Local Notes and Events Across the State
Happenings cover Havre de Grace and Chestertown plans for a new business district, a Cardinal Gibbons ordination, and a Navy retiree wedding in Annapolis. A Downe jury stalemate continues, aviation meeting in Halethorpe discussed, resurfacing eight miles of Park Heights Avenue near Baltimore, and Hopkins to start fall term with entrance exams. Infantile paralysis outbreaks in Montgomery County, rainless days worsen Baltimore water supply, and candidates report campaign expenses.
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Hara
Rosa Levy
Havre
Frostburg Lu
Chestertown
Ingur- Cai Ge
Aew
Cidas
Cardinal Gibbonns
Semmodore Porter
Annapolis
Park’ Heights Avenue
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Robert Rochenour
Marry Sorahbaugh
Haseratown
Montgomery County
Hagerstown
B. H.warner, Jr
D. J. Lewis
Congress
Rockville
Henry Geener
Eystery Avenue
Point
America
Charles W. Main
Clearing House Function and Flower Train News
Clearing houses ease banker drafts and securities transfers, reducing labor and floating cash. Flower trains run twice daily from Nice to Paris London Berlin and St. Petersburg during the season, with 1908 production totaling 7,550 tons valued at 5,790,900 dollars.
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Europa
Nice
France
Paris
Belfast Hae Municipal Ownership Debate
BelfastIreland considers municipal ownership of street care after five years of public control. The discussion centers on governance, funding, and service efficiency as officials weigh future management options.
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Belfast
Ireland
Wellman Tests America Engines Flight Over Atlantic City
General Daniel Sickles and Walter Wellman observe the dirigible America during Sunday engine tests at the airship shed. Chief Engineer Melvin Vaniman reports no engine trouble as forward and rear engines reach full power and a novel steering device demonstrates thrust control and potential flight stability in all directions.
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Atlantic City
Daniel Sickles
Walter Wellman
Melvin Vaniman
America
Wellman
Fred& Aubert
Frederick
Atlantic
Wright Aeroplane
Vaniman
Sea Trip For Hens Health On Bermuda Cruise
E H Cerusie plans to take 50 Rhode Island red hens on a Bermuda cruise in a 20 foot catboat to improve their layings. He owns the Belmont Hotel Bermuda and Hotel Leighton Point Pleasant and expects to supply Belfont with eggs during stay. Walker suffered a foot injury in a Fatload incident near lingeres orn.
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I. J. Ia
Rhode. Island
Bermuda
Ey Carlints
Belmont Hotel
Leighton of
Point. Plessant
Bershada
Belfont
Pepo Diapepsin Promises Fast Relief for Indigestion
Bréry family urges keeping Diapepsin in the house to prevent upset stomach. The ad claims relief from heartburn, gas, nausea, and indigestion within five minutes by aiding digestion and stopping fermentation, with 50 cent cases available at drug stores and a claim of extensive symptom relief.
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Bréry
Building a Vermont Poultry Farm From Ground Up
A Vermont farmer describes converting a hillside plot into a practical poultry operation built with local hemlock, cedar ties, and earth floors. He details terrace construction, six pens per house, ventilation via cloth and sash, simple furnishings, and cost notes. He warns steady work and vigilance beat easy gains, and advises starting small with a few hens to sustain the venture.
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Deros
Vermont
Kent
Towa
Anc
The Cost of a Circus and Its Big Shows
A historical look at circus economics detailing how large shows incur vast winter and touring expenses. Winter quarters spending runs into thousands for meals, lodging, and upkeep. On tour daily costs reach about 85 dollars per act with seven day breaks. salaries for 400 performers total around thousands weekly. The most expensive acts are the thrill stunts, including a death-defying dip stunt that yielded up to a thousand dollars weekly, while the aerial performer earnings varied. Applications for stunt jobs averaged ten per week, drawn from young women seeking work despite risks.
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Eltets
Auction of the Roman Empire After Pertinas Death
An antique account recalls the Roman empire being auctioned by the Praetorian guards after Pertinas’s death in 102. Sulpician and Jalan competed, with Jalan acquiring the empire for 0 250 Gruchinas. similar sales were held for barking kine, conducted by magister auctionis and argentarii with assistants handling cashiers.
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Pertinas
Praetorian Guards
Sulpician
Jalan Lt
Romaii
Wehitel
Those Littis Olehas Tale Of A Nine Year Old Meal
A fragment describes Tommy eating his first meal at a coun try hotel at age nine and recounts a vivid home description. The narrator notes interest in a collection of small thick diaries with scattered orders and includes a graphic description of the meal ending with a question to his mother.
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Tommy
Trade Balance Swings Toward United States in August
The United States shows a trade surplus of 8.66 million in August, reversing prior trends. Analysts cite price readjustments since 1907 08, rising European freight costs, and anticipated gold inflows in September and October as factors. The eight month export excess exceeds 10 million, prompting Treasury and bank considerations of emergency currency to counter potential cash strains during crop exports.
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Ile
United States
Economica
United
Europe
MacVeragh
Treasury
Great Britain's Wealth Showed Incomes Tops Five Billion Year
The report from the Inland Revenue shows total declared income of residents exceeding five billion pounds for the year ended March 31. Business profits, land and housing, and official salaries drove the rise, with 20 top earners over two hundred fifty thousand pounds and average pay for 585 thousand employees around one thousand ten dollars per head.
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Hiland Revenue Authorities
United Kingdom
Nufa
Ad Polite Company
Art Gale
Catiies
Successfon
Trade talk splits two dealers in quiet market
Two dealers argue over trading methods with one favoring traditional old school approaches and the other pursuing newer ads driven tactics. One side claims reliability while the other is accused of being busted, reflecting tension in the local market.
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Alde
Fragmentary OCR Note Sparks Confusion Across Regions
A garbled OCR extract references unnamed regions and items such as Route Twelve and Forest, with scattered mentions of Routt County and Pike. The readable bits hint at a historic Colorado context but contain numerous misreads, making concrete facts unavailable.
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Colorado
Land drains Texcoco lake ends ancient fly market
The draining of Lake Texcoco by the Mexican government ends a historic Inca era industry. Native fly catchers depended on the lake’s surface to trap and cure dried fleas for sale to markets in the United States, Germany, and Europe, with shipments surpassing ten thousand dollars in 1909.
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Texcoco
Mexico
Mexico City
Rehnen
New World
Canaries
United States
Hird Doalora
Germany
Republic
Europe
Advice to Housewives From New York Weights and Measures
Commissioner Clement J. Driscoll promotes a cautionary booklet urging housewives to beware dishonest tradespeople. He urges careful weighing in shopping and delivery, discourages hasty purchases, and encourages verifying weights and charges to protect households in the city.
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New York
Department of Weights and Measures
Clement J. Driscol
City Department
Driscoll
Acelea
Jerusalem as It 18 Today and the Holy Sepulchre Site
The piece reflects on Jerusalem’s Holy City perception amid ongoing disputes. It notes a single remaining site near Golgotha and Calvary with arid flowers and rugged rocks, attributed to General Gordon. Turkish authorities resist wide excavations, hoping for future restrictions easing to settle the location of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Simone
Raya
Golgothe
Tana
Gordon
Ohre
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Fragmentary Note about Eats and Food Jeer
A fragmented OCR line speaks of removing eats and addressing a fool, with vague references to a person noted as good and many others. The readable portion lacks clear event details or identifiable entities.
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