Currency debate clouds congress and bank plan advance
The House and Senate moved on currency legislation with the revised Vreeland bill. They kept the enacting clause and sent the rival currency plan to conference. An emergency currency proposal may ease the panic, but risks remain for banks and the broader economy. Republicans also shuffled delegates and alternates at Milwaukee, defying state leaders in pursuit of independent party choices for the national convention.
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Fighting Plant Pests Through Entomology and Birds
Farmers and government scientists study methods to combat cotton boll weevil and San Jose scale pests. Investigations show dry environments and native ants hinder pests, while washes using lime and sulphur prove effective. Birds like woodpeckers, sparrows, wrens, and bluebirds eat scale insects, offering natural pest control. The piece also cautions against book agents following a Chicago man’s warning.
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Railroads and Prosperity Loom in Pressed Markets
Aiming to boost growth, rail executives like Gould and Brown outline plans for faster freight flows and stronger fiscal discipline. Analysts note a gradual return of confidence as Western routes expand and the Senate moves swiftly on a housing bill, signaling renewed economic vigor.
Mesquite paper pulp dream grows amid western sagebrush
A Vermont man considers mesquite as a potential paper stock to replace northern woods. He collects samples near Brattleboro and reports Texas backers, low harvest costs, and vast southwest abundance if feasible, with Idaho and national mills watching for results.
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Electrifying railroads a debated future motive power note
The article argues railroads debate electricity versus gas and steam as motive power. It cites Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific trials, petrol and alcohol engines, and gas or kerosene driven cars. It notes Scotland use and General Electric activity, with gas motors avoiding trolley wiring. A closing signature from Matur power superintendent Monahan is referenced.
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Multilingual Koeho and Global Oddities Net Notes
A fragmentary report notes a nine language speaker in Atchi gon Kansas and a Traxerha City collector with 5 203 postal cards. Mentions heart blood volume seven miles per hour, meteorites, sea counts, tea and coffee imports to the United States averaging over 100 000 dollars monthly, Rio de Janeiro fuel and an ice price, plus Audubon Society efforts to engage school children in bird preservation.
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National Association of Audubon Societies
New York
Wisconsin News Roundup in Mild Turbulence
Wisconsin reports varying local curiosities from crime to politics and weather. References to vigilante fear, a Bible theft arrest in Menasha, coinage changes, and a whipped farmer, plus Madison student rumors about a national convention. Governor Farward Sconetd rumors surface as potential senate candidate. historical transport notes contrast Chicago to New York travel. Waukesha reports anti tuberculosis drive with a five cent per capita levy planned nationwide.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Spring Advertisement
An advertiser touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe pure spring medicine for purifying blood restoring appetite and aiding digestion. Available in usual liquid form or chocolate-combined tablets called Sarsztbe with a price noted as one dollar.
My Love Confesses In Summer Time Proposal
A verse from Cella Myrover Robinson in Woman's Home Companion extols summer love. It likens honeyed lips and bees to affection, asking, will you marry me, while praising life, love, and a joyful heart. The speaker hails a beloved as the fairest lass among many.
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Wisconsin State News Summary Card
Sheboygan editors meet in mid August while La Crosse starts auditorium work for saengerfest. Fond du Lac bans smoking on high school grounds. Appleton lads' fruit theft case ends with suspended sentence. Appleton Fair contracts vaudeville. Waterford water quality dispute spurs opinion debate on high school. Bechaud Brewing sues city over sewer damage. Supreme Court arguments on rail regulation. Rev Cutler to remain Milwaukee pastor. Lennart eyes GOP congress bid. Marinette officials address sailor pay amid dead-cat and extinct-dog issue. Chippewa Falls boy killed by gun accident. bear seen near stump in Chippewa area. Norwegian immigrant denied entry until record straight. Burning Bush attacks YMC A in Whakesha publication.
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Miscellaneous 1907 News Briefs From Chicago and Beyond
A scattered digest of early 20th century items covers wage increases for teachers in Chicago, factory worker layoffs, and a looming emigration debate with Japanese authorities. Other notes report Roosevelt’s renomination fears, an arrest for selling bogus art, a veteran general addressing a veterans group, and a Supreme Court ruling on presidential discretion over Brownsville troops. Additional items include murder acquittal for Christina Metsker, a high‑profile lawsuit affecting Mary Yerkes, and a street‑level clash between E Dodson and Rev Standon amid reform battles.
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Russian matton king's 1,750,000 sheep tended by 35,000 dogs
A Glasgow Herald quotation notes Gustav Jovanovitch as a Russian matton king with 1,750,000 sheep, guarded by 35,000 dogs. The speaker contrasts this with large American business empires, suggesting no enterprise equals the dog-led herd.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Offer and Endorsements
An old advertisement pledges one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure failure and includes testimonials from wholesale druggists Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. The pitch touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with endorsements from F J Cheney and associates.
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Fond du Lac Reform Sparks Street Assaults Debate
The Fond du Lac Reporter notes a rise in assaults on women and more street walkers since reform began, arguing disorder and notoriety result from edict driven changes. It cites police experience, public questions, and calls for measured actions amid social tension.
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Too Much Athletics and the Princeton Veteran Pedegirien
Dr J C Hepburn a nonagenarian Princeton alumnus and famed medical missionary reflects on college life during his 77 year career There were no railroads in his youth and travel to Princeton took three days by stage coach Nassau Hall once a dormitory with a simple dining hall and two eating tables He is the last surviving member of his class and was born in Afton Pa before a long career in China and Japan now retired in East Orange New Jersey
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