Taft Moves to Outline Interstate Commerce and Trust Reform
President Taft began drafting a special message to Congress focusing on amendments to the interstate commerce and Sherman anti trust acts. He plans to propose federal voluntary licensing for corporations and will proceed with anti trust recommendations despite calls to delay.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Trade school site eyed for Haskell Institute in Kansas
Lawrence Kansas Haskell Institute valued at 750000 may be offered to the state as a day trade school site. Superintendent H B Peaks said US Indian Affairs Commissioner R G Valentine favors the idea. A formal proposal to Kansas legislators to fund maintenance and enroll white students without tuition was expected after a Washington meeting of Indian schools superintendents.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Haskell Institute
H. B. Peaks
R. G. Valentine
United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Dian Schools
Washington
Aviator Weatherby Sails From Mount Rainier Summit
Reginald Weatherby 22, of Spanaway Lake near Tacoma, completed and tested an aluminum aeroplane after three years of experiments. With two companions he circled Mount Rainier last Wednesday night, landed on the crater rim at about 15,000 feet, then sailed off again over the snowfields.
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Tacoma
Washington
Reginald Weatherby
Spanaway Lake
Weatherby
Mount Rainer
Chicago Lines Consolidate Cleared in $70 Million Deal
Chicago Illinois announces the consolidation of all surface traction lines in the southern division including Hammond East Chicago and Whiting. The move forms the first step in creating a vast electric power and traction trust governing Chicago and its environs.
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Chicago
Illinois
Southern Division
Hammond
East Chicago
Whiting
Electric Power and Traction Trust
Phyllis Arrives With 1,032,000 Pounds Dynamite
The steamer Phyllis arrived in the Panama Canal Zone carrying 1,032,000 pounds of dynamite attracting heightened attention compared with a prior visit by a ship in Colon loaded with American congressmen.
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Washington, D. C
Phyllis
Panama Canal Zone
Colon
Shooting tragedy in Warrensburg ends in death of Douglass Eads
Night watchman G. W. Howard shot Douglass Eads proprietor of a shooting gallery after Eads resisted arrest and struck at him. Eads aged about 300 years old was a son of J. D. Eads cashier of the Peoples National bank. Ice packs threaten Pittsburgh harbor as crews brace for heavy floe.
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Warrensburg
Missouri
Douglass Eads
G. W. Howard
Eads
Howard
J. D. Eads
The
Peoples National Bank
Wild Wall Street Move Triggers Quick Rock Island Surge
In New York a dramatic early trading spike in Rock Island common stock sees prices jump from 50 5 to 81 within minutes, then retreat near opening figures. The swing unsettles the broader market before stabilization as rumors swirl about London selling calls and short positions.
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New York
N. Y
James J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Rock Island
London
Taft Plans New Land Laws Amid Congressional Inquiry
President Taft will not wait for the Ballinger Pinchot controversy to resolve. He will draft a message on new land laws after completing proposals on interstate commerce and anti trust reforms. Administration allies say conservation legislation will pass this session as Taft’s answer to criticism.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Friends of the Administration
Farm Population Decline Prompts Census Warning
Washington reports Representative Champ Clark of Missouri warns high farm product prices will persist and rural populations will shrink to 60 to 65 percent in towns if unincorporated villages are counted as towns. He predicts the U S may stop exporting agricultural goods within 20 years except cotton.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Missouri
United States
Harriman Estate Wealth Grows After Death
Edward H Harriman left an estate valued over 200 million dollars at his death though appraisals later put it at 149 million. Since his passing the estate gains with market values and Mrs Harriman's wealth is estimated around 220 million, making her possibly the richest woman in the world.
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New York
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
Harriman
Pellagra Died and Cases Reported in Mississippi
State health board reports 188 pellagra cases under treatment in Mississippi in the year ended. An additional 21 cases treated at the State Charity Hospital of Vicksburg. Ninety-one deaths. Lauderdale County records the heaviest mortality with 26 deaths among 43 cases.
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Jackson
Man Seeks Change of Child’s Name Honoring Cook
John Henry Thiery of Long Island City born September 14 named his son after Dr. Frederick Cook. Following Cook's exposure he seeks a way to relieve the child from bearing that name.
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Cook
New York
John Henry Thiery
Long Island City
Frederick Cook
Thiery
Record Hog Price Tops $8.60 at Kansas City Yard
In Kansas City stock yards hogs sold as high as 8.60 dollars per hundred pounds, the top price here in 27 years. The previous peak was 8.80 dollars in 1882, following a hog cholera outbreak that year.
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Kansas City
Corn
Method of Replacing Decayed Barn Sills and Posts
Concrete is the only satisfactory substitute for decayed sills and crumbling foundations in barns. Remove and replace decayed posts and sills, cap below ground foundations with concrete where possible, and prop or brace as needed. Use wedges to transfer load to temporary props and splice or cut posts to uniform length as required.
Breeding Corn for Higher Feeding Value and Protein Content
The kernel consists of a large oil rich germ, a starch heavy white portion, and a hard flinty edge. Favor ears with big germ and more edge starch to boost feeding quality. High protein soil yields high protein corn, but alfalfa or clover provides cheap protein via atmospheric nitrogen fixation.
Seed vitality and soil fertility impact crop yields
The author notes that seeds with robust vitality and kernels with large germs signal strong vigor, good stand, and a likely large crop, while soil fertility contributes without adding drainage.
Value of Farm Pond on the Pastureland
Advice from a farm guide on locating a pond in the poorest field area for livestock drinking, threshing water needs, and ice harvest. Recommends shade trees around the pond, planting if absent, and willows on the dam to protect soil and keep water cool.
Fuel and resource abundance change farming life
The passage reflects on worries about fuel and food supply across eras, noting woods clearing, coal use, and the shift to farm stoves. It highlights abundant gas and oil discoveries, with oil companies unsure how to handle vast lands ready for development and questions future finds and development.
Uses of Concrete in Garden Accessories
Concrete now makes all kinds of garden accessories. It is practically indestructible and its natural grade cement color blends with outdoor surroundings better than marble or newly cut stone.
Cleaning Up of Wheat by Western Grain Men
Western grain men say no year since milling grew to its current scale has seen such complete cleaning up of winter wheat.
Development of Central Canada Promises Rich Harvests and Growth
The article argues 160 acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta can yield 20 to 30 bushels of wheat or 40 to 60 bushels of oats per acre with proper cultivation. It notes real gains for homesteaders and buyers, rail lines expanding, schools and churches funded by government, and rapid town growth linked to grain wealth. It urges readers to contact Canadian officials to consider homesteading in Central Canada and hints the US will become a wheat importer as Canada rises as a major producer.
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States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Eastmonton
United States
Eve's New Costume in the Garden Chronicle
A quip from the Chicago Record-Herald about Eve lamenting fig leaf attire and lacking conversation with other women after securing garments. Adam offers consolation that they still have each other amid social banter.
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Eve
Adam
Chicago Record-Herald
Traveling Woman Shows Panatella Shape Says Kipling
A light paragraph notes a quip contrasting Kipling about a woman and a cigar, then jokes a traveling woman sports a panatella shape. The brief uses witty lines to mingle gender and fashion, presenting a playful observation as a quick quip.
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Kipling
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