Population Growth and Industrial Change in England
The piece argues that industrial development expands subsistence and work, fueling population growth. It cites England and Wales population figures from 1701 to 1991, linking rises to British industry and trade while noting unequal regional effects and broader European trends. It asks what forces drive population increases amid rapid economic change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malthus
England and
Wales
W. S. Rossiter
Atlantic
Europe
United States
Mind Power And Rural Yields In Early 1900s Maine
An essay contrasts mind over body with practical facts from Maine agriculture. It cites Maine potato yields leading the nation in 1906 and buckwheat productivity, noting Maine's superior per acre returns and record yields since 1902. Also mentions Newport fashion trends and a humorous imperialism anecdote.
Broader War and Crime News Highlight Early 1900s
The item lists multiple sensational events: Roy Young, 15, pleads guilty to burglary arson and riot tied to a Springfield race riot and faces reform school. Mrs. Marshall Field Jr marries Maldwin Drummond in Westminster. Kermit Roosevelt hunts in the northwest. Bryan and Bryan Jr plot weddings and politics. numerous fires murders and political notes across the country including Rawhide fire vast losses, Grand Army encampment voting, and various legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Young
Springfield
Pontiac Reformatory
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Maldwin Drummond
Westminster Registry Office
Drummond
Edgar Atheling Drummond
Kermit Roosevelt
Northwest
William J. Bryan
St. Paul
State Central Committee
Gov. Johnson
Wiliam Jennings Bryan, Jr
Misa Helen Berger
Milwaukee
Thomas L. Hisgen
Massachusetts
New York
Independence Party
Calaveras Big Tree
Michigan
Fred Warner
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Tacoma
Wash
Territorial Supreme Court
Manila
Sultan of
Dunaharra
Parang Island
Mindanao
J. W. McDonald
Vandeventer
United States Circuit Court
Arkansas Railway Commission
Early Life of Harriet Hosmer Reveals Hidden Clay Beginnings
An old school friend recalls Hosmer's childhood in which a blueberrying trip yielded her first clay figure a shaggy yellow dog. She later cast hands at boarding school and kept a crow's nest as a darning basket, even in Rome among artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Hosmer
Hattie
Alfred
Mrs. Sedgwick
Rome
Right and Left Handedness Linked to Vision in Infants
Dr. H. C. Stevens of Seattle reports experiments showing objects seen indirectly appear larger in the right visual field, with few subjects reversed. He suggests this reflex impact may explain early development of right or left handedness around seven months, as infants reach toward best-seen objects with the nearer arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Stevens
Seattle
Stevens
Paris Exhibition Showcases Fifteen Thousand Pictures
Fifteen thousand pictures are on display in two Paris salons covering about three acres. The canvases total nearly ten miles in length without frames. At one minute per painting with no breaks, a viewer would need ten days and ten hours to view all works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York Port Records Record Trade Balance Peak
Treasury records show the port of New York had an unprecedented trade surplus in the 1907-08 fiscal year, with the national balance totaling 666,457,103 dollars, exceeding the previous high set in 1900-01 by 2,090,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury Department
United States
Hatmaker notes rise in heads size in Yonkers
In Yonkers Statesman remarks the Hatmaker notes increasing head sizes. Jil comments that people are getting fatter, reflecting a broad observation in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jil
Yonkers Statesman
A Simple Safeguard in Suying Paint
A consumer guide warns buyers about adulterated white leads and urges use of National Lead Company products. It explains fake mixtures and promotes the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee, offering a free painting test book and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Ridge
New York
Chewing Habit and Wealthy Man's Salvation
An old anecdote from Puck notes a rich man who chewed every bite 47 times to restore health and soul. He swallows a camel after straining at a gnat, and since the camel is well chewed, it can pass through the eye of a needle, illustrating he can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
Paul
Rowans
Shakespeare
Emerson
Kingdom of Heaven
Puck
Facts for Sick Women Lydia Pinkham Remedy Ad Opened
Thousands of American women suffer daily due to female ailments and home duties. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feeling and nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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the English News
James E. Stewart
New Enela
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
Newport
Illiam
General News
Rawhide
New
Salt Lake City
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Youngstown
Gov. Harris
Gov. Hughes
Feveridge
Indiana
Medbourne
Albany
West Australia
Daniel Godell
Omaha
Edna Kennett
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Cov
Hanty
Indiana Legislau
Great Britain
Mulai Hafid
Henry M. Nevius
Redbank
N. J
W. L. Gillman
Roxbury
Mass
Womans’ Relief Corps
Chester Jordan
Honorah
Somerville
Boston
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Owego
Daniel Walser
Detroit
Earl Hallam
George Richardson
Frederick T. Austin
Neb
West
Frederick Cornelius
Muskogee
Oklo
Bobbie Metcal
Gill
East St. Louis
Ransome Paine
Philip Wolff
St. Clair County
Akutan Harbor
Bering Sea
Robert Olsen
McCulloch
First National Bank of
Charlies M. Thomas
Wiliam H. Taft
Senator Foraker
Toledo
Charles O. Jones
Watervile
Taft
Foraker
James S. Stackpole
Stackpole Brothers
Lewistown
Mifflintown
Flemington
Melbourne
Sperry
Sidi Ee] Mokhri
Abd-el-Aziz
Channahon
Joliet
Pittsburg-Wabash
Pittsburg
Mercantile Trust Company of
Wisconsin
Isaac Stephenson
Neal Brown
James O. Davidson
J. A. Aviward
Ville de Diepne
Niagara Falls
George McLaushkin
State Commission of
Edward Burnett
Chicago River
William C. Cummings
Louia
Mich
San Ste Marie
George Bailey
Lida Dans
Market Reports
Baltimore
Ae Bey
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N.Y
W. P. Bloyd
Beaver Falls
Lever
Carters
IVER
London
Fr. Chatterhouse Sq
Wl-Douglas
L. Deagine
Owen
Catal Fi
Erection
Trial Inc
Qnthe Health and Beauty
Restos
Paxtine
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