Land official Ballinger rattles lobbyists and senators
Judge Ballinger, new general land office commissioner, scolds visitors to speak aloud so all hear their business. West members complain. he replies by mail. Powell Davis to head the reclamation service, overseeing 10000 workers reclaiming 9000000 acres in 29 projects, a merit-based promotion.
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Ashington
J. B. Ballinger
Seattle
General Land Office
Interior Department
Senate
House
Land Office
Judge Ballinger
Davis Named Chief for Reclamation Service
The report highlights Mr. Davis as a key figure in desert reclamation. His career includes hydrographic work on the Nicaragua and Panama canal routes and early involvement with the reclamation act. He is praised for industry, sound judgment, and efficient engineering methods guiding his new post.
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Arizonia
New Mexico
California
Reclamation Service
Davis
Nicaragua and
Panama Canal
Private Car Guests Face Interstate Rate Law Probe
In St Paul a group of young private car guests face possible fines for accepting free transportation, a violation of the interstate rate law. The host railroad man claimed guests were family, but the law defines exemptions for railroad workers and their families, not friends. The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs prosecuting the case to deter similar infractions and pave tighter controls.
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St. Paul, Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
St. Paul
St. Paul Society
Commerce Commission
Roosevelt Photo Fights Fence for Signature Portrait
The president rode to Chevy Chase with an orderly after a cabinet meeting to pose for a widely photographed portrait. He reportedly had to vault a fence about a dozen times to get a successful shot. The scene underscores Roosevelt's popularity as one of history's most photographed figures.
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Roosevelt
Chevy Chase
Washington
Emperor A
United States Surges in Trade With Protective Tariff Debate
The article debates isolation and tariff policy, arguing the United States buys less per capita than rivals due to strong domestic production. It defends protectionism while noting imports nearing 800 million and total imports around 1.4 billion, with exports near 1.5 billion, and claims tariff revisions should not be only downward. It cites The Times arguing for foreign trade growth as a tariff argument.
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New York Tribune
United Kingdom
France
Germany
United States
New York Times
England
Times
Paterson
German tariff truce extended amid US industry concerns
The German government extends the modus vivendi with the United States until July 1, 1908, avoiding a tariff war. German industrialists face higher costs and wages while fearing a potential $160,000,000 market loss if conflict occurs, but assurances deny any violent action against American industry.
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Germany
United States
Iowa lawmakers push for immediate Dingley tariff revision
In Des Moines on March 28 Representative Miller demanded consideration of a joint resolution urging Iowa’s Washington delegates to back immediate tariff revision to curb monopolies. Progressive Republicans sided with the motion to table, Gov. Cummins shows new restraint, and followers reflect a shift away from reform as a Senate path.
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Iowa
New York Tribune
Des Moines
Miller
Iowa Congress
Washington
Cummins
Gov. Cummins
Senate
McKinley and Reciprocity in Republican Policy
The article argues McKinley shifted from limited reciprocity to strong protection, citing the Buffalo speech and 1896 platform. It states his public stance favored reciprocity only in non competitive or non harming sectors and asserts Republican policy links protection as a cardinal principle. It warns that true reciprocity requires protection to remain intact.
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Buffalo
Ten Years of Pain Ends with Kidney Pills Cure
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered fifteen years of kidney trouble with back pain, poor eyesight, and dizzy spells. After ten years unable to do housework, she found relief and cure with Dean's Kidney Pills, selling 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton St
Napoleon, C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Woman Superior Averages Outweighs Male Impulses
A discussion quotes a man claiming no tobacco or alcohol since January and a vegetarian arguing that women are superior to men in restraint and spirituality. The debate centers on women's virtue, voting, and moral pursuits versus male appetite.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Long Time Between Calls
A dialogue between two lovers about facial hair. She teases him for not wearing a Vandyke beard. He retorts that growing a respectable Vandyke takes about six months, lamenting the long wait.
Gold Prize Letters For Postum Experience Test
A long advertisement offers 325 cash prizes for letters about coffee to Postum. Prizes include five $10, twenty $5, one hundred $2 and two hundred $1 awards for truthful experiences on coffee effects and Postum use. Entries close June 1, 1907. examinations by independent judges.
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Postum
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Indiana People in Western Canada Offer Free Land For Settlers
A Tipton Indiana letter to a Canadian official describes a settler excursion to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1906. It notes vast wheat fields prosperous towns new farms 40 000 bushels annual yields and rapid wealth from land purchases by Indiana partners.
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Tipton
Indiana
Tipton, Ind
Western Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian Northern Railways
Tipton County
Kansas
A. G. Burkhart
J. Treloar-Tresidder
Walter W. Mount
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Nrhur Powell Davis
Garfield
Newell
Mr. Davis
Illinois
Junction City
Emporia
Kan
George Washington University
United States Geological Survey
Brapeh
West
Law
McKinley
Blaine
The
Washington Post
John A. Kasson
Kasson
Canada
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