House Opposition Looms Over Borah Land Bill Reforms
Secretary Fisher opposed Borah bill reducing proof time for open homestead entries to three years and granting eight months absence. Senate passed with no opposition. House Public Lands committee faces expected strong pushback as Fisher and Dennett urge rejection. Fisher predicted swift contest disposition and warned against court appeals.
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Union News Servinn Washington
Senate
Fisher
House Public Lands Committee
Land Com Mileajoner Dennett
House
Pishor
Land Office
Lerigaton
Jandacomaitice
Howse
War Department Hawanteed
Mandel
Representative Mott
New York
Sugar Control Proposals Dominate Global Trade Talks
Advocates push for government price regulation as sugar consumption grows worldwide. Secretary Blaine Koon reports to President Tait urging Congress to protest current arrangements. In Elgin 500 Modern Woodmen plan a meeting April 14 to organize opposition. Charles W. Mores departs for New York. Pittsburgh hosts color photography tests by Westinghouse.
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Washington
Blaie Koon
Tait
Prominent Montana Miner dies in Billings and more
Reports from various U S locations include the death of a noted Montana coal miner in Billings and a Saratoga hospital case revealing a wealthy woman after an operation. Other items note hunger appeals, a manslaughter verdict, hunting fatalities, and political and financial developments across the country.
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W. Worthington
Montana
Billings
Meade County
Saratoga
N. Y
Anna Minkler
Rock Inand
Davenport
Tn Chce
Taylor Scientific
Arsenal
Utah
Kanane
Mercur
Mia
Linda Durfield Maxeard
Claire Williamson
Manard
Fort Orchard
Wash
Oklahoma
Kiamichi
Wichita Mountains
Treasury Department
Leavenworth Light, Heat & Gas Company
Leavenworth
Kan
Congressional notes on health bureau proposal and military reforms
Senate debates a plan creating a children welfare bureau within labor and commerce. A land withdrawal report for Montana is debated after a revolution motion. Army garrison reductions and Philippines regimental cuts are proposed to save costs with Senate consideration. Senator Gore seeks a federal road funding package of 12 to 16 million over ten years with state matching requirements.
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Robert J. Owen
United States
Oklahoma
Conarese
National Bureau of Health
Department of Commerce For Labor
Senate
Benetor Dinen
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Bilmwon
United Biaten
Congress
Philippines
Gore
Price Records and Turmoil Darken Early Twentieth Century News
The report notes Chicago cage prices at 40 cents per dozen wholesale, a Philadelphia factory fire causing over 91 million in damage, and troops at several posts ready to move to the Mexican border by Gen Wood. Lynching threats in Macon Georgia arise, while Cincinnati considers a municipal hall to house matrimonial offices. A New York City syndicate allegedly guarantees property destruction by fire. Deaths include Clarence Kuhn and Senator Thomas F. Kady. A quadruple murder is uncovered in Lawrence Massachusetts. A mob hangs Albert Hamilton in Codello Georgia after assault charge, with labor leaders tied to McNamara bomb indictments. A Niagara River bridge collapse claims lives, and a Colorado suit seeks 970,000 damages. Rescue of a sinking ship’s boat is described, and rail leaders die in Minneapolis Saint Louis transit circles. January fire losses are projected near 90 million, with daily costs over 1 million.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Wood
Charlee Powell
Macon
Cincinnati
Hunt
New York City
Clarence W. Kuhn
8. Kuhn & Bros
Kahin, Loeb & Co
New York
Negro Soldiers Arrested In Cheyenne Wyoming
Privates Wilvon ane Gideon colored of Troop I Ninth en try are turned over to civil authorities for entering the home of A Jones and attacking Mrs Jones. A reward of 100 is offered for Henry Clay who escaped custody and is suspected in a murder and robbery of Laramie merchant Henry Gerber. Captain Davie Molt ed Staten marksman denies Washington reports of Indian agent appointment at Fort Washakie. Dexter Sapp hosts a social camp fire with remarks and music. The Texas Company strikes oil near Lander with a well at 1,000 feet producing oil and reaching sixty eight feet in the casing. further sands to be exploited.
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Wilvon Ane Gideon
A. ¥. Jones
Mra Jones
Henry Clay
Henry Gerber
Laramie
Lg, Davie
Washington
Fort Washakle
Wyo
Han
Texas Company
Oil
Lander
Texas Ol Company
Wyopo
Sheridan Fights to Save Fort McKenzie Post
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce opposes abandonment of Fort McKenzie urged by the secretary of war. It plans to present facts to the War Department to show the post’s urgent need due to nearby Indian reservation. Cheyenne Dr H B Aikens sails to Chicago for Pasteur vaccine to guard against rabies from a mad dog attack.
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Sheridan
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce
Fort McKenzie
Secretary of War
War Department
Cheyenne
H. 8. Aikena
Wyoming State Sheep Commission
Chicago
Cheyenne Pawnshop Case Tangles Local Money Scandal
In Cheyenne Sam Bergman, a pawnbroker, peddled a large miscellany collection including 224 watches for $1,000 from the home of Joseph Kingham, a mistaken custodian under the postal office. Kingham embezzled $24,600 and was sentenced to Leavenworth for five years, with Bergman paying $6,000 for the watches.
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Cheyenne
Sam Bergman
Gorge W. Hoyt
Jowsph Kingham
Insalet
Leavenworth Fedeal
Kingham
Bergman
Girl to Ride Transcontinental Path for Advertising
Miss Boon will ride Teddy the endurance horse from Sheridan to the Pacific coast and then to New York to promote Weiratuine ads. Sheridan Wye and Miles City Mont support defraying expenses for Mine Runlee Scott’s long journey. FD Jennings owns Teddy and will permit the ride. The Forest Service has allocated stock viewings to Wyoming national forests for 1915 season.
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Sheridan
Wye
Tittinge
Miles City
Mont
Jolin
Runlee Scott
Jennings
Teddy
Miss Boon
Bheriday
New York
Washington
Forest Service
Wyoming National Forests
Davie Succwede Weworth Latler-Capt ie GO
Davia Will Not Abandon FL Avesell. Cheyenne Advives from Washing saan heh tot teenth in a te ory het Port Reseull le eee te seendaed.
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Davie Succwede
Weworth Latler
Davi
Miver Indiag Reser Valles Sod
ML. Pelton
Cooper Will
United Stains
Eacceed
Davia
Wyoming News Briefs Reflect Snow Winter and Local Developments
A scattered Wyoming roundup reports Park County receiving funds for a $45,000 court bond, new post offices in Cabo and Thorndopolis, booming roads in Laramie and Wind River districts, and Wolf activity injuring cattle near Cody. Other items note Union Pacific track work, creameries near Cody, growing liquor controls, and local court actions in Laramie and Rawlins.
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Park County
Lemue
Jinks and the trolley seat tale in a midwestern dispatch
A chaotic dialogue recalls Representative Mann and a Jinks anecdote aboard a crowded trolley car. The tale covers social grifts, seating manners, and a remark about a Primrose social fence as the crowd recalls a dance and a supposed neglect of a passenger.
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Mann
Howse
Young Jinks
Mr. Jinks
Primrose
Jinks
Back Ailment Ends After Cuticura Remedies
A Kansas man describes long burning pimples on his back spreading over three years. After trying many cures he reports relief in two weeks with Cuticura Soap and Ointment and Resolvent, noting near-cure in four months and renewed health. He endorses Cuticura as the best skin remedy and mentions free samples by mail.
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W. A. Armstrong
Corbin, Kan
Seven Years of Misery Ends for Sikeston Woman
Denis Berunne of Sikeston Missouri testifies that after years of fatigue nervous distress and pain Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health she can work in the home tend the garden and entertain friends she urges others to try the remedy noting it helped thousands of women with displacements and failed health.
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Sikeston
Fr. Pinkham
Lydia
Denis Beruune
Lydia E. Pinkham
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