Water Power Trust Forming Pinchot Warns of Centralized Power
At the Irrigation Congress in Spokane Gifford Pinchot charged that a water power trust is forming and vows to resist it. He urged equality of opportunity and warned that centralized power would control all industry, risking democracy and the common good. He claimed legal tricks favor big interests and said protest must come now before power becomes unified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Mere
Water Power Trust
Pinchot
One Power Corporation
Roosevelt
ODR
Tuphi
Thein
General Electric
United States
Ehle
Anin
Spettman
Washington
New African Gold Field Discovered in Abercorn District
Glowing reports reach Huluwayo South Africa of a gold deposit in the Abercorn district of British Central Africa described as similar to the Rand formation. The ore body is said to extend over a six mile area, promising a major new gold field discovery.
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Huluwayo
South Africa
Abercorn
British Central Africa
Rand
Thaw Chronology Shows Costs of Stanford White Slayings
A chronological account of Harry Kendall Thaw’s life leading to the murder of architect Stanford White, his trials, confinement, and related expenses. Includes dates from 1871 birth to commitments in 1908 and costs totaling about $800,000. It notes asylum commitment upheld by Justices Mills and Morschwaser and the 1906 Madison Square Roof killing.
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Stanford White
Harry Kendall Thuy
New York
Thaw
Mateawan Asylum
Isaac N. Milla
Supreme Court
Westchester County
Thew
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Harvard
Europe
Byvelyn Nesbit
Avelyn Nesbit
Harry
Stanford
Lim
Matteawan State Hospital
Justice Dowling
Morschwaser
Poughkeepsie
Justice Mills
Clifford W. Hartridge
Evelyn Nesbit
Van Sant Dilemma in New York Trunk Comedy
Amusing tale features G A R commander in chief Samuel R Van Sant in New York. A Minnesota caller finds him puzzled by a trunk packed by his wife. He ponders whether to buy a new suit or add two trunks to fit the wardrobe scenario.
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Garee
Chi
Samuel R. van Sant
New York
Minnesota
Pun
Trunis
Hoofs Instead Of Feet Predicted For Humanity
Boston medical experts foresee humans growing hoofs in a millennium. Prominent figures like Dr David Scannell ex Barnard athlete Lewis Small and Harvard Medical School doctors Cranston and Bradford discuss the foot evolving into a hind hoof and imply civilized races will revert and learn from Japanese gait as foot troubles vanish.
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Boston
David Dr. Scannell
Barnard
Lewis . Small
L. R. G. Cranston
B. H. Bradford
Harvard Medical School
Cranston
Postleman Couple Plans Balloon Honeymoon Tour
Mr and Mrs George R Postleman of St Louis who wed recently plan a honeymoon by balloon after guests questioned a car tour The bride consented saying she can go anywhere Plans are being made for the ascent as the couple discuss travel by air over a wedding journey in a balloon.
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George R. Postleman
St. Louis
Postice Map
George
Union Pacific Improves Right of Way With Alfalfa Trees
Union Pacific is improving its right of way by planting alfalfa along the tracks. A row of trees alternates with the crops to break monotony and add visual appeal.
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Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Deacon Hardstone’s Cider Ride Sparks Riverton Holiday
A long tale recounts Deacon Hardstone of Riverton facing a nephew’s scheme to taint his cider. After drinking, he joyrided an auto through town on Deacon’s Day, causing chaos before being restrained. A doctor’s exam cited a brainstorm, the charges were dropped, and reconciliation followed as the tale ends with plans to confront the nephew and sour relations.
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Deacon Hardetone
Riverton
Tie
Law and Order
Charity
Saltville
Eiverton
Sherlock Holmes
Deacon Hardstone
Henry
Cripple Creek Discoverer Bob Womack Demand for Gold Bonanza
Robert Womack known as Cripple Creek's discoverer died in poverty in Colorado Springs. Born in Kentucky, he spent years prospecting Poverty Gulch and El Paso lode before striking a bonanza that he allegedly sold for $500. Despite immense gold taken from the Cripple Creek area, he did not profit from his find.
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Bob Womack
Robert Womack
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Colo
Womack
Kentucky
Colorado
Wee - Macks
William
Robin Womack
Theodore Towe
Lowe
Ide
Denver
Poverty Gulch
el Paso Lode
Dr Wu Ting Fang Recall Marks Brilliant Career
Dr Wu Ting Fang, famed Chinese minister to the United States, recalled by the regency, is celebrated for rail and railway bureau work in north China. Educated in Canton and London, he served as envoy to the United States from 1897 to 1902 and again in 1907, writing on economics and politics and earning an LL D from the University of Pennsylvania. He married with several children schooling in America and England.
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Wu Ting Fang
United States
Imperial
Tere
Fulaisui
Kwangtung
China
Flo
Canton
Hongkong
Lincoln's Inn
London
Tientsin
Li Hung Kang
Cbibil
Kai Ping Railway Company
Railway Bureau
Tentsin University
Japan
Chifa
Pekin
University of Pennsylvania
Bathing With an Automobile Tire fad spreads coastal beaches
Edith Todd, a guest at Hotel Nassau Long Beach, introduces a new fashion of bathing using a whole automobile tire inner tube as a float and life preserver. The craze, first seen by a friend abroad in Ostend, has reached several Jersey coast beaches as chauffeurs began the trend.
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Dreserver
Saat
His Marrow Escape by a Union Pacific Paymaster
A paymaster aboard the Union Pacific tells how, on the Julesburg side, card sharps cheated him of $4,500. To avoid exposure and a likely killing, he secretly slips a card into a sandwich, wins the pot, then leaves the room. He wrestles with fear and relief as he steps back to his car, narrowly escaping death.
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John C. Armstrong
Union Pacific Railroad
Julesburg
Laramie
Weak Man Receipts and Home Cure Note
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a man and staffers, with references to loss of power or wealth, a possible medical inscription, and a plain sealed envelope. Detroit, Michigan appears in the garbled source, but readable facts are minimal and unclear. The fragment suggests a personal note or notice rather than a full article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Robinson
Detroit
Michigad
Ant Bee
Zemo Agency Secured For Exzema Cure By Pfefferle
Mr Pfofferle announces the Zemo remedy agency for a renowned eczema and scalp treatment. The product Zemo is promoted as a clean external liquid that relieves and claims to cure skin conditions by destroying the germ. Pfefferle will present proof of cures.
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Tug. Pfofferle
le Sua Seee
Zema
Zeno
Pfefferley
Zemo
Jother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
An aged advertisement details Jother Gray's Sweet Powders for children claimed to ease stomach disorders, teething distress, and intestinal upset. The copy touts use by mothers in New York homes and promises reliable relief, urging purchase through a listed address.
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Jother Gray
New Yorke
Allen
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van Sant’s
M. Quad
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Len
DY Che
Chicago
Aida Deedes
Sunset Magazine Lead
Bubing San Femcioe
Slaee Dame
Canada
Nccc Ara
SCSL
Ewan Ameat
Acta
Itim
Missouri
Adon
Street
St. Paul, Minn
Bingham Bros
Coal & Crain
Povetes Popeler Mextip
BeckEs
MINN
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