Automobiles Rise While Horses Fade in City Life
Analysis from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a rapid decline of horses as city population grows and autos expand. Despite high initial costs and scarce skilled drivers, sales and licenses rise, with automobiles drawing investment and livery pressure increasing yet keeping horse ownership sentimental in certain localities.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tme
St. Swoulg
St. Louis
Missouri
Lveryman
Hveryman
Woodpecker Damage Threatens Telegraph Poles Nationwide
The woodpecker family gnaws at telegraph and electric poles, especially cedar, perforating holes two to three inches wide and four to five inches deep. Despite weakening lines, extermination is inappropriate as these birds control forest pests. scientists urge methods to restore natural boring habits.
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Woodpecker
United States
Pitchfork Wound Threatens Hartford Man
John B. Warrick of Hartford New Jersey is in critical condition after a pitchfork wound. The article notes he may die from the injuries sustained just before the incident began to unfold.
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John B. Warrick
Hartford, N. J
Chicago Board of Trade plans 18 story razed building
The Chicago Board of Trade votes to raze the La Salle street building and replace it with an eighteen story structure. A five member committee will push the project, with banks and five major railroads seeking space. Estimated cost ranges from 3 to 8 million dollars, with the old bond debt remaining.
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Board of Trade
Chicago Board
la Salle Street
Jackson Boulevard
How Women Pick a Wedding and Social Quips
A fragmented Atchison Globe item humorously reflects on gender roles and social mores. It riffs on sayings about honesty, work, and relationships, noting how clever talk shapes perceptions and how public advice often clashes with private truths. The piece jests about health, appearance, and manners in a light editorial tone.
Fifty Miles of String Saved by This Woman
Mrs. Amos B. Cleaver of Reading Pennsylvania spent eighteen years gathering string for a public lesson in thrift. A tiny medicine bottle started the project and the ball now weighs twenty six pounds with a forty nine inch circumference. Strings arrive from many states as neighbors contribute to the growing ball destined for the Home for Friendless Children to teach saving as a practical object lesson.
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Amos B. Cleaver
Reading
Massachusetts
Mailman Finds Rattlesnake in Bag in South Norwalk
John C. Greenwood, a South Norwalk postman, reached into his mail bag and pulled it out quickly upon feeling something. A rattlesnake lay coiled in the bottom, alive, prompting alarm and a rapid response.
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John C. Greenwood
Norwalk
Rattlesnake Found in Mall Bag. Green Wood Kills It
A rattlesnake emerged from a mall bag and was killed by Greenwood. Authorities confirm the reptile had ten rattles and posed a danger to shoppers. no further injuries reported.
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Greenwood
Proverb Snippet with Mixed Origins Echoes Creaky Rules
A fragmented OCR snippet presents a list of proverbs and phrases with attribution oddities. It mentions early wastel words knavn Dutch, two captains sinking a ship Turkish, and every man has his besetting sin Cloerp. The text reads like a stray quotation collection fragment from a historical page.
Moonshiners Rally South as Prohibition Eases Profits
Internal revenue officers report a surge in illicit liquor production in Alabama and nearby states since prohibition. Moonshiners claim six bushels of meat and 200 pounds of sugar yield thirty gallons of whisky worth four dollars per gallon, with a still producing thirty gallons daily and earning about a hundred dollars daily. The allure rises as the risk and rewards intensify for those evading the law.
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South
Knox Booth
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Georgia
Toundasea
Uncle Sam
Booth
China Japan open talks on railway row at Mukden
China and Japan show willingness to negotiate the Antung Mukden railroad dispute. China accepts in principle Japan’s position as Baron Ijuin cites end of legation’s trouble. Reports from U S consuls highlight China’s railway expansion and memorial to the throne stressing development through new lines and ongoing surveys.
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Japan
Mukden
Antung-Mukden
China
Baron Ijuin
Ministry of Posts and Communications
Washington
United States
Dent He Veal
Janus A. McNally
Nanidin
Moonshiners and Revenue Struggle Across the South
In old days moonshiners clashed with revenue agents amid marked graves and peril in the mountains of Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Georgia. The government backed by force eventually prevailed while moonshiners shifted to safer trades. The piece notes today many moonshiners seek profit with risk to liberty, often avoiding armed confrontations when authorities appear.
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Mountins
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Miscellany of Facts and Figures From Various Realms
A compact collection of curious data spans military, science, history, and daily life. Topics include European strength, measurement quirks, early bicycle invention, a 1693 Sicilian earthquake, heart weight range, urban public houses, Mars spectroscopy, electricity safety laws, ancient Chinese records, Venetian bead making, and a misread of a pupil recitation.
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Sicily
Londo
Mars
Colorado
B. C
Venice
Global Gold Production Surges Over Two Decades
Bradstreet's cites world gold stock doubling since twenty five years ago and a 711 percent rise in gold money stocks from a decade ago. Bureau of Statistics tables show output accelerating since the American and Australian gold discoveries, with 1908 production near 427 million and total gold value produced in the last twenty five years around 5.8 billion dollars.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
America
Australia
Quinine Use Reported On Isthmian Canal Zone
The Canal Commission used nearly 2700 pounds of quinine in 1908. Most went to hospitals and sick camps, with about 85 percent of the workforce treated at least once. An Atlantic writer notes varying beliefs about quinine necessity among locals and officials.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
New Orleans
Time¢s Democrat
Colon
Panama
Colm
Pedro Miguel
Wit of the Youngsters and Wordplay in a Curious Exchange
A Montreal family humor segment threads children and adults through playful misstatements. Little Bess and her father weigh walking versus riding as they pass blocks from home. A balloon moment prompts a child’s quip about God. Teacher Willie jokes about a sister’s absence, while Helen jokes about raspberries and ripe timing with a grandma.
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Bess
Waller
Willie
Montreal Family Herald
Helen
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Nankin City
Shanghai-Nankin
Hsal Kuan
Wuhn
Williams
Board of Communications
Henan Fu
Tung Kuan
Yellow River
Wei
Canal Commission
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