Railroads Face Pressure as Labor and Investors Clash
The article reports on a conference address by B. I. Noakum, head of the Rock Island and San Francisco executive committee, warning that railroad labor costs are sliding and investor risk rises amid calls for reform. He argues workers bear more of the financial burden than investors, urging consideration of abuses by management and lawmakers.
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Brotherhood of Locomo- Hi Firemen
Milroads
Andrea
Maryland and national farm values in 1907 estimates
The Baltimore American Star notes estimates from the Department of Agriculture place the 1907 farm products value at about seven and a half billion dollars, with expectations it will approach eight billion. The piece reflects on the vast scale of U S agriculture and the difficulty of grasping such figures.
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Statistical Bureau
Department of Agriculture
United States
CNEIS
Baltimore
Quotations and banter from early comic pieces
The fragment cites humor moments from magazines and comic strips. A wife teases about Tubby the janitor in flat life while a couple debates love and pipe dreams. A sharp line about Congreve quips and a playful exchange ends with a fed up lover recalling kisses interrupted by breath.
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Tubby
Everybody's Magazine
Judge Wright in Georgia Urges Law Over Mob Violence
Sumter County judge in Summerville aligns citizens with due process during mob tensions. He warns locals against lynching and pledges swift jail for any advocate of mob justice, signaling strong support for law and order amid threats. The piece ties his stance to broader debates on lynching and accountability.
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Washington Herald
Monea Wright
Georgia
Wright
Summerville
Alabama
Miseieaippi
Sullivan
Sullvan
Jo Wright
Georved
Governor Crothers pardons two convicted criminals in state
The governor pardoned Warey Digga and Edward Devan, both larceny convicts, as part of a statewide clemency action. The report also notes various local legal matters, retirements, and deaths across Kent, Cumberland, and surrounding counties.
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Crothers
Warey Digga
Edward Devan
Lewis
Guiniaville
Garrett County
George W. Smith
Kent County
Chestertown
ALB
Wilson
Iva
Hind
Cumbertna
Misa Mary Wilsott
Lloyd Itawings
Cumberland
Jotn Ball
Joesph Wallace
Elkton
Margaret M. Williamer
Boonshuro
Mira
Wil
Naing
T. Wiliam
Boonsboro
John Smith
van Bibber
Burnie
Henry J. Aliulee
Edwin Bell
John L Sullivan Seeks Fair Sparring Exhibition
The famed boxer John L Sullivan offers to perform sparring and a monologue at a fair, proposing locations from a platform to a wall canvas and promising a high value act. He urges fair organizers to present an offer, noting flexibility on date and venue.
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John L. Sullivan
Frederick
Warchitne
Sullivan
Laverton
Growfid
Priew
Peron
Jake Nileain
America
Patrans
Kilrain
Graustark Play Draws Strong Public Interest
The Graustark play at the local theater attracts broad notice with high literary regard and strong library demand. The Graustark Company, Inc. leads a skilled cast in a lavish production seen as a major cultural event likely to continue for years.
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Grausterk
Geo. Barr McCutcheons
Messrs
Groesett
Elizabeth
N. J
Bayonne
N.J
New Brunswick
Thebrary
Europe
Graustark
Graustark Company, Inc
Beni Treatment for a Burn
An ad-like notice promotes Beni as a burn treatment claiming rapid relief and household usefulness. The text emphasizes immediate soothing effects and broad value for household first aid.
Flood in Montana described by Mrs Willard letter
Mrs Henry BoxGrange near Adamstown received a letter from her sister Mrs Ida Willard describing a spring flood in Missoula Montana. She recalls a river breaking a bridge, boats and docks moving, and the temporary footbridge built with trestle and cable. She also notes a trip to the Flathead Indian Reservation for dances, and mentions local schooling and a new high school building.
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Henry
B.oxgrange
Adamstown
Ida Willard
Job Willard
Church Hin
Missoula
Montana
Pleces
Flathead
Tiere
Usi
Willard
Clinton B. Willard
West Patrick Street
Far West Notes On Washington and Montana Travel
Fredericktonian reports from the Northwest praising the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for reliability, Seattle delays, and Washington’s thriving lumber and grain trades. In Montana Great Falls pilots sugar beet farming with profit estimates, a planned million dollar sugar manufactory, and a large smelter at Boston and Montana employing 2,200 people. Great Falls features Missouri River falls, canyons, mountains, and the world’s largest brick smokestack at 506 feet, plus 11 miles of electric street railway and a federal building site costing 225000.
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Fredericktonian
Washington
Montana
Baltimore and Ohio
Northwest
Seattle
Davenport
Spokane
New York
Chicago
Great Falla
Great Falls
Missouri River
Falls
Missouri
Smith Rivers
Little Belta
Boston
Portland
Idea Federal Building
Contracts Awarded By Charity Board For Jail Supplies
The Board of Charities and Correction awarded contracts for Montevue and the jail. Burck & Zacharias will supply cattle and meat. Jacob Notnagle groceries. Wm Rameburg four and one half tons coal. Ira E. Biser and others supply shoes clothing and dry goods. A $100 reward is offered for information leading to cure claims.
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Montevue
Board of Charities and Correction
Burck
Lesson in language from a grammar school visitor
An elderly visitor at a grammar school tests students by correcting a sentence about Pennsylvania and anthracite coal. Students propose variants. one boy concludes the word coal is unnecessary since anthracite means hard coal. Milas Adair is praised as a bright pupil.
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Pennsylvania
Ietania
Milas Adair
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