At Head of Class in World of Sport Gould and Longboat
Two extreme athletic types share top status in sport. Jay Gould, son of George Gould, benefits from wealth, schooling, and elite coaching, excelling in amateur tennis. Tom Longboat, a native Canadian runner, defies formal education yet shatters marathon records with machine-like endurance and astonishing stamina.
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Boston
Jay Gould
Tom Longbort
Onondagas
Gould
England
Eustace Miles
Les
Jay
France
Alfred Lyttleton
Lorda
Cambridge
J. H. Heathcote
Longboat
Captain Hobson Puts Politics and Experts to Test
Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson, famed for Merrimac days, launches a political scheme using Agriculture and Post Office experts for road building soils cotton growing forestry and rural delivery to tour his district with his wife. He seeks a congress bid after nominating himself in a recent primary, while Congress expanded government positions by 14 319 and increased salaries, alongside numerous abolishments.
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Amazon
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac Fame
Agricultural Department
Post Office Department
Carnegie Laboratory to Build Volcano Factory
The Carnegie institution funds a new geophysical laboratory dedicated to rocks high pressures and temperatures. It aims to reproduce pent up volcanoes and explore earth crust science, with Prof Arthur L Day noting the risks and potential discoveries. Nearby, the famous White House bull terrier Pete the bulldog is reported vanquished and causing household distress.
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New Geophysical Laboratory
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Millions Appropriated by the Late Congress
The report records total appropriations and major allocations for the Fifty-ninth Congress. It cites $2,949,352 in direct costs, $67,994,349 in future public-works appropriations including naval projects, and large measures such as the post office, naval, army, and pension bills with specific totals. It compares 1908 expenditures to 1907, noting an overall increase of $41,208,959, and mentions contract activity for ships and related items. It also describes relocation and insulation efforts for a Carnegie institution facility and hints at ongoing research in cement and glass production, with a new laboratory and machinery to begin next month.
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Waterloo Bulldog Pete Wins Home Exercise After Night Punishment
Waterloo Bulldog Pete, kept chained all night as punishment for Navy Department work, roams White House grounds at dawn and engages a husky terrier in a brief scuffle. If the vandalaie owner cooperates privately with officials, Pete may receive the finest collar and dog tag money can buy.
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