Michigan forester reports massive timber losses in the state
W B Mershon of Saginaw, a Michigan forestry commission member, cites estimated fire damage at 50 million dollars to trees statewide. In Thumb district farmers suffer about 1 million in losses from burned small timber patches. Ward tract northwest of Saginaw valley bears 300 million feet of hardwood damaged, with losses estimated around 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Mershon
Saginaw
Forestry Commission
William B. Mershon
Michigan Forestry Commission
Michigan
Thumb
Mr. Mershon
Saginaw Valley
No Pay Till End Of Session Solons Face No Salary
Secretary Chilson of the Senate and Clerk King of the House report the new constitution invalidates the present law on legislator salaries. Incoming lawmakers may go unpaid until the regular session ends. The constitution sets an $800 session salary but no payment law. any early act must be an appropriation and take effect 00 days after session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Chilson
Senate
King
House
Teachers Are Too Many at University of Michigan
University of Michigan professor in Ann Arbor predicts no salary growth for teachers due to their large numbers. He argues teachers are most free to speak their minds and urges pensions for educators in old age to counter inadequate pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of M
Taylor
Ann Arbor
Makes Hit with Farmers in Texas Corners Fair
Rev W W Allen pastor of the Congregational church at Texas Corners has formed a farmers association to stage township fairs. The annual exhibit last week showcased crops and stock with prizes for top samples. The move attracts interest from farmers in surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Allen
Texas Corners
Fatal accident at Berrien Springs electric plant
Clifford Sheets, 26, a night worker at a plant in Berrien Springs, was decapitated when he was pulled into a generator wheel by a revolving component. A fellow employee found his headless trunk. the incident, likely caused by a slip while near the machine, occurred in the Michigan and Indiana Electric Company facility. Sheets’ parents reside in South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cifford Sheets
Berrien Springs
Michigan
Indiana Electric Cong
Fatio Clifford Sheets
Sheets
South Bend
Edison Power to Dam Huron River for Plant
The Edison Power Company, bought by J P Morgan, plans a dam on the Huron River at The Narrows to build a power plant. The project could flood backwater lands along the river and affect Central railroad tracks and university plans for a music plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. C1
Edison Power Company
J. P. Morgan
Huron River
Narrows
Escorted Central Railroad
Jigan
Edison
Muskegon Blaze Destroys Indiana Box Plant
Chief Betfy of the Muskegon fire department probes an incendiary origin for the fire that wrecked the Indiana Box Company's plant. Investigators note two simultaneous starting points in the factory and sixty workers are left jobless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kegon Blase
Betfy
Muskegon Fire Department
Indiana Box Company
Boy Miner Emancipated in Bay City Case
Christ Haman a 15 year old Bay City miner earning 2.36 dollars daily was emancipated from his father by Circuit Court Judge Collins. The court ruling frees him from his father’s wage claims after a suit by his friends at the Robert Gage Coal Co mine. It is noted as a first case of its kind in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Christ Haman
Collins
Young Haman
Robert Gage Coal Co
Miraculous Rescue From North Woodslisted Parish Priest
Rev Father Doser of Ontonagon survived 24 hours in brutal blizzard after disappearing in the north woods. He kept fires alight from branches to stay alive as searchers struggled to locate him. Other disappearance victims include John Mirran of Keweenaw County found after three days and Seager Stimac feared dead near his Globe Minnesota home. all amid dangerous weather.
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Father Doser
Ontonagon
North Woods
John Mirran
Keweenaw County
Seager Stimac
Globe
Minn
MILLIONS LEFT TO YOUNG HEIRS IN BLodgett WILL
Grand Rapids reports the will of Delos A. Blodgett, a linoleum lumberman, leaving $10 to $12 million in trust for three children from his second marriage. Widow Daisy A. Blodgett receives $150,000, a $10,000 annual annuity, and the homestead. John W. Blodgett and Susan Blodgett Lowe, from the first marriage, receive nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delos A. Blodgett
Grand Rapids
Blodgett
Daisy A. Blodgett
Falls In Cistern Trigger Tragic Bay City Death
Miss Mary Kennedy a 48 year old Bay City bakery operator fell head first into an open cistern behind her shop. An inspector from the board of public works found the body after she left the bakery with a pail about half an hour earlier. The cistern contained four feet of water and she was believed to have been stunned by striking her head on the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mary Kennedy
Board of Public Works
Dr. Rush J. Shank Dies Veteran Physician of Lansing
Dr. Rush J. Shank a prominent Ingham county physician died in Lansing after a brief illness. He served as past department commander of the G A R of Michigan and past master of Capital lodge No 66 F and A M. A Civil War veteran born in Lansing on December 15 1848.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush J. Shank
Ingham County
Lansing
Shank
Michigan
Capital Lodge No
A. M
Detroit youth fires on mother after alarm during early mass
Raymond Schmelzer, 22, of Detroit, awakened by screams of burglars, descended the stairs with a revolver and fired at his mother who stood on the landing before daylight. A single shot struck Mrs. Schmelzer in the neck, causing a serious wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Schmelzer
Detroit
Springport Bank Closed After Overloaned Funds
Springport State Savings Bank with deposits around 90000 was closed by Bank Commissioner Zimmerman. An official allegedly confessed to President Joy that the bank’s funds had been overloaned to hay dealers in Vicksburg and Natchez Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springport Bank
Springport State Savings Bank
Zimmerman
Joy
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
State News In Brief: Robberies and misfortunes reported
A Kalama grocer Charles Cavanaugh was knocked down and robbed. Miss Blanche Sparks was held up in Detroit losing $20 from her stocking. A. P. Adams, jailed in Washington, D C for forgery, is denied custody by Kalamazoo Sheriff Shea. John Green died from exposure in Kalamazoo. An Eagle barrel hoop plant in Union City closed with creditors paid. Wm Zeigler killed by shotgun accident chasing rabbits. Brakeman Joseph E Barkley died after being crushed between railroad cars. Frank Kimmell narrowly avoided a wagon accident while felling trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cavanaugh
Hamilton Fire Insurance Company
Metropolitan Surety Company
New York
Blanche Sparks
Detroit
Shea
Kalamazoo
A. P. Adams
Washington, D. C
Adams
John Green
Burgess Hospital
J. H. Stoddard
Eagle Manufacturing Company
Union City
Indiana
Wm. Zeigler
Deerfield
Joseph E Barkley
Manistee
Northwestern
Frank Kimmell
Partello
Roads Rule Express in the United States Express Business
The census bureau study details express companies relations with railroads, showing railroads own over a quarter of express stock and express firms own substantial railroad stock. It notes 1907 had 34 express firms, mileages rising 35.5 percent to 235,903, led by Wells Fargo and American Express, and highlights state and regional patterns, steamboat use in Alaska, electric roads, stage lines, and major expense items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Census Bureau
Adams
American
Pacific
Southern
Wells, Fargo & Co
American Express Company
Texas
States
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Kansas
Alaska
Maine
Washington
Michigan
California
Nevada
Apple crop yields huge pies and pastry empire
The article reports that the U S apple harvest could yield 6 250 000 000 pies and a pastry mountain weighing 9 210 000 pounds requiring 134 163 cars to move to consumers. It notes 25 million barrels 62 500 000 bushels harvested from 15 000 growers, with droughts and pests affecting regions but overall crop size steady with higher prices amid growing export demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harry J. Neely
Rational Apple Show
Spokane
Middle Western
Dr Landone Plans Human Race Boost via Plant Theories
Noted thinker Dr Landone from Burbank champions plant-based theories as a path to elevating humanity. He asserts plants hold key insights to society’s future and advocates research to unlock potential benefits for people and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Landone
Burbank
Relative importance of problems Roosevelt notes in message
The table shows the relative importance of national problems as President Roosevelt weighs them in his forthcoming message, measured by the word count dedicated to each topic. The data highlights the emphasis placed on various issues through the allocation of words.
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Roosevelt
Enormous October Fire Losses in North America
October fire losses in the United States and Canada totaled 22 722.50, with a dramatic rise over 1907. The Journal of Commerce records show 18 fires at 200 000 or more, and 3 000 000 plus losses in October alone, underscoring a period of unusually high fire waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
Visayas
Harvard professor urges new view on athletics and records
Prof Kennedy of Harvard argues winning races and beating rivals are outdated. He favors competing against records themselves in a scientific age. The piece notes other items on education and libraries, including a farm train from Cornell and gifts to Harvard Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Harvard
Cornell
New York State College of Agriculture
Boards of Trade
Congress of Neurologists
Ghent
Belgium
Harvard Library
Edward D. Brandegee
Brookline
Weld
Wesleyan University
Arnold Shanklin
Upper Iowa University
Wesleyan
Panama Canal Commission Report Details Construction Progress
The Panama canal is progressing with an average payroll of 43 057 men and expenditures of 84 572 996 55 this year. The report notes military style precision, site shifts for the Sosa Corosal and Gatun dam due to ground movement and underground water. It covers Culebra cut earth removal, river diversion plans, landslides, and improving sanitary conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington
Gatun
Soca-Corosal
Sosa-Corosal Dam
Empire City
Empire Hill
Gold Hill
Pedro Miguel Lock
Labor unions and employment notes across nations
The bulletin lists French union membership at 1.5 million, 330000 laundresses in the country, 57 active Santa Clara unions including 41 in San Jose, and a Shanghai school for fishermen’s sons. It also mentions New York 1828 labor party presence, Boston eight hour chorus, New York street newspaper curfew, 150 California labor measures, wage cuts for England's ironstone miners, Alsace Lorraine employment bureaus, Boston metal trades push, California’s overseas labor commissioner, Japanese emigrants to Brazil with land grants, and European unskilled to skilled ratios in Mertz Muelhausen and Strassburg.
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Santa Clara County
California
City of
San Jose
Workingmen’s Party
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
State Federation of Labor
State Building Trades Council
Cleveland
England
Weardale
Alsace-Lorraine
Mass
Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Europe
New Zealand
Australia
Brazil
Tokio
Mertz
Germany
Muelhausen
Strassburg
Ers
Phila
Chicago Trade Improves Amid Warmer Apparel Demand
Dun's Review of Trade notes rising payments through banks and steadier manufacturing conditions in Chicago. inventories and repairs loom, hands employed grow, and demand steady for heavy apparel, breadstuffs, provisions, and luxuries while earnings recoveries in Chicago steam roads support freight growth. Mercantile collections improve slowly. local failures total 41, with higher value failures over 5000 dollars moderate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
Retail and trade patterns in New York and regions
New York reports mixed retail and wholesale activity as holiday demand lags in many areas while southwest, spring wheat, and Pacific Northwest show strength. Weather, year end inventories, and higher raw material prices temper production. U S business failures total 298 that week, with 60 in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Regional Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Market price data show Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed. Prices span No 2 and mixed grades with ranges from $0.49 to $14.60 per unit, reflecting regional trading for cattle hogs and grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Aerial Navigation Co Leases Boston Land for Airship Line
The Aerial Navigation Company, formed to run an airship line between Boston and New York, has leased two acres in Boston for station No 1 and secured landing privileges on Commonwealth Avenue and near the Harvard Bridge. Capt Baldwin pledges delivery of the first dirigible by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aerial Navigation Company
Boston
New York
Commonwealth Avenue
Harvard Bridge
Baldwin
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TRE Chief
Bear
Dr. Shank
State News
Roads Rule Express
Indian Service
Secret Service
Parcel Post
Public Health Government Printing Office
Eves
Interstate Fisheries
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
National Guard
Panama
Shanghai
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