Pennsylvania Coal Output in 1908
Pennsylvania produced 200,448,281 short tons of coal in 1908, valued at $276,995,152, with anthracite and bituminous shares. Output fell versus 1907, but anthracite remained the larger, steadier contributor. employment rose to 340,135 with varied daily hours and significant safety losses across mines.
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Pennsylvania
United States Geological Survey
James ©. Roderick
Department of Mines of Pennsylvania
United States
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Russia
M. R. Campbell
Pittsburg Dairy Contest and Milk Exhibit Planned
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce with the Dairy Division of the U S Department of Agriculture and local health officials will hold a dairy contest and local milk and cream exhibit on October 21 1909. Prizes for best milk and cream and sanitarian dairy farm, judged by USDA officials visiting Pittsburg. All dairymen supplying Pittsburg may enter. information and entry blanks available from the Chamber. An all day meeting for dairymen will feature Pennsylvania and Ohio speakers and a general dairy discussion.
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Pittsburg
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Ittaburg
Whl
Pennsylvania
Ohio
FOR YOUR HEALTHS SAKE Playful outdoor games boost hygiene and health
The piece argues that children playing outside promote health and suggests adults mimic their play by enjoying long walks, gardening, and cultivating flowers rather than remaining sedentary. It promotes simple outdoor activities as beneficial for well being and dignity.
Heflin Involved in Washington Auto Altercation
Representative J Thomas Heflin of Alabama was in a tense street incident with a motorist named Johnson in Washington. He and Kentucky colleague Otilla James argued after a speeding car nearly struck them, with the driver pursuing them after the near collision. Alabama's Representative Clayton helped separate the men near a hotel.
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Heflin
Alabama
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabams
Mr. Heflin
Automobilist
Clayton
Congress
Battle With Bank Robber Kills Two in White Bell Minn
In a bank robbery at the First State bank of White Bell Minnesota a firefight broke out with rifles and revolvers. Ex convict Robert Pohl and Edward Larken of Five Forks Bald Eagle lake cottage were killed. William Butler, a White Bear fisherman, was mortally wounded. The robber fled through village streets as armed locals pursued. Larken fell first, then the robber was shot in the abdomen.
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First State Bank
White Bell
Minn
Robert Pohl
Edward Larken
Five Forks
Bald Eagle Lake
William Butler
Larken
Three Cent Fares Defeated In Cleveland Franchise Vote
The Schmidt ordinance to grant a street car franchise to Herman Schmidt, ensuring three cent fares on part of the city lines, was defeated at a Cleveland referendum by 4982 votes. The bitter campaign featured many tent meetings led by Mayor Johnson and other officials urging the grant.
President Taft at Beverly Home Plans West South Tour
President Taft remains in Beverly Massachusetts for a month due to tariff legislation. He will not return to Washington until late November and leaves September 15 for a two month tour of the west and south, visiting most states and territories. Sherman plans a quiet Utica summer with no extensive trips.
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West
Tait
Beverly
Mass
Washington
Mr. Taft
Congress
States of the Union
Territories
Sherman
Utica
James
N. Y
Bear Carries Away Babe Near Cheboygan Michigan
A large black bear carried off an eighteen month old child while the mother picked huckleberries on the Macintosh plains ten miles from Cheboygan Michigan. The mother, a Polish woman, left the child sleeping with another child. Sheriff Clute led a ten man posse to search the area but no trace of the child or the bear was found.
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Macintosh Plains
Cheboygan
Mich
Sheriif Clute
Ocena
Besr
Bewildered girl struck by car in Altoona kills eight
An automobile carrying four young men struck Mable Waite eight years old in Altoona Pennsylvania as she ran in front of the vehicle. The accident left the girl dead and investigators move to determine fault.
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Altoona
Mable Waite
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Uhrery
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Muskingum College
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D. D. Pris
New Concord
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Savings & Trust Company
the Savings & Trust Company
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