Italian plan to farm immigrant Italians in west and northwest
A proposed agricultural colonization scheme would move Italian immigrants from congested cities to farms in the west and northwest to ease urban crime and crowding. Italian officials and U S contacts plan inspections from Chicago to Denver and Milwaukee to assess Wisconsin Minnesota appeal and potential grape growing sites for wine production.
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Milwaukee
Wis
New York
Boston
Washington
New Orleans
Chicago
Bruntetti
Rome
Guido Servadie
Denver
Italian Labor Bureau
New York City
Shemidt
Colorado
West
Northwest
Signor
Arminio Conte
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bruniaki
Signor Conte
Arpin
Homesteading It on Quarter Section
A Colorado homesteading feature traces city workers drawn to 160 acre claims in Watkins. Mechanics and clerks abandon shops for prairie sunlight, building a house, facing cautions from old-timers, and dreaming of independence, wealth from wheat and cattle, and a proud sense of land ownership.
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Sam
Colorado
Rmalse
Acre
Treatment for Adults
A parent recounts a long medical ordeal from 1906 seeking help for a child with eczema. After multiple doctors and treatments failed, a Cuticura remedy set cost $1 and reportedly led to dramatic improvement within a week, though eye damage remained. The letter credits owner Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abbott of Fulton Oswego for sharing the experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulier
Oswego
Frank Abbott
Fulton, Oswego
Electric power on farms in South Dakota counties
Davidson and Turner farmers form an association to bring electricity to farming communities. They plan to use power for plowing, harvesting, dairy and creamery work, home lighting, sewing machines, and laundry. The project aims to harness water power and develop farm allied industries, boosting regional assets through neighbor cooperation.
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Davidson
Turner Counties
South Dakota
West
Women Demand Detention Rooms in New York
Women members of the Society for Political Study in New York protest Commissioner Kingham for snubbing their request for separate detention rooms for women arrested. They note such facilities exist in Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia and urge New York to provide them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Political Study
New York
Kingham
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Bacilli in Style on Headgear
In Chicago on March 11, reports on hats show concern over microbes in fashion. Milliner Helen Mahon releases the feline from the pouch as headlines claim headgear may be swarming with germs.
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Bacilli
Chicago
Helen Mahon
Americans at a London ball listed in official accounts
At the London court balls many Americans attended and a separate list is published in official records. Among those presented was Mrs. Robert J. Wynne, wife of the American consul general in London.
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London
Robert J. Wynne
Woman Lies Beside Lexington for Forty Years Without Entry
A woman lived seven miles from Lexington Kentucky for over four decades without entering the town. The news item notes the irony that forty years is not a long time to stay away from Lexington.
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Lexington
Wolves Steal Trapper's Fur Lost to Wolves at Bark Lake
Canadian trapper Jujesadden recounts a brutal season as wolves plagued his lines near Bark Lake and White Deer Lake. He describes wolves stealing fur, evading poisons, and chasing game for days. He pulled in about $390 worth of pelts while fearing further losses from the pack’s persistence.
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Lachind
Canada
Bark Lake
Jujesadden
Gatineau
Adeep
Devery Roun
White Deer Lake
Nerviest 4 year old: Raymond Weber falls into Nebraska City well
Special to the Sup. Raymond Weber, age four, survived a fall into a well in Nebraska City while his seven year old brother watched in fear. Neighbors lowered a windlass, and the boy stood in a foot of water at the bottom, calmly declaring I am wet, papa.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Raymond Weber
Nebraska
Frank Weber
Raymond
Crop of 1907 Slang Revives a Few Old Ones
New York slang evolves rapidly as terms like roll your hoop replace old phrases such as skidoo and twenty-three. The piece lists new slang for money iron men and for thieves lag and job. It notes terms canned wine the grape sass suds wealth y water and urges readers to study a glossary of sidewalk talk.
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Gotham
Broadway
Kansas City
New York
Bassett Seeks Custody of Four Children in Omaha Case
Charles Bassett of the United States Geological Survey seeks possession of four of his five children in Omaha courts after naming Rev. Lawrence Hunt, ex pastor of a local Presbyterian church, as co-respondent in his divorce from his wife in Washington. He says the youngest is not his child. The baby, Tawrem Hunt Bassett, born ten months after his departure for a government trip, remains with the mother.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles ©. Bassett
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Lawrence Hunt
Bassett
Man
Tawrem
Hunt Bassett
Hopital
Erratic Tramps of the Heavens by an Amateur Scientist
An amateur science piece explains comet basics, noting irregular comets, famed cases like Trilan's comet split in 1845, Encke's and Halley's orbits, and Halley's 1966 link to William the Conqueror. It describes large tails, comet nuclei, and theories on sunward tails and planetary influence.
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Trilan
Simee
Encke
Tuttle
Halley
England
William the Conqueror
Jupiter
Napoleon
Russia
Cure for grip advertised with W Grove signature
An old advertisement promises to cure grip in two days using laxative bromos. It notes the remedy removes the cause and urges callers to request the full name and look for the signature of W. Grove, priced at 5 cents.
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W. Grove
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Trapper
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Mrs
Eitery
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Merry
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Ili
Wreat
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