Congress endorses dry farming and statehood aims
The document outlines resolutions urging legislatures to authorize dry farming experiments, seeking statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, diverting flood waters, establishing more dry farming instruction in schools, and supporting good roads. It condemns wildcat advertising and calls for co operation with the Mondell act, foreign data exchange, and headquarters for a Dry Farming Congress.
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Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas
The
Dry Farming Congress
Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress Sees Third Session Adjourn
The Trans Missouri Dry Farming congress adjourned amid celebration after a day of lectures by Campbell and others. A resolution condemning fake land advertising sparked debate. next meeting place was set as Billings, Montana, with a name change dropping Trans Missouri.
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West
Pro- Campbell
Amous Campbell
Colonel Bell
Buffum
Meyerld
China
Jin
Billings
Montana
Trans-Missouri
Denver
H. M. Campbell
Nebraska
Campbell
Morman
John Henry Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jdry
George L. Farrell
Smithfield
Executive Committee
Noland
Denver Post
C. E. Wantland
Union Pacific Land Department
Cook Attacks Roosevelt as House Intervenes
Mr. Cook criticized the president as lacking legal mind and reason and accused him of misusing veto messages sourced from cabinet clerks. He claimed secret agents in Colorado and a land fraud case involved a horse thief, while noting a federal ruling favored the defendant.
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Cook
Thhe
Colorado
Hagard
Federal Supreme Court
Congress
Vilahomes
New Mexico
Englishwoman Leaves Plaza Hotel Sparks Cigarette Search
Mrs George Wyndham a wealthy Hyde Park resident moves from the Plaza after hotel staff fail to obtain her preferred London cigarettes. She travels to Tuxedo Park with her English maid promising easier access to her chosen brand. Efforts to switch brands are rejected.
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New York
London
George Wyndham
Hyde Park
Tuxedo Park
Ten plunge to death on Kaiserin Auguste Victoria gangway
Ten people died and seventeen were injured when a gangway between the wharf and the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria collapsed during loading for New York. Crew, stevedores, and stewardesses were among the victims. no passengers died. The sea was ice‑covered as rescuers recovered bodies.
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Hamburg
New York
Cheyenne Hospitality Impresses Denver Post Journalist
James R. Noland of the Denver Post praises Cheyenne for superior hospitality at the Dry Farming congress, contrasting with Albuquerque where the Irrigation congress lacked organized entertainment despite high spending. He notes Cheyenne’s arrangements delight visitors, promising lasting positive impressions.
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James R. Noland
Denver Post
Cheyeondre
Nolan
Cheyenne
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico City
Want Ads Show Power of Story in Sales Campaigns
A 19th century lesson on advertising explains a buggy for sale that failed with a bare two line listing but sold after a fuller three line ad. The author urges thorough description and multiple insertions, noting the contrast between a vague ad and a complete campaign.
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Ciimpaigm
Homesteaders Move Toward Securing Land Titles in West
Senator McCumber pushed through a Mondell bill amendment that shifts burden of proof to the government in mineral versus agricultural land disputes. It would allow patents to homesteaders who prove good faith settlement and cultivation on agricultural lands, even if coal or lignite lies beneath, with final patent issuance by the local land office.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate
Local Land Office
United States
Carmack Slayer Grows Nervous Under Strain
The Carmack Patterson gubernatorial debate spills into cross examination of Col Cooper. Prosecutors press for detailed answers on editorials and alleged attacks on the Democratic state committee. Cooper admits mixed incomes and defends actions as defense, with a recess taken before further questioning.
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Carmack-Patterson
Fitzhugh
Col. Cooper
Carmack
Cooper
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
Witnes
Robin Cooper
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
New York
Transfer of Lymph To Create Dwarf Crow
The six month old Needleman survived throat injury after thymus removal. He grew to dwarf height with normal mental age and later suffered a fatal accident that led doctors to seek further treatment at Warren hospital. The article continues on the next page.
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Needleman
Gome
Warren Hospital
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Finsen
Bailey
Reading
Frank Palmer
Berks County
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