Irrigation Amendment Sparks Senate Debate in 1898
In Washington D C on February 14 1898 senators clash over an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill creating an irrigation division led by an engineer and assistant. Senator Warren Wyoming backs the plan while Senator Bate Tennessee opposes federal intervention. The debate cites government role in agriculture and publication duties. An alternative path funds 20000 for colleges experimental stations and engineers to gather irrigation data. The bill moves to conference with Hartman and Hauser updates from Montana.
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Senate
Warren
Wyoming
Bute
Tennessee
Bate
Republic
Great West
Times
Allen
Butler
White
Carter
Montana
Democrata
DeArmon
Missouri
Hartman
Committee On
House
Shafroth
General Land Office
Department of the Geological Survey
Middle Creek
Gallatin
Bozeman
Hauser
Capitol
New York
East
East Helena
Gov. Hauser
Helena
Mr. Hauser
Joseph FP. Bean
Dupuyer
Vaccination Urged To Stop Black Leg In Cattle
Dr. M. A. Knowles state veterinarian warns cattlemen that vaccination is the key defense against black leg. He notes cases on northern ranges and offers to instruct stockmen on vaccine application, with vaccine available from the Pasteur Institute or the government. Cost cited at about fifteen cents per animal.
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Ravalli
Dawson
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Their Rapid Transit Snail Joke On Evening Stroll
A Philadelphia Press quip describes a couple walking hand in hand as a girl spots a snail and asks what it is. Percy keeps holding Gladys and jokes the second sighting is the same snail, adding light humor to a quiet, romantic moment.
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Percy
Gladys
Philadelphia Press
Penstination and liver health ad pitches guaranteed cure
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a cathartic liver stimulant and intestinal tonic sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. It claims to cure biliousness headaches fever piles and ills with C. C. C. as a sure thing. Boxed sample and booklet offered.
A Poser dialogue in Brooklyn Life humor
A brief exchange where Johnnie questions if mothers are the better half and whether all wives fit that role. The father affirms, then discussion turns to King Solomon and his wives in a humorous Brooklyn Life style.
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Johnnie
Papa
Mamma
King Solomon
Brooklyn
Terrible Loss of Life on US Cruiser Maine in Havana Harbor
A devastating explosion aboard the US cruiser Maine in Havana harbor killed many and wounded others. The ship is reported totally destroyed with numerous officers missing or unaccounted for while Spanish vessels assist and public consternation grows. Captain Sigsbee reports vast damage and asks for aid as details remain unclear.
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Havana
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Alfonso XIII
Associated Press
Secretary of the Navy
Sigshee
Maindé
Key West
Jenkins
Merritt
Blanco
Fencing Public Land Sparks Charges in Montana Counties
In Helena a U S district court summons 50 to 60 residents of Teton county near Choteau and Dupuyer to answer for allegedly fencing public lands. S. H. Brown of Choteau argues big stockmen seek to push small ranchers out, taxing the land to idle syndicates while small farmers boost local wealth and development.
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Teton County
Choteau
Dupuyer
United States District Court
Helena
S. H. Brown
Chatéau
Montana
Brown
Ameli
U & Building
Ijrom
Mr. Brown
The Value and Virtue of Work in Modern Society
An essay extols work as human progress from primitive tools to modern industry. It praises brains and hands uniting, condemns idleness, and argues both men and women deserve full participation in labor while warning against aristocratic leisure.
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Menenius Agrippa
Commonwealth
Pope
Sporus
Ase
Indiscriminate Kissing Sparks Atlanta Debate
In Atlanta Georgia a public dispute erupts over discreet kissing with Mrs Joseph Kingsbury leading critic of casual embraces. A chorus of unnamed women defend limited kissing while cautioning against promiscuity noting setting and partner discretion matter.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Joseph Kingsbury
China’s War God With Three Thousand Names
The text notes a war god with 3,000 different names but claims this multitude did little to aid China in its conflict with Japan. It portrays the gods as unthreatening to the “spunky little Japs” and suggests overwhelming numbers do not intimidate the enemy.
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China
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James Sulgrove
Old Court House
Hoteau, Mont
J. G. Bair
Telephone
Mont
E. Erickson
Attorney-At-Law
S. H. Drake
DR. T. Brooks
Hoteau
A. G- Warner
Department of the Interior
Land Office
Pension
Main
St. John
Fort Renton
Gerald Donnelly
Tenographer
Hotero
Olaf Field
M. E. Church
Hazlett Street
Chateau Avenue
Gro. Logas
Pastor P
Pworth
Arsda
R.D. Langhorne
Hor
Bathhslain Street
Choteau House
Hoteau Lopge No 44
Olda
J.G. Bate
W. M
Juxius
Aimssberg, Seo’y
Toteau Lodge
D. T. J. Moons
N. G. A. Penry
Secy
Great Falls
A. Borney
Eptiood
Washington
D. C
Harry O. Loddell
St. Xavier Mission
Crow Reservation
Moberly Mo
Aaron Hershfield
Aaron
Jerry Simpson
Rep. Dingley
London
Dingley
Jerry
Committee On Ways and Means
Theodore Lynd
Alf. L. Bougard
White Sulphur Springs
Henry C. Lee
A. H. Hersey
Poser
Sigsbee
Hua
Wr Hk
Fapy Coos
Trxsvasee C. Crakin
Arisinn
Cotton
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