Alaska Rail Plan Signals New Era of Development
The Senate passes a bill funding a 1000 mile Alaska railroad with $40,090,000, signaling more than transport. it aims to end isolation and unlock wealth. Sitka climate equals Washington, D C, and Alaska harbors stretch 26,000 miles of coast.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Sitka
Woosters Club
Democratic Party
House
Smith
South Carolina
The Flub Dub of it All in Caldwell Tribune
James J Hill critiques U S public schools saying high school grads are unfitted for life and the system neglects fundamentals. A Caldwell school trustee notes a sight method focus on arts and crafts. Teachers lack breadth and respond with tinkering rather than teaching essential skills.
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Caldwell Tribune
James J. Hill
Caldwell School
Raphael
Garu
Gambling Systems and Monte Carlo Tricks
D B Appelby, once a Minnesota lecturer, testifies in a court case that his betting system earned him fifty thousand nine hundred dollars in one year at Monte Carlo. The piece discusses gambling psychology, wheel-tending tricks, and the law of chances, noting houses profit on steady play while patrons chase big hauls and railroads overflow with losers.
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D. B. Appelby
University of Minnesota
Monte Carlo
Theone
One Kind of Interlocking Directors and Local Banks
The piece contrasts small town and city bank boards where local businessmen serve out of civic spirit with professional directors who devote full time. It argues for a cautious federal law targeting big business while preserving local, public spirited participation and knowledge in community banking.
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Congress
Interlocking of Great Corporations Draws Public Scrutiny
The text contrasts two similar mechanisms and notes that interlocking between large corporations can be abused, a view echoed by public sentiment. It laments limited exchange of services in country towns and small cities, suggesting a need for clearer boundaries and accountability.
Unpatriotic advertising in Canadian emigration drives
Senate lobby committee in Omaha heard Western Newspaper Union officers describe how U S papers received paid content from Canada. Joslyn confirmed Canada paid $42 000 yearly to circulate material inside papers marked Advertisement to urge Americans to emigrate. Alfred Washington said such circulation was not unpatriotic. Interior Department paid $1 a column for similar material.
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Omaha
Western Newspaper Union
Canada
Dominion
Joslyn
Alfred Washington
Interior Department
Union
Dry farm seed for distribution in Idaho
Representative Addison T. Smith secured from the Department of Agriculture a large supply of alfalfa seed field peas and millet adapted to dry farming. Each one acre package includes printed cultivation directions. Experts report experiments with dry land grain suggest good crops of alfalfa millet and peas can be raised without irrigation in arid Idaho.
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Addison T. Smith
Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Band of 2200 ewes Headed to Gooding Ranches
A band of 2200 ewes from the Gooding & Son outfit started for the Gooding ranches west of Shoshone on Wednesday. More flocks will follow daily. Lambing season is slated to begin about the 22nd inst.
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Outfit
Gooding & Son
Gooding
Shoshone
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