New Indian Portrait Series Reframes Western Subjects
The New Indian asks readers to view modern Native Americans beyond old “noble red man” myths. It previews images of Kiowa farmers, Pine Ridge workers, and Plenty Buffalo on irrigation projects, plus women tending homes and children heading to school, with a Sioux convocation and church addresses at White Swan ending the passage.
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Fenimore Cooper
Catlin
Pine Ridge
Huntley
Montana
Bert Fredericks
Zuni Dam
Arizona
Prairie
Episcopal Church
White Swan
Hare
Amos Ross
The Personality of Labor and Longevity Lessons
The piece argues labor is a human relation not a commodity and stresses personal trust in labor exchanges. It cites Hayes Robbins on personal qualities in work relations and Dr. Wiley on longevity from diet and health knowledge, endorsing long schooling to fit workers for life.
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Abbot
Hayes Robbins
Atlantic
Wiley
Young James Garfield Witnessed Tragic Day
James Rudolph Garfield, then 17, stood beside his father at the Pennsylvania Station when President Garfield was shot in July 1881. Close friends say the horror haunted him, leaving a lasting somber expression from that fateful day.
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James Rudolph Garfield
Pennsylvania
Washington
United States
Garfield
French deputy quotes wide corruption in chamber
A member of the French chamber of deputies told constituents that corruption is so vast and general that even he cannot escape contamination. The remark circulated among state and national capitals, reflecting on the body’s taint.
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Chamber of Deputies
Six Japanese merchants bring ten million dollars here
Six eminent Japanese visitors arrive with ten million dollars earmarked for machinery purchases. Wall Street shows no relief as the news spreads about their intent to invest locally.
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Wall Street
Colorado News Items From a Busy Colorful Era
Colorado reports frosts hurting fruit yet thriving crops while Denver buys a Boulder home for occupancy. Notable deaths include Peter Christianson of Morrison. Andrew Macky of Boulder bequeaths 300000 to State University for a Macky building and 50000 for a children and widows home. Local ventures include a canal plan near Grand Junction and coal findings near Greeley. Senator Guggenheim visits Longmont as federal officials inspect a proposed high line canal site.
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Colorado
John Wolf
Denver
Boulder
Peter Christianson
Morrison
Tom Hussle
Glenwood Springs
Pueblo
Robinson
Breckenridge
Elmer Koffman
Lafayette
J. H
E. C. Williams
Trinidad
Aguilar
D. D. Finch
Judge Finch
Andrew J. Macky
State University
University
Macky
Morris Havens
Colorado Springs
Leon
Morris
United States
Simon Guggenheim
Longmont
Bradley
F. P. Secor
L. L. Breckenridge
F. M. Downer
Commercial Association
Thomas Mahoney
Association
United States Geological Survey
FE. H. Chase
Grand Jury
Garfield
Ballinger
Orchard Mesa
Grove Junction
Grand Junction
Vernon McKelvey
Greeley
Iles
Western Land Convention Rebukes Administration At Denver
The Western Land Convention votes 348 against 221 to rebuke Interior Department land policy. Resolutions favor public trust lands for settlers, endorse open irrigation use, limit forest reserves, and press liberalized sale and leasing of allotted Indian lands while protecting homestead rights.
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Denver
Jang
Broadway
Credentials Committee
American Live Stock Association
National Wool Growers
National Irrigation Congress
Transmississippi Congress
American Mining Congress
Interior Department
Jawa
West
Congress
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Interior States
Executive Department
Republic
Secretary of Agriculture
Forestry Service
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Secret Service
Land Department
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
New York Life Elects Steady Leadership After Trustee Shakeup
The new Board of Trustees chosen by policyholders under Armstrong laws has begun reorganizing the New York Life Insurance Company. Darwin P. Kingsley is named president with Thomas A. Buckner as first vice president, aided by long-tenured executives including Wm. E. Ingersoll and Rufus W. Weeks. The move aims to reassure policyholders amid industry upheaval while maintaining over two billion dollars in in force business.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong
Darwin P. Kingsley
New England
Thomas A. Buckner
Mathers
Wm. E. Ingersoll
Europe
Paris
Rufus W. Weeks
Mr. Buckner
New York Life
State of
New York
Mosquito Fight Boosts New Jersey Property Value
Prof John B Smith recalls how an improvement society drained breeding marshes in New Jersey to curb mosquitoes. Within a year most breeding areas were eliminated, property values rose by about 50000, and new settlers began arriving as the area transformed into a camping ground with plans for 100 homes next year.
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New Jersey
John B. Smith
Popular Science Monthly
Home Sweet Home Homesick Servant at Annapolis
A naval academy household in Annapolis contains an Irish servant who confesses homesickness not for a former home but for the place she cannot be. In a second vignette a three year old named Marjorie plays doctor and bluntly declares the patient has dirty hands after a pretend examination.
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Annapolis
Bridget
Marjorie
Yeu
Boise Heat and Jury Strain Amid Conspiracy Trial
The Boise jury in the Haywood conspiracy case faces a potentially six week delay with August 1 as the earliest possible verdict date. Jurors show fatigue from confinement in a hot courtroom, glare from windows, and limited air flow as judges order shutters closed.
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Boise
Haywood
Samuel Russell
Samuel Gilman
Russell
O. W. Sebern
Wyoming
Tom Horn
Sebern
Wood
Rumors of Japanese Labor Influx at Mexican Border
A U S secret service agent reports a contract between a steamship line and a Japanese syndicate to land Japanese in Mexico and guarantee entry to the United States. He says Japanese will be divided at border ports, with Juarez hosting over 200 veterans of the war with Russia.
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el Paso
Tex
Hawaiian Islands
Mexico
United States
Secret Service
Juarez
Russia
Washington
Republic
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Will R, Monkman
Rocky Ford
Western Land Convention
Committee On Business
Salmon River Meadows
Idaho
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