Cattle and Wheat Prices Across Cities Reported
Market notes from Chicago St Louis and Omaha show receipts for cattle hogs and sheep, with cattle prices and hog sales listed alongside wheat corn oats and hay futures. London reports airship progress by Stanley Spencer while Chicago labor plans to push a union mayor and Carrie Nation appears in Houston street action.
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Resenatiics
Birrinu
Bliss
I Mawr
Colorado Steels
Mexico
Boece
Beneevnescens
Noves SM
Bocce
Japanese Shipyard Leaders Study U S Methods
A Japanese party led by K Matsukala arrives in the United States to study American ship building and hydraulic pneumatic technology. Engineers M Yamaroto and M Matsura accompany him as they tour yards and plan to visit Europe to review torpedo boat design. They noteU.S. advances in electric and pneumatic power and praise the Philippines acquisition.
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K. Matsukala
Kawashi
Kobe
M. Yamaroto
M. Matsura
Matsonn
Marcos Island
United States
Philippines
Charms King George Meet with Miss Sanderson at Aix
King George of Greece and Gen Porter, U S ambassador to France, met opera star Sybil Sanderson during a promenade in Aix les Bains. The trio walked back to the plaza while rain began. The king praised her singing and invited Miss Sanderson to dine, expressing strong admiration for her voice.
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King Ceorge
Treece
Gen Porter
United States
France
Sybil Sanderson
Aix Les Mains Moins
Miss Sanderson
Greece
Brim
Philippine mortgage banks to aid small landholders
Data on government guaranteed mortgage loans for Filipino small landholders reaches Governor Taft and Juden Ide via Charles A. Conant. A new bank will handle small agricultural loans with a 3 percent dividend guarantee, backed by government aid and tax collection support.
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Churge Henry
Ide
Conant
Rhodes Gift Complicated Scholarships at Rhodes University
Executors of the late Dee Rhodes will extend terms of the will as scholars arrive at Rhodes University. George Parkin of Upper Canada College will tour the British colonies to gauge authorities views and report. Executors will draft regulations on eligibility and other scholarship matters, seeking broad consensus from governors and colonial premiers.
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Dee Rhodes
Rhodes
Moose calves to aid Grand Island herd project
Four moose calves from Manitoba were brought to Grand Island in Lake Superior to establish a breeding herd to be raised for propagation. W. C. Mather of Cleveland owns most of the 19,000 acre island. Follotte of Chicago leads the project with Indian help capturing the animals. Also noted are Patents granted to Reginald H. Fessenden for wireless telegraphy devices and a missing Cook’s Voyages volume from the congressional library.
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Grand Island
Lake Superior
Duluth
Express
Marquette
Michigan
Loore
W. C. Mather
Cleveland
Cleveland Cliffs [Row Company
Hk. FE. Fellette
Chicago
International Forestry, Fish and Game Association
Manitoba
W. G. Mather
Mr. Follette
Patent Office Gazette
Reginald H. Fessenden
Weather Bureau
Washington
Fessenden
Carolina
Congressional Library
Capt. Cook
Pacific Ocean
August Shauster
Ersay
River crossing experiments by troops in knapsacks
A battalion of the One Hundred and Thirty-second regiment, quartered at helm, demonstrates river crossing without special appliances. Similar tests occur nationwide, including Rheims where hay packed knapsacks in waterproof tarpaulins formed a raft capable of moving a battalion across a 100 foot wide stream in about ninety minutes.
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One Hundred and Thirty
Helm
Hin
Rheims
American school in London plans first branch in England
Two officials of an American correspondence school have left London after arranging a London branch. They toured England weeks and conferred with English laborers about forming a college offering affordable high level technical education for working men and women. An English union member will accompany them to the U S to study and start the project in England.
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London
England
United States
Shrinking Cuba Says Tribune Maps It Smaller Than It Looks
The Chicago Tribune notes Cuba appears much shorter on maps than its actual size, highlighting distortions in geographical representation and perception. The remark underscores how projection and scale affect understanding of nations and shapes global view.
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Cuba
The
Chicago Tribune
Girl Ascends 150-Foot Chimney For Champagne Break
Miss Cora Hagemeyer daughter of A P Hagemeyer Baldwin Piano official climbed the Baldwin Piano factory chimney in Cincinnati. She was hauled up in a basket to the top 150 feet up where she broke a bottle of champagne. A luncheon was served atop the boiler summit.
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Cincinnati
Cora Hagemeyer
A. P. Hagemeyer
Baldwin Piano Company
Vanderbilt unveils new autos after road records
William K. Vanderbilt Jr returns to the United States with several automobiles after setting a kilometer mark of 29 2 5 seconds and a mile mark of 42 2 5 seconds on a road near Albi.
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Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Albi
United States
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve claims for skin cures
Vintage ad copy touts Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as preventing eruptions blotches and sores and improving complexions. It promises to erase eczema and boils and cures chapped lips hands and chilblains with a fall sale via H. K. Tucker’s drug store.
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Bucklin
H. K. Tucker
Pleasant Weather and Local Social Roundup
Sunshine and mild days last week accompanied many birthday dinners and several wedding bells. Mrs Anna Howard of Johnstown visited relatives in Montross, while Mrs Bettie Chambers and Olaf traveled to Montrose on business. Protracted meetings continued at Spruce under Rev Morgan Friddle, with Dr Colman and wife noted among attendees. Grandma Wilker celebrated a surprise 77th birthday on Oct 17, with 46 guests, and a lively dinner followed. A.B. Kash and family moved to Vernon County, George Shelton and Leslie OF trained dogs for a Thanksgiving Day chase, and Rev WLR Howard visited from Eldorado Springs.
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Anna Howard
Johnstown
Montross
South Methodist Church
Morgan
Friddle
Lillie Moore
Montrose
Zimmer
Bettie Chambers
Olaf
Ald
Spruce
Webb
A.B. Kash
Vernon County
Kash
George Shelton
Leslie
Wlr. Howard
Eldorado Springs
Leuiser
Oak Grove
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