Eighty Percent of Opening Bay Exposition Finished
Norfolk April 22 Officials report progress on the Jamestown exposition marking the 300th anniversary of America s first English settlement. Despite incomplete structures, the grounds and buildings about 8 percent finished with opening set for Sunday. President Roosevelt expected to attend along with foreign, military, and naval representatives as twenty five states showcase domestic and foreign exhibits.
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Norfolk
America
Roosevelt
Goldfield Strike Settled After Seven Week Lockout
Goldfield Nev April 22 An agreement signed by mine owners executive committees and miners union No 220 ends a seven week labor conflict. Wages remain at the March 1 1907 level and eight hours constitute a day. The union governs all regularly employed workers in mines mills and smelters. Terms stay in force two years from the date.
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Goldfiel
Nev
Goldfield District
Miners’ Union
Rights of men in uniform at Newport dance hall
Chief Yeoman Fred J. Buenzle of the United States Navy plans a supreme court appeal after a Rhode Island Superior Court ruling adverse to his suit for damages from expulsion from a Newport dance hall while in uniform. The appeal will be pursued with support from a fund backed by President Roosevelt and naval officers. Captain Albert Dillingham, head of the naval training service, oversees the fund.
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Newport, R
Supreme Court
Fred J. Buenale
United States Navy
Newport
William H. Sweetland
Rhode Island
Buenzle
Roosevelt
Albert ©. Dillingham
Naval Training Service
Immigration Inquiry Commission Opens In Washington Today
A commission under the immigration act will hold its first meeting in Washington today to study immigration and restrictions on Chinese and Japanese migrants. It may visit European countries to examine immigration effects and report findings to Congress for possible legislation.
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Commission
Washington
Congress
United States
Europe
Brethren Church Conference Opens in Columbus April
The United Brethren Conference opens in Columbus Ohio on April 22 with representatives from home mission boards and Brethren churches attending. Speaker WW Wesley of Berkeley is among the clergy to attend the discussions and pulpit presentations.
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United Brethren Conference
Columbus
Brethren Church
M. Wesktey
Deg Jail
Berkeley
Pickled Walnuts and Home Disinfectants Revealed
A housewives recipe for pickled walnuts details brine soaking, boiling vinegar with sugar cloves peppercorns allspice and mace then soaking weeks more. The piece also lists a disinfectant method using quicklime and water and guidance for bed clothing disinfection with bichloride of mercury and hydrochloric acid.
Shoe rack to organize boys shoes in New York invention
A New York man frames a family shoe rack with arches and toe ledges to keep shoes neat. The wall mounted or closet placed rack lets each shoe slip through an arch with the heel on the edge, helping recover misplaced footwear.
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New York
A Case For Knives and Forks Kitchen Note
A cotton flannel knife case is made by cutting a piece almost twice as wide as the knife and folding to form a pocket just narrower than the knife. Sew ends, hem long side and top, attach compartments. flannel keeps knives bright and prevents scratches. A spoons case is noted as convenient.
Baked Cranberries and Roosevelt Political Fight Note
A fragment mentions baking cranberries with two cups sugar per quart, no water, in a quick oven. It also references President Roosevelt planning a New York political fight affecting his bid for the United States Senate. The garbled text hints at public interest in office and political maneuvering.
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Roosevelt
New York
States Senate
H-pever
Iety Ga
Hints for Farmers Washing Butter
Guidance on washing butter to remove buttermilk solids. Use cool water just below churning temperature, avoid over washing to protect flavor. A second wash may be needed. too cold water hardens exterior granules and causes uneven salt distribution and mottled color.
The Dairy Stable Practices for Healthy Cattle
The article outlines stable conditions as a sign of the proprietor’s character. It urges Babcock testing, daily fresh and dry bedding, morning brushing of each cow, post milking air and exercise unless weather forbids, and thorough cleaning. It warns against impure air as a tuberculosis risk and recommends whitewash as a disinfectant.
Planting Fruit Trees Distances and Feed Ration Practice
An experienced grower notes proper planting distances for fruit trees including apples fifty feet apart, pears and cherries twenty feet, peaches plums apricots and prunes sixteen to twenty feet, dwarf apples ten to twelve, dwarf pears ten to twelve, grapes ten to fifteen feet by seven to sixteen feet, currants and gooseberries three to four feet, raspberries and blackberries three to five by four to seven feet, and strawberries one to two feet for garden use. The piece also covers former Governor Heard Wisconsin hog feeding, detailing alfalfa hay and separator milk as the sole ration for brood sows in winter, claimed to reduce early pig deaths by thirty percent. Bay is fed dry with no cutting.
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W. D. Heard
Wisconsin
Hoard
Raising Hens and Bedding the Flock on the Farm
Guidance on poultry and sheep care from a historical farming text. It covers poultry maturity and egg hatching timing, proper feeding, green fodder, water and air, and free range. It also details bedding practices for sheep to minimize odor, litter management, and litter processing. Additional farming notes emphasize early hoof care for colts, trimming with tools, and when shoeing is unnecessary.
The Hampshire Hog and Hampshire Toga Breeder Notes
The Hampshire Hog and Hampshire toga are praised as good breeders though not as fat as Poland China hogs. They seldom reach the Poland China size. The text notes lard availability and that these breeds are raised by few people, mainly in Kentucky.
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Hampshire
Kentucky
Parn Progress
Conspicuous by Absence Phrase Traced Through History
The term conspicuous by absence traces from Teelus the Roman historian noted in Soniathata’s funeral to Lord John Kunsell in 1859 England. The saying links images of kin Brut and Gassing to absence and was popularized by a reform context remark about Lord Derry’s pill.
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Teelus
Sonia Thata
Annales
Brut
Gassing
John Kunsell
Haeland
Lord Derry
Go Slow on City Ownership in Politics Debate
Troy Press argues against government ownership, warning that expanding public control risks corruption and waste. The piece frames private enterprise as preferable to “tender mercies” of politicians and urges caution in any large experiment in municipal ownership.
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America
Troy Press
Plant Abandoned as City Leases Nehting Works to Private Firm
After years of trial operations at the electric Nehting plant in Alexandria, Valas signs a thirty year lease with a private corporation. The lessee pays 3500 dollars for the plant, which the city had valued at an estimated 000 dollars to build.
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Trina of Te Muntel
Electric Nehting
Alexandria
Valas
Poultry Guidance on Market Cooled Fowls and Feeding
Poultry notes stress cooling dressed fowls before packing and avoiding excess fat by using grain with low carbohydrates. Oats and simple feed help reduce fat. Crowded hens in small quarters hamper laying and may lead to trouble during winter.
DeWitts and Kennedy Cough Syrup Advertisements Amid Digestive Remedies
An assortment of vintage ads touts DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as safe, law compliant remedies sold by H.C. Schultz & Co at Nix's old stand. It extols Kedol for dyspepsia, promotes early riser pills, and notes digestive aids like Ko dol stomach relief and herbal Rocky Mountain tea for nerves and sleep, featuring local dealer references and period branding.
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Kedol
Hkodolx
H.C. Schulty & Co
Nix
DeWitt
H.C. Schultz & Co
Hl, Schultz & Co
Wix
Kennedy
HG Schulte & Co
H.C. Schulta & Go
Where to Go For Excursion Rates From Illinois Central
Free formation on excursion rates passes through an Illinois Central agent or by card. Tickets allow travel to Los Angeles San Francisco Spokane Seattle Portland Tacoma and other northwest points with sale dates April to June. One way second class to southeast and southwest regions also offered. Home seekers get round trip options in April May June to southern and western destinations.
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Illinoia Central
California
North West
Shrioera
Los Angeles
German Baptist Brethren
Baptist Young Peuptea Union
Spokane
Christian Bodeagerera
Seattle
Good Templara
San Francisco
Portland
Tacoma
Weat
Boul
Northwest
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Ieens
Nts
Tantia
Ma Bates
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H. J. Phelps
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