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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
5
A national push to shift the presidential inauguration date from March 4 picks up support. A committee of prominent men plans to craft a joint resolution to Congress for a later inauguration, citing weather risks and health concerns on March 4.
Analysis of Hungarian unrest reports sharp speeches at coalition meetings in Budapest and Vienna seeking language reforms in the army. Leaders push for wider autonomy while Emperor Franz Josef rebuffs Hungarian leaders, signaling a deepening constitutional crisis in Austria Hungary.
Members from Washington and across the states discuss shifting the inauguration date to avoid weather and health risks. The notion splits on aligning with Congress end dates, with proposals for April or May and Sunday avoidance.
A rear end collision between the New York limited from St. Louis and a local Pennsylvanian train at Paoli station west of Philadelphia killed five men and injured more than twenty. The impact hurled passengers, including General Manager Atterbury, into damaged cars as fire raged and the locomotive plowed into a private car.
Fragments show a Port area proposal converting ground to commercial shops and extra terminals. A financial note cites a $31 accretion and 36,145 mazcabsre factors in the plan.
Washington readers greet President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt upon their return from Oyster Bay. Fifty thousand people gather along Pennsylvania Avenue to welcome him as he plans to tackle a packed agenda, including appointing a new public printer and shaping railway rate legislation amid canal and Hague tribunal decisions.
The article notes Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers forming unions and seeking affiliation with the American Federation of Labor through cooperative action. Joseph W. Aforten, former president of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen, cites anticipated alliances between farm workers, farmers, and city labor. Mr. Morton predicts stronger farm union influence and potential strikes if prices and market power push back, with AFL meet in Pittsburg in November drawing Texas and Wisconsin representation.
The Canauia equal concession is awarded to J J Markel of Qmatha Neb and approved by President Roosevelt. Official sanction completes the formal award process.
Zion founder Joan Alexander Dowie suffered a stroke and paralysis on the eve of leaving for Mexico. The illness, kept secret until Leaves of Healing revealed it, halted his drive toward the Mexico project and his designated successor remains unnamed.
Railroads pledge low rates for migrant labor on western projects and anticipate a surge of traffic to the Pacific coast after peace talks. The industry reports $2 billion in revenue last year and assets about four times that amount this year with 3,500 workers on government and private lines. New equipment orders aim to speed services like the Overland Limited between Chicago and San Francisco. A tested high speed discharging device is now in use on a fast mail train on the San Pedro route in Nevada and California, signaling a vast opened region and potential empire-sized expansion.
A guide explains how to stop horses from pulling at their stalls by concentrating manure on a small wet plot rather than spreading it thin. It warns against homeopathic manure doses and emphasizes efficiency. The text then shifts to poultry farm waste, noting stale eggs' many uses in gloves, disinfectants, shireblacking, and as fertilizer, plus eggs used in wine and photographic industries.
An old manual excerpt describes a horse restraint using a rope tied around the body with a soft muslin pad to prevent soreness, plus instructions on a road building division expanding its scope and a post graduate highway engineering course. It also covers a homemade wire street sweeper and a 7 practical land leveler with boat attachment diagrams.
Fresh report on the Uruguay potato suggests limited commercial value where potatoes thrive. Plant is tropical, struggles in cool weather, competes poorly with common and sweet potatoes, and often becomes weedy after escape. Some hope for future improvement, but current use remains impractical.
Under favorable circumstances four of clover hay should be taken per acre. Farmers report some achieve such yields, though not often. The text notes patience and care in haying practice and stresses consistent annual effort to improve per acre output.
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