World Market and Plague, Minerals, Languages, and Pioneering Figures
The report notes rapid growth of Japanese beer in North China Korea and Manchuria. It cites extermination efforts against plague in New South Wales with 91000 animals killed last year and germs found in 123 rats and eighteen mice. Tamaulipas may hold mineral wealth copper zinc coal await exploration. German spoken by about 75 million, ranking third among European languages behind English and Russian. Roman artifacts found in Welwyn Hertfordshire, and Vere Goldthwaite, Boston Bar personality, known for Wild West shows and a book on Ingersoll, is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Korea
Manchuria
New South Wales
Tamaulipas
Europe
Welwyn
Herts
Wales
Vere Goldthwaite
Boston
Colorado
Ingersoll
Fruit From Irrigated Lands Promising Yakima Value
Historical figures show high profits from irrigated orchards across Washington. Owners like W. I. Huxable and W. L. Wright report large yields and earnings per acre, with totals reaching tens of thousands. Yakima output includes peaches, pears, apples, plums, and prunes, valued at hundreds of thousands overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bach Goth
Oregon
Yakima Valley
Russell & Sons
Thekla Weisberger
Washington
North Yakima
Nellis
Yakima
W. L. Wright
W. I. Huxable
Daily progress notes from a curious old bulletin
A compilation of disparate facts on health, geography, industry, and science. It notes duck brain consumption by athletes, eye dominance differences, tobacco profits, Monte Carlo earnings, shaven men, whale bone weight, English family size, Australia versus Britain, eye power asymmetry, Space spending, early postal schemes, sheep shearing records, Japan's foreign trade in 1868 and 1906, Bank of England foundations, rice paper source, Paris quill factory origins, a long oceanic hale, cat fur oiliness, and Mechlin's large cathedral clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Monte Carlo
United States
Australia
British Isles
Japan
Bank of England
Paris
Ana Point
St. Rombold’s Cathedral
Mechlin
Belgium
Fragments and Figures From a Noisy Postalized Text
A jumble of social trivia and statistics appears, mentioning tobacco earnings, widow counts in India, beard prevalence in New York, longevity odds, nutrition comparisons, animal scent ranges, family sizes, marriage foibles, palace room counts, a Weston walk, and Pittsburgh bridge tolls amid mangled phrasing and stray letters.
Football Cost to the Nation Each Fall
The article estimates football expenditures reach about $20,000,000 annually, driven by preparations, tickets, travel, coaching, and incidentals. It highlights Yale Harvard and Army Navy as major cost anchors at roughly $1,000,000 each, with total season costs rising from preparatory games to large matches and related consumer spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife and Limb
Boston
Franklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
West Point
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge
New Haven
Electric Bitters Endorsed by Architect Coulter in San Francisco
Prominent architect Norman R Coulter in the Delbert Building San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic for stomach liver and kidney disorders. He calls it the best spring medicine and a powerful blood purifier available over the druggist counter priced at 50e at F B Jones drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R. Coulter
Delbert
San Francisco
F. B. Jones
Hastings Alderman Convicted In Michigan Trial
Hastings Michigan March 6 Arthur Lanbaugh first ward alderman found guilty on charges of receiving stolen goods He admitted buying brass oil burners from Cloverside firm but claimed he did not open the bag He was a junk dealer and his sentence was deferred Also notes Dr Shoops Cough Cure advertised and Ishpeming Republican clubs activity cited by Mining Journal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Mich
Arthur Lanbaugh
Lanbaugh
Cloverside
Detroit News
Best Healer in the World Promoted by Rev F Starbird
Reverend F Starbird of East Raymond Maine touts Backlen Arnica Salve as the best healer for his army wound and stubborn sores. He also reports success in his veterinary work. The price is 25 cents at F B Jones drug store. Manistique men ship and plan rabbit releases from Maysville Michigan and Wisconsin to increase hunting prospects. Dr Shoop Health Coffee advertised as a grain based beverage despite coffee claims, sold by Jensen and Lintelmann for 14 pounds 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.starbird
East Raymond
Maine
F.B Jones’ Drug Store
Mate
Dr. Shoop
Proverbs and Phrases From Classic Quotes
A collection of aphorisms and sayings from Paley Aristo Don Quixote Homer Milton Balzac Hesiod Hesiod and others. The compiled lines offer reflections on habit virtue luck vice and leadership expressed in compact proverbs.
Motorman’s celluloid collar burns as fuse explodes
A Philadelphia Ledger quip recalls a motorman wearing a celluloid collar when a fuse blew, catching the collar on fire. The joke highlights tempers and a dangerous fashion risk from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphis Ledger
Price of It and Eternal Vigilance Cartoon Echoes Debate
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Press vignette shows The Price urging passage of a costly bill with the Senior Partner insisting on legislative strategy. Junior Partner notes a wealthy umbrella as a metaphor for costly enterprise and quips about the price of such an umbrella. Gibbs comments on eternal vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Tomkins
Gibbs
Tomkins Tomkins
Oddball Facts From A Bygone Almanac
A compact collection of figures and curiosities: prices and yields for animals and products, ages of inventions, and social habits. Notable items include balloon ascent in 1783, envelopes since 1839, and a daily New York loss estimate of $300,000 from thefts and cheating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
No Use to Die from Lung Trouble Says Rushborn Woman
Mrs. J. P. White of Rushborn Pa declares there is no use to die of lung trouble as long as Dr King's New Discovery can be found She credits the medicine with loosening a cough curing lung disease and saving her life The remedy for coughs colds la grippe asthma bronchitis and hoarseness is sold at F B Jones drug store 50c and 1 00 Trial bottle free
Republican Michigan State Convention Call 1908 Grand Rapids
The Republican State Central Committee calls the Michigan convention at Majestic Theater Grand Rapids on May 12 1908 at 11 AM to elect four delegates at large to the Chicago National Convention and nominate fourteen presidential electors. Also to select a State Central Committee and proceed with other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Majestic Theater
Grand Rapids
Chicago
United States
Republican State Central Committee
Republican National Committee
Gererit J. Diekema
Dennis E. Alward
Unfamiliar Facts and Notable Figures Revealed
A collection of oddities includes a claim that only Britain and America share equal mile lengths while Austria’s Wielezka salt mine holds 600 miles of galleries and 9,000 miners over six centuries. In Zululand full moonlight lets readers see seven miles, and eagles reportedly rise and vanish in three minutes. Cobham Hall celebrates Lord Clifton’s coming of age. his family members average 6 feet 4 to 6 feet 7 inches in height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roys Palace
Weston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Spain
America
Russia
Germany
Cypres
Scotland
India
France
Britain
Austria
Wielezka
Zululand
Lord Clifton
Cobham Hall
Kent
England
Earl of Darnley
Lord Bligh
Arthur Bligh
E. V. Bligh
Vanderbilt gifts Dalmatian mascot to Hope Company
Alfred G. Vanderbilt presents a Dalmatian hound to the Hope Company of Tarrytown. A local man praises the gift lavishly, prompting the young millionaire to quip that the praise overwhelms the dog. He compares it to indulging new parents with their first baby and tells a long christening joke about a baby with many biblical names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Tarrytown
Mr. Vanderbilt
Charles Louig
Augustus Rembrandt
Frederick Henry Napoleon White
Holroyd
Dr Shoop Restorative Ad Claims Stomach Nerves Fixed
An old advertisement asserts that Dr Shoops Restorative strengthens weak stomach, heart, and kidney nerves to cure indigestion and related pains. It warns not to overstimulate organs and suggests a simple test to prove effectiveness, selling through F B Jones.
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Swanson
P. S. Baxter, Kynesville, Frs
Etetes
Cbansen Rheumatic Cure Company
Lake Street
Bas
AL Sedi Sonan Megury
Iron OX Remedy CO
Detroit
Mich
iCorcali Roves
D. MacFarlane
Mr. Steteeary
California
Weller, Jr
Hastings
Ishpeming
Upper Peninsula
Therfore
Mining Journal
John Schuster
Claude Smith
Maysville
Wisconsin
Port Huron
Sport
Don Quixote
Homer
Milton
Balzac
Hesiod
Aschylus
Ewlers du
Sejcoria
Chippewa
Dickinson i
Houghton
Luce
Staan
Ourself
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bingpeatton
N.Y
Aun
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