Panama Canal Commissioners Salaries Debate
Privately published remarks from December 22 1905 discuss a congressional push to appoint a committee to audit Panama Canal expenditures in detail. The piece cites concerns over high salaries and misuse of funds, noting a press agent earning ten thousand dollars yearly and officials drawing outsized pay compared to cabinet members. It compares excesses to French government failures and warns of temptations amid an estimated three hundred million in spend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Panama Canal
Christmas Mufflers and Political Warnings Echo in Ad Copy
An OCR fragment mixes product pitch for silk mufflers and political commentary on Congress and Roosevelt. It notes Christmas muffler expectations, criticizes campaign spending, and warns about liquor laws and policy, mentioning the Register and Leader, Col Hepburn, and a local dealer Julien Drug Co. The piece blends advertising with political sentiment and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register and Leader
Col. Hepburn
Rural Delivery Conditions Set by Washington Post Department
The postal department in Washington requires rural delivery lines to average at least 100 potential patrons on a 24 mile route or proportional on shorter routes, with roads passable and gates and streams kept workable. A minimum patronage per county route and three fourths of potential patrons must have approved rural mail boxes before installation, and patrons lacking approved boxes must provide one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Feathers and Ping on the Frisco booklet offer
Hunter readers are invited to request the new Feathers and Ping on the Frisco booklet detailing banting and fishing in the Ozarks and St Francis Valley. Free by A Wilton, General Passenger Agent, Frisco System, St Louis. Also: list of letters remaining in Hamburg IA post for week ending Dec 22 1905 with names.
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Ozarks
St. Francis Valley
A. Wilton
Trisco
St. Louis
Hamburg
Iowa
Ladins
Annie Davis
Melley James
Cora Legacht
Frances Messinger
Eva McBride
Jene Siuteher
Gertlemen
Jol Adkins
Bemis
F. W. Brown
Carl & Prence
Otto Farris
Frank FE. Dayward
Kinder
John Martin
Abpea Maya
Tagh AG
I. McNeal
W. Si. Smith
Voight
Bern M. Ginton
A. Dawrortin
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Isos Avid Adler & Sons, Clothing CO
Umilwaunee
A. L. Holmes
Privat
Tus
Amnasa
Cowan
Min
Hannel
J. Rodda
Wal
Roosevelt
Tme
Teddy
S$. J. Rocha
Julien Drig Co
Della Sykes Gzeacher
Wiles
Garner Park
D Streets
D. D. Hayes
Hamburg, Iowa
L. T. Brown
TE Street
H.R. Grape
DE. S. T. Mitchell
Bank of Hamburg
Estreet
John Conver
City Oil
Ade
Farmers National Bank
A. Uydinger
GM. Beal
M. M. Payne
H. R. Grepe
J. EB. Morgan
C. D. Butterfield
B. G Franklin
Ays
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