Summit House on Mount Washington Burns in White Mountains Fire
Historic Summit house on Mount Washington in New Hampshire burned recently after thirty five years as a hospitality hub for summer tourists and climbers. The article recalls visits by Grant Hayes and Cleveland, the hotel’s 1873 opening, and the mountain’s rail and weather station era amid a long history of guiding paths and early ascent records.
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Mount Washington
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Weather Bureau
Summit House
Gen. Grant
Fabyan’s
Bretton Woods
White Mountain
Henry M. Burt
Springfield
Tip Top House
Among the Clouds
Destroyers
Darby Field
Concord
Francis Boott
Ethan Allen Crawford
Eleazer Rosebrook
Fabyan
J. S. Hall
Lucius M. Rosebrook
Nathan R. Perkins
Benjamin Osgood
Hartshorne
Gorham
George Lane
Twinmountain
Remarkable Results of School Republic Movement
Elaboration on the school republic movement started by Wilson L. Gill to teach citizenship in public schools. It notes government adoption in Cuba, spread in the United States, and a 1908 pledge of international citizenship by American children.
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Wilson L. Gill
United States
Cuba
New York City
Gill
Guch
Parkhurst
New’ York
Philadelphia
Americans Win Olympic Events in London Track Final
Melvin Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club set an Olympic record in the 800 meters and later ran the half mile close to the world mark. Harry F. Porter cleared 6 feet 3 inches to win the high jump as Americans dominate day two at Shepherds Bush.
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London
Melvin W. Sheppard
New York
America
Harry F. Porter
Porter
H. A. Gidney
Boston
A. A
Monson
Norway
England
Gidney
Leahy
Somody
Hungary
Shepherd's Bush
C. H. Daniels
New York Athletic Club
de Halmay
Julia
Sweden
Ray Ewry
St. Louis
Tslo Niiris
George N. Mehnert
National Turn Verein
George W. Gaidzik
Chicago Athletic Association
France
Double Crime in Indiana Town Ends in Suicide
Clarence Jones shot and killed Claude Pruitt in Hillisburg, then killed himself. Both men were young. Pruitt recently married, Jones left a widow and daughter. The incident followed a drinking session and a card game dispute, sparking townwide excitement.
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Frankfort
Ind
Hillisburg
Here
Clarence Jones
Claude Pruitt
Pruitt
Jones
Interstate Commission Rules Against Route Discrimination
The Interstate Commerce Commission decides that stopping cattle from western Nebraska for fattening en route to market at through rates discriminates against Iowa points. The case involves the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association against the Chicago Burlington Quincy and 15 other carriers.
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Iowa
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Chicago, Burlington& Quincy Company
New University Trustees Appointed in Illinois
Springfield Alabama July 22 Gov De Neen appoints Arthur Meeker of Chicago as University of Illinois trustee to fill the Herrick Bloomington vacancy and A P Group of Winchester to fill the McLean Lacomb vacancy.
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Springfield
Deneen
Arthur Meeker
Chicago
University ‘of Illinois
L. H. Herrick
Bloomington
A. P. Group
Winchester
Alexander McLean
Lacomb
Heroic Mexican engine driver sacrifices self to save town
James Garcia, a Rio Grande Railway engine driver, drove a burning goods train away from Nacozari to avert a catastrophic blast at the Pilares mine. As blasting powder ignited, he ordered the fireman off and leaped onto the locomotive, sacrificing his life to save the town and its inhabitants, while spectators watched in horror and then awe.
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James Garcia
Rio Grande Railway
Garcia
Pilares
Nacozari
Nacozari Town Saved After Catastrophic Explosion
A massive blast tore through Nacozari. iron and debris rose into the air while smoke filled the sky. Every window shattered but the town was saved and Garcia hailed as its hero for averting greater disaster.
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Nacozari
Garcia
Meteor Crater Found to Result from Meteor Impact
Government geologists confirm the large Arizona crater near Sunshine Station formed by a massive extraterrestrial impact. Philadelphians Barringer and Tilghman cite a 2,000,000 ton meteorite hitting at 9 to 45 miles per second, creating a 600 foot deep, 0.75 mile diameter basin and scattering vast rock fragments across the plain.
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Arizona
Sunshine Station
Parringer
Barringer
Tilghman
Outer Space
Earth
Honest Doctor Endorses Peruna for Health
R Sylvester E Smith of St. Louis reports using Peruna after illness and exposure. He credits rapid improvement in bronchial catarrh and full recovery in three months. A W Perrin M D of Brooklyn endorses Peruna for patients and recommends it to treat catarrh.
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R. Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Peruis
Perana
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey St
Brooklyn
N. Y
One on the Doctor
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook recounts a tale about a man named Evans who died and reached heaven. St Peter checks a book, denies him, then finds his name in the back and allows him in, noting he wasn’t expected for 20 years and asking who his doctor was.
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Arthur T. Holbrook
Evans
Pearly Gates
St. Peter
John Evans
Guardian of the Gate
Milwaukee Free Press
Itching Humor On Boy Healed By Cuticura Remedy
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana reports a boy with widespread itching sores starting on his hands. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly for four days the child was entirely cured, according to a September 16 1907 testimonial.
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Frank Don Aohue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Where the Urchin Scored
A busy man stops at an office building and a young urchin asks to hold the horse. The man refuses and secures the horse with a blowket. An exchange follows about charges and the horse's safety. Then, unrelated ads appear for tents awnings and price offers from Minnesota firms.
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York School
T. D. Senior
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Jasper
Board of Education
Mec
Pric
Laurels
the Americans
Sheppard
Indiana
Merchant
Nero
Doctor
S J. Peter
American ‘Tent & Awning Co
Minneapolis
Miller & Homes
St. Paul
Minnesota
Dodds
Cidne Alcl
Guart
Carters
Sarter
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