Funston Urges Alaska Post Moves and Tacoma Drill Ground
General Funston’s report on the Department of the Columbia reviews conditions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He suggests moving troops from Valdez due to a sun-blocking mountain, notes a cultivated garden at Fort Egbert near the Arctic circle, and calls for abandoning Fort Davis near Nome. He cites civil readiness and proposes acquiring land at American Lake near Tacoma for a war drill ground and concentration camp.
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Fred Funston
Department of the Columbia
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Fort Davis
Nome
General Funston
American Lake
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska Boundary Decision Grants US Inland Coastline
Dispatches report the Alaska boundary commission awarded all American contentions except the Portland canal to Canada. The ruling keeps Dyea and Skagway in Alaska and gives the US control of the White and Chilcoot passes, outlet routes from the Klondike, while Canada gains both sides of the Portland canal. Canada expresses strong disappointment.
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United States
Alaska
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Portland Canal
Canada
Lynn Canal
America
Alaska Territory
Dyea
Skagway
White
Chilcoot
Klondike
Edwards biography sparks debate over wife’s memorial
The Boston Transcript claims Jonathan Edwards devoted himself fully to ministry, leaving his wife to manage family and temporal affairs. The biographer’s portrayal is challenged by the fact he fathered eleven children, proving he did entangle with worldly life. The debate supports honoring both husband and wife equally.
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Jonathan Edwards
Boston Transcript
Captain Joan Collins Appointed Custodian of State Capitol
Captain Joan C Collins of Miami county has been named custodian of the state capitol and grounds at Topeka with a salary of 100 dollars a month. Col Geo W Veale was previously custodian but State Treasurer Kelley needed the post for a Miami county man to aid in securing the county delegation next year.
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Joan C. Collins
Miami County
Topeka
Geo. W. Veale
Kelley
Inmate murders by attendants in Oklahoma too
Kansas reports show inmate deaths caused by jailers, and Oklahoma is experiencing a similar pattern of murders of inmates by attendants, underscoring rising concerns over facility safety and oversight.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Beaten each beatable and eyed everything can eye
A compact line asserts exhaustive effort and market action with a reflective tone on selling, balking, and tasting all possible outcomes. The speaker catalogues completed, attempted, or foregone moves, implying maximal activity and caution in pursuits.
Public and Private Lights in City Utilities
Industrial Free Press notes Wellington’s electric lighting operation covers expenses from commercial lighting revenue at low rates. Winfield spends 2200 to 2300 dollars yearly for city lights. Public lighting costs are cheaper and more reliable than private plants. Comparisons show varied private rates and lower public rates in several towns, suggesting gas if found could cut costs further.
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Industral Free Press
Winfield
Wellington
Humiliation Complete and the corporate law critique
A Southwestern Grain Journal commentary cites Kansas concerns over railroad rate regulation after a Topeka Capital report. It quotes Rock Island attorney M A Low asserting the board lacks authority to set rates, warning Kansans about legislators shaped by corporate attorneys and urging scrutiny of how laws protect people from corporate greed. The piece likens rail executives to the state and ends with an editorial jab about oysters.
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Southwestern Grain Journal
Kansas Board of Railrooad Commissioners
Topeka
Rock Island
M. A. Low
Kansas
Low
Louis XVI
Hurricane Devastates Fishing Boats in Newfoundland
A hurricane raged over Newfoundland on Friday night causing extensive damage to fishing property. Several boats were foundered and vessels may have suffered major losses, impacting local fleets and harbor operations.
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New Fonndland
Eat at the Red Light the Best Place in Town
A brief note promotes a local eatery named Eat at the Red Light as the best place in town. The compact item hints at strong local sentiment toward the restaurant without additional context.
Fuel Situation Alarming in Kansas
Mayor W. O. Johnson returned from Kansas City reporting a statewide coal shortage. He noted scarce Osage and Leavenworth coal, paying premiums for car orders, and railroads confiscating mine output. He warned that best coal firms already sold sixty days ahead as cold weather nears and Kansas fuel supplies grow dire.
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Kansas
Winfield
W. O. Johnson
Kansas City
Mr. Johnson
Osage
Leavenworth
Johnson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Civic Federation Conference Held in Chicago
Tur National Civic Federation convened in Chicago late last week with Mark Hanna presiding on Friday. He praised concerted effort to unite capital and labor and credited the conservative labor elements for progress. He urged patience and compromise as the path to industrial harmony and education through federation work.
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Tur National Civic Federation
Chicago
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Civic Federation
Federation
Watterson Attacks Panama Canal Bill Over 40 Million Steal
Henry Watterson charges a 40 million theft in the Panama Canal bill and accuses the Senate of doodling. He says the measure was a pure job from start to finish, worth far less than proposed, backed by the transcontinental railway pool, as reported in the Olathe Tribune.
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Henry Watterson
United States Senate
Watterson
Washington
Trans-Continental Railway Pool
Olathe Tri
Dowie Takes Followers to New York for Sin Purge
Joan Alexander Dowie known as Elijah II leads two to three thousand followers to New York to cleanse the city of sin. He holds meetings in Madison Square Garden and has ordered guards to bar newspaper reporters, though enforcing it may prove difficult.
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Joan Alexander Dowie
Elijah II
New York
Dowie
Elijah
Madison Square Garden
Oil as fuel eyed by Boston and Maine railroad
The Boston and Maine railroad reports successful oil fuel experiments. Oil costs less than coal and yields more power, suggesting widespread adoption to curb coal confiscation and lower prices.
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Tur
Boston & Maine Railroad
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