Boise land office receiver chosen from Idaho press ranks
J Harry Syms, a longtime Idaho journalist, is named receiver of the Boise City land office replacing James King. The Weiser Signal endorses Syms as a gentleman of good character, noting his service to the party and his qualification for the post. The piece critiques highborn claims from Venezuela and comments on German English interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harry Syms
Idaho
Boise City
Jand
Republican Party
Amalgamated Copper Company
New York
Hall
West
Warships seize Venezuelan cargoes in Caribbean clash
British and German naval forces entered La Guayra harbor and took five Venezuelan ships, disabled two at docks, and towed two gun boats from the harbor amid limited resistance. The conflict expands with bombardment at Puerto Cabello and calls for arbitration amid political fallout in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Venezuela
la Guayrd
Ame
Puerto Cabello
Weiser Irrigation bonds sold at favorable terms
The Weiser Irrigation district bonds were sold with Albert Hoff taking 40000 at 6 percent and Boise City National Bank taking 20000 at 7 percent. The board celebrates the favorable terms amid other districts seeking funds at similar rates. Trowbridge and Nevins of Chicago bid 7 percent for the whole issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiser
Albert Hoff
Boise City National Bank
Irrigation Company
Oveida
Pioneer Company of
Caldwell
Trowbridge & Nevins
Chicago
Directors Move to Start Work at Soonest Opportunity
The directors act promptly to begin work as conditions permit hoping to secure funds at a reasonable rate amid strict money market conditions. financiers shown confidence by investing, signaling expected resource development benefits at the earliest feasible time.
Venezuela a Nation of Vast Resources and Turbulent History
The article surveys Venezuela's geography and rich exports including cotton sugar and coffee with mineral wealth and vast phosphate deposits. It notes a long history of internal conflict from independence in 1811 to ongoing civil strife and comments on political disease in the post Spanish-rule era. It mentions wars, debts, and the view of foreign powers shaping its future trajectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
British Guiana
Brazil
Colombia
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Simon Bolivar
Republic
Spain
Madrid
France
New World
England
Germany
Castro
Estimate of Boer War casualties exceeds five thousand
The report claims that over 5,000 men were killed, more than the Boer War deaths in Africa. It notes England spent three years crushing the valiant Boer army and warns of greater losses against a larger, equally skilled foe who have lived nearly under arms and in hand to hand combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
England
Mrs Ulysses Grant Dies in Washington at 77
Mrs Ulysses S Grant died in her Washington home at 11 p m on the 14th from heart failure. Her daughter Nellie and her three sons Frederick Jesse and Ulysses were en route to attend the funeral. The body will lie in Riverside Park New York beside her husband. Her maiden name was Jol ia Dent born 1826 in St Louis Missouri. She married in 1848 and lived in Washington for years.
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Ulysses
Grant
Washington, D. C
Nellie
Frederick
Jesse
Washington
Riverside Park N. Y
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