Wilson outlines farm education fix to lift cost of living
In St Louis Secretary James Wilson says U S farmers must be better educated in practical farming to boost output and meet a growing population. He warns current cotton and grain yields lag behind demand, urges scientific farming, and predicts lasting gains if farmers learn new methods and double crops.
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St. Louis
United States
Wis
James Wilson
Farmers' Union
Aold Wilson
Persun
Mississippi Valley
Former Illinois Governor Beveridge Dies in Hollywood
John L. Beveridge, who served four terms as governor of Illinois beginning in 1875, died today at his Hollywood home. A veteran of the Civil War, he was long prominent in Midwestern politics, served in Congress, and had been in declining health for weeks.
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Illinois
Los Angeles
John L. Beveridge
Hllneis
Hollywood
Beveridge
Triais
Middle West
Congress
Local Optionist Wins in Alabama Governor Nomination
Returns from sixty seven counties show Emmet Neal the local optionist nominated for governor in the Democratic primary by about twelve thousand votes over H S Mallory who ran on a state wide prohibition platform with Montgomery as a key base of results.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Emmet Neal
D. Mallory
Mallory
Peary Honored In England At Royal Societies Club
Commander Robert E. Peary was luncheon guest of the Royal Societies Club in St James Street London. Esteemed English scientists and visiting explorers attended as Peary fulfilled a key engagement during his England visit.
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Peary
England
London
Robert E. Peary
Royal Societies’ Club
St. James Street
Wrights Change Base Tasting Grounds Move to Simms Station
The Wright brothers abandon their Montgomery Alabama tasting grounds and will hold future trial flights at Simms Station in Dayton Ohio.
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Wrights
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Baye
Montgomery, Ala
Simms Station
Man shoots wife then himself during police siege
In a tense standoff, John Briscoe opened fire on officers surrounding his home to evade arrest for wife beating, fatally injuring his spouse before killing himself.
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Louie
John Briscoe
Indiana Coal Miners to Resume Work in Terre Haute
Coal miners and operators settled differences Tuesday night, clearing the way for a return to work Wednesday in Terre Haute Indiana. The agreement ends a dispute that halted production and labor unrest in the region.
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Indiana Coal Minera
Terre Haute
Big Hotel for Cheyenne Erected by Warren Group
Senator F. B. Warren and associates awarded the Berenson Construction Company a 239000 contract to erect a large hotel in Cheyenne. The project scope covers the bare structure without plumbing, reflecting a phased development plan.
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Cheyenne
F. B. Warren
Denver to contest 1912 Republican convention race
A week of notable events includes Gov. Stubbs going to Denver to campaign for a dry town and a complex set of political and social actions across the Midwest. Wind damage in Kansas, railroad labor concerns, and a deadly Mexican ball frame a broad national snapshot.
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Denver
William R. Stubbs
Kan- Rig
Kansas
Chicago
Norge
Salt Lake City
Philadelphia
Gov
Haskell
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Tulsa
el Paso
Tex
Standing Rock
North
South Dakota
Cheyenne Hiver
Flint Head
Montana
Coeur d' Alene
Idaho
Ralnier Beach
Lake Washington
Seattle
Herschel C. Parker
Columbia University
New York
Seldovia
Cook Inlet
Mount McKinley
Frederick A. Cook
Arroyo
Sycamore Grove
Los Angeles
Missouri
Arkansas
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Kansas City
Fire and business losses span cities and eras
Fire ruined Cincinnati suburbs causing 150000 dollars in damage while Anheuser-Busch brewery in St Louis burned for 530000. Rail wage hikes will aid workers 44700000 yearly. Pittsburg area miners return to work after settlement talks. Reeve, ex Grand Trunk VP, dies in California. Ward, famed sculptor, dies at eighty in New York after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Renault
G. ED. Reeve
Grand Trunk Railroad
la Mirada
Calif
John Quincy Adams Ward
America
New York
Killa Flagg Young
United States
National Educational Association
Chicago
Boston
Roger Feury
Omaha
Chester J. Nolan
William KR. Hearat
New York Times
Gaynor
Associated Press
Mr. Hearst
du Lac Riv
Wide World Briefs From North to South
Multiple items report fires in Canada and the U S including Buckwood brewery in Winnipeg burned with 100000 loss and Rossmore hotel Cornwall Ontario fire killing ten. Roosevelt sees airplane in Paris and visits Danish capital. Monastic life: Prince Frederick Henry becomes a monk. Monsignor Piffers dies after fifty years under three popes. Mary E Winkelman reaches Mukilteo with South Seas murder cannibal tale. Telephonic heart diagnosis test shows 100 mile range using a stethoscope and telephone.
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Prince Frederick Henry
Prisala
William
Rossmore
Cornwall
Ont
Theodore Roosevelt
Monflay
London
Laula Brennan
Alaska
Guglielmo Piffers
Apostolic Palace
Pius X
Mary E. Winkelman
Mukilteo
Wash
South Sea
Savage Island
Horatio Hopking
Hector Laurie McPherson
Presbyterian Polynesian Mission
Milne
Isle of Wight
Derby Ride Retainer and Prizefighting Crackdowns Highlight West Scene
American jockey Danny Mahr earned a $25,000 retainer from Lord Rosebery to ride Nell Gow in the Derby. Polish wrestler Zbyseko defeated Mort Henderson in straight falls. Jeffries camp manager Sam Berger traveled to San Francisco for the $90,000 purse posting while clergymen push to block the Jeffries Johnson prize fight following Tom McCarthy’s death. Edward Payson Weston completed his 3,450 mile coast to coast walk in 77 days at city hall, after leaving 20,000 cheering spectators behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tata
San Francisco
Tim Sullivan
New York
Jeffries-Johnson Prisefight
Tommy McCarthy
Owen Moran
Edward Payson Weston
Denver post office contract awarded to Heddon company
The Denver post office contract went to the Heddon company of New York for marble work using Colorado marble. A separate note reports the International Bureau of American Republics near the White House was dedicated to universal peace. The Senate approved overtime for letter carriers, and Colorado beneficiaries totaling 538 dollars were confirmed by Governor Hughes for Supreme Court service. A letter from Managua describes atrocities in Nicaragua. The Senate also moved to create a Bureau of Mines in the Interior Department to study mine explosions, and to tax lands within railroad land grants. A Court of Claims decision said legacy tax collections tied to Spanish American war legislation should be refunded, about five million dollars.
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Denver Post Office
Heddon Company
New York
Colorado
International Bureau of American Republics
White House
Universal Peace
House
Senate
Hughes
Justice of the Supreme Court
Committee On the Judiciary
Cansul
Managua
Nicaragua
Washington
Republic
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Senate Public Lands Committee
Court of Claims
Wyoming News of the Week highlights across cities
Cheyenne reports 200 autos and a new three story hotel near Medicine Row. Sheridan fights delusions, plans waterworks vote, and auto service to Dayton. Thermopolis hosts German club. Duffalo adds Occidental hotel expansion. Laramie schools face diphtheria issues and Arbor Day trees are given. Governor names, bonds discussed, and a river of local events fill the week.
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Cheyenne
Sheridan
Byron
Thermopolis
Burlington
Fine Bluffs
Dayton
Medicine Row
Duffalo
Douglas
Anna Johnson
Samuel Coramer
Laramie
Hudson Public Improvement Company
Hudson
Sheridan Enterprise
Huffalo
Casper Assessor
Moeteese
George M. Winkelman
Encumpment Herald
B.S. Drury
Curtis Carson
Brooks
H. 3S. Ellis
Dixon Water
W. A. Clark
Laramie Board of Education
Casper Eltixens
A. A. Pletetier
Cambria
Crookg
J. E. Mills
Rock Springs
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Saratoga
Platte
W. A. Riley
Loveland
Colo
Milton Honenfry
Roy Lewis
Deseron
Fort Nuseell
Wye
Nettie Daniels
University of Wyoming
Guernsey
Universalty of Wyoming
L. C. Hilly
Catherine Parker
Lower Tongue River
Eufferer
Joseph Leiter
Chicago Milionaire
Torrington
P. F
Scottsbluff
Wyoming Anti-Saloon League
Burns
Schurman Urges National Charter for Rockefeller Foundation
Ithaca New York President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell urges Congress to grant a national charter for the Rockefeller foundation. He commends the plan and argues the bill should limit trustee selection to preserve public welfare while allowing vast philanthropy benefiting morals science arts and human civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Council
Congress
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Rockefeller Foundation
Schurman
Rockefeller
United States
Senate
Airship runs away and is destroyed over Limburg
The Zeppelins II dirigible of Germany's aerial fleet escaped a storm near Limburg an der Lahn while attempting a return from Homburg to Cologne and crashed at Wellburg. The crewless wreck collided with moorings and broke apart in a northeast drift. In a separate incident near North Yakima, engineer Gordon and fireman Meyers were killed when a Burlington train struck a defective switch, but the train avoided disaster.
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Limburg-an-der-Lahn
Homburg
Cologne
Wellburg
Dleaster
Bpokane
Walsh
North Yakima
Burlington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gordon
Ellensburg
Meyers
Pasco
Girl Held as Dynamiter in Prairie City Blast
Mary Guthrie of Carthage was arrested in connection with an explosion that damaged a $12,000 Prairie City residence belonging to Jease A. Quick. The house occupants escaped. Dr. Alexander Hall and wife Myrtle Quick were inside, with past engagement between Guthrie and Hall noted.
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Prairie City
Jease A. Quick
Mary Guthrie
Carthage
Alexander Hall
Colfax
Guthrie
Myrtle Quick
Boy Dies Capturing Foul Tip in Jersey City Pond Accident
Louis Rose, ten, of Jersey City, ran to catch a foul tip during a Ball Crowns game in New York. He slipped headfirst into a shallow pond, stuck in the mud, and was dead on retrieval.
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Rune
New York
Louis Rose
Jersey City
Autos to Cross Cascades
Seattle report states that automobiles will cross the Cascade Range and orders will be issued immediately by the state authorities to coordinate the crossing operations.
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Seattle
Wash
Fine Building Planned in Cody for Masonic Temple and Opera House
Plans are formed for a combined Masonic temple and modern opera house in Cody, with an estimated cost near $60,000. Other notes mention Civil War relic cannons mounted near the Capitol Grounds in Cheyenne and a juror disagreement in Basin involving Edward Dees. Sheridan Gun Club releases a carload of elk into the Big Horn mountains for hunting prospects.
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Cody
Capitol Grounde
Cheyenne
State House
Sheridan
Jackson's Hole
Big Horn Mountains
Big Horn
Burlington's Plans at Douglas
Douglas residents hear that the Burlington line will not pass through Douglas but run on the west side of the Platte River over a mile away. The Industrial Club will urge railway officials to reroute to the east side and into the city’s western edge.
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Burlington
Douglas
Wilkie Collins
Industrial Club
Big Horn Basin
Denver
Platte River
Rambler to Resume Shipments Soon
Laramie managemt Sherwood announces plans to restart ore shipments to the smelter as mountain snow recedes and wagon roads clear. Bins are filled with high grade ore awaiting transport to rail lines.
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Rambler
Laramie
Sherwood
Laramie Plaine
Trooper Escapes Gunfire in Personal Conflict at Cheyenne
Julius Hudson, a Ninth negro cavalry trooper, dodged five bullets fired by his wife Mrs. Hudson who then hit him with a pistol butt. The dispute followed his rejection of her repudiation of their marriage. Frontier Days committees expect little impact from Denver's Dumb Friends League threat to ban bronco busting and steer roping, supported by Wyoming Humane Society and state child and animal protection boards.
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St. Cheyenne
Julius Hudson
Ninth
Negro Cavalry
Cheyenne
Woman in Sheridan Kills Man Then Attacks Deputy
James McCoy a laborer was shot dead by landlady Jesalo Carman who ran a rooming house where Mrs McCoy worked as a chambermaid. Carman says she acted in self defense and she tried to grab a deputy sheriff’s revolver as she was being escorted to jail.
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Sheridan
James McCoy
Jesalo Carman
Bank worker’s theft case leads to court in Lander
Hla Bank & Bank of Thermopolis-Lars Hansen at Bergran's grading camp faced a theft inquiry after money vanished. Oscar Rylander, a camp worker, confessed to taking funds and was bound over to district court in Lander with cash recovered. Cheyenne. Supreme Court admits eight new officers to the bar including Sullivan, Amie, Brome, Stapbury, Reynolds, Hyde, Gogerty.
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Hla Bank & Bank
Thermopolis
Lars Hansen
Bergran
Oscar Rylander
Lander
Too Busy to Attend Frontier Days Celebration
The note states he will be too busy to attend the Frontier Days celebration, planning for other duties and not present at the event.
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Winnipeg
Man
Col. Roosevelt
Paris
Tursday
SPORT
Wyoming
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Dynamiter
State of Washington
Qualmie Pass
State News OF Wyoming
Reservation
Lander Oil Syndicate
Shoshon Indian Reservation
Ita Wells
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