Plague Campaign Triumph by Dr Rupert Blue in San Francisco
Dr Rupert Blue led a bold public health effort in San Francisco against the plague. He organized a citywide health campaign that eradicated rat and flea vectors, established strong quarantines, and secured national support, turning the Golden Gate city into a model of health and safety.
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Rupert Blue
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Blue
India
Dr. Bine
Fea
First German Admiral von Koester Shaping German Navy Power
The article notes Admiral von Koester as a central figure among a few powerful Germans feared by Britain. It discusses German naval strength, the Kaiser’s possible aggressive options, and von Koester’s role as head of the navy and likely commander in chief in wartime.
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Admiral von Koester
von Koester
Germany
von Zeppelin
Zeppelin
John Bull
Ohio congressman Cox breaks early speech record
Ohio publisher J M Cox, newly arrived in Washington, spoke just 14 days after his initiation, a feat unmatched for a first term. He runs Dayton News and Springfield News, plans a new Dayton paper building with sanitary desks, and serves as Wright brothers celebration committee chair.
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House of Representatives
Washington
House
J. M.cox
Cox
Ohio
Dayton
Springfield
Congress
Wright Brothers
Settled Street Car Strike by Philadelphia Political Boss
Senator Jim McNichal, a powerful Philadelphia figure, brokered a compromise to end a major street car strike before a primary election. He leveraged political influence at the state level and in business to ensure both sides signed a settlement, averting voter sentiment disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim” McNichal
Philadelphia
Quaker City
State Senate
Jim
Move to bring William Penn’s coffin to Delaware banks
Representative A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, a Society of Friends member, plans a drive to relocate Penn’s mortal remains from a Buckinghamshire cemetery to the United States. He would present the idea to President Taft and seek Secretary Knox support, citing John Paul Jones’s exhumation as precedent.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Society of Friends
United States
William’ Penn
Delaware
Palmer
Penn
Buckinghamshire
England
Taft
Knox
John Paul Jones
Paris
Amnapolis
Irish language not required for Dublin university entry
Dublin reports that the new Irish university will not make Irish compulsory for entrance. The commission plans liberal Irish language teaching, with special chairs in commerce and modern Irish economics, a strong engineering program, and architecture degrees. The university aims to open by year end, with Cork and Galway facilities incorporated and initial start at a makeshift site. Buildings planned later at about 760000 dollars.
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Dublin
Irish University
Irigh
Gaelic League
Ireland
United States
America
Cork
England
Board of Studies
Queens
Galway
Pigeons Plague Vienna Prompting City Action
Vienna faces a pigeon overabundance with thousands of birds nesting on facades. Officials sought a local slaughter under new bird protection law, but the Vienna Society for the Protection of Animals refused to participate. The magistracy must decide a solo course, possibly hiring unemployed residents.
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London
Vienna
Vienna Magistracy
Magistracy
Vienna Society For the Protection of Animals
Magietratrey
Russia Largest Purchaser Of Harvester Exports Across World
The bureau of statistics reports American trade reaches many markets with Russia in Europe as the leading buyer of mowers and reapers. American autos, streetcars, bikes, watches, and textiles earmark sales across 40 to 70 countries, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, Cuba, Australia, Greenland, and many colonies, highlighting vast global reach of U S manufactures.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Russia
Europe
United Kingdom
Mexico
Cuba
Central America
Australia
New Zealand
Dutch East Indies
Greenland
Iceland
Gibraltar
Tripoli
Faikland Islands
Canary Islands
Kiao Chau
China
Port Arthur
Talienwan
Morocco
Kongo
Africa
Servia
Roumania
Tasmania
German Oceania
French Oceania
British Oceania
Ferroinclave silo for dairy use described by Hoard’s Dairy man
A new silo design called Ferroinclave is described as iron and cement lined with hollow brick. The unit uses dove-tail iron sheets and cemented on both sides, illustrating a completed Terretmctave silo and one under construction. The article notes silos share core principles of size and foundation, despite different designs.
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Saya Hoard
Whale drowns after tangling itself in Alaska cable
The United States cable ship Burnside reports a large whale tangled in the Valdez Sitka cable off Cook Inlet. The whale’s thrashing twisted the wire, wrapped around its head, and resulted in the animal’s death. Crew hauled up whale bone and found a heavy twist in the government cable causing past transmission difficulties.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Laffin
United States
Burnside
Valdez
Sitka
Cook's Inlet
Fourteen Years With a Cream Separator and Tester
A farmer notes fourteen years of use on a cream separator with repairs along the way. He owns a Babcock tester for three years and monitors cows and the separator. Testing is advised periodically, especially for purchased or new cows, though testing a skimmed milk sample at a creamery is inexpensive.
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G, W. Folk
Journal of Agriculture
Silage Feeding for Cows Divides Condensaries and Boards
The Borden condensaries reject milk from cows fed silage while others do not. Some boards of health, mostly theorists, have forbidden it but reversed course. Corn silage with proper nitrogenous feeds and hay improves milk, saves grains and hay, and should be fed after milking rather than before or during milking.
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Borden
Feeding Corn Raises Protein via Nitrogen Fertilizer
Feeding grasses and corn with nitrogenous manure can raise protein content to a limited degree. The statement rests on carefully conducted experiments.
Cows Milked Daily in United States Estimated
A historical estimate places daily milking of cows in the United States at about 21,900,000 head. The figure reflects large scale dairy activity across the nation.
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United States
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Philander
Chase Knox
Molett Studlo
Chicago
ERIN
E. J. Babcock
Secretary of State
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