Fire Mascot Dogs Run Unmuzzled Amid Firehouse Fears
New York firefighters defy muzzle rules as mascots Nellie Mongrel Oakie and Bess face risks. Nellie and Oakie stay in holds to avoid muzzle distress while Bess freely rides to fires with guardian Mickey the Breeze, amid Health Department safety warnings.
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Oakie
Engine Company 39
Alfred Vanderbilt
Nelie
Engine Company ‘76
Bess
New York
Engine Company 8
Michael Creegan
Mickey the Breeze
Nellie
102D Street
Columbus Avenue
Engine House
Winter
Mickey
Educational requirements of the rising generation
The New York Times will publish a weekly series on higher education for the United States. From Aug 15 to Sept 26 prominent scholars will discuss key factors shaping future greatness. The paper notes its large educational advertising and high paid circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
New York Times
Cardinal Gibbons
Western Reserve University
Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
David Starr Jordan
Leland-Stanford Junior University
New York
Calaveras Forest Fires Controlled After Weekend Blaze
Fires in Calaveras County burned from Sunday night and are now under control. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars as the Utica mine flume burned out cutting water to Angel's Camp and halting several mines. Six hundred workers with forest rangers saved the Calaveras grove of big trees while deer and other game fled the area. It is believed the danger is over.
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Sonora
Cal
Calaveras County
Utica
Angel's Camp
Calaveras
Forest Rangers
12000 Attend Picnic Urging Workmen's Circle Affiliation
About 12,000 members of the United Hebrew Trades Union gathered at Liberty Park Evergreen Queens yesterday and last night for a monster picnic. They decided to affiliate with the Workmen's Circle, a national Jewish labor federation, with speeches by union officers and Max Pine, secretary, advocating the move and promising wage gains.
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United Hebrew Trades Union
Liberty Park
Evergreen
Queens
Workmen’s Circle
Federe N
Manhattan
the Park
Max Pine
United Trades Union
Crowd Swarms Flatbush after Burglar Call
A late night shout of burglar, thieves help! drew about 200 residents to Glenwood Road Flatbush between Thirty-first Street and Nostrand Avenue. policemen searched the area with revolvers ready but found no burglar as the crowd dispersed after an hour.
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Midwood
Vanderveer Park
Flatbush
Wome
Glenwood Road
Thirty-first Street
Nostrand Avenue
Policeman Glant
Brooklyn
Grant
Guardians of the Peace
National banks in Oklahoma warned against deposit guarantee pact
Acting Comptroller Kane notified all Oklahoma National banks that an Attorney General ruling declares guaranteeing bank deposits illegal under Section 4 of the state statute. Persistent violations could justify charter forfeiture. Banks that joined the law had to withdraw and report to the Controller.
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Washington
Kane
Oklahoma
Japanese Arrests Highlight Coastal Immigration Busts
Immigration officials seized three Japanese at Delmar on August 7 for illegal entry into the United States. They allegedly landed aboard the Curacao at Ensenada and crossed into California via Tijuana. In Halifax, three Chinese were found hidden in the fore castle of the Mongolian before departure to Philadelphia, suspected of evading a $500 head tax.
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San Diego
Cal
Delmar
United States
Curacao
Ensenada
California
Tijuana
Halifax
WN. S
Allan Line
Liverpool
Glasgow
St. John’s
N. F
Philadelphia
South America troubles drummers in export trade
Consul General George A. Chamberlain of Pernambuco warns American firms that cheap traveling salesmen ruin markets in South America. He urges experienced, language-proficient travelers with careful planning and letters of credit, outlining costly missteps and three cautionary cases of travelers who failed financially and reputationally. He stresses avoiding haste, learning local methods, and securing bank introductions to ease travel in the region.
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New York
South America
George A. Chamberlain
Pernambuco
Chamberlain
Amazon
Brazil
Mr. Chamberlain
Death from Hydrophobia by Auto-suggestion
Special to The New York Times Philadelphia Aug. 8 Hydrophobia brought on by auto-suggestion after a dog bite eight weeks earlier caused the death of Mrs Annie Rule of Darby at University Hospital She cauterized a small wound after the dog bite then read accounts of hydrophobia and believed she would contract it Her fear intensified and a water phobia triggered convulsions before her death.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Annie Rule
Mill Street
Darby
University Hospital
Parade of Harugari Units Marks Rochester Session
The State Convention of the Order of Harugari held a dress parade of uniformed companies from Rochester Buffalo Syracuse Albany Corning and other cities this morning. A picnic and prize drill concluded the annual session this afternoon.
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Rochester
N. Y
the Order of Harugari
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Corning
Canadian Strike Quiet in Winnipeg as workers Replaced
In Winnipeg the Canadian Pacific Railway added fifty non union workers and plans housing for 1000 in yards. The company aims to replace strikers with British machinists and boilermakers arriving next week while 1500 men are already employed at Angus shops. About 2900 worked before the strike, with 1700 obeying the walkout.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus
McVery
G. J. Bury
New England Mills Close in Fall River
Aug 8 Fall River reports heavy curtailment across major mills. Durfee Union Stafford Cornell shut now with possible Monday reopens, while Border City Mechanics Seaconner and American Linen plan weeklong closures. Flint and three large corporations Wampanoag Pocasset Merchants targeted next week. Chace to remain closed two weeks. broader curtailment expected.
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Fall River
Mass
Durfee
Union
Stafford
Cornell
Border City
Mechanics, Seaconner
American Linen Company
Flint
Wampanoag, Pocasset
Merchants
Chace
Douglas denies back wage claim in shoe dispute
Ex Gov William L Douglas today rejected claims that the Douglas Shoe Company reduced wages or transferred work to dodge an arbitration contract with the Boot and Shoe Workers Union. He said back wages are not owed and pledged to pay workers what they deserve if arbitration supports higher pay. He alleged union agents have used him as a catalyst to push wage increases elsewhere.
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New York Times
Brockton
Mass
William L. Douglas
Douglas Shoe Company
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Douglas
State Board of Arbitration
No. 2
Decide Against Bookbinders in Civil Service Return
About 400 former Government Printing Office bindery workers cannot reenter federal service without reexamination. The Civil Service Commission ruled they do not qualify for the one year eligibility extension given to other employés, since they were discharged in 1907. Public Printer Leech favors experienced workers and a potential presidential appeal may follow.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Stillings
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Leech
Commissioner General Sar gent Ill After Fall in West Virginia
Commissioner General Frank P. Sargent of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization is seriously ill at his Washington home from nervous shock after a fall in Shepherdstown West Virginia during his summer vacation.
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Shepherstown
W. Va
Arkansas judge upholds Lee bill on liquor ads
Little Rock Aug 8 Judge John E Winfield of the Perryville circuit court ruled the Lee bill passed in 1907 constitutional. The measure bans liquor dealers from sending circulars advertising in or soliciting business in Prohibition counties.
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Little Rock
Ark
John E., Winfield
Perryville
Lee
Prohibition
Visitation of Tenement Babies Reveals Mixed Health Findings
District nurses report up to Aug 1 they visited 11 375 babies in Manhattan tenements. Of 22 000 under six months, many homes show variable cleanliness and care, with Italian areas generally neater but with high mobility, while Russian and Polish quarters show more untidy rooms and fewer positive outcomes.
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Board of Health
Manhattan
East Third Street
Mulberry Bend Park
Mulberry Street
Mott and Prince Streets
Pearl, Baxter
Hester Streets
iMzabeth Street
Elizabeth Street
Brooklyn
Italy
Mott, Pearl, Baxter
Cherry Street
Hamilton Street
OS Roosevelt Street
Health Board
Fourteenth Street
East Third
Seventh Street
Mott, Mulberry
Catherine
Elizabeth
East Sixth Street
Avenues
Mulberry Bend
Avenue C
Bureau of Municipal Research
The
How Dolls Are Made
US Consul Will L. Lowrie reports the doll trade centers in eimar Germany with work spread across many households. Dolls pass through twenty hands from parts made at home to final assembly in factories, using paper bodies and Angora wool hair sourced from England.
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Eimar
Germany
United States
Will L. Lowrie
Ohe
Consul Lowrie
Kid
England
Aerial Navigation Co Incorporation in Boston
The Aerial Navigation Company of Boston was incorporated at the State House to operate freight and passenger airship service between Boston New York and other points with capital stock of 50000. Incorporators are H H Bond C H Bond of Boston and James L Bruce of Waltham.
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Aerial Navigation Co
Boston
Aerial Navigation Company of
New York
State House
H. H. Bond
C. H. Bond
James L. Bruce
Waltham
Recovery suit ties money to Miss Hammer in Langdon case
American Union Coal Company sues Miss Mary L Hammer of Reading to recover 5500 allegedly misused by Samuel P Langdon. Langdon, once amid sensational ties to Annie McGrath murder, is jailed in Philadelphia awaiting extradition for a ring theft. Mrs Hammer says her daughter holds the property. the daughter’s attorney will fight.
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New York Times
Reading
Penn
American Union Coal Company
Mary L. Hammer
Samuel P. Langdon
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Langdon
Annie McGrath
Miss Hammer
Langdon Ws
Twentyninth Street
Still Independence League name dispute in New York
Albany Aug 8 no certificate shows Independence League changed its name to Independence Party. Election Commissioner Emerson of Erie County refused to receive a certificate claiming Independence Party conventions in Buffalo, saying he knew nothing about such a party.
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Albany
N. Y
Independence League
Independence Party
Emerson
Erie County
Sherman RE. Jerome
Buffalo
Design Submissions for Complete Fitting of Residences and Clubs
A call invites architectural firms to submit designs and estimates for the complete fitting of residences clubs hotels and related facilities. Submissions should cover interior finishes fixtures and space planning aligning with project specifications and budget constraints.
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Vanderbilt
Company 8
Mickey the
Third Avenue Surface Line
Fifty-first Street
Engine 8
National Banks
Sheffield Dentifrice Co
New London
Conn
Doctor Sheffield
New England Mills Close
Sargeant III
Arkansas
Alcott&weenes
Mary Hammer
P. Langdon
Akman & CO
ETON
Batiste
Batiste and Lace
Jabots
34Th Street
35Th Street
St. Avene
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