Prosperity Items Reflect On Wealth Gaps And Union Warnings
Daly Press-Idlers Roll contrasts with Carpenter union notices as wealth producers are urged to heed warnings while building work dries up. A spread lists dozens of cities from Birmingham to Des Moines where carpenters are asked to stay away, highlighting widespread disruption and political rhetoric versus actual conditions faced workers nationwide.
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Daly Press
The
Carpenter
Carpenters’ Union
Birmingham
Ala
Colorado Springs
Col
Cripple Creek
Cobh
Denver
Victor
Bloomington
Canton
Lincoln
Alpena
Minneapolis, Minn
St. Louis
Kansas City
Scranton
Seattle
Wash
Cleburn
Austin
Bridgeport
LONDON POOR FIND CHANCE IN CITY WORKS OF SURVIVAL
An inquest reveals London's poor survive by odd jobs and scavenging. Filched papers, gate hanging, and cab rim guarding are among the mean trades used to earn fractions daily. Onion peeling and street scavenging yield meager pay, with honest labor rarely exceeding a few pence.
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London
Hand loom weaving lingers amid machine age decline
The Ivonton Express notes that hand loom weaving remains in remote areas but faces sharp competition from machine made goods. Weavers receive about 1R point, making it impossible to sustain life and livelihoods are strained.
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Ivonton Express
How Millionaires Are Made From Unearned Fortune
Ralph Hoyt argues in the San Francisco Star that modern wealth mainly comes from monopolies and private appropriation of natural opportunities. He cites Chicago land gains from 3 cents to millions, illustrating how rentier wealth accrues with minimal effort. He calls for a just method to curb such fortune accumulation.
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Ralph Hoyt
San Francisco Star
A.W. Ringland
Rielle Bldg
Chicago
Tax relief urged to spur factory growth in Pennsylvania
In a York Gazette letter, a writer argues current taxes punish enterprise by taxing land and improvements. He says idle land pays little tax while building factories and employing workers faces high taxes. He urges partial or total factory tax exemptions as a prudent first step.
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York
Gazelle
Public Improvements and the 1896 Tax Relief Debate
The Salisbury act of 1896 promised relief for farmers but liberals warned it would aid landlords. Before, landlords gave tenants half tax rebates. after, farmers got half tax relief but rents rose in full. The editorial argues landlords benefit, not tenants, from government aid and notes a timeless truth about public subsidies enriching landowners.
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London
Chicago
Georgia boy reports on China in a rough verse
A Georgia boy’s composition mocks Chinese heathen worship and mocks missionaries. He claims his father was a China missionary who was knocked out by boxers and lost fingers and a hymn book. He claims moral failures and home missions take the cake.
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Georgia
China
Jon Board
Home Missions
Avanta
Queen Victoria childhood and early vaccination noted
The article observes Queen Victoria had a typical childhood and highlights that she was the first member of the royal family vaccinated, undergoing the procedure when we were still young.
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Vittoria
Ruys
Iowa School Consolidation Gains Ground in Iowa
Des Moines reports growing interest in school consolidation as Iowa seeks to reduce the number of subdistricts and cut costs. State Superintendent Barrett says township units may abolish subdistricts, enabling district consolidation and pupil transport at public expense. About fifty subdistricts transport pupils. a dozen districts run township high schools, with rural schools centralizing gradually.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Teachers’ Association
Barrett
Mullan
Railroad Men Must Never Drink Reform Says Great Western
Des Moines dispatch reports Great Western railroad orders all employees from using intoxicating liquor at any time and from entering saloons whether on or off duty. Train and station crews and all in responsibility are affected with potential immediate discharge for violations. Employees are urged to settle debts and show reasonable excuses if any exist.
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Des Moines
Great Western Railroad
State University of Iowa seeks 14125 claim from Iowa
Claim Fourteen Thousand Iowa City March 12 Secretary Hadock of the board of regents of the State University of Iowa asserts the state owes the university 14125. The balance results from the auditor of state's refusal to issue warrants under old code and 1897 code changes. Six thousand dollars has been recovered.
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Iowa City
Hadock
Board of Regents
The
State University of Iowa
State of Iowa
State University
Auditor of State
Sisters of Charity File $150,000 Mortgage Deed
The Sisters of St Joseph at Mt. Carmel filed with the county recorder a trust deed for 150000 to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co to secure a loan. The deed covers all property owned by the sisters in Dubuque Clinton and Polk counties.
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Sisters of Charity
Dubuque
Sisters of St. Joseph, B. WY. M
Mt. Carmel
County Recorder
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Clinton
Polk
Towa Coat Miners Adjourn On New Scale Agreement
Towa coal miners and mine operators concluded an eleven day convention in Ottumwa Iowa with a new scale for the coming year. While miners did not win a mine run scale they report the changes to the existing scale are favorable to them.
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Towa Coat
Ottumwa
Towa
Express Robbers Indicted in Iowa Case
Express robbery charges against Jack Jackson and John Stovall led to indictments by the grand jury in Enison Iowa. The case centers on the Manilla lower express robbery.
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Sloux City
Jack Jackson
John Stovall
Manilla, Lower
Enison
Iowa
Blinded by a Haut Pin In Dubuque
Miss Mary Heingartner, 44, of Dubuque, mistook a bat pin for a light and stabbed it into her eye. Doctors fear loss of sight in the other eye and possible total blindness.
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Dubuque
Mary Heingartner
General Prime in Pasig Describes Philippine Insurrection
Des Moines March 9 A letter to Adjutant General Byers from General John R Prime commander of the Pasig post in the Philippines recounts insurgent activity waning under a tough policy. He notes volunteers moving home and expects the Forty second to depart by April while small bands continue a limited guerrilla war.
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Dyers
Des Moines
Byers
John R. Prime
Pasig
Philippine Islands
General Prime
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Jackson
Volunter Infantry
Philippines
Feld
Gugus
Old Murder Case Revived In Des Moines Prominent Farmer Targeted
A long-forgotten Greene county murder case resurfaces as a blackmail attempt targets farmer J. E. Moss near Scranton. A North Dakota letter demands $100 to keep silent about an unsolved death near Scranton five years ago. The writer cites R. P. Myrs as possessive of the facts and threatens exposure unless paid. Moss declines the demand.
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Des Moines
Greene County
Scranton
J. E. Moss
Cando
N. D
Moss
R. P. Myrs
Iowa Railway Assessment Reports For 1900
Iowa railroad reports show a general rise in business from 1899, with most branches posting increases while some decline. The executive council, aided by secretary A H Davison and assistant A A Swan, tabulates data for 1901 assessments and notes schemes to distribute earnings by division were to be halted by affidavit forms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Executive Council
A. H. Davison
A. A. Swan
Prominent Farmer in Clarinda Ends Own Life
William Whitney, a well to do 40 year old farmer owning a 100 acre farm four and a half miles west of Clarinda, shot himself Friday night after telling his wife he would kill wolves. The self inflicted wound, no sign of accident, left him dead in the barn corner. found by his children.
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Clarinda
Willliam
Whitney
Contest for Grand Chancellor head in Iowa Knights of Pythias
In March prospects of a contest for the office of grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Iowa emerge with Dr L W Porterfield of Atlantic and W S Smith of Davenport as candidates. Eastern versus western Iowa competition expected. Smith challenged Bernard Murphy of Vinton last year but Murphy prevailed. Iowa Can Help Out: governor’s office notes Nebraska prisoners could be housed in Anamosa and Fort Madison while a Nebraska penitentiary is rebuilt. Governor Shaw away in Washington. Keene of the state board of control says two prisoners per cell could handle up to 300 Nebraskans.
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Sioux City
Kniights
Pythias
Iowa
L. W. Porterfield
Atlantic
W. Smith
Davenport
Smith
Bernard Murphy
Vinton
Murphy
Towa
Des Moines
Nebraska
Shaw
Washington
Keene
State Board of Control
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Roosevelt Faces Senate Show Of Applause And Rule Debate
Washington March 7 Vice President Roosevelt prompted applause as he called the Senate to order in a brief opening. The chamber debated limits on debate and referred Platts amendment to the rules committee while Morgan argued against the Clayton Bulwer treaty. The session adjourned at 3 o clock after an extended speech and executive session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
Committee On Rules
Alabama
Pettus
Teller
Colorado
Congress
Committee On
Morgan
United States
Great Britain
Mr. Morgan
Warren
Wyoming
Expense of the Fifty Sixth Cannon and Livingston Report
Representative Cannon and Representative Livingston prepared statements of the Fifty sixth congress appropriations. They place total congress appropriations at 1 440 062 545 with first session at 710 150 862 and second at 729 911 683. A prior congress total is listed at 1 568 212 637 and a comparison shows the Fifty fourth congress at 1 044 580 273.
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Cannon
Livingston
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Representative Livingston
Secretary Hay Testifies To His Own Fidelity
Secretary Hay testifies to his own ability and fidelity by signing his commission, thereby declaring implicit confidence in himself and his cabinet colleagues. The action underscores self-assurance amid cabinet leadership.
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Washington
Hay
Land Transfers Grow brisk in west with large applications
Omaha dispatch reports ongoing western land movement at unprecedented vigor. Union Pacific Land Company received 14 applications totaling 6,560 acres. Most applications covered farming tracts in central Kansas, while one sought 2,880 acres in Arapahoe County Colorado by A N Crawford of Fort Morgan Cole.
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Omaha
West
Union Pacific Land Company
Kansas
Arapahos County
Colorado
A. N. Crawford
Fort Morgan
Cole
The Duty of Mothers and Mrs Pinkham
A discussion on maternal neglect and woman sickness promotes consulting Lydia E. Pinkham. A Wisconsin mother cites her daughter’s irregular menses and pain, and Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is claimed to cure her daughter’s troubles.
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August Pfalzgraf
South Byron
Wis
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