Looks Good Shoe Firm In Marlboro Report By Board of Trade
A favorable report was made by a committee at a Board of Trade meeting held Tuesday evening with a full attendance. The committee of Mayor Henry Parsons F L Gage and Hon William N Davenport was appointed to study the proposed city charter before the present legislature for Haverhill. Progress was reported on plans to attract a new shoe industry, with a company representative meeting Marlboro businessmen last week.
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Board of Trade
Henry Parsons
F. L. Gage
William N
Davenport
Haverhill
Marlboro
New England Railroads Urged To Unite For Lower Freight Car Costs
Editorial argues that unified control of New England railroads led by the New Haven and Boston & Maine could lower per diem charges on freight cars and promote regional development. It notes current 50 cent rates and delays, urging a single voice to influence rates, through a central authority to benefit manufacturers and merchants in New England.
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New England
United Railroad
New England States
New Haven Railroad
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
New Haven
New York Central
Hudson River
Boston
Massachusetts
Massachusettts
Boston, & Maine
Follansbee Plans Oxford Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Geo. W. Follansbee advances a sanitarium project for tuberculosis patients at an elevated Oxford farm. He will provide fresh air and wholesome food, noting he will not use milk from tuberculosis cows or eggs from hens fed on poor food.
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Oxford
Geo. W. Follansbee
Charlton Putnam's Box Factory Shifts To Full Time
Charlton Putnam's box factory began full time operations on Monday marking a shift in production. The move aims to increase output and meet rising demand for packaging.
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Charlton
Putnam’s Box Factory
Brilliant Social Functions Aboard Minnesota
A gala reception aboard the battleship Minnesota drew Brazilian capital society leaders, army and navy officers, and diplomats. Journal of Commerce proprietor Jose C. Rodriguez hosted American reporters at banquet, with cordial press exchanges and band music. Torpedo boat destroyers' flotilla sailed for Buenos Aires next.
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Minnesota
Diplomatic Corps
Jose C. Rodriguez
Journal of Commerce
Buenos Ayres
Columbia Protest Over Cornell Debating Candidate
The Columbia College debating team protests the selection of Elizabeth A. Cook from Cornell to their February 28 debate. A letter asking Cook be barred was sent to Cornell, and Columbia, led by Debating Union President Woodbury, threatens to forfeit if she remains on the Cornell team.
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New York
Columbia College
Elizabeth A. Cook
Cornell
Columbia
Miss Cook
Woodbury
The
Debating Union
Heat Wave Disaster Strikes Victoria Australia
Heat wave over Victoria ends leaving hundreds of homesteads burned in bush fires. Townships face threats as livestock suffer massive losses. Death toll tops one hundred from sunstroke and thousands fall ill from the heat.
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Melbourne
Victoria
American naval move to safeguard Haiti interests
Washington announces dispatch of cruiser Des Moines to Haiti to protect American interests amid unrest. Gun boat Eagle, now at St. Mare, will guard interests until Des Moines arrives, then resume coastal survey work.
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Washington
Haiti
Des Moines
Eagle
St. Mare
Authorities crack down on white slave traffic with Helena convictions
Washington reports two convictions in Helena Montana United States district court for importation of alien women for immoral purposes. Prosecutions are pending in other parts of the country as authorities of the immigration bureau of the department of commerce and labor push to break up the traffic.
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Washington
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States District Court
Helena
Mont
Labor Opposed to Spotters Adopts Gompers Discussion Motion
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor adopted a motion urging President Gompers to address in the federation's official publication the issue of numerous secret detective agencies used by employers' associations.
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Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Cigarmakers Reject Terms as Strike Persists
Havana reports the cigar makers on strike have refused offered terms and the dispute remains unchanged. Newspapers warn that factories may be moved to Florida if no compromise is reached with manufacturers.
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Havana
Florida
Government Accepts Battleship Mississippi at League Island Yard
The government formally accepts the battleship Mississippi and takes her over at League Island Philadelphia navy yard this morning. Captain Fremont, formerly naval attaché at St. Petersburg and Paris, will command and is en route home.
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Washington
Mississippi
League Island
Philadelphia
Democratic Conference Called Off
The proposed conference of old line Democrats from around the United States, set to meet in New York City next Thursday to discuss issues for the Democratic national convention, has been indefinitely postponed.
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New York
United States
Drownings Dredge Fire And Boxing News Briefs
Albert Beloquin five drowned after ice broke on the Saco River in Biddeford Maine. Richard Mitchell seventeen died from accidental gas asphyxiation in Holyoke Massachusetts. A steam dredge owned by Simon Donovan was destroyed by fire off Highham Massachusetts valued at thirty thousand dollars. The British naval program for the coming year is expected to rise modestly, mainly for cruisers and destroyers. Bill Papke claiming the middleweight title defeated Walter Stanton in four rounds in Boston.
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Albert Beloquin
Saco
Biddeford
Richard Mitchell
Holyoke
Mass
Simon Donovan
Highham
Bill Papke
Walter Stanton
Boston
Thaw Trial Evidence Supports Nesbit Story
District Attorney Jerome’s cross examination of Mrs. Hyelyn N. Thaw ends as defense reads a 1908 letter corroborating her account of relationships with Stanford White. Letters to attorney Longfellow reference the Nesbit tale and Thaw’s affection, while plans to admit his will, codicil, and childhood diary entries proceed, with insanity experts to testify.
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New York
Jerome
Hyelyn N. Thaw
Stanford White
Frederick W. Longfellow
Longfellow
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Belle M. Lawrence
California
Thawe
Optimistic on business outlook from Canadian Pacific chief
Chairman Van Horne arrived in New York from Cuba and said the depression has been severe but will rebound quickly. He noted money is becoming easy and the security market is improving, predicting corporations will resume selling securities and see a prompt reaction in industry.
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New York
van Horne
Canadian Pacific
Cuba
Mitchells Services Appreciate Gift Declined at Convention
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers refused a $2700 personal gift from Montana and Wyoming miners. He asked the draft be given to Mrs. Mitchell and the children, saying he was touched and would send the draft to his wife.
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Mitchell
Indianapolis
United.Mine Workers of America
Montana
Wyoming
England to Take Account of Stock
The British Board of Trade launches a national census of productive power. Based on last year’s employer returns, it covers outputs from steamship liners to bread loaves to show exactly how the country stands.
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England
London
British Board of Trade
Grange Press Partnership Boosts Local News Coverage
The Pomona and fourteen subordinate granges in Kenton county win a weekly double page in the Graphic News to report on farming, knowledge, and culture. Grange prizes reward the best reports over eight weeks, expanding public interest and hospitality for the Ohio state grange meeting.
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Alda
Kentot
Ottity
Pomona
Grange
Kenton
Ohio State Grange
Pomona Grange
Ohioan
New Hampshire Grange Reports 28,286 Members and $25,816 Treasury
New Hampshire state grange met in Manchester with 28,286 members across 262 active granges on Oct 1 1907 including 18 687 men and 14 599 women. Treasury reported 25 816 60 dollars. The group backed tax reform appointing a farmer to the state tax commission and endorsed parcels post and postal savings banks.
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Granite State
Treasury
New Himpshire
Manchester
Pomona
State Grange
State Tax Commission
H. O. Hadley
Charles B. Hoyt
G. C. Yeaton
Dover
D. C
Grange
Meyer
National Grange Gavel History and Presentation
The gavel used by National Master Bachelder to preside at the National Grange meeting has a storied past. Carved from apple and cherry wood taken west in 1847 by an ox team, it was given to Aaron Jones by Judge Boise during a Porvand Oregon ceremony years ago.
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National Grange
Bachelder
Plains
Porvand
Ore
Boise
Aaron Jones
Oregon State Grange
Williamsville Grange Organized in VI with Sixty Two Members
A new grange was organized at Williamsville in the Virgin Islands with sixty two charter members. The outlook in the Green Mountain States is described as promising by J. W. Darrow.
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Williamsville
Green Mountain States
J. W. Darrow
Preservation Plan For Francis Scott Key House In Washington
The Francis Scott Key Memorial Association will buy the Key home in Washington for 15000 dollars and restore it to its condition when Key lived there. Charles Weisgerber, who saved Betsy Ross house, will lead restoration and share control with a notable group including Admiral Dewey and Admiral Schley. Public access will follow restoration, and association members will receive certificates and reproductions of The Inspiration painting to support the effort.
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New York Globe
Key
Washington
Francis Scott Key Memorial Association
Charles Weisgerber
Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
Key Mansion
Westgerber
Ross
Key Home
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
United States
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore Harbor
Fort McHenry
Radium Shipment To Philippines Sets Small Price Record
Washington dispatch notes the Bureau of Insular Affairs paid 3000 for one thousandth of a gram of radium for the Philippines Bureau of Science. The tiny sample is to be used in upcoming experiments, with shipping considerations and packaging discussed in New York before Manila approval.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
Washington
New York Tribune
New York
Bureau of Science of the Philippines
Insular Bureau
McIntyre
Manila
Bureau of Science
Irish Potatoes Enter Chinese Markets via Gracey Report
US consul Wilbur T. Gracey in Tsingtao reports Ichoufu farmers in Shantung are embracing white potatoes. Chinese restaurants adopt the tuber, replacing yam, with milk sales rising as foreign patrons fund dairies. Condensed milk grows in popularity across the empire.
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Far East
Wilbur T. Gracey
United States
Tsingtao
China
Washington
New York Post
State Department
Mr. Gracey
Ichoufu
Shantung
Consul Gracey
Purdue Ring Proposal for Alumni Identifies Graduate Flag
A Lafayette correspondent reports plans for a Purdue ring to identify graduates similar to the Princeton and other eastern universities alumni pins. Alumni associations in Pittsburg New York Cleveland and Chicago have endorsed the plan. Murray Grant of Seattle proposed that the ring include a small Purdue seal motif.
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Purdue University
Purdue
Lafayette
Indianapolis News
Princeton
Pittsburg
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Murray Grant
Seattle
Wash
General Alumni Association
Grange Debates Immigration and Labor Import Policy
Deliberations from a Grange meeting in Delaware and comments from Oregon California West Virginia Vermont and Pennsylvania delegates show mixed views on foreign labor. The report indicates the final amendment to avoid encouraging importation of Chinese and other degenerate races, highlighting nationwide diversity of opinion and the need for measured policy.
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Aia
Seip Inter
Rhs
Del
Delaware
Oregon
Grange
Yen
California
West Virginia
Ponnapie
Vermont
Far West
Furth Hr
New York Man Elevated to National Grange Leader
A Hartford paper lauds Mr. Godfrey of New York for being elected to the National Grange executive committee and later becoming its chairman. It notes his rapid rise, measured temper, and poised leadership, predicting further prominence.
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National Grange
Hartford
Godfrey
George Fuller
New York
New Jersey Grange Holds Annual Atlantic City Meeting
At Seashore in Winter the New Jersey state Grange gathered in Atlantic City for its annual session. Debates centered on tax equalization, with a narrow negative vote on abolishing tax boards. Grangers supported higher parcels post weight, opposed child labor, backed closed Sundays, and urged agriculture teaching in schools. A tire rule for heavy wagons failed narrowly. Postal savings, parcels post, and a $50 million road appropriation were endorsed. Over 100 candidates received the sixth degree.
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New Jersey State Grange
Atlantic City
New Jersey Grangers
Grange
Postal Savings Bank
Parcels Post
National Grange Proceedings pamphlet issued after session
The printed journal of proceedings runs 176 pages and was mailed to all state masters two weeks after the session closed. Ten thousand copies were printed for distribution nationwide.
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National Grange Proceedings
The
National Grange
State Master Hill Heads Three Crawford Farms and Grange Banks
State Master Hill of Pennsylvania operates three Crawford County farms focused on truck farming and serves as director in about fifteen Pennsylvania grange banks.
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Pennsylvania
Crawford County
Pennsylvania Grange
Digest of Rulings and De cisions of the National Grange Printed
The Digest is now printed and brought up to date under the supervision of a committee of the National Grange.
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National Grange
Jefferson County Grange Leads World with 7000 Members
Jefferson County New York claims the top banner status as the world’s grange county with seven thousand members. J. W. Darrow notes that many grange states cannot match this county’s membership.
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Jefferson County
N. Y
J. W. Darrow
Identifying Substitutes for Lumber in a Scarce Market
The Forest Service establishes a laboratory led by a dendrologist to aid architects and lumbermen in quick accurate wood identification. It will study wood structure, create analytical keys based on pores, publish illustrated results, and eventually compile monographs on major groups like oaks pines and firs for non technical users.
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Res
United States Service
Forest Service
Leahy and Danehy Wed in Hopkinton Ceremony
The marriage of Michael J. Leahy and Mrs. Mary J. Danehy, noted Hopkinton residents, occurred Sunday. Rev. John E. Crowley conducted the ceremony.
Malden Man Recalls Lost Horse Tale and Lock Mystery
Michael Quint of Montrose Avenue tells of a missing horse he bought days earlier. He stored it in the barn Friday night and found the door stocked, with no noise or tampering. Police, described as gumshoe men, are watching the case.
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Malden
Michael Quint
Montrose Ave
Spencer Rally A. A. Lamy Leads Anti Cheap Dances Crusade
A. A. Lamy of St. Mary's launches a campaign against cheap dances. Spencer Social club members vote to cooperate with his crusade efforts in the community.
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Spencer
A. A. Lamy
St. Mary's
Spencer Social Club
Government shoe order bid by Millis Herman Shoe Go
Millis The Herman Shoe Go competes for a large U S government contract to supply 100000 pairs of shoes. The award decision is pending.
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Millis
Herman Shoe Go
United States
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N.Y
Grange and the Press
New Hampshire
Frank N. Godfrey
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