Land Statutes Attacked at Utah Irrigation Congress
The Chicago Record-Herald reports at Ogden Utah that Senator Gibson Montana condemned land law abuses under the homestead desert land and timber and stone acts. He urged immediate repeal, citing Lincoln Grant Roosevelt and Wilson to show public lands as heritage for settlers not speculators. He praised colonization talks and Salvation Army speaker Booth Tucker and warned of rapid private absorption and the need for land distribution and irrigation led by Mormon co operation and public policy.
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Chicago Record-Herald
National Irrigation Congress
Ogden
Utah
Senator Gibson
Montana
Gibson
Congress
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Henry M. Teller
Secretary of the Interior
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
President Grant
C H. Wandams
Union Pacific Railway
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
All I Ask From Life A Poem Of Worth And Kindness
A reflective poem expressing desire for sincere smile, frank manners, savoir-faire, inner beauty, true heart, courage to act, helpful thoughts, justice, and charity. The speaker requests modest riches of virtue over wealth, wishing for a life of service, lasting memory, and forgiveness upon death. The closing plea asks for a flower upon the breast and charitable remembrance.
Labor Unions Back Hearst in Presidential Race
Labor organizations endorse Mr. Hearst for the presidency but warn such support may lack impact in the nomination contest. They note unions lack funds and typically vote with independence at election time, yielding limited influence at conventions until unified in action. From Topeka State Journal Rep.
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Hearst
Topeka State Journal
Governor Bailey Faces Padded Appropriations Critique
Governor Bailey and his aides complain the question of padded appropriations by the last legislature is ignored. He warns that persistent denial could judge him as the deaf man on the railroad track who refuses to turn and see the approaching train.
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Bailey
Lawrene Jeffersonian Gazette
Retirement of Greenbacks Aims in New Currency Bill
Chicago talks by Rep. Charles N Fowler outline a threefold plan to reform currency. It includes impounding 40 percent cash reserves, government deposits at banks with a 2 percent interest and a 5 percent asset currency backed by gold or bonds, creating a 10 million guarantee fund to convert greenbacks into gold certificates.
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Curiaco
Chas. N. Fowler
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Chicago
United States
Fowler
United States Treasury
Best Agricultural Display Wins Linn County Prize
Reports note Linn County capturing the prize for the best agricultural display. Other items mention Russia delaying evacuations, sugar consumption, Western Union replacing boys with young women in Kansas City offices, and a Cuban earthquake with no injuries despite structural damage.
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Linn County
Russia
Honchuna
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Kansas City
Eat at the Red Light Best Place in Town
A brief note promotes Eat at the Red Light as the best place in town for meals, highlighting its menu and local appeal.
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Kansas
Anna Champe
J. M. Alexander
Ratu
Rmi
Walter wUthe Hay
Garants
Kan
Postanice
Burton
New York
Irrigation Congress
City Creek
Brigham Young
Woodruffs
Mormon Church
Iife
Greenbacks
Tony
Gueda Springs
Charley Finch
Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazette
Santiago de Cuba
Ry, In
Adams
Vaughn
Tery
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