Not Fit for Soldiers Says Texan Statesman in Debate
Washington. Jun 6. Representative Slayden of Texas argued the Brownsville incident reveals racial prejudice in U S policy and claimed the Twenty-fifth Infantry has a vicious record citing killings and riots in Fort Meade Sturgis Meiniee Mort Niobrara and other towns while acknowledging no attack on physical courage.
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Washington
Brownsville
Slayden
Texas
Bownsville
United States
Win Meineen
Nev
Mort Niobrara
Two-Cent-A-Mile Books Hearings In Washington
Washington hearings before the house interstate and foreign commerce committee examined a proposal to set 2 cents a mile as the maximum passenger rate for all U S railroads. Thal timore and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville officials testified against broad rate limits citing hardship and passes data. Other speakers and rail workers opposed the measure while senate criticism focused on the La Follette hours rule for train crews.
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Washington
Sherman River
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Trond
Thaltimore and Ohio Railway
T. B. Harrison
Louisville and Nashville
George T. Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
United States
Nicholson
Jengeth
Senate
Anniversary of New Orleans Battle Cited in Congress
Representative Gaines of Tennessee noted yesterday marked the ninety second anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans while Congress debated the military appropriation bill. He cited Andrew Jackson's 1814 record as Republicans debated, then urged war chiefs to sit down on Jackson Day.
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New Orleans
Washington
Gaines
Tennessee
Congress
Bie
Andrew Sackson
Aines
Jackson Day
Mason Masonic Efforts and Memorial Plans Across States
A broad report notes moves in New Jersey to urge the grand lodge to purchase the old Masonic building in Trenton as a state fraternity museum. Other items mention Aleppo temple planning a 600000 dollar Boston temple, a Newcastle Pa club for Masons, Texas lodges’ development group, a Reed Memorial home in Washington, and Nebraska rules on lodge membership withdrawal. Massachusetts reports 165 Royal Arcanum councils with 19,500 active members.
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New Jersey
Grand Lodge
Trenton
Trenton Lodge
Aleppo
Boston
Newcastle
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Washington
Thomas Milburne Reed
Nebraska
Preme
Robson
Omaha
Massachusetts
Royal Arcanum
Estimating the Primitive Buffalo Population
Ernest Thompson Seton argues in Scribner's that total buffalo numbers on the Plains were between 50,000,000 and 66,000,000. He cites 1900 census data for cattle and horses, notes plains and prairie areas, and places forest-region buffalo around 5,000,000 for 1,000,000 square miles.
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A. F. Potter
Forest Service
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Plains
Niles
Ernest Thompson Seton
Scribner's
Justice of the Hearth and the Social Standard
A husband recounts a wealthy social acquaintance’s financial misconduct and reorganization that harmed stockholders. His wife questions punishment and social consequences, deciding the man is unfit for their circle. The exchange asks if private hearth judgments may shape wider society.
Royal Arcanum Jottings Honor Grand Regent Wickersham
Frank B. Wickersham, grand regent of Pennsylvania, is praised for earnest leadership and extensive official visits to 278 councils. A former teacher and a Dauphin County lawyer, he has served as assistant district attorney since 1897 and will close a two year term in May.
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Dauphin County
Wickersham
Secret societies plan health reforms and growth notes
The Knights of Pythias consider a sanitarium for consumptives as endowment rank investigates the advisability. The Hoo Hoos now exceed 18000 members. Jamestown exposition in Norfolk Virginia features secret society days with broad representation. Fraternities promote equality, manners, mutual aid, and uplift to citizenship.
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Knights of Pythias
Order of Hoo Hoos
Norfolk
The French Husband Delights Women With Simple Kindness
The Independent notes the French husband excels in small thoughtful gestures. He brings tiny gifts like ten cent violets and roses and recalls birthdays with plants, sweets, or wine. He plans cheerful excursions and charming surprises, embodying courteous conduct through considerate words and manners.
Shaftesbury on Gladstone and harsh stump orators
The Boston Transcript cites the Earl of Shaftesbury predicting that when Gladstone leads a large majority the crowd would roar with exultation, likening the cheers to pigs in Scripture. The passage comes from Shaftesbury's memoirs and reflects biting political rhetoric.
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Earl of
Shaftesbury
Earl
Gladstone
Boston Transcript
Quip Compares Dresses to Ark Ready Garment Joke
Mrs Noah complains her clothes look like they came from the ark. Her husband retorts they crossed the water and are affordable imported gowns, a light aside from the New York Sun.
Winter protection tips for garden plants and care
The article advises protecting plants during winter, focusing on preventing thawing and freezing cycles. It notes greenhouse and window plants require care, fresh air on warm days, minimal watering, soil drying as a cue, turning pots for even heat, and avoiding disturbance for resting plants while forced plants may still need some fertilizer.
Indoor Irrigation Boosts Radishes Lettuce and Cucumbers Profits
A New Jersey grower reports higher earnings from a 120 by 20 foot house focused on radishes lettuce and cucumbers in succession. He uses Boston forcing lettuces in solid beds near the ground and a personal irrigation system to keep plants disease free. Four to five inches of topsoil are removed and a four to six inch layer of clear horse manure is spread over the bed.
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New Jersey
Boston
Hothouse irrigation system with manure sponge watering
A Farm and Fireside description explains a hothouse irrigation method using horse manure to retain moisture. Water is released through a perforated tin pipe laid between plant rows from a windmill powered tank until the soil is soaked, then moved to the next bed to hydrate roots without wetting foliage.
Hyacinths in Glasses Tips from Garden Magazine
The piece advises using single named hyacinth varieties for glass cultivation, using soft rain water with a touch of charcoal, keeping the bulb base in water, and preventing water levels from rising or dropping excessively. It suggests ten days of darkness in a cool closet, then bright light, avoiding gas jets and frost, changing water every 2 3 days, and using patent glasses to ease the process. A weekly few drops of diluted ammonia can stimulate growth.
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Garden Magazine
Treatment and care for scale damaged peach trees
A. L. Quaintance recommends cutting down and burning scale killed peach trees and replacing them. He advises pruning severely injured trees and applying thorough spray, noting that quick recovery comes from good land cultivation and use of fertilizers.
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A. L. Quaintance
Fruit Stand Offers Bananas Oranges Apples and More
A local fruit seller features bananas oranges apples white grapes figs and dates along with a fine selection of fresh candies and tobaccos for customers.
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Culebra
Freemasonry
Meyerhardt
Georgia
American Bison
Justice OF the Hearth
Pennsylvania
Arcanum
Frank B. Wickersham
Grand Council of Pennsylvania
Keystone
Noah
Ae Flowers
Ting the
Hothouse Irrigation System
San Jose
Lombardo
Tipton’s
Br Vores Sree
Sutherland Bro$y
Ajctioneers
EB. G. Mason's
Sutherland! Bros
Lowsa
Foley
Foley & Company
Chicago
Chamberlain
Dr. King
Colenso
Frank Rogers
Brighton
Iowa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Travis
West Bouni
Mason City Mail
Twin Cities Limited
East Bouni
Peoria Express
Peoria Limited
A.j. Mok
B. Cutts
G. PL
T. A
Minneapolis, Minn
Ellows
UI Ag
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