Northwestern Development League Aims to Boost Farm Population
The Northwestern Development league seeks to promote farm settlement and land development to reduce the cost of living by shifting workers from cities to rural areas. It argues farms today offer more conveniences and independence, and that increasing production will lower prices. Boston Monitor notes the campaign aims to educate sober thrifty workers on farm advantages.
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Northwestern Development League
Minnesota
Northwest
Old Northwest
Northwestren Development League
Tenty
Boston
Monitor
CURRENT SAYINGS FROM THE DAY ON POLITICS AND RIGHTS
The collection presents quotes from figures like Champ Clark La Follette Wickersham Roosevelt and Pinchot on Roosevelt duties women’s suffrage arbitration treaties and labor. Debates include the ballot for women the panic of 1907 and the role of law and property protection in labor relations.
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la Follette
Dayton
Infernal bomb device seized from youths in Chicago area
Police took from three boys a high power dynamite box device designed to explode by springs on percussion caps. An electrician named Edward Herbert said he found it in an open lot and gave it to the boys without knowing its purpose. A search is on for the inventor to link to past Chicago bomb explosions.
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Cnergo
Edward Herbert
Herbert
Chicago 4
Mail Sack Robbery Reported Between Lincoln and York
A registered mail shipment of 5000 dollars from the First National Bank of Lincoln to the First National Bank of York Neb disappeared between Lincoln and York a distance of about 60 miles.
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Lincoln, Neb
First National Bank of
Lincoln
First National Bank of York
Neb
Woman and Cynicus barter fame across ages
A quoted exchange from the Boston Commonwealth features a woman declaring she will be famed as well as minted, with Cynicus replying that fame endures untold ages.
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Old Cynicus
Boston Commonwealth
Like Father Like Son Declares Bankruptcy Or Marriage Demand
A London pinion quotes a harsh outburst: It won’t pay your debts, you disgrace. You must either go bankrupt or get married, echoing a parents firm stance on fiscal and marital outcomes. The remark frames a social pressure between duty, honor, and practical finance.
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London
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
Advert says catarrah is a blood disease and local applications fail. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, claimed to purify blood and coat mucous surfaces. Advert asserts it is not quack medicine, prescribes by leading physicians, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents at Toledo based F J Cuengy & Co.
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Hall
Indian Fighter Powell Captured by Sitting Bull Story
The Butte Miner recounts George Powell an early Montana hunter trapper and fighter who escaped a planned burning by Sitting Bull after a chance meeting near Milk River. Powell later endured capture in Cypress mountains burned free by tying rawhide to logs and walked 60 miles to Fort Benton for shelter and care.
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George Powell
Montana
Great Falls
Butte Miner
Powell
Sitting Bull
Buford
Fort Peck
Thomas Curry
Board of Commissioners
George Farmer
Kalispell
Philip Rafel
Milk River
Curry
Rafel
Cypress Mountains
Fort Benton
Joseph Story Hall of Fame JURIST and Supreme Court Justice
Eminent jurist and law writer Joseph Story was born September 18 1779 in Marblehead Massachusetts and died Cambridge Massachusetts 1845 He graduated Harvard at nineteen began law practice at twenty-two elected a Democratic congressman at twenty-nine appointed associate justice of the United States Supreme Court at thirty-two He served as acting chief justice after Marshall and taught law at Harvard from 1829 until death He wrote the Dartmouth College opinion and authored many enduring law books Likely second to Kent in shaping equity jurisprudence in American history.
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Joseph Story
Marblehead
Mass
Cambridge
Harvard
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Starvard
Marshall
Dartmouth College
Kent
Stopping a Train on the Banff Branch Line
Dr John Ker recalls railway trickery in Scotland fifty years ago. He describes being ordered to light a blaze on the Banff branch siding to induce a train stop. the plan failed, but a loud shout succeeded in pulling the train to a halt.
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Scotland
John Ker
Banff
Ancient ambush tactics across battles and ages
The passage recounts classic ambush strategies in Joshua’s conquest of Ai, Leonidas at Thermopylae, and Hannibal’s Trebia victory. It highlights hidden forces drawing foes forward and sudden rear attacks that led to decisive defeats for larger powers. The examples illustrate enduring military ingenuity and the impact of tactical surprise.
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Israel
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Hannibal
Rome
Mago
Trebia
Old Trotting Records Through 1885 The Maid and Maud Lines
The article traces trotting records from Dexter’s 2 17 4 to Goldsmith Maid 2 17 and subsequent marks by Maud, St Julian, Barns, and 2 08 by a mare in 1885. It notes advances from 1871 through 1885 and cites the shift to pneumatic tires ending long-held speeds.
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Dexter
Goldsmith Maid
St. Julian
Maud
Grim Belle collects antique doors from historic sites
A distinguished Britisher sources old doors from castles abbeys and houses with historical interest. One prized piece is a door used during the French Revolution by figures such as Marie Antoinette Corday Danton and Robespierre on their way to the guillotine.
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Marie Antoinette
Charlotte Corday
Danton
Robespierre
Anticipation in a Quick-Wed Romance Scene
Mabel promises to be a helpful wife to Arthur while he jokes that he has no troubles. She clarifies she means their life after marriage as they discuss their future together.
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Mabel
Arthur
Labor leaders defendants in Sherman act suit in Illinois
Kansas City officials M. F. Ryan A Hinseman and J A Franklin are ordered to appear January 1 in the western district of Illinois at Danville. The government accuses them of restraint of trade in a first-of-its-kind labor leadership case under the Sherman act.
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Kansas City
United States
Harriman
Western District of Illinois
Danville
M. F. Ryan
A. Hinseman
Railways
Carmen of America
J. A. Franklin
The
Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Wright
Federal District Court
White
United States Supreme Court
Alaska Mineral Output Surges in 1911 Gaining Gold Lead
Washington reports United States Geological Survey estimates show Alaska's mineral production 1911 totaling 20.37 million dollars with gold at 17.15 million and copper at 22.9 million pounds, while coal and other minerals total 0.39 million. Since 1880 gold has dominated the 206 million dollar mineral total, and copper mining over ten years has produced 56.7 million pounds with 40 percent mined this year.
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Washington
Alaska
United States Geological Survey
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed for Coughs
Mr Jas McCaffery manager of the Schlitz Hotel in Omaha Nebraska recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound saying it cures in every case. He and others report great relief for throat and lung diseases and coughs and colds respond quickly. For sale by all druggists.
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Jas. McCaffery
Mgr
Schlitz Hotel
Omaha
Neb
Foley
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Dillon
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Tribune Publishing Co
Epitor Tribune
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Tribune
Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Wickersham
McFarland
Nelson
Jim Jeffries
New York State
Murphy
Barnes
Gifford Pinchot
William Shakespeare
Elmer Edgar Steele
Western Reserve University
Rabbi Wise
F. J. Cuengy & Co
Toledo
the Hall OF Fame
Arerr
California
Florida
Eliel Brothers
Penn
Butte
Mont
Idaho Street
W. d. Forster
Prop
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