Plant wizard among Cherokees rivals Luther Burbank
A Col linsville correspondent details David Jaggers an English plant wizard among the Cherokees who has cultivated hundreds of flowers and vegetables on a ten acre patch near Collinsville. His cross between a turnip and cabbage and an odorless large onion from wild stock show his long labor. Indians fund his experiments and expect him to teach peach pear and apple growing in five years.
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Luther Burbank
Collinsville
Spavinaw hills
David
daggers
United States
C. A. McNabb
Oklahoma board of agriculture
Taggers
Boll Weevil Catching Profits Rise in Texas Fields
An Austin special to the New York Times reports farmers in parts of Texas pay twenty five cents per hundred boll weevils caught. The catching business has grown profitable with hunters catching about 2000 insects daily. Planters using this eradication method say the expense is worthwhile as a few thousand weevils threaten entire cotton crops.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
New York Times
CAUsO
Leviticus lessons and the path to God through Christ
A 1907 commentary on Leviticus presents the tabernacle narrative as a guide to living in holiness through Jesus Christ. It links offerings to Christ’s life, priesthood, and atonement, cites Nadab and Abihu, and urges sanctification by God’s truth and Spirit, warning against false religiousness.
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American Press Association
Moses
Israel
Mount Sinai
Jesus Christ
God
diwell
Legitiens
Aly tabernale
Aaron
Solomon's temple
Carmel
Elijah
Abel
Christ
Ananias
Sapphira
Corinth
devil
David
Ezekiel
Hazel
Nadab
Abiba
Half Timber English Design For Suburban Homes
Half timber English house design suited to suburban towns. Estimated cost 3000 dollars excluding heating and plumbing. Optional first story in native or bowlder stone for 1000 dollars more. Second story panels finished in rough cement stucco, ceilings low, interior woodwork in yellow pine. Compact, well built and economical with attractive features. Saxton Gleaw it.
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SAXTON
A Man of Many Farts Parody Broadside in Cumberland
An early nineteenth century handbill from Cumberland mocks a parish clerk named Tames Williams offering varied services from groceries to hairdressing and teaching. It lists odd notices about dancing lessons, iron sales, shoe cleaning, and odd bits like cider lodgings and a horse shop near the church, with playful, satirical asides and parodic warnings.
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Bere
Cumberland
England
mac
J. Withhir
Shros
Our Lost Sense and the Pituitary Body
A historical note claims humans once possessed an extra sense via the pituitary body, a small brain mass behind the nose. It speculates the lost sense might have aided night vision or communication with spirits, or served as a poor substitute for vision or smell before evolution trimmed it away.
Mirrors as Detectives in Retail Shops
An interior decorator explains mirrors flood shops not just for patrons but to detect shoplifters. Workers watch patrons via reflections, allowing a thief to slip garments unnoticed until an alarm or confrontation near the office.
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life retail
Buttermilk Becomes Popular Summer Drink Nationwide
Traveling salesmen praise cold buttermilk as the most refreshing summer beverage. In Kansas City bars and restaurants it is widely served with many touting its cooling, healthful qualities. A group of travelers met at the Hotel Batesmore lobby where the sign Press Buttermilk drew them to hotel bars across the country.
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Kansas City
Battimore
Ka City
Ralph Bradshaw
Philadelphia
Headache Powder Kills Him in New York
An overdose of acetanilide in headache powders killed Edward Kite, 40, of Brooklyn. He had long suffered headaches and began using the powders years ago, dying minutes after his revival at the hospital.
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New York
Edward Kite
Brooklyn
Ife
Peary's Trip Off: No Arctic Expedition This Year
New York reports that Peary will not lead a Roosevelt Arctic voyage this year. Weather and ship readiness at Shooter Island prevent timely completion to escape dangerous new ice. If any movement occurs, it would only be to cache provisions at Etah for a possible spring dash to the North Pole.
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New York
Roosevelt
Cape Sheridan
Shooter Island
Arctic
anl
Peary
Hall
North Pole
Hennedy
Robeson
Nearly All Crime Attributed To Bad Cookery
New Orleans on August 4 report quotes Dr. CFL Irion Louisiana state health officer saying before marriage a woman should prove cookery skill. He asserts ninety percent of crimes stem from bad cooking and infant mortality rises from poor food with a fly on the butter table seen as provoking crime.
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New Orleans
CFL Irion
Louisiana
Chicago Telegraphers Strike in Chicago Aug 9
Telegraph operators employed by the Western Union Telegraph company in Chicago went on strike sparked by the Los Angeles action two days earlier. The local executive board of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America passed resolutions urging members to refuse to work with nonunion operators in Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Western Tinton Telegraph company
Los Angeles
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Pine Ridge Druggist Shoots Self After Quarrel
Pine Rint Ark Aug 9. ML Lek big a druggist telephoned his sweetheart Pauline Rogers and whispered a warning before firing a pistol. She alerted police and they found him with a bullet wound. He spoke of life and the situation as emergency ads from local merchants fill the paper with competing talk.
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Pine Rint
Ark
Lekbig
Pauline Rogers
Drownings and an inferred double tragedy reported
Aug 9 dispatches describe two drownings after hat loss near Hamburg Cove as Laurener Gilkinson and Miss Ade laide Rivers perish in Eight Mile river. A Roanoke shooting suicide follows, T J Wingfield killing his wife then himself after leaving a note. An auto accident in Derby injures three when a car veers off a hill and crashes into a tree.
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Hat Hamburger
Conn
Laurener Gilkinson
New York
Adelaide Madeline Rivers
Boston
Hamburg Cove
Eight Mile river
Gilkinson
Miss Rivers
Roanoke
T. J. Wingfield
Wingfield
Wingfields
Hagerstown
Derby
Genn
Frederick S Mauch
Brooklyn
Mortimer Brewster
Philadelphia
Cheshire
Chicago Population Rises to 2 367 600 in 1907 Directory
Chicago gains 66 500 residents from 1906 to 1907 per city directory estimates. Meanwhile six hundred orphans were taken on an outing by Washington lodge No. 15 BPOE in a second Elk charity event. In Rome, Pope Pius fears insult to cardinals and halts receptions planned for his coronation anniversary.
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Chicago
Washington
Washington lodge
Elks
Rome
Vatican
Warden Hayes Resigns Amid Board Shake-up
Trenton New Jersey August William D Heres presented his resignation as warden of the State Hospital for the Trenenne in this city. The board of managers met at the hesl and accepted the resignation to take effect September 1. It is reported retirement of Mr Hayes will be followed by resignations of several board members. All changes result from disclosures before the assembly investigating committee.
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Warden Hayes
Trenton
N. J
Wiliam D. Heres
State Hospital
Trnenne
board of managers of institution
hes l
Hayes
assembly
Frederick Market Prices From August 9 1907 Grain and Feed Quotes
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange list wheat prices for No 2 Read No 2 Red and steamer grades with various per bushel figures. Hay Timothy mixed clover alfalfa and other feeds show per ton and per bushel ranges. Flour corn meal bran middlings and feed ingredients are priced by ton or barrel with numerous small variations.
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Frederick County Farmers’ Exchange
Hay, Banep
Timothy
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Kansas City Star
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Minneapolis, Minn
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HAME
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eovernors council
young Brown
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New Castle
Baltimore & Ohio
Ellwood City
here
Wilfred Francia
Posten Alle
Henry Cabot Towtge
Dorchester
explorer
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Michael Mofie
Ilva
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St. Louis
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New York City
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