Pittsburg Plans Giant 80 by 160 Foot U S Flag On Independence Day
Pittsburg aims to unveil the world’s largest flag between the courthouse and the Frick building. The 80 by 160 foot banner will weigh about half a ton with stripes over six feet wide and stars eight feet tall. Captain Howard B. Oursler funds and coordinates raise and sewing efforts with city officials for July Fourth ceremonies.
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Pittsburg
Frick
United States
United States Army
Howard B. Oursler
Magee
Oursier
Oursler
Women’s Patriotic Societies
Laslies
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of 1812
Captain Oursler
Maior
Grant Street
Reproduction of Henry Hudson Ship Halve Maen Near Ready
Progress underway to complete the Halve Maen a replica of Henry Hudson s ship built in Amsterdam The 63 foot Dutch galley with eighteen foot beam will carry twenty crew and three masts with antique cannon It will be shipped on a Holland America liner and enter Sandy Hook on Sept 27 as part of the Hudson celebration events.
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Henry Hudson
Mavy Yard
Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands
America
New York
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Rubber as Health Guard for Women Workers
Secretary MacVeagh and Director Ralph authorize rubber aprons for women in the bureau and rubber heels for their shoes after a bureau inspection by a National City Federation of Women committee. The group had recommended these changes to protect health.
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Thhe Treasury
MacVeagh
Diector
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
National City Federation of Women
Juvenile Psychopathic Institute Aims at Delinquency Causes
Chicago leaders form the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute to study child crime through medical, social and family investigations. Miss Addams Miss Lathrop and Mr Burns spearhead funding and governance to treat offenders, explore heredity and environment, and reform handling of juvenile crime over five years. Dr Healy leads the psychopathic research with an assistant to assess mental and physical histories of affected children.
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Juvenile Psychopathic Institute
Chicago
Jane Addams
Julia ©. Lathrop
William F. Dummer
Lincoln Park Boulevard
Allen T. Burns
Institute
Healy
Misa Lathrop
Burns
Frank Churchill
George Dean
Children’s Hospital Society
Miss Addams
Dummer
Juvenile Court
Record-Herald
Tablet to mark Fort McHenry flagpole site planned
Plans are under way to place a bronze tablet at Fort McHenry Maryland to mark the spot where the national colors floated from the flagpole on September 18 1814 The design by Francis B Wheaton advisory architect of the quartermaster general's department states the inscription and commemorates Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner
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Fort McIlenry
Maryland
Fravers Beott Key
Francis B Wheaton
Quartermaster General's Department
Francia Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Swinburne’s Child Loving Poet of Ocean Fame
Algernon Charles Swinburne the poet who died at The Pines Putney near London was born April 5 1837. He rose as a leading Victorian poet with a seafaring streak and a playful, outspoken personality. His childhood in the Isle of Wight sparked a love for Shakespeare and the sea. He attended Eton and Balliol College Oxford but left for Florence with Landor. Swinburne’s work began with The Queen Mother and Rosamond in 1861 and he remained prolific. Known for frank opinions and playful escapades he delighted in provoking Browning and public banquets while remaining a devoted friend to children and a collector of literary curios. He walked long roads and gave cakes to children, never using an umbrella in hardship. His verse often praised children most notably in Horse’s final line O child what news from heaven. Swinburne was a lifelong bachelor and a noted literary figure with a bold, sometimes comic, personality.
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
the Pines
Putney
London
All England
Tennyson
Edward II
Charles Henry Swinburne
Jane Henrietta
Earl of Ashburnham
Swinburne
Isle of Wight
Eton
Bualio College
Oxford
Florence
Walter Savage Landor
Queen Victoria
Rosamond
Robert Browning
England
Browning
London Art Club
Aristophanes
Aeschylus
Trenton Cop Wins European Tour for Burglar Rescue
Police veteran Hamilton Crisp of Trenton New Jersey earns a three month Europe trip for his brave act catching a burglar at the Greenwood Avenue home of the Misses Emma Lillian and Mary James. The trio funded his voyage aboard the Merion of the American Line and will accompany him abroad.
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James
Trenton
N. J
Will
Europe
Hamilton Crisp
Greenwood Avenue
Emma
Lillian
Mary
Piccadilly
Avenue Boils de Boulogne
Misses James
Philadelphia
Crisp
Three James Sisters
Board of Police Commissioners
New York Herald
Aero Club Announces Balloon Ascension Rates for 1908
The Aero Club of New England releases the Boston schedule with round trip prices of 65 dollars for one car and 115 dollars for the other. The lower cost covers one passenger with a pilot on the larger balloon Massachusetts costs 115. Fees include all expenses except travel to the ascension site and return from any landing. The club provides the pilot. Ascensions committee members are Charles J. Glidden and H Helf Clayton.
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Aero Club
Aero Club of New England
Boston Dispatch
Boston
Club
Massachusetts
Charles J. Glidden
H. Helf Clayton
Mississippi in miniature at Seattle exposition display
The deep waterway commission will exhibit a miniature Mississippi valley from the great lakes to the gulf at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle Washington. The model includes a flowing Mississippi river from Chicago to New Orleans with faithful depictions of the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico receiving inland commerce.
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Gulf Deep Waterway Commission
Seattle
Wash
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
New Orleans
Population Growth Projection for 1919
The article forecasts a U S population of about 100,060,000 by 1919 given the current rate of increase. It emphasizes continued growth and cites calculations based on the present trend.
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United States
Amherst Scientist Plans High Balloon Signal To Mars
Professor David Todd of Amherst College will ascend in a balloon with Leo Stevens to a height beyond current limits to intercept signals from Mars. The experiment aims to receive messages using a wireless instrument while avoiding atmospheric interference. The plan, to occur before September when Mars is nearest Earth, includes a sealed aluminium box with life support and a possible ground grounding wire.
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David Todd
Amherst College
Mars
Boston Dispatch
Leo Stevens
Earth
Todd
Venus
Plan for signaling Mars via geometric reflectors proposed
Professor Eric Doolittle of the Flower Observatory at the University of Pennsylvania says signaling Mars with geometrical reflectors could test habitation and be detectable from Mars. He notes a $10,000,000 expenditure is impractical until habitation is established.
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Mars
Eric Doolittle
Flower Astronomical Observatory
University of Pensylvania
Siberia
Earth
Doolittle
Golden Age Club Advocates Fruitarian Living in London
A new society named the Golden Age formed in London to promote a fruitarian lifestyle for humanitarian and hygienic reasons. Open to men and women interested in suffrage, it remains social with bridge and other games for recreation. A medical leader claims the diet could extend a man’s life to 128.
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London
The
Golden Age
Prize Offered for Best Aeronautics Treatise
King Leopold of Belgium announces a $5,000 prize for the best aeronautics treatise to be published within the year. The award aims to spur new work in heavier than air flight and related studies.
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Leopold
Belgium
The Umpire In The Diamond Game
W J Lampton from the New York Times praises the umpire as a calm, impartial figure who makes quick close calls despite fan fury. The poem extols the umpire’s independence and control over players and pennants, noting the crowd’s ardor and the officer’s unseen burden.
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W. J. Lampton
New York Times
African Jungle Trip By Mrs Hellmann Says Ex President Roosevelt Safe
Mrs Frederic Hellmann wife of a mining engineer describes her East Africa journey from Mombasa to Gondokoro 1907 1908 with two friends and husband. She recalls a 300 strong elephant herd attack near Numuli Gondokoro a tropical fever and sleeping sickness claiming many residents. She asserts Roosevelt will be safe in Africa if travelers take ordinary precautions and notes lions buffalo rhinoceros pose risks when surprised.
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Frederic Hellmann
Africa
Roosevelt
Hellman
Mombasa
East African Protectorate
Uganda
Gondhoro
East Africa
Lake Victoria
Nairobi
Val
Numuli
Gondokoro
Butlaba
Lake Albert
Entibbe
Prediction About Taft Based on White House Stance
Hastings Journal observes that Taft’s prediction suggests no further strenuous effort from the White House. The writer notes that fat men are unlikely to engage in significant exertion and mocks government officials for past horseback riding patterns.
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Taft
White House
Hastings
Mich
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