New Road to Orin Junction Planned for Good Roads Day
Douglas residents urged to join Governor Carey’s Good Roads Day on September 27 1913. Effort focuses on a two mile county road from Douglas to Orin Junction with several local leaders and at least ten teams. The project aims to shorten travel to Orin and reduce railroad crossings while commissioners mark the route and operate a four horse grader.
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Carey
Orin
Douglas
J. M. Wilson
J. C. Shaw
K. F P. Hart
H. A. Gillespie
Noylen
Burlington
Northwestern
Orin Junction
Basin Daily Republic At Fair Sparks Local News Shift
The Basin district prints a daily newspaper for a week during the Big Worn county fair replacing the usual weekly edition. The move highlights local interest in timely fair coverage and community updates.
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Basin District
The
Basin Republican
Big Worn
West To Celebrate Prosperity At National Western Stock Show
The western states echo with optimism as drought and eastern struggle boost crop values. A plan to invite 50,000 new farmers to Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico centers on a January celebration at the National Western Stock Show in Denver to promote soil water wealth and livestock opportunities.
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Rocky Mountain
Yeur
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
West
Denver
Burglary Intervenes as Homeowner Confronts Intruder
A burglar pauses when the homeowner interrupts the break in by reading the sign on the door stating Out of town until Sunday. The tense exchange unfolds as the intruder questions the notice and the homeowner asserts presence. No injuries are reported.
A Difference In Opinion in a Small Town Visit
A lifelong resident guides a former neighbor on a town tour. The visitor recalls once having a chance to buy the town site for a couple hundred dollars, then quips that it would not have been worth it. The exchange ends with a wry remark about hindsight.
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Detroit Free Press
Endorsement of Sex Hygiene in Public Schools
National Federation of Settlements endorses teaching sex hygiene in public schools under restrictions and qualified instructors. The conference at Lillian Home near Pittsburg closes with Jane Addams leading a memorial for Canon Samuel A. Barnett. Mary McDowell elected federation president. Vladimir Simkhovitch named VP. Robert Woods re elected secretary treasurer. Next meetings slated biennially and Memphis conference planned. A delegate notes overlap among relief groups and cites a Buffalo family selling Thanksgiving dinners for two days of revelry.
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Pittsburg
National Federation of Settlements In Conference
Lillian Home
Here
Jane Addams
Chicago
Samuel A. Barnett
Westminster Abbey
London
Toynbee Hall
National Conference of Charities
Memphis
Tenn
No Gold Found in Baffin's Land Says Arctic Explorer
Captain Joseph E. Bernier, returning from Baffin's Land, states no gold exists there and that prior reports were government-initiated by the Arctic steamer’s second mate. He recounts crew misdeeds on the island, notes rich fisheries and salmon rivers, two months of real heat, no trees, and seven months of navigability with safeguards and new steamers.
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Neptune
Leland
Hudson Straits
Bernier
Train 18 Wreck Near New Orleans Injures Engineer
In a wreck near Pecan Grove Louisiana 26 miles north of New Orleans train 20 percent bound for Houston struck a logging train at 8 50 tonight. Engineer Boule sustained serious injuries while no passengers were hurt. The report ends with garbled fragments about a Sherman Ga and stray phrases.
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Orleans
Pennsylvania Railroad Moves to Divest Coal Interests
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors plan to dispose of their hard coal interests citing competition and anti trust policy. Authorities see the move as aligning with Justice Department aims to separate railroads from coal mining, with potential sales to independent stakeholders rather than internal transfers.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
President & Rea
Cambria Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Washington
Department of Justice
McReynolds
Pennsyyvania
Uring
Reading
Lackawanna
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Trapped Robbers, is Hissed Down at Show
Paris readers watched M. Quadrastein, a Paris jeweler who helped lay the trap leading to five arrests in a $626,000 pearl necklace theft. He was heckled as he recounted the capture in a vaudeville venue, yelling that he bore no suspicion and had acted rightly before exiting as crowd unrest grew.
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Paris
M. Quadratstein
London
Quadraistein
Right and Left Handed Plants Reported by Compton
Cambridge scholars report right and left handed plant tendencies from eight barley varieties with left twisting in 88 percent of cases and little leftward growth in millet and care. Corn shows no clear bias. No living testimonial evidence. A quip about serving two masters appears from a penitentiary visitor.
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Cambridge
England
Coviat
Cloelneadl
Euquirer
Mitchel Accepts Independence League Endorsement for Mayor
John Purroy Mitchel, fusion candidate for mayor in New York, accepts Independence League endorsement and names Robert Adamson as campaign manager. Mitchel explains fusion committee now allows accepting other nominations and recalls League opposition to Tamman Mall se interests. Adamson notes Gaynor’s late position to avoid personal attacks while uniting against common enemies.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Fusion
Independence League
Robert Adamson
Gaynor
Mitchel
League
William A. Prendergast
George McAneny
Alderman
Adamson
Meyer Kline
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Wrigley
John Mitchel
Abel
Sherman Co
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