Kansas laws take effect as session acts printed
Long list of bills passed by the legislature and approved by Gov. Stubbs includes appropriations for state operations and education, reapportionment, city class powers, elections, labor rules, railroads, health, roads, and various public works. Many items cover tax, school, jail, and institutional funding along with enforcement provisions.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
Treasury
Stone
Grand Army
Legislative Claims and Accounts Commission
Wichita
Board of Health
Supreme Court
Kansas
Taft Calls Congress to Speed Tariff Revision Extra Session
President Taft addresses both houses calling an extraordinary session to revise the Dingley tariff. He warns of a $100,000,000 deficit by July 1 and urges rapid passage of a thoroughly considered tariff bill focusing on new revenue sources and business needs.
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Washington
D. C
House of Representatives
Congress
Taft
Senate
Insurgent Republicans Win House Rules Battle
In Washington D C the Republican insurgents led by Victor Murdock of Kansas secure new House rules restoring power to the body and limiting the speaker. Champ Clark of Missouri and the united minority backed the insurgents and helped Cannon secure the speakership after the vote.
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Washington, D. C
Victor Murdock
Kansas
House
United Minority
Champ Clark
Missouri
Cannon
Charitable groups urge end to sending consumptives to Los Angeles
At a 60 person meeting of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and leading city and county charities a resolution was adopted asking all U S charitable associations to refrain from sending consumptives to the city. It warns that if such shipments continue the local association will return patients to their point of origin.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Count Tolstai in Vein Inflammation in Russia
Count Leo Tolstai again suffers inflammation of the veins in his legs. Doctors report his condition is dangerous and serious. The famed author remains under care in St. Petersburg as medical teams monitor his health.
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Tolstai
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstai
Cuticura Healed Man After Prolonged Eczema
Captain George P. Bliss of Morris Manitoba reports a dry eczema cure after exposure to river weed dust. He used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting relief within ten days and total itching relief in under three weeks. Source cites Potter Drug & Chem Co. Boston.
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George P. Bliss
Morris
Manitoba
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sule Props
Boston
Tommie’s Walnut Snack Triggers Misread Illness
In a Delineator item, Tommie eats walnuts and is scolded by his mother for fear of sickness. He returns distressed, blaming rats, but insists he is not ill, only his pants feel tight.
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Tommie
A Cure for Fits and Epilepticide Promotion
An old newspaper fragment touts epilepsy cures with epilepticide, free trial bottles, literature, and testimonials from the Dr. May Laboratory in New York. It also includes a dental ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and various short product notes and quips.
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Dr. May
Pearl Street
New York City
Former Oregon farmer surveys West Ern Canada crops and climate
Albert Nelson of Benton County Oregon left in 1904 for the Goose Lake and Saskatchewan prairies. He reports rich virgin soil, yields of 60 bushels of oats per acre and 20–30 bushels of wheat, affordable land from 12 to 16 dollars per acre, dry healthy climate, and long-term farming prospects with winter rest and sturdy homes for farmers. He notes heavy wagon traffic to elevators and expects vast future cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Nelson
Benton Co
Oregon
North America
Goose Lake
Saskatchewan
Government Carey Act Opens Irrigated Land Sale
On May 6 Wyoming will sell 100 irrigated farms at 50 cents per acre at Cooper Lake to applicants for water rights. Cash price five dollars per acre with ten yearly payments of three dollars. Free railroad fare, lodging, and deed to two town lots for those applying before May 1. Details from Tallmadge Buntin Land Co. Agents.
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State of
Wyoming
Cooper Lake
Wya
Salah
Tallmadgi-Buntin Land Coo
Railway, Exchange
Chicago
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Boards of Education
Kansas National Guard
Hayes
Rock Roads
J. H. McGuire
Osawatomie Hospital
Osawatomie State Hospital
Parsons
Olathe
State Board of Control
Livestock Commission
State Agricultural College
Wyandotte
Agricultural College
Parsons State Hospital
Fort Hays Branch Agricultural College
State University
Bureau of Labor and Industry
Memorial Hall
Election Board
Wyandotte County
Court of Common Pleas
Building and Loan Associations
Zi Pting
MR. Taft
Cuticura
Eczema
Mr. Stubb
John
Mrs. Stubb
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All
Bishop
EH. W. Grove
Cupid
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Western
Canada
Woolford
Dodds
Carters
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