Lincoln Birthday Echoes and Westward Development Debate
The piece notes Abraham Lincoln's birthday in Kentucky and mentions a bank defalcation case in Detroit. It discusses Canal Commission politics favoring the Nicaragua route over Panama, vast fire losses in multiple cities, and a Philippines governor fleeing with funds. Prince Henry of Prussia's U.S. visit is teased. It ends urging irrigation law to boost western lands for settlers and prosperity.
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West
Sions and Daughters
Insular Investments and Danish West Indies Acquisition
A critical review of real estate acquisitions described as the Danish West Indies including St Thomas, St John, and St Croix for five million dollars. Notes the islands total 127 square miles with 30,000 people, harbor value, and argues such appropriations reflect questionable benefit and domestic opposition in the context of a growing world power.
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United States
Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
St John
St. Croix
St Thomas
Familiar Tactics in South Africa Score A Boer Escape
The article recounts Lord Kitchener’s plan to trap General Dewet's Boer forces, likening it to round-ups of game. The Boers slipped the trap, with Dewet's force around 2000 men, leaving hunters with broken cayuses and cattle. The report notes Salisbury’s continued tenure and promises of the next round-up.
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South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Dewet
West
Jack Rabbita
Kitchener
Bow Street
Hoat
Lord Salisbury
Famine in India and the money bottleneck claim
Dr. Maud Allen, in India seven years as a medical missionary, says famine stems from money shortage, not food. She notes India exports wheat while U S philanthropists gather supplies, and recalls Hindus once sacrificed savings in silver idols to buy English currency, a loss seen as a combined robbery of riches totaling about six hundred million dollars.
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India
Maud Allen
United States
Gold as war cry of party and imperial greed
The excerpt accuses national legislation and English influence of forcing gold monopoly on the world, alleging Republican leaders manipulate policy to enrich financiers. It condemns Indian suffering as a consequence, arguing restitution by divine power is impossible for this crime against humanity.
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Republican Party
Diety
Weiser City Finance Reports Long Overdue
Municipal Matters laments repeated failures by Weiser's city councils to publish quarterly treasurer reports and semiannual financial statements as required by law. The Signal urges adherence to Statute Ske. 66 and Ske. 07, warning that noncompliance is a misdemeanor and calling for transparent disclosure of receipts, expenditures, sources, applications, and payments to the public.
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Kugh
Rural Free Delivery Budget Cut Noted by Senate Committee
Senate committee on appropriations reduced the deficiency bill for rural free delivery service from 491 040 to 217 300 dollars. The action signals tighter funding for rural postal routes and related duties amid fiscal pressures.
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Senate Committee On Appropriation
Rural policy and royal costs prompt economy plea
A caustic note on lavish political spending contrasts the need to fund beer and fittings for Henry Prince of Prussia and Edward VI crown preparations with a half million for a Spanish birthday party. It laments a $542,761,000 treasury and urges rapid battleship buildup while the rural class accepts a 50 percent cut, questioning why more wasn’t taken.
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Henry
Prince of
Prussia
Edward VI
Holland
A TAMMANY TORY AND AN ECSTATIC WIGGLE
The report in the east says Tammany Congress members from New York will vote for the ship subsidy bill. Nixon, the new boss, is accused of advancing his own shipbuilding interests under Democratic cover. The Salt Lake Tribune scoffs at Taft’s Philippines praise and condemns imperial aims, tariffs, and trust politics as the nation debates policy and party unity.
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AML
Tammany
Congress
New York
Nixon
Salt Lake Tribune
Lewis Nixon
Crumbe
Dole
Taft
Senate Committee
Gov. Taft
Philippines
Schurman
John Randolph
Senate
Tillmans
Thar
South Africa
United States
Tillman
Hoar
Teller
A White Elephant Islands Retention Favored by People
The Statesman reports the public supports retaining the islands and favors continued possession. The article notes broad backing across communities for keeping the territory.
Massive US gold reserve sparks tax critique in era of excess
On January 31 the treasury held 545 796 305 dollars in gold the highest ever. The piece argues this wealth stems from taxpayers and saves, punishing a tax system it calls idiotic while warning of corrupt schemes and speculation influenced by the vast treasury.
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United States
Money to Loan on Well Improved Farms
2008 Money to Loan On well improved farms at reasonable rate of interest First mortgages required W L Anderson Box 85 Weiser Ida An up to date paper The Signal.
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W. L. Anderson
Box
Weiser
Ida
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Springfield
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Idaho
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