Immigration Question and Knute Nelson Speaks on Policy
The piece presents Senator Knute Nelson as an immigrant who writes on the massive immigration issue. He notes 1903 and 1907 laws, discusses illiteracy tests, and argues against broad restrictions, praising southern European labor and urging dispersal of newcomers to the western states for self-sufficiency. He reflects on labor needs and the role of communities in guiding new arrivals westward.
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Congress
United States
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Nelson
Castle Garden
America
Chicago
Wisconsin
Immigration Department
Europe
Drunkards Cured Secretly at Home Cure Claim
Advertisement urges readers to write for a home remedy claiming to cure drunkards secretly without cost. The copy stresses urgency to rescue a loved one and insists immediate action to help someone fight the battle, urging contact today.
Railway Extension Plans Sizeable UK Build Initiatives
Consul F. W. Mahin of Nottingham reports acts of parliament authorize about 200 additional miles of railway in the United Kingdom with an outlay over 50 million dollars. Extensions in the Midlands and other areas plus dock improvements at termini are included. A principal project is a 100 mile plus Irish railway to the west coast forming a future England Ireland Canada route with a direct Blacksod bay steamship link.
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F. W. Mahin
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Midlands
Kingdom
Ireland
England
Canada
Blacksod Bay
Woman's Idea of Betting at the Races
John W. Gates recalls a young friend with a pretty cousin who asked him by phone to bet $10 on Forest King. He agreed only if she would repay him, and she vowed she would, noting that last time the horse did not win anyway.
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John W. Gates
Horsa
Invented Hat Pin Promises Quick Hat Fastening
A man has invented a new hat pin described as a comb placed in hair with two pins inside a cap at the top. Two tassels hang from the comb and one tassel when pulled releases the pins to secure the hat at each slide. When removing the hat, the other cord pulls to detach. The inventor claims it may prove successful.
Farewell Message of General Booth University of Humanity plan outlined
Gen William Booth founder of the Salvation Army dictates his Farewell message to the American people. He presents a three plank plan for his University of Humanity including scientific emigration home colonization and an oversea colony in Rhodesia. He notes poverty women’s vice rise and calls for education and religion freed from dogma to empower and alleviate suffering.
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Sun
Chicago
Gen. Wm. Booth
The
Salvation Army
University of Humanity
Booth
America
WM. Booth
Essex
Rhodesia
Time to make hero of American gentleman
English author Elinor Glyn arrives in America to study the American man as a type and plans a novel. She praises the American gentleman for politeness, breadth of mind, selflessness with women, wit, and balanced appearance while outlining a wide geographic study from the East to the West to portray the American as he exists.
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Elizabeth H. Gregory
New York
Elinor Glyn
Woman appointed as secretary of Mississippi division of cotton group
Special to The Sun reports Louise E. Crane, 26, named permanent secretary of the Mississippi division of the Southern Cotton Association. She is the sole woman officer of the organization, has managed a large cotton plantation for five years, and favors homespun clothes she makes from her own cotton. The item also includes an ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine remedies.
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New Orleans
Louise E. Crane
Miseisippi
Southern Cotton Association
New Forest Guessing Game Among Chicago Clubwomen
Chicago clubwomen play a forestry guessing game in a park. Each participant names trees along a mapped course while an expert tallies correct answers. The person with the most correct identifications wins the outing highlighting the city’s popular forestry classes.
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Chicago
Seldom Seen Village Of Seven Families Hidden From County Maps
A silent Pittsburgh area enclave known as Seldom Seen lies along Saw Mill Run. Seven homeowner families occupy 31 acres once part of Lower St. Clair township, now lacking taxes, schools, churches, or police and outside municipal boundaries. Residents accept isolation though mail delivery remains the main hardship. Nearby boroughs debate annexation, with West Liberty eyes on January 1, 1908, to join the city or a borough.
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Mount Oliver
Knoxville
Montooth
St. Clair
Borough of
Kentucky
Saw Mill Run
Thirty-second Ward
Pittsburg
West Liberty Borough
Beechview
Conrad
Jacob Staab
Edward Aisbett
John Geyer
John Price
West Liberty
Davis
San Diego Appears Ideal Naval Base, Navy Attache Decisive
Naval Constructor H A Evans at Mare Island Navy Yard states San Diego is the best Pacific coast base, citing overall advantages and decisive position. He asserts there is no question about the favored location for the contemplated base.
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San Diego
Pacific Coast
Naval
H. A. Evans
Naval Shore Station
Evans
Beating Taxation The Canadian Fulminate Factory Treaty
Washington reports the Metallic Cap Manufacturing company shifted fulminate production to Prescott on the Canadian side of the St Lawrence to dodge U S internal revenue taxes. It ships alcohol deposits to Canada, uses it to make fulminate, and returns the product to the United States with a duty only on the fulminate, saving over a dollar per pound versus U S production.
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Canada
United States
Internal Revenue
Metallc Cap Manufacturing Company
Prescott
St. Lawrence
Thither
Five Thousand Pistols Thrown Into New York Harbor
In New York on October 16 a police flotilla dumped about five thousand revolvers and firearms, packed in 32 cases and valued at more than 25 thousand dollars, into the outer harbor. The seized weapons, gathered from citizens and emigrants over the past year and a quarter, were auctioned before July but later destroyed under a new law to prevent reentry into circulation.
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New York
Outer Harbor
Boston Harbor
Bingham
Solice
Curio Pistols Seized in Syrian Quarter Police Purge
Police seized a mixed lot of automatic and gold mounted pearl handled American revolvers and odd pistols from Oriental countries. Many items showed Arabic craftsmanship. Officers decided to destroy them to prevent further circulation.
Social Secretary Role Becomes Essential In Washington
The position of social secretary grows and Miss Isa belle Hagner assists Mrs. Roosevelt, handling the books and recording calls required for diplomatic social functions. Knowledge of the social status of those listed is essential to manage invitations and exchanges properly.
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Isabelle Hagner
Mrs. Roosevelt
America Leads Global Rail Mile Total in 1906
A world railway tally dated January 1 1906 places total global mileage at 663771.7 miles with the United States owning 215713.39 miles and Europe 192247.52 miles. The American continent is estimated to exceed half the world’s total mileage.
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United States
Europa
Europe
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