Growth and scope of the United States in the 1908 Statistical Abstract
The piece highlights the vast data in the Statistical Abstract of the United States 1908, detailing area, population, labor, education, agriculture, industry, exports, imports, wealth, and public finance. It notes the continental land area, shifts in black population, unreserved land, coal and iron ore, petroleum and natural gas, immigration, presidential votes, postal growth, and education and manufacturing advances, framing a thriving American economy.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
C. P. Austnebler
Statistical Abstract
The
United States
Alaska
Europe
Nevada
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Conservation Commission
United States Geological Survey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
United States Board of Education
The staggering federal figures of growth 1850 to 1909
Census estimates show the United States expanding from 7 billion in 1850 to 120 billion in 1909, with intermediate peaks at 20 billion in 1870 and 104 billion in 1890. The data illustrate a broader narrative of progress and vast national resources.
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United States
Supply Of Army Horses Faces English Shortage
Sir Gilbert Parker will raise the issue in Parliament about German and continental agents buying three-year-old horses in England Ireland and Wales. The War Office bans under four years old but foreign buyers seek the best stock reducing home four-year-olds. France and Germany subsidize breeding and keep good stallions. causes include farmers quitting horse breeding and increased mechanical traction.
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Gilbert Parker
House of Commons
England
Ireland
Wales
War Office
France
Pall ‘Mall Gazette
No Great Feat Behind College President Pick
A dialogue from Puck questions the new college president pick. Regents chose him for what he had not done rather than achievements. He lacks textbooks, ambassadorships, scientific discoveries, pedagogical strength, or administrative renown. He had never knocked football.
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Smuth
Board of Regents
Selene
Puck
The Boy's Choice and a Razor Prize
A New York Times item recalls a boy who, on turning eleven, receives public safety items and two dollars sixty in cigarette coupons from an artist friend. Though his parents expect something wise, he buys a razor, prompting laughter from the family at dinner.
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Jim
Motheo
New York Times
New York
County of Westchester
Saidounty
White Pains
Westchester
Peron
Sherif
White Plains
Henry Scherp
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Bean Eaton, Cr & Pike
Eaton, Crane & Pike Co
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F. H. Morrell
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Allerton Farms
Conn
Eastman School OF Telegraphy
Poughkeepsie
Thomas Eiler
Irvington, N. Y
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