Wisconsin official lauds reform efforts after Boston trip
Daniel Woodward of the state board of control and Dr. P H Diey report to the governor on charity and correction facilities visited in Boston and across the Northeast. They cite institutions from Sing Sing to Mattewan and stress humane methods, convict employment, and a merit system as Wisconsin goals.
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Madison
Wis
Daniel Woodward
State Board of Control
P. H. Diey
National Nference of Charities and Correction
Boston
National Reform School
Ior Boys
Washington
Industrial Home School
District of Columbia
State Farm
Providence
R. IL
Sing Sing
Mattewan State Hospital
Pennsylvania State Penitentiary
Philadelphia House of Correction
Maryland
Woodward
Wisconsin
Mr. Woodward
Problems For Potters Convene In Atlantic City
The National Brotherhood of Operative Potters began its annual session in Atlantic City New Jersey with over 160 resolutions on internal affairs and working conditions to consider. Delegates from pottery centers across the United States are present and the convention may take about ten days to finish its business.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
United States
Dentist Dr J Q Bryam Found Dead In Office
Indianapolis, June 29. Dr J Q Bryam, 40, a prominent dentist, was found dead in his office with an electric cord around his neck. A note attributed the death to illness.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. Q. Bryam
Plan steel report signals vast steel trust findings
Washington reports that the Stanley committee will publish the bureau of corporations study on the steel trust. The trust allegedly controls 75 percent of ores and 60 percent of steel, with dominance of rails tubes sheet iron and tin plate and influence over railroads and ships. The plan cites Roosevelt era policy behind the Tennesee Coal and Iron absorption.
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Washington
Gary
Stanley
Bureau of Corporations
Steel Trust
Tennesse Coal & Iron Company
Roosevelt
Wisconsin Census Shows Growth Across Manufactures in 1909
The thirteenth US census of Wisconsin manufactures reports 1909 gains over 1904 in all main metrics. Key increases include salaried staff 57 percent, materials costs 52 percent, capital 47 percent, and value of products 44 percent. The number of establishments rose 14 percent to 9,722.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Falkner
William M. Stewart
Bureau of the
Cen
Double Tracking of Harriman Railroads Progress Reported
During the fiscal year ending today about twelve million dollars has been spent in double tracking the Harriman railroads. It is stated that within five years the Union Pacific Southern Pacific system will be double tracked from Omaha to San Francisco at a total cost of seventy five million dollars.
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New York
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Omaha
San Francisco
Wisconsin Girl's City Adventures
Miss Mary Sanders of Piper's Grove Wisconsin 20 visits Chicago for the first time. She asks a traffic officer a question. He blows his whistle and bursts her eardrum. A horse bites her hat and a thief steals her pocketbook. She borrows car fare from a conductor and loses track on an Illinois Central suburban train. Her relatives fear kidnapping and notify police before she boards the first train home.
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Chicago
Mary Sanders
Piper's ‘Grove
Wis
Heath
Illinois Central
fragmentary line hints at self-doubt and daily living
The readable fragment suggests a meditation on living for the day and the challenge of convincing oneself of one’s part in a larger, perhaps futile, search for meaning.
Navy to retire officers by elimination board
Washington June 30 Naval officers will be selected for compulsory retirement under the personnel law by the elimination board of rear admirals convened today. The board named comprises Rear Admirals Richard Wainwright president S P Comly G B Harber T B Howard and S H Osterhaus. Officers retired under the act will be advanced in grade.
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Washington
Richard Wainwright
S. P. Comly
G. B. Harber
T. B. Howard
S. H. Osterhaus
Taft Names Claxton Ambassador of Education
Taft appoints Philander P. Claxton of Tennessee as ambassador of education in the interior department. He succeeds Dr. E. E. Brown who resigned to become president of New York University.
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Washington
Taft
Philander P. Claxton of
Tennesse
U. S
Department of the Interior
E. E. Brown
New York University
Steamer General Wolfe Sinks after Collision Near Quebec
The steam ship General Wolfe sank after a collision with the steamer Aranmore opposite Murray Bay about 80 miles from Quebec. The Aranmore arrived in Quebec with the General Wolfe crew and passengers onboard.
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Quebec
General Wolfe
Aranmore
Murray Bay
Railroads Required to Publish Free and Reduced Fare Lists
San Francisco June 30. Beginning tomorrow railroads in the state must publish lists of persons receiving free or reduced transportation rates under a new law. The railroad commissioners have notified companies to comply. Pride loses its flavor when you have to swallow it.
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San Francisco
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la Crosse
Main Street
D. S. Komiss
J. R. Robertson
State
Monarch
Monarch Typewriter Company
S.J. de Ranitz & Company
la Crosse, Wis
Plan Steel Report
U.S. Bureau
Martin Roth
Oxford
Majestic
the Sanitary Market & Sausage Factory
Columbia
Cleveland
Hartford Monarch
Phoenix
Gudenschwager
Claxton
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U.S
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