Census Trends Highlight City Population Growth
The census bureau reports a nationwide population increase with cities growing often 20 percent or more over the last decade while rural areas rise slowly. The center of population has moved westward since 1790 and now faces a roughly 70 mile journey beyond Indiana's borders.
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Ashington
Census ‘Bureau
Middle West
Far West
Eost
Illinois
Oklahoma
Baltimore
Washington
Columbus
Ind
Indiana
Airships Seen Surpassing Battleships in Future War
Army and navy officials privately predict the airship will play a more effective role than battleships or troops in the next major conflict. They doubt fortifying the Panama Canal will occur, believing airships could quickly erode any fortifications along the route. Observers cite Glenn Curtiss’s Atlantic City demonstrations as proof of precision from high altitudes and potential for airborne destruction if war resumes.
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Navy
Panama Canal
Congress
War
Navy Departments
Army
Glenn Curtiss
Atlantic City
War Department
Navy Department
Curtiss
Desnoyers
Switzerland
France
Paris
Desnoyers Shoe Company
Pine St
St. Louis
In Everything Give Thanks Aimed at Devotion in Life
A sermon argues that gratitude should extend beyond church to all life. It urges embracing all experiences as devotional, citing scripture and the example of daily acts, nature, and kindness. It extols Christianity as generosity and calls readers to thankfulness in work, play, and hardship.
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Mount Lycabettus
Greece
Paul
Christ
Jesus Christ
Hair trade from Hong Kong fuels fashion fears
ICE Consul General in Hongkong details three year hair imports showing a jump from 56 thousand pounds in 1907 to 445 thousand in 1909, with prices rising from about 25 cents to over 70 cents per pound. He notes Chinese processing can yield varied textures and warns of baldness if demand continues.
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Stuart J. Fuller
Hongkong
Sutherland Sisters
China
Treasury Building Overhaul Calls for $180000
Renovation of the Treasury Building aims to improve usability and safety. Workers will replace exterior stone with granite, remove Fifteenth Street steps, add third floor frieze windows, and reorganize bureaus to ease access and operations.
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Fifteenth Street
Treasury Department
Branch Printing Office
Tiny Baby Cures Severe Eczema with Cuticura
A two month old baby suffered widespread eczema and skin loss until Cuticura products were used. The mother reports skin began to heal after three days and the child, now four months old, appears healthy. The testimonial cites quantities of Soap Ointment and Resolvent used. Mrs. Joseph Kosmann of Ridgewood Heights New York signs the note dated April 30 and May 4 1909.
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Joseph Kossmann
St. John’s Place
Ridgewood Heights
N. Y
Unfair political move cited by Senator Bankhead
Senator John H Bankhead condemns a strategy as coldly calculated and almost unfair. He compares it to a tale about Mrs Blank a Bar Harbor leader and her husband remarking on a garden party and informal invitations.
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John H. Bankhead
Brainerd
Minn
Canada
Landis
Sask
Not impregnable. Horace Avery mocks a witness with wit
Horace Avery, a K C and noted mordant wit of the British bar, recalls a cross examination. A recalcitrant witness claims to be a retired gentleman as an ex-cheesemonger. Avery quips that once one achieves the rank of gentleman one should not retire from it.
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Horace Avery
Avery
A Falren Idol and the fickle public
A Falren Idol notes the idea that public fickleness shows when a former home team player visits. The line quotes a critic asking why the public is so doubtful and points to the reception given to the visiting former star.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Teething Relief
A historical note describes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and ease wind colic in children. The quotation from John Bright about compassion appears as moral branding on the page.
Vague Quotation Adds No Clear News Element
The fragmentary text offers uncertain, nonspecific phrases without identifiable people, places, dates, organizations, or events. It reads as a literary or stray quotation rather than a reportable news item.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury Building
Treasury
United States
John Bright
Onda
Otis
Cae
J. C. Snaith
W. N
Kanone City
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Western Canada
Maidstone
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Coeur d'Alene
Leonard Douglas
Shutler
Stettler
Alberta
Forest City
H. A. Wik
Will
His
Mr. Jean
Henry Ebinger
Wilton
North Dakota
Homestead
Peter
Nelson
Vesta
Mae
States
Ponoka
Alberon
Paskewitz
J. S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansas City, MO
Crescent Mfg. Co
Seatr
Western Newspaper
UNION
Ae Alsam
Kansas City Stock Yards
West
Angus
National Live Stock Com. Co
Rascal City
Si Jostes
Max
Omaha
Nob
J.P
Thompson
Putnam
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