Births Outpace Deaths in New York City Study 1908
New York population rises by natural increase with annual births surpassing deaths by about 50,000. For 30 weeks in 1908 births exceeded deaths by 29,579, projecting an annual excess of about 51,270. Manhattan led in births with 1,682 in early January. officials see no sign of race suicide in early 1908 records.
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York
New York
Offiier
Paris
Ravette
French Republic
France
Germany
England
Wales
Belgium
Italy
Board of Health
New York City
Manhattan
Stork
Wall Street Is Deserted for Resorts on Jersey Coast
Brokers from Wall Street spend Saturdays at Jersey shore resorts including Deal and Monmouth Beach. They favor golf, tennis, yachting, and polo while avoiding Broad Street crowds. The scene shifts to Allenhurst Seabright and Long Branch with telegraph and branch offices handling business.
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Wat Street
Jersey Coast
Deal
New Street
West End
Broad Street
Monmouth Beach
Temple ‘Court
Exchange Place
Monmouth
Asbury Park
Wall Street
Jersey
Deal Beach
Allenhurst
Emewood
Seabright
Hollywood
Ocean Boulevard
Long Branch
Wall” Street
Convention of Criminals Planned in City Sparks Police Outcry
Police heads acknowledge a call by Dr. Ben L. Reitman, self styled King of the Tramps, for a national convention of criminals in the city next month. Inspector McCafferty vows to arrest arriving delegates as suspicious persons and to block the gathering. The prospectus lists talks on crime and society, including Dope and Booze and The Average Income of the Criminal.
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Ben L. Reitman
Chicago
Criinals
Dr. Reitman
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
City Fire Departments Stand Out In Global Cost And Scale
The New York Fire Department is the world’s most expensive, costing nearly 2,000,600 annually and using about 32,000,000 gallons of water per year. London spends much less per head, with under ten cents, while Paris, Petersburg, and Berlin maintain large brigades. The article notes royal involvement in major fires, including anecdotes about King Edward and historic fire roles.
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York
London
Paris
Petersburg
Berlin
New York
Chicago
Hamburg
President Roosevelt Secures Larger Pension for Arm Injury
A Lone Tree man finds a letter showing how President Roosevelt arranged a pension increase for Whittaker Jayne of Colorado, disabled from Shiloh. The president learned the case during a Colorado visit, noted the arm’s usefulness, and pledged to push for a higher pension, sending a blank to Washington and aiding the process.
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Lone Tree
John W. Jayne
Roosevelt
Whittaker Jayne
Colorado
Jaynes
Shiloh
Jayne
Mr. Jayne
Washington
Meteorite Fetches Record Price for Whatcom Find
Seattle reports H G Herold secured a bargain in New York for a massive meteorite found last fall in Whatcom county. The 10 by 14 foot fragment weighs heavily, with the price exceeding 2000 dollars, rivaled only by the Peary meteorite in size. Extraction will require snow and massive skid-wood rollers to slide it to the railroad.
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Seattle
Wash
H. G. Herold
Whatcom County
Herold
Boone's Coffin Identified and Reinterred in Kentucky
Lorance N. Boone of Webster Groves Missouri, a great grandson of Daniel Boone, confirms that Boone’s coffin was moved from Bryan cemetery Martinsville Missouri to Frankfort Kentucky. He disputes Rev R B McQuie’s claim the disinterred body wasn’t Boone. The Boone family recounts Daniel Boone’s burial in a black walnut coffin later moved to Frankfort with his wife’s remains.
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Martinsville
John Boone
Lorance Boone
Col. Boone
Daniel
Daniel Boone
St. Charles
Frankfort
Watch Found Inside Ten-Pound Lard Pail Mystery
In Pail of Lard, Town Falls Iowa, Mrs. M W Canterly bought a lard pail from a packing house promo. Half used, she found a dented gold watch at the center. Movement intact, value unknown, story follows as consumer surprise in a prize package.
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Town Falls
Iowa
M. W. Canterly
Dreams of $1,000 Insurance Rewarded by Supreme Court
Mrs. Clara Rancipher of Tacoma won a $1,000 insurance judgment from the Women of Woodcraft after a two year dispute. The claim arose from a changed beneficiary on her mother Minnie Sullivan’s policy. A series of dreams compelled her to pursue the case, culminating in a supreme court decision affirming the payout.
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Tacoma
Wash
Clara Rancipher
St. Helene Avenue
Supreme Court At
Olympia
Woodcraft
Minnie Sullivan
Seattle
Rancipher
Women of Woodcraft
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Steilacoon
Viking Funeral Ship Found in Norway With Rich Rest of Era
The 70 foot long Viking funeral ship unearthed 21.4 miles from shore in Norway contains the bones of two women, likely nobles, and a valuable cargo including a four wheeled chariot and sledges. A possible slave accompanies the mistress in the tomb. The vessel and its artifacts will be housed at the Christiania museum after restoration.
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Paris
Academie Iles Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres
Gabriel Gustafson
Christiania
Scandinavia
Christiania Museum
Candy giveaways spice up Delta county campaign
In Gladstone Michigan Delta county voters see novel campaign tactics. A prosecuting attorney hopeful flies banners on large kites. Another candidate distributes 5000 coupons to boys. Attorney Clyde Hayden seeking probate judge distributes candy and nuts in paper bags printed with an appeal for support.
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Gladstone
Mich
Delta County
Clyde Hayden
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