Eminent Doctors on Tuberculosis at International Congress
Washington reports opening of the sixth triennial International Congress on Tuberculosis with doctors from many nations. Secretary Cortelyou welcomed representatives, Dr Koch addressed the audience, and Wu Ting-fang attended as Chinese minister. The congress will reconvene October 3 for further deliberations.
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Washington
America
National Museu
Cortelyou
United States
Woeh
Koch
Germany
Prussia
Joe
Bie
China
Cholera Crisis Deepens in St Petersburg Hospitals
In St Petersburg on September 78 the 24 hour totals show 238 new cholera cases and 148 deaths in hospitals. Eight attendants are infected and staff panic spreads as authorities struggle to keep hospitals staffed. Premier Stolypin sent a sharp letter to the mayor detailing the hospital conditions.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Cholera Epidemic Grows in Woassta Says Marine Hospital Service
Washington Sept. 28 The cholera epidemic in Woassta is increasing according to a cablegram from nine European representatives of the Marine Hospital Service.
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Washington
Woassta
Marine Hospital Service
Theodore Roosevelt Jr to Join Hartford Carpet Co in Thompsonville
Theodore Roosevelt Jr will enter employment with Hartford Carpet company in Thompsonville on October 1. He will perform clerical duties in the office for a period before moving to the wool room and Hawatee front to learn carpet manufacturing. He will reside at A. D. Higgins's home, the company president, for the time being.
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Hartford
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Company
Thompsonville
Clemen
Hawatee
A. D. Higgins
Tennessee man learned spelling through self education
A Tennessee resident once lived in Knoxville and for years insisted on selling the name Noxville until friends taught him to add IX. The anecdote highlights a lifelong struggle with orthography and the eventual correction.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Tennessee
Knoxville
Noxville
Veteran actor Joseph Wheelock dies in Highlands New Jersey
Joseph Wheelock, about 65, a founder and first president of the Actors' Home of America, died of heart disease in Highlands of Navesink as he prepared to board a train to New York. His son Joseph Jr is in the West and has been informed of the death.
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Highlands
Navesink
N. J
Sept. OS
Joseph Wheelock
New York
Tax exemptions in Washington state finance capital flow
Saturday Evening Post Washington notes that farm states exempt much personal property from taxes and that a Supreme Court ruling sustains this. It argues the motive is to attract capital by making money untaxed, lowering loan rates as borrowers bear the tax. The piece questions who actually pays the tax and notes capital moves to where taxation is lowest.
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Saturday Evening Post
Washington
Supreme Court
Minr
Taft Big Time on Northern Trip Amid Rallies and Barbecue
Taft toured Minnesota and North Dakota delivering 16 speeches as crowds surged at Grand Forks and Fargo. A large open air rally in Fargo featured a feast of ten steers and twenty sheep, barbecue, and a torchlight parade led by bands and cowboys. Two black bears watched the meal as Taft spoke, with spectacle and local color highlighting the day.
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Farga
N. D
Taft Party
Great Northern
Minnesota
North Dakota
Taft
Grand Forks
Fargo
Wrights three flights at Le Mans set duration and distance marks
Wilbur Wright flew solo for 1 hour 7 minutes 15 seconds covering about 20 miles. With passenger Tissanmier aboard he set a new record by staying aloft 11 minutes 32 seconds. Earlier Friday he had 9 minutes 18 seconds solo at 50 feet, and Count de Lambert rode today for about 3.5 miles in 6 minutes 14 seconds.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Tissanmier
Recv Rl
Pissenser
Count de Lambert
Vine Rejuvenation Uses Millions of American Slips
To maximize saccharine formation in fruit, 16,000,000 American vine slips were employed in vineyards damaged by a wine parasite last year. The American slips root as foundations for native vines in Austria, then are nurtured in hothouses for three to four years before bearing fruit.
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Austria
Forest fires in Adirondacks extinguished by rain
Glens Falls New York September 28 heavy rains ended the weeks long forest fires burning in the Adirondack foothills near this region authorities reported the fires were fully extinguished after the downpour aiding containment efforts and reducing the spread risk across the rugged terrain.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Adirondacks
Eliot Denies Colleges as Hotbeds of Socialism
President Eliot of Harvard said colleges are not hotbeds of socialism in America. He argued socialism requires a total moral change from selfishness to unselfishness, and shared a parable of an ardent socialist in a village who disappears for ten years and returns with a cow, proving his shift away from radicalism.
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Washington Star
Eliot
Harsverd
America
Jabez
College announces two courses starting January
A Bozeman dispatch states the college will offer a creamery butter makers course from January 27 to February 21 and a farmers short course from January 5 to January 12. The butter course targets young men aiming for creamery positions. lectures for farmers will be given by college faculty and experiment station staff. President Hamilton invites inquiries about either course.
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Bozeman
Sept ’S
Hamilton
Curious tuberculosis pattern in coal mining towns
A Scranton mining journal notes lower mortality from tuberculosis in coal mining communities compared with surrounding areas, a phenomenon also seen in Great Britain. B. W. Thwaite suggests exposure to carbon monoxide from blast and gas production may reduce tuberculosis incidence among workers.
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Scranton
Great Britain
B. W. Thwaite
Thwaite
1908 Austrian wine harvest praised for quality
A 1908 Lower Austria report to the Austrian wine commission forecasts an exceptionally good vintage. Uninterrupted warm weather is expected to improve quality, with the harvest delayed until the final day to maximize ripening and flavor.
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Lower Austria
Austrian Wine Commission
Washington Lut Mi Edison Says He Will Shift Careers
An elderly inventor plans to abandon commercial work for pure science and chemistry. He envisions new fields as a path to practical advances, noting his long research focus and a preference for experiments over business.
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Washington
Edison
Kiliaen
Fierce Hurricanes Do Great Damage Across Bahamas
A devastating hurricane from Sept 11 to 14 swept the Bahamas, destroying Long Island towns including Clarencetown, forcing inhabitants into caves, causing heavy loss of life, and prompting government relief shipments of food, lumber, and nails.
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Bahamas
Turk's Island
Inauga
Ashlins
Crooked
Ragged
Long
Watlings
Rumeau
Exuma
Andros Islands
Long Island
Clarencetown
Sarah E. Douglas
Long Bay
Cat Island
Guthrie Note on Doolin Appointment Return Home
Guthrie Oklahoma September 2 details John B R Doolin appointed interim by Governor Haskell when he joined the denis rate national committee. Return from Chicago brings him back to Alva Oklahoma.
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Guthrie, Okia
John BR. Doolin
Haskell
Denis Rate National Committee
Penton
Chicago
Alva, Okia
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