World corn trade shifts as South America rises
Amid talks of competition to US domination of Indian corn supply, South America plans large maize exports to Europe, while pellagra concerns prompt debate on musty grain. Oysters expect a record season amid improved sanitation, and farmers push intensive agriculture to boost fertility. Canal progress at Panama reports steady digging and a 1915 completion target.
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United States
South America
Natal
Europe
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Tol. Goethals
Panows
Wight
Plan to educate immigrants gains support in New York
The plan from Heeron to educate illiterate and poor immigrants and place them in profitable work is praised as potentially effective if executable. Critics note England faces stronger resistance and warn of impracticalities. Moving vagrant arrows have cut saloon receipts, suggesting not all entertainment drives people to drink.
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Heeron
New York
Aradoxical Advice On Trust In Love Affairs
A dated column argues some people seek constant proof of affection and how faith, space, and coyness sustain love. It cautions against overbearing demands for affidavits of devotion and warns that rigid vows often fail due to thoughtless haste in entering engagements.
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Jacks
Jill
Jalla
Jack
Wu Ting Fang probes spirit world at Washington meeting
Chinese minister Dr. Wu Ting Fang attended a Temple League of Spiritualists session in Washington where a medium reported spirits nearby. He and Wu Chang were privately told the spirit of William McKinley urged peaceful efforts, while the medium claimed a Chinese woman with two children appeared beside him. The explanation offered to Wu Chang remains unrevealed.
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Washington
Wilbur Wright
College Park
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Temple League of Spiritualists
Dr. Wu
Wu Chang
Legation
Hennon
Spiritualiata
Uncle Sam Plants Fish by the Billion in Record Distribution
The Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington, distributed a record 3,117,301,525 fish and eggs, passing three billion for the first time. Costs fell to about 152 dollars per million distributed, down from prior years, while applications for stocking rivers and streams rose to nearly 11,000. The piece notes potential restocking needs on the Potomac and its tributaries for shad, with nets mapped along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
George M. Bowers
Commissioner Powers
Bureau
Une
Sportamean
Bowers
Pacific Coast
Potomac River
Ehad
Potomac
Sacramento River
Atlantic
Ite
Chesapeake Bay
College Man in the Fields Works Hard
A narrator recalls a summer harvesting experience to show that college men unaccustomed to hard farm labor struggle in the heat and pace of wheat harvests. He notes athletes from Cornell Yale and Princeton failed to endure the demanding schedule, while his own prior labor helped him persevere. He emphasizes the need for lifelong conditioning for harvest work.
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Boston
Cornell
Yale
Princeton
Mystery Solved by Post Office Clerks in Boston Hat Trick
The Post Office Department solved a long standing mystery involving 146 dead letters sent from Boston between 1904 and 1907 each containing a $1 bill. An anonymous sender used the same handwriting and address, leading inspectors to an elderly hatter who had once made a silk hat for a debtor. The recovered funds helped the man out of the poorhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
de Graw
Post Office
Metal Trades Grinders Pay Big Toll
The article highlights severe health risks for metal grinders used in dry metal grinding and polishing in cutlery and tool factories. It notes high death rates from dust exposure, mentions the 2,176,542 dollar annual value of abrasive materials, and lists various natural and manufactured abrasives including oilstones pumice emery and carborundum.
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United States
Geological Survey
Union
Niagara Polls
Mouth of Colorful Woman Hints Third Degree Secrets
Washington police raided an unlicensed speakeasy on G Street SW. JEAT. FLATHER testified how he extracted about two dollars in marked coins from Annie Tubman by rubbing her jaw during a court session. Annie and George Tubman were discharged. Charles Norman held for further examination.
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Jeat
Flather
Washington
Aukan
Russell, Looper and
Harney
G Street
George Tubman
Uncle Tubman
Charles Nor
Annie Tubman
Flathera
Leutenant
Annie
Pugh
Aubur
Charles Norman
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Milwaukee woman shares her story of relief from female trouble and back pain after medical opinions suggested tumor and surgery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from roots and herbs with restoring her health and urges others to try it before operations. The company in Lynn Mass repeats its offer of free advice to sick women seeking help.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Ellara
Firet St
Pinkham Medicine Company
van Mass
É. Pinkham
Lynn
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Jackson
Denver Republican
Empyrean
Pew Terrore
Troy Times
England
Helen Oldfield
Wastiineiih Goss
Spirit
Uncle Sam
By C. Arthur Beck
Tery
By Hollis W. Field
Sloan
Jamea
Washington, DC
Weiten
Welb
Sloan’s Liniment
J. P. Brass
Mt. Alry
Gaenya
Teg
Sloan’s
Herpes
Remiergee
Earl
Mass
U.S.A
Mary T. Goldman
Gray
Thomas
Ober
Mary F
Goldman
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