New Jersey Debt, Silver Value Mentioned in 1902 Query
A 1902 style note cites New Jersey state debt at 48 000 dollars and Mexican silver dollars at 47 cents. It questions state law influence in Idaho and mentions punitive measures in Batangas with General Bell ordering concentration camps. The piece warns against harsh warfare methods likened to Weyler and Kitchener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
New Jersey
Idaho
Batangas
Bell
Weyler
Guba
Kitchener
Africa
Nostalgia Among Troops Highlights Home Sickness
A Philippine front dispatch notes cheerful Latent forces and American successes as colonel Wink’s units destroy hamlets and supply 20,000 Filipinos for six months. It laments homesickness among troops, calling nostalgia a severe malady akin to cases in Swiss regiments, where music was banned to curb such thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Switzerland
Copper prices and tariff fights loom in Bradstreet report
The week’s Bradstreet Commercial report discusses copper’s price pressure and claims of gules in Wide Round. It cites political dominance, tariffs enabling trusts, and wealth hoarding as factors paralyzing individual effort with Washington county as a direct sufferer. It notes Positanimous Morgan’s $500,000 Madonna purchase and his refusal to fund tariffs. Senator Dubois introduces a land bill offering states lands in lieu of school sections to spur settlement and open 1 million acres, with sections 16 or 36 to be claimed by settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epee Arought Co
Uniuet
Washington
Morgan
Hfs
America
Dubois
Intermountain Law Change Sought Amid Smallpox Spread
Health officials report 40 smallpox cases in the city with new infections rising rapidly. Isolation hospital houses patients as authorities call for swift action and preventive measures, noting limited rail links to Spokane complicate containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sila Health
Spokane
Wheat Prices Hit Lewiston Highs and Big Sale
Wheat sells at 50 cents per bushel in Lewiston with 35 000 bushels bought on the 11th and 18th, marking the highest price in two years. The piece notes gold and silver dynamics, white metal value against token money, and legislation favoring Morgan and Carnegie tollers, with ongoing global financial impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Morgan
Carnegie
German workers endure meager pay and high tariffs
Professor Frank Parsons reports from Berlin that German laborers work 10 to 17 hours daily for 60 and 5 cents, with wages and tariffs making proper living impossible. The piece argues higher wages would boost German consumption of American farm products, benefiting American farmers, while criticizing creditor power and gold standard influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Parsons
Europe
Berlin
Parsons
America
Railroad conflict over Gould Harriman interests shapes Idaho rail plans
Jan 17 report details a complex struggle among Gould, Harriman, and Northern Pacific factions over transcontinental routes and coastal connections. Prospective lines from Missoula through Clearwater could reshape control of traffic to Pacific via Grand Junction and Pueblo, with implications for Oregon Railroad and Navigation, Northern Pacific, and regional Idaho interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald
Gould
Harriman
Rio Grande
Paul
Portland
Missoula
Mont
Clearwater
Oregon Railroad and
Gavigaon Company
Ogden
Goulds
Northern Pacific Co
Stites
Rail route from Camas Prairie to San Francisco proposed
Proposes a transcontinental line from Camas Prairie through Salmon and Little Salmon to a P and I N junction at Meadows, then south through southeastern Oregon to Pitt River head and on to San Francisco. Claims vast resources, high altitude crossings, and easier construction than existing lines, positing San Francisco as Pacific coast metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camas Prairie
Meadows
Weiser
Oregon
Pitt River
San Francisco
Harney Lake
Great Lakes
Oriental Commerce
Anil
Teevel
Mountain Mischief and Cuban Trade Debates
A long unsigned missive in the Weiser World critiques a prior article and recalls the American Mining Co Limited and its figures while discussing tax assessments and court valations. It recounts how talks verge into Idaho politics, railway jokes, and a proposed Cuba policy linking sugar interests to western farmers, with a call to let Cuba act for itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.N Kleinschuyidt
American Mining Co
Kleinschmids
Lockwood
Soldham
Trumbull
Cuba
Eewin F. Atkins
Boston
Michigan
William Alden Smith
Cuba and Reciprocity Threaten Beet Sugar Farmers
A Massachusetts congressman defends reciprocity with Cuba, arguing the policy would favor the sugar trust and investors while harming beet sugar farmers in the short term. The piece questions the legislative justification and warns of economic shifts benefiting eastern lenders and sugar interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Rapacious Sugar Trust
Congress
Massachusetts
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted For Child Care
An advertisement warns that children are especially liable to burns bruises and cuts and promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as an unequalled remedy. It claims to draw out pain heal wounds and even cure eczema and piles with testimonials from James Mack of N Webster Indiana and Davis Davo Co noting dramatic improvements and admonishing counterfeit products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
James Mack
N. Webster
Ind
Davis Davo Co
Notice to Creditors and Court Notices, Idaho 1908
Notice to creditors of Martha Wovuber deceased and others. Administrator Edward Pletcurt asks claims with vouchers within four months at his residence in Indian Washington county. Also mentions sheriff sale notices, William Weiser Idaho, various legal actions against Cohen Criey, and a divorce suit with custody of a minor, summarizing multiple public notices from Washington county Idaho with dates January 1908 and references to Weiser and Connell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Wovuher
Washington County
Mahothwannie
Edward Pletcurr
Mace Iwreby
Owderslip
Wwlchy
Idaho
Weiser
Joan A. Keeley
Smith
Sherif
District Court
Third Judicial District
Priblia Square
Connell
Cohen & Criey
Council
Motal
Auld
Washington
Mit
United States of America
Sefendant
Mobart
Hoteli
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bradstreet
Intermountain States
the Royal
M. E. Sommercamp & CO
Mr. 1
Staxal
Kreinschmidt
American Mining Co, Limited
White Monument
Helena
Peacock
Limited
Blake -Hayes
Sonke River
Shea
A. M. Co
Mabel
A.M. Co
Kleinschmidt
Lowell
Mr. K
Boise Statesman
Reinhold
the Statesman
Mr. K. Doubtless
Qubang
R. Spatig
Zoe
Sean
J. F. Smoth
Anid Court
Elven
Gov. B. Rhea
Geo. P
Ted
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