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Newspaper
Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
2
The article reports the Purlinming Company enforcing new subscription terms and rapid payment demands. It notes Wentbax seizing influence over the newspaper and dictating credit duration for subscriptions. The department sets a fixed three month term for dation and four week terms for weeklies, with penalties for nonpayment.
A discussion of whether U S navigation law applies to Coeur d Alene Lake and the rivers feeding it, and if inspection requirements for lifeboats and safety gear should govern steamboats plying the waters. The piece notes federal reach limits to waters spanning multiple states and cites local efforts to pass inspection laws, hindered by railroad and regional interests, with partial safety equipment in some boats and others lacking complete safeguards.
Edwin Norris of Dillon sworn in as lieutenant governor after Toole resigns amid health and political concerns. Toole cites constitutional limits and long service as reasons, while Norris takes oath to serve the remaining term and oversee state affairs in Helena.
Indianapolis April news reports John Mitchell steps down after a decade as head of the United Mine Workers. Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio succeeds him. Mitchell led the union from a small body to a 260,000 member force, highlighted by the 1903 anthracite strike and Roosevelt arbitration.
Rumors swirl around feaffrohell’s future with a possible bid for governor of ItHtsoka. Mitchell may be asked by President Roosevelt to Panama for a laborConditions report. Lewis, viewed as radical, vies for support with Mitchell, while Laws leads mine workers and new minores president.
In Chicago on April 1 the University of Chicago joins with local business leaders to inaugurate the Agricultural Guild a three year program for practical agriculture study. Students will board room and wash and receive monthly stipends rising to 26 dollars in year three. A diploma and a $200 bonus follow completion.
The post office department issued an order enforcing that second class mail prices do not apply to newspapers and periodicals mailed to subscribers in arrears. Aimed at cheap weekly and monthly journals, the rule stirred opposition from publishers of country newspapers nationwide. Subscriptions to daily papers must be paid within three months, to weeklies within four months, and to monthlies within a year.
A large portion of the Philippines teaching corps gathered in Manila for an eight day educational convention. American educators Profesor Guy Mall Roberts of the University of California and others will deliver lectures.
Washington April 1 Professor J C McDowell of North Dakota Agricultural College is named district overseer in the bureau of farm management for Minnesota North Dakota Michigan and Wisconsin. The appointment starts today as part of a new governmental farm investigation effort. He and eleven others will collect first hand farming information to identify least and most profitable methods for dissemination to press and agricultural outlets.
A classified ad offers about 34160 acres of nice rolling land with 3000 cords of wood. Price cited at 10 dollars per acre with 600 dollars cash and balance on terms. Exchange possible for city property. Look this up if seeking a cheap parcel.
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