No Reason for High Prices and Robbery Viewpoint
Special correspondence from Washington notes a Delaware farmer identified as C criticizes rising living costs and asserts farmers get low profits on staples like wheat beef and apples. The piece links farmer complaints to protectionism and trusts citing the Stanley steel trust inquiry and the Lawrence textile strike showing low wages.
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C. H. Tavenner
Washington
Philadelphia
Congress
Stanley Steel Trust
M!n
Lawrence
Masa
Denver to push Hudson line linking Pacific coast to Gulf
Denver plans a $1 million 30 mile link on the Burlington route to connect Seattle to the Gulf via Denver, with a Wyoming segment Thermopolis to Powder River of 196 miles. Work begins after frost, creating a Pacific coast to Galveston chain and boosting Orient trade.
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Denver
Colo
Burlington
Luis Mak
Seattle
Hill
Pacific Coast
Galveston
Orient
Northwest
Japan
Hudson
Dynamite Set to Mark Arizona Statehood Celebration
In Bisbee Arizona on February 14 1912 dynamite blasts will signal the admission of Arizona as a state. Forty eight sticks are placed in a pocket on Copper Queen mountain and will be exploded by a button at the telegraph office a mile away.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Taft
Arizona
Queen Mountain
Wyoming
Vie Firet
Carey Avenue
Missouri 9 Red Hot for Champ Clark
Missouri leaders loyal to Champ Clark vow to punish rivals in the party. Edward F. Goltra, Missouri’s national committeeman, supported by Clark allies, faces defeat despite backing Clark’s fundraising. Goltra is seen as Wilson aligned and tied to Bryan. Clark supporters eye successors Stephen Son and Alexander M. Dockrey as replacements before the February 0 Joplo convention turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
Clark
Missouri
Edward F. Goltra
Goltra
Moses C. Wetmore
Hoe
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Springfield
United States
Stone
Goltura
Wilson
Princeton University
Anda Closs
Willian J. Bryan
Goltra Wie Wade
Thia
Wilebu
Stephen
St. Louis
Alexander M. Dockrey
Gallatin
Goliva
Laramie County Reports Bonded Debt Reduction Efforts
Laramie county commissioners report to Gov. Carey that the bonded debt has fallen from 374000 to 200000 under the current administration. Warrant debt is being paid, cash on hand will reduce outstanding warrants to 37484.40, and tax collection will further improve finances. The board anticipates little road work and hopes to cut the levy while funding current expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph M. Carey
State of
Wyoming
Laramie County
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad
Voorhees
Treasury
General Fund
Board of County Commissioners
Wm, Storey
Board of the County Commissioners
Storey
Cot
Lane
Cosh
Seven Die in North Dakota Railroad Wreck
Seven are dead and a score injured in the Great Northern Oriental Limited wreck near Devon, North Dakota, sixteen miles east of Devils Lake. Ten coaches left the track and plunged down a embankment, overturning twice. Relief trains and undertakers rushed to the scene, but details and names were unavailable as night fell.
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Devils Lake
M. D
Tireat Northern Oriental Limited
Devon
Here
St. Paul
16 year old girl seeks fourth wedding license in Texas
Fort Worth reports a 16 year old girl from this city obtained a leap year license for her fourth wedding despite three prior marriages and divorces. She has wed George Anderson, Daniel H. Given, and Mrs. Lewis, with multiple brief unions and separations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Glass
Mintle Dooley
George Anderson
Anderson
Daniel H
Made to Cheyenne Exhibition report to industrial club
The Cheyenne Industrial Club hears a report by the committee on arrangements for a Made to Cheyenne Exhibition. Burlington building rental is waived and Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power offers free current and wiring for exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Vaughan
Jee Fiister
Hove
Burlington
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power
Rebels Spread Across Mexican States in 1911 Reports
Dispatches from Mixico City on February 13 describe rebellion spreading to Laguna Aistget Cochiuila and reaching Durango Zacatecas and Guanajuato. Zapatistas advance in the south and Jesus Salgado followers show activity in Guerrero. Durango rallies draw field hands who loot haciendas. Zacatecas raids and looting accompany cries of Viva Zapata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mixico City
Mexico
Laguna Aistget
Cochiuila
Durango
Zacatecas
Guanajuato
Zapatistan
Guerrero
Jesua Salgado
Emilio Vasque Comex Proclaimed President of Republic
In Torreon Mexico on February 13 the Laguna district forms formally proclaimed Emilio Vasque Comex as president of the republic with an estimated one thousand in attendance. Continued on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Mexico
Laguna
Emilio Vasque Comex
New Chinese Republic Declared As Ching Hwa Nation
Washington reports the official name Ching Hwa Republic for China. The state department says a dynastic fall ends a 300 year rule and a provisional government will be guided by Yuan Shi Kai in the north and Sun in the south until fusion with a regular government.
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Washington, D. C
Ching Hwa
China
State Department
Chinese Legation
Peking
Ths
Yuan Shi Kai
Sun
Chinese masses show calm on republic news in Beijing
In Beijing on February 14 officials report the public reacts indifferently to plans for a republic. No demonstrations occur as celebrations for the lunar new year approach. Yuan Shikai asserts he will form a republican government while retaining his cabinet, and the south has not yet signaled acceptance of a coalition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
Telegram from Yuan Shikai on republic in China
A February telegram to the president vice president minister and National Assembly at Nanking declares the republic the best form of government and credits efforts to establish it with minimal bloodshed, warning against monarchial rule in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ShAyehai
Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Chitin
Chinese consuls ordered to wear American dress by Sun Yat Sen
Chinese consular officials in the United States received an edict from President Sun Yat Sen calling for adoption of American style dress. The message, noting the abdication, instructed consuls to conform to Western attire as part of the new republic’s policies.
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San Francisco
United States
Sun Yat Sen
New Republic
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Champ Clark
Laramie CO
Carey
Ching Hwa Republic
UET. OF Commerce and Labor
Score
North Dakota
Tim
A. M. Lewis
Mra. Lewis
Lewis
Wil
Torrean
Gomez
Mark X
Jett
Cholo
Woodrow Wilson
Audron Tarmon
Joseph W. Polak
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