White Leghorn Egg Farm Planned in Delaware Indiana
A Delaware In Morcy county Indiana site aims to begin a white leghorn egg farm housing 2 000 hens and pullets to supply eggs. Leghorn hens are expected to yield about 18 dozen eggs yearly per bird, with local interest high for gathering and packing. The report also notes historic growth in Japan's foreign trade and rising Tokyo and Osaka bank deposits through 1908.
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Delaware
Morcy County
Ind
Yokolmma
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Temperance Advocates Skeptical Over U S Beer Lead
The United States now leads Germany in beer production, a fact distasteful to temperance advocates though some home industry supporters find satisfaction. German output in 1908 totaled 1 787 615 000 gallons, 132 085 230 gallons less than the U S. tea cultivation in India reached about 525 000 acres end of last fiscal year with Brahmaputra Surma valleys containing 338 278 acres and Bengal 135 956 acres. Low prices in recent years due to overproduction have checked indiscriminate planting.
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United States
Germany
German ‘Brewers’ Association
India
Brahmaputra
Surma
Bengal
Lost Cabin Mine Found In Modoc County California
After a 50 year search that cost lives and fortunes the Lost Cabin mine in Modoc county California has been discovered by F C Hess. He arrived at Alturas with virgin gold samples and ore from the vein eight feet across, appearing near the surface.
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Lost Cabin
Modoc County
Cal
F. C. Hess
Canby
Alturas
Germany Introduces Paper Teeth as Dental Innovation
Germany claims a pioneer role with paper teeth made from paper pulp replacing porcelain. Users report good color retention and less brittleness with fewer chips than normal false teeth. Durability is guaranteed.
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Germany
The American Hen As Breadwinner In The Nation
Despite laughter the American hen remains focused on work in a time of stock market slump. She is a breadwinner for about 6 million households, and though her eyes may not be golden, their annual value surpasses that of all gold and silver mines in the country.
Small German guns built for infantry use by Krupp
The late Henry Krupp completed several paper field pieces before his death. These unique guns, made to the German government’s order, are intended for infantry use. Caliber is under two inches and light enough for a single soldier to shoulder, yet their resistance exceeds that of a steel field piece of the same caliber.
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Henry Krupp
German ophthalmologist aids eye back photography
Dr. Walther Thorner of the University Eye Clinic in Berlin has devised an apparatus to photograph the eye background. The device improves Helmholtz’s ophthalmoscope of 1850 by enabling interior photography which was previously impossible due to lighting and exposure limits.
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Walther Thorner
University Eye Clinic
Berlin
Thorner
Helmholtz
Chinese wonder child in Paris impresses diplomats
Soneng-Pau-Kis, five years old, is the son of the Chinese ambassador in Paris. He speaks French fluently and knows 2,508 Chinese characters, a memory cited as exceptional and indicative of genius for his age.
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Soneng-Pau-Kis
Paris
Largest turbine built by Philadelphia firm completed for Shawinigan
The I. P. Morris Co. completed the world s largest turbine for Shawinigan Water Power Co of Shawinigan Falls Quebec Canada. The 20/500 horsepower rotor stands 30 feet tall and 22 feet wide, weighs 364000 pounds, and was built in under four months requiring five flat cars and one box car for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
I. P. Morris Co
Wealth and fate equal in modern values about gold
A reflective, satirical line argues that wealth matters more than life or death, noting that judges never award higher damages for a death due to small gold fillings and that taxes are not paid on such personal wealth. It stresses wealth as the real determinant of status.
A Weeks History of Washington and World Affairs
A compilation of distant headlines reports U S mail dispatches by sea 12 058 048 pounds up ten percent and U S postal leadership in world rankings. Bryan blames Democratic conservatism for defeat and urges radical reorganization with free silver. Debs tally could reach 600 000, Illinois 100 000, Milwaukee votes exceed Parker. Roosevelt wins broad electoral lead and huge popular margin. Emperor William congratulates. Navy seeks 41 300 000 for ships. Army totals 3 871 officers and 68 946 enlisted. Roosevelt to attend Louisiana Purchase Exposition November 26. Corn yield hits 2 453 000 000 bushels. United States may not intervene in Russo Japanese conflict due to Russia.
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United States
Universal Postal Union
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Milwaukee
Parker
Roosevelt
Emperor William
General Board of the Navy
United States Army
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
Four Fatalities From Texas Fire At Silver Queen Hotel
A blaze at the Silver Queen hotel in Sour Lake Texas killed four occupants. Additionally records note the University of Chicago neurology professor Henry J1 Donaldson's wife died by suicide, attributed to despondency over ill health. Frank Grosvenor, nephew of Gen. Grosvenor, died in a Rome township runaway accident near Athens. In Minnesota a quarrel led to Edward Truman being shot by James McCabe in Sedan.
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Silver Queen
Sour Lake
Texas
Henry J1. Donaldson
University of Chicago
Charles H. Grosvenor
Frank Grosvenor
Rome Township
Athens
Edward Truman
Quatrell
Missouri
James McCabe
Sedan
Minn
Peace conference proposal and war news from London
Foreign Minister Lamsdorfz of Russia received President Roosevelt's proposal for a second peace conference at The Hague. Britain accepts the invitation, while Russia may delay until after the war ends. Emperor William to use pardoning power for lèse majesté cases. London trade inquiry into North Sea incident opens Nov 15 at Hull. A Japanese mine explodes at Port Arthur with 706 Russian casualties.
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Lamsdorfz
Russia
Roosevelt
The
Hague
London
Lord Lansdowne
America
Great Britain
William
Germany
London Board of Trade
Hull
Port Arthur
Wall River mill owners reopen plants for workers
Mass cotton manufacturers idle since July due to a wage strike voted to reopen their mills to workers who wish to resume under the reduced pay. Judge Parker plans to practice law in New York and urges party harmony. A large fire drill called by a New York school drew 2,500 children outside. Mae Waring of Plainfield NJ fatally injured in a car accident caused by an explosion of a fire. Ocean rate war shows a potential armistice in a New York steamship market report. Annette Moran widow of Howard Moran dies in New York at about 80. Fore River shipyard launches the battleship New Jersey at Quincy MA. Katharine Green commits suicide after marital reproach. husband shoots himself. Fire destroys Watson Stillman Manufacturing in Aldene NJ worth about 65,000 dollars. New York tenement fires kill three, injure many, and leave fifty homeless.
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Wall River
Mass
Judge Parker
New York
Alton B. Parker
Plainfield
N. J
Mae Waring
Annette Moran
Hadward Moran
Quincy
Riots, fires and political killings dominate grim headlines now
A string of brutal incidents unfolds from Raleigh County to Cincinnati including Eddie Messick's fatal shooting of John Hillard after a political dispute and a second fatal shot to Hillard's brother. Archibishop Elder's funeral in Cincinnati draws praise from Archbishops Keane and the city’s clergy. A horse incident in Chicago ends with a fine. a Cincinnati trolley collision kills one and injures several. In Ohio a home tragedy sees five grandchildren and a mother die from suspected plomaine poison. County Treasurer James B. Storm is found bound and gagged in a Pres cott vault with $15,000 missing after an 16 hour wait. Steubenville workmen die on a bridge accident. Colorado’s governor race results favor Gov. James H. Peabody, with Alva Adams leading by about 10,500 votes.
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Eddie Messick
John Hillard
Raleigh County
Messick
Hillard
Samuel House
Roosevelt
Bruceville
Ind
William H. Elder
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Cincinnati
Keane
Dubuque
Chicago
Milo
Rachael van Fossen
Harry
Earl Wyant
James B. Storm
Prescott
Aris
Storm
Steubenville
James H. Peabody
Colorado
Alva Adams
Peabody
Major Chicago Fire Strikes Browning King & Co Building
The Browning King & Co. building at Madison street and Wabash avenue in Chicago burned causing an estimated loss of 300000. Masked men wrecked a bank at Rio, Michigan, escaping with 2500. Numerous other wartime and domestic incidents are reported, including rail wrecks, riots, and political statements.
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Browning, King & Co
Madison Street
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Russian General Kuroki Reported Killed in War
Moscow reports confirm Gen. Kuroki died October 4 at Liaoyang after a shell splinter struck his chest and abdomen. Nodzu now commands the army. Port Arthur siege conditions worsen as Nogi prepares to move. Russian and Japanese positions around Manchuria and Crete port delays noted. Russia rejects mediation as Cassini cites firm stance.
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Rio
Kuroki
Liaoyang
Nemirovich Danchenko
Mukden
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Moscow
Gen. Kuroki
Japan
Liaosandi
Nodzu
London
Port Arthur
Nogi
Shakhe
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Yentai
Rome
Crete
Far East
Red Sea
Collision at Sea Off Barnegat Light Claims Three Lives
United States navy supply ship Culgoa collided with the Norfolk lumber schooner Wilson and Hunting ten miles west of Barnegat light. Captain Robert Walton, his wife, and two seamen died. Three crewmen were rescued by Culgoa.
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New York
Robert Walton
Barnegat Light
United States
Wilson
Cook
Barnegat
Roosevelt confirms Hay to stay as Secretary of State
President Roosevelt announced that John Hay would continue as secretary of state for the four years starting March 4, 1905, through March 4, 1909. He declined to discuss other cabinet changes and spoke with newspaper representatives in the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Hay
Hay
State Department
Murder of Weber Family Shocks Auburn California
Julius Weber his wife and two children Bertha 19 and Paul 14 were murdered in their Auburn home on Thursday night. The killer set the house ablaze to hide the crime. Bertha and Mrs Weber were killed before the fire. Paul suffered fatal head wounds and a gunshot. Julius Weber was found dead in the bathroom, shot prior to the blaze. Adolph Weber later arrested charged with the murders and arson. The motive cited involves the elder Weber’s $70 000 estate passing to the son.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
St. Louis
Green River
Wyo
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Adolph Weber
Auburn
Cal
Thomas E. Watson
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Mr. Watson
Deeth
Ney
United States
Denmark
Harcourt Studios
Back Bay
Boston
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Tenn
Major Delmar
Iour
Altoona
Grover Cleveland
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
John Hay
Alexander Sutherland
Denver
Col
Tennyson
San Francisco
Orient
Julius Weber
Bertha
Paul
Elbert Kramer
St. Charles
Ray Brom
Spokane
Wash
Decatur
Richard L. Roberts
Shakhe River
St. Louis Fair Grounds
Ardian Wills
Weber
Wreck on the Wabash Injures 14 on Curve Near St Louis
A north bound Wabash passenger train derailed on a belt line curve near the Merchants bridge in north St Louis injuring 14. Engineers and firemen from Decatur likely fatally scalded. others sustained various injuries from bruises to fractures and cuts across multiple states and cities.
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Decatur
E. J. Birdsley
Silver Creek
N. Y
John Aescherman
Monroe
Mich
W. C. Miller
Speekane
Wash
Weasel Schlegel
Black River Falls
Wis
William Reddick
Gibson
Ill
Rk. J. Lynch
St. Louis
Alice van Osdel
Ashland Street
Chicago
Almatrice
Washington
D. C
J. DeVriess
N. B. Marshall
Robert Turner
N. Magill
Express Messenger
Watson Outlines Views After Defeat and Future Plans
Thomas E. Watson the People's Party presidential nominee explained in a statement why Parker lost and his own vote was small. He blamed radical Democrats for Parker's rout and warned of ongoing reforms, urging a Jeffersonian democratic reorganization to win in 1898.
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New York
Thomas E. Watson
People’s Party
Parker
Cleveland
Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Watson
Nebraska
St. Louis
Eleven Die In Western Rail Collision Near Avensa
Eleven killed and ten to fifteen injured in a head on crash between Union Pacific passenger No. 3 and an eastbound freight on the Oregon Short Line west of Avensa Wyoming. Telegraph operator error at Green River caused the dispatch mix up and failure to warn the conductor in time.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Avensa
Wyo
Green River
Secretary Hay Bereaved Over Death of Brother
Secretary of State Hay received word of Maj. Leonard Hay United States Army retired dying at his Warsaw New Jersey home in his seventieth year. He headed the Hay family in this country and was described as an intelligent efficient officer and a public spirited Illinois citizen since retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Washington
Maj
Leonard Hay
Hay Homestead
Warsaw
Maj. Hay
Illinois
Eminent Jurist Dead in Nashville at 74
Nashville Tennessee November 14. Judge B E H East died Saturday at age 74. He was regarded as one of the souths most eminent jurists.
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Nashville
Tenn
BE. H. East
South
Egg plant plans and mustache curls in comic kitchen exchange
A Chicago Daily News piece portrays a grocery man and a pretty cook bantering about eggs and eggnog while joking about makeup, mustaches, and cosmetic overhauls. The airline of humor shifts through barbers, noses, and fake transformations with playful banter.
Remarkable mileage walker keeps daily journeys for decades
Francis S Suayberger of Molino Pa logged 67 000 miles on daily walks from 1860 to 1880 in a diary. A 66 year old justice of the peace pension attorney and insurance man, he continues walking daily for enjoyment. Last week he walked 30 miles in a day and made 25 business calls.
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Francis S. Suayberger
Molino
Lower
Schuylkill County
Suayberger
Sungberger
Conversation in a Cassell’s style note
A host expects a friend in London while a daughter returns from Germany and is praised as a pianist. The visitor dismisses concerns noting the guest is deaf as a post.
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London
Germany
Right on Her Dignity in Trade Debate
A dignified English matron and an American heiress clash over how a father's wealth was made. The heiress accuses him of skinning people with watered stocks, while the matron defends his trade earnings as legitimate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted By Local Resident
Mineral Idaho November Special report cites Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for sciatic and rheumatic pains. Resident D S Colson testifies relief from severe hip pain after using the pills, attributing overall health improvement to kidney cleansing. Also notes uric acid as a pain cause and urges Seaboard Railway Tampa Florida midwinter fares.
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Mineral
Idaho
D. S. Colson
Dodd
Doda
Florida
Tampa
Fla
Seaboard
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Count Cassini
Wabash
Watson
Wyoming
Chicago Daily News
Evelina
Faco
Nosey
G. W. Fooks
Salisbury
Wivomico County
Bright
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Steele
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
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