Washington Notes on Wages and Wars in 1901
A detailed Washington summary reports a proposed bill by Mr. Mitchell fixing $2 as the minimum wage for women in government employ, debt figures for 1901, naval and post office staffing changes, and policy shifts. It notes Roosevelt era measures, monetary data, and administrative staff actions, including wireless plans, mint coinage, and a cabinet dinner.
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Mitchell
S. Clark
J. A. Jones
Arignoua
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Denver Market Prices Summary for Beef and Grain
Denver markets list prices for beef steers and cows by weight and feed, calves and feeders, hogs and muttons, spring lambs, and ewes. Grain and hay prices cover wheat rye corn oats bran and alfalfa, with per 100 pounds and per ton figures, plus live poultry and eggs prices for various grades and products.
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PF. Pr
Ib. PL. R
Colorado
Nebraska
Timothy
South Park
As True As Gospel and Paths of Labor
A reflective piece urging virtue, self improvement, and service. It extols the value of leadership with purpose, kindness as social music, and humane restraint. The text emphasizes labor balanced with rest, happiness for many, and turning sorrow into noble growth through steady effort.
Victims of Greed Among Birds in Food Brawls
The Detroit Free Press recounts how birds befall choking deaths from swallowing prey too large for their throats. Herons, fish hawks, and gulls often gulp items beyond capacity. sometimes they disgorge, but greed can trap a bird mid swallow and end in death or dire peril.
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George E. Walsh
Detroit Free Press
Telegraphic Brevities From A Busy News Day
The Czar’s American dentist Dr Wollason receives St Anne third class. Plague breaks out at Smyrna. British unions total two million members, 122000 women. Algoma Tube Works formed in Ontario with capital unknown. plant at Sault Ste Marie. Sinnish papers suppressed over Russophobia. coronation naval review planned at Spithead. Freight agents along the Mississippi rail system ordered to halt rate cutting from January 1. Mrs Pinkham dies at nearly 104 in Millbridge Maine. Illinois McKinley Memorial fund nears the 20000 mark. Boston smallpox crisis prompts compulsory vaccination for 170000 residents. Secret service warns of counterfeit $20 certificates. Carnegie offers Kalispell Montana a 10000 library gift with site and annual 1000 maintenance. Northern Pacific train news agents to be discontinued after January 1. dining cars to host papers. New NYSE seat price hits 80000 with prior record 75000. NY post office stamp revenue in 1901 likely 13000000, up from 3000000 in 1878. Kruger letter to Roosevelt planned aboard January visit by C M Wessels. Brooklyn bridge jump survivor found after three hours unconscious. Pigeons yield to wireless at Brooklyn navy yard. tests to start. Scottish artist John Dalrymple dies in Belfast. Birmingham, Alabama Christmas tree gifts for 2000 children. silver quarters to theatergoers. D P Wheeler found dead due to electric shock at Akron bank vault. Rumor of Irish land bill linked to compulsory purchase. Marconi wireless link planned between New Haven and Dieppe. Guides for ship departures issued with luggage, passenger counts.
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Wollason
Consul Lane
State Department
Washington
Smyrna
Trades Unions of
Great Britain
Algoma Tube Works
Ontario
Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
London Standard
Spithead
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain Region
Pinkham
Millbridge
Maine
Paul Pinkham
Alexander I. Revell
Tllinoisaux
McKinley Memorial Aislion
Boston
Board of Health
Andrew Carnegie
Kalispell
Montana
New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Post Office
Broekhuysen
Amsterdam
C. M. Wessels
United States
Kruger
Roosevelt
John Winover
Midgetown
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John Dalrymple
Belfast
Ireland
Dalrymple
Royal Academy
Birmingham
Alabama
William Fr. Cochran
Southern
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cochran
Augustus L. Allen
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
F. B. Morse
Europe
D. P. Wheeler
Citizens’ National Bank
Akron
Ohio
Will Call Extra Session Of Colorado Legislature
Denver reports Governor Orman plans an extra session within weeks to address the revenue law. Debate focuses on railroad commission potential, employer liability, capital punishment bill issues, and possible immediate special appropriations for institutions amid questions over printing amendments and legality.
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Colorado
Denver
Orman
Montgomery
Havens
Clerk Montgomery
State Board of Equation
Go Hor
Legistors
Post
Dib Lawrence Hex
Pueblo County
Stubbs
Friends of
Senate
Representatives
House
Chinese Empress Maintains Reserved Reform Tale
Pekin dispatch reports the dowager empress shows little change in reform stance. Yang Lu plans anti foreign corps. censorship tightens as independent paper closed and an industrial school shut. A new edict on the Belgian priest murder pledges punishment and hints at conciliatory aims toward Christians as court fears foreign entrapment after return to Pekin.
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Pekin
Yang Lu
Ning Sha Foo
Kan Soo
Prince Ching
Legation
Yung Lu
Desperadoes murder a Wyoming sheriff near Casper
Casper Wyoming January Denver Republican Special reports sheriff William Ricker of Natrona county murdered at Woodward ranch in Garfield park while pursuing escapees Jeff Franklin F S Foote and Charles and Clarence Woodward. Battle rages for thirty minutes. deputies and posse pursue armed outlaws with strong local support. Sheriff Ricker dies. Hazen previously killed by train robbers near Tea Pot Creek.
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Casper
Wyo
Denver
William Ricker
Natrona County
Woodward Ranch
Garfield Park
Rattlesnake Mountains
Jeff Franklin
F. S. Foote
Charles
Clarence Woodward
Ricker
Big Horn Mountains
Hole in-the-Wall
Wyoming
Joe Hazen
Wilcox
Tea Pot Creek
Safety Better Than Style in Canadian Army Dress
The imperial authorities in Canada order abandonment of gold lace swords belts and conspicuous shoulder straps in every branch of Great Britain s army. The reform stems from lessons in South Africa where Boer marksmen easily target officers due to visible rank insignia.
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Halifax
Canada
Great Britain
South Africa
Denver Citizens' Committee Forms to Fight Local Murders
A mass meeting in Lincoln Park, Denver, with nearly 2000 attendees, resolved to form a citizens committee of vigilantes for mutual protection against a rising criminal class. The group plans to meet at Coliseum Hall to finalize leadership and actions, with Dr. Stephen Grant and labor leader Rles Hagan among organizers.
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Denver
Lincoln Park
Harold Fridborn
Coliseum Hall
Stephen Grant
Fridborn
Arapahoe County
Sampson’s Condition Worsens Slowly in Washington
Admr Samp son’s illness advances steadily toward the end with arterial degeneration symptoms, creating great uncertainty. Medical science cannot check it and the patient grows less tractable and responsive to treatment.
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Washington, Jan
Sampson
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