Minnesota Conservation Congress Reports Big Meeting
Thousands attended in St Paul as speakers from Gov Eberhart to Dr Harvey Wiley highlighted Minnesota resources, drainage, farms and forestry. Sessions featured practical forestry, water power, and farming education with leaders from Washington and state officials shaping conservation policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minnesota
Minnesota Conservation Congress
W. C. McGonagle
Duluth, Massabe and Northern Railway
A. O. Eberhart
J. E. Rhodes
Minnesota Forestry Association
R. H. Campbell
Canadian Forestry Bureau
Ottawa
Can
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Williams
Little Falls
J. H. Davidson
Minnesota Waterways Commission
L. O. Cooke
Lake City
George A
Thomas Shaw
Dakota Pire
Dakota
Aberdeen
J. B. Irwin
B. J. Perry
Backus
John T. Stewart
State Agricultural College
E. M. Tousley
Minneapo
Great Agricultural Department
Washington
J. M. Hackney
Dick J. Crosby
Department of Agriculture
Crosby
Wiley
Harvey ‘W. Wiley
Mediation Continues Over Firemen Dispute With Railroads
In Chicago on March 19, 27 000 firemen and 47 western railroads remain in mediation, with a potential strike looming as federal mediators work toward arbitration on governance issues. Meanwhile 4 000 switchmen in Chicago gain wage boosts and overtime pay, while a federal board hears a broader North America Switchmen case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western
W. S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
United States Labor
Illinois State Board of Arbitration
Brotherhood of Railway
F. O. Melcher
St. Louis
Buffalo
Switchmen's Union of North America
Illinois State Board
Lynching at Marion Courthouse Square Shocks Arkansas
Marion Arkansas reports a mob of about 300 hanged two Black men, Bob Austin and Charles Richardson, after they were accused of aiding a jail delivery. The item also covers a turkey gobbler sale in Mason City, strike talks with Philadelphia Rapid Transit, stock market notes, and a Northwest Mounted Police dispatch on starving Fort Rae Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, Ark
Bob Austin
Charles Richardson
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
C. O. Pratt
Dawson
V. T
Northwest Mounted Police
Fort McPherson
Mackenzie
Fort Rae
Great Slave
Lake
Projections and Parades Through April Amid Civic Figures
The passage muses on Roosevelts and public figures like Morgan Rockefeller Carnegie Pinchot Ballinger, predicting parades, celestial events, and political tensions from mid March to early April. It notes public vanity, mortality reminders, and the continuing Ballinger controversy influencing events and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morgan
Halley
Paris
Mr. Rockefeller
Judge Landis
Mr. Carnegie
Steamer Etiquette on Tipping for Crew and Service
The article advises tipping practices for shipboard staff on Atlantic crossings. It recommends at least three dollars to the table steward, two dollars to the bedroom steward, one dollar to the bath steward, and two dollars to pourbette crew on E deck lifts in large vessels. It also suggests reserving a deck chair and scheduling morning tub time when booking passage.
New Jersey Prepares to Honor Trenton Crossing Park
A state governor’s commission plans a park at the Washington crossing site marking the Delaware River attack that boosted morale in the Revolution. The piece notes the Battle of Trenton as a famed victory amid hardships and highlights New Jersey’s current prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Washington
Delaware
Trenton
Cleveland conservationist praises Cleveland for resource policy
Personal friends and political admirers of the late Grover Cleveland gather at the National Democratic club anniversary dinner in New York. David R. Francia cites Cleveland delaying McKinley’s inauguration to secure a forest reserve and push conservation as his last official act, with eulogies and remarks from Richard Olney praising Cleveland as a constitutional president serving the whole people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
National Democratic Club
Cleveland
David R. Francia
Interior
McKinley
Franci
Francia
Congress
Richard Olney
Worcester Inventor Claims Night Flight Boston to New York
A Worcester genius says he piloted an aero plane from Boston to New York and circled the Liberty statue at a high altitude during a night flight. He plans a Washington trip and a daylight exhibition in February, with a gradual public reveal of his machine’s capabilities.
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Worcester
Mass
Boston
New York
Liberty Statue
Washington
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H. W. Wiley
Eberhart Kart
Arps
Adolph O. Eberhart
Mre
Mary T. Starkweather
3. L. Heeter
Driss
Railroads
Philadelphia
Althous
Mason City
Mr. Avery
T Mnois
KE. H. Burns
Orient
James Memorial Library
Willister
Berlin
Daily Market Report
Twin City
Minneapolis
Mar
South St. Paul
Roosevelt
Cora
Pinchot
Ballinger
Araby
California
John Bigelow
Europe
Red Wing
Goodhue County
J. M. Simmons
Lord Kitchener
Cleveland Conservationist
D. R. Francis
Democratic Club
Russell
H. Johnson
Frenso
Cal
Daniel Russell
Melrose
Daniel Blake Russell
Johnson
Trenton Street
San Francisco
Daniel
Duluth
Fred Anholm
Finland
Anholm
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