Governors Meet Again to Discuss National Wealth Report
Washington December meetings bring governors from across the country for a conservation conference. Key figures including Roosevelt Taft and Gifford Pinchot will speak as the joint conservation group reviews waters lands forests and minerals. An inventory of national resources now guides recommendations for January 1 submission.
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America
Roosevelt
Washington
National Conservation Commission
Taft
Red Room
Willard Hotel
Belasco Theater
Gifford Pinchot
Joint Conservation Conference
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Joint Conference
Lubbard Memorial Hall
Jod. Hill
John Mitchell
Andrew Carnegie
Pinchot
Dying Man Controls Throttle On Twin Cities Train
A dying man grabs the throttle of an eastbound Great Northern passenger train from Robbinsdale to Clearwater Junction. Engineer George P. Irwin dies shortly after being removed from the cab in Minneapolis. Fireman George Ridgeway found Irwin unconscious leaning from the cab window. probable head injury at a bridge railing.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern
Robbinsdale
Clear Water Junction
George P. Irwin
Irwin
George Ridgeway
Surprise in Davis case testimony on street sighting
In Omaha on December 8 the Davis murder trial heard Mrs. Emily Allen testify she saw Mrs. Abbie Rice downtown about 4 a.m. buying a paper, a time described for the night of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin’s death. The defense gained an inning as the case unfolded with these street sighting details.
Witnesses Place Mrs Allen Near Lincoln Hotel
Prosecution witnesses place Mrs Allen in a hotel after claiming she had been to Lincoln and returned by Rock Island train just before 3. She says near Sixteenth and Farnam streets, about an hour later, she met Mrs Rice who stopped two news boys to buy a paper and scanned it under an electric light.
Veterans Entertain Commander at Memorial Hall
Chicago dispatch reports Grand Army of the Republic leaders honor Commander-in-Chief Colonel Henry M. Nevius with a reception at Memorial hall. Nevius, a Red Bank judge, will depart for Salt Lake City to arrange the forty third national encampment. Guests include Joseph Rosenbaum, Mrs. Genevieve Longfield Lane, and Mrs. Mary L. Gilman with remarks by Nevius, Mrs. Gilman, and Mrs. Lane.
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Chicago
Henry M. Nevius
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of
Ilinois
Memorial Hall
Nevius
Red Bank
N. J
Salt Lake City
Joseph Rosenbaum
Grand Army of Illinois
Genevieve Longfield- Lane
Ladies
The
Mary L. Gilman
Boston
Woman’s Relef Corps
Gilman
Lane
Petition to bar women from government jobs in Haryana
A committee of Haryana women circulates a petition to Governor Magoon urging a decree that forbids women’s employment in government offices. The document argues such work demoralizes women and demands that positions held by women be given to men with dependent families.
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Havana
Haryana
Magoon
International aviation cup and prizes announced
James Gordon Bennett presented to the French Aero club an international aviation cup valued at 2500 dollars and three prizes of 35000 dollars for the first three annual contests. Victor de Beauclair won the Santos Dumont prize of 800 dollars after a 56 hour flight from Bitterfeld Saxony to Casale Pisa Italy.
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Paris
James Gordon Bennett
French Aero Club
The
Aero Club
Santos Dumont
Victor de Beauclair
Bitterfield
Saxony
Casale Piza
Italy
Snowballing Tragedy Leads to Murder Trial in Schenectady
Schenectady, N Y December 8 Mark Killgaten seventeen is dead and Adolph Schultze will be tried for murder. Killgaten was among youths who threw snowballs at passersby and Schultze fired a revolver killing one. In Paris the Academy of Sciences awards the La Lande prize to Yale astronomers W L Elkins and F I Chase for work on parallaxes of 1638 stars. In Washington Roosevelt appoints Rufus Thayer as judge of the US court at Shanghai China.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Mark Killgaten
Adolph Schultze
Killgaten
Schultz
Yale
Paris
Academy of Sciences
W. L. Elkins
Yale Observatory
F. I. Chase
Washington
Roosevelt
Rufus Thayer
District of Columbia
Shanghai
China
Markets report cash grains and livestock declines
Market notes show winter wheat prices for lots No 2 red at 1.06 to 1.07 and No 3 red around 1.04 to 1.06 while spring wheat remains near 1.09 to 1.10. Corn and oats prices are listed with varied samples and grades. Chicago live stock quotes on Dec 7 list hogs 5.80 to 5.85 for choice heavy shipping and cattle prices from 3.40 to 8.00 for various grades with strong demand. Elgin butter follows with creamery butter at 27 to 32 cents. East Buffalo live stock reports reflect higher cattle and hog markets with strong lamb and yearling demand and prices reaching 7.75 for best lambs.
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Chicago
Elgin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
WN. Y
Dam Completes New Indiana Dam at Buchanan
Neighborhood news notes a new concrete dam in Buchanan Michigan built by Indiana and Michigan Electric Co at a cost of 100000. The structure stands twelve feet high and 400 feet long with a 3000 horsepower power house. Also, Mrs. Robert Melrose of Battle Creek wandered freezing streets, found on a Grand Trunk train home ward bound, raising concerns for exposure. South Bend's library will stay open Sundays from 2 to 6 pm.
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Robert Melrose
Battle Creek
St. Joseph’s Hospital
South Bend
Grand Trunk
Melrose
Buchanan
Mich
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
J. M. Studebaker, Jr
Washington and
Main Streets
Mi o na claims near death tale relief for stomach trouble
In Athol Massachusetts Mrs Nelson Lucier writes of a life changing recovery after Mi o na tablets. The ad promises a 50 cent box with a money back guarantee and urges readers to try the product for chronic dyspepsia and related stomach issues.
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Nelson Lucier
Fisk Street
Athol
Mass
Elkhart
Houseworth Bros
Father William's Indian Tea Adopts Rocky Mountain Claims
Delinquent state and county taxes for Elkhart city and nearby townships can be paid to Louis M. Simpson at the Simpson Abstract office on Main Street and Lexington Avenue. Charles A. Croop is listed as county treasurer. The ad promotes Father William's Medicine, claiming it purifies blood and cleanses the system, with tea or tablet forms at 20 cents, sold by E. D. Miller and F. H. Bentz & Co.
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South Main
F. H. Bentz & Co
Elkhart City
Musical evening at Baptist church with modest admission
A Tuesday musical entertainment is planned at the Baptist church for December 8 at 7 30 p m with admission and refreshments priced at ten cents each. Also note a dental service by Dr C L George specializing in pyorrhoea or looseness of the teeth listed in the issue.
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Baptist Church
C. L. George
Ivory Patent flour advertisement in Mill
A bold advertisement promotes Ivory Patent flour promising top quality. It argues Mill Wheat and Labor must be good to help buyers, asserting the flour meets high taste demands and is the very best made.
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Tonsiline Coo
Canton
Ohio
Miles
van Aken Bros
Florist
TIP
B. C. Godfrey
Sons
Querard
Jackson Street
Johnson Street
G. W. Butler
South Third ‘Street
Conference On Conservation
Engineer
Massachusetts
Leslie Carter-Payne
New York
Caroline Leslie Carter-Payne
Davis
Grand Army
Thayer
Neighborhood News
Milton Garrigus
Kokomo
Indiana G. A. R
Dennis Hallisey
Indianapolis
O. C. Puterbaugh
Goshen
All Grocers
Burrell & Morgan
C. H. Renyon
Bell Phone
Lexington Avenue
India
Ceylon
Lamp Post
A. C. Keene
So. Main St
Tewel
W. C. Davis
Indiana
Prof
Detoure
South Main Street
Monger
Ity
Lexington Ave
W. H. Theis
South Side
S. Main St
Knevels’ Book Store
South Main St
Dare
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