Old Foes With New Faces Urges Postal Reform
Walter Clark argues in October Arena that telegraph and telephone should be Post Office run, with parcels post and postal cars government owned. He attacks Western Union and express firms for high rates and calls for European style postal services to curb private interests.
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Walter Clark
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Postoffice Department
England
Western Union
Express Company
Washington
Post Office
Telegraph
Postoffice
Diseases of the Horse Revised for Congress Allocation
A revised special report on diseases of the horse will be issued under a Congressional resolution. Cloth binding for 200,000 copies, with 128,000 for the House, 64,600 for the Senate, and 8,000 for the Agriculture Department. Department allotment is small. requests should go to members of the last Congress. Farmers will find the book of special interest.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Department
Cowgirl Triumphs in Steer-Roping Contest at McAllister
Lucille Mulhall, 18, a friend of President Roosevelt, defeats top Southwest cowboys to win the $1000 steer-roping prize in McAllister Indian Territory. She ropes three steers in 45 seconds, 1 minute 11 seconds, and 40 seconds respectively, securing the victory. A New York Stock Exchange seat sells for $52,000, down from prior records. An ad notes Dr King’s New Life Pills curing chronic constipation at Bebpeider’s Deng Store.
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Lucille Mulhall
West
McAllister
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Southwest
Miss Mulhall
New York Stock Exchange
le Quinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
Bebpeider
Deng Store
State News Highlights From Nevada Regions
Reno public schools enroll 1082 pupils while Elko County figures feature Milo Wilkerson held in Tuscarora on robbery charges. An Elko volunteer fire department forms with C. B. Henderson as chief. Mumps and measles sweep Reno and Carson respectively. Hop industry eyes Ormsby County as a trial center. Southern Pacific ticket agents positions abolished with conductors to collect fares. Stanford Weathers becomes a West Point cadet via State University attendance. Pinyon pine nuts abundant in Pintes yet small and worm-eaten per Jack Powell. J. F. Stebbins reports an $80 per ton free milling ore strike near Jefferson Nye County, two feet wide with gold and some silver, plus more claims located.
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Reno
Milo Wilkerson
Elko County
Tuscarora
Elko
C. B. Henderson
Southern Pacific
Stanford Weathers
Commissioner Weathers
West Point
State University
Jack Powell
Hawthorne Bulletin
J. F. Stebbins
Jefferson
Nye County
Ferris wheel to headline St Louis World’s Fair attractions
The fair will feature a Ferris wheel among its attractions at St Louis. Elsewhere reports say blackmailing dynamiters continue to terrorize the Northern Pacific in Montana. Colorado National Guard members face charges of padding payrolls and robbing the state. Montana braces for a major political fight next year as August Heinze and Senator W A Clark emerge as rival leaders, both millionaires likely to flood funds. A Berlin military journal notes 10 000 draft-aged men who did not report for enlistment have been sentenced, presumed to be abroad. this is over twice the usual number.
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Northern Pacific
Montana
Colorado National Guard
West
August Heinze
W. A. Clark
Berlin
Wonder Forage Plant Grows Fast and High in California
Briggs Flack of near Orland California describes the Wonder Forage Plant as the most productive hay plant known. It grows twelve to fourteen feet tall and yields a heavy seed crop about 100 days after sowing. When mown at five to six feet for hay it regrows quickly, allowing three to five mowings in a season. One pound of seed covers an acre broadcast, or drills twelve to eighteen inches apart, with seed dropped six inches apart.
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Briggs Flack
Orland
California
Register
Big Fire in Reno Damages Several Businesses
A Reno blaze at eight in the morning on October 9 caused about 25000 in losses before extinguishment. Ayers Lentzs stable Pat Hogans saloon Ainley S ons hardware J J Murray painter Plaza lodging house and a Chinese laundryman suffered. The Opera House ignited several times but was saved and a J R Bradley Co store with 120000 in goods was spared. Water failure halted efforts for eight minutes until a new connection restored supply and the fire was controlled after one hour fifteen minutes.
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Reno
Ayers
Austin Race Meet Noted For Heavy Betting
The Reveille reports a successful Austin race meet with heavy betting. a race pool exceeded $100. Also listed are mayoral nominations for San Francisco with E F Schmitz Labor, Franklin K Lane Democrat, and Henry J Crocker Republican, representing labor, the people, and wealth respectively.
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Austin
San Francisco
Labor Union
E F. Schmitz
Franklin K. Lane
Henry J. Crocker
Schmitz
Crocker
Lane
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Thedford
Thedford’s Draught
Mr. I, OG
O. Whitmore
Wells Fargo & Co
R. Herz
BRO
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W. H. Russell
Main Street
Emena
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W. J. Hoover
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Charles Lautenschlager
Gourt
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