President Roosevelt urges national unity for conserving resources
In a White House address, President Roosevelt implores governors and experts at a national conference to curb wasteful use of natural resources. He warns of exhausting coal, iron, oil, and forests and calls for foresight, reform of waterways, and renewed, sustainable management of the nation’s wealth.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Executive Mansion
Acd
Congress
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Inland Waterways Commission
United States
Nile
Euphrates
Egypt
Babylonian Plain
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Boston
Charleston
Nineveh
Sidon
High Seas
Aegean
Virginia
Maryland
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Annapolis
Conservation and the public right to natural resources
The speaker argues for coordinated use of forests, soils, water, and waterways to protect future generations. He cites Maine's 1908 forest case and cites national action shaping state and federal limits on private land use to prevent waste and ensure public welfare.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Alleghenies
Northern Lakes
Father of Waters
Waterways Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Supreme Court of
Maine
Maine Senate
Supreme Court
Maine Supreme Bench
Court of Errors and Appeals of
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the
United States
Holmes
State duty to protect rivers and resources urged in wartime address
A public-spirited exhortation defends preserving rivers wholly within a state from diversion and overuse. It argues conservation serves a great public good, justifies state authority beyond present use, and links resource care to national efficiency and patriotic duty.
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United States
Wayne Knitting Mills votes stock increase to 1 million
Stockholders approve raise of capital from 700000 to 1000000 after a prosperous year. Directors reelect S. M. Foster W. E B. Mossman T. F. Thieme F. J. Thieme Edward Helmcke W. A. Spies H. J. Miller Louis Fox. Officers named President Foster Vice President Mossman Secretary Manager Thieme Superintendent Thieme Treasurer Helmcke.
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Wayne Knitting Mills
S. M. Foster
W. E B. Mossman
T. F. Thieme
F. J. Thieme
Edward Helmcke
W. A. Spies
New York
H. J. Miller
Louis Fox
W. BE. Mossman
Bdward Helmcke
Knights of Columbus Elect Breen Deputy Grand Knight
Terre Haute chosen as site for the next state convention of the Knights of Columbus. Officers elected for the coming year include Deputy Grand Knight William P. Breen of Fort Wayne, Secretary Charles P. Becker of Logansport, Treasurer E. J. Riley of Indianapolis, Warden Joseph H. Becker of Peru. Delegates to the national convention are Charles R. Duffin of Terre Haute and Dr. Flynn of Michigan City, with alternates John W. McCarty of Washington, Dr. Berteling of Notre Dame, Charles Korbley Jr. of Madison, and W. T. Hanley of Logansport.
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W. P. Breen
Fort Wayne
Washington
Ind
Terre Haute
Knights of Columbus
William P. Breen
Charles P. Becker
Logansport
E. J. Riley
Indianapolis
Joseph H. Becker
Peru
Charles R. Duffin
Dr. Flynn
Michigan City
John W. McCarty
Berteling
Notre Dame
Charles Korbley, Jr
Madison
W. T. Hanley
Pioneer Frederick Grund Dies in Columbia City At 82
Frederick Grund a Whitley county pioneer died at his daughter's home in Columbia City aged 82. He had lived in the county for fifty years.
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Frederick Grund
Whitley County
Columbia City
Hot saloon politics fire in DeKalb County Indiana
Auburn Indiana May 13 political battle intensifies over the saloon issue in DeKalb County as Democrats race to nominate for county offices while temperance forces organize to back pro dry candidates. Voters and candidates face pressure from remonstrance supporters and saloon backers ahead of June 4 primaries.
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Auburn
Ind
DeKalb County
Hoosierdam
Sentinel
Edward Sommers
Temperance League
Edgar W. Atkinson
John Hebel
Wm. .H. Leas
Waterloo
W. A. Austin
Ashley
D. E. Herschberger
Garrett
L. D. Nelson
Jackson
S. G. Haverstock
Wilmington
J. M. Norford
Ralph L. Thomas
Alexander Johnson Buys Lake James Farm in Steuben County
Alexander Johnson buys a forty acre farm adjoining Lake James in Steuben county near Angola from Sol A Wood. Johnson and his family will use it as a summer home. He formerly served as superintendent of the state school for feeble minded and is now national secretary of the conference of charities and corrections.
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Alexander Johnson
Sol A. Wood
Lake James
Steuben County
Angola
Johnson
Charities and Corrections
Judge Resolves Horse Trade Case and Dismisses Larceny Charge
A horse and a mule plus a five dollar bill involving Barbara Hollands and Charles Harkenrider sparked a petit larceny case in city court. Harkenrider consented to return the money, the woman dropped her claim, and the case was dismissed. Other docket items included drunkenness charges for Paul Smith and Fritz Miller, trespassing on a Pennsylvan ia company grounds, and Romanian riot suspects whose cases were continued for thirty days with bonds to keep the peace.
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Barbara Hollands
Charles Harkenrider
Harkenrider
Arkenrider
Paul Smith
Fritz Miller
Mike Nolan
Pennsylvania Company
Lake Shore
Helie de Sagan and Anna Gould Stay Brief in Monte Carlo
Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould arrived in Monte Carlo and may stay at most three days. The prince visited the casino with a small loss and joked that his family already contributed to the tiger via the Duke de Dino, who occupies a Monte Carlo villa but has not visited him.
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Monte Carlo
Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Duke de Dino
Jailbreakers killed in Yekaterinoslav prison break
Twenty nine convicts died during a mass escape at the government jail in Yekaterinoslav after breaking the wall with a bomb. Eleven of the twenty eight wounded are in serious condition, with others killed or mortally wounded at the scene.
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Yekaterinoslav
Fort Wayne and Springfield Line Sees Big Excursion Interest
President W H Fledderjohann of the Fort Wayne and Springfield inter urban line said in the city that strong excursion demand is expected this season to Robison park. Six excursions have been booked from Decatur to the park with more in prospect.
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W. H. Fledderjohann
Fort Wayne
Springfield
City
Robison Park
Decatur
Park
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup under FDA act
The notice states the preparation Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething is claimed to be guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act. Dated June 30, 1906 with Serial No. 1098.
Grandma Prough Never Visited Bluffton Since Emigration
An 89 year old resident of Jefferson township Wells county known as Grandma Prough has never returned to Bluffton since she left Ohio fifty years ago after driving through the village.
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Grandma” Prough
Jefferson Township
Wells County
Bluffton
Ohio
Mighty tidal bore drowns 10,000 in China
Seattle dispatch reports a 26 foot tidal bore on the Yangtze at Hangon causing nearly ten thousand deaths. Thousands of junks sampans and boats were overwhelmed as a massive wave swept the riverfront, wrecking river steamers and flooding riverine settlements. Previous reports note Hankow floods with about 2,000 dead.
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China
Seattle
Wash
Yang Tse Kiang
Hangon
Titan
Shanghai
Hankow
Adults Stricken by Scarlet Fever at Calhoun Street Inn
Two men, M. R. Tipton and E. Brinkmeyer, both adults, were removed Wednesday from 1220 South Calhoun Street with scarlet fever. They contracted the illness from Lucille Kissinger, a hospital patient, after a child at the same address became ill. The health department fumigated the premises and sees no further spread among boarders as no additional children were exposed.
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M. R. Tipton
E. Brinkmeyer
South
Calhoun Street
Lucille Kissinger
Health Department
Bluffton Pioneer Mrs Ratliff Dead At Home
Mrs John Ratliff a longtime Wells county resident died at her Bluffton home. The death closes a life marked by local involvement and family ties in the Bluffton community.
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John Ratliff
Wells County
Bluffton
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John W. Vordermark
Knitting Mills
Sloans Liniment
Lake James Farm
Helie
Anna
Tiger
Big Robison Park
Chie
McHenry-Millhouse Mfg. Co
South Bend, Ind
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