues. Booth undergoes cataract surgery in London with hope of restored sight. Tokyo dinner announces Toyo Kisen steamship line to South America from January 1.
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St. Louis
Goldfield
Nev
American Mining Congress
Denver
United States
St. Paul
Sanrise
Wisconsin State Railroad Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Pacific Coast
Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress
American Horse
Pine Ridge Reservation
War Department
Wyoming
Los Angeles
John M. Kuykendall
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louia
Philippines
Colorado
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Logan
Colo
Whipple Barracks
Ariz
Ninth Cavalry
Manila
Fort Russell
Emma Goldman
Bellingham
Wash
Cheyenne
Algeria
Turkey
Turkestan
Ruzaia
Australia
New Zealand
Mexico
Congress
H. P. Agar
Princeton
Indiana
San Benito
California
R. A. Conner
Wabash River
Cervera
Spain
New York
Taft
Panama
Canal
Thomsonville
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Connecticut Assembly
Reymundo Diano
Thompson
Cincinnati
Diano
William Booth
Salvation Army
London
Tokyo
Toyo Kisen Steamship Company
Japan
South America
Far reaching ventures and obits in brief
The French steamer Porque Pas with Dr Charcot's expedition waited at Punta Arenas on the 17th in search of the south pole. The Grand Army of the Republic announces its national encampment will run from August 9 to 14 in Salt Lake City. Author Donald G. Mitchell known as Iir Marval died at Marvelwood Edgewood New Haven on the 16th. November fire totals reach 15 634 350 dollars in U S. Wilbur Wright flies to 360 feet at Le Mans claim height in an aero prize event on the 18th. Totals noted exceed 95 000 000 in money across months and ventures.
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Porque Pas
Dr. Charcot
Punta Arenas
South Pole
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Donald G. Mitchell
Iir Marval
Marvelwood
Edgewood
New Haven
Conn
United States
le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Larathe Aero ‘E Prise
Om Vna Pachalt
Washington notes highlight postal banks and forest funding
Senate backs postal savings bank idea as Burkett argues for expansion. Confirmations include Blair as Montrose land office registrar and Wells as Del Norte Colorado receiver. Funds eyed for irrigation on Indian land and forestry expansion with 1400 new foresters sought.
New York Interests Prepare Denver Rail Merger News
Colorado and Southern Railway to be sold to Hill system's Chicago Burlington Quincy combination with details withheld until next Tuesday board meeting. The plan moves Hill toward Gulf of Mexico access, linking Denver to the Gulf via Colorado and Southern and Trinity & Brazos Valley control.
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New York
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Edwin Hawley
Frank Trumbull
Road
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railroad
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois Central
Harriman
James J. Hill
Gulf
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Denver
Colorado and Southern
Republican
Hill
Colorado
Puget Sound
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Big Horn Basin Territry
Guernsey
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Trinity & Brazos Valley Railroad
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Christian Scientists Win in Missouri Healing Case
Judge Berry Thurmond in the Circuit Court ruled there is no Missouri law prohibiting healing by Christian Science church members. The defendants were Lena A. Jaccard and Theresa M. Haywood of Kansas City, charged with practicing medicine or surgery or treating the sick.
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Christian Scientists
Warrensburg
Missouri
Christian Science Church
Berry Thurmond
Lena A. Jaccard
Theresa M. Haywood
Kansas City
McKinley Memorial Dedication Ends at Metropolitan Temple
A week long program for the McKinley memorial closed Sunday night with a service led by Vice President elect Sherman. Speakers included Rev George Edward Reed president of Dickinson College Commissioner of Immigration Robert Watchford and Henry W Taft.
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McKinley Memorial
New York
Metropolitan Temple
Elect Sherman
George Edward Reed
Dickinson College
Robert Watchford
Henry W. Taft
Wyoming News Highlights From Laramie To Denver
Wyoming notes report Hudson incorporation steps for a young town, Powell depot expansion, and a rancher injured when his horse fell. Shoshone Club advertises investment, theaters sold to Moore and Greaves, seed oats demand, Alford Bros. gas finds, blizzard tales, ex civil service men, and bank safe opening. Also covered are a death in Thermopolis, a Baggs bank safe, McPhee divorce suit, a rancher punished for assault, a North Platte project power plan, and a federal timber royalties claim against Teller and Union Pacific.
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Hudson
Wyoming
Powell
Burlington
Gilbert Harrison
Little Laramie
George H. Shanley
Pan-American Canal Zone
Porto Rico
Shoshon Commercial Club
Crystal Theaters
Cheyenne
Laramie
C. Moore
8. H. Greaves
Denver
Greeley
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Alford Bros. & Lamb
Greybull
Elmer Lovejoy
Dr. Hamilton
Laramie Plains
Wyoming State
Omaha
Jacob Price
Embar
California
Big Horn County
Fort Bridger
Union Pacific
Green River
Granger
Minnie Brown
Marlon F. Brown
Thermopolis
Brown
Angus McPhee
Della C. McPhee
Npsed
McPhee
Honolulu
Johnson County
Reclamation Service
North Platte River
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Fel
John C. Teller
Senator Teller
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Timothy Burke
Teller
Failroad Company
Agricultural Prosperity and Export Trends in 1908 Report
The 1908 Secretary of Agriculture review highlights crop value leaders corn and wheat with rice and beets strong, notes cotton’s high value and record rice, dairy and animal product totals near $3 billion, exports totaling over $1 billion with a favorable farm products trade balance. It also discusses rising farm wages since 1885 and productivity shifts shaping rural life and national economy.
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Washington
Wilson
India
Bi Street
Workingman Emplo Manufacturing
Barley Yield Averages by State and Year
The report cites United States Department of Agriculture data showing barley yield per acre over the past five years, with Colorado and neighboring Rocky Mountain states achieving the highest outputs. For 1907 yields are listed as Colorado 40.0 bushels per acre and North Dakota 18.2 bushels, among others.
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United State Partment of Agriculture
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
North Dakota
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J. B. Schoenfelt
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W. G. M. Stone
Colorado State Forestry Association
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Garfield
Phosphate Trust
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William Radcliffe
Dama
Delta
Benator Teller
House Committee On Agriculture
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Wyoming News
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