Labor stance in presidential race stirs union crowd in Chicago
Bryan charges that Taft platform flaws on injunctions and contempt. Taft’s positions are debated as Democratic and Republican lines clash over anti injunction language. Gompers campaigns against Cannoy in Illinois eighteenth district during Labor Day events.
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Chicago
Raft
Fane
Taft
A. Bryan
Gompers
Cannon
Danville
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Dhnois
Joseph G. Cannoy
National House of Representatives
Moving Pictures Aid Modern Farming On Naval Way Show
C W Martin an Omaha insurer demonstrates using moving pictures to teach farming methods. Through model Illinois Iowa and Nebraska farms the films will show wheat drills self binders steam thrashers and other machinery in action, with lectures explaining bread production from field to mill. The effort supports national corn exposition in Omaha December 9 to 19 and will be shown at colleges and experiment stations in the west.
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C. W. Martin
Omaha
Martina
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
West
Chicago News
Tin Can Clubs Supply Forests Through Miracle Cans
Monterey man B H Green promotes tin can forest clubs to raise new forests in the United States. He cites an oak eight years old reaching twenty feet and a redwood thirty feet tall at twelve years from seed. A tomato can with soil and a hole is proposed to start trees, with trees later freed as rust eats away the can.
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B. H. Green
Monterey
Cal
Bu Cou
United States
Dakotas
National
Green
Taft Club of Fat Men Formed at Chicago Stockyards
The fat man club unites 50 cattlemen and three dozen members at Chicago stockyards with a 230 pound minimum. President Frank L Beveridge weighs 285 and Lycrett Jackson, 28, is noted as a member over 800 pounds and still growing. The group pledges harmony and support for the Republican convention as a large and manly expansionist force.
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Taft Club
Giants
Chicago
Frank L. Beveridge
Lycrett Tackson
Union Stockyarde
New Job For Women On Steamship Carmania
The Cu mard line will place a woman assistant for the purser on the steamship Carmania to answer passenger questions before sailing. Miss Catherine Leith is described in the passenger list as "type and stone." Other ocean liners may adopt this idea.
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Carmania
Cumard Line
Catharine Leith
Arkansas Ode by a Virginia sprinter before London games
A poem by James Alcorn Ratton from University of Virginia longingly contrasts enchanted lands with Arkansas. He praises Arkansas rivers pines and wildlife, wondering where nature is law and beauty unfolds as in his homeland, before heading to the Olympic Games in London.
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Univerity of
Virginia
James Alcorn Ratton
Tondon
Arkansaw
Arkansas
Italians Plan Anti Black Hand Society in New York
A coalition of Italian citizens and groups in New York prepared to form an independent league to counter the Black Hand, aiming for a $100,000 fund and thousands of members. The plan includes espionage, undercover detectives, and a no police reliance policy, with meetings at 87 Nassau Street and pledges of support from prominent men. Authorities estimate Black Hand damage in New York at about $1,000,000 and hundreds of deaths.
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New York
Anti Black Hand Society
Gerardo Luisi
Nassau Street
Black Hand
New York City
Idaho pest bounty plan cuts costs, doubles results
Idaho's livestock sanitary board adoption of a bounty plan on January 3 to destroy predatory animals proves more effective than trapping. The program reports 4077 coyotes, 382 bobcats, and 18 lynxes killed since its start, with reduced expenses and near doubling of results.
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Idaho
State Livestock Sanitary Board of
Bobents
Lytxes
Our Starry Flag and Fable of Olympian Might
A patriotic verse by John O Keefe in New York Press extols American athletic triumphs against British Dutch and Irish rivals. The poem parades muscular heroes like Flan Ike and Sheridan while praising Yankee grit and national pride in track and field feats.
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Sheridan
Thor
John O'Keefe
New York Press
Bangkok Electrom frantic train crash with elephant
The Bangkok Times reports a morning Bangkok train strike when a jungle elephant walked onto the tracks. The elephant charged the train, the engine derailed and suffered heavy damage. The elephant was killed on impact and tusks disappeared during search.
Tres Planting Along Roads
The Stockton Cal Arbor Club has begun a campaign to raise funds to save fourteen miles of trees planted along four Stockton roads. Limited moisture this season requires watering several times and more funds to care for many trees growing through the summer. The club plans to extend tree planting on the four roads and hopes future shade along main thoroughfares.
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Stocton
Cal
Arbor Club
Stockton
Corruptionist Quip Sparks Political Scuffle
A senator cites a rogue tactic, recounting a corruptionist who visited a voter's home. He claimed to pay the wife for a kitten, while noting the opposing candidate had already offered more. The anecdote underscores dirty campaigning in a tense political moment.
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de Dew
Tim
Cost of Courtesy in Business
The Magazine of Commerce argues courtesy costs time and effort, making constant politeness in business a demanding standard. It notes courtesy acts as a lubricant for commerce but requires sustained mental energy many find hard to maintain.
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Magazine of Commerce
Reader offers and medical cure spam in a 1909 paper
An advertisement bundle promotes a trial subscription to The Des Moines Daily Register and Leader with prices through February 1, 1909, plus references to features and delivery. It also touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills with testimonials, addresses, and a money back claim for the catarrh remedy.
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Des Moines Daily Register and Lauder
the Register and Leader
the Beat Dewnpaper
Iowa
Chicago Hye
Register and Leader
Iowa New Apaper
Register and Leader Co
Des Moines
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Stoves at Wholesale Prices From Faulkner Merc Co
Faulkner Merc Co advertises stove sale with wholesale prices. Faulkner, Mississippi area retailer offers discounted ranges and heaters.
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Faulkner Merc, CO
Faulkner
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