Governor Subpoenaed as Anti-Gambling Bill Passes
Special to the Enterprise from Santa Barbara March 1907 reports Governor Hagerman subpoenaed to testify before the Legislative Investigating Committee about deeds and a 11000 payment tied to land transfers claimed illegal. It cites 7000 acres of territorial timber lands conveyed to the Pennsylvania Development Company connected to the Enterprise National Bank failure in Allegheny. Lands value cited 25 to 100 per acre but sold at 3 per acre. federal law then restricted sales to 160 acres per purchaser. House passed the anti gambling bill unanimously. Three cent fare bill passes House 17 to 8.
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House
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Legislative Investigating Committee
Interior Department
Territorial Land Commissioner
Pennsylvania Development Company
Enterprise National Bank
Allegheny
Penn
The Best Day Yet and Living in the Moment
A philosopher urges embracing the present as the happiest period of life while acknowledging past joys. He emphasizes duty to focus on today and to pursue higher thoughts, suggesting each life stage has its own value from childhood onward.
Pennsylvania graft report targets officers and stock investments
The Pennsylvania railroad, after investigating 2,505 staff, finds 15 officers who received gifts from coal and other interests near the line and 251 who bought stakes. The report urges severest discipline for gift-takers and demands removal of such investments, warning future railroad officials that such deals violate public obligations.
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Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Record-Herald
What Books Do
A compact, reflective meditation on books as loyal friends that accompany and instruct the reader. Francesco Petrarca’s voice extols books as universal companions, offering knowledge, solace, and guidance across ages and nations. They repay with quiet service and demand only a corner to rest.
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Francesco Petrarca
General Grosvenor's successor elect visits Washington hotel
The incoming elect tours a modest Washington hotel suite and, upon learning the rent is $1,000 per month, jokes that his education as a statesman will need a fresh start.
Foibles and Follies from Century Notes
Procrastination and Sloth fail to start a race, yielding a dead heat. Marriage of loquacity to preoccupation yields harmony as she stays quiet and he never hears. A cogquette gun threats a youth while the gun is believed loaded. Negligence lets a coat lie on steps as slovenliness soils it. Gossip breaks in by opening a neighbor’s door and impertinence peers into a keyhole.
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Buck Biting
Editor's Wedding Notice in Blvejacket News
The editor C. J. Howell wed Miss Realah Upton of Weira on Thanksgiving day 1906. The notice lauds the bride and notes their union as a joyous, love born event amid the editor's longstanding career and personal reflections.
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C. J. Howell
Realah Upton
Weira
Pearly Gates
Mindful maxims and witty proverbs compiled notes
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on life work ethic conscience and social behavior. Topics include wages honesty home effort luck temptation compassion appearance and character through a series of compact quips and observations.
If You Have a Gray Haired Mother Write Now
A poem urging readers to write to their aging mothers before it is too late. It warns that tomorrow is unknown and unspoken words and forgotten messages become heartbreak. The verse emphasizes expressing tender thoughts to loved ones today.
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Heaven
Pearly Gate
Warning to Creditors at County Market Notice
Public creditor warning printed in a local meat market recounts delinquent customers and their fates. One spoke of calling tomorrow but died, another claimed to be blind, and a third promised payment or hell and has departed. The note implies caution for extending credit.
Conscience and Free Will Caution Quoted Critical Voice
A reflective statement warns that a man who claims to follow his own conscience must ensure his inner guide is functioning properly. It emphasizes vigilance against self serving or flawed moral reasoning.
Official Directory New Mexico 1905 Officials List
A compiled rollout of territorial and appointed officials for New Mexico in 1905. Includes revenue collector H P Bradsaar surveyor general M O Llewellyn marshal C C Foraker attorney W H H Llewellyn Santa Fe land office register M R Otero receiver Fritz Muller and numerous others across governor secretary attorney general auditor treasurer and district officers. Details names and positions for Santa Fe Las Vegas Alamogordo Roswell and Farmington areas.
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United States
H. P. Bradsaar
M. O. Llewellyn
Cc. B. Foraker
W. H. H. Llewellyn
Santa Fe Land Office
M. R. Otero
Fritz Muller
Territorial
H. J. Llagerman
J. W. Reynolds
W. C. Reid
W. G. Dargent
J. H. Vaughn
Arthur Talford
Hiram Hadley
Mrs. Chapman
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