Great Rise in U S Farm Land Values 1900 to 1905
A department of agriculture report shows farm land values rose sharply from 21.80 per acre in 1900 to 29.11 in 1905, with every state gaining. The north central states lead gains, Illinois and Iowa top value lists, while livestock values outpaced grains over 1880–1905, suggesting stock raising yields stronger farmer profits.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Union
New England
New York
New Jersey
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mid-West
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iansas
Missouri
South
North
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Mountain States
West
North Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
South Cence
North Central
Ohio
Devastating floods wipe whole villages in Behar district
A dispatch from Lahore dated Sept 6 reports floods ravaging a large Behar district area. Entire villages are destroyed and significant food crops ruined, including the indigo harvest.
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India
Lahore
Behar
Western Golf Tourney Qualifying Amid Rain
In St. Louis on September 6 the Western Golf Association amateur championship qualifying faced drenching rain and a cutting north wind. Glen Echo Club entries show Chicago line unusually large, while defending champion Chandler Mean of Chicago will not defend his title this year due to other business.
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Estern Golf Association
Chandler
Ghicasu
Pion
Sunight
Glen Echo Club
Extradition Bid for Stensland Warship Request Sent
United States officials seek a Moroccan extradition to return Paul O. Stensland, fugitive banker, from Tangier. The dispute centers on a $12,000 deposit in the Bank of Tangier and potential additional funds abroad. Governor Deneen orders a formal request to Morocco, directing delivery to Chicago officials.
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Barbour
United States
Paul O. Stensland
Tangier
Deneen
Atlee
Washington
Roosevelt
Morocco
Washington, D. C
State Department
Bank of
Stensland
Springfield
Ill
Secretary of State
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Olson
Chicago
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Fez
Grummere
Oldenburg
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Svenslana
the Tribune
Stansland
New York
Liverpool
Gibraltar
Hering Denies Bank Ruin Claim In Tangier Cable
Chicago today reports cashier Henry W. Hering of the Milwaukee Avenue bank refuting President Stensland’s claim that Hering authored the bank’s ruin. The statement was delivered by telegraph from Tangiers.
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Stensland
Chicago
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Tangiers
Davidson Wins Republican Nomination for Wisconsin Governor
Governor James O. Davidson defeated Irvine L. Lenroot by up to 20,000 votes to head the Wisconsin Republican ticket with running mate W. D. Connor for lieutenant governor. Democrat John A. Aylward leads Ernest Merton for first, John O'Meara ahead of Michael F. Blenski for second. La Follette campaigned for Lenroot amid light overall turnout. Prohibitionists and Social Democrats had already named tickets.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James O. Davidson
Irvine L. Lenroot
Davidson
W. D. Connor
Marsfield
John S. Strang
Oshkosh
John A. Aylward
Madison
Ernest Merton
Waukesha
John O'Meara
Michael F. Blenski
United States
LaFollette
Lenroot
Vermont elects Fletcher D Proctor governor with large majority
Fletcher D Proctor of Proctor son of Senator Redfield Proctor was elected Vermont governor by a large majority. Republicans claimed a plurality over Percival Clement of Rutland likely exceeding 15000. Returns indicate Republicans also hold both congressional seats and an overwhelmingly Republican legislature with 75 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and 6 Independents elected by 10 p.m.
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Montpelier
Fletcher D. Proctor
Proctor
United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Percival Clement
Rutland
David J. Foster
Burlington
Kittredge Haskin
Brattleboro
Iowa Ranks High In Rifle Team Match at Seagirt
At Seagirt New Jersey on the national life team match Iowa posted a total 455 on the 200 yard stage, with Sergeant F. E. Hilderbrand scoring Iowa’s high 44. Massachusetts and New Jersey led the field with 609 and 507 respectively, while Lieutenant E G Geist stood fifth among 278 in the presidential match.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Connecticut
District of Columbia
New York
Ohio
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Cavalry
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Montana
Indiana
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Thea
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J. L. Carlson
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America
E. G. Geist
Skees
Séagirt
Chaos and reform grip Gzar's capital during turmoil
Reports from St. Petersburg and Warsaw describe mass expulsions and violent clashes as the government pushes reform ahead. Chaos reigns after the douma dissolution with press censorship easing, strikes, and public unrest, while in the Caucasus General Bauer replaces Golochtakpoff to restore order amid Tartar-Armenian hostilities.
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Douma
Shusha
Jevenshir
Caucasus
Golochtakpots
Elizabethpol
Bauer
Alikhanoff
Grain Grading Heads to Federal Inspection in Congress
Washington moves toward scientific grain inspection and grading funded by a $15,000 appropriation. Two experts will test moisture devices and standardize grades to curb fraud and ensure fair pay for Northwest wheat raisers, boosting the Agriculture Department's reach.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Minnesota
McCumber
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Duluth
Europe
Wilson
Leslie FE. Fitz
Baltimore
Clyde EB. Leighty
New Orleans
Novelty News From Across The Nation In Brief
Milwaukee reports a cow causing a strike after workers in a tailor shop threaten to quit if animals stay in adjoining quarters. Philadelphia recounts a burglar being caught after a failed kiss threat and $20 stolen. Washington ponders Esperanto for naval officers. London notes Colonel Hosier’s estate leaving a valet significant bequests. New York describes a stamp-funded political contribution reaching Sherman’s office. Cleveland previews a twentieth century kissing atomizer. Detroit covers a pediatric fibula transplant from a dog. Paris notes many Americans stranded, seeking relief. Springfield reports Long Law’s feet preserved for China. Lewisburg chronicles a rattlesnake killer unbitten by bare hands.
Investigations Open Into International Harvester in Kansas
Kansas Attorney General C. C. Coleman announced investigations into International Harvester to determine violations of state anti trust laws. District courts in Reno and Shawnee counties will subpoena implement dealers from Topeka and Hutchinson to testify on the company’s operations.
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Topeka
Kas
International Harvester Company
C. C. Coleman
Kansas
Reno
Shawnee
Hutchinson
Arrest of Miners’ Agitators Stirs Arizona Camps
In Tucson on Sept. 6 Collis Humbert a Frenchman Leonardo Willareal and Bruno Hrevino Mexicans were arrested at the Monty and Patagonia mining camps by Immigration Inspector Murphy. They are charged as agitators seeking to organize Mexican miners to attack Nogales Sonora and seize Morales customs house and arsenal. Letters indicate plans directed by Mexican revolutionary leaders in St. Louis.
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Ariz
Collis Humbert
Leonardo Willareal
Bruno Hrevino
Monty and Patagonia
Murphy
Nogales Sonora
Morales
St. Louis
Stanford Jewels to Fund Library Sale Ordered by Trustees
The Leland Stanford University board announced the sale of the late Mrs. Jane Stanford’s jewel collection valued near 1 million dollars. Part will go private to eastern bidders, with the remainder auctioned in New York and London to support a library fund for books.
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San Franscisco
Jane Stanford
Leland Stanford University
New York
London
The
Roosevelt to Leave Sagamore Hill October 1 for Washington
President Roosevelt will depart Sagamore Hill on October 1 for Washington. Three days later he will undertake a quick trip to Harrisburg and York, Pennsylvania, to deliver speeches.
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Pennsylvania
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Till
Hartisburg
York
Rockefeller Hearing on Quash Motion in Ohio
Hearing on the motion to quash the information against John D. Rockefeller as head of Standard Oil was heard today in Findlay Ohio. Judge Banke reserved his decision and trial will follow if the information is sustained.
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Rockefeller
Notable deaths after city strike walk in San Francisco
San Francisco authorities report the deaths of J. A. Mack of Alameda and Antone Andrews of San Rafael from heart failure after a long and arduous walk from Market Street to downtown caused by a street car strike.
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Cal
J. A. Mack
Alameda
Antone Andrews
San Rafael
Market Street
Trenton Man Awakens Amid Wagon Train Collision
William Johnson slept through a wagon journey in Trenton New Jersey and woke clinging to the pilot of a freight train locomotive as his wrecked wagon lay nearby.
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Trenton
N. J
William Johnson
Victims and oddities from across the country
Albany where Miss Ella Donohue died as the fourteenth victim of a store collapse as doctors call her case extraordinary due to a spine injury from a heavy steam pipe. In Dodge, Governor Hoch met a Mr Murdock who refused to shake hands. In Bismarck Fred Scwanke rescued Miss Mabel Allison after a boat accident. In Cincinnati a hypnotic tale involved a countess and a man’s wife, and in Baltimore Charles Butts suffered a burst blood vessel from horn blasting at a picnic.
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Albany
N. Y
Ella Donohue
John G. Myers Company
Dodge
Iran
Hoch
Murdock
Bismarck
N. D
Fred W. Scwanke
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Missouri River
Mabel Allison
Baltimore
Charles Butts
Middletown
Arkansas Election Day Report: Little Leads by Wide Margin
In Little Rock today voters chose state district and county offices. Indications put Democrat J. S. Little ahead of Republican John I. Worthington by about 65,000 in the gubernatorial race.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
J. S. Little
John I. Worthington
Bishop McCabe Urges Parker to Back Administration Tickets
A letter from Bishop Charles McCabe of the Methodist church to Alton B. Parker urges support for administration tickets of New York and Mutual Life Insurance companies. He disapproves of a committee address that attacked the insurers' management.
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New York
Charles McCabe
Methodist Church
Alton B. Parker
International Policyholders’ Committee
Mutual Life
Rockefeller controls vast corporate power say gubernatorial nominee
Carlisle Pat Lewis Emery Jr who seeks governor as Democrat Lincoln Republican and independent oil operator claims Rockefeller controls corporations with total capitalization of 5.2 billion dollars amid his anti trust battles against Standard Oil.
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Carlisle
Pat—Lewis Emery, Jr
Democratic
Lincoln Republican
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Stensland Bank President Captured Near Tangier
Chicago reports Paul O. Stensland, president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, captured at Tangiers after a global chase. He traveled under alias P. Olsen and faced extradition efforts while authorities weigh piracy of funds and forgery charges.
Roosevelt signals making simplified spelling permanent if approved
In a letter to public printer Charles A. Stillings Roosevelt says changes in spelling introduced by the simplified spelling movement could become permanent if popular support follows. otherwise the reforms will be abandoned.
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N. Y
Charles A. Stillings
Washingto
Roosevelt
Bard
University Convocation Critiques Higher Education’s Culture Role
Professor William W. Wolwell of the University of Minnesota argued at a University of Chicago convocation that higher education is essential to culture, challenging prevailing views during the ceremony.
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Chicago
William W. Wolwell
University of Minnesota
University of Chicago
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