Global postal pact eyed changes in Manchuria and rail rights
A wide range of items covers a China Japan postal agreement granting China mail monopoly on its railways and equal rights on the Japanese line with Manchuria in focus. Also noted are a Rome examination over Alaska coal land patents and a Vienna tale of Countess Gizyck’s marriage woes. Captain Robert F. Scott defends Peary in Antarctic matter.
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China
Japan
Manchuria
R. C. Riblet
Rome
J. M. Sheridan
W. J. Magee
American Department of the Interior
Alaska
Riblet
Vienna Neuses Wiener Tageblatt
Gizyck
Eleanor Patterson
Chicago
R. W. Patterson
Robert F. Scott
York
Peary
Bartlett
Taft to attend Roosevelt reception and navy plans debated
Reports note Taft to assist at Roosevelt reception and Secretary Meyer to present navy feasibility ideas. Also mentions Taft proclaiming minimum tariff rates with South American states and the senate probing high prices. Peary’s promotion to rear admiral passes, with other political and public notices throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Roosevelt
Meyer
Senate
Peary
Fairbanks
Vatican
Iowa Supreme Court of
Iowa
Sherman
Snald
S. Grant
Brooklyn
Fred Grant
Gustave
Bennett
John L. Sullivan
Katharine Hartnett
Princeton University
Louis Wollfles
Arizona
Los Angeles
National Sugar Refining Company
New York
Joseph Abraham
Salisbury
West
White House
Houses
Congress
Indianapolis Sun
Rudolph Leeds
Richmond
Ind
W. B. Leeds
Booker T. Washington
Springfield
Lincoln
Charles
Aerial crossing plans and political shifts in 1909 headlines
A Burgess style wire reports on various 1909 topics. Joseph Brucker prepares an Atlantic crossing by dirigible with Col Shack and A Mesner. Hayes faces defeat in congress. Over 100 National Editorial association members depart New Orleans for Panama. Roosevelt's visit eyed by Paris Figaro. Jewett dies in Kansas City. Mexican uprisings feared near Chuichupa. Princeton graduate college offer withdrawn. Drexel engagement announcement from London. Sebree transfers flag to California. Kansas union wages rise by 24 dollars. Swope nurse testifies. Immigration commission criticized. Archbishop Ireland defends Pope Pius stance. Mexico railroad disputes settle. Peru Normal seeks Crabtree resignation. Pension agency closures urged. Dr Hyde faces murder charge. Lovering dies. Congress adjourns. Marsh calls exchange bill unconstitutional. General Chanzy wreck noted with many deaths. Cudahy tax ruling on property. Envelopes with business addresses to be discontinued.
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Dispatch
Teneriffe
Atlantic
Joseph Brucker
Shack
A. Mesner
Hayes
House
National Editorial Association
New Orleans
Cartago
Panama
Paris Figaro
Fallieres
Elysee Palace
Roosevelt
Erwin S. Jewett
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Chuichupa
Mexico
California
Kansas
Swope
Independence
Macon
Arkansas
Immigration Commission
Ireland
Pope Pius
Fairbanks
Nebraska Board of Education
Crabtree
Peru Normal
Appropriations Committee
Hyde
Congress
Representative Lovering
Massachusetts
Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
Minorca
Supreme Court of Kansas
Wyandotte
Cudahy Packing Company
Taft to pick Ellis successor. tariff and trade notes
President Taft will authorize Attorney General Wickersham to choose a successor to Wade H. Ellis, who resigned to enter Ohio politics. A Hull Tennessee measure questions cotton states’ representation in diplomatic posts for nations buying U S cotton. Taft urged relief for Panama canal workers injured before May 30 1908. Rear Admiral Good rich questioned the Meyer plan and hailed potential Newberry plan savings. A proclamation extends Payne Aldrich tariff rates to seven countries and 1908 U S Argentine trade shows exports at 34.351 million and imports at 12.567 million.
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Taft
Wickersham
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Secretary of State
House
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Hull
Tennessee
Congress
Panama Canal
Caspar S. Goodrich
House Naval Committee
Meyer
Navy Department
Argentina
Brazil
Urugua
Paraguay
Mexico
Tanama
Liberia
State Department
United States
Charles Adair Dies in Osawatomie at 47
Personal obituary notes Charles Adair nephew of John Brown died in Osawatomie Kansas aged forty seven. He was born in Ohio. The item records his death and kinship connection to historic figure John Brown.
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Charles Adair
John Brown
Osawatomie
Kas
Ohio
Taft
New York State
Dahlman
Omaha
W. J.bryan
Congress
New York
Hitchcock
Latta Gent
Lincoln
Postal Bank and Statehood Bills Stir Senate Reckoning
Washington February 17. Republican leaders plan a conference after the senate session to harmonize amendments to the postal savings bank bill and review Taft policies. Alaska’s federal incorporation measure and a bill to create a regulatory body for the territory face opposition and possible postponement. Arizona and New Mexico statehood moves gain early attention while interstate commerce amendments receive new impetus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
Washington, D. C
Legislative Council
Alaska
Beveridge
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Wonderberry or Sunberry gains fame as garden fruit
Luther Burbank developed the Wonderberry or Sunberry and John Lewis Childs introduced it. Testimonials include John Burroughs praising its pie berries, a New York Agricultural Experiment Station director noting abundant fruit even in sand, and many growers reporting high yields and early or long-season fruiting across the country.
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Luther Burbank
John Lewis " Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
John Burroughs
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Canada
D. S. Hall
Wichita
Kan
K. S. Enochs
Hammond
J. H. Powers
Kenwood Avenue
Chicago
J. P. Swallow
Kenton
Ohio
Rev. H. B. Sheldon
Pacific Grove
Cal
W. T. Davis
Enon
Judge Morrow
U.S. Circuit Court
Childs
Hattie Vincent
Hayden
New Mexico
Reform Beaten in Philadelphia Municipal Elections
In Philadelphia on February 17 reform measures suffered a decisive defeat as the Republican organization swept city elections. No reformers won seats on the city councils or the board of magistrates. The Republicans elected nine magistrates outright and, using votes from the Workingmen's League ticket, secured additional seats, defeating Democratic and reform candidates. three Workingmen's League nominees were Democratic allies.
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Philadelphia
Republican Organiztion
Workingmen's League
Democratic
Reform
Noorkingmen’s
Democratic Organization
Jeff Davis Attacks Owen Over Pipeline Bill
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas denounced Senator Owen of Oklahoma in a fiery Senate speech arguing Owen seeks a general bill to grant right of way for a gas pipeline through Arkansas public lands. Davis linked the bill to the Standard Oil interests and Prairie Creek Co and warned against violating anti trust laws.
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Washington
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Standard OH Co
J. D Rockefeller
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Owen
Davis
Prairie Creek Co
Standard of) Co
Stae
Fight Against Tuberculosis Gains Ground in 1909
A 1909 report shows 163 new anti tuberculosis associations formed and 133 new hospitals and hospit als established, with 91 dispensaries opened. Compared with prior years, the record marks notable progress in the U S campaign against consumption. By January 1 1910 there were 8394 associations 386 hospitals and sanatoria and 265 dispensaries nationwide.
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United States
Pitching a Curve. Game Warden.
Deer found dead on premises. farmer admits wife threw a stun at the hens and the deer near the barn was hit. Warden questions denial of killing.
Noonan Hotel Burns In Fatal Fire
The Great Northern hotel at Noonan North Dakota was destroyed by fire caused by an overturned lamp in a room occupied by William S. Taul who was burned to death. Sagen's pool room and Rouse's millinery store also burned with total losses around 7000 dollars and new building work has begun.
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Noonan
N. D
Great Northern
Wm. S. Taul
Sagen
Rouse
Taul
Taft Names Officials
Washington announces nominations by the president including Harry H Bone as United States attorney for Kansas and James F Shea as United States marshal for North Dakota. Henry F Millikan would be registers of land offices at Dodge City Kansas and Joseph Little of Wyoming would serve at Sun Dance Wyoming.
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Washington
United States
District of Kansas
Harry H Bone
District of North Dakota
James F Shea
Henry F. Millikan
Kansas
Dodge City
Kan
Joseph Little
Wyomire
Sun Dance
Wyoming
Dynamite Bomb I.n Jamaica Targets Wealthy Merchant
A dynamite blast at the doorway of Oscar Catanzaro's Jamaica house caused panic and knocked down a passing policeman who recovered. Catanzaro, a wealthy merchant, had received threats from Black Hand letters demanding $1,000 but refused to turn them over to police. The explosion caused little structural damage.
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Blackhand
New York
Jamaica
Oscar Catanzaro
Catanzaro
Postum Credited With Cure Of Stomach Trouble
A clear headed bookkeeper from a western city credits Postum with curing his stomach trouble after years of coffee and tea. He says neuralgia and nervousness vanished after switching to Postum and that work hours in a large firm feel less taxing. He urges others with long mental demands to try Postum and notes the product’s promotion in a company pamphlet.
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Postum
Amery
Lee Held to Face Federal Trial for Counterfeiting Plant
In Helena a writ of habeas corpus seeks Henry O T Lee to be brought from Leavenworth to Montana for indictment on possessing counterfeit money and counterfeited coins. He faces joint trial with his father and brother as secret service calls the case pivotal. the counterfeiting plant described as one of the nation’s largest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan
Henry O.T. Lee
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Lee
Governors and rail officials urge end to Montana switchmen strike
Governor Norris and Montana railroad commissioners telegraph to Governors Eberhart of Minnesota and to Northern Pacific and Great Northern presidents urging settlement of the switchmen strike. They seek adjustment of differences before arbitration in Chicago and note the need for smooth railroad service amid a large Northwest immigration movement.
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Helena
Norris
Howley
A. O. Eberhart
St. Paul
Montana
Elliott
Hill
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Railroad Commission
Chicago
Northwest
Double Police Rows In Helena After Supreme Court Ruling
Helena faces a civil crisis as a Supreme Court decision creates a double police force and costs the city about 14 000 in salaries. Mayor Edwards earlier removed Captain Leonard Bailey and others, then rehired replacements who sued. The court decision bars removal of the Bailey group, requiring back pay for lost time, though no appropriation existed for the salaries. The mayor warned restored officers they could not be paid without funds, while the city is expected to cover the wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Edwards
Leonard Bailey
Indians Object to Opening Lands in Montana Reservation
A Crow delegation to Commissioner Valentine protested a senate Indian affairs bill to open the unalloted Montana reservation lands for settlement. About 1,836,000 acres would be opened, with leasing for grazing projected to yield the Crow about 160,000 dollars this year, versus 40,000 last year. They argued only 150,000 acres of the 1,500,000 opened six years ago have been settled, and the remainder should wait until current lands are used.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Valentine
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Montana
Hatfield- Culbertson Danceyard Shooting. Local Boy Wounded
John Bauer a local pu gilist was shot and mortally wounded by John Hatfield at a dance. The bullet broke a collar bone and entered the left lung causing severe injury. Hatfield, a Tennessee native and descendant of the Hatfields, surrendered to the constable at the homestead of Carry Hatfield, sister of the alleged assailant.
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Hatfield
Visitor Bids Three Dollars for Old Mill Painting
In a brief exchange the visitor compliments The Old Mill and offers three dollars to buy the artwork, proposing to include a frame. The artist considers the offer.
Seven Years of Itch Ends With Cuticura Remedies
A man describes seven years of a spreading leg irritation causing sleepless nights and weight loss. After trying doctors with no help, he reports relief using Cuticura Resolvent with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting the condition disappeared and did not recur six months later.
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W. H. White
BE. Cabot St
Philadelphia
Doubtful tale of Sunday lesson on Noah flood quoted
A school teacher recalled a recent Sunday class describing a deluge and the story of forty days and nights. A pupil then asked if farmers were satisfied, adding a humorous tit bit to the discussion.
Expert Help Ensures a Job Done Right
A sharp remark extols hiring an expert to achieve quality work, contrasting it with a flawed plan. The speaker emphasizes practical sense in seeking skilled assistance rather than attempting the task alone.
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Postal Bank
Noonan Hotel
Burns
Eberhart
Elliott and
Helena Force
Sea Ten
Italy
Fizer
C. B. Fizer
Mr. Sterling
California Fig. Syrup .Co
Aimieted Sr
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