Coal profits lure bold mine finders amid legal and city life
A scattered column discusses high coal prices in Alaska and the wealth appeal of discovering a coal mine. It notes urban legal density in St. Louis, travel costs in Johannesburg, and a jury selection method in Brown v New Jersey. It observes state trust laws rising, with nine enacted last year, including Arkansas Michigan Missouri and Texas.
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Brown Va
New Jersey
U. S
Arkansas
Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Stony Point Battleground Report Seeks Preservation Funds
The Society for the Preservation of Science and Historic Places reviews the Stony Point battleground. The state of New York has placed the battlefield in trusteeship after a $25,000 appropriation. about 34 acres were bought for $21,500. The society asks for the remaining $3,500 to fund ongoing care and preservation.
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Society For the Preservation of Science and Historic Places
Stony Point Battleground
New York
Stony Point Peninsula
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Geological Survey
Drouth
California
Newell
Colorado
Wyoming
House Committee On
Fossil Field Work Yields Tons of Remains in Wyoming
A party of geologists paleontologists and botanists invited by Union Pacific spent forty days exploring Wyoming fossil fields. Sixty six to fourteen men completed the trek. about six tons of fossils were collected and sent east. No complete dinosaur skeleton found. bones were fragmented and set in plaster for removal amid Bad Lands like terrain. The piece also notes extensive safety and construction changes on the US cruiser Atlanta highlighting material upgrades and metal use.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Wyoming
Rocky
Dakota
House Committee On Public Lands
McKinley
Congress
General Shafter
Reed
Ways and Means
Senate
Pacific
Hale
Honolulu
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Cuba
Arington
Fort Myer
National Society, Sons of America
District of Columbia Society
Spain
National Society
Detroit
Thesa
Aro
Congress Debates Navy Plans and Puerto Rico Aid
The House Committee on Naval Affairs favors two battleships and three cruisers for the coming naval bill while senators discuss expanding federal powers. The Puerto Rico appropriation faces a conference compromise to fund aid and relief, with political fallout for Republicans amid party loyalty tensions.
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National Executive Committee
Schley
Ans
Naval
Washington
Hichborn
Edna McClelland
New York
Senate
Puerto Rico
Puerto
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Dewey
Otis
Comuaitt
Na Fe
Teller
Uni
Turner
United States
Cullom
State Commerce Commission
Depew
Yale
Gridiron Club
Lotus Club
Boys’ Republic
Columbia Theater
Hay
Virginia
House Committee On Military Affairs
National Battlefield Memorial Park
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania Court House
Tos
Monroe
Jefferson
Madison
Zachary
National Park
Chicago Record
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Bers Sci
Loveland Beet Sugar Plant Planned With 400000 Build Cost
Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company plans a Loveland beet sugar refinery costing 400000 with completion expected in eight months. Two thirds of the funding would be Colorado capital, the rest from eastern investors, aiming to match Grand Junction’s capacity. Loveland chosen for proximity to Denver and favorable climate for the Colorado beet.
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Gepital
Loveland
Grand Junction
C. M. Cox
Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company
Denver
Colorado
Cox
Rocky Mountain News
Farmers Leave Beet Industry in Pueblo County
Small farmers across the Besse mer ditch and eastern Pueblo County are moving away from sugar beet farming. Renters faced with landowners' demands to grow beets cite the extra labor required despite potential profits. The Pueblo Chieftain notes no material drop in beet growers due to new, industrious replacements. Field and Farm.
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Bessemer Ditch
Stern
Pueblo County
Reforestation Plans Favor Native Forest Types
A Colorado State Forestry Association committee weighs tree selections for government planting. They favor restoring native species in damaged mountain areas, with Aspen and lodge pole pine as nurse growth, while opinions vary on thinning and future substitution of better sorts.
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Hest
Colorado State Forestry Association
Wool Growers Unite to Stabilize Prices Across West
South Dakota and neighboring states form a Wool Growers Combine led by Joseph F. Bilwell of Belle Fourche. The plan aims to stop eastern buyers taking top clips and leaving poor wool to western growers, and to build wool houses to store clips at nominal cost, creating unified depots to attract eastern purchasers.
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South Dakota
King, Winh
Washington
Montana
Colorado
Joseph FB
Bilwell
Belle Fourche
Ingenious Bent County Hay Covers Save Alfalfa Bales
A Bent county man reports making covers for alfalfa hay dust that cost thirty dollars and claim they saved more hay than a thousand-dollar barn could hold. He fashioned a roof of sixteen-foot 2x45 boards bolted ends, six feet apart over stacks, with siding nailed on and weighted ends to resist wind. The hay stored remains green and bright. the covers paid for themselves this winter and will last for years.
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Bent County
San Juan Wool Growers' Association Forms in Farmington
The San Juan Wool Growers' Association unites the sheep industry in San Juan county New Mexico. Mockmasters organize a 25 member ship representing 000 head with headquarters in Farmington. M. G. at Hickens serves as president and F. M. Pierce as secretary. The Barr City creamery, rebuilt after a fire, resumes operations this week with De Witt furnishing ember and Denver supplying 100 gallons for the new run in Market.
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San Juan County
New M Co
San Juan
Denver
Obedient Bobby Skips Parlor Visit After Warning
A child recalls being warned not to go to the parlor when Mr. Hopkins arrives for his sister. The boy says he only stuck his head in the door and made faces, denying entering.
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Bobby
Lightship captain uses wireless telegraphy to signal danger
The article notes a new demonstration of wireless telegraphy by a lightship captain after standard signals failed to warn shore authorities. It then likens Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to a remedy that acts when other medicines fail, improving digestion and appetite. A humorous quip follows about saving for a rainy day versus delaying work on sunny days.
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Atlanta
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Washington News
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Maccon
St. Augustine
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Palm Beach
Hood
America
Sarilla Blood Medicina
Rat Fies
Rane
Melba
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Boston
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United Sates Censor
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