Drinking at meals and southern farm prospects
The piece debates drinking water with meals, reporting University of Illinois tests showing benefits from a quart per meal, then shifts to Southern economic news noting expected cotton, corn, rice and fruit yields. It highlights broader agricultural and industrial opportunities, Christmas tree production, a Cornell forecast on birth decline, and warns about unsafe ice as winter approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physiological Chemistry Department
University of Illinois
South
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
West Virginia
Berkeley County
Humor Across Nations and Aviation Feats Noted
The article comments on varied humor across nations and individuals. It notes M. Paulhan’s flight to 1,346 feet, claiming a world record and suggesting aviators may soon travel longer distances in upper currents. It mentions warship plans aiming to dominate after the Panama Canal is completed and notes theDecline of noble titles in Italy and a distant island’s isolation.
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M. Paulhan
Western News items on labor clashes and rail dreams
Western news summarizes mine owners planning a card system to exclude unions, Chicago workers urged meatless resolutions, Denver to Wichita rail link planned, Wyoming sheepmen securing feed, a 65 inch meteor in Nebraska, 60,000 elk and deer starving North of Yellowstone, Swope estate murder theories, and a Panama Canal exposition effort in San Diego with a $1,000,000 fundraising push led by U. S. Grant Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Denver
F. L. Bartlett
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Chicago
Wichita
Kas
Sharon Springs
Kansas
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Central Wyoming
Carrington
Nebra
D. C. Nowlin
Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Swope
Colonel Swope
San Diego
Cal
U. S. Grant, Jr
Telegraph Consolidation and Notable 1909 Losses Across North America
General news notes consolidation plans by Postal Telegraph Company for all telegraph lines in the United States. Indictment of Charles KR Helke, a sugar trust insider, in New York for aiding dock workers in false entries. Roger Sommer flies from Dousey, France to Remilly et Aillicourt in 12 minutes using his self made bi plane. Ole Flering sets a new national ski jump record at 144 feet in Duluth. Magdalene Islands cut off from Bay St. Lawrence due to ice and cable break. 1909 fire losses across U S and Canada total 203 million dollars.
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Postal Telegraph Company
United States
Charles KR. Helke
Sugar Trust
New York
Roger Sommer
Dousey
France
Remilly Et Aillicourt
Duluth
Ole Flering
Magdalene Islands
Maieland
Bay
Bt. Lawrence
Canada
Nottingham colliery blast kills and scorches men at Ply mouth
A gas explosion on the new shaft of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company at Plymouth Pa. killed Ning men and a boy and burned six other men. The blast injured many more as fire and gas swept the scene, with damage estimated in the area.
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Ning
Nottingham
Lehigh & Wilkenbarre Coal Company
Plymouth
Nathan Straus
New York
Lakewood
N. J
Prata
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Conference On Conservation of Natural Resources
Republican Club
Prochet
Col
Wiliam F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Roosevelt
Congressional actions span land sale and ranks in army
Washington notes report several measures. Mondell backs selling 320 acres in Wyoming for poor farms. Rucker pushes Moynahan to major on retired list. A judiciary committee plan fixes fourth March inauguration date to fourth Thursday of April. Warren seeks Cheyenne hotel project funds. Taft names Graves forester and Potter associate forester. census plans and per diem pay for sparsely settled areas outlined.
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Representative Mondell
Secretary of the Interior
Johnson County
Wyoming
Representative Rucker
Colorado
James Moynahan
House Committee On the Judiciary
Francis E. Warren
Washington
Cheyenne
Congress
Warren
Nathan B. Williams
Fayetteville
Ark
Wells-Fargo Company
Pinchot
Durand
Census Bureau
Wyoming Coal and Iron Figures for 1909 Mining Output
Wyoming’s coal industry dominates state mining with 1909 production around 6.6 million tons, far exceeding other minerals. No new major mines opened, but existing mines expanded. No. 1 mine at Rock Springs was abandoned last spring and later to be reactivated via a vertical shaft. Iron in the state remains minor with Sunrise and Ironton contributing up to 600,000 tons in 1909 and potential growth in 1910. Cattle drift story notes about 3,000 head moved by winter storms across Cheyenne area, with stockowners caring for them and fences influencing drift patterns.
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Wyoming
Rock Springs
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Ironton
Sunrise
Iroton
Wyoming Tribune
Cheyenne
Potter
Nebraska
P. 0
A. Dd. A
Farthings
Carey Brothers
van Tassell, Hirsigs
Irwing
Gold and Silver Mining Across Wyoming Districts
Gold mining in the year was focused in South Pass Kirwin Sunshine and Hear Lodge with several at Kirwin and Sunshine capable of shipping if rail facilities existed Development of gold prospects progressed across most counties though no unusual strikes occurred Silver production consisted of ore mined for other purposes with no credited silver mines The Miner's De Hight provided notable metal mining development including unwatered South Pass workings Williams-Luman Copper Mountain with high grade ore not shipping due to poor transport Great Rambler in Centennial district shipping high grade copper ore with platinum value Sunlight properties hosting large gold bearing ore bodies and copper values.
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South Pass
Kirwin
Sunshine
Hear Lodge
Iit
Williams-Luman
Copper Mountain
Great Rambler
Centennial District
Death on Solitary Ranch in Green River Dispatch
A Green River dispatch reports Mr. and Mrs. M. Brinegar, living forty miles from town, brought the bodies of their two young sons aged two and four to Green River for burial after they died at home without medical care. The father could not leave to fetch a physician, making the 48 hour round trip necessary. The parents did what they could for the children in extreme heat before death. The elder child died first, the younger survived two days longer. The bodies were brought to town for coffins and to secure a minister for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Senate okays transfer of Cheyenne land for water system
The Senate passed Senator Warren's bill authorizing the Interior secretary to transfer eighty five acres along Cheyenne's city water line. A weeklong Fire at No 4 mine in Almy continues to burn with two fires active in the workings and one long-ago fire walled off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Warren
Secretary of the Interior
Cheyenne
Almy
Union Pacific Maps Proposed Northport to Medicine Bow Route
Cheyenne dispatch outlines Union Pacific plans for a Northport Nebraska line westward through Laramie and Albany counties to Medicine Bow. The route would bypass Cheyenne and Sidney, require many tunnels, shorten main line distance, but incur high construction and maintenance costs.
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Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Northport
Laramie
Albany
Medicine Bow
Carbon County
Wyo
Cheyenne
Chappell
Neb
Sidney
Burlington
Goshen Hole
Laramie Range
Decreased Copper Production in Wyoming for 1909
Wyoming copper output in 1909 dropped sharply from 1908 with Ferris-Haggarty mine idle all year. Minor production occurred elsewhere but not notable. Early in the year Ferrie-Hay Barry and related properties were sold to United Copper Smelters & Railway Co for about 12 million dollars, a reorganization of the old Penn-Wyoming Copper Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ferris-Haggarty
Carbon County
Ferrie-Hay Barry
Southern Wyoming Aerial Tramway
Encampment Smelter
Saratoga & Encampment Railway
Doane-Rambler
Penn-Wyoming Copper Company
United Copper, Smelters & Railway Company
Wyoming Colored Candidate for West Point Cadetship
N R Smith a colored youth from Cheyenne, Wyoming, is a candidate for a West Point cadetship after ranking first in a Fort Logan exam with 99 percent and strong mental and physical qualifications. Senator Clark of Wyoming nominated him. Smith is related to Capt Younk of the Ninth Cavalry who has coached him.
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Wyoming
N. R. Smith
Cheyenne
Wic
Denver
West Point
Clark
Fort Logan
Riet
Young Smith
Capt
Younk
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Wyo
Smith
Chicago merchant proclaims Peruna cures catarrh
J A Becker of 134 Van Buren Street, a noted wholesale dry goods dealer, says he suffered catarrh for over thirty years and spent thousands on medicines. He credits Peruna with a permanent cure for himself and his wife and notes it stays in their home for colds.
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Dellare
Calng
Chicago
J. A. Becker
van Buren St
Sweet Mald and The Man Pact Ends in Threat of Breach
A dialogue fragment reveals Sweet Mald warns The Man that breaking their summer engagement would trigger a breach of promise suit. The Man questions the risk of seeing someone else, maintaining tension over an informal agreement.
Fight Against Plague Goes On
Survey of the past year's anti tuberculosis work shows progress yet nationwide reports say this year the funds and patients to be treated will more than double. Special appropriations in municipalities total 3,976,600 with over 4,000,000 set aside by state legislatures. Many institutions plan enlargement and new organizations form daily.
Rich Territory Opened Up In Rubber and Cotton Growth
A portion of South America shows vast rubber bearing trees in Paro Amazonas and Acre, promising indefinite yields. Paris and Texas sized prospects imagine vast cotton potential while noting optimistic wealth from the region. The piece blends economic speculation with an advertisement style aside about Grape-Nuts appetite benefits, citing testimonials about breakfast and dinner appetite improvements.
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Amazon Valley
Paro
Amazonas
Acre
Paris
Texas
Tam
Topp
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Tate
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Russia
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N. Y
Boston
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James J. Storrow
Chamber of Commerce
George A. Hibbard
Fitzgerald
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