Calling the Cows and Walnut Timber Trade
Two Wisconsin boys adapt a phonograph to call cows from across a pasture, a novelty praised for reducing chores yet noted as depersonalizing rural life. Separately, eastern Pennsylvania walnut buyers export high value trees, with shipments to France for gun stocks and Europe’s veneer demand.
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Wisconsin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Hucchinson Estate
Cheltenham
Wilmington
France
Europe
Fresh Air A Privilege Of The Wealthy And Idle
The piece argues that outdoor fresh air is scarce for the poor and indoor work dominates towns and cities. It claims anyone could sleep in outdoors air if rooms with outside windows were kept open, noting food costs vs air value and that clean air is largely unattainable for laborers and tenement dwellers.
Eleven passengers carried two miles in a French aeroplane
The article notes eleven passengers flown two miles in France, suggesting aviation progress remains driven by effort and perseverance. It compares aviation to rail and steamship travel, implying mainstream transport will not be displaced despite early air progress.
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France
California judge rules poker not the great American game
A California judge notes in obiter dictum that poker is not the great American game yet acknowledges that devotion to the sport may take comfort in the remark. The ruling carries warmth but remains nonbinding.
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California
Portland elects A G Bushlight mayor in landslide
A G Bushlight, regular Republican, chosen mayor of Portland Oregon. He succeeds in a citywide vote amid political chess and local tensions.
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A. G. Bushlight
Portland
Oregon
Sunk monitor Puritan to be sold at auction
In Hampton Roads the old monitor Puritan, deemed worthless except as junk, will be sold to the highest bidder. Taft urges Senate to adopt the Canadian reciprocity agreement unamended. The War Department releases guidance on civilian appointment to second lieutenant ranks in cavalry, field artillery and infantry with exams at military posts starting September 5.
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Hampton Roads
Taft
Senate
War Department
End of national lottery drive in Cuba sparks movement
A Cuban effort aims to end the national lottery. Lawrence Hargrave, noted for the box kite, claims to have built an aeroplane he calls fool proof. An earthquake in Mexico City killed 150 and wounded 75 with $100 000 in damages.
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Herr Schendel
Johnnesthal
Ger
Voss
Schendel
Cuba
Lawrence Hargrave
Sydney
Mexico
Malone Versus Erlenborn Set For Ten-Round Clash
Boxing card announced for June 22 in Walsenberg features Mike Malone meeting Young Erlenborn in a ten round bout. Separate bouts include Eddie McGourty versus Young Mahoney on June 3 in Gary Illinois and Pokey McFarland against Phil Knight in Cleveland. A Virginia Valley league game in Huntington West Virginia produced a no hit tie into the eleventh inning, a claimed new baseball record.
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Mike Malone
Young Erlenborn
Walsenberg
New York
Chicago
Eddie McGourty
Oshkosh
Young Mahoney
Racine
Gary
Ill
Pokey McFarland
Cleveland
Phil Knight
Leavenworth
Kan
Huntington
W. Va
Charleston
Virginia Valley League
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills Offer Free Trial by Mail
A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills will be sent free to anyone on request. Write Professor Munyon at 53d and Jefferson Streets, Philadelphia, to receive medical advice and a confidential diagnosis. The pills claim to gently stimulate liver secretions, avoid harsh laxatives, and improve digestion without weakening the bowels. Regular bottle sells for 25 cents.
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Munyon
Professor Munyon
53D & Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Munyon’s Laboratory
Jefferson Sts
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