Rural free delivery praised in annual report
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General argues rural free delivery expanded under Republican administrations, delivering daily mail to farmers and boosting access to papers, markets, and weather reports. It notes 40,000 routes serving about 15 million people with potential parcel delivery and continued growth. The piece also covers tariff policy debates, defense of the Dingley Act, and calls for cautious reform only when conditions warrant.
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General DeGraw
Republican Party
Republican Legislaton
Pension Legislatins
Congress
Washington
Ays “and Means Committee
Bloise
Senate Finance Committed
New Haven
War on Frisco Plague and Fleet Visit Plans
Reports praise Surgeon General Wynn for leading efforts to stamp out bubonic plague in San Francisco and surrounding ports. The British and American authorities coordinate vaccination and quarantine as the fleet trains at Magdalena Bay before a planned Frisco visit.
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Battisship
San Francisco
Wynn
Sa Branchisco
Grice
Magdalena Bay
Frisco
Plagee
Bumble Ten
Treasury
P Commission
Tydlia
Ciesdind
Denver’s Anarchist Giuseppe Alto and the prison assault
The article discusses Giuseppe Alto, pictured as a notable anarchist. It notes his conviction for murder of a prison guard, the security upgrade after conviction, and a thwarted escape attempt amid Denver’s belief in an anarchist gang capable of extreme acts to aid him.
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Giuseppe Alin
Parrrar
Elvichys
Alio
Dex
Denver
Tim
Delegates Split as Parties Urge Taft in Caucus Delegations
An analysis of recent Republican and Democratic conventions shows divided support for Taft across states. Nebraskan and Missouri Republicans back Taft, while Indiana Democrats nominate a Bran ticket. Oklahoma urges favorable taft positions, and district delegates in Cedar Rapids face binding instructions. President Roosevelt’s tariff revision push adds tension among factions.
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Spenan
Deneen
Tait
Allison
Taft
Nebraski Republic
Strate
St. Lo
Gent Flonstvelt
Nacional Cvvention Lo
Mint
State Central
Hig Cenli
Indiana
William J. Bran
Thomas I. Marshall
County
Thomas ‘Taggart
William Jennings Brran
Toowa
Cedar Rapids
T Roosevelt
Conareas
Ye Walt
250000 Miners Quit on Soft Coal Strike Nationwide
The United States faces a large scale soft coal strike with about 250000 miners walking off. Pits in Central Pennsylvania and Indiana remain in operation while others across the country suspend work awaiting settlements and arbitration talks. Operators press for wage terms and a cohesive policy, with several states already halting production and Southwest coal fields shutting down.
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Mn Eoat
United States
Puerinavivania
Exst
Colorado
Texas
Wowhn
Weste Bering
Ieee
Thinois
Boe
Westin
Wi Ile Ar
West Rure
Epers
Counirs
Niners
Frank Feehan
Lgust
Ther
Yauin
Lm Ther
Propas
First settlements and world events in early history overview
A fragmented chronicle lists events from 163 to 1907 including St. Marys Maryland settlement, French and British military actions, acts in Congress, pensions for Revolutionary War veterans, naval convulsions, and disasters. It mentions Paris omnibus launch, Savos and Dice treaty, duck lake rebellion, Canadian Pacific completion, Port Arthur lease, and major mine and train disasters with scattered dates and places. The piece reads as a miscellany of historical milestones and incidents across nations and eras.
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Louisiana
Congress
France
Innle Remiblic
Andorra
Cortes
United States Congress
Meney
Bank of New Brunswick
Philadelphia Ledger
Charles Albert
Sardinia
Victor Bamanuel
Northwest Canada
Crozier
Duck Lake
Dakota
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Vancouver
Coxer
Massillon
Canton
Ohio
Wranston
Port Arthur
Hussia
William Warner
United States
Missouri
Brockton
Mass
Nagasaki
Japan
Colton
Cal
Wisconsin college plans and teacher trends in Minnesota
A Wisconsin college annual report argues delaying marriage harms education and society. Wisconsin college presidents discuss consolidating small colleges, with Moorhead and University of Minnesota models in view. Minnesota shows more women teaching yet pay rises. Phi Beta Kappa honors grant academic prestige to University of Minnesota women.
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Smith
State of
Wisconsin
Moe
Tinard
Borkefeller
Carmegzie
University of Wisconsin
Meees
Lawrence University
Z. W. Olsen
Minnesota
Minnesota State Board of Controk
Moorhead Normal School
General Education Board
John D. Tinckefelier
Academies of
University of Minnesota
University
Phi Beta Kappa
Global politics and colonial tensions in early 20th century press
The report notes Russia and Belgium actions involving ukases on international loans and Congo annexation terms, Abyssinia’s prince expelled from Germany amid mining ventures, Yaqui attacks on miners, Leopold concessions criticized as a prelude to broader intervention fears, Alfonso greeted in Barcelona, and Japan-China friction over the Tatsu Maru seizure with arms consignments alleged for revolutionaries.
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Leopold
Congo Free State
Belgium
Congo
Thonss PF
Tyan
Ludwig Menelik
Abyssinia
Germany
S Negro
Addis Abeda
Ile
Alexics
Europe
Maura
Japin
China
Huangou
Sikiang
West River
Macao
Plague Decline and Cancer Rise In Mortality Report
Officials in Washington announce a table of mortality rates from 1905 and 1906 by the census bureau. Tuberculosis deaths fall with a rise in typhoid fever cancer and violence increase among registration states and several large cities. New York leads cities in mortality while California shows high rates overall and Pennsylvania Colorado show higher typhoid deaths in certain years.
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Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Sulge
South Dakota
Michigan
Colorado
California
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pittsburg
Allegheny
I's
Work of Congress on Agricultural Bill and Snake River Dam
A long congressional session debated the proposed agricultural bill and a measure authorizing damming the Snake River in Washington. Controversies included forestry policies, forest service privatization ideas, and public works funding for farmers. Debates touched on attorney general criticism, deaths in the territory, and a filibuster by the Democrats delaying adjournment.
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Snake River
Washington
Senate
Gifford
Me Smith
Cali
Smith
Tle
Bureau of Mel
Moniell
Wyoming
Forestry
Leith
Caliom
Bonaparte
Ar. Clark
Florida
Santha m
Wey
Uie
Afr
Wik
Girl Drives Off Vampire Attack in Nineteenth Century Tale
Miss Allee Ey Eatie of South Norwalk Connecticut endured a terrifying night as three score bloodsucking bats swarmed her room. She hid under a bed cover then fled to seek her maid in the early hours before daylight. The bizarre incident coincides with other crime and graft stories mixed into this journal page.
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Allee Ey Eatie
South Norwalk
Conn
Miss Earle
New
Texas
National Capit at Fort Sheridan bills and promotions note
National Capitol notes report approval of a Cullom bill for land at Fort Sheridan and regulatory proposals. Treatise committee favors a Wyomimg bill to expand non timbered lands. Secretary Taft news, Hall promoted to major general, Col Kerr to brigadier general as Gen Davis retires.
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Barr
Wiiness
Slendell
Wyoming
Hempstead
Taft
Charles
Hall
Dha
Ley Ran
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SW. Grovty
Th. Kerr
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