Old World and the New Lawmakers Busy at State Capitals
Washington reports show progress at home and abroad with the postal savings banks system expanding as postmaster general seeks 31 million dollars. Taft cabinet considers sending troops to Juarez if allowed, while U S aid to China for plague control is pledged. The Old Guard falls in the senate to a Progressive-Democrat coalition, direct election of senators looms unfinished. Senator Root attacks Lorimer. Ways and Means quarrels over reciprocity stall action on the tariff agreement. Panama Pacific world fair site favored for San Francisco over New Orleans as canal completion nears. Postal Savings bank officials praise early results and foresee success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Taft
Juarez
Washington
United States
China
Old Guard
Senate
Root
Lorimer
Illinois
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
San Francisco
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Notable Clergyman Declines High Offer in New York
Rev Dr J H Jowett of England accepts call to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York but only at his current salary of 4840 dollars, rejecting 12000 dollar offer and a house. Other items: Daniel Davis of Royalston turns 102. Glover seeks invalidation of Mary Baker Eddy will residuary bequest. Elinor Glyn studies slang. Bonaparte to join Baltimore Evening Sun. Edward Burgess paintings misattributed to Edward Burgess Butler. Crown Prince returns from Calcutta due to plague fear. Carnegie donates 1.25 million to Dunfermline estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jowett
England
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Daniel Davis
Royalston
Mass
George W. Glover
Lead
S. D
Mary Baker Eddy
Concord
N. Hi
Elinor Glyn
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Roosevelt
Baltimore Evening Sun
Chicago Art Institute
Edward Burgess
Edward Burgess Butler
Calcutta
Andrew Carnegie
London
Dunfermline
Scotland
Puritan Crusade Aims At Pure Milk For City Women
A New York milk committee sub group planned a meeting to engage 30 000 club women in a campaign for pure milk. Reports cover a Chicago restaurant hold up, a fatal Baltimore shooting, a Cornell student clash with police, a Paterson silk maker’s suicide, and a freight rate hearing impact on exporters. An open letter from William T P Sheehan denies backing for senator and Americans joining Mexican insurgents are noted. The price of their service is put at 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Milk Committee
Rector’s
Chicago
Alonzo Hubbard
Joseph Utz
Baltimore
Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Israel R. Cohen
Paterson
N. J
Interstate Commerce Commission
William TP. Sheehan
New York
United States
Drowning In New Jersey Ice and Train Wreck Fallout Across U S
The report notes Heber Cleveland and John Yesker drowned after breaking through ice at Alyea’s pond in Bergen County New Jersey witnessed by hundreds. It also mentions a snowbound train wreck near Fremont Nebraska wounding five, and various other 1900s era events including university gifts and legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber Cleveland
Fairlawn
Bergen County
N. J
John, Yesker
Paterson
Alyea’s Pond
New Jersey
Fourth Cavalry
Fremont
Neb
Fort Meade
S. D
Ei Paso
Tex
New York
Typographical Union
Big Six
Horace Greeley
Russell Sage
Cornell University
Ithaca
Schurman
Richard L. Ashhurst
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Newport
Central Railroad
New—Jersey
du Pont Powder Company
Jersey City
George P. McLean
United States Senate
Connecticut General Assembly
Baldwin
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
Sherman
Tragic crash near Paris Ontario claims crew. one survivor
An express messenger John Whitelaw died after being trapped under wreckage of a Grand Trunk passenger train near Paris Ontario. Four other crew members also died in the crash. The incident follows a string of international upheavals and political events reported in the same dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitelaw
Grand Trunk
Paris
Ont
Edward F. Mylius
London
King George
Teheran
Persia
Samed Dowleh
Fight for Their Jobs at Oyster Commissions Plea in Trenton
State officials and oyster commission members gathered in Trenton to urge Governor Wilson to considerabolishing oyster commissions and merging them with the fish and game department. The discussion centered on sustaining the industry while warning against disruptive reforms. Commission leaders defended their low pay and local management, planning a personal inspection tour once weather allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Wilson
Fort
Fish and Game Commission
Edmund Stites, Jr
Maurice River Cove
Dr-R-M- Sooy
Atlantic Cointy Commission
P. P. Postol
Atlantic County Commission
Philip R. Sprague
Ocean County Commission
Alfred B. Smith
A. T. Bacon
Cumberland County Commission
Maurice River Cove Commission
Cove
Delaware Bay
Exoneration of Hampton's Magazine and Moffett on Oil Libel
Standard Oil libel suits against Hampton's Magazine and Cleveland Moffett are dropped after retractions. Moffett admits error about oil returns and impure candies in Philadelphia. Hampton's Magazine apologizes and states corrections will appear in the March issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton’s Magazine
Standard
Hampton’s and
Moffett
Oil Company
New York
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland Moffett
Philadelphia
Shearman & Sterling
Broadway
Hampton's Magazine
West Thirty-fifth St
Cassidy
Cleveland
Danville Judge Rules on Vote Buying Inquiry
In Danville Illinois Judge Kimbrough orders City Attorney Jones to answer grand jury questions on vote selling. The court cites U.S. Supreme Court immunity for witnesses and rules the city election law unconstitutional, limiting questions to events within eighteen months. Investigation continues with more witnesses summoned. Indictments reportedly voted, but details on which relate to vote selling are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Kimbrough
Circuit
Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Taal eruptions claim 700 in Philippine town of Talisay
The Taal volcano disaster in the Philippines killed 700 people in Talisay and ruined five thousand families. Earthquakes continue as authorities push relief plans to prevent further suffering from mud and lava destroying crops in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taal
Philippines
Talisay
Batangas
War Department
Forbes
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Decies Honeymoon Planned in Egypt for Lord and Lady Decies
Lord and Lady Decies Miss Vivien Gould announce their February 7 wedding and plan a February 18 departure from America aboard the Cunard liner Carmania. They will honeymoon in Egypt visiting Cairo and other notable Upper Egyptian sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lord
Lady Decies
Vivien Gould
Egypt
America
Cunard
Cairo
Upper
Elijah's Victory Lesson: Mount Carmel Test and Rain
The lesson recounts Elijah's stand against Ahab on Mount Carmel, the Baal test, and the miracle fire consuming altar offerings. It notes Elijah's prayer for rain after three years of drought, the people's conversion, and the renewal of divine favor with the landing of abundant rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh
Elijah
Ahab
B. C
Mount Carmel
Tse
Jezebel
St. James
Israel
Jehovah
Jerusalem
Baal
Herodian
Apuleius
Christ
Paul
Jesus
Carmel
Largest Pigeon Farm In World Produces 250000 Squabs Yearly
Northbound travelers glimpse the Los Angeles pigeon empire owned by T. R. Johnson. Eight acres along the Los Angeles river harbor over 100000 birds with a daily squab kill of about forty dozen and an annual crop near 250000. grain use runs two to three tons daily and constant labor keeps the operation sanitary and productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Angel City
T. R. Johnson
California
Los Angeles River
Water trough screened for chickens from eaves trough
An article explains how to construct an excellent watering trough for chickens using eaves troughing. It provides simple step by step directions to create a clean, efficient drinking station for poultry.
Screened Chick Waterer Design
A 15 inch waterer with a tin soldered end, covered by a one inch mesh wire screen to exclude chickens. It allows one filling to water the flock for the day.
Poultry Health and Management for Egg Production
The guide emphasizes hen health as essential to egg production, notes that poor drainage leads to unhealthy birds, and advises regular feeding, moving yard locations, and using poultry as insect control. It discusses flock size effects, winter feeding challenges, and conserving grain for poultry diets.
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House
el Paso
Baltic
Berlin
Paul Singer
Harbin
Diaz
Rabago
Orozco
George V
Guillaume
Piet A. Cronje
Cronje
Lion
South Africa
Shan-Tung
Pekin
Davila
Robert Adrian
New Brunswick
Human” Senate
William Rowland
Hamilton Avenue
Robert Adrian, Jr
This City
Fay Adrian
New York City
Adrian
Rutgers College
Middlesex County
John Feénton
Lincroft
Daniel C. Hendrickson
Middletown
Nichols
Jersey
William Bonner
Paulsboro
G. W. Dwier
Almonesson
Charles Miller
Greenwich
Presbyterian Church
Bridgeton
Exonerate Oil CO
Standard, Oil Company
New York “City
Decies
Africa
Money Makers
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