Mass of 1900s York State News Fragmentary Report
E N Hopkins Sanford Sellers Bay Myri Susscephion and Lexington office page note a tax peddling vote, Prohibition amendment killed in state senate by twenty to, W O Allister’s club license sent to engrossment with expected fierce fight. Contenders named against John A Koott for railroad and warehouse commissioner in fifteenth district. Weather bureau reports April coldest in 26 years, Rockefeller donates over two million to University of Chicago, total gifts this year exceed five million. Mulvihill finds old rule banning saloons within two hundred yards of parks. about two hundred licenses in St Louis may be revoked by July 1. Missouri Legislature in special session trading votes ahead of adjournment. Engineer Stevens praised for lakes to Gulf waterway and asked to address the subject in St Louis.
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Mulvihill
St. Louid
Waterway probe May inspection and famine relief ship
The Waterways Commission will inspect the Mississippi River up to May, reporting to Congress. A relief steamer sails from San Francisco to China with four million pounds of flour. Contemporaries discuss Crusader quests, Pope land deals, and Peary's polar efforts, while Luther Burbank publishes a book on child rearing linked to botany and science.
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San Francisco
China
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Kansas City Journal backs factions for 1908 conventions
The Kansas City Journal endorses Folk of Francis for the Democratic nomination and Cortelyra for the Republican one. It notes President Roosevelt’s stance on Cronin and jokes about a public letter list. Kansas City bids for the 1908 Republican national convention, with mass meetings funding a partial bonus and efforts to attract Eastern Republicans to visit.
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Kansi
Kansas City
Kanada City
Cost of living up 57 percent in 25 years
Estimates show living costs rose 57 percent over a quarter century. Profits and skilled labor wages likely increased similarly, while unskilled wages may not have kept pace. A wide gap remains between estimated living costs and actual scale of living across classes. The text notes the scale of living now aligns more closely with earnings than ever before.
Leary backs government rail line with auto road plan
John Leary, a Wall Street financier, advocates government ownership of a transcontinental railroad. He argues it would profit the government by moving people and regulate freight rates. He proposes government bonds to take over an existing line and to parallel the route with a government‑built automobile road at public expense.
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Wallatreat
Bryan
Mr Leary
Leary
River improvements rise with canal agitation claims
The public favors river improvements due to canal advocacy and rail transport inadequacy. Five or six years of phenomenal crops and rail legislation strained freight markets, prompting relief. Our great waterways are valuable and deserve initiative to tap their potential, despite past declines in river navigation.
Revival of River Commerce vs. Railroads Debate
The article discusses river commerce revival amid rail dominance, notes changes in future transport goods, mentions Missouri Senate killing a minor corporate tax bill, and critiques revenue law reform and local corruption. It also references a slow San Francisco investigation and a mayoral witness claim, questioning municipal government integrity and reform prospects.
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San Francisco
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Kansan City Excelsor Springs and St. Joseph Electric Rail Plan
The projectors of the Kansas City Excels or Springs and St. Joseph electric railroad seek city council franchises to build an interurban network centering Kansas City. An option exists for an eastern terminus and the deal hinges on East location. Construction on the Kansas City and St. Joseph line is slated to start next week with double tracking to connect with external lines.
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Kansan City
Kansas City
Western universities lagging yet improving, Hadley notes
Yale president Hadley argues Western colleges are behind Eastern schools in endowments and traditions though improving. He cites local funding and broader traditions as factors, predicting Missouri and other Western institutions will gain in time while acknowledging current Eastern lead in enrollment and wealth.
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Missouri
Obituary notice of Reuben A Stigall of Sunshio Ray County
Reuben A. Stigall of Sunshio Ray County died at his home last week aged 73. He had lived in Ray County about forty years and was well known locally. He was married three times and had twenty five children, two of whom survive. Miss Mattie Speas traveled to Kansas City Thursday morning for a few days.
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Sunshio
Ray County
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Mattie Speas
Kansas City
Gaya Bay
Wrote an Opera in Twenty Four Hours by Hammerstein Tale
Article narrates Oscar Hammerstein as a multifaceted impresario and inventor. It recounts his rise in New York, his clashes with major opera houses, and a famed 24 hour feat where he supposedly wrote and staged an opera after wagering $500.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera
New York City
Heimrich
Metropolitan Opera
Oscar Hammerstein i
Eigar
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