Busy Reader Digest of World News From 1900s Dispatches
The itemizes brief global notes: U S Pacific fleet under Rear Admiral Spree begins target practice in Manila Bay. Taft telegrams Teheran congratulating Mohammad Ali on Persia’s constitutional parliament. the dowager empress of China buried in eastern tombs. Finnish Diet dissolves amid constitutional reform debates. Reports of political assassinations, bombings in Buenos Aires, Cuba Spain trade talks, unemployment in New York, Nebraska grain drop, church roll removal, customs dismissals, Nicaraguan rebel shootings, railroad code adoption, and notable deaths in racing and public service plus hog price rise and white corn bids in Mexico.
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United States Pacific
Spree
Manila
F. I. Bay
Taft
Mohammed Ali
Teheran
Persia
China
Forbidden City
Tamland
Buenos Ayres
Senor Falcon
Callao Street
State Department
Spain
Cuba
United States
New York City
Cora D. Harvey
National Committee of
Nebraska
Augusta E. Stetson
Christian Science Church
New York
Independent Telephone Company
Omaha
Court of Appeals
Washington
Chaluteca
Lara
National Association of Railway Commissioners
W. H. Gleason
el Paso
Texas
Utah Jockey Club
Paris Chamber of Deputies
Judson D. Bieham
Philadelphia
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
West Point
Lewis B. Payton
Congress
Illinois
Louise B. Payson
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
American Marine Hospital Service
France Faces Budget Strife and Tax Hikes
Reports note France's budget troubles amid higher taxes and political strain. The Washington meeting of railroad commissioners heard sharp exchanges as demands for wage increases faced railroads west of Chicago.
Census Supervisors to Begin Next Count April 15 1910
Instructions to supervisors chosen to run the forthcoming census begin April 15 1910. Census Director Durand notes no act bars women or under 20 from enumerator roles. both the eleventh and twelfth censuses employed women in such work. Commander Peary spoke at the Belasco theater on his pole dash, not mentioning Dr Cook. The DC Court of Appeals delays Gompers Mitchell Morrison contempt mandate stay until early 1910. Secretary Wilson estimates 4000000 for forest lands expansion. most lands are in Alaska. Lord and Lady Minto survived an assassination attempt. Justice Department announces Francis Heney will reprise as special assistant AG in Oregon land fraud prosecutions.
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France
Washington
Frank de Rosa
East Sixty-third Street
Chicago
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Aldrich
Margaret Illington
Daniel Froiman
New York
Edward J. Bowes
Tacoma
Reno
Nev
Washeton
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
South Dakota
Shipp
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pri- 601
Cherry Vale
Counc
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Ballinger
Bieel Lhuuster
Durand
R. E. Peary
Belasco
National Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Alaska
Lord Minto
India
Taft guest of Norfolk crowds and mergers on agenda
Clarence Mackay denies Postal Company party to the telegraph and telephone merger. President Taft visits Norfolk Virginia for a day with local citizens. Attorney General Wickersham weighs changes to the commerce commission. Experts say entombed Cherry miners are dead. Army engineer officer shortage noted. Roosevelt faction reports all well. Five Wyoming cattlemen seek guilty pleas to avoid harsher penalties. Taft receives a decree from Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut.
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Clarence Mackay
Taft
Norfolk
Wickersham
Commerce Commission
Engineer Department
Army
Roosevelt
Wyoming
Wesleyan University of
Iowa City Elks Club House Dedication Noted Event
The New Elks club house at Iowa City dedicated November 1 is a 44 by 100 foot brick and stone building with two stories and a basement. It will cost about 35000 furnished and serves as a home for the Iowa City lodge with a 200 member count.
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Elks’ Club
Iowa City
Great Iowa Homecoming Aims to Bring 60 000 Former Iowans
The plan for 1910 centers the Iowa state fair as the hub of a statewide and nationwide homecoming. Secretary Simpson leads efforts to collect addresses from about 60,000 former Iowa residents, inviting them with personalized letters and proclamations. The week long event would feature relic displays in a central log cabin and large gatherings coordinated with county officers and Iowa associations in major cities.
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Iowa
Kentucky
Isaac Brandt
Simpson
Des Moines
Old Settlers’ Associations
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Euch
Henry Watterson
Bill Coop
B. F. Carroll
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Seattle Exposition
State Librarian Johnston Brigham named to ALA council
State Librarian Johnston Brigham receives notice of appointment to the American Library Association council. Chosen from over 1,000 members to fill a vacancy, he previously served on the council. A move to place the state library under the state board of education is discussed amid debates over Supreme Court oversight.
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Johnston Brigham
Council
The
American Library Association
Brigham
Association
Canadian Thanksgiving Glows Over Rich Harvest Prospects
The article notes Canada celebrated Thanksgiving early due to abundant harvests in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It praises perfect weather, rising wealth, and farming skill that may yield about 130 million bushels of wheat and strong oats output, with land costing 10 to 15 dollars per acre. The Toronto Globe quotes widespread West pride and gratitude for Providence and prosperity.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Toronto Globe
West
Shake Into Your Shoes Alleh's Foot-Ease Advertisement
Antiseptic powder relieves sweating and tired feet making new shoes comfortable. Claims to ease callouses and heat in feet. Sold by all druggists. Trial package mailed free. Address Alien 6 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Alleh
Olmsted
LeRoy
New York
Love and Hair Do Not Mix Says Couple in Jest
A playful exchange between a romantic young man and a practical maid. He declares love brightens the eye, while she quips that it tends to disarrange one’s hair. The dialogue captures lighthearted flirtation.
Warnings and Wit on Elections and Medicine
A fragment cites cautions about imitation products and warns that immediate use of Yamlins Wizard Oil prevents blood poisoning. The passage also jests about political commentary and the fate of great minds, noting embalmed spirits walking the earth as Smiles remarks.
Pettit's Eye Salve offered at 25c in ad
Howard Bros. Buffalo New York promotes Pettit's Eye Salve for tired congested inflamed and sore eyes claiming rapid relief. The short blurb ends with a moral quip about studying and marriage and notes WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT as a breath freshener.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
N W Hide and Fur Co. Ad Praises Furs and Guns
A Minneapolis business advertises paying high prices for hides and furs and selling guns and traps at low cost. The note also claims a maxim about love as the greatest necessity for a woman.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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Dickens
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