Anthracite Strike Commission Reports Compromise Gain for Miners
The Salt Lake Herald notes the Anthracite Strike Arbitration Commission report as a compromise. Miners gain a 10 percent wage increase dating from November 1, totaling around 3 million dollars, with coal and iron police to be withdrawn. Hours shorten for engineers and firemen, and child labor is opposed while check weighers are supported. The report praises union leaders and notes future disputes to be resolved through union channels.
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Coal and Iron
Pennsylvania
Onion
The Shaming of St Louis Boss Rule Exposed
Lincoln Steffens uses the new St Louis exposé to compare civic corruption with Minneapolis reform. The article cites seven convicted members of Boss Butler’s ring and Butler’s three year sentence, detailing how St Louis became a hub for boodling schemes and urging citizens to read the circle.
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Thetiss
Lincoln Steffens
McClure
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Steffens
Boss Butler
Butler
Mr. Steffens
Folk
Mexico
Missouri
Iowa's New Liquor Law and Asylum Detention
Iowa passes a liquor law authorizing detention of habitual drunkards in state asylum. About 300 patients confined in eight months, with roughly fifty entering monthly. Court upholds detention as constitutional. treatment is humane and aimed at reform, with about 75 percent discharged as cured. Also notes Cherry Creek Miner debut in Nevada.
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Iowa
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
Nevada
Diphtheria Case Reported in Reno and Regional News
The Gazette notes a new diphtheria case in Reno with broader Nevada items. Reports include court adjournment, water pipeline plans, deaths from heart disease, postmaster appointment, oil speculation denial, smallpox cases among athletes, Newlands maiden speech, local homicides and suicides, land claims, charity events, and political figures’ actions. The roundup covers Esmeralda to Carson City and beyond with several personal and legal notes.
PITHY SAYINGS
Pithy sayings urge self awareness and courtesy while noting human faults. Observations on nerves, conduct, vanity, parenting, and social behavior contrast with sharp jokes about politicians and criticism, ending with a defense of censure as revealing weakness or guiding improvement.
Nevada Press Comment Highlights Tax and Law Debates
The column cites Virginia Enterprise on tax escape, Virginia Report on Collis Huntington and Harriman debt, Reno Journal criticizing state costs, and notes Mrs Florence Maybrick’s 1904 release from penal servitude with related legal actions in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia.
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Virginia
Collis P. Huntington
Central Pacific
Harriman
Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
James Maybrick
Home Office
Washington
Kentucky
West Virginia
Labor unrest and killings reported in Oxnard and San Francisco
California labor tensions flare with a battle in Oxnard leaving one dead and three wounded after two hundred shots. In San Francisco on March 18 mine owners form an association to ease miner-employer troubles and seek dispute resolution. Also notes a humorous exchange in a Chicago Tribune excerpt and a Morris Illinois mill pulp from corn stalks at 85 per ton.
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Oxnard
California
San Francisco
Morris
Illinois
Gems in Verse by George Eliot
Poem fragment reflecting on love, family, memory, and loss. Vivid imagery of two lovers, two parents, and fading presence as red light and beads symbolize time and separation. Ends with a lament for memories and past thefts attributed to George Eliot.
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Helen Gould
Dalance
Pele
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DeLamar
A. J. Watts
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George M. Dyer
Lander County
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Alex Twaddle
Washoe Valley
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W. T. Jenkins Company
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Carson City
Opera
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Montana
New York
Oregon
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Sparks
Reno Journal
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Reese River
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Fullhouse
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George Eliot
Eureka
John Cobb
Nwotich
Cesare Rossetti
Anid Jourth
Mare Rossetti
Aaid Court
Bureks
Oidelo
Said Comet
Ponen
Schneider Drug Store
Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry
University O California
H. M. Schneider & Co
Eureka Live Stock Company
Roberts Creek
Otto T. Williams
Court House
Elko
Stockholders’ Meeting
Suhual
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
P. Hl. Hilll
Furniture Core
Eureke
HIUL
NEW Today
H. A. McKim
Wanufacturer
H. Kind
General Merchandise
Johnson Mercantile Company Incorporated
Hiram Johnson
Hylton & Williams
N.com
Philip Paroni
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