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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
5
President elect Taft backs a sweeping military bill drafted under his supervision. It would conscript all males aged 18 to 49 into a flexible nationwide force, creating regular, National Guard, and volunteer components. The plan envisions a potential army of two million, with volunteers raised during war and disbanded after hostilities.
An article notes France’s hunting season boosts state revenue and many industries. It cites licenses, dog taxes, and permit fees, estimating up to 90 million francs, with profits flowing to communes, foresters, and related trades. It mentions Vicomte Vasily and public interest in hunting as a national income source.
A German program promotes broad literary access by distributing plan materials to homes. The scheme targets undereducated readers and explains costs, with a weekly loan rate of two Pfennigs for the book, and a push to attract attention through a visible roving exhibit in each car.
An old promotional snippet describes Scott's Emulsion as having power to aid growth, appealing to both boys and girls. The ad references weak health, pale complexion, and a claim of lasting strength, with the address Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Baltimore December 10 Cardinal Gibbons issued a sweeping denial denying any connection with the defunct Fidelity Funding Company of New York. A prepared statement says the Cardinal has never communicated with William Nelson Cromwell or acted for the company and has not had any relation to it or its officials.
Washington Dec 10 Senate credentials of John Sharp Williams of Mississippi were presented. The Republican caucus elected Hale as chairman of the steering committee to succeed the late Allison, effectively making him majority leader. Committees assignments to be handled by Cummins and Page. No legislative action reported. Aerostatotherapie proposed by French Academy to treat maladies by high altitude exposure, using balloons to reach health resorts. doctors prescribe hours per day at various altitudes to aid neurasthenia and fatigue.
Acetylene is being used in Germany as an explosive for blasting purposes. Each cartridge contains highly less than two ounces of calcium carbide, yielding about sixteen quarts of acetylene. After wetting the carbide the confined mixture of generated gas and air is exploded by an electric spark. Rock blasted in this way is not thrown out but broken up into pieces.
A profile of Roebling New Jersey describing it as a model industrial village founded by the Roebling Manufacturing Company. It highlights runing water, filtration, wide avenues, and homes for workers. Emphasizes self governing village rule by would be gentlemen managers. Notes widespread happiness and success.
A foreign visitor to New York City tested French and American collars at a laundry. The French collar failed after twenty five washings, while the American collars withstood sixty passes through the mangle, confirming the superiority attributed to American collars.
A fragment mentions delicate porcelain and a mirror vase in a decorative setting. The text is garbled and lacks clear events, persons, or organizations. No coherent facts to report beyond the general image of ornate tableware.
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