Kansas crops rise while baby population slips in 1908
The Casper Press notes Kansas leads in corn wheat and oats with a record total surpassing prior years by 15 million dollars, while fiscal year 1908 shows 23 850 births down from 26 980 in 1907. The piece muses on population trends and cites census figures. It also comments on fashion shifts and labor attitudes, and references national farming actions and postal proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Census Bureau
Kansas
Manchester Union
Wyoming Headlines and Northwest Hardships in One Report
J R Gillespie of Evanston Wyoming deputy revenue collector notes butter prices spur more oleomargarine dealers. Reports from Deadwood SD detail thousands of sheep killed by cold in the Northwest. some owners sell flocks for 60 cents a head and one buyer loses 2700 sheep. Miss Clara Boals of Chicago, granddaughter of Buffalo Bill Cody, marries Franklin Hamilton Benn in Chicago with Colonel Cody attending. Colorado and Southern posts best five months in company history, plans 3 4 million in improvements for 1910. Wyoming Woolgrowers oppose leasing public range while endorsing forest preservation and urging railroads to adjust sheep freight rates. They back wool tariffs and uniform predator laws, denounce federal inspectors over animal disease judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Gillespie
Evanston
Wyoming
Deadwood
Northwest
Clara Boals
Chicago
W. Py Cody
Buffalo Bill
Franklin Hamilton Benn
Colonel Cody
Henn
Crow In- Wan
Colorado & Southern
New York
Wyoming Woolgrowers’ Association
Cheyenne
National Woolgrowers' Association
National Association
Co-Operative Wool Warehouse Movement
Mixed News Briefs From North America And Europe
Reports on a Mexico birth with three heads, New York City population projections for 1930, Samuel Clemens trip to Bermuda, gold prospecting in Canada, ore discoveries, bubonic plague concerns in California, Camp Fire Club honors for Pinchot, Venezuela honoring John Barrett, Taft funding Wilberforce, Carnegie donations, and Keystone plant dam collapse at Sterling Illinois with losses and job impact.
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Simon Avilla
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
New York City
Manhattan Island
Jean
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
New York
Bermuda
Ottawa
Ontario
Porcupine Lake District
Whitney
Tisdale
Shaw
Merriam
Bureau of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
California
India
Camp Fire Club of America
Mr. Pinchot
Forestry Service
Theodore Housevelt
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Venezuela
Dolivar
Taft
Scarborough
Wilberforce University
Xenia
Andrew Carveglo
Keystone
International Harvester Company
Rock River
Sterling
Illinois
Prize fighting industry grows with boxing boom worldwide
The piece notes prize fighting as a four shing industry with about fifty boxers in America today, up from one twenty years ago. It also reports a palace fire at Tatol in Greece with no injuries, a banker’s death by self harm linked to a past theft, and local land donation bills for Montrose and Dolores to create park spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
America
Tatol
Greece
Walters
Bank of
Ellaville
Cittizens
Taylor
Colorado
Montrose
Gunnison Tunnel
Dolores
Taylor Tab
Cltlea
Cordeaux
France
Leon Delagrange
Saint Cyr
Santos Dumont
Washington Highlights 1909 Legislature and Panama Canal Talks
Wyoming gains four census clerk appointments with five passers all listed as WORLD. Agriculture fights bleached flour amid a $100,000 industry fund. Panama Canal progress praised by a Senate delegation including Clark Heyburn Carter Dixon. House charges filed against Special Agent Anderson. homesteader leave bill advances. Pinchot dismissed by Taft. Foresters Price Shaw exit. Pan American conference in Buenos Aires draws US attention. Nelson bill on land classification among eight classes with varied dispositions. Monument National Park proposed for Mesa County with $20,000 for roads and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Clark
Heyburn
Idaho
Carter
Dixon
Montana
Houiday
Panama
Rucker
Secretary of the Interior
R. T. Anderson
General Office
John G. Abbott
Yuma County
Colo
Abbott
Anderson
House Public Lands Committee
Martin
North
South Dakota
Utah
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Overton W. Price
Alexander C. Shaw
Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Buenos Ayres
State Department
United States Committee
George W. Davis
United States Army
Congress
Nelson
Public Lands Committee
National Reclamation Fund
Interior Department
Santa Fe
Las Anlmis
United States Naval Hospital
Guggenheim
Monument National Park
Mesa County
Largest Western Live Stock Show Opens in Denver
The fifth annual National Western Live Stock Show in Denver opens with hundreds of cattle horses sheep and hogs from multiple states and lands. Officials report 1910 show already the largest with 469 cattle 125 sheep 60 hogs and 194 horses plus 126 feeder carloads awaiting sale and a full evening ring slated. Paulhan conducts a dramatic Farman biplane flight at Los Angeles Aviation Park drawing 20 000 spectators and thrilling officials and crowds alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
King Apple
Fruit Domain
King Horse
King
Union Stock Yards
Col
W. E. Skinner
Colonel Skinner
Association
One Rail Monorail Demonstration Opens in Brooklyn
Demonstrations of August Scherl monorail system were held at the Clermont rink Brooklyn the first in the United States. Engineers and traction experts observed the 18 by 4 foot car weighing 2.5 tons. Two gyroscopes rotate in opposite directions to stabilize the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Clermont Rink
Brooklyn
Love Drives Unlikely Wedding Question
Dialogue captures Tommy probing Auntie about Uncle John's marriage, Auntie replying that love is the reason. Tommy muses that love makes a man do almost anything, reflecting on the romance's motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
John
Burning eruption cured by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Edward Nenning of Watertown New York describes a four year skin disease with sores over head to feet. After six weeks bedridden she used Cuticura Soup Ointment Resolvent and slept well after the first bath and was cured within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nenning
Salvin St
Watertown
N. Y
The Kind Caddie Quote Sparks a Golfing Dispute
In a game recounted by a golfer, six holes up by the eighth, a dispute over the eighth hole arose as reckoning faltered. The caddie Joseph urged silence to spare the opponent’s feelings, urging the player to stop talking and avoid breaking the man’s heart.
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Joseph
Why He Got Married
A Washington clerk earning about 900 dollars per year is questioned by a coworker about marrying. The clerk replies simply that he is in love, offering no other reason for his decision. The remark is attributed to Lippincott's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Lippincott's Magazine
Yale Men In Town Find Harvard Locked For Yale Game
In Cambridge before the Yale Harvard game two New Haven students asked a passer for Harvard inquires. The serious undergraduate replied that Harvard is locked up because many Yale men are in town.
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Harvard
Cambridge
New Haven
Yale
Woman Doctor Spots Coffee Poisoning Cure With Postum
A woman recounts a long history of neuralgic headaches and weight loss, crediting Postum for relief after many doctors failed. She notes her headaches diminished within two weeks and her head became clear, enabling her to go out alone again. The account promotes The Road to Wellville and the claim that Postum is the reason for her improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Plogs
Poem of Snow and a Plagiarism Question
Senator Beveridge jokes about snow and wisdom while an Indianapolis man recalls Solomon. A Q to Be Considered asks if plagiarism is permissible, and Senator Sorghum replies that choosing between being interesting or original is hard.
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Beveridge
Solomon
Indianapolis
Laeses
Jerusalem
Senator Sorghum
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Casper
Aman
Brander Matthews
Farmers’ National Congress
Raleigh
N. C
Doston Herald
Colina
Western News
General News
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Elward
California Yrup Co
Sloan
G. T. Roberts
Resaca
Sweeney
Pre
Earl
Boston
Mass
U. 6
St Catharin and
Geronia
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