California braces for parasite battle over orange groves
California state officials import Encrytus lunatus and Aphicus lounsburyi from South Africa to combat the black scale parasite threatening orange and olive groves. The struggle is pitched as a championship to safeguard the state’s fruit industries with groves and growers betting on the new reinforcements to win.
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Australia
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Africa
Graveyard graft at Lone Fir cemetery shocks Portland
Special to The Sun from Portland Oregon May 2. Investigators probe alleged fraud in Lone Fir cemetery where graves are stacked and double tolls charged. First sexton Patrick Kiernan cites records showing recent burials dug over older ones. Claims include three deep burials in driveways and alleys to overcharge buyers. Some grave sites reportedly hold multiple bodies beneath shallow surfaces.
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Lone Fir
Cassian Muller
Patrick Kiernan
Wilsono Benefiel
Golden Wheat Lures Americans to Canadian Northwest
Winnipeg reports a record influx of American settlers to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta seeking wheat land. By year end over 190000 newcomers expected with doubled figures next year as they sell U S land for 80 to 100 dollars an acre and reinvest in Canadian wheat country. Canada gains wealth from American migration exceeding 190 million dollars last year. Recruiters operate 20 stations and nearly 200 agents paid per immigrant.
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Commission
Promised Land Draws Western Settlers Across Canada
An Iowa farmer views the vast Canadian west from Winnipeg to the Rockies where 76 000 000 acres are offered free to settlers. Each over 18 can take 100 acres by homesteading or 20 head of livestock for three years. Railways expand, coal deposits are found, and Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan grain markets reach about 100 000 000 dollars. Over 106 000 cattle were exported that year as new cities rise from pioneer wilds.
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Four or More Children in Each American Family, Roosevelt Says
President Roosevelt writes to Dr. Albert Shaw arguing for larger families to prevent race death by own action. He cites Massachusetts data, defends larger families, and condemns articles urging fewer children as dangerous to national survival. He warns against elite influence promoting birth prevention.
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Albert Shaw
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Americ
John J. Cronin
Mrs Cornwallis West on rising living costs in London
Mrs Cornwallis West formerly Lady Randolph Churchill argues in the Gentle World that living expenses in London have doubled from about $10,000 to $20,000 for a couple. She says restlessness drives women to imitate men, leading to less refined manners among some couples.
Women Sweep Munich Streets Sooner and Smarter
A Craftsman correspondent praises Munich street sweepers as conscientious, cheerful, and robust workers. The article highlights their thoroughness and evident contentment in the task, noting broad admiration for their performance and dedication.
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Munich
Muich
Indicted Insurance Leader Faces Forgery and Perjury Charges
New York May 28 John R Hegeman head of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company appeared in the criminal session to answer forgery and perjury charges tied to last years New York insurance investigation. Bail was set at 10000 with ten indictments covering year end transactions from 1902 to 1906 alleging transfers of collateral loans and false financial showings.
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Supreme Court
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Esprit de corps in business life discussed by editor
The Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam-Fitter editor laments that esprit de corps exists in all in the same enterprise yet notes the harm when a new errand boy is told by the old employer that the old man is a hog. The piece underscores solidarity and harmony amid workplace tensions.
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Esprit de Corps
Indicted San Francisco magnates post bail in bribery case
Four prominent San Francisco figures including Eugene De Sabele John Martin Frank Drum and Mayor Eugene Schmitz appeared before Judge Coffey to post bonds on charges of bribing supervisors over a gas rate deal Also implicated are C H Umbreh Park Side Realty J E Green and B W Robert attorneys for the Realty firm With Abe Ruef accused of bribing solicitors to win a street railway franchise The item ends with an unrelated medical ad claiming Hood s Sarsaparilla purifies blood and strengthens kidneys.
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San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Puro Distilled Water Co Promises Low Price Bottles
A brief notice lists Puro Distilled Water Company offering half gallon bottles at five cents and five gallon Gemijoins at forty cents. Includes a new phone line and organization line for contact.
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Puro Distilled Water Company
UN. Org
Diplodocus Replicas for Kaiser and French President
Workmen at the Carnegie Institute are building two diplodocus replicas for Andrew Carnegie to gift to Emperor William II of Germany and the President of France. The 8 foot long prehistoric skeletons require 3 feet of vertical mounting space and include planned special additions.
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Carnegie Institute
Carnegien
Andrew Carnegie
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Germany
France
Jap theater uses icy powered revolving stage in Tokyo
Modern stagecraft arrives in Japan with a revolving stage in a Tokyo theater for a living picture show. The mechanism imitates European designs but uses stored cooling power under the stage, producing a fresh, up-to-date effect as if electric power operated it.
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Japan
Tokio
Europe
Coolda
Women in gainful occupations far transcend stereotypes
A census report reveals women in varied roles outside traditional bounds, with two motor men, five pilots, ten baggagewomen on railroads and ten in baggage smashing, plus 45 engineers and firemen, 43 hack drivers, 508 machinists, and 32 workers in charcoal and coke burning. The 1900 tally shows 1,124,383 women as servants and 456,405 as farm laborers, mostly in the southern states, many as family helpers.
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Continental
United States
City air inspector faces removal for bold honesty
Charles A. Blackmar of Los Angeles, city air inspector, vows to resist political pressure after exposing improper ties with Standard Oil. Officials refrain from public denouncement as he stands to lose his job for refusing to bow to corrupt influences.
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Cal
Charles A. Blackmar
Blackmar
Standard Oil
Skiddoo
Old-Fashioned Law Enforcer Aims to Tighten Oversight
Blackmar, in six years as oil inspector, asserts a clean record and pledges firm law enforcement. He cites his old-fashioned approach as the basis for stricter inspections and enforcement of regulations.
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Blackmar
Mahogany railroads clash with Cuban timber rules
Mahogany is widely used for railroad ties in Cuba and tropical countries but Sir William Van EOFS forbids its use on his road. He declares cutting small mahogany trees a crime though forests hold other construction timber. A bridge on the Cube railroad near Santiago is built entirely of mahogany, violating orders.
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Cuba
William van Eofs
Santiago
Alaska Rations Revised for Army Troops
The commissary-general of the army recommends new rations for Alaska troops. Bacon or salt pork up to 16 ounces or 22 ounces of salt beef, 24 ounces of fresh vegetables, 325 ounces of desiccated vegetables, and 8.25 ounces of candles replace prior measures.
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