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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement warns eight of ten deaf cases arise from carelessness or bad judgment. It explains how throat infections and pressure from blowing the nose can push germs into the Eustachian tubes, causing middle ear disease that blocks air flow. An illustration labels ear parts.
An article explains that dry catarrh blocks nasal passages and throat, forcing air into ear tubes and spreading catarrh toxins to hearing nerves, causing deafness and head noises. It warns against blowing the nose hard and promises a remedy once catarrh is controlled.
The notice offers a free demonstration of a Baker Microphone to treat catarrhal deafness and ear condition when standard treatment fails. It promises no cost for testing and access to a trained aurist for advice, claiming many ear sufferers can be relieved and the device can restore hearing function.
London officials and delegates at the imperial press conference discussed cheaper cables with Canada favoring a direct British owned line to Canada and Australia seeking reductions from existing firms. A committee was formed to draft practical recommendations for the June 25 meeting.
Advertisement describing a compact magnifying telephone touted as the best instrument to aid hearing and inviting readers to visit an office to see the reason behind its claim.
The Baker Microphone is described as enabling deaf people to hear and, like the telephone, to gradually quicken and strengthen natural hearing. It contrasts with ineffective devices such as speaking tubes and trumpets that may worsen hearing by shocking the ear and increasing deafness.
The notice promotes an expert aural surgeon who will advise on ear matters at our office with free demonstrations of a small instrument called the Baker Microphone. If you can call, visit a local office. if not, write for full details and a home test booklet at no cost.
The Baker microphone offices located at 213 Flatiron Building near 23d Street and Broadway in New York announce operating hours. Sundays are listed from morning to evening with unclear exact times due to damaged text.
Murad Bey editor and proprietor of Mizan was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor for taking part in the April 15 revolutionary movement. An official telegram from Adana reports 445 Muslims and 117 non Muslims arrested over rioting and massacres. A separate dispatch notes an eleven hour fight on the Bulga Turkish frontier with unknown casualties.
A Cracow dispatch reports 500 injured when a powder magazine near the railroad station exploded on Saturday night. Three soldiers killed or severely hurt, hundreds of homes damaged, thousands of pounds of powder and 1500 projectiles scattered among a crowd awaiting a train. Local hospitals overwhelmed by the wounded.
Paris June 7 The cabinet approved a naval plan totaling 600 million dollars over ten years. It includes six Danton type battleships, six Republique type battleships, and four Gambetta type armored cruisers.
The late YW A Chauchard leaves his entire collection of paintings bronzes marbles and more valued at 4 million dollars to the National Louvre Museum. He also bequeaths 600000 to the Louvre employer 400000 to Paris’s poor and 3 million to George Leygues and family. Remaining sums go to Gaston Calmette and various recipients. Remains lie in state at Rue Velasquez with burial planned at the Madeleine.
T C Chamberlin E D Chamberlin and R T Burton returned to Peking after a year long survey for the University of Chicago. They examined China's material and educational resources and the potential for American cooperation on a large scale, traveling 15000 miles through fourteen provinces. They confirm earlier natural resource estimates and assess public officials' attitudes toward foreign aid in education.
Potsdam June 7 Arthur Von Briesen President of the Legal Aid Society New York was received by Emperor William. He was presented by Ambassador Hil Marion D Learned and wife also met the Emperor in a glass pavilion and spoke for over an hour on various topics not touching politics. Learned is in Berlin with wife preparing for Carnegie Institute a record of government archive documents on German American relations.
A lightning strike detonated a box of dynamite at Kingston railway stores, killing one man and injuring another. The blast destroyed about a block of buildings and involved an estimated 2000 to 3000 pounds of explosives. Only two men were inside when it occurred, but the shock rattled the city’s west end and stirred a high level of alarm.
In Rome Foreign Minister Tittoni tells the Chamber that no indemnity was granted to relatives of Italian workers killed in the United States. He confirms ongoing negotiations to amend the treaty signed November 18 1871 to pursue that objective.
The Cortes passed a bill reorganizing postal and telegraph services to lower rates, introduce a parcels post, money orders, and a postal savings bank. Another measure renews steamship subsidies at 2 million dollars annually.
Ex sheriff Edward Callahan, famed for Breathitt County feuds, was wounded at his Crockettville home while preparing to open his store. Bloodhounds were set on the assassin's trail after a . bullet struck him in the stomach and split a door. The feud links trace to Judge James Hargis and the Cardwell and South families, with a history of violence and political clashes surrounding 1901 campaigns.
The Port Arthur Benevolent Society in St Petersburg reports a 7500 deficit found during an inquiry under Mme Stoessel, wife of Gen Stoessel who led Russian forces at Port Arthur. The matter will be presented to the Crown Prosecutor for action.
A disturbance on the steamship Saba in Kingston Harbor led to a fireman strike and threats against the captain. Water Police failed to quell the riot until twenty constables arrested the ringleader, who was sentenced today to three weeks imprisonment.
The Taft administration wins House approval for a bill allowing the Auditor, with the Governor's consent, to spend on last year’s appropriations when current funding lapses. It targets deadlock with the Porto Rican House of Delegates and aims to press for greater autonomy while public business has stalled since June 1. Majority Leader Payne’s leverage secured attendance to achieve a quorum.
Special Correspondence reports Porto Rican settlers in Santo Domingo sending monthly quotas and pledging aid to Unionist leader Luis Mufios Rivera. They foresee a quick revolution in Porto Rico and aim to rally colonies to finance and support independence against American influence.
Just before Roosevelt left office Taft accepted a famous jeweled Persian rug from H. H. Topakyan the Consul General of Persia. The rug hangs in a mahogany case in Tafts private office and Taft sent an autographed photograph to Topakyan with best wishes.
Labo Martin Labo importer of Oriental goods was arrested at his home 1 785 Madison Avenue and held on 5000 bail for examination next Monday by United States Commissioner Shields in the Federal Building. He is charged with fraudulent entry of silks and other materials valued at 2991. on an invoice showing only 2609 7f. Special Agent Walter S Chance of the Treasury Department is the complainant. The importation occurred in 1907 and is not tied to recent smuggling scandals.
The Trow Directory Publishing Company released the Manhattan and Bronx Directory and the Citywide Business Directory for 1909. The Manhattan and Bronx edition runs about 1 200 pages while the city guide contains around 2 000 pages of business facts and figures.
Howard Gould owner of Castle Gould Port Washington and Joseph P Grace are among Nassau County Grand Jury members serving this week. Several important criminal cases are slated for calendar action.
Looming U S immigration rules prompt Loeb led action. Ship crews face dismissal for bringing parcels ashore. A White Star barber was fired for trying to smuggle a costermonger’s costume. A Liverpool board inquiry followed a second hand clothes package to a chief steward. Plain clothes officers patrol piers and shipboard laundry bags receive close scrutiny.
Architect plans filed with the Building Department to remodel and enlarge Ambassador Whitelaw Reid’s city residence at Madison Avenue and Fifty Street. A seven story annex will rise at the southeast end harmonizing with the main building. Lower floors will house a dining room and study while upper stories hold living and sleeping rooms. Improvements cost 320000.
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