Banana fiber to boost Tabasco banana lands value
V Mistretta reports Tabasco's banana fiber could transform industry. Banana stalk fiber, stronger and more flexible than Manila rope, may spur machinery development and raise Tabasco land values to about 300 dollars an acre, with continuous year round production and growing demand.
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Galveston
Tex
V. Mistretta
Southern Steamship and Importing Company
San Antonio
Tabasco
Mexico
Mistretta
Yucatan
Texas
Manila
Philippines
Red Light Accelerates Plant Growth Says Flammarion
Camille Flammarion reports two years of experiments on light effects the red spectrum boosts lettuce growth up to fifteen times faster than blue light blue light slows decay and preserves an oak tree and ripening fruit for extended periods suggesting wide uses in market gardening and fruit preservation
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Paria
Camille Flammarion
Manicuring Dogs Becomes Chicago Society Trend
Chicago society adopts dog manicuring led by Princesa En walitchoff who favors Boston terriers. Early adopters include Mrs. George K. Spoor with her Italian greyhound Don, Mrs. Henry A. Spoor with her Japanese poodle, Mrs. Thomas Balmer with her Yorkshire terrier Sonny, and Mrs. R. D. Forgan, all embracing the grooming trend for pet comfort.
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Doge
Chicago
Chicago Society
Princesa Enwalitchoff
George K. Spoor
Henry A. Spoor
Thomas Balmer
Sonny
R. D. Forgan
Hindoo Vase Haunts Waterloo Women Relief Crew
A Hindoo vase passed among Waterloo Iowa Women’s Relief corps members is blamed for a string of bad luck. Initially given to a spinster, then moved to others, it allegedly caused accidents and illnesses for recipients and their husbands, with several women losing spouses and others facing health concerns.
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Waterloo
Women's Relief Corps
Iawa
Iowa
Dubuque
DIES FOR LOVE OF PET DOLL STORY
Four year old Nanina Leone died in a suburb home fire while searching for a wax doll. The child reportedly lit a match to find the doll and her clothing was ignited, with flames spearing quickly. Firefighters found Nanina dead with the doll in her arms as smoke and flames filled the room.
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New York
Nanina Leone
Nanina
Naalna
Goat Meat as Venison Joke in Galeton
Frank Mandl sold deer meat claims to be venison for days until a Bradford game warden exposed the gag. He found the carcass head and horns, then laughed with Mandl as customers learned they had been eating goat meat touted as venison. The incident highlighted game law fines and a mistaken identity joke.
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Galeton
Frank Mandl
Bradford
Mandl
Cat Loves Her Roving Home on a Steam Shovel
About two months ago a Maltese cat boarded a Mc Nally big steam shovel at the Big Four works in Danville and stayed with the engineer's care. When the shovel loaded for shipment to Poughkeepsie New York the cat refused to leave its home and rode east on a fast freight train with provisions to reach the Hudson River banks.
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Cat
Danville
McNally Company
Big Four Works
Poughkeepale
N. Y
Hudson
St Louis Man Claims Irish Dutch Nobility In Struggle For Work
H A Wilton Vanreede, claiming Earl of Athlone and Baron Vanreede titles, tramped St Louis for three months seeking labor after 16 years in South Africa railroading. At 53 he tried furnace polishing and other odd jobs, saying no estates accompany his titles and detailing delays in letters home to Holland as he searches for employment.
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St. Louis
H. A. Wilton Vanreede
Earl of
Vanreeda
President of the Road
Vanreede
Holland
Springfield athlete stretches to pass police height rule
Charles Martens, a noted basketball player, claimed he added four sixteenths of an inch to reach the five foot seven inch minimum for Springfield police, after three weeks of resting and gym stretching. He said the gain came mainly from his neck and torso and refused to detail the method.
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Springfeld
Mags
Springfield
Charles Martens
Martens
Savings in his shirt risky cash mark in Queens
A man in Queens Borough reportedly walks daily with about $60,000 in bills pinned to his undershirt after the October financial flurry. He disregards advice and insists the money is safest under his eye, or under his shirt, prompting county judge Burt Jay Humphrey to joke about theft and circulation.
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New York
Queens
Burt Jay Humphrey
Jamaica
Fultons in Opposite Parties Sit in Congress
The Fulton family has one Republican senator from Oregon and a Democratic representative from Oklahoma in the Sixtieth Congress. The brothers, Charles William Fulton and Elmer L. Fulton, were born in Lima Iowa and Pawnee City Nebraska, later establishing careers in Oregon and Oklahoma City. Elmer won a Democratic seat defeating ex-Gov Ferguson as the district grew from Indian Territory and Oklahoma statehood.
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Frederick Landis
Indiana
Congress
Senate
House
Fultons
Fulton
Lima
Pawnee City
Neb
Charles
Oregon
Elmer
Stillwater
Okla
Pawnee
Oklahoma City
Joseph Simon
Charles Fulton
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
T. B. Ferguson
William J. Bryan
Pawnes City
Bryan
Elmer Fulton
Nebraska
Social Secretaries Keep Washington Society on Track
Social secretaries must distinguish social mountebanks from genuine factors of society and master Washington etiquette. A skilled secretary holds this knowledge at all times to steer a patron’s social circle, avoiding reefs and rocks that threaten navigation and reputation. With fashion pressing, many seek status without the guidance of a capable organizer.
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Washington
Roosevelt and Taft weigh officer fitness for horse tests
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft face a dilemmatic review of officer fitness as a horse riding test for engineers stirs controversy. Col. Charles E. B. Davis, famed as Alphabet Davis, is ordered from Detroit for a life risk ride but retirement remains uncertain. Col. W. L. Marshall of New York, amid weight concerns and a sympathetic exemption by Gen. Fred Grant, faces possible retirement as Taft weighs serviceable limits. Officers in the engineering corps are scarce and a retirement wave would disrupt river and harbor work.
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Engineer Corps
Taft
Roosevelt
Charles EB. L. Davis
Davis
Detroit
Davis Retirement Board
Lake Carriers’ Association
Col. Davis
Davis Board
W. L. Marshall
New York
Ambrose
Col. Marshall
Truant Quentin Found by Detective Young Quentin
Eight year old Quentin Roosevelt, once protector of Pete the White House bulldog and famed snake charmer, vanishes at seven o'clock dinner. Secret service and Washington search extend to Garret and cellar as officials hunt for any trace of snakes, bull dogs, or bonfires.
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Ventin Roosevelt
Pete
White House
Quentin
Garret
Secret Service
Washington
Missing Roosevelts Ward Meets Massachusetts Avenue Ref
A dark haired 12 or 14 year old girl is the object of Master Roosevelts affection. He left two hours earlier bound for a snake and bird emporium but was not there. Quentin was found playing near Massachusetts Avenue close to the school. Detectives returned him home. Alfred G. Vanderbilt donated $10 000 to St Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church in Portsmouth Rhode Island for the endowment fund with half to be used as officials deem fit.
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Roosevelt
Quentin
Massachusetts Avenue
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
St. Mary's Protestant, Episcopal Church
Portsmouth
R. I
Oakdale
Hall
Tabor and Northern timetable entry summary
Rail time table fragment lists arrival and departure times for Tabor and Milvern tr 555 service. Shows morning and afternoon slots with prices and station notes. Readable employee notes indicate schedule between Tabor Milvern with multiple daily arrivals.
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Joe
Louie
Young Quentin
the Tribune RR
Burlingto
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Trant
Omahay
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Nee
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Balfour
Tees
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Sae
Red Oak
Aio
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Emerson
Pacific Janation
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Teva
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Pac
Denver
Plattsmouth
Ates
Opm
Plattemouth
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South
Council Bluffe
Pao. Junction
Bartlett
Wees Sane
Sidney
Randolph
Handargon
Macedonis
Carson
Wabash
Nod
Cannon Brand
Gracers
Tone Brothers
Bee Movies
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Allspice
Herae Jaif
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