Who Uses Snuff Now A Days Mil Tow Report
The American Snuff Company shows rising earnings and dividends for the year ended December 11 1908 with net earnings of 3 474 318. A Boston wholesale source explains snuff use has shifted from snuffing to chewing or rubbing, spreading through mill towns in the Eastern States with both men and women addicted to the habit.
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New York Commercial
American Snuff Company
American Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Boston
New England
Les
Sweden
Never speak harsh words to an ocean liner steward
A Washington Post snippet recounts a New York Congressman’s tale about a voyage where a harsh rebuke to a steward led to a costly room change. The steward offered a better cabin for a fee, and the traveler’s companion’s quarters were moved below. The episode ends with the steward noting the $75 bribe and a jest about seasickness. The column also notes Knicker-Did Jones losing auto control and general gossip as part of a broader mockery.
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New York
Washington Post
Des Moines plan commission government in Iowa cities
The Des Moines plan, a commission form of city government, has shown success in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids since 1907. A mayor and four commissioners head departments like public safety, finances, and public improvements. The system features initiative and referendum, public sessions, and streamlined finances, with savings and efficiency gains reported.
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OWA
Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Houston
Galveston
Tex
Cedar Rapids
Fuddes Trouithe
Suotoek
Tesla Hall
Babe Capeekally
Pula de Science and Far Roaming Moths and Skies
Notes on gipsy moth dispersal with isolated colonies puzzling officials. Also reports on Maumbury Rings Roman amphitheater excavations, Neolithic flint workshop, dating of Christ birth around 5 B C, and Dr. Mackinlay Ramsay discussion. Plus high altitude air pressure experiments by Prof. Todd and colorfastness tests by T Frusher on natural and artificial dyes.
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L. C. Howard
Howard
Maumbury Rings Circle
England
Prof
Todd
Amherst College
South America
Andes
Sir
Boston Transcript
Herr T. Frusher
Brilliant German idea on quake resistant houses
Prof. Eugen Sormel of Berlin proposes building houses in steel with rocking steel foundations to render earthquakes pleasant. He suggests riveted furniture and people lashed to chairs if motion becomes too violent.
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Eugen Sormel
Berlin
He Did It. Cleveland Leader quote on December proposal
A Cleveland Leader item reports a dramatic personal confession with a vow fulfilled. The speaker recalls refusing Jim and learning he would act in a desperate way, then reveals he proposed yesterday and kept his word. The brief captures a publicized romance note.
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Jim
Cleveland Leader
Am Insinuation In Old Plano Scene Echoes Family Pride
A Boston Post prose fragment recalls a mother praising her daughter's music as a costly stunt in Plano. A caller asks if a neighbor sued, reflecting social tension. The piece ends noting people yearn for spring amid lingering winter and summer longing.
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Plano
Boston Post
Turtle Head Keeps Life After Beheading
A New Orleans Times Democrat tale recounts a man winning a bet on a turtle head that supposedly kept alive for nearly twenty-five hours after being chopped. The oyster opener scoffs at death, then the head twitches unexpectedly, shocking the betting man Gus Schmidt and confirming the creature’s apparent persistence.
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Gus Schmidt
Gus
Nix
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Audubon Failed Groceries For A Great Ornithologist
The famed naturalist Audubon once tried a Missouri grocery venture with Ferdinand Rozier in 1810, loading a keelboat with whiskey and groceries to open a Ste. Genevieve store. The project failed as Audubon favored woods over counters, leading to a dissolution in 1811 and his rise as a renowned ornithologist.
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Audubon
Missouri
Kentucky
Ferdinand Rozier
Ste. Genevieve
Louisvile
Ohio
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Audubon & Rozier
Rozier
Lowisiana
Wright recalls early aviation days and money woes
Wilbur Wright recalls a time at Pau when offers and promises abounded but funds were scarce. He compares investors to a Dayton barber who quips that Simmons is for sale, only to reveal a $2 price tag, illustrating the gap between rhetoric and money.
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Wilbur Wright
Pau
Dayton
Simmons
Burst of Uncrossity Injury Sparks Surgeon Talk
A surgeon tells a parent that the boy's injury is not as severe as feared and amputation may not be needed. Mr Tyte-Phist responds with relief and notes willingness to pay costs if life could be saved.
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Mr. Tyte-Phist
Misleading Estimates for Municipal Lighting Plants
The article argues municipal lighting costs routinely exceed estimates due to officials accepting biased bids. It notes engineers may submit inadequate figures, cities cannot match private firms on cost, and red tape inflates bids. An independent consulting engineer is proposed to avoid overstated or underpriced projects.
Why He Wept Story of a boy and a stolen snow shovel
A minister finds a crying boy who laments not only his neighbor's snow shovel being stolen by a tramp but also that the thief did not steal his own shovel. The boy's grief centers on his concern for others' misfortune.
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Bobby
Fox skin trade in Maine fueled by drives and poison baits
About 75,000 fox skins are sold annually in Maine. Very few foxes are shot. many are killed by poisoned bait, while hundreds are killed in drives.
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Maine
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DE Science
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W. M. Ramsay
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Venus
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DC. Brown, M. D
Sidney Sapp
Notary Public
Thorwald Larson
Attorney At Law
Arizona
Holbrook
Frank A. Zuck
Bed Rock
H. Clark
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Santa Rosa Vineyard Company
California
Eares
Holbrook, Arizona
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