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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1903

Page

9

Merger Defeated in Transmississippi Congress Rival Boise El Paso

A sprawling report covers the Transmississippi Congress meeting in Ogden Utah with delegates from Idaho and western states. Discussions centered on desert land repeal, irrigation policy, forest reserves, and cooperation between landowners and railroads. Speakers included Booth Yucker of the Salvation Army and Governor Pardee, with debates highlighting irrigation rights and colonization in the West.

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Irrigation and Colonization for America’s Poor

Booth Tucker urges Congress to merge irrigation with systematic colonization to flood arid lands with settlers. He cites India as a model and argues irrigation fuels population and prosperity, proposing federal backing to move laborers to 20k–70k acre tracts in Colorado California and Ohio with colonist families, creating a nation of self supporting homeowners.

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Less Than Wholesale Prices Specials at Dibble Grocery

A grocery advertisement from The Dibble Wholesale and Retail Grocery Company offers wholesale style bargains on sugar, canned goods, baking powder, rice, macaroni, soap, and meats. It promotes low prices, a wide selection, and multiple store locations at 117 East 7th Street and 806 Kansas Ave, with phone numbers 726 and 952.

California The Dibble Wholesale and Retail Grocery Company East 7Th St Kamsas Ave

Fragmented Vision of Public Unity and Reform

The text surveys a range of figures from philanthropists and religious leaders to politicians and manufacturers, debating national progress. It hints at schemes to boost land value, promote profitable investment, organize labor, and unite diverse groups under a reformist agenda, ending with a call to political alignment and a named avenue.

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