Tom Johnson's Fearless Fight For Municipal Rail
Cleveland praises Mayor Tom Johnson for tearing up Consoli dated streetcar tracks to build a municipal railway serving three cent fares. The reformer, battling a powerful trust, faces legal hurdles yet pushes a people’s transit plan amid accusations of corruption and political pressure.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Consolidated Street Car Company
Johnson
Consolidated Company
Tom Jonhansen
Oto
Fair district spirit shapes Morrow Umatilla plans
The East Oregonian advocates joining Morrow and Umatilla in a single agricultural fair district to secure state funding. It contrasts Heppner and Pendleton stances, urging cooperation, product sharing, and joint promotion to attract settlers and eventually allow each county to host its own fair.
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maulin-Morrow County
East Oregonian
Morrow County
Morrow
Umatilla County
Oller
Heppher Times
Pendleton
Umatilla
Wmatiila
Crwitinla
Umatilla Couttry
Euch
Baker County
Lake
Heppner
Fale Fe
Age of versatile men cited by Pendleton Tribune
The Pendleton Tribune lauds modern business men as active and versatile, serving on public committees and driving local progress. It notes many work a full day then attend meetings, with science and invention boosting efficiency. East Oregonian highlights Pendleton schools expanding and inviting families seeking practical local education.
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Pendleton Tribune
Sime
Pendleton
The
Tribune
East Oregonian
Northwest
Russian Railways 1906 Results Show Mileage Gain
Preliminary official statement on 1906 Russian railroads reports nearly 2 percent more mileage worked since 1904, slight drop in passengers, 6 percent fall in tonnage, and about 22 percent drop in gross earnings. Transcaspian line earnings fall sharply while Siberian east of Lake Baikal sees a earnings rise. Asian Midland shows a 19 percent decrease.
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Tranweillcamnlan
Casplan
Black Sea
Siberian
Lake Baikal
Manchuria
Asiatie Midland
The Blue and the Grey Poem of War and Remembrance
A 19th century lament by F W Finch interweaves blue and gray imagery to honor fallen soldiers. It reflects on glory and defeat, mourning under rain and dew as it memorializes those laid to rest in white flowers and silent fields. It ends with a note of reconciliation and shared grief for both sides.
When I Am Dead A Man Worth Remember
A Westminster Gazette style obituary verse reflects on a life of service and integrity. The speaker vows that even after death none shall envy or reproach their legacy, believing true value lies in deeds done for others and in living honestly.
Chinese Labor to Weed Canal Work in Panama
The Canal Commission plans to employ Chinese laborers in building the Panama canal as American workers and West Indian Negroes decline. Two shiploads are to be imported if Chinese prove industrious, with more to follow if results remain favorable despite tropical conditions.
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Panama Canal
Canal Zone
West Indian Islands
Spain
Railroads Face Big Earnings Rise Across U S
A preliminary Interstate Commerce Commission report indicates U S railroads on about 219000 miles may post a 10 percent gain in earnings for the year ending June 20, rising from 1995’s 72.08 billion. Despite heavy road improvements, net income should be favorable as every region benefits from the year’s conditions.
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Interstate Commerce Commie Plan
United States
Church of Many Brides at St George Hanover Mottoed Register Secrets
A historic church register at St George Hanover Square holds marriage signatures dating to 1726 and includes notable names such as Theodore Roosevelt in 1884 and Edith Roosevelt. The article notes royal signatories, famed brides, and a long history with more than 7000 entries, including the novelist George Inot.
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St. George's
Hanover Suite
Lone Fon
Theodore Roosevelt
Plim
United States
Edith Kermit Carew
Brown's
London
Hoovevell
Roovevelt
Rinchman
Davia Williams
Samh Thomas
Fina of Battenberg
Ruperta Carrington
George Inot
John Walter Cron
Counterfeit ten dollar bill traced through chain
A Kansas City Journal note recounts a banker finding a ten dollar bill, using it to pay a debt and tracing it through butcher, farmer, merchant, and a widow who repaid the banker. The banker later learns the bill is counterfeit after it had already paid sixty dollars of debt.
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Kansie
Gossip tale of a rumor’s rise and fall in village life
A fragment from Chicago News recounts a rumor that grows from a spark to a village wide distraction causing divisions among children and lifelong friends. The piece warns against speaking harm lest the rumor travels far and wide.
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Chicago News
A Song of Duty by H L Wilhelm
A fragmentary poem reflects urgency and hesitation as voices urge action today. The speaker notes that delaying leads to missed chances and eventual death, urging decisive effort now before time runs out.
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Foley
Gibbon
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Mione
Northwestern Gas and Electric Co
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Frank B. Clapton
Companiee
London & Lanceshire Fire Insurance
North British & Mercantile Innce
Royal Insurance Co
New York
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J Harpwick
Ike
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