Oregon Farmer Sees Vast Saskatchewan Prairie Promise
Albert Nelson of Benton County Oregon describes his 1904 journey west to Goose Lake and Saskatchewan. He reports rich clay loam soil, high yields of oats and wheat, prices from 12 to 16 dollars per acre for prairie land, and a climate suited for harvest with cold winters as a rest period for farmers. He notes many Americans moving west for homesteads and predicts rapid settlement and development of the prairies.
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Albert Nelson
Benton Co
Great
Prairies
North America
Goose Lake
Saskatchewan
Rathburn measure becomes law quadrennial real estate appraisals
The Ohio senate approved the Rathburn bill making the real estate appraisal term quadrennial, with publicized appraisals and nonpartisan assessor elections. The state also adopts per capita National Guard funding, while canal appropriations are saved for now amid lobbying for county payroll boosts. The house passed the Bader grade crossing bill and a state offices inquiry bill with amendments on compensation. The Schlemmer plumbing inspector bill was defeated.
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GeLuMers
Senate
Rathburn
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
House
Schlemmer
Ohio University Wins Debate Over Navy Strength
Capital notes cover a joint debate at the university chapel where Ohio University defeated Ohio State University on the topic Resolved that Congress should immediately provide for strengthening the navy. Also reports on local option law cases, the 12-cent mileage law, a city solicitor contract for codifying ordinances, and a disbarment matter against Attorney Thatcher with March 27 set for his answer. bridgeport mumps epidemic among schoolchildren and street railway workers noted. United Mine Workers subdistrict 6 Bellaire adopts constitutional amendment by referendum. West Virginia supports the pollution-fighting Ohio River plan.
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Ohio University
Ohio State University
University of Illinois
University Chapel
Congress
Bridgeport
United Mine Workers of
Bellaire
Ohio towns report varied news from Akron to Dayton
Across Ohio reports include Heidelberg University lengthening its academy to four years in Tiffin. deaths of Richard T. Kelly and Grant Perkiser. Jimmy Smith defeating Louis Franz in a 30 game bowling bout for 2100 dollars. and a gasoline traction car fire in Gallipolis. Other items note manslaughter conviction in Medina, bonds sold in Ironton, dynamite episode in Newark, Woodmen of the World meeting in Lima, forgery case in Athens, child-labor fines in Lima, a canal proposal in Cincinnati, a call to curb childrearing in Cleveland, reinterment at Spiegel Grove, and political moves in Fremont, Cincinnati, and Dayton.
Standard Oil Case Ends In Not Guilty Verdict
Chicago March 11 The federal government’s long running case against Standard Oil Co of Indiana ends with an instructed not guilty verdict after prosecutors fail to prove key points including a legal 18 cent freight rate. Judge Anderson ordered the jury to render not guilty following dismissal suggestions.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
K. M.landis
Chicago & Alton
A. B. Anderson
United States Court of Appeals
Anderson
Edwin W. Sims
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
John 8. Miller
Grosseup, Baker and Seaman
United States Court ,of Appeals
Landis
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Priest Killed in His Study in Newark Polish Church
Newark reports Rev. Erasmus Anston of St. Stanislaus slain in his study by three hooded men wearing heavy overcoats. Housekeeper wounded as attackers fled. Police rounded four suspects by noon. one identified by the housekeeper as potentially the leader. Other items note a self inflicted stab on train in Savannah and factory fire injuries in New York.
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Newark
N. J
Erasmus Anston
Father Anston
St. Barnabas Hospital
Passing of Southern Negro Politician News
Chicago reports a shift in Taft administration policy favoring white Southern leaders for federal posts below the Mason-Dixon line. The plan moves African American appointments to northern Black Republicans, with Col. John R. Marshall backed for the District of Columbia receiver of deeds post.
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Chicago
Taft
Mason and Dixon Line
Cullom
Cullomas
South
Washington
White House
John R. Marshall
Eighth Infantry
Illinois National Guards
District ‘of Columbia
Marshall
Cultom
Col. Marshall
Enraged Mob Fails to Lynch Burlington Slayer
John Junken slayer of Clara Rosen of Ottumwa narrowly escaped lynching as a mob gathered at the Burlington police station. Police protected Junken as he was escorted toward Ft. Madison prison. officers fired revolvers and faced stones while placing him on a train.
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Burlington
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Junken
Ft. Madison
Hiltz
Derailed Train Wreckers Strike Peoria Area
A Chicago and Burlington passenger train derailed near a Viary coal mine switch five miles from Peoria after a broken lock and thrown switch. No lives were lost. railroad officials cite robbery as the likely motive.
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Peoria
Til
Chicago
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Wyo
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Clay Center
Underwood
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Toledo
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Edmund Byrne
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Capital Notes
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de Ran
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Ohio River Sanitary Commission
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Kentucky
Ohio River
Buckeye
Miller
Heidelberg University
Springfield
Richard T. Kelly
Greenapolis
Cleveland
Jimmy Smith
Brooklyn
Louis Franz
Felicity
Grant Perkiser
Clermont County
Medina
Guy Rasor
Orie Lee
Hayden
Gallipolis, O
Gallipolis-Kanauga Co
Ironton, O
Proctorville
Davies & Bertram Co
Albert Fresper
Columbus
State House
Freiner
Lima
the Woodmen of the World
Department of Ohio
Dayton
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This County
Middletown
Ind
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Deisel Wemmer
William Tigner
Wauseon, C
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W. J. Richardson
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Southern Railway
R. T. Bair
Fredericksburg
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Thomas Brantley
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Caracas
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Howard Fontanelli
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Catherine Loerch
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Little Rock
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Carters Neiver Pills
Hudson Bay
Western
Otta Canada
HH. M, Williams
Law Building
W.L. WA
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Chinaven
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
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Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Law
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Harlowton
Moore
Lewistown
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