Washington county plans short course at state fair
The Washington county farmers short course may be held the first week in December if dates can be secured. A countywide meeting at the state fair in Des Moines on August 30 will assign dates and plan courses. A large Washington county delegation will attend to show earnest support and secure favorable dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Des Moines
Ames
John S. Wilson
Farmers’ Institute
S. W. Brookhart
Commercial Club
Tabernacle
Shields Returns to Superior to Reappear Before Lorimer Panel
R. J. Shields, who vanished while sought by the Lorimer investigating committee, has returned to Superior. He reportedly intends to appear before the committee when hearings resume in Chicago this fall.
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Superior
Wis
R. J. Shields
Lorimer
Chicago
Labor world notes on unions and Liszt organ plan
France warned of labor troubles. Italian immigrants in the United States send 80 million dollars home yearly. Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers set Chicago convention for September 7. Ironmoulders report rising membership and higher sickness costs since 1896. Government to aid Indian farming. Piutespray fund for fruit trees. Musicians oppose Liszt organs in theatres. producers seek 60 percent fewer orchestras. six-person reduced orchestras planned with Liszt organs already in some NY theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance
Chicago
Windy City
American Federation of Musicians
National Association of Producing Managers
Musicians’ Unions
Extra session yields few concrete outcomes and broad shifts
The Sixty second Congress held an Oklahoma style extra session with limited enacted laws such as Canadian reciprocity and campaign finance publicity while failing to pass key tariffs and direct election of senators. Investigations into Lorimer Stephenson and trusts continue, and pending measures include arbitration treaties and statehood changes.
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House of Representatives
France
England
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lorimer
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Steel Trust and Sugar Trust
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Controller Bay
Alaska
State Department
Parcels Post and Post Office Department
Clark
House
Congress
Ways Fond Means
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Great Britain
United States
Arizona
Underwood
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Mer
Ways and Means
la Follette
Cummins
Bristow
Canada
New Mexico
Chicago physician asks court to compel Taft to act on Mexico plan
Dr. James Edward Buckley of Chicago files a mandamus suit in Washington District court seeking to force President Taft to direct Congress on Mexican conditions and to dispatch an army to Mexico. He alleges German and Japanese collaboration and links to Wall Street interests, with prior suits against Secretary Knox dismissed. Buckley cites threats to Americans in Mexico and possible military action via the Gulf and Pacific.
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Harvey W. Wiley
House
Sifsia
Phe Heuchais
Alaska
Controller Bay
Taft
Wickersham
James Edward Buckley
Chienzo
Philander C. Knox
Washington District Supreme Court
Mandamus
Congress
Mexico
Republic
Gulf
Germany
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Buckley
Knox
Texas
Diaz
Wall Street
Henry Taft
Tienry Taft
Gold Found in Idaho by Chinese Trader Ab Yen
Ab Yen, a Chinese trader, reports gold deposits in the Blackfoot district northern Idaho about ninety three miles southeast of Spokane. The placer ground lies four miles from a flowing stream and requires water via long flumes to mine. yen recounts a prior murder linked to the discovery by two Chinese prospectors killed by a white man after a rustler learned of the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Idaho
Spokane
Ab Yen
United States Customs House
Washington-Idaho
Yen
Wilson 76 as oldest Taft cabinet member marks birthday
Secretary James Wilson, oldest member of Taft's cabinet, born in Ayrshire Scotland, observed his 76th birthday. He came to the United States at sixteen with his parents, settled in Tama County after Connecticut, farmed and entered politics before joining McKinley’s administration.
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Taft
James Wilson
Wilson
Ang
Ayrshire
Scotland
Robert Burns
Connecticut
Tama County
McKintey
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Frank L. Wilson & CO
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Quality Shoe Store
Lorimer Wellness
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U.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Morning Star
Davenport
Saint Paul
Iowa
W. A. Blair, Mer
W. H. Lamont
News and Notes OF
Labor World
BOR Troubles Steel
Italy
International Ironmoulders' Union
Department of Agriculture
Nevada
New York
Committee On Finance
Gore
Senate Committee On Finance
Committee On
Territories
Tariff Board
United States Steel Corporation
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Committee
Hardwick
Georgia
Steel Corporation
Stanley
Kentucky
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Roosevelt
Gary
John W. Gates
Grant B. Schley
Charles M Schwab
George W. Perkins
Lewis Cass Ledyard
House Committee
William H. Michael
Calcutta
Thomas Morrison
Pres Taft
Dr. J. Buckley
Japan
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