War Declarations and Forestry Foresight in Historic Letters
The article discusses military readiness alongside warnings about timber supplies. It cites Secretary Root defending a defensive but not militaristic stance, and Secretary Wilson and Chief Forester Pinchot warning that lumber use outpaces growth. It notes reforestation urgency and a Kansas teacher faces trial over punitive plaster. It ends with a discussion on London mulberry trees linked to James I and silkworms.
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Pinchot
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Smithfield
London
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Brittah Solomon
Cardi Pele
Lambeth
World Intel: Wilson Reports Record Farm Values and Global Reports
Summary of 1908 farm value records led by corn, with Wilson citing 7 778 000 000 in farm products. Notes on Panama bond issue proposal, Roosevelt libel tensions, and Panama canal graft disputes. Also covers exiles returning to Port au Prince, rail incidents, and violence in Edgewater and Kansas City.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
William Nelson Cromwell
Senor Arosemana
Panama
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Notable 1910 headlines mix of divorces and trials
Mrs. Gertrude Gates wins absolute divorce from James L. Gates. Abraham Ruef former San Francisco political figure convicted of bribery with up to 14 years. John L. Sullivan granted a Chicago divorce. Samuel E. Grogs discharged in Detroit bankruptcy. Gov. Deneen to attend U of Illinois agriculture course in 1910. Castro lands at Bordeaux as private citizen for Venezuela’s quarrel settlement. Hansbrough of North Dakota ill in Minneapolis. Davis found not guilty in Omaha murder case. Castro of Venezuela plans to land in Bordeaux and settle international quarrels.
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Gertrude Gates
James L. Gates
Milwaukee
United States
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Castro
Bordeaux
Charles E. Davis
Frederick T. Austin
Omaha
Venezuela
Santander
Spain
John L. Sullivan
Chicago
Samuel E. Grogs
Detroit
Mich
Deneen
University of Hlinois
Multiple events mark calm seas and growing tensions worldwide
The report lists 14 killed and 50 injured by a 21 ton dynamite blast on the Panama canal, a US fleet arrival at Colombo greeted by crowds, one smallpox case on the Georgia, Gelderland seizing and towing the Alix near Curacao, a deadly Yiddish theater panic in New York, a double suicide by Frank Cassini, a Phelps Dodge merger valued at 950 million, Paton Iowa fire destroying 11 buildings with numerous injuries, and a large airside bomb panic near East Third arrest.
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Bas Obiapo
United States
Colombo
Ceylon
Georgia
Gelderland
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
New York
Frank Cassini
St. Louis
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Paton
Ue East Third Arrest
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Trial opens for Thornton Hains in fatal shooting case
Thornton Hains, brother of Capt. Peter C. Hains, goes on trial for first degree murder in Queens, charged in the shooting death of William E. Annis. Defense argues the act was to protect his brother amid threats, with Hains set to testify.
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New York
United States
Flushing
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Peter C. Hains
Wiliam E. Annis
Usher
Queen's County
Hains
Annie
John C. Haine
Gray
Frederick F. Crane
Supreme Bench
Crane
Queens County
Sing Sing
Flushing Town Hall
Phillips
Maj
John P. Hains
Gen. Hains
Hotel Astor
Talesmen
Thornton Hains
Clu
Peter Hains
Labor bulletin cites U.S. work accident toll and safeguards
Washington reports 25 000 to 30 000 deaths and 2 000 000 injuries among workers last year with iron and steel trades most exposed. The bureau of labor urges better factory inspection and rational rules, noting foreign practice evidence that one third or more of accidents could be prevented.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor
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