Taft Loyalist Wins Temporary Chair at Convention
United States Senator Elihu Root of New York elected temporary chairman over Wisconsin Governor Francia C McGovern by 558 to 502. Roosevelt faction pressure and a demand to seat 78 Roosevelt delegates delayed proceedings. credentials committee to decide after demonstrations. Friday tests show Taft strength growing. Saturday Taft and Sherman renominated.
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Sentences handed down to two Native defendants in Roland Judish case
Judge McNulty adjourned court and sentenced Tov High Bear to twenty years in the state penitentiary for first degree manslaughter and Jonah Star to four years for second degree manslaughter. A sixty day stay was granted to allow a transcript and motion for new trial.
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Sioux Falls
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Washington seriously debates herring use and policy
The article discusses Alaska herring turned into fertilizer and soap by an Alaska Oil and Company, with government payments per barrel and objections from Congress. It notes the president's veto on related appropriation bills and cites export data and debates on naval policy including Admiral Dewey's stance on battleship expansion.
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Alaska Oil and Nano Company
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Standard Barrels and Grades for Apples From Washington
A discussion of apple packing standards describes prime bottom fruit, middle calls, and top apples as prime. It notes the 1911 government printing costs and debates over a national public health bureau influenced by “political doctors” and opposition from Christian Science and free religious movements. The piece predicts vigorous debate in the next Congress.
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Bern Paisa
Bureau of Public Health
Chitian Science
First Thames steamboat and the O1st steamer on the Thames
In 1814 the Richmond followed the first steamboat on the river Thames, marking a pivotal early development in steam navigation.
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Congress Lays Low in Sparse Session Attendance
Congress meets with unusually slim attendance as lawmakers fail to fill seats during the session. Officials note low quorums and limited debate as key committees hold only routine business.
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Congress
Platform proposals outline reforms and protections
The document lists reform themes including anti corruption measures and recall limits on judges, criminal penalties for anti trust breaches, tariff reductions, FTC powers, farm loan aid, and civil service retirement extensions, while omitting other progressive demands. It reads as a fragmented early political platform with vague references and unclear wording.
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Civil Service Law
Big Stone's Big Show Opens Chautauqua at Park
The Fourth Annual Assembly of Big Stone Lake Chautauqua opens at Chautauqua Park on Saturday June 29 and runs through July 1. Lectures by Dr. Sadler Miss Norton and others along with music by the Apollo Concert Company and the English Opera Company highlight the program. Richard Yates former governor of Illinois and Hon D W Lawler are among featured speakers with a varied schedule of demonstrations and readings to educate and entertain Chau tauqua goers.
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South Dakota
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Bell Ringers
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The Mosquito Plant in Northern Nigeria
A plant called Ocimum viride grows in northern Nigeria and repels mosquitoes. Two or three plants per room or along verandas can keep insects out. Bruised leaves emit a thyme eucalyptus scent and can render a mosquito unconscious briefly. Natives use leaf infusion as an alternative to quinine for malaria fever.
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