Alaska Appeals Bill Won By Washington Advocates
Advices in the latest mail show Governor Hoggatt opposing a bill letting Alaska district court appeals be heard in Seattle Portland or San Francisco. Representatives Jones and Humphrey of Washington backed the measure against Governor Hoggatt and the California delegation.
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Hoggatt
Alaska
Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Jones and
Humphrey
Washington
California
San Francisco
Jones
Taft Praised for Constructive Role in Roosevelt Era
The Baltimore American lauds Mr. Taft for framing and carrying Roosevelt policies including expansion. It credits his administrative skill, legal acumen, and knowledge of conditions in the Philippines, Panama, Hawaii, Cuba, and Porto Rico, predicting strong presidential qualifications if elevated to the presidency.
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Baltimore American
Taft
Roosevelt
Philippines
Panama
Hawaii
Cuba
Porto Rico
Who Pays for Advertising in Modern Merchandising
The piece argues that neither merchant nor consumer pays for effective advertising. profit rests on volume rather than single high price sales. It claims the public bears the cost of lower profit now, noting that publicly stating an article's price taught consumers they paid more previously.
Advertising Boosts Store Profits Paradoxically
A historical parable shows two equal stores selling the same staple. One adopts advertising with a $1000 yearly spend. sales rise from 10,000 to 15,000 over five years, adding $15,000 in profit while costs rise minimally. The tale argues neither merchant nor customer bears the advertising cost, as the advertising store gains while the non advertising store loses.
Bill Aims 14 Million for 1910 Census Expansion
The bill appropriates 14 million dollars for the 1910 federal census and delays the start from June 1 to April 15, 1910. It includes a 65,000 enumerator plan, halves enumeration districts from 4,000 to 2,000 inhabitants, and accelerates city enumerations to finish within two weeks after starting in cities over 5,000. An agricultural census is set for 1915 and every ten years thereafter.
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Athea
North
New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Most Pathetic Figure Prince Alexis of Russia
A Washington Herald column dreads the fate of Prince Alexis heir to the Russian throne. The piece contrasts a hopeful childhood with the grim burden of royal succession and the dreaded legacy of the Romanoff line and Ivan the Terrible. It urges grateful motherhood for ordinary children over the glare of imperial destiny.
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Prince Alexis
Russia
Alexis
Romanoff
Czarowitz
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine
Peter the Great
Washington Herald
Clearing House Certificates and Their Use in Bank Settlements
The article reviews the New York clearing house loan certificates devised by banks to settle balances during crises. It traces issuances from 1860 through the 1893 panic and later episodes, noting amounts outstanding, interest at 6 percent, and collateral backing. It explains how certificates expand currency in circulation and are retired when emergencies pass.
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Clearing House Loan
Clearing House
New York Clearing House
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Boston
St. Louis
Baltimore
New Orleans
Transmitting Power Without Wires Proclaimed in Lyons
A French claim from Lyons describes a secret experiment by a prominent broker and a Lyons manufacturer to transmit electrical power without wires. The note cites early tests in Marseilles using a miniature street car and suggests broader applications to machinery.
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Onsul
John C. Covert
Lyons
Coun
Marseilles
Scott earned substantial literary income over years
Scott earned from $50 000 to $75 000 a year by his pen for several years. For 11 novels and nine volumes of tales he received $550 000.
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Scott
Malamute Dog Climbs Stilted Cache to Steal Ham
A Stroller testimony recalls a spring 1900 event in Dawson where a malamute dog blew breath to freeze steps on a post and climb to a ham cache twelve feet high. The tale claims the ham bone remains in Dawson and the dog once ate soup from it in local restaurants.
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Whitehorse
Roosevelt
Dawson
Teddy
The carnahuba palm uses across Brazil described
The palm yields medicines from roots, timber for cabinets, sap for wine or vinegar, starch and sugar, and its fruit serves as cattle feed. The nut acts as a coffee substitute and the pith is used for corks, highlighting the tree as exceptionally versatile.
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Brazil
Mortgages and filingsdate list from early 1900s
Filed for record entries from June 1908 show transfers, mortgages and releases involving individuals and properties around Goldstream Willow Creek Ester creek Fairbanks Creek Walnut Creek and associated claims. Notable pairs include Ronald Morrison to James W Hill and Leach to Parsons with varied dollar amounts and property limits.
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Ronald Morrison
James W. Hill
Morrison
Goldstream
Danl ‘Leach
W. H. Parsons
Willow Creek
Ester Creek
E. S. Anderson
Emma Louise Ross
Walnut Creek
L. D
D. Fairburn
W. W. Clarke
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Gold King Creek
G. A. Parker
Z. A. Scouse
Fairbanks Creek
Danl. Leach
Washington-Alaska Bank
C. A. Watson
St Marks
Nathan V. Harlan
Cecil H. Clegg
Jeremiah Cousby
Harry L. Cohn
Emma Pauline Pease
Edw. N. Lord
Wm. A
Maud Aldrich Ross
F. E. Barbour
Cold remedy advertisement with Grove signature
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as a world wide cold and grip remedy that removes the cause. It invites readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Fish Endure Extreme Cold in Harsh Winter Ponds
The article notes certain fish endure severe cold. Perch survive ponds frozen solid through winter. Whitefish in Canada caught through ice holes arrive frozen stiff yet revive when thawed, showing life signs.
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Canada
McGinn and Sullivan Law Partnership Dissolved
Notice states the partnership of John L. McGinn and M. J. Sullivan operating as McGinn & Sullivan was dissolved on May 8, 1908. John L. McGinn signs the dissolution.
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John L. McGinn
M. J. Sullivan
McGinn & Sullivan
John L. M’ginn
Directory of lodges for Fairbanks fraternal orders
Directory lists Fairbanks Aerie No. 1087 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting Mondays at 8 30 p m at Eagle Hall and Fairbanks Lodge No. 3 Lou O F meets Thursdays at 8 p m at Odd Fellows Hall with officers Barney Goss W D M Anderson and C D McAuley N G M O Carlson secretary
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Fraternal Order OF Eagles
Fairbanks Aerie
Eagle Hall
Century Hall
Barney Goss
W. J. D. M. Anderson
Camp
Fairbanks
Wal
Auditorium Building
Bill A. C
Charles E. Taylor
Fairbanks Lodge of the
Yukon Order of Pioneers
Old Odd Fellows Hall
Harry Cribb
Istave
Henry Roden
Leo Wile
M. Sickinger
Treas
Tanana Masonic Lodge Regular Communications Schedule
Tanana Masonic Lodge LL D holds regular communications on the first and third Wednesdays each month at the Masonic Hall Auditorium. R W Taylor Worshipful Master and G B Erwin Secretary announce details.
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Tanana
Transit Schedule Snippet
Times show departures at 8 00 a m 8 25 a m and 8 45 a m with arrival noted. No additional context or destinations are provided in the readable text.
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Fairbanks Daily News
Fairbanks Postoffice
Zach. F. Hickman
Mborur
Taft Constructive
Tennyson
ARI
Wsrule Reform
Pat Emf
Badger & Woodward
Nat’l Bank
Deeds
Raymond Brumbaugh
Emil C. Furstenau
Furstenaun
Brumbaugh
Directory OF Lodges
ODD Fellows
C. D. M'Cauley
Masonic Lodge
Arctic Brotherhood
Order OF Pioneers
Gesang-Verein Harmonie
Sore Gay
Fairbanks Hardware Co
Jelp
Eg. T. Barnett
James W. Hell
C. Wood
B. R. Dusenbury
Asat
Fairbanks Banking Company
Pioneer Bank of Central
Ge. T. Barnette
Dan Ryan
EB. Claypool
D. H. Jonas
Mans Stark
A. Jenson
David Yarnail
Robert Shephard
J. Robinson
M. H. McMauhen
John P. Anderson
John Figgar
Eg. T. Barnette
Hanes Stark
R. C. Wood
THE
German Savings & Loan Society
California ST
Cal
Wells, Fargo & Co
Express
N. Ohlandt
Daniel Meyer
Emil Rohte
A. H. R. Schmidt
William Herrmann
George Tourny
A. H. Muller
Goodfellow & Eells
Ign. Steinhart
I. N. Walter
J. W. van Bergen
F. Tillmann
E. T. Kruse
W. S. Goodfellow
Pioneer Hotel
Dave Petree
Prop
Jonas & Brown
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
W. Taylor
Y. T
Tanana Valley Railroad Co
Chena and
Fairbanks Junction
Cha
I No. 21
Ester Eldorado Fox
Gilmore Ridgetop
Olnes Vhatanikae
Falcon Joslin
Pres
Gen. Mgr
Fo. 2Ssenger
A. P. Tyson
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