Fisheries Yield: Lobsters Scarce and Oysters Reign
A long report on U S fisheries for 1908 notes oysters totaled 15.7 million dollars, the top product, with Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maine leading. Lobster value reached 1.08 million, Maine supplying two thirds, while shad, cod, crabs and clams show varied gains and declines. Regional naming confusions in fish terms are highlighted, with menhaden and alewife cited as examples.
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Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Yew York
Maine
Atlantic
United States
Maryland
Pacific Coast
Aus
William Steuart
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Cape Ann
Florida
Neuse H River
Totomuc
New England
Qecan
Declaware Capes
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Delaware
Isso
Canada
Gulf Coast
California
Cape Hatteras
Pacific
New Hampshire
Feld
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Celebrated
Chicago reader hails Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a clerk refused a substitute and a woman reports cure. The ad asserts the remedy for female illnesses, notes thirty years of use, and claims many women restored to health through the product.
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Chicago
Ile
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Jam
Mrs. Janetzki
Arch St
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Man Declares Love Despite Rejection in Herald Style
In a quoted exchange from the New York Herald, a widower insists on marriage while the woman resists, stating she does not want him and does not wish to speak to him. The suitor argues the very reason to pursue marriage.
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New York
Herald
Practical Dining Habit Sparks Passenger Turmoil
In a Chicago News report a steward notes that steenage passengers bolt their food to keep it down, prompting a practical observation about in-flight dining behavior and passenger reactions on the Deck Passenger-I line.
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Chicago News
Des Moines Commission Government Praised as Civic Model
Des Moines witnesses a landmark municipal plan praised as the nation’s finest example of commission government. The system features ward abolition, initiative, referendum, recall, civil service, nonpartisan rules, and a double election process guiding mayor and commissioners. Officials’ salaries include 3500 for the mayor and 3000 for each councilman, with recall possible by 25 percent petition, and civil service controls for most appointments. Students of municipal affairs visit to study its practical workings.
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Des Moines
United States
America
Dass Moines
Anti Commission Uighet
Agier
Free-Torah
Commission
Galveston
Civil Service
Fem
Maia
Apne
Commission Yan Forces
Hines
Fmayor
Rattlesnake Industry Faces Express Shipment Backlash
In Swain County North Carolina Manuel Weeks built a snake shipping business sending live rattlers to New York scientists. After a dropped crate caused a train car to halt and a demand for no more snakes Weeks sued the express company for damages. The case hinges on restraint of trade and local markets where snakes are reportedly a drug.
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Swain County
N.C
North Carolina
New York
Manuel Weeks
North Carolina Mountains
Weeks
Bryson City
Xpress
Express Company
Women in Wall Street: Winners and Weepers
A Strand magazine article notes women traders are valued for success but deemed emotional when losses strike. It details brokers who refuse or hesitate to open or retain women accounts, citing personal ties and gender stereotypes about business sense and insider tips, with many firms preferring tactful exits over handling tears.
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Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Stock Exchange House
Rasnzine
Richmond to Host First American Road Improvement Congress
The first annual convention of the American Association for Highway Improvement and allied groups will be held in Richmond Virginia September 12 to 15 with President Taft likely the guest of honor. Leaders including Larface Wats age Fintey and W C Brown plan to invite the President to address the congress. Good Roads Week will precede the event featuring police schools and widespread public involvement.
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American Association For Highway Improvement
Congress
Richmond
Taft
Deteembion
Larface Watsage
Wow
Fintey
The
Southern Railway
James S. Harlan
Interstate Commerce
Wood
Carrington
Conley
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Uml
Martin
Virginia
Nate States
Mr. Page
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Joe McClung
United States
Louis Tuill
Great Northern Railroad Company
W. W. Finley
J. J. Pennybacker, Jr
Good Roads Week
Touring Club of America
Good Roads Congress
Chicago
Boston
Jefferson Hatel
Maryland State News Roundup From Across the State
Notes of news from Maryland and nearby areas recount several injuries from a phaeton accident near Cumberland, political and church events, a secret marriage in Calvert County, and new incorporations. Reports include major conference plans in York 1912, state bar association speakers in Cape May, and a fatal typhoid inoculation prep for National Guard officers. A Lansdowne shooting leaves John Holley wounded and police seek Jim Holmes as officials examine Farmers Banking affairs and local trust arrangements.
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Oman
Cumberland
Church of the Brethren
York
Viet
Montgomery County
Calvert County
Witham Silver Company
Aberdeen
Belair
Robert Crain
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Hyattsville
Prince Georges County
Democrats
Hyattstown
Crothers
George Young
Avon Cove
Sparrows Point
Maryland State Bar Association
Cape May
Edward Abbott Holmes
Company H
Maryland National Guard
Roland Park
Western Maryland Railway
Buena Vista
Washington
Farmers’ Banking, Trust and Deposit Company
Lida A. Parks
Havre de Grace
Thomas .J. Lennan
Midland
St. Joseph's Church
Charles F. Macklin
M. N.C
Lansdowne
John Holley
University Hospital
Jim Holmes
Quite a Criminal quote from London Tit Bits
A witty London Tit-Bits excerpt features quick moral musings on minor sins and human foibles. The speaker jokes about guilt over everyday acts like killing time during a chatty exchange.
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London
A Candid Suitor
A Washington Herald excerpt portrays a suitor promising to support the daughter in good style while admitting the need to buy furniture on an installment plan. The dialogue highlights modest means and adaptive budgeting within social expectations.
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Washington Herald
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United States Fish Commission
Lorida
Georgia
Frederic J. Haskin
San Antonio Express
Women IN Wall Street
Rich
Sharon Lodge of Masons
Arlington
News OF the
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. VY
Bartholomay
WM. H. Shipley
N. Market Street
Tion
W. Patrick
Frederick, Md
Harper
Louis Otte
North Market St
Frederick
the News Office
Manhattan Soap Company
Newspaper
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