Farmers Back Reciprocity Says Washington Report
In Washington a popular sentiment shift toward reciprocity is traced to farmers organizations and agricultural press. Rep. Ralph W. Moss Indiana cites a 1905 Chicago meeting of the National Live Stock and related groups that launched the movement. A 15 member committee was proposed to organize a Reciprocal tariff league and mobilize farmer support nationwide.
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Washington
Ralph W. Moss
Indiana
Hall of Congress
Moss
United States
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
National Live Stock Association
American Short Horn Association
National Live Stock Exchange
Millers’ National Federation
Alvin H. Saunders
A. H. Saunders
Taft
Mr. Saunders
Breeders’ Gazette
Blaine
Reciprocal Tariff League
Prosecutions Delayed For Corporations Owing Taxes
U S District Attorney Ward in Denver lists 3000 corporations that failed to pay the 1 percent tax on incomes over 5000. Prosecutions would start, but Attorney General Wickersham orders withholding. It is believed the delay allows back-tax compromises to avoid fines up to 10000 and possible imprisonment.
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United States
Ward
Denver
Wickersham
Evans High School Holds Graduation Exercises
Three graduates received diplomas at Evans High School on Wednesday evening in I. C. F. hall. Diploma recipients were Pearl Gordon Ethel Craig and John Elliott. An eighth and tenth grade declamatory contest awarded prizes to Bernice Ferguson Phoebie Neumeyer and Bryant Hammer. Former Lieutenant Governor Harper of Denver delivered the commencement address.
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Evans Evans
Evans High School
Olive Branch School Graduation and Exercises Held
The Olive Branch school closed with graduation exercises on Friday evening May 19. Eight pupils, Sybie McLean Maud Cozad Faye Nye Hazel Smith Harry English Fred Walker Millard Cozad Hobart Ball, received diplomas from Mr. F I Gammill. Teacher Miss Mabel Tilyou and Miss Eva Geiser led a program of music drills readings recitations tableaux and songs with a class prophecy read by Miss Lillian English.
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Olive Branch School
Mabel Tilyou
Eva Geiser
Sybie McLean
Maud Cozad
Faye Nye
Hazel Smith
Harry English
Fred Walker
Millard Cozad
Hobart Ball
F. I. Gammill
Lillian English
Greeley Triumphs In Poor Game By McGinnity All Stars
The McGinnity All Stars defeated the Spuds 14 to 1 on Saturday afternoon. Errors plagued the Spuds as the visitors scored early and again in the sixth inning, piling up runs while the home team fumbled. Cooney pitched strongly for the Spuds while Sullens handled the batteries.
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McGinnity All Stars
Vistors
Cooney
Score by inning shows McGinnity and Spuds in held game
In a baseball line score fragment, McGinnity and Spuds players tally runs by innings with early zeros and late frames. The sequence 1060000060 060 00 and 121003 4 83 x suggests a low scoring affair with key plate appearances not fully shown and an ending mark.
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Marsh
Toothacker
van Dyke
McGinnity
Spuds
Congress Debates Bills to Limit Supreme Court on Trusts
Two Democratic senators Culberson Texas and Reed Missouri introduced bills to add the words of whatever character to the Sherman act sections. The move seeks to restore pre decision prohibitions on combinations and monopolies and close a court created loophole.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Culberson
Texas
Reed
Missouri
Good Roads Day Declared In State By Governor Shafroth
The second Friday in May will be observed as Good Roads day to discuss highway improvements, with public schools teaching road benefits and reporting actions to the state highway commissioner. Governor Shafroth will issue a proclamation and W. M. Wiley of Holly funds essay prizes to students on good roads.
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Shafroth
W. M. Wiley
Holly
State Highway Commission
Holly School Board
Wiley
Prof Hewitt Reports Honduras Excavations and Finds
Prof Edgar Hewitt of the American Institute of Archaeology spoke at the Normal school chapel on discoveries from the winter Honduras expedition. He highlighted two nearby cities unearthed 30 miles apart with monuments of heroic figures, towers, and carved stones dated by inscriptions on tablets.
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Edgar Hewitt
American Institute of Archaelogy
Santa Fe
N. M
Normal School
Honduras
Greeley
Jesse Nusbaum
Adams
Hewitt
Rome
Patronage of the Theater as a Duty to Children
Walter Prichard argues that town theater support is a parental duty to provide wholesome plays for children. He warns that neglect leaves youths with distorted ideas of dramatic art while libraries offer fiction, not stage experience, and urges funding quality productions with Shakespearean, Barrie, and Maeterlinck as viable options.
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Walter Prichard
Dickens
Stevenson
Barrie
Maeterlinck
Greeley High Seniors Hear Annual Class Sermon
The Presbyterian church overflowed as Rev R J Hunter delivered the annual class sermon to Greeley High School seniors. The program featured a forty-voice glee club and a twenty-piece orchestra, with 39 seniors in the senior class and faculty attendance in full.
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R. J. Hunter
Greeley High School
Mr. Hunter
Rain Delivers Needed Moisture Across Greeley Area
Old timers recall the last May rain arriving as Decoration Day approaches. Greeley and nearby regions received slow soaking rain up to $2 inch by morning with more possible. Windsor had a light shower while Plainview saw little moisture. Farmers jubilant as gardens and beets benefit from sustained showers.
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Greeley
Windsor
Plainview
Green Bay
Flooded Nation Brings Relief to Farmers
Fort Morgan reports nationwide flooding leaves farmers satisfied as moisture arrives late for winter wheat but benefits other crops. Reservoirs fill across the county, promising a heavy harvest in the coming fall.
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Fort Morgan
Weather notes foresee needed rain for crops
Light shower observed last night as clouds hung to the north and east. Today air at 06 C with cloudy skies and strong indications of more rain, the long dry spell making this rainfall timely for crops.
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Loveland
Rainy spell boosts county farmers report heavy precipitation
A warm heavy rain began at noon and returned after dark, aiding farmers across the county. Snow fell only in the mountains and melted on contact, with reports from all parts of the farming district confirming widespread precipitation.
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Boulder
Juniors Honor Seniors At Greeley High Reception
The Greeley High junior class hosted a Friday evening reception in Camfield hall with 800 attendees. Leslie Tuck gave the welcome, Marvin Morgan replied, and a 24 member high school orchestra performed. Fannie Forward and Mary Walter sang, Harry Balch offered a gifts sketch, and refreshments were served by eighth graders.
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Greeley High School
Camfield
Board of Education
Leslie Tuck
Marvin Morgan
Fannie Forward
Mary Walter
Harry Balch
Nettie Carey
OG. E B. Carter
Carter
William Mayher
A. K. Clark
J. T. Clough
Edwin Starkey
Island Grove Driving Club Plans July 4 Races at Park
Island Grove Driving club members announce free races at Island Grove park on July 4. The events will resemble the usual weekly matinee races and are open to spectators.
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Island Grove
Mystery Drugging and Robbery at Mrs Cannon’s Rooming House
Deep mystery surrounds the condition of Mrs Hattie Cannon proprietress of a rooming house at 904 Sixth Street found unconscious with a drug in her system. Initial reports of a burglary faded as doctors questioned blows to the head and investigators question a robbery motive while rumors spread through Creek.
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Hattie Cannon
Hattie Buzzell Cannon
Sixth Street
Woma
Ling
Gome
Denver
Ehse
Holdup
Cannon
Fred Buzzell
Creek
Two Hours of Darkness Summer Nights in Edmonton
Albert Jay Nock describes Edmonton Alberta in The American Magazine noting its latitude details and climate. He highlights mild winter conditions despite far north location and the long summer days with about eighteen hours of sun and only two and a half hours of darkness.
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Edmonton
Canada
Albert Jay Nock
Alberta
New York
Tampa
Pia
Newfoundland
Anticosti
Montreal
Halifax
Hudson's Bay
Labrador
Peace River
Fort Simpson
Johnson Fined In Police Court For Speeding Motorcycle
W. Johnson received a fine in police court on Wednesday after being cited for exceeding the speed limit while riding a motorcycle.
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W. . Johnson
Cotton Harvester Dream That Affects The South
A farmer recalls Angus Campbell who devised a cotton harvester after twenty years of trial. The invention promises to cut harvest costs by a third and boost southern production by easing labor shortage, letting thousands avoid backbreaking work and potentially doubling land value.
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All People
Womar
Angus Campbe
Nmret
Texas
Angus Campbell
Campbel
Relatives Return to Pierce County Homestead
A fragment notes relatives arriving at a homestead north of Pierce with plans to plant a crop and erect fencing. Clyde Rhoads is mentioned among those involved.
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Pierce
Clyde Rhoads
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Congressman Moss
Henry Candlin
Sterling
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