Atlantic Fleet Sailors Off For Pacific Cruise In 1907
President Roosevelt waves Godspeed as Admiral Evans leads sixteen battleships and support ships from Hampton Roads on the longest naval cruise in history. The route includes Trinidad Rio de Janeiro Punta Arenas Callao Magdalena Bay San Francisco with 12,000 crew under Evans and Brownson amid limited press access.
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Virginia
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Rhode Iolard
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Robley D. Evans
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Callao
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Navy Department
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Henry McCrea
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Joseph B. Murdock
Virginis
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Charles W. Bartlett
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Kearsarge
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Mexico
NO FREGHT CONGESTION RAILROADS REPORT PLENTY OF CARS
Railroads report ample cars and liberal arrangements for ship pers convenience as grain shipments to Minneapolis accelerate. Despite past blockades and a feared coal famine, interstate movement improves, with Northern Pacific allowing original cars eastward and elevators carrying moderate grain stocks amid a smaller crop. Leading figures HIll and Elliott cited.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Northwest
North Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
James J. Hill
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Omaha
A. W. Reed
Blanchard
N. C
Minnewaukan
Bowdle
Anamoose
New Rockford
McHenry
No Men Laid Off Yet Amid Northern Pacific Cuts
Traffic on the Dakota division remains steady versus last year as Great Northern officials note. Fargo saw a wholesale reduction at the Northern Pacific with about 45 workers dismissed including eight train and engine crews, three dispatchers, and a night call boy. Officials cite decreased traffic and slack business as causes though some blame locomotive conditions on the Fargo division. The shakeup follows seasonal practices and a longer postponement due to open weather.
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Grand Forks
Dakota
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fargo
Here
Jamestown
Itta
Siack
Farmer Takes Life in Berwick Area Suicide at Berwick North Dakota
John Black a well to do farmer residing four miles south of Berwick North Dakota committed suicide by his own action. His body was found in his barn this morning and a dependency case was mentioned. The death occurred Wednesday night and the event was reported from Merwick, North Dakota.
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Berwick
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Merwick
John Black
Banking conditions improving in the northwest says F H Wellcome
F H Wellcome president of Union National Bank of Minot cites banks in four northwestern states and improving business conditions. He urges caution but asserts lending should continue, deposits hold, and cash reserves rise. He says credit should remain available to support trade and distribution through the economy.
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Northwest
F. H. Wellcome
Union National Bank of
Banke Jn
Controversy Over LaFollette Assignment Divides Senate Panels
Washington reports the Republican committee refrained from placing Senator LaFollette on several panels. Chairmen objected to his presence, prompting a reshuffle to public lands, then military affairs, and a later move to prevent his influence on the judiciary panel amid the Brownsville case controversy.
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Hansbrough
Fulton
Senator Warren
Senate
Brownsville
Warren Io
la Follette
Judiciary Committee
Burton Reaches 56 as Taft Backer in Washington
Congressman Theodore Burton of Ohio, born December 20, 1851, in Jefferson, is celebrated for his 56th birthday. A respected authority on rivers and harbors, he remains a key figure in Washington and supports Secretary Taft’s presidential bid, despite recent political contestation with Tom Johnson. In Minot, North Dakota, Dec 71, county officials convened to authorize emergency fund warrants for jurors as the general fund is exhausted.
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Theodore Burton
Ohio
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Burton
Taft
Button
Jefferson, O
William and
Elizabeth Grant Burton
Congress
Minot
North Dakota
Board of County Commissioners
New Illinois Athletic Club to Open Grand House Banquet
Chicago December 20 The magnificent new club house of the New Illinois Athletic Club will be formally opened tomorrow evening with a great banquet. Many distinguished men of the city state and nation will speak. Attorney General Bona will be the guest of honor and is expected to make political announcements regarding administration policy.
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Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Bona ‘E
TriState Grain and Stock Growers meet in Fargo
North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota farmers will gather in Fargo for the TriState Grain and Stock Growers convention. President J A Worst announced a strong program with James J Hill to address on Friday January 17 and special railroad rate plans to aid attendees.
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Fargo
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Healpth
TriState Grain and Stock Growers’ Association
J. A. Worst
A. C
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad Board
Miu-nesota
Worst
St. Paul
Conspiracy Against Cupid Changes Marriage Rules in New York
New York prepares for a breezy wedding season as a state law shifts license power to city and town clerks effective Jan one. Applicants must prove legal age and guardians consent for minors, with affidavits of eligibility before clerks consider marriages and offenders facing fines or jail.
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Cupid
New York
New York State
Gretna
State Board of Health
Farmers Institutes Dates Schedule by Prof Heverstad
Prof Heverstad completed the schedule for farmers institutes through February 8. Listed locations and dates include Wyndmere January 2, Fessenden January 3, Leeds January 7, Petersburg January 9, Northwood January 19, Mayville January 11, Grain Growers Convention Fargo January 34-17, Biemarck January 22-23, Valley City January 24-25, White Earth January 30, Williston January 31 and February 1, Grand Forks February 6-7. The State Dairymen’s Association convention is set for Blamark January 21.
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Fessenden
Leeds
Petersburg
Northwood
Mayville
Grain Groweres
Fargo
Anuary
Biemarck
Valley City
White Earth
Williston
Grand Forks
Hoverstad
State
Dairymen's Association
Blamark
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Mons
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North Dakota Educational Association
McFarland
Frank White
Charlton Andrews
A. P. Hollis
Hollis
Association
Our Boys
Moorhead Normal
Richard Heyward
Asstate
Heverstad
T. A. Heverstad
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