Washington Letter: Alaska Boundary Treaty and Senate Bills
Washington notes report Secretary Herbert signed a treaty fixing the Alaskan boundary with a six member joint commission. It describes anti trust bills, publicity for interstate corporations, and disputes over rebates. It also mentions statehood debate, Cuban and Colombian treaties awaiting Senate action and a Panama canal related railway deal with Colombia.
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Washington
D.C
Havana
Michael Herbert
Great Britain
United States
Hay
Population Facts From The United States Report
A historical population summary notes 75 568 686 people in the U S excluding Alaska with China having far more. Growth 20 percent 1890 to 1900. New York leads in population and Rhode Island is most densely populated. It cites center of population near Columbus Indiana and area center in North Kansas. The piece also discusses native birth rates and race demographics, plus ages and schooling figures.
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United States
Alaska
China
Virginia
Baltimore
Columbus
Ind
Kansas
New York State
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Rhode Island
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Nevada
Nebraska
South
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
South Carolina
Mississippi
Huntington Team Drivers Form Union
The team drivers of Huntington organize a union while the democratic editors of Indiana plan a mid winter meeting February 6 at the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis.
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Huntington
the ‘Democratic “Editors “of
Indiana
Grand Hotel
St T Indianapolis
Main Street Resurfacing Planned on Wabash This Spring
Main Street at Wabash will be resurfaced with asphalt this spring at a cost of 310000. The street was paved last fall but is deteriorating and needs repairs.
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Wabash
Farmers Institute at Silver Lake Impresses Attendees
The first farmers institute at Silver Lake on Monday and Tuesday drew high praise from participants and promoters. O A Somers gave the key talk on soil conditions essential to profitable crop growing. Grace Irwin and William Bussard also spoke on assigned topics. The day’s opening session faced travel delays from foreign speakers, but afternoon programs proceeded with interest.
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QO. A. Somers
Grace Irwin
William Bussard
Farmers’ Institute
Silver Lake
Othe
O. A. Somers
Argos Reflector Announces New Ownership Under McNeill
The Argos Reflector reports management shift with Richard McNeill taking control. Former editor John R. Jones had owned and run the paper for almost two years.
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Argos Reflector
Richard McNeill
John R. Jones
Akron and Henry towns back 315000 subsidy for railway
Voters in Akron and Henry townsip approve a 315000 subsidy to the Wabash Rochester Electric railway with 555 total ballots and 358 in favor. Lawmakers plan to seek congressional changes to the bankruptcy statute citing loopholes that let debtors dodge obligations.
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Akron
Henry Townsip
Wabash—Rochester Electric Railway
Marion pupils walkout over two colored students
Sixty pupils left a Marion school after two colored children were allowed to attend. The trustee persuaded the colored family to move, ending the protest. In Rochester, the Odd Fellows cemetery began interments 47 years ago with D R Martin as first sexton, who has assisted in 1,466 burials. Near Nappanee, 15 Amish families refuse local schools and run a separate school teaching reading from the New Testament and arithmetic under fractions.
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Marion
Odd Fellows
Rochester
D. R. Martin
Nappanee
Colored barbers in Indiana oppose state license bill
Colored barbers in Indiana scrutinize a proposed barber license bill. They fear white barbers may use the measure to exclude colored practitioners, warning that the act hides a dangerous prejudice.
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Indiana
Striking Poster Graces February Donkey’s Home Journal
The Chicago publication features a heart, a fetching girl, Cupid, and violets on its cover. It begins Practical Lessons in Embroidery Making by Grace Bishop and Home Millinery by Mme Julia. Fashion, toy articles for light housekeeping, a Valentine Social, short stories by Rexford and Litsey, an Ella Wheeler Wilcox editorial, and a piano waltz titled A Maiden’s Dream are included.
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Donkey’s Home Journal
Chicago
Grace Bishop
Mme
Julia
Ethel M. Colson
Ella Wheller Wilcox
Beyond a Salary A Moral View For Young Workers
A writer in Success argues that working only for salary is dishonest and harms the worker most. He urges focusing on self-improvement, skill growth, and experience, framing work as life’s school for character rather than a mere mill for pay.
Sunday Excursion Rates on Nickel Plate Railroad
Nickel Plate Railroad announces Sunday Excursion Tickets at one fare round trip for trains leaving stations after 12 noon on Saturdays and all trains Sunday. Rates start at 25 cents with children five to twelve paying half the adult fare and under 15 cents for younger children.
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Nickel Plate Railroad Company
Money To Loan at Low 5 Percent Rate
Isenberger and Arnold offer loans at five percent interest with annual payments. Partial payments of one hundred dollars or multiples accepted at any interest date. Private money available for immediate loans. They also buy notes of all kinds and cater to farmers selling notes. Manchester North, Manchester, Ind.
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Isenberger & Arnold
Teenberger Rold
Manchester
Ind
Reduce Telephone Rates Target Indian State Legislature
Senators Burns and Osborn push bills to regulate telephone charges and interexchange calls. The Burns measure caps residential service at 81 cents monthly and business lines at 1.50, aiming to curb city price discrimination. Osborn proposes trunk lines between exchanges with a rate of one cent per minute for interexchange conversations.
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Burns
Osborn
Widow Metcalf Beck Leaves Estate to Doctor in Will
By will of Mrs. Metcalf Beck of Warsaw the wealthy widow leaves her town residence valued at 86 000 and 2 000 in cash to her family physician Dr. I B Webber who is named an executor without bond. The remainder goes to relatives.
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Metcalf Beck
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
I. B. Webber
Chicago Man Proposes 275 Mile Sky Wire Scheme
A Chicago man plans a 275 mile long wire to tap atmospheric electricity. He forms a stock company but provides no clear method to launch or support the wire, leaving details unclear. The venture appears speculative and likely to rise only “up in the air.”
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Chicago
Ghost rumor recurs near Bippus spurring posse talk
Locals recall a three year old ghost scare near Bippus near North Manchester with crowds at the cemetery. New chatter claims the ghost is walking again and a small group gathers with salt to capture its specter.
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Bippus
North
Manchester
One Minute Cough Cure Cited In Child Croup Case
Chester Michigan postmaster AL Spafford reports a young girl suffered a severe croup attack with unconsciousness. After administering One Minute Cough Cure the swelling and mucus diminished and the child rested upright. The advertisement claims the remedy cures coughs colds grippe and throat and lung troubles.
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AL Spafford
Chester
Mich
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