State immigration funding urged for land shows and westward growth
Western and northwestern states push for adequate legislative appropriations to fund immigration work and land show promotions. The piece notes Minnesota and other states lack funds to publicize resources while neighboring states invest heavily, spurring population and wealth growth through exhibits of soils mines forests and factories. It highlights substantial spenders like California Kansas Missouri Wyoming and Nebraska and cites the center of U S population moving west toward Bloomington Indiana.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Minnesota
Monery
Eberhart
California
Kansas
Hadley
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wyoming
Nebraska
The Life of the Universe in Two Balancing Forces
A Harper's essay by A. W. Bickerton argues that degraded energy can be lifted and matter diffused, not just gravitated. He likens creation to a differential engine governor where opposing agencies correct inequalities and sustain a rhythmic cycle of life rather than gravitating to a final cold cinder.
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A. W. Bickerton
Harper's
Caught in a Trap
The piece accuses insurgent Republicans in the senate of false blame for leaving the chamber during a cotton schedule vote and siding with Democrats to oppose Taft. Regulars advocate their move as within rights, arguing it clarifies political alignments and demonstrates the consequences of alliances.
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Senate
la Follette
Taft
Milwaukee Road Seeks Great Falls Lewistown Route
Montana readers warm to news that after a directors visit to the state the Milwaukee Road plans a definite line from Great Falls to Lewistown. Local residents feel the rail link is assured and express jubilation.
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Rockfellers
William
Percy
Milwaukee Road
Montana
Great Falls
Lewistown
Montana News Snippets Convey Lively Local Lingo
A collage of brief quotes from Montana papers and regional outlets covers labor, crops, crime, political jokes, population estimates, and travel notes. Highlights include duck hunting devotion, a beetle crop forecast, auto gambling talk, cider trends in Illinois, and Gov Norris at a New Jersey governors’ conference.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Gov
Norris
Montana
Bargain hunting and other vignettes in a midcentury column
A rapid, skeptical collection of wry observations and opinions on topics from bargain hunting to loaded guns, honeymoon flights, lemonade fires, advertising publicity, and local commerce. The piece teases rich people, guns, aviation, land sales, and the bustle of Boston and Connecticut life with sharp, brisk asides.
Government to sell more Sun River irrigation town lots
Rapid development after the Sun River valley irrigation project opening leads the government to offer additional Simms town lots for sale beginning September 27. The land sale supports expansion to meet local needs in Montana.
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Washington
Sun River Valley
Mont
Simms
Hushaby Fatigue in a Lullaby Verse
A short dialect poem depicts a weary infant alone in bed awaiting mother and the sand man. The speaker imagines a Teddy companion and questions why sleep men do not come, conveying tiredness and childlike longing.
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Hushaby
Mooney Beats Weston Record Run Across Continent
John Henry Mooney of New York City fire department arrived in Oakland after 79 walking days from New York completing a cross country trek. He wins a $10,000 prize funded by New York fire department members who paid a dollar each. Mooney carries mayoral credentials. Weston’s prior record stood at 555 days.
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New York
Edward Payson Weston
John Henry Mooney
New York City
Fire Department
Oakland
Mooney
Weston
Gotch Beats Hackenschmidt in Nineteen Minutes
Chicago reports Frank Gotch, the wrestling world champion, toppled George Hackenschmidt in 19 minutes 50 seconds at Humbolt Iowa to defend the world title. In Canada, Nelson BC suffered a massive blaze at Hall of Mines Smelter plant covering 13 acres with losses of 750000 dollars.
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Chicago
Humbolt
Iowa
Frank Gotch
George Hackenschmidt
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Hall of Mines Smelter Company
Nelson
B. C
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An 19th century catalog-style promotion claims catarrh is a blood and constitutional disease. Internal Hall's Catarrh Cure purports to reach the blood and mucous surfaces and is presented as a longstanding prescription. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation with price and contact in Toledo Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Hall
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