Monuments for Stephen Foster Aim at Pittsburg
Pittsburg moves to erect a monument to Stephen C. Foster the song writer born in the city decades ago. The piece highlights Foster’s enduring impact through songs like Old Folks at Home and Do They Miss Me at Home and notes broader interest in commemoration.
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Pittsburg
Stephen C.foster
Thhat City
Stephen C. Foster
Kentucky
Troy
N. Y
Daya
Dog Troy
Nelly
Wille
Kingtreley
Ned
Susannah
Poster
Sittsburg
Broad Caribbean Populations Labeled Idle Yet Wealthy
A survey notes about seven million people live in the Caribbean and surrounding areas under British French Dutch and Danish rule. They are described as lazy, yet regional commerce appears strong, with West Indies resources capable of supporting many livelihoods. The piece cites Japan’s population and industrial shift, then shifts to palmistry in Paris, a nose-reading ruse, and a Philadelphia eel venom collection for Paris. It closes with references to memory champion E Laston and dramatist Howard.
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Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Hail
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Jamaica
Japan
West Indies
Aimes
Reno votes defeat Kuimnbng ordinance in special election
In Reno Nevada a special election defeated the proposed ordinance to oust Kuimnbng by 1776 to 1210. The item follows a long list of varied items including railroad rate moves, a San Francisco treasury shortage, and other national and regional notes from the era.
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Kuimnbng
Reno
Nevada
Western
Seneral
San Francisco
W. W Tucker
Washington
Chicago
Col
W. F. Tucker
John A. Logan
United States Circuit Court
Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Kansas City
St. Louis
John Booth
Santa Fe
Los Pinos Sheep Growers' Association
Rio Arriba
United States
Harry Benson
Presido
Yellowstone National Park
Samwell M. B. Young
Benson
California
Yosemite Valley
Pacific Steamship
Pacific Coast
Oriental
Congress
Cholera Eases in Manila Amid Global News
The Manila cholera outbreak is nearly over while a new Queen Victoria letters edition appears in London. Plague erupts in Terceira Azores as Pennsylvania endures a two month death toll drop. A Japanese built hospital opens at Beoul Sunday with a medical school. Rector election at Glasgow returns Lord Curzon with 947 votes. Paris Aero Club plans banquet for Wilbur Wright on November 8 with 1908 medal presentation. Brandenburg charged with bigamy in a separate arrest.
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Manila
London Times
Terceira
Azores Islands
Pennsylvania
Beoul Bunday
Far East
University of Glasgow
Lord Curzon
Aero Club At
Parise
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Broughton Brandenburg
Ren
Ee Aarg
Supreme Court Dismisses Hearing in Oklahoma Bank Case
The Supreme Court denied the motion to advance the hearing in Noble State Bank of Oklahoma v. Governor Haskell and others concerning the Oklahoma bank deposit guarantee law. The Court also denied re hearing in H. Clay Pierce v. Texas removal case tied to antitrust charges. It advanced Home Telephone Co versus City of Los Angeles to align with a Louisiana case. Interior confirms land district action.
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United Sates Supreme Court
Noble State Bank of Oklahoma
Haskell
Supreme Court of the United States
H. Clay Pierce
Watura-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Pierce
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Home Telephone Company
Los Angeles
So Ag
Loulaiana
City Council
Secretary of the Interior
Acres Land District
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Platform
Denver reports the NWCTU adopts a platform: total abstinence and pledge to purity, prohibition, women’s suffrage, morality, abolition of vice, stronger anti liquor measures, federal and state action for constitutional amendments, and Bible reading in schools. Highlights include support for prohibition enforcement and opposition to polygamy and “open Sunday.”
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Denver
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Littlefield
District of Columbia
United States
National Temperance Society
Personal Liberty League
Call for Mining Congress Eleventh Annual Session
Denver President J H Richards of the American Mining Congress issues a call for the eleventh annual session to be held in Pittsburg December 2 3 4 and 5 Colorado will be represented by eleven delegates Denver by two Important questions will be discussed at the meeting The discussion on conservation of timber and water supply is expected to precipitate a warm wheel.
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International Congress of Architects
Vienna
American Medical Association
Chicago
Department of Public Health
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Department of Labor
Grain Dealers' National Association
Cincinnati
Department of Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Call For
Mining Congress
Denver
J. H. Richards
The
American Mining Congress
Pittsburg
Colorado
Wyoming News Briefs Include Theft, Inquiries, and Frontier Ventures
A thief stole a horse saddle and bridle from Sheriff EB J. Smalley in Cheyenne. The Rocky Mountain Coal Co unwatering No. 6 at Almy aims to become a major producer. The State Supreme Court reviews Eugene Patrick v. state over imported scabby bucks. Paul Berg and George Cover plan a 400 mile Big Horn river float to Custer Montana. The Northwestern adds a lignite burning locomotive between Casper and Lander. Fort Russell designation as a brigade post gains support. North American Asbestos Co funds plans for an asbestos fiberizing plant. Trout eggs collection moves ahead at Cheyenne area sites. A Cody dispatch notes power plant site near Corbett tunnel will deliver 1000 horsepower. Warren Blydenburgh’s death explained near his ranch. R C Adams expands Dallas oil field holdings with plans for five drilling outfits. Wyoming WCTU selects Cheyenne for 1909 convention. An explosion at Manners & Bergren’s grading camp kills two men and injures several. Alford Bros. & Lamb strike oil near Greybull, capping the well and planning more taps.
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EB. J. Smalley
Cheyenne
Joseph T. Crown
Montana
St. Louis
Sheridan
Rocky Mountain Coal Company
Almy
State Supreme Court
Eugene Patrick
District Court
Natrona County
Patrick
Supreme Court
Paul Berg
George Cover
Big Horn
Custer
Berg
Cover
Northwestern
Casper
Lander
Hudson
W. J H. Sanders
T. H. Humphreys
War Department
Fort Russell
North American Asbestos Company
E. B. Craven
Lowell
Vermont
Tregoning
Dale Creek
Granite Springs Lake
Laramie
Cody Dispatch
Reclamation Service
Corbett Tunnel
Saratoga Dispatch
Warren Blydenburgh
Blydenburgh
R. C. Adams
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Dallas
Adams
Sen. C. D. Clark
Wyoming
Miner's Delight
Wyoming W. GC
T. U
Ellen Werlaufer
Mra
Helen Whipple
Lilla Vaughan
Mre
Lillian Heaton
Douglas
Ledia Rouse
Lusi
Manners & Bergren
Laramie Plains
Centennial
Anderson
Miller
Charles L Mannara
Pueblo
Colorado
Manners
Alford Bros. & Lamb
Greybull
Wyoming Phur
Health and patent remedies in early advertising and medical notes
A collage of ads and notes promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative, touts World’s Work quotes, and claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It cites Californian products, white expatriate decadence in the Congo, and mass marketing claims with testimonials and offers.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Congo
Antwerp
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney &O
O'io
Inta
Hall
Busy telephone showdown over the wire
An excited man in a phone booth insists on talking on a crowded wire. The other caller protests and tries to stop him, but the ten cent talker remains determined and continues speaking despite the interruption.
The Still Alarm Humorous Misunderstanding
A deaf tourist stays at an English cottage and asks to be awakened at a set hour. By morning he wakes late to find a note under his door saying, Sir, it is half past eight. The amiable old lady’s propriety leads to a comic misunderstanding as timing fails.
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England
Harper’s Weekly
Amusing schoolroom dialogue from Chicago pupil
A Chicago public school pupil recounts a morning classroom anecdote where a primary teacher boasts about quiet movement, a seven year old boy Kenneth retorts with a shoe remark, and the exchange ends with a playful punchline about footwear. The piece reflects lighthearted school life and humor from Waverly Magazine.
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Chicago
Kenneth
Waverly Magazine
Astonished the Doctor Old Lady Got Well with Change of Food
A New York woman reports her 71 year old grandmother, long invalid with stomach and bowel issues, revived after switching to Grape-Nuts. The patient tolerated a small amount, gradually increased until fully able to eat, and recovered health without medicine.
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N. Y
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Casper Press
Paris
Medico-Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Emmitsburg
Pathological Institute
E. ©. Laston
Ee ‘Howard
Western News
New York National
Princeton University
Princeton
New Jersey
Daniel Brussell
Melrose
Massachusetts
Daniel Russell
Roosevelt
Keyser
Aero Club of France
Zwickau
Saxony
J. Harwood
Lexington
Bil Alvery
Louisville
Pinkola
Harry
Orlando
Jeff Bernstein
John Elmer Mulford
Montour Falls
William P. Dingham
Carroll S. Page
Redfield Proctor
Alexandra Victoria of
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Frederick, Duke of
Imperial Palace
Berlin
Prince August William of Prussia
Emperor Willam
Newars
Frank J. Kramer
Wallaburg
Padwea
Mary Chesterfield
Chamblond
Terre Haute
Mordecai Brown
Cobb
Cleveland
Muntelpal ‘Traction Company
House of Commons
Bow Street
Ilgan
Island
Mindanao
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