Telegraph Operators Strike Expands Across Nation
Western Union telegraph workers begin in Los Angeles and spread nationwide. Over two thousand quit, with Postal operators and Associated Press staff joining in solidarity. Non union replacements trigger walkouts, silencing leased wires and threatening press deadlines. Outlook for settlement remains grim.
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Western Union Telemaph
Los Angeles
California
Western Union
Associated Press
Attorney General Prichard Resigns in New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexico reports Attorney General George W. Prichard has resigned, effective once his successor is appointed and qualified. The August 9 1900 letter states the appointment was temporary and due to personal business, with resignation submitted to Governor Curry.
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Santa Fe, N. M
George W. Prichard
Curry
George Curry
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Raynolds
Church Social at M. E. Church South Draws Crowd
A social entertainment and fair at the M. E. Church South last Wednesday combined with a church program. Miss Christie and the Progress Club organized the event featuring a children’s fishing pond, fortune telling by Mother Rachael, lemonade and candy. The choir performed as Rev. Linge presided, with recitations and vocal pieces including Jaanita by the Misses Hunter. The gathering raised a handsome sum.
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M. EB
South
Hunter
Christie
Another Rich Strike on Mellett Creek Near Elizabethown
Daniel Freeman, grab-staked by Pete Merrill of the C.5 ranch, reports a rich strike at his Mellett Creek claim, a Red River tributary near Elizabethtown. The hole runs twelve feet with a three-foot lead assay of about 52 dollars per ton. Freeman plans a tunnel to 300 feet, hoping for a fifteen-foot lead.
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Daniel Freeman
Pete Merrill
C.5
Mellett Creek
Red River
Elizabethtown
Freeman
George Curry Inaugurated Governor Under Auspicious Conditions
George Curry was inaugurated governor of New Mexico on Thursday at 2 21 PM in Santa Fe in a ceremony attended by a large crowd. He pledged to support Roosevelt policies, pursue honest administration, seek statehood, and work with Congress to admit New Mexico as a state, with plans to consult federal attorneys on ongoing investigations.
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George Curry
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Santa Fe
William J. Mille
Territorial Supreme Court
A. B. Fall
Las Cruces
Curry
Hotel Claire
Colfax County
Senta Fe
Union Depot
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Arizona
Republican Party
Sup
United States
A. B. Full
Gov. Curry
Philippine Islands
Washington
H.J. Hagerman
Able Address of Hon J R Garfield at Santa Fe
Hon James R Garfield secretary of the interior spoke to several hundred New Mexico residents in the house of representatives last Friday. He praised the territory's future, urged fair treatment in investigations, and argued New Mexico could soon walk alone under a spirit of free American citizenship. He praised women as builders of the community and urged cooperation on Indian education while promising a comprehensive western report.
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J. R. Garfield
Santa Fe
James R. Garfield
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Department of the Interior
Department of Interior
Great West
West
Ohio
South
Interior Department
Tam
NewsMexico
Arizona
Minds and Hands for Irrigation and Reclamation
A speaker discusses irrigation and reclamation in a great valley east of the audience. He cites thirty thousand acres ready for cultivation and anticipates hundreds of thousands more acres for settlers who will form new homes. He emphasizes painstaking work and steady effort.
Fair treatment for all special favors to none
A fragment notes ongoing inquiry into unspecified conditions with a single warning line and a continuation cue indicating more details on page seven. The readable text emphasizes equal treatment and cautions against favoritism. No additional context or names are present in the accessible segment.
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Jone
Teachers Institute Opens August 19 for Raton area
The Teacher's County Institute opens August 19 at the Ratoe South Side school for two weeks. Lectures by Dr. W. E. Garrison of Las Vegas Normal University and recitation sessions led by Supt. A. D. Hoenshel and Miss Florence Frost will fill the program. Evening lectures, afternoons for nonlocals, required attendance, and exams on the final weekend are planned.
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Teacher's County Institute
Ratoe South Side
W. E. Garrison
The
Normal University At
Las Vegas
A. D. Hoenshel
Raton
Florence Frost
Ers
C. C. Fisher
Coal Miners Altercation at Koehler Ends With Arrest
Tony Rodick and another miner clashed at a Koehler boarding house last Friday and discharged firearms during the melee. Deputy Sheriff Boulden arrived as shots rang out. Rodick reportedly fired at him but missed. A man sustained a leg wound and was taken to the Miners’ hospital. Rodick is jailed with a preliminary hearing set before Judge Bayne in Raton.
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Tony Rodick
Koehler
Boulden
Rodick
Bayne
Raton
McIntosh Browns Sign Crable to Strengthen Pitching
The Albuquerque Evening Citizen reports McIntosh Browns signed Crable, a big southpaw formerly of the Cimarron Swastikas, boosting the pitching staff. Described as first class in the box and a strong hitter, Crable can serve as a utility run and fields well. With Gargano, Crable, and Nye, the team should be competitive in the region.
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Matson
Crable
Cimarron Swastikas
Gargano
Nye
Brown's
Albuquerque
Kit Carson Holds Hunting Record in Black Hills
Kit Carson arrives from his Black Hills camp with six bobcats and two wolves’ scalps and hides, depositing them with the board of supervisors for a 42 dollar bounty. He has earned 180 dollars for wild animal scalps in six weeks, and notes a recent cloudburst at Rattlesnake canyon sent waters rising over sixteen feet.
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Kit Carson
Black Mills
Board of Supervisors
Black Hills
Carson
Graham County
Rattlesnake Canyon
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