San Diego Bay Next Likely Pacific Naval Base Site
San Diego Bay looms large in talks over a Pacific naval base. Officers favor its southern location along the 2000 mile Pacific coast and its landlocked harbor. The climate is mild with a mean of 54 degrees. dredging could widen channels for better anchorage.
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San Diego and Harbor
Naval Base
San Diego
Cal
Congress
Pacific Naval Base
San Diego Bay
Diego Bay
Pacific Shore Line
San Francisco
Mexico
Drunkards Cured Secretly Drunkards Cured Secretly
An urgent plea to rescue a loved one from drinking problems urges immediate action by writing for help. The message stresses helplessness, calls for swift intervention, and promises a home remedy with no cost.
Jozeff the Financier Chases Big Bank Fortune in Vermont
Oracle Amos Cummings recalls Jozeff Strong, a sharp money maker from New York who rose to preside over a major bank after moving to Vermont. The tale centers on Jozeff’s audacious scheme in a trap where Uncle Seth’s teeth become currency and a bear meets a gory end, illustrating Jozeff’s knack for turning risk into profit.
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N’ York
Jozeff Strong
Amos Cummings
Paddy Cox Extradition Clash Over Irish Immigrant
Blue-eyed Paddy Cox from Mayo Ireland, in Chicago two months, faces murder charges after a wake fight. Britain seeks extradition, arguing manslaughter under U.S. law. The dispute cites Webster Blaine treaties as the basis for the extradition challenge. Cox was fined £10 for assault in a prior incident, which he says resulted from a drunken brawl and that he struck Murray only with his fists.
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The
Sun
Chicago
Paddy Cox
County Mayo
Ireland
Paddy
Pinkerton
Cox
State Department
United States
Murray
Operators' Chief A. W. Coppo Named President
A. W. Coppo, newly appointed president of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, lives in San Francisco and previously served as deputy national president during the strike. He was formerly secretary and treasurer of the Frisco union and worked as an operator for the Postal company in San Francisco.
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Coppe
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Lves
San Francisco
Smail
Pacific Coast
Frisco Union
Fostal Company
New York Claims Strong Child Labor Protections
New York asserts its child-labor law is the best in the country. It bans employment beyond eight hours per day and restricts work to the hours between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The provision is described as highly protective for children.
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New York
Poslam Introduces Fifty Cent Eczema Remedy Size
New York November fifth announces a special fifty cent size of poslam for eczema and minor skin troubles. The drug formerly sold only in two dollar jars, now available in smaller packs at drug stores or from Emergency Laboratories. Poslam reportedly stops itching with first use and can heal chronic cases in about two weeks. Free experimental samples offered upon request.
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New York
Pdblam
Twentyfifth
New York City
Plan to Save When Apparently Dead
Dr H K Whitford of Elgin announces a resuscitation method for drowning victims after twenty years of study. He recounts reviving a girl after four minutes, argues water in the lungs is limited, and prescribes warming the body, lifting the epiglottis, and slower arm pumping to fill the lungs without forcing water into the stomach.
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The
Sun
Chicago
H. K. Whitford
Elgin
Fox River
Trust Company Pays School Teachers In Cash
The Indiana Trust company paid the checks of the Indianapolis school teachers Tuesday in cash. The total amount was near $65,000.
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The
Indiana Trust Company
Indianapolis
Receiver Named In Indianapolis Railway Consolidation
On the petition of Electric Installation company claiming a $650,000 creditor claim, the Indianapolis New Castle and Toledo railway and the Indianapolis New Castle Construction company together with allied concerns were placed in the hands of Union Trust company as receivers by Judge Lawson Harvey of the superior court Tuesday afternoon. The receivership was agreed to to avoid embarrassment from possible sal es actions over the money situation. Behind the enterprise are D. M. Parry W. E. Stevenson Charles Hornley and Eugene Bundy. Most right of way between Indianapolis and New Castle is completed and rails have been laid on part of the line.
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Enterprise
D. M. Parry
W. E. Stevenson
Charles Hornley
Eugene Bundy
Indianapolis
New Castle
Barnard Named National Referee on Food Adulteration
H E Barnard state food and drug inspector notified by H W Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry that he has been elected national referee on food adulteration for 1908. He will appoint 16 assistants and oversee study of food analysis methods and adulteration control while continuing duties with the Indiana State Board of Health.
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Barnard
H. E. Barnard
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington, D. C
Indiana State Board of Health
Pastors organize first preachers meeting in Indiana
About 40 pastors from Friends churches in western Indiana met at the First Friends church of Indianapolis for the year’s opening preachers meeting. Officers elected include President Rev Farland Randolph Vice President Rev Lewis McFarland and Secretary Treasurer Rev Elizabeth Murphy.
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Friends Churches
Indiana
Friends Church of
Indianapoli
Farland Randolph
Lewis McFarland
Elizabeth Murphy
Dinner Bell Tragedy Near Waynesfield Kills Woman
Mrs. James Lawrence died in the yard at the family home near Waynesfield Ohio when a dinner bell, breaking loose, fell on her head as she rang it for her husband and son in the fields. Her neck was broken and she was found dead about ten minutes later by her husband and son.
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James Lawrence
Waynesfield
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Jozeff
Russy
Hfe
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Trout
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Great Britain
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Interurban and Electric Company
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