Roosevelt and Roosevelt era notes on national affairs
A roundup of early 20th century U S political moments from Washington including President Roosevelt urging a square deal for Japan, vetoing a census bill, and secret plea to Congress. Also coverage of inflation of public notices on education, banking, and naval fleet movements.
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Roosevelt
White House
Stanton
Callifornia
Panama
Bacon
Rainey
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
William B. Allison
Iowa
Dolliver
Cummins
Washington
House
California Assembly
Gov
Gillett
Forestry Service
Congress
Lodge
United States Senate
Fairbanks
Roosevelt denies horse accident claim in riding outing
The president issues a letter denying he struck the horse of a young woman while riding weeks earlier. Other items note Jack Binns dodging cameras in Liverpool, Engineer Baldwin saving 100 passengers, Cortelyou toward New York gas company chair, Elihu Root declining Arkansas address, Taft pleased with Panama progress, Bryan unhurt in a Tampa crash, Gov. Yaskell bond scene in Muskogee, and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish joining a civic group opposing suffrage.
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Roosevelt
Jack” Binns
Hero of the Republic
Liverpool
Baldwin
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Cal
Cortelyou
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
United States
Elihu Root
Arkansas
Joint Assembly
Taft
Colon
Panama Canal
Wiliam J. Bryan
Tampa
Fla
Yaskell
Muskogee
National League of the Civic Education of Women
Stuyvesant Fish
Wreck on Illinois Central at Coldwater Sends One Dead
A switch opened on the Illinois Central at Coldwater Mississippi wrecking the Chicago Flyer. One person was killed and about 20 injured in the crash. May Estilla Flais, eight, bade her father goodbye and then killed herself with a revolver as he watched in Bolivar Pennsylvania. The meeting of King Edward and Kaiser Wilhelm is seen as highly significant with Europe awaiting the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
Miss
Estilla Flais
Bolivar
King Edward
Europe
Needs of Farmer Obstacles to Be Overcome Found
Washington reports a commission on country life finds agriculture as a whole prosperous, yet farmers lack profitable returns and social conditions are below potential. It urges nationwide surveys, extension work, credit reforms, midstream tax and transport inquiries, public health oversight, river and forest regulation, parcels post, postal savings, and broad public education to build a stronger rural society. It emphasizes state cooperation, soil conservation, diversified farming, and better living for farm workers and women.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Grand Jury
New York
Indiana Central Traction Company
South Bend
Huntington
Warsaw
Cunard Line
Mauretania
Russia
Turkey
Roby Baskin
Houston
Miss
W. T. Hudson
Moore’s Grove
Dr. Hudson
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Agnes Brewer
Miyoshi Brogan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Garfield
Interior Department
House
Secret Service
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Samuel Dickey
Albion College
George Kethherside
John Hughes
Leadwood
Jack D. Isham
Marion
Ill
Tennessee
Convention of the
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Robley D. Evans
Chicago
Japan
Germany
France
Austria
England
John D. Rockefeller
Georgia
Celia Milligan
Centralia
Pittsburg
South
Tennessee Line
Texas Panhandle
Delaware
Newport News
California
Gillett
Qualtrough
Lewis
George W. Parks
Pueblo
Col
Pueblo Traction Company
Parks
Fidelity Funding Company
Lydia Bradley
Peoria
Oliver J. Bailey
W. W. Hammond
Albion V. Small
William Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
House of Representatives of
Towa
Scheeper
Washington
Commission On Country Life
Congress
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Bisser Brothers Describe Farming Success in Western Canada
Letter from Wheatwyn Saskatchewan dated November 6 1908 details Lorens Bisser and his brother’s immigration in 1893. They worked hard to start farming near Wolseley Loon Creek and later built a profitable operation owning 1 110 acres with a threshing outfit and 10 pure bred mares. They report wheat yields of 35 and 27 bushels per acre and a recent carload price of 97 cents per bushel No 2 Northern. They praise the Great West and the supportive government while noting no frost in six years.
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Bisser Bros
Canada
Loon Creek
Lorens Bisser
P.O. Wheatwyn
Marine eye remedy ad and a memory joke
An advertisement promotes Marine eye remedy claiming relief for red weak weary watery eyes and compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. A separate note questions a married man buying safety pins from a former sweetheart in a humorous aside.
Woman Visits Church To Gauge Neighbors Attendance
A brief remark notes that some women attend church to determine how many neighbors do not attend. The line hints at social behavior without detailing individuals or outcomes.
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General News
Country Life Commission
Papa
Willie
Dodds
Guar
Munyon’s
Munyon
Munnyon
Almanac
Munyon Company
Philadelphia
Dr.d.jayne
Ory
Neptu One
Troy, NY
P. O
William Barker CO
Troy, N. Y
South Bend Watch Co
Ind
W.l.douglas
Douglas
W. L. Dougins
WL. Douglas
Spark Se
Brockton, Mam
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