Britain Faces Severe Trades Slump With Shipyards Idle
Britain confronts deep unemployment as shipyards and iron industries shrink. Thousands of sailors and deckhands lose work while 60 to 70 percent of bolting trades report standstill. The North of England trades council and Mersey docks report empty vessels and rising distress as production costs and freight declines erode the sector.
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Britain
York
Jnst
Tyne
Tharkeray
England
Mersey
Glistow Distress Committee
Dot
Manchester
Grunzher
Bollemnakers
Paper Made of Corn Stalks Suggests Cheaper New Material
Government chemists report a corn stalk based paper may replace wood pulp, cutting costs by at least half and reducing forest strain. New paper uses hard outer stalk shell for white grades and pitch for yellow, with easy manufacturing compared to wood pulps.
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Department of Age Meulture
Burea
Department of Agriculture
Bristol
Greatenxt Butterfly Collection Sold to Chicago Museum
The late Herman Strecker of Reading Pennsylvania widow sold the Greatenxt butterfly and moth collection, about 100000 specimens, claimed as the world’s greatest, to the Bield Museum of Chicago for 20000 dollars.
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Herman Strecker
Reading
Bield Museum of Chicago
Loyal Canadian Yacht Club eyes Canada cup challenge
The Loyal Canadian Yacht Club plans to challenge the Rochester Yacht Club for the Canada cup. The race could be held on a date yet to be decided. Weir, Ike Weir the Witfast spider, famed featherweight champion, has died in Somerville Massachusetts. Marathon course proposed by Century Athletic Club runs 25 miles from Fruitdale to Taywards over shaded roads and canyons likely on Thanksgiving Day. Royal Automobile Club Isle of Man race, won by W Watson, may be last public highway event in Great Britain amid public opposition. Ruth Dillon a 4 year old Sidney Dillon trotter owned by Sterling Holt of Indianapolis and driven by Millard Sanders, wins all three heats of the Hester Columbus stake at Columbus race, valued at 10300. Ruth paid 10.5 in pools of 225.7. Spanish Queen was favorite. Aquin drew heavy bets.
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Ixnne QO. Weir
Ike Weir
Witfast Spider
Somerville
Mass
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Century Athletic Club
Iruitdale
Taywards
Royal Automobile Club
Isle of Man
W. Watson
Great Britain
John Burns
Ruth Dillon
Sidney Dillon Trotter
Sterling R. Holt
Indianapolis
Millard Sanders
Columbus
Hester-Columbus
Ruth
Aquin
Apple Crop 25 Million Barrels Estimated for Nation
Reports to Harry J. Neely secretary of the national apple show of Spokane say 25 million barrels or 62 500 600 bushels comprise this season s yield from 15000 growers across belts in the union. Droughts rains and pests affected districts but the crop is as large as 1907 and better distributed with higher prices than last year.
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Unite States
Harry J. "Neely
Spokane
Middle
Navy Medical Inspector Hibbett Reports Mercury Treatment
A naval hospital report by Surgeon Wri cites Mercury as a treatment for various tuberculosis forms. The memo indicates cautious, age dependent use and notes some patients nearing death despite therapy at Newport R I.
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Hibbett
Navy
Cory
Naval Hospital
Newport
Mansfield's One-Line Beat Desperation Cabman Stage Bit
An anecdote details Mansfield's stubborn pride playing a squire in A Special Delivery Letter. He improvised a riotous scene when a letter failed to appear, drawing laughs and provoking staff, ending in dismissal after a cork-popping lighter gag that soared into fame for a moment.
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Sooz Panvilay
Dismisant
Mansfield
Squire
yiHatn
Paul Wistach
Scribner's
Itichard Mansfeld
Hs Brother
Special Delivery
House of Lords
Tie
Usu
Judgment and Justice of the Peace Aboard Supreme Court
A humorous tale recounts a justice of the peace attempting to sue and judge himself, then appealing to the Supreme Court where his judgment was affirmed. A separate quip from New York about heaven versus the metropolis ends with a witty exchange about a misnamed heaven.
Inventive Women and Their Clever Domestic Contrivances
The article highlights women creating designs for fire escapes and planned motors for sewing machines and other household aids. It notes devices like thermometer fire alarms that trigger wiring at a set temperature, showcasing a queer humor and a woman's practical sense in invention.
Harold’s Mother Teaches Him Teeth Brushing Abroad
A New York subject recounts Harold’s mother abroad arranging daily postcard notes to his elder sisters. Each card ends with a prompt to brush his teeth, aiming to instill a lasting habit despite worries about her influence after leaving.
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Harold
New York
Cheney & Co. Catarrh Cure Adverts for Toledo Firm
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of I J Cheney & Co of Toledo promising to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Woeld’s Catarrh Cure. Claims hall’s Catarrh Cure cures internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and price. Hall’s Family Pills advertised for constipation.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Frm
I. J. Cheney & Co
A. W. Glierson
Norany
Hall
Cheney & CG
Naming the Baby and the Epiphytic Orchidacer Thesis
A witty exchange unfolds between Penelope and her absent minded husband Alpheus about naming their baby after George Washington and a mislaid thesis on the Origin of the Epiphytic Orchidacer. Penelope points out the baby is a girl and the couple ponders the remark about the washerwoman’s child.
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Alpheus
George Washington
Georgia Washington
Penelope
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Jokes and Public Campaign Image
A fragmented Chicago Tribune piece mocks a political boss and fund-raising, contrasting a factory worker with a campaign manager unable to secure contributions. Interlocutors reference a minstrel act and a Tyrolese warbler as part of a satirical performance.
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Bones
George
Tatter
de Mahon
Chicago Tribune
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