Farmers Phone Battle Truces and Price War Loom in Valley
Pacific States Telephone sharpens campaign for low rates to force Farmers Phone to yield. F R Bingham arrives for consolidation talks but Farmers resist. Plan calls for outside city contracts at 1 per year and inside city 1 per month for residences to 25 plus phones, with a broader network upgrade and long distance gains.
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Farmers Telephone Company
Pacific-states Telephone Company
F. R Bingham
Farmers Phone Company
Ofjcne Pacific
Bingham
Littlefield
Farmers Telephone Company Today
Died in Time to Get Insurance
Dr Shaw F Neely former US marshal of Kansas and Leavenworth mayor died fifteen minutes before a 45000 life policy would lapse The policy with Mutual Life of New York had overdue payments and a thirty day grace period The death at 1145 p m meant the policy would have expired at midnight The company manager in St Louis will pay upon proof of death
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Kansas City
Shaw F. Neely
United States
Kansas
Leavenworth
Neely
Mutual Life of
New York
F. N. Chaney
St. Louis
Nerly
Will Survey Pipe Line to Snow Creek
City council accepts City Engineer Prowell’s report on Snow Creek water flow of 382 cubic feet per second about 24.6 million gallons daily enough for 200000 people. A preliminary survey of the pipe line to Snow Creek may cost up to 1500 dollars.
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Prowell
Snon Oreek
Snow Creek
Natural Refrigerator Found in Oregon Ice Cave
A Merril rancher reports a natural ice cave on Rhett lake’s south bank in northern California holds vast summer and winter ice carved from pure mountain water. Cold air drafts freeze the ice, with stalwart icicles and a stream that washes ice chunks into Rhett Lake. Local legends tie Captan Jack to the site. abundant wildlife including pig, deer, bear, and elk are nearby.
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Klamath Lake
Rhett Lake
Califrnia
Merril
Southern Pacific Railroad
J. D. Wise
Oregon
Wise
Captan Jack
Saya Wise
Gage Denies Theosophical Ties and Comments on Bryan
Former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman T. Gage returns to Cottage Point Loma San Diego says he is not a member of the Philosophical Society and never hinted at joining. He comments on William Jennings Bryan noting Bryan is a manifest of destiny and likely the Democratic nominee with a name to conjure.
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San Diego
Cal
Bryan
Wyoming Convention Endorses Roosevelt and Policy Stance
Casper Wyoming August 31 The Republican state convention endorsed President Roosevelts administration approved a stand pat policy and urged the Wyoming delegation in Congress to support it. It recommended the reelection of Senator Warren by the legislature in January and backed state depository and reapportionment laws at the next session.
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Casper
Wyo
Roosevelt
Wyoming
Congress
Warren
City audit reveals no sensational shortages despite sloppy books
C M Williams and Co audited the city books and found shortages blamed on poor systems and careless clerks, not officials. Treasurer J Jack’s records were especially unreliable, with balance timing unclear. Pat Sherburne to inventory city property before Williames and Co finalizes the new books as Fauk Case opens them.
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C. M Williams and Co
J . Jack
F. D. Case
Pat Sherburne
Williames and
Battle With Insurgents Near Havana
At Calabazar Havana 50 insurgents clashed with 15 rural guards leaving one guard wounded. Reports say insurgents and government troops fought near Artemisa Pinar del Rio with unknown result. Gunfire noted west of Guanajay and reinforcements of 50 guards. A Havana train carrying troops reached Pinar del Rio city after midnight amid scattered fire near Tacotaco.
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Havana
Calabazar
Artemisa
Pinar del Rio
Guanajay
Picar del Rio
Tacotaco
Ten Entombed Nuns Rescued From Secluded Convent
Rome reports ten aged nuns rescued from a forgotten wing of the Castel Gandolfo papal palace where they had lived in seclusion since 1870. Cardinal Merry del Val discovered the nuns neighbors unaware of their presence and arranged their move to Terni for better care after years of near-starvation and isolation.
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Rome
S Convent Castel
Gandolfo
Vatician
Castel Gandolfo
Merry del Val
Pius Ix
Terni
Pride and publicity quoted in French proverb
A French proverb warns that pride is costly and publicity is overpaid when bought too sparingly. The saying contrasts personal vanity with the expense of public attention and hints at prudence in spending both.
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Natural Refrigerator
Gage Not
Theosophist
High Line
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee
Bousquet and Holm
H. L. Wiester
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