National Political Events and Trials Ahead
Washington reports next week will feature Taft and Bryan speeches and Sherman Chafin nominations. Illinois marks the Lincoln Douglas debates fiftieth anniversary with city celebrations. Legal conferences in Seattle preview ABA meeting and a Missouri injunction suit seeks to block lumber merger. National conventions gather in St Paul Put-in-Bay Baltimore and Los Angeles.
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James S. Sherman
Eugene W. Chafin
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
Hot Springs
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Des Moines
Chicago
Indianapolis
Melbourne
Illinois
Illinois Historical Society
Ottawa
Seattle
American Bar Association
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Hadley
West
Texas
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Montana Takes Lead in National Resource Plan
Helena Mont August 15 Montana claims the honor of being the first state to begin conservation plans from the White House conference. Governor Norris appointed a commission and today its members met to organize and discuss general plans. The initial focus will be preserving Montana’s forest lands.
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Atlantic, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad to double daily service
The Atlantic Birmingham and Atlantic railroad plans to double its daily service linking Atlanta Brunswick Thomasville Fitzgerald Waycross and intermediate points. The increase starts tomorrow and includes a sleeping car service between Atlanta Thomasville and intermediate points with nightly travel options between Atlanta and Brunswick.
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Thomasville
Fitzgerald
Waycross
Georgia
All Round Office Training at Bluefield Normal College
Read our ad inviting enrollment in shorthand bookkeeping math and all related subjects. The course covers a musical department with vocal piano organ cornet flute clarinet and other band instruments at Bluefield West Virginia normal and business college.
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Normal and Business College
Bluefield
W. Va
Lipton Cup Races Set to Spotlight Chicago Yachting Week
Chicago hosts a grand Lipton Cup Yachting Carnival with outer harbor fleets and boats from across the lakes. The event features Lipton Cup races daily through Tuesday plus rowing swimming sailing parties and power boat contests with Venetian night and regattas by the Illinois Athletic club and Chicago Athletic Association.
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Great Lakes
Illinois Athletic Club
Chicago Athletic Association
Lake Michigan Yachting Association
Record-Exam Surge Hits Teachers Certificate Board
Two thousand nine hundred nine candidates sat the July exams for school teachers certificates. The grading board in Charleston processes a record load with members J H Hunt of Jackson County J H Paterson Braxton County J C Saunders Mineral County L W Burns Marlinton F M Longnecker Charleston C H Ambler St Marys Mrs Ella Martin Morgantown Miss Jessie Trotter Buckhannon Miss Bird Fontaine and Miss Edna Linn Charleston assisting on the panel.
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J. H. Hunt
Jackson County
J. H. Paterson
Braxton County
J. C. Saunders
Mineral County
L. W. Burns
Marlinton
F. M. Longnecker
C. H. Ambler
St. Marys
Ella Martin
Morgantown
Jessie Trotter
Buckhannon
Bird Fontaine
Edna Linn
The Human Engine and City Air
Hollis Godfrey notes in Atlantic that the human body is a finely tuned engine. Oxygen and nitrogen in air are essential for efficient burning of food as fuel, producing carbon dioxide and water as byproducts. The carbon dioxide formed impacts the body's vitality and health in urban environments.
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Hollis Godfrey
Atlantic
Food for Cannibals and a Salve Endorsement
A historical note recalls cannibal tragedy aboard the St Paul after a 1858 wreck near Rosse island with 826 emigrants killed. It also reports J W Jenkins praising Bucklen's Arnica Salve for healing a thumb felon and various sores, sold at drug stores.
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Improvement to coal mine ventilation by multivane fans
The article explains how turbine multivane fans like the Sirocco reduce diameter while increasing output. Smaller high speed fans lower first cost, reduce housing space, and enable direct coupling to motors, while offering high efficiency and large air volumes up to 500 000 CFM at modest water gauges. These changes improve safety and overall mine efficiency.
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Sirocco
Fruits and Vegetables Cheaper This Year in West Virginia
Reports from parts of West Virginia indicate cheaper fruits and vegetables this year due to good crops, scarce money, and light demand. Prices have fallen to less than half of last year in some cases, though peaches have become scarce and likely to rise, and potatoes are also dwindling in availability.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Plums Abundant As Tomatoes Recover And Potatoes Rise
The report notes a temporary glut of plums selling around 2.00 per bushel while tomatoes should rebound soon. Potatoes remain the priciest bargain among crops with early varieties on sale and late crops expected to fetch similar prices to 1907.
Unions Reform and Labor News Across U S and Australia
Labor groups reform unions in Boston and organize new associations in San Francisco. Adelaide factory workers strike over wages while Cleveland steam engineers push for eight hour shifts. New Orleans longshoremen sign five year contracts and a seceding railroad union rename. International Bookbinders meet in June 1901 at Cedar Rapids. San Francisco Typographical Union raises pay. Sheboygan operators win a paid vacation. New York jacket makers win most wage cuts back to prior pay. Plans emerge for a home for retired railway workers near Fort Scott. St Paul Typographical exhibits at state fair. Op. Potters set apprenticeship age at sixteen. New York mercantile inspection bill passes for October 1. Carpenters convention in Salt Lake City to consider old age pension. J Neil Hardie to attend Halifax congress and miners meeting. Glass Blowers win wage scale parity in Atlanta City. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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