Newest Notes of Science Highlight Global Advances
A survey of 1908 findings includes England supplying Norway’s coal, watch escapements turning 731860 yearly, windmills yielding to gas engines, eye defect causes, telephony service gains in New York, and German lamp tech. Topics cover bacterium output, electrification plans in Michigan, patent costs abroad, Tibetan incense, and Malta’s health improvements.
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Norway
England
Holland
New York City
Germany
Japan
India
France
Italy
Connecticut
Texas
Lebanon County
Michigan Central Railway
Detroit
Ypsilanti
Mich
Vienna
London Zoological Garden
Increased Luminosity from Heated Gas Mixture
Prof C C Newth notes that heating gas and air before combustion boosts luminosity. The National claims its 100 percent efficiency yields more light per cubic foot than rivals, with an Automatic Regulator ensuring a uniform, steady glow.
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National Automatic Regulator
National Automatic
Prof
C. C. Newth
Royal College of Science
London
Clara Turner at the E H Dillon Theatres Tonight and Tomorrow
Clara Turner and company present Why Men Tempt Women and A Modern Lady Godiva with The Hains Annis Tragedy to close the week. Arthur Dunn leads as Happy Johnny Hicks with Marie Glazier Grace Lane and others in The Time The Place and The Girl. Elsa Ryan stars in The Blue Mouse with a large cast and a Wednesday matinee promised.
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Clara Turner
Godiva
New York
Miss Turner
Arthur Dunn
Happy
Johnny Hicks
Marie Glazier
Grace Lane
Wm. H. , Fitzgerald
Eulalie Jensen
C. G. Scribner
William O’day
Elsa Ryan
Blue Mouse
Clyde Fitch
Weaneeiay
Rollett
Mr. Fitch
Miss Ryan
Robert Dempster
Sam Reed
Albert Cran
Ralph Morgan
Marie Gerard
Lily Hall
Milt G
Poli's Vaudeville Bills Highlight Hyams McIntyre Quakeress
Poli's Bridgeport presents Hyams and McIntyre headlining the bewitching sketch The Quakeress fresh from New York vaudeville. Also on bill Florence Hamilton with Queen of the Turf, Will H. Fox Paddywhiski, Sisters Meredith Girls of All Countries, Richard the kaledoscopic dancer, Ahearn Troupe, Mills Morris Minstrel Misses, and a motion picture electrograph.
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Poli’s
Hyams
Poli
Bridgeport
Hyams & McIntyre
New York City
Webster
Florence Hamilton
Fox
Meredith
Richard
Chas. Ahearn
Mills & Morris
Electrograph
Mrs Sterling named Connecticut Rivers and Harbors chair
Mrs John T Sterling of this city was appointed chairwoman of the Connecticut Branch of the Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress. The move promises a steady push for opening internal waterways and using natural means for transport of materials. Sterling will need monthly Washington visits to aid the congress.
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John T. Sterling
Aeen
Connecticut
Woman's National Rivers & Harbors Congress
Sterling
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Congress
Cyrus Plaster Backache Relief Ad
Busy people seek relief from backache and favor Cyrus Plaster for fast relief after failures by others. Many users report proven relief and savings from missed work by using the plaster, costing twenty five cents at Cyrus Pharmacy on Fairfield Avenue and Courtland Street.
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Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Ave
Courtland St
Preliminary Connecticut Federation of Labor gathering
Hartford reports show the annual congress of the Connecticut Federation of Labor opens with the president’s address. Donahue criticizes interstate commerce commission and courts for inhibiting strikes and boycotts, cites authorities to argue judicial power is unjust and not redressable. State treasurer cites 1908 year results: receipts 2479.86, disbursements 1286.83, balance 1193.03.
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Hartford
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Donahue
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rockefellers Give Million More to University of Chicago
Chicago reports John D. Rockefeller donated another one million dollars to the University of Chicago endowment drive. The institution's endowment from all sources reaches about fifteen million dollars, while Rockefeller has now contributed twenty four million eight hundred thousand in endowment and other purposes. The note also advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as a grippe remedy.
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Venezuela
Curacao
Great Britain
Malta
Mediterranean
la Grippe
Foley
F. B. Brill
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Night Riders and East Africa tales in Hamp ton's new magazine
Twenty features of unusual interest include Night Riders by Eugene P. Lyle Jr and Hunting Ahead of Roosevelt in East Africa by Capt Fritz Duquesne. Also Admiral Evans on naval superiority and Rex Beach's The Silver Horde. Concluding with stories by Conrad Vorse Flower Webster Mullett and Muir.
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Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
Roosevelt
East Africa
Fritz Duquesne
Admiral Evans
Rex Beach
Joseph Conrad
Emerson Hough
Mary Heaton Vorse
Elliott Flower
Jean Webster
Mary Mullett
Ward Muir
Hampton’s
America
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Kline
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Bessie Maloney
Beach Street
Lavinia Hooper
Pembroke Street
Margaret Hicks
Barnum Avenue
Emily Dawson
Jennie Meyers
George Thomas
William Kirk
Miss Hicks
Alice Maloney
East Main Street
Lillian Wheeler
Julia McKeon
Elsie Horkheimer
Lillian McCoy
Mary Fitzpatrick
Mabel Mooney
Alice Mooney
Russell Cohen
Albert Russell
Harold Horkheimer
Fred Wheeler
John Dennis
Fred Clark
Frank Donlin
Joseph Hardy
Joseph Foster
Samuel Hall
Seaview Avenue
Hall
Walter Schrader
Ethel Hull
M. McCarthy
Merry Makers
Samuel Fox
Burroughs Street
Ladies of
Wilkesbarre
Kingston
Adam Rashinski
Maslowski
Ruscavage
Davis
Smith, Murray & CO
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Conn
Col. Fairfield Ave
Water St
A. Elwood & Son, Inc. Auctioners
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Federation of Labor
Rockfeller
Courtland School
Washington Ave
Lincoln and
Booth
Clara E. Laughlin
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Laughlin
Hampton’s Magazine
Hampton's Magazine
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