Iowa Poultry and Farm Economy Shows Growth
Iowa and other great states study shows poultry on farms valued at over 10 million dollars in a year. Dozens of eggs sold reached 90 million plus, with eggs driving most poultry earnings. Interurban electric lines planned to connect Des Moines Waterloo and other towns, expanding transport for agricultural goods.
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Wilann
Tie
Willan Ey Atirtia
Chienga
Trerald
George Vayette Champain
Bureau of Animal Industry
The
Agricultural Department
Iowa
Wilson
Partiva
Lowa
Des Moines
Cambridge
Nevada
Gearing
Hideca
Ateam
Palla and Northern Railways Company
Waterloo
Des Moinca
Waidora
Dike
Grundy Center
Cedar Iuls
Gae
Janesville
Denver
Vrnpoll
Sumner
Waverly
Widora
Marshalltows
Sidora
Debate on the Negro Question at Union League Club Drafts Roar of Views
A Chicago Union League Club gathering in Washington discussions turned into a clash on the negro question. Senator Hoar assails Secretary Root over Reconstruction. Bishop Gallor defends Southern perspectives. debate centers on equality, progress, and racial policy amid Roosevelt era tensions.
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George Washington
George S. Tronr
Union League Club
Washington
Gallor
Tennessee
Faiure
Mr. Root
Gaflor
Hoar
Ship subsidy bill defeated in Senate committee
Senator Ilana faced a stern House committee battle as his ship subsidy bill, previously passed in the Senate, was knocked out by a 10 to 6 vote to report unfavorably. Republicans Grosvenor, Young, Greene, Fordury, Wachter, and Littlefield voted against. Dems and some Republicans debated substitutes while party leaders shaped the outcome.
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Ilana
Flouse
House
Hannan
Grosvenor
Ohio
Young
Pennsylvania
Greene
Massachusette
Fordury
Michigan
Wachter
Maryland
Littlefield
Democrata
Mr. Jones
Washington
Mossia
Lopkins
Stevens
Miner
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rye
Methodists Lead in U S Church Membership Says McCabe
Blahon McCabe denies church decay and asserts Methodist Episcopal Church leads all U S churches in membership. He cites figures showing about 12 million Methodists since 1884, with gains of nearly 1.2 million after adjusting for absent and dead, while other denominations trail. Also notes a bank receiver appointed at First National Bank of Amesbury Park N J for capital issues. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and party stranded at Pineland Florida as train sent back to pick them up.
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GC. C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Buckley
New York
McCate
Riguol McAbe
Roman Catholica
Methodist Church
McCabe
Prasbytarian Church
North
Regular Baptiste
Vroteatunt Episcopal
Congregational
Regular Baptista
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pineland
All Around the Globe and Local Farewells Read
A collage of brief items from Chicago to St Louis and New York notes.条 The column lists assorted incidents and people including a 400 room St Louis hotel plan, actress Mariel Howard’s mental collapse, an aged Civil War veteran in Philadelphia, Montana senator Clark buying art in New York, and regional business moves. It also mentions Dowie money talks, Morgan tax remarks, and various satirical quips about public figures.
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Bucer
Detroit News
Illinois
Cincinnati
Commarea ‘Tribune
Denver
Vesezuely
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Gen
Mites
Windsor Castle
Sousa
Gloveland Plain Dealer
Chicago
St. Lota
Hubbard
Birminghat Newa
Adilicks
New York Mail and Express
Kaiser
Carnegie
Boston Herald
Bismarck
Baltimore American
Dowie
New York
Washington Star
Morgan
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Dowle
Detroit Journal
Denver Republican
P. Morgan
Adita
New York World
Adi
Coyle County
St. Louls Globe-Democrat
Philadelphia
Germany
United States
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cinciinati Enquirer
Dr. Dowia
Detroit
Vrew Press
Paris
Miles
America
Nelsa
Atlanta Journal
Sner
Reading Coal Company and Railroad
Linsburg
Globe
Sevelfth
Locust Streets
St. Louis
Mariel Howard
Lewis Butler
Lie
Benator Clark
Montana
David C. Lyall
Fn Fin
Lea Vail
J. Frank Sius
Depsart
Ste Ctlowl
Miain
Republic
Wash Haw
A. L. Line Deke
St. Paul
Solomon Moskelcison
Elbucia
Panic as Cornell Students Flee Typhoid Epidemic
Panic spreads among Cornell University students as about half of the 2,900 flee home to escape a typhoid fever outbreak. The death toll rises to thirty in Italy and Auburn reports, with many students falling ill after drinking Ithaca water. Outgoing trains are crowded as authorities fail to curb the exodus, jeopardizing campus life and lectures.
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Corneil
Cornell University
Atudenta
Ithea
Auburn
Carnell Atudenta
Presdent Belen
Miners Debate Foreignism at Illinois Convention
At Speinghold Illinois the United Mine Workers delegates recorded opposition to foreignism by not amending the constitution to allow locals of aliens. Italians Lithuanians Poles Germans and others form exclusive locals in several districts. A plan to drop these unions passed after a constitutional committee report. A 600 penalty for abuses by officers or committees was adopted and the convention opposed entering politics. Calls for government ownership of railroads were rejected.
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Minera Abollah
Allenna
United Mine Workers
Speinghold
Itl
Germany
Constitutional Committee
Rail industry disruptions and expansion plans amid early 1900s tensions
Report notes wage threats by 6000 Erie Railroad freight and switch engine drivers between Jersey City and Chicago. Slowdowns follow wage cuts. Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central expand canalization of freight rates for agricultural goods from Louisville to the southwest. US rail growth reaches 6000 tons in 1902, with major routes and new artful New York Central dining car flyers. Interstate Commerce Commission tallies 263 killed and 2018 injured in three months. overall rail casualties total 22,007 with 2,448 derailments and 11,162 injuries to passengers and workers. The Like Shore handles 14,000 freight cars daily, with February gains. Grand Trunk negotiates transfer of Canadian lines, acquiring Northern remains.
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Favoralla
Pittsburg
Erie
Jersey City
Chicago
Louisville
St Louis
Nashville
Ilinois
United States
Oklahoma
Fexus
New York Central Ias
Cincinnati and Loulaville
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Madison
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ender
Eubizigna
Eara
Englica
Tuet
Secre tary of War pick and naval expansion noted
A 50 year old weekly summary recalls Jefferson Davis chosen as Secretary of War in President Tereo era, plus news of first submarina telegraph service to New York. Navy recommends two screw propeller warships modeled after Firlenson’s boat, plus transoceanic routes via Acapulco and Vera Cruz to New Orleans. Marti Van Buren plans a Zu tone tour, and Pierce receives a ceremonial carriage and wardrobe.
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Prince Wawned Island
Secretary of the Navy
Firlenson
Washington Navy Yard
Neva
Ostifornia
Itenmo
Acapulco
Vera Gra
New Orleans
General
Marti van Buren
Pierce
Forty Years Ago Confed Prisoners Oath Garnered
Forty Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglass offered to take allegiance and serve in the federal army if exchanged. Gold rose to 70 percent in New York while paper money fell to 28 cents on the dollar. Senate committee reports on black Union enlistment in a federal army. Kentucky Confederate convention met at Frankfort and dispersed after pledge by Col. Gilbert that nominees would not run. National banking act provides up to 800 million dollars in government bonds margin. Admiral Porter orders seizure of Jefferson Davis plantation and enslaved people.
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Donison Manling
Tabor
Nelson
Cornell College
Boone County
W. Wy
Alten
Alehlani
Ottumwa
New Congregational Church
Almoral
Beon
Athletic Society
State University
Clare
Herman Ney
Dubnane
Burlington ¥. M.C. A
H. A. Lewis
Humboldt
Waterloo W. C
T. A
Edward M. Anderson
Osskalooan
Iowan Central
Belle Fenton
Millegeville
Elixabeth, Pepper
Des Moines
Afton
Waterloo
Blutte Fire
Joseph Capp
Mason City
Wort Dodge
Perry
Kentucky
Ike Doran
Atlantic Haa Juat
Mill Springs
Waterton
Wellington
State House
Capitol
Stites
John E. Collins
Charles Miller
Andrew Garnegie
Shenandoah
Marahaltown
Dubuque
Camp Douglan
New York
United States Senate Committee
Uinols
Ohio
Frankfort
Col
Gilbert
Olfo
National Banking Iis
Congress
Porter
Jefferson Davie
Thirty Years Ago in Congress and State Conventions
Sixty years ago Benjamin Butler attacked Colfax impeachment limits in the House. A Slidia Weinan siege at Myers Opera House denounced retirement as a second aria bug. Commodore Garrison threatened exposure of carpetbaggers. Congressmen earned twenty thousand dollars praising Brazil subsidies before Pacific Matsubaldy’s defeat. The Supreme Court ruled rail freight discrimination not punishable in trials. The expulsion motion against James Brooks and Oakes Ames over Credit Mobilier failed.
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Benjamin Butler
Colfax
House of Representatives
Congress
Iliels Supreme Court
James Brooks
Oakes Ames
Credit Mobilier
Century-Old Trade Talks Signal Rate Freeze on Freight
Twenty years ago Western railroad officials in New York signed an ironclad pact to halt rate cuts on east bound freight. International mediation surfaced with England Italy France and the United States offering arbitration over Chile and Peru while Germany refused involvement. The St Louis Cotton Exchange urged Southern mills to curb cotton output and shift to cattle and grain as overproduction pushed prices down. German bans on U S bog products sparked concern though Chicago packers remained steady. In Ireland, Donegal farmers faced starvation while County Mayo violence neared.
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Western Railroad
New York
England
Italy
France
United Stites
Chile
Peru
Germany
St. Louis
Southern Furniers
B.D. Armon
Chicago
Hart
Intel
Donegal
Tord Ardillaun
Balliststa
County
Mayo
Church and Clergy Notes From A Distracted OCR
Fragmentary report notes a bishop coadjutor at Church of the Lumacutyte Conception. Bishop O Connor of Newark celebrated his silver jubition. Five hundred priests attended as a million dollar memorial eluired was given to Walchagen Massy. Jesuit Pater Zuttali, dead at Shanghai at 75, influential in China church conflicts. Rev Dr Charles Spining of Orange Nood among clergy. Memorial hospital in Faochow to honor late Roy Richard S. Storrs, Brooklyn preacher.
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O'Connor
Newark
Trenry
Roy
Richard 8. Storrs
Brooklyn
Faochow
China
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