Plan for Irrigation Westes Congressmen in Danger of Losing Ground
Corresponden of the Indianapolis Journal outlines debates over a national irrigation bill. It notes opposition to a $10 per acre cap, argues land should bear reclamation costs, and warns the committee bill lacks provisions to prevent speculation and ensure actual settlers. The piece favors targeted appropriations and hangpoints for government involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corresponden
Indianapolis Journal
Countern
United States
Congress
United Stat
Newlands
Tate
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
National Irrigation Movement
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Washington
General Treasury
Hansbrough-Newlands
J. D. Whelpley
New Yorks 10 Cent Week Medical Plan Opens Aid
A New York scheme offers medical care for 10 cents weekly for a two person family, 20 cents for three to five, with prescriptions at a fixed rate. Backed by notable figures and operating sixteen stations, the plan promises home visits and bundled drug services, aiming to aid the urban poor with affordable care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
New York
New York City
Josiah Strong
League For Social Service
East Broadway
Provident Medical Company under scrutiny in city inquiry
A detailed report describes free dispensaries and paid stations run by the Provident Medical Company. It notes patients receive doctor visits and medicines at low costs while stations reportedly earn enough to cover salaries, rent, heat, and stock, with daily receipts around 25 dollars on a typical day and 10 dollars on a lighter day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Broadway
Provident Medical Company
How London's Poor Live Case in Police Court Revelations
A North London court remanded Amelia Howell, twelve, for theft of sausages and condensed milk. Her mother, a Hackney widow with four children, struggles after her husband died of pneumonia. Charity aids barely cover rent and bread. the sewing machine debt persists while the girl helps by washing dishes for extra pennies. The Daily Telegraph visit reveals stark poverty in Margaret Street, Hackney, with a landlord who reduced rent to 3s 6d weekly and parish aid at 3s 6d plus bread. The missionary notes the need to shield Milly from work, though the mother already bears heavy burdens and the child’s childhood is strained by hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Amelia E. Howell
Margaret Street
Hackney
London
David Vale
Elsdale Street
Kennedy
Thomas Holmes
Howell
Holmes
Amelia
Rae
Gas Affects Eyes as Natural Fuel Burns
Dr. Daniel A Thompson, a specialist, notes that burning gas causes eye moisture to evaporate and more glasses to be worn. Lars reports eye irritation from gas exposure, highlighting safety concerns and protective eyewear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Thompson
Lars
Protecting Eyes Through Proper Lighting And Habits
Dr Daniel A Thompson discusses eye care amid rising glasses use. He blames dry heat from natural gas for eye strain and praises Argand lamps. He warns against reading in bed or on moving trains and urges lighting from the left shoulder, periodic rest, and avoiding late meals before study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thompson
Strick
Indianapolis
Kipling plans for the year include new novel and stories
Correspondent notes Kipling may publish a novel this year only as a serial. He plans short stories with French scenes and English sailors, and some poems. Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles appears early spring, reviving Holmes. Booth Tarkington nears a new Indiana love novel, while others like Sarah Grand and Elbert Hubbard appear in broader literary trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
New York
Kipling
Kim
Conan Doyle
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Balzac
Stevenson
Dumas
George Eliot
Girls Away From Home In a Boarding House Tale
In a Kansas City boarding house for 100 girls in offices stores and colleges, sympathetic songs and home talk lift spirits and soften harsh reality. A newsboy anecdote leads to acts of quiet charity as workers lend support to peers and share newspaper pennies.
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Kansas City Journal
Aaron Te A
National Civic Federation Seeks Arbitration to End Industrial Wars
The National Civic Federation formed in Chicago and New York aims to mediate labor disputes through arbitration, uniting capitalists and labor leaders including Gompers Mitchell Schwab and Rockefeller Jr. The plan envisions a public arbitration committee and a shift away from strikes toward peaceful settlement, with leaders predicting a potential industrial millennium breakthrough.
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National Civic Federation
Chicago
Chicago Federation
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
New York
Mark A. Hanna
James A. Chambers
American Glass Company
William H. Pfahler
National Association of Stove Manufacturers
8. R. Callaway
The
American Locomotive Works
Lewis Nixon
Crescent Shipyard
Elienbethport
N. J
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Company
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City
E. D. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothing Manufacturers
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Capital
Samuel Gompers
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Theodore P. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
James Duncan
Granite Cutters’ Union
Daniel J. Keefe
International Association of ‘Longshoremen
James Bell
Dressient Id Secntion Cachinists
N Fo Peice
Iron Molders
Senco Ae
J. M. Lynch
Typographical Union
I Uangroational
E. Oreeanet
Whiteee
Anary Oy
United Garment Workers of America
Walter MacArthur
Coast Seamen's Journal
Grover
John Ireland
Henry Ancees
Charles Francis Adams
Veogh James Ii
Beckles Loki J A Eanamess
John G. Milburn
Charles A. Monapects
Oscar A Straus
Scrairman
Pp Easley
Civic Federation
United Mine Workers* Journal
Federation
Charlies Schwab
Mark Neena
Bishop Potter
Ireland
Who Brought Him Motherhood
A family scene occurs as Aunt Mary reveals a newborn brother. The oldest child learns the milkman delivered the baby, glimpsed on the cart advertising family supplies daily, sparking curiosity and amusement.
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Halzac
Doyle
Sarah Grand
Lodge
Hay
Opie Reed
England
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Bert L. Taylor
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Elbert Hubbard
Mr. Taylor
Fra Elbertus
Nicage
House of Lords
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