New York Honors Cook with Polar Quest Address
Dr Frederick A Cook received a lavish banquet tribute in New York as he recounted his polar journey before a cosmopolitan crowd at the Waldorf Astoria. He praised supporters, defended his narrative, and uttered Peary’s name only at the end with the remark that there is glory enough for all.
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New York City
Winfield Scott Schley
Frederick A. Cook
Denmark
Arete Club of America
Waldorf-Astoria
Brooklyn
Arctic
Dr. Cook
John R. Branley
Peary
Cook
Pole
Portland
Robert EK. Peary
Maine
Bowdoin College
Leighton
South Portland
Explorer
Maine National Guard
Pea'y
York City
Frederick A. Sok
Neieren
Walter Lonsdale
Aie
Rs Bradley
Georgia
Matthew Henson
Matthew
Dainnegro
Soutethorpe County
Crawford
Pines Wedenineton
Goods Roads Convention Highlights Federal Road Shortfalls
Logan Walter Page, director of the U S office of Public Roads, declared at the National Good Roads Convention in Cleveland that U S roads remain poorly developed despite growth in population and wealth. He noted about half the states operate under laws similar to colonial England, and St Louis was chosen as the next convention site for October 1910.
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U. S
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
ABC
Logan Walter Page
Diblie Roads
England
America
Mr. Page
St. Louis
Patten predicts cotton rise to 17 to 20 cents in bull market
New York financier James A. Patten, who cornered wheat in Chicago, travels to New York to bid for cotton. He says a short crop and strong demand will push prices up, possibly to 17 cents and even 20 cents, as tariffs boost cotton use and consumer spending rises.
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A. Patt
New York City
James A. Patten
Chicago
New York
Mr. Patten
Farmers Have Money to Invest in Railroad Securities
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson argues federal control of railroad capitalization would spur farmer investment. He says a government board validating securities would boost farmer confidence, prompting purchases as they shift toward autos and seek safe avenues. He envisions government supervision creating investment opportunities for farmers.
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Washington, D. C
West
Wilson
Wheic
Germans to Study Cotton in German Togoland
Barnhard Dernburg sails for New York to learn cotton growing in the south. The colonial office has eight years of cotton experiments in German Togoland using educated natives. 1907 raw cotton exports from Togoland reach 231000 bales. 1908 estimates rise to 285000 bales.
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Berlin
Germany
Barnhard Dernburg
New York
Colonial Office
Togoland
Africa
America
First Train To Run On Madisonville Route October 10
Nashville announces the Madisonville Hartford and Western Railroad will run the first passenger train into Madisonville on October 10 via Hartford and Irvington to Louisville, linking directly to the state metropolis. Newsy paragraphs note riots in Kiev leaving twenty dead and hundreds wounded. A Chicago violinist Salvatore Cerrano died by suicide after blasting gas. Earl Lamb, a 17 year old Toledo boy, built a $19 wireless set and picked up ships off Atlantic City and Cape Cod.
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Nashville, Tenn
Madisonville, Hartford and Western Railroad
Madisonville
Hartford
Irvington
Louisville
London
England
Kiev
Russia
Salvatore Cerrano
Chicago
Chopin
Earl Lamb
Toledo, Ohio
Atlantic City
N. J
Oklahoma
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Mass
Monument to Dan Emmett Sought For Confederate Memorial
Nashville hosts a meeting of well known southerners to plan a memorial fund for Dan Emmett author of Dixie. A committee led by S A Cunningham Walker Kennedy and Al G Wield aims to raise funds and choose a site likely Richmond with work starting in spring. Emmett born a northerner toured the south as a minstrel, last appeared 1896 97, died 1904 at Mount Vernon Ohio.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
Daniel Decatur Fmmett
8S. A. Cunningham
Walker Kennedy
Commercial Appeal
Memphis
al G. Wield
Richmond
Georgia
Dan Emmett
Dixie
Hmmett
Mason and Dixon
Emmett
Dallas
Texas
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Fuller Bill Inoperative In Alabama Prohibition Case
In Mobile Alabama Judge Jules A Alford ruled section 24 of the Fuller prohibition bill inoperative and freed Louis Hearly and Matthew Cody who were seized with wagons carrying whisky and beer claimed to come from a railroad depot. The decision deals a further setback to state prohibitionists and their ban on liquor transport into the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Inferior Criminal Court
Jules A. Alford
Louis Hearly
Matthew Cody
U. S. Treasurer Named McClung Succeeds Treat
Lee McClung of Knoxville Tennessee is named as treasurer of the United States to replace Charles H. Treat who resigns effective mid October for business reasons. McClung, a Republican, was formerly with Yale University and the Southern Railway and hails from Knoxville.
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Lee McGlung
Tennesese
Charles H. Treat
Washington, D. C
Lee McClung
Yale University
United States
Treat
McClung
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
No Telegraph Merger Definitively Denied
Clarence H. Mackay returned from Europe and rejected reports that the Postal Company or Mackay interests had absorbed or planned to acquire Western Union. He stated neither side entered any agreement or purchase and that competition will continue.
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Clarence H. Mackay
New York City
N. Y
New York
Europe
Postal
Western Union
Postal Company
Mackay Companies
Mackay
Crusade Against Consumption: Over Four Million Spent
The National Association reports state legislatures appropriated more than $4 million in the past year to fight tuberculosis. Since 1909, 43 states and territories have met, 28 enacted tuberculosis laws, 64 total passed, 14 aimed at new sanatoria, with 27 states operating such hospitals. Additional funding moves push total U.S. anti tuberculosis spending toward $8 million including federal and local sums.
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Washington, D. C
National Association For the
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Arkansas
Oregon
South Dakota
North Dakota
Florida
New York
North Carolina
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Hampshke
Maine
Mississippi
Ilinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Carolina
Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
Main
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Michigan
Kansas
District of Columbia
National Association
California
Porto Rico
Delaware
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
United States
Tragic double murder suicide near Greenville
Whit Galloway an Woodside Mills operative killed his wife then shot himself in their home. The couple, once prominent locals, were found by villagers after their young daughter woke crying for help. Domestic trouble led to the tragedy as authorities noted.
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Greenville, S. C
Whit Galloway
Woodside Mills
Galloway
Greenville
Destitute Americans to be Lifted from Nome by Cutter
Telegraphic orders direct a revenue cutter from Seward to Nome Alaska to take on board one hundred destitute Americans stranded there. Assistant Secretary Hilles authorized the relief voyage to Seattle Washington. In North Carolina’s Catawba county near Hickory placer gold deposits show promise with a farm owner’s pan yields. twenty small gold nuggets found.
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Washington, D. C
Nome
Alaska
Seattle
Wari
Treasury
Hilles
Seward
Charlotte
N. C
Catawba County
Hickory
Treasury clarifies no law bans checks under one dollar
The treasury department says there is no provision in the penal code prohibiting writing checks for less than one dollar. Despite reports, officials confirm no such legal limit and note inquiries about the supposed rule.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Department
Cotton Off In Alabama Crop Reports
A. B. Bras sell of the National Department of Agriculture reports the cotton crop in Montgomery area is far below normal with a condition index around .66, down from .64 last month, signaling weaker yields.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. B. Brassell
National Department of Agriculture
Georgia News Highlights Brown Administering Loans and Local Events
Governor Brown coordinated $100000 in three month loans from Atlanta and Macon banks to pay Georgia teachers. Other items cover the Georgia Military Institute cannon bid, Covington pardon hopes, polar debate verdict against Cook and Peary, cotton price rise and Columbus sales, bishopric talks, Americus timber deal, delinquent insurers barred, Brown declines Taft Mississippi trip, Savannah Sunday sales prosecutions, and consular investment in Hooper plantation with Stewart family management.
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Brown
Atlanta
Atlanta National
American National
Fourth National
Macon
Georgia
Georgia Military Institute
Marietta
New York State
G. GO. Covington
Falton Tower
Covington
North
Columbus
Ward
General Conference
William N. Aineworth
Dublin
South Georgia Conference
North Georgia
Americus
Tifton
Wright
Blue Ridge Fire Insurance Company
Marianna
Fla
Jefferson Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
North State Fire
Greensboro
N. C
Southern Fire
Lynchburg
Live Stock Owners’ Insurance Company
Buchanan, Ga
Merchants’ Mutual Fire
Southern Life and Health
Southern Co-operative
Griffin
Union Health and Accident
Denver
Colo
Woodmen's Casualty Company
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Louis
Taft
Mississippi
New Orleans
Savannah
Nathaniel B. Stewart
Madras
India
Hooper
Stewart
Walter Stewart
Taylor County
Fortune tellers in Chicago linked to petty crime
A plumber paid a gypsy fortune teller in Chicago for a prediction and was robbed of $10. Police pursued the gypsy who escaped. A Finnish girl, told by a seer she would find a pot of gold, entered another apartment and stole dresses and jewelry when the prediction failed. The piece ends with a warning about gullible patrons and a strict city government.
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Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Nutritive Value Of Fruits In Grapes And Pineapples
Discussion on fruit nutrition notes carbohydrates in plums and sugar, highlights pineapple as aiding digestion due to vegetable pepsin, and lists figs currants grapes oranges lemons dates and bananas for muscle fat water and life-sustaining properties. Emphasizes eating pineapple uncooked for full benefits.
The Pekin Duck Breed's Journey to America
The Pekin duck, originating in Asia, was imported from China about thirty years ago. A traveler mistook them for small white geese in Pekin, but was impressed by their plumage and carried eggs home. Brought via Hong Kong and hatched, the ducks survived a long voyage to New York, giving rise to a popular breed found in nearly every state.
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China
Hudgens
Pekin
Hong Kong
New York
Union
The Last Trumpet Car Horn Exchange
A short rural exchange as two farmers discuss the horn on a car. One points to the blazing horn and asks its purpose while the other explains it is the thing they blow just before they run you down.
Complete Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A patient recalls an eight teen year eczema outbreak spreading from hand to arm leg and face that caused severe burning and itching. After doctors misdiagnosed it as ringworm and eczema, Cuticura Remedies provided complete relief with lasting effect. Patriot Drug & Chemical in Boston markets Cuticura.
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C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chamberaburg
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Boston
Mass
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John K. McClendon
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Kobe
Japan
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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