Week's News Highlights From Washington and Across States
Washington agriculture chief discusses expanding public access to government information. Wheat and crops outlook for 1913, Antivivisection congress opens in D C, and debates on national reform. Hetch Hetchy water rights bill moves in Senate. Diplomats and military officials face criticism and duty shifts. Immigration bills revisit literacy test amid debate. Tuberculosis policy and public health probes spark inter state action. Suffrage convention ends as seven year enlistment affects army strength. Rail disputes and labor strikes surface amid legal actions. Sugar trust suits mount in federal court. Health board bans shared cups in public spaces prompting church questions.
Rates cut at Yellowstone western entrance by order
Transportation into and through Yellowstone National Park from the western entrance in Montana is reduced by 20 percent, effectively shaving one dollar from the daily rate per origin. The action comes by order of Secretary Lane and affects park accessibility.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone, Mont
Lane
Battle near Tula affects Mexican oil region and ships in service
A 24 hour battle near Tula in a key Mexican oil area caused a federal loss of 220 men. Victoria reported resumed fighting. The Puget Sound navy yard was ordered to commission the cruiser Raleigh for West Coast Mexico service. The House passed the Hay army volunteer bill aligning volunteer forces with the regular army after input from Mr Mann on the Mexican situation.
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Tula
Victoria
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Raleigh
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Mexico
Mann
House
Washington
Senate
Miss Phoebe Couzins Dies at 73 in St Louis
Personal Miss Phoebe Couzins the first woman lawyer in the United States and the only woman to serve as deputy U S marshal died at St Louis aged seventy three. In another item Joseph Rickman a negro confessed killer of Mrs Ellen Fox and her fourteen year old daughter was punished for his crime in Bison South Dakota.
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Wilson
White House
Washington
Exeter
Phoebe Couzins
United States
St Louis
Bison
S. D
Wilson Sees Woman Suffrage Leaders About House Committee
President meets with National American Woman Suffrage Association delegation and voices support for a standing House committee on suffrage but declines to issue a special message to Congress. He explains he cannot advocate legislation as an official spokesman for the whole party without organic consideration. Dr Anna Howard Shaw reports a satisfactory interview and says the president favors a House committee.
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Washington
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
House of Representatives
Congress
Anna Howard Shaw
Association
House
New Jersey
Rules Committee
Senate
Doctor Shaw
Proctor Shaw
Japan to Build Three More Battle Cruisers
Tokyo reports the Japanese government expands its naval program by constructing three more powerful battle cruisers. Work has begun on one of the vessels as announced by the minister of marine.
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Japan
Tokio
Marine
Agricultural education in Western Canada
Dean Curtiss of Ames Agricultural College notes Canada’s push for vocational and technical farming education across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Governments back experimental farms agricultural colleges demonstration farms and co op support with favorable financing. 1913 yields show strong grain production with wheat 30 to 48 bushels per acre and other grains solid.
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Canada
Dominion
Manitobba
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Agricultural College
Alberta
Edmonton
Dean Curtiss
Ames Agricultural College
Iowa
United States
University and Agricultural College
Cradles of All Sorts Across Cultures
A young father describes diverse baby cradles from around the world. He notes Lapland mothers use a snowshoe cradle, Indian babies wear baskets on the head, and New Guinea mothers bury infants in desert sand up to the waist as their cradle.
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New Guinea
Mie
Just Like a Girl Defined Engagement Break
The speaker recalls a falling out and breaking an engagement. After tearing up two letters, she finally mailed a third, but it did not get delivered.
Turtle Advertisement Turns Into Finger Sting Tale
An elderly Black man in a fish store examines a chained turtle used as an ad. He pokes the creature and bites his finger, howling in pain. He checks the blood, then asks the dealer in a drawl if he was bitten or stung. The dealer laughs, noting the odd scene.
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Rastus
Lippincott’s
Romance at Fifty in Mr Whybrew's Princess excerpt
A literary blurb quotes Howard C. Rowe about romance aging, noting that romance persists at fifty with less cynicism and clearer values. It references Robinson Crusoe and sea imagery to illustrate enduring romance across ages.
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Robinson Crueso
Mr. Whybrew
Princess
Howard Cc. Rowe
Judge Buys Racing Car With Speed Fines
In a rural exchange a man in a green touring car explains the county judge no longer fines motorists. The judge has reportedly used the fines to purchase a racing automobile for himself, a claim echoed by a rural constable.
Prisoner Denies Forgery Signatures in Court
The prisoner admits difficulty forging signatures and insists he cannot sign his own name. The judge clarifies the charge, indicating forgery is not about signing the defendant’s name.
London county council teaches 36000 children to swim
A London County Council report states more than 36,000 school children were taught to swim last year. The note accompanies other era advertisements and sayings on the page.
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London County Council
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