Shall It Die or Embrace Opportunity for Republicans
Editorial urges that the Republican Party seize opportunity now by calling a national convention to reestablish a representative basis and unify the party. Senator Cummins advocates immediate action to prevent a permanent defeat and to restore the party’s strength for good government, urging local support for the Beaverhead County Commercial Club.
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Iowa
Cummins
National Committee
Chicago
Republican Party
Beaverhead
What This Town Needs A New Opera House Or Rail Line
A theatrical man claims this town needs an opera house, others echo calls for a railroad or improvements. The piece urges collective and individual action to stop funds from leaving town and to invest locally for growth.
Beaverhead County to Attend Helena Conference on State Institutions
An article notes a March 28 Helena conference to discuss a law fixing each state institution at its current location. Speakers call for a people’s vote before any removal or consolidation and emphasize non partisan direct legislation. Attendees need not pledge support for measures and may vote freely in the future.
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Helena
General Assembly
Dillon
Liquor and Prosperity Debate in Prohibition Times
A writer questions the claim that towns require saloons to be prosperous arguing saloons may hinder growth. He notes that many dry counties recover prosperity without drink sales and that in prohibition areas merchants lose revenue once saloons are banned.
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United States
Rural Betterment Investigators Form Commission
President Wilson on St Patrick's Day names Senators Fletcher Gore and others to a commission created by the last agricultural appropriation bill. The group will work with the American commission under the Southern Commercial Congress to study European rural credit unions and similar efforts. Senator Gore, called the blind senator, is noted for his practical insight into rural needs.
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Wilson
St. Patrick's Day
Fletcher
Florida
Gore
Oklahoma
Representative Mass
Indiana
Col
Harvey Jordan
Georgia
John Lee Coulter
Minnesota
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Massachusetts
Clarence J. Owen
Maryland
American Commission
Southern Commercial Congress
Senator Gore
Senate
Hodges Plan Proposes Broad Kansas Government Reform
The new Kansas governor suggests abolishing the legislature and replacing it with a state commission government. He envisions electing commissioners from each congressional district, governor as ex-officio member, full-time work, adequate salaries, four to six year terms, and recall. public debate asks how Montana would fare under such reforms.
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Kansas
Montana
The Woman Wage Earner in State Investigations
Movements in six states follow Illinois to probe whether low wages push women into commercialized vice. Conflicting testimony arises as underpaid employers deny wage blame while workers testify to the opposite, with some noting little consideration of the issue. Legislative action may follow.
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Illinois
Wages and social debate sparked by Chicago inquiry
The Chicago hearings prompt public discussion on wages for women workers and links to vice. Montana witnesses note eastern mail order firms pay $3 to $8 weekly, while local jobs offer higher potential, revealing an economic question for Montana patrons and workers.
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Chicago
Montana
Montana Daily Record
Ohio Legislator Proposes Dress Code To Curb Immodesty
An Ohio lawmaker introduced a bill limiting exposure by women in public places. It bans transparent stockings and clothing showing skin through lace or mesh and would create a styles commission including a minister and a parent to regulate attire. The sponsor cites immorality as its justification.
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Ohio
Harnessing Energy Sparks Vast Niagara Industry
Energetic river power transformed into widespread manufacture. Once wasted energy roared through the falls then genius harnessed it for vast industry known across regions, turning Niagara into a symbol of productive power and economic growth.
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Niagara
Fashion and Morality In Nineteenth Century Rhetoric
A fragment discusses citizens wearing finery and the era's sanctioned toleration. It cites a legislator who likely has not read a verse urging respect for women against mockery of their dress. The piece highlights gendered expectations and public decorum in historical discourse.
Bryan predicts Ireland to celebrate home rule in two years
Secretary W. J. Bryan spoke in Chicago at an Irish Fellowship banquet forecasting that Ireland will celebrate home rule within two years. London’s The Post called his remark a blazing indiscretion while noting Bryan’s habit of outspoken view on global affairs. Ex Governor Folk joined Bryan in Chicago and traveled with him toward Lincoln, fueling talk of a possible political offer.
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W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Irish Fellowship Club
Ireland
London
the Post
Bryan
House of Lords
Great Britain
Scotland
Joseph W. Folk
Mr. Bryan
Springfield
St. Louis
Lincoln
Folk
Wilson
Haunting Verse on a Town’s Lost Energy
A reflective poem critiques a town that wastes effort on destructive acts. It contrasts knocking down what exists with redirecting energy toward constructive change, imagining a transformed community if aggression were channeled into progress.
Forest Fire Losses Light In 1912 U S National Forests
The 1912 forest fire losses in the United States were the lowest in years with less than one acre burned per 1000 timbered acres and total damage about 75 290 dollars. Lightning caused most fires, California led in total fires and lightning, Arizona second, Arkansas fourth with high incendiary origin.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
National Forests
Congress
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Fires in Kansas and North Dakota forests report small incidents
The national forest in Kansas had one fire under ten acres costing 1.11 to extinguish. North Dakota had no fires on its small forest. Of 2472 fires, over 75 percent were contained before ten acres burned and nearly 50 percent before a quarter of an acre. Only 12 fires caused damages over 1000.
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The
National Forest
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana Senators Gain Key Senate Committee Positions
Senate steering assigns Senator Myers as chairman of the irrigation and reclamation of arid lands committee and places him on public lands Indian affairs and mines and mining. He also joins military affairs and interstate commerce. Senator Walsh becomes a judiciary committee member with Panama Canal duties.
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Senate
Montana
Washington
D. C
Myers
Walsh
West
Committee of Interstate Commerce
Panama Canal
Aggregate appropriations by Congress for last session
Washington March 15 Appropriations of the last session of congress including the sundry civil and the Indian appropriation bill to be acted on at the coming extra session total $1 008 647 690. Chairman Fitzgerald and Speaker Cannon release annual statements confirming the total and noting that public works contracts could add $76 056 714.
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Congress
Washington
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Foley's Honey and Tar Cure Tames Grippe Coughs
Barnegat New Jersey postmaster R G Collins describes La Grippe lingering coughs that exhaust the system. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar Compound with stopping coughing spells entirely and calls it unbeatable as endorsed by Potts the local druggist.
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R. G. Collins
Barnegat
N. Ja
Foley
Potts
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