Interstate Club Aims Big Nonpartisan Country Resort Near Chattanooga
The Interstate club plans a vast nonpolitical recreation complex on Walden's Ridge near Chattanooga Tennessee. Leaders include Senator J C S Blackburn as president with Roosevelt and Fairbanks among high officials, envisioning a million dollar clubhouse a half million dollar auto course and a three mile lake fed by Tennessee river locks and dams setting a grand private club for prominent national figures.
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Walden’s Ridge
Chattanooga
Tenn
America
Interstate Club
United States
J. C
Blackburn
Kentucky
Loosevelt
Fairbanks
Grover Cleveland
Wiliam E. Bryan
Root
Taft
Cannon
Leslie M. Shaw
Truman H. Aldrich
Joseph Sibley
Nicholas Longworth
Charlies S. Towne
Robert J. Lowe
Senator McLaurin
Tennessee River
Three Mile Lake
New York
Bananet
Chil
Ure Chal
Brand New Crimes and Wireless Interference
A Harper’s Weekly writer warns that new wireless telegraphy could create unknown rights and easements. A congressional message urges legislation to prevent government wireless interference as youths disrupt messages to the president and navy facilities.
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Harper's Weekly
Congress
Washington
Panama
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Blackstone
Kent
Parsona
Dog Barking For a Living Incomes An Odd Hustle
A quirky job offers about 30 dollars monthly by mimicking canine barking. The unusual post describes a living made through imitation dog sounds.
Judge Jim Hargis Feud Leader Steels to Photographers
The Breathitt county figure Jim Hargis, famed for bans on photography, was photographed during his trial for the Callahan murder. A Courier-Journal reporter hid near the courthouse to capture him, prompting the judge to declare photographers needed to earn a living. The fee was eventually paid and Hargis posed willingly for several shots.
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Jim Hargis
Kentucky
Breathitt County
Floyd Byrd
Hargis
E. 8. Linner
Harper's Weekly
Jackson
Jill Hargis
Louisville Courier-Journal
Robert Hope
Courier-Journal
Jim
Argis
Emmanuel Movement sermon outlines faith science blend
The Rev Dr Robert MacDonald of Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn preached a second sermon in a four part series on the Emmanuel movement. He described the movement as a Boston system curing nervous derangements by combining science religion and faith cures. He praised its scientific Christian approach and its aim to unite mind and spirit while discarding weaknesses of rival systems. Two more sermons will finish the series then a new constructive series will begin.
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I MccDonall
Robert Maconad
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Boston
Pr. MacDonald
MacDonaldaid
The Airship In War Experiences In the Sky
Henry B. Hersey discusses airships as future warfare assets in the March Century article Experiences In the Sky. He notes the dirigible as a proven success with growing military use by France and Germany.
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Henry B. Hersey
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Lover's Rhyme to Postman in New York Note
A letter carrier delivered an inscription addressed to a young woman in upper New York. The details show a masculine hand and a note about the faded inscription on the page.
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New York
Hiccoughs End for Dillman Civil War Veteran
John Riggs, a seventy year old resident of Dillman and Civil War veteran, has overcome weeks of constant hiccoughs that followed a cold and grip. His condition improved after the attacks grew weaker daily and ceased, with reports indicating he is now able to sit up part of the time and is gaining strength. The affliction is believed hereditary, as his father died after a long siege of hiccoughs.
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John Riggs
Dillman
Riggs
Hiccoughs
Lagienapolis Grocers War With Standard Oil
The Indianapolis Retail Grocers Association declares a battle against Standard Oil. They vow not to buy coal oil or gasoline from Standard if it sells by retail from its wagons at near wholesale prices. The Domestic Oil Company history is recalled as a prior target in earlier grocer-led protests.
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Standard Oil Company
Indianapolis Retail Grocers’ Association
Standard
Bryanwood Social News Highlights Nearby Visits
Bryanwood residents share a week of calls and visits with neighbors including the Rhotens Beeks Spauldings and Minnicar families. mourns and sickness noted while several relatives spend weekends with kin in Montpelier and Hartford City.
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Antrim Beeks
Alma
Milton Rhot
Alm. Williams
Mabel
Blanche Minniear
Minniear
Mollie
Marion Minnicar
Montpelier
John Minnicar
Fridis
Christ Mesner
Hartford City
Lewis Schwartzkopf
Mary Hiser
S. Kuttler
W. H. Sills
Wells County
Jake Kuttler
W. A. Miller and
Jake Miller
L. Schwartzkopf
L. Kuttler
W. Sills
J. Schwartzkopf
Effie
David Schwartzkopf
Millgrove
Advertised letter list for February 29 1908
Advertised list for February 29 1908 includes Messrs James Barnes P L Fannery N C Hulbert H E James Fred Jar rett W E Page Scruggs Reagan Benj Jount Vergil Burton ee D E Dilgard Mike Lum Mies Eva Burton Raliy Rar.
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Messrs
James Barnes
P. L. Fannery
N. C. Hulbert
H. E. James
Fred Jarrett
W. E.page
Scruggs Reagan
Benj. Jount
Vergil Burton
Ee D. E. Dilgard
Mike Lum
Mies Eva Burton
Raliy
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the Interstate Club
TRE Emmanuel Movement
Lagienapolis Grocers
Bryanwood
Joe Creek
Milton Rhoten
Wm. Spaulding
Roy
Olive Wright
David Bryan
Sam Emory
Albert Beeks
Martha Emory
Frank Hedge
Bele Hedge
Joe Taylor
John Schwartzkopf
George Spaulding
Almeca Deeks
Turk
Henderson
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