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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
8
A lecture laments neglect of agriculture as the nation grows toward 90 million people. It argues commercial and industrial expansion cut off from feed sources, causing prohibitive food prices. It blames individuals and leaders for diverging from a stable base of supplies.
K Smith of Germantown post office faced a riddle on a card from New York signed Holmes Shylock. The jumbled superscription read Patrick Donnelly at Eighth Street and Allegheny Avenue Oyster House Philadelphia. Smith successfully interpreted the complex layout.
The New York Sun notes a rising trend in jewelry shaped as punctuation marks including question and paragraph pins. A mix of theories circulates about their origin from questions to politicians and a Gibson drawing, amid broader curiosity in symbolic adornments.
John C. Van Dyke summarizes evolving scientific views on mountain formation and early earth origins. He contrasts old notions of mountains as continental backbone with ideas that they mark crustal weaknesses and outlines the plane tessimal theory of planetary accretion and nebular origin, detailing stages from nebula separation to crust solidification and volcanic activity.
A party of new arrivals to New York on a steamship views flags from a high rooftop and wonders at their meaning. An officer explains the colors are only a janitor's laundry and a red flag is a tablecloth, ending the joke.
Extracts describe a luxury matron in a pay as you enter car using a French expletive, plus casual social observations and a George Anna fortune dilemma. The piece notes usage of conniption, Twain and Dunne dining at the Waldorf, and a Fifth Avenue meeting with Buffalo Will as onlookers recall mid Gy Square garden spectacles.
Edwin Markham attended a New York reception hosted by a wealthy woman who praised his Angelus poem. The exchange featured playful mishearings and affectionate banter about the artwork, ending with Markham slipping away from an overzealous admirer. A separate item notes whisky bottles auctioned in Obakuin New Zealand with a $20 final bid.
Washington reports the Wright brothers’ aeroplane draws global notice as governments seek the patent. General Allen predicts balloons and aeroplanes will scout wide areas, with limited use for armed flight. The Wrights will soon race Henry Karnan in England for $5,000, testing practical flight overseas.
Newfield New Jersey barber Albert Kendall and his two sisters, long poor, found a hidden false drawer in an old desk being refinished. Inside were documents believed worth 175000 dollars and papers for a large farm near Reading Pennsylvania in the name of the late John Kendall, their father.
Albert died suddenly fifteen years ago, with bonds dated in 1866 noted in the record.
An article notes a Nez Perce Glory song performed in Spokane Washington. It mentions the tribe’s unique way of singing the verse without stopping between sections and identifies the piece as a special feature.
Thirty Indians of the Umatilla tribe were converted to Christianity at the Tutuiilla Presbyterian mission near Spokane. Rev J M Cornelison, resident missionary, led a remarkable meeting on the reservation noted for its moonlit tepees and mission buildings. A British Admiralty report says deep water diving to 210 feet is safe with proper precautions and gear.
Navy instructors introduce jiu jitsu principles to officers and petty officers after initial training at the School of Physical Training. Examinations occur at Portsmouth following courses, with a standardized system based on the skill of various competitors.
A Century account portrays General Grant's stoic endurance through illness. It notes his fortitude and Christian philosophy while facing death and managing daily trials under heavy orders as those around him sought to ease his burden and shift thoughts to new pursuits.
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Mary Woday argues the United States faces a critical choice in industrial education. She compares Bavaria’s craft schools with American prisons and unemployment, urging manufacturers and unions to back widespread trade training to prevent a prison-bound workforce and ensure national prosperity.
The piece honors Captain Gridley who refused to miss battle despite illness and led his crew aboard the Olympia. It recalls his courage, reception by Rear Admiral Dewey, and an emotional send off as he heads to lead his ship. The narration blends praise and dramatic imagery of the moment.
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