War on Lobbyists Probes Expense Reports in Annapolis
In Maryland this year Senator France from Cecil pushes a bill to bar legislative counsel from influencing votes and to require corporations to file detailed expense statements. The measure bars floor presence by lobbyists during sessions unless invited and directs the Attorney General to notify noncompliant corporations to file within ten days or face legal action.
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Annapolis
Jin
France
Cecil
Seapion
Secraca
Mlao
Senate
House
Labor unions and federation talks span continents in early 1900s snapshot
The report covers union membership trends in Bpania and Bulgaria, calls for reform within the American Federation of Labor, and a push to unify six trades under a new federation. It notes rapid growth of Austrian unions, a pension plan by Grand Trunk Railroad, and a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and throat issues.
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Sorvig
Bulgaria
Baselit
Bowmania
Portugal
Gresce
Monty
Ingro
Orman Empire
Grand Trunk Railroad
United States
Canada
Austria
McCloukey & Graham's
Broad Sheet
Cooper Met Usual Success in Pittsburg
The Pittsburg Press reports J. T. Cooper’s visit proving his stomach health theory. Thousands line up at his headquarters as testimonials mount, including C. W. Woods whose wife recovered after two days on Cooper’s medicine, claiming a forty two foot tape worm eliminated and seven pounds gained. Cooper remedies gain fame via Elizabeth vendors McCloskey and Graham.
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Pittsburg
J. T. Cooper
Cooper
T. Cooper
Kaye
Vittburg
Vittsburg
WO Nile
Ute
Vittnburg
Mr. Cooper
Prews
C. W. Woods
South Highland Street
Ripper bill contest shakes Jersey City officials
Jersey City officials ousted by the ripper bill faced resistance as a lawyer served notice on Mayor Wittpenn and City officials that the measure is unconstitutional. If the Supreme Court delays or rejects it, salaries for January could be held up, delaying warrants and triggering potential lawsuits over back pay and city finances. Officials in the ousted and successor camps await a ruling amid ongoing sideline activity in offices.
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Jersey City
Wittpenn
Schuman
Gormley
Fugen
Board of Finance
Supreme Court
Honda
Offia
Tnial Neasion
Edward Fry
Commercial Trust Building
Frank J. Higgins
Industrial headlines and labor unrest across continents
Reports from the Imperial German statistical department record 3643 internal disputes in 1906, with strikes and lockouts noted. Railroads plan to close small telegraph stations as eight hour work laws roll in. Immigration to America surges in 1907, with gains over 1900 and 1906. Labor actions spread from Seattle builders to New York typographers, while Transvaal and Australian unions push for better pay and shorter hours. Open hearth furnaces in Buffalo restart as coalitions threaten strikes, and large-scale factory reforms unfold in multiple regions.
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Wisconsin
Congress
America
United State
Frank P. Sargeint
Immigration and Naturalization
Animals Never Grow Wiser With Civilizing Influence
John Burroughs argues in Outing Magazine that domestic dogs and horses show less wit than their wild counterparts after millennia of human companionship. He contends we only train and humanize them, never transfer real intelligence, as the germ of wit cannot be planted. A wry Life quip adds that no man is a hero to his wife's relatives.
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Thelra
John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Buck in a rabbit's foot myth in Philadelphia Ledger
A brief note reflecting on superstition in Buck as a rabbit foot belief, contrasting it with Brer Rabbit tales and referencing the Philadelphia Ledger. The fragment hints at cultural attitudes toward luck and folklore without full context.
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B'rer
Philadelphia Ledger
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Union ‘General Do Trabsjadoron
Bpala
American Federation of Labor
Western Federaon of
Henver
Max Morris
American Federation
George Hally
State Federation
Américan Federation of Labor
Sac Flas
Smoky City
Elizabeth
McCloskey & Graham
Notice
Wiltipenn
Jan. S
Wee
Allinoin Steel Company
Switzerland
Norway
Transvaal
Lrades
Seattle
Waeh
Eee Tomextio Warvants
Melbourne
Australia
Carter
Tawail
New York
Vnion
New South Water Typographical Association
Haw
No. 4
Pittabnurg Plate Glass Company
Ford City
Sae
Hotha
Frowler
George E. Keith
Campella
Middlevoro
North Adam
May
Witch
Raturn
New South Wale Legislative Assembly
Teltreatera 1
Rion
Eee
Lackawanne Steel Company
Buffalo
Use It Fa
New South Wales Arbitration Court
Plese
Millville
McCloskey
Graham
Corner Broad
East Jersey
Lewis & CO
Market St
New
Oppenheim Bros
Newark
Fancy Sox
Bic
Curtis, Armor
B. B
Oppenheim
Callara Bc
Newar
Jay
Aie
Ph Lai
W.T. Rae & Co
Jewelers
E. Simmons
Kueghel
Orena Raya
Chas. L. Salathe
M. D. Wiltoa
Westfield Avenue
Sayre Place
Elizabeth Avenue
Mewark
Bo-Cart Mfg. Co
Washington
Acegemy St
M. J
Pyles
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