Cost of Living and Meat Prices Raise Wages Debate
The essay analyzes rising living costs driven by gold output, urban migration, eight hour laws, and public health scares. It cites Secretary Wilson’s 50 city study showing poor payers bear higher relative profits on meat, with high gross margins in beef. Armour & Company profits questioned as a factor in rising meat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Wiseacres
Wilson
Boston
New York World
Armour & Company
Stock Exchange
Beef Trust
Wall Street
New England and the West A Cross-Region Debate
A columnist questions New England’s changing demographics and its long pattern of sending youth westward. The piece contrasts regional assimilation challenges with a vivid local report from Crescent Bar noting rabbit fences, new homes, irrigation plans, and a rich push to expand orchards and gardens as population grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Putnam
Aldrich
Great West
West
South
Chicago Record-Herald
Intercollegiate Body Opens Talks on Football Rule Reforms
Representatives from fifty eight colleges gather at Murray Hill to discuss revising football rules to reduce danger and injuries. The session includes speeches by university leaders and plans for a rules committee to craft changes, possibly adopting Canadian rules features such as protective distance for ball catchers.
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New York
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of America
Murray Hill Hotel
Northwest News Notes from Seattle December 28
In Seattle and Milwaukee briefs, delegates from Washington counties head to Aberdeen January 20 21 for good roads planning with a $1 500 000 appropriation. Talks include Samuel Hill City Engineer R H Thomson S C Lancaster Colonel Harvey Scott and Governor Hay appointee Emma Smith DeVoe. The column also notes divorce reform discussions Taft Taft era conservation debates Ballinger Pinchot inquiry and regional bank rankings.
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Seattle
Aberdeen
Samuel Hill
Europe
R. H. Thomson
M. E B. Hay
Emma Smith DeVoe
Washington Equal Suffrage Association
National Divorce Congress
Taft
Washington, D. C
New Zealand
Wyoming
Union
This Date in History December 28 Highlights
A Richmond theatre fire funeral in 1811. 1814 Jackson defense of New Orleans attack. 1827 Ward McAllister born. 1832 Calhoun resigns VP. 1841 first illumination use Toronto. 1846 Iowa statehood. 1862 Van Buren capture. 1865 Westminster Abbey 800th anniversary. 1870 Wilson Lumpkin dies. 1890 Captain Wallace Sioux fight in South Dakota.
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Richmond
Jackson
New Orleans
Ward McAllister
New York Society
Savannah
New York
John C. Calhoun
United
Toronto
Iowa
van Buren
Ark
Blunt
Westminster Abbey
Wilson Lumpkin
Georgia
United States
Athens
Virginia
Wallace
South Dakota
Life of Senator Samuel H Piles Leader in Washington Law
Samuel Henry Piles born in Kentucky on December 28 1858 moved to Washington in 1882 began law practice in Snohomish later Seattle. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Seattle in 1887 and 1889 and was elected U S senator as a Republican in 1905. He is expected to seek re election when his term ends next year.
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Samuel Henry Piles
United States
Washington
Livingston County
Kentucky
Territory of
Snohomish
Spokane
Seattle
United States Senate
Piles
Locate Nursery at Twisp
Twisp December 28 The Methow Valley will gain a Washington Nursery branch with a planned plant near Twisp A Kennedy, former Toppenish foreman, reports negotiations for leasing land to plant 40 acres of nursery stock in spring Most of the workforce will be local residents Breese-Webber Co advertises a Red Tag Heater Sale all week.
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Twisp
Methow Valley
Toppenish
A. Kennedy
Washington Nursery Company
Kennedy
Okanogan County
Breese-Webber Co
Ad Names and Notices Call For Bids Advertised
A list of names including Adams, Andrew J and Gordon Harris appears as parties calling for the above and urging bidders to say advertised. The notice reflects a locally published public sale or auction context with named individuals and associated groups.
New York sports men sign to ride Cav anaugh train for Jeffries Johnson fight
Jim Buckley plans to take Tommy Murphy and the Dixie Kid to Europe. Fifty New York sporting men sign an agreement to ride the Cav anaugh special train to the Jeffries Johnson bout. Cyclone Johnny Thompson says he fights for glory, not money. If boxing gets another start in New York, Patsey Kline and Frankie Moore may appear before a Gotham club.
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Jim Buckley
Tommy Murphy
the “Dixie Kid
Europe
Jeffries-Johnson
Cavanaugh
Johnny Thompson
New York
Patsey Kline
Frankie Moore
Gotham
Death Roll of Year in World of Sports
Death thin ranks of sports notables in a year marked by losses across baseball, boxing, racing, and tennis. Notable names include Harry C. Pulliam, Frank de Haas Robinson, George Dovey, Israel Durham, and legendary figures such as John Clarkson, Stanley Ketchel, Patsy O Hara, and Mysterious Billy Smith amid wider losses in rowing, checkers, billiards, and sprinting.
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New York
National League
Harry C. Pulliam
Frank de Haas Robinson
St. Louis
George Dovey
Boston
Israel Durham
Philadelphia
John Clarkson
Frank G. Selee
Boston Nationals
Chicago Nationals
Charles H. Cushman
Milwaukee
Herman Long
Maurice Powers
Harry Lochead
John W. B. Hatfield
Edward F. Leahy
Charles R
King’) Pittenger
Ameri
George Speer
Albert L. Moore
Frank Kornick
Thomas Coates
Oshkosh
Charles Pinckney
Tayton
Willie Hogg
Charles Dexter
New Orleans
J. F. Cone
Chicago
George FL
Foghorn) Miller
Pittsburg
P. J. Quinn
Maurice P. Danshy
Rochester
Cornelius J. McGinley
Willus Britt
San Francisco
Battling Nelson
Stanley Ketchel
Eddie Conley
Cambridge
Mass
Patsy O'Hara
New England
Martin Snee
Haverhill
Mickey Sears
James Kelly
George Price
St. John
N. B
Paris
John Barr
Carlisle D. Graham
Niagara Rapids
Charles F. Parker
Clarence H. Freeman
Providence
Kreigh Collins
Edward McLaughlin
Harry Bethune
Cleveland
Contractors Secure New Homes and Blocks in Douglas
W S Miller finishes a large residence for Soren Christensen and has contracts for two more mansions. Frank Gruenberg of Wenatchee builds a warehouse for Ogle and Owens. C E Barrett works on a house and barn for Henry Gettman five miles north. Bishop Graham plans a spring large business block after completing a substantial concrete block.
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McDonnell Brothers
Douglas
W. S. Miller
Soren Christensen
Frank Gruenberg
Wenatchee
Ogle & Owens
General Merchants
C. E. Barrett
Henry Gettman
Bishop Graham
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the Daily World
Rufus Woods
W. S. Trimble
Chas. E. Stohl
Daily World Building
Farmers
Wash
Erie
the West
Trinidad
Crescent Bar
Cronkite
Dakota
Henry Welze
Lowell
Taylor
Mr. Morgan
Fr. J. Potter
N. J. Potter
Potter
Walter McMullin
Palmer E. Pierce
Pierce
James R. Day
Syracuse University
K. A. Sargent
Harvard University
J. H. Curdy
Y. M. ¢. A. Training School
Rminss
Northwest News Notes
Joint Congressional Committee
R. A. Ballinger
Forester Pinchot
C. H. Hanford
Federal Court
National Monetary Commission
Pacific Coast
Middle East
Ern
Atlantic
Pacific
Nevada
California
Dee
Reinhard Adelberg
Ernest L. Adelberg
Mr. Adelberg
St. Peter’s
Mrs. C. F. Ogilvie
F. T. Motteler
Leavenworth
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Valley
J. J. Browne
M. Horan
Guy C. Browne
Frank D. Case
Charlies E Owens
Jessen
Mexico
Central America
S. S. Erna
Victoria
Lo Angeles
Los Angeles
Tacoma
Vancouver
Jebsen & Ostrander
General Agents
Samuel H. Piles
Washington Company
Ft Oe
Bush, Cyrus
Dick, Richard
Clover, Geo
Hedrick, James
Highland Fruit Farm
James, John
Little, W. A
Newton, Obie
Relyea, Peter
Ross, Lonnie
Stear, W. T
Williams, Lee
Tim Murnin
America
Joel Fealer
Mount Sterling
George M. Webb
Kirby Snow
W. R. Letcher
Kentucky Racing Associa
Tion
R. W. Simmons
W. H. Sims
International Fair Association of
San Antonio
Clarence McDowell
Baltimore
Frank Cusack
William Hayward
J. B. Wood
Inent
Billy’? Smith
Downing, Hopkins
Spokane Stock Exchange
Ziegler Elk
Russell & Johnson
Cor
Orondo
Eagle Transfer Co
Wenatchee, Wash
The
Entiat Light&Power Company
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