Water users from eleven states confront reclamation service
Delegates from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Nebraska, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming meet in Washington with Secretary Lane to press charges of maladministration and nonuniform water charges. They complain of costly delays in furnishing irrigation water and demand reforms in the Reclamation Service.
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Washington, D. C
West
Reclamation Service
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Nebraska
South Dakota
Washington
Wyoming
Lane
Interior Department
Campaign to raise 750000 for Philadelphia YWCA building continues
In Philadelphia on May 1 the drive to raise 750000 in two weeks for a new YWCA building is extended to Saturday afternoon. By then $271388 has been raised with $54807 collected yesterday, and managers report growing interest and expect full funds before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Young Women's Christian Association
Try the New Way of Curing Corns
A promotional notice for GETS-IT corn cure touts a two second painless application that supposedly makes corns vanish without harming healthy flesh. It claims removal of corns warts callouses and bunions and is sold by BE Lawrence & Co Chicago at 25 cents a bottle or by direct shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be, Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Suffragette Arrest and Arson Campaign in England
Miss Annie Kinney, a leading militant suffragette, was arrested on arrival from the continent, charged with conspiracy, and remanded without bail at Bow Street. Police hold the Women's Social and Political Union headquarters as arson attacks continue, including a large Hendon stable fire. The Suffragette paper faced suppression, while press reaction split between denunciation and cautious approval of government action.
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Annie Kinney
London
England
Continent
Paris
Miss Kinney
Bow Street
Women's Social and Political Union
Hendon
O. H. P. Belmont
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Duchess of Bedford
London News
Union
The
Standard
Daily Mail
Charter Special Train To Parade In New York
A special train will carry a large Washington suffragette delegation to the New York parade Saturday. Notables include Mrs Mary Beard Mrs William Kent Miss Alice Paul head of the congressional committee Miss Lucy Brown and Miss Elsie Hall. A meeting tonight aims to boost support for the visit with national suffragette speakers expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
New York
Washington Party
Metropolis
Mary Beard
William Kent
Alice Paul
Congressional Committee of Suffragettes
Lucy Brown
Elsie Hall
Connecticut
Washington
Barrooms Close for Good in Baltimore Crusade
Baltimore barrooms shut down at midnight as the liquor license board declines to renew licenses. About 160 saloons close amid a citywide crusade over licensing. Tax revenue loss projected at around 160000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Liquor License Board
Old-Time Breakfast Sausage Sold At 25 Cents A Pound
The Union Meat Company advertises pork sausage in one pound boxes at twenty five cents per pound. Also promoted are fresh seafood and K C Meats at the Riverside Restaurant, including Spanish Mackerel Flounders Gulf Trout Frog Legs Shrimp Crabs.
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Union Meat Company
Riverside
K. C
Experience Gained While in the Drug Business
D A Koonce of Columbia Alabama testifies to kidney trouble and the relief found with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He states selling the remedy with satisfaction and no complaints, endorsing its curative value and recommending it to friends. Notary public T HARRIS authenticates the deposition dated September 138th 1909.
Sample bottle offer from San Antonio Daily Light
Send to Dr Kilmer Co Bing hamton NY for a sample bottle and booklet of information about kidneys and bladder. San Antonio Daily Light mentions regular fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles for sale at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
San Antonio Daily Light
U S Treasury Changes Bank Deposit Rules
Secretary McAdoo announced that all government depositaries must pay 2 percent interest on deposits starting June 1. He also increased government deposits in national banks by 10 million dollars to 52,649,964, with annual interest earnings projected at 1,053,000. The changes authorize more money in circulation and shift security requirements for government deposits to 70 percent government bonds and 30 percent other high quality bonds at 75 percent of market value.
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Washington, D. C
United States
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Railroads Seek Five Percent Freight Rate Increase
Eastern territory railroads have decided to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize a five per cent rise on all freight classifications. The plan, led by Willard of Baltimore and Ohio, aims to reopen the 1910 eastern advance rate cases and argues a uniform small increase better reflects locality relations than selective jumps.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Ohio River
Forest Fire Threatens German Villages in Celle District
A great forest fire raging since Wednesday evening has scorched 10 000 acres in Celle district and now menaces the village Rebberlah and the royal forest. The report notes urgency as authorities battle the blaze amid expanding damage.
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Celle
Germany
Rebberlah
Royal Forest
Carnegie predicts world peace road via League of Peace
Andrew Carnegie told the National Peace Congress in St. Louis that nations soon would reach peace and that the United States should lead. He described war costs, warned of possible invasion tactics, and endorsed an international police to protect peace with selective sanctions and nonintercourse as needed.
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ST. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
National Peace Congress
United States
Wilson
Carnegie
Navy
Great West
League of Peace
Brittain
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
America
China
Britain
Lehn & Fink's Talcum Promises Pure Delicate Fragrance
This advertisement promotes Lehn & Fink's Talcum as a fine light powder free from injurious lime. It claims a soothing effect on sensitive skin and a distinctive odor. It urges women to request the large glass jar with removable sprinkler top from their druggist.
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Lehn & Fink
Lehn & Fink's
Blunder and a bold pledge to end war worldwide
The piece argues a four power agreement could deter war and secure peace, while blaming a past treaty for failure and predicting the current administration will tackle the issue. It extols the president as the world’s greatest benefactor for banishing war by laying the axe to the root of the tree and upholding international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Senate
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Promotes Kidney Health
A family doctor notes women seek help for female trouble but improve when kidneys and bladder are treated. Foley Kidney Pills are touted as the best and safest medicine in such times, with quick, tonic action. Fischer's Drug Co. promotes the product along with other local ads. Fresh Spanish Meats at Riverside Restaurant and a bar under new management are also advertised, urging patrons to demand the best for their money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer’ Drug Co
Auburn
New York
J. A. Farmer
Fischer Drug Co
Insurance firms quit in Kansas City as agencies suspend
More than 90 insurance agencies in Kansas City closed their doors at midnight after home companies ordered a halt to new policies in Missouri. Agents had written hundreds of policies that day, with one agent reportedly renewing about 3 million dollars in coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Memorial for Barbara Frietchie in Mount Olive cemetery
The body of Barbara Frietchie, heroine of Whittier's poem, was moved from the old Reformed graveyard to Mount Olive cemetery for reinterment beside her husband. The Barbara Frietchie Memorial Association plans a memorial unveiling next autumn. A separate ad notes Foley Kidney Pills as a permanent cure. A Big Four passenger train collided with a freight train near Middletown, Ohio, killing the fireman and a passenger and injuring nine others.
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Barbara Frietchie
Frederick, Md
Whittier
Mount Olive Cemetery
Middletown
Ohio
Big Four
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