Contested Shipping and Rail Investments Debate
An editorial fragment argues about American rail earnings abroad and foreign stock profits, cites shipping line competition for New York trade, notes recent formation of transcontinental traffic power by four combos, and hints at subsidies, freight vessel investment, and a call to support Mr Bill’s ongoing work over private interests.
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The Weiser Signal on Small Business Struggles in 1901
The Weiser Signal reports that conditions harm individual effort as small businessmen face pressure from large combinations and the gold standard. First quarter 1901 saw 41 more failures than 1900, totaling 3385 versus 2894, discouraging new ventures and highlighting risks for those with limited capital.
Remarkable Case of Diamondfield Jack in Death Row
A long running case in Cassia County pits Diamondfield Jack against the law. Despite death sentence and later confessions, jurists, pardon boards, and his attorney James Hawley fought to stave off execution. The piece questions justice, fear, and the risk of executing an innocent man amid evolving claims of defense and doubt.
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Diamondfield Jack
Cassia County
James Hawley
Jack
Dreath
Bulwer
Salt Lake Tribune Criticizes Paper On Ocean Trade Monopol y
The Salt Lake Tribune questions a paper over its stance on ocean carrying trade monopolies. The Salt Lake paper supposedly claims opponents are unsatisfied yet presents no clear rebuttal. The dispute centers on whether the Tribune’s critique reflects broader sentiment about the issue.
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Tribune
Great Northern plan for a transcontinental railway described
In an interview J J Hill argues that in about 35 years the U S population could reach 150 million with a third in employments other than agriculture. He envisions a 700 mile rail corridor from Missoula to Sacramento via Weiser and Camas Prairie enabling a vast western transport route and potential Pacific trade control.
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Great Northern Road
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Weiser
Staxa
Sacramento
California
Butte
Montana
Lyme
United States
Missoula
Lo Lo Pass
Camas Prairie
Little Salmon
Pitt Rivers
San Francisco
Duluth
San Frantisco
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A Trial of Mettle: West Struggles Against Big Manufacturing Trusts
The piece laments the West’s struggle to develop amid powerful eastern manufacturing combines. It argues railways favor eastern industry, block western plants, and laments the silver issue as a lever to break trusts. It predicts decades of inaction and wealth consolidation unless policy shifts occur.
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West
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Pacific Coast
Seven Years in Bed and a Cure with Electric Bitters
Lawrence Kansas resident Mrs. Pease suffered seven years of bed confinement due to kidney and liver trouble nervous prostration and general debility. After using Electric Bitters she walked in six months, praising the remedy for headaches backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness. H W Sinich druggist offers it for fifty cents and guarantees satisfaction.
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1 Pease
Lawrence, Kan
Abe
Pete
H.W. Sinich
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