Fine Gift To A Noted Business Man
A bronze sculpture depicting Industry as a source of gold was presented to C. W. Post, president of the Citizens' Industrial Association of America, at a Battle Creek banquet. The gift honors Post for his service to industrial peace, with a speech by J. W. Van Cleave. Separate production data show sewing needles leading output at 776,542 gross valued at 600,046 dollars, plus latch and spring knitting needles and large pin supplies totaling over 1.9 billion gross of pins and related items.
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Lydia
Picault
C. W. Post
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
Battle Creek
Mich
Tiffany
J. W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Needles Pins and Hooks and Eyes Industry Output
Census data show 46 establishments in 1905 specializing in needles pins and hooks and eyes with capital of 5 331 939 96 5 wage earners 1 595 928 in wages and output values totaling 4 151 067 for needles and pins. Equal male and female workers 1 862 and 1 860. Also many factories produced non specialized quantities. A computing tape measure illustrates a pocket tool to read weights per foot of pipes rods and tubes using two or three tapes and marked diameters.
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Philadelphia
World’s largest palm and hard substances dominate exotic notes
A South American palm bears a leaf fifty feet long and twelve feet wide, the largest on record. Titanium compounds claimed to be as hard as diamond come from Moissan's electric furnace. Vienna professor Dr Adolph Cluss visits US colleges. Bamboo and gourd bird whistles enhance pigeon flights. A method to blue small steel goods uses nitre melts and petroleum drying. A massive wood block for Havre de Grace bridge weighs 1350 pounds and 60 ton capacity. Jardin des Plantes proposed relocation to a Paris site for a zoological oasis with large enclosures and a butterfly hot house. Ocean weather forecasts could come from steamships with wireless telegraphics. British ships already transmit. Weather patterns tied to Atlantic depressions prior to 35N.
Back in the Union for Rough Riders tale
A Washington Rough Rider meeting tells how a Southern father who once left the Union for his state finally rejoined the Union when his son joined Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba. The son’s letter shows the old man now writes United States without quotation marks.
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Washington
Rough Rider
Spain
Col. Roosevelt
Rough
Cuba
Union
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
Bus Mystery and the Vanishing Conductor Complication
A Strand Magazine piece ponders why bus conductors disappear at middle age while drivers remain visible. It humorously notes whiskered conductors as rare, suggesting a mystery about where these workers go as age advances.
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Strand Magazine
The Only Way
A Louisville Courier-Journal line cites a dialogue about marriage for money and fear of harming a husband prompting a grim remark about violence as a joke or note.
Trial Sermon Prank By Whisky Glass Beadle
A young Scotch Protestant clergyman preparing a trial sermon asks for a mirror. The beadle returns with a bottle containing whisky hidden under his coat and says it was for the minister as a special favor.
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John
Socialists Lead Minor Party Vote in 1904
The New York Tribune notes the Socialist ticket nearly matched the combined vote of other minor parties in 1904, with 402,159 votes for Socialists versus 250,550 for Prohibition, 113,259 for Populists and 33,622 for Socialist Labor. In 1900 Prohibitionists led with 209,062, while Socialists had 92,142.
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Socialist Party
Prohibitionists
Socialist Laborites
Socialist
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
New York Tribune
Freckles May Be Hereditary Across Body Surfaces
The article notes freckles can run in families and appear all over the body in some cases. It states that diet is not a cause and that sun and wind can cause more freckles on the face.
Immigrant Property Outflow to Canada Said to Reach 50 Million
British authorities claim American immigrants take about 50 million dollars in property into Canada annually, a figure cited in the New York 32 report. The notice frames the loss as a substantial transfer of assets across the border.
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Canada
N.Y
Miss Della Stroebe Finds Quick Health Relief
All run down and ailing Miss Della Stroebe reports rapid restoration of health after using Peruna, sharing she recovered completely from illness and regained strength at once.
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Della Stroebe
Peruna
Peruna Credited With Restoring Energy in Women
Letters from Della Stroepe of Appleton Wisconsin and Mrs Judge Boyer of Evanston Illinois describe chronic fatigue run down conditions. After using Peruna they report marked improvement and renewed strength.
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J. F. Boyer
Sherman Ave
Evanston, Ill
Peruna
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Moline
Ill
Mississippi River
George BE. Brown
C. W
Promfest
Leslie’s Weekly
South America
Henri Moissan
Adolph Cluss
Imperial Agricultural High School
Vienna
Germany
Colleges of Agriculture and Experiment Stations
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
American Bridge
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Bigourdan
Atlantic
North America
The
Technical World Magazine
Louigville Courier-Journal
Ies
Libby
Sethewel Tebets
Mia Libby
McNeill Libby
Chicago
Pletely
Della Stroepe
Richmond St
Appleton, Wis
London
Charterhouse Sq
Rue de la Paix
Australia
R. Towns $c
Sydney
India
B. K. Paul
Lennon, Ltd
Cape Town
UBA
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Wea
Cuticura
Industriaa W Leagues Inc
Broadway
New
Harold Somers
Fred. F. Field CO
Brockton, Mass
ST Book Publishing House
Leonard
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