Economic and political snippets from 1916 weekly notes
A compilation of terse items from Gow tees Washington and beyond. Trade gains in major nations through April 1916 contrast with weaker central regions. Agriculture notes point to uneven crop prospects, while politics cover Taft era funds and Lorimer senate charges. Currency data show per capita money at 34.59, with rising population diluting gains.
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New England
Pacific Coast
Central States
Éront
Department of Agriculture
House
Taft
Senate
Wiliam ‘Lorimer
Illinois
Benator
Clifford de Barnes
Chicago
Ilinois Legisative Voters’ League
Tingis
Treasury
United States
Demands on throne and global shocks sweep era
A wide array of notes spans politics and crime from 1907 to early agitations. Articles mention calls to convoke a parliament in Britain, Nebraska’s employers liability act, Duke’s matrimonial misfires, espionage fears from a Mexican refugee, Pacific coast trade groups planning a China visit, Taft’s socialism critique, wage talks with railway workers, and state actions on ministerial appointments. International tensions include Chinese warships near Nanking, Roosevelt’s upcoming plans, and European imperial maneuvers. Domestic items report reforms, elections, explorers, and notable deaths.
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Supreme ‘Court of
Nebraska
Mexico
United States
Pacific Coast
China
Taft
la Faylette
Senate
William D. Crum
Charleston
S. C
Liberia
Nanking
Col. Roosevelt
Managua
Nicaragua
Mitchell D. Follanabes
Chicago
Associated
Harvard Clubs of America
Cleveland
Japan
Shireas
South Pole
Charles Bardinge
Executive Department
Postmasters to see salary boosts starting July
In Nebraska many postmasters will receive salary increases on July 1. Formal charges against Lorimer were presented in the senate. Roosevelt planned a New York visit for Sunday June 12. Jeffries injures hand delaying boxing. Iowa Republicans enter a new fight for state convention control. Peter B. Grosscup spoke on honesty at Augustana College. Wisconsin Republicans praise Taft administration and tariff law. William T. Vernon resigns as president of the Western University and Industrial School.
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Nebraska
Bellevue
Wil Hayward
Republican State Central Committee
Glenn
Curtiss
Cleveland
Bay
Detroit
London
Mise
Margareta A. Drexel
Stead
Grand Island
Postofice
Merriam, Wis
Harry B. Kay
Bank
Pasadena
Cal
Pocatello
Idaho
Charles Gridley
Virginia
Fisher
Springfield
Burke
New South Walesa
Roosevelt
William Loeb, Jr
Manhattan
Wickersham
Hichard Parr
Sugar Trust
Joseph G. Cannon
Joe
D. A. de Armond
House
Sherman
Cannon
Senate
Houses of
Congress
French Congo
Prakos
Africa
Santa’ Barbara
San Luan
California
Santa Barbara Forest
Charles Stuart Rolls
English Channel
Dover
Treasury
United States
Wilkes County
North Carolina
iMicl
China
Press Club
Glenn Curtles
J. Bernard Walker
Scientific American
Edwin Gould
Richard Parr
New York Custom House
American Sugar Refining Company
Parr
Lorimer
New York
Jim Jeffries
Iowa
Peter
Grosscup
Augustana College
Wisconsin
Taft
William T. Vernon
United States Treasury
Wealern University and Industrial School
Longtime Ida Grove couple celebrates sixtieth wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Smith of Ida Grove celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They married in Ireland on June 2 1859 and came to America in 1858. They later settled in Syracuse New York and moved to Preston County Iowa before making Ida Grove home. They have four daughters and five sons, twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The couple remain active and hearty.
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Mying
Ames
James. Rayburn
First Presbyterian Church of
Marshalltown
Waterloo
D. W. Fahs
Cedar Falls
T. K. Hunter
Nevada
A. W. McNeel
Morrison
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St Louis
Charles N. Gregory
College of Law
U. I
Iowa City
United States
Brussel
Belgium
State Department
Dawson
E. C. Thompson
Vinton Spring
Julia Anderson
Christiansan
Justice Knapp
Davenport Locomotive Works
Raymond Hardy
Marshall County
van Cleve
Woroner
W.W. D. Elwell
Prohibition Party
Father A. Chihal
St. Wenceslaus
Europa
Wm. Fitzpatrick
Mercy Hospital
Hang Minnings
Rockdale
Fitzpatrick
Henry Albert
University of Iowa
Drake University
College of Medicine
Iowa University
Earl Berkenbine
Oskaloosa
Thomas J. Considine
Dubuque
Internal Revenue
Dallas Center
Dunkard
William Windred
Hoert
Marshall
Scribner
Clinton
George M. Chappel
Chappel
Kay Chafee
Martha Stone
Carbon
Chaffee
Margaret Florang
Riverside
Joseph W. Montgomery
The
Iowa
Grand Junction
Mar
Forty-third
Indiana Infantry
Home
J. W. Montgomery
Britt, Bod
William Montgomery
Hinckley
Minn
James Hardy
Ray Hardy
Cie
Fenton
Congregational Church
Hatinton
James Thompson
Muscatine
Thomas Stevens
Dallas County
Stevens
Bee
Thomas Fitzgerald
Sarah A. Kuhns
Creston
McConnell
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Congregation
Cedar Rapids
Charles Chandler
Johnson County
Amish
Ohio
Law and Order League
Gowrie
Joseph “H. Zinkula
J. W. Lawrence
Union
Lawrence
St. Paul
Government Secret Service Department
Herman’ Pleper
Fort Madison
Land profits lure settlers to Canada lands
The article argues Canadian farmland offers rising value and strong returns for investors and homesteaders. It notes land near railways, good roads, reliable crops, and favorable government rail rates. It cites the 160 acre free homestead at $10 entry and potential values up to 15 to 20 dollars per acre profit, with thousands of Americans moving north for opportunity.
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Canada
Baye
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