Pig tail serum and hog cholera serum breakthrough
Report describes Secretary Wilson's planned Ames Iowa visit for a pig tail cutting carnival to extract immune blood from a hog to produce serum against hog cholera. It notes patenting Dorset’s virus discovery, projected cost savings, and the method of drawing immune blood via tail bleeding.
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Washington
Wilson
Tracy
Ames
Iowa
Agricultural College
Velna
M. Dorset
Bureau of Animal Industry
Sorset
United States
Currency Expansion Aims at Stabilizing 1907 Aftermath
The piece notes business activity depressed by 6 to 20 percent versus last year with the iron trade hit hardest. It cites a large currency expansion as inflationary, detailing a treasury report showing 3.045 billion dollars in circulation, 264 million more than a year prior, and gold holdings up by 219.5 million. It questions source of such gold and references annual US gold production and recent imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clews
Treasury Department
Lumber trade improves at Perry mill with heavy orders
The Grand Ronde Lumber company in Perry reports a surge in orders over the past two weeks, with eastern markets averaging four cars daily and a large shipment of frit boxes for Colorado orchards. A 150 load contract is half filled, plus multiple carloads for local fruit growers. Logs remain ample as logging trains deliver 10 to 12 cars daily, keeping the mill stocked into November.
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Grand Ronde Lumber Company
Perry
la Grande Star
Colorado
Ena
Perry Company
Mill Pond
Perry yard reports record lumber stock on hand
A large pile of lumber at the Perry yard is described as one of the biggest in years. The total estimated quantity on hand is 14,000,000 feet of all kinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Typhoid Erupts in Looking Glass Lumber Camps
The La Grande Observer reports a typhoid fever outbreak at George Palmer’s lumber camps on the Looking Glass. Several victims are at Grande Ronde hospital but not critically ill. Doctor Bacon will visit to inspect the camps and aid in stamping out the illness. The company is actively pursuing containment and does not expect further cases.
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George Palmer
Looking Glass
Sayn
la Grande
Bacon
Bidders Fault Carnegie Library Plans in Baker City
The Baker City Herald reports bids for the Carnegie library exceeded the gift and a special meeting was set to revise plans to keep construction within limits. The lowest bids were Baldwin for 22,455 for building and Gleason for 2,578 for heating and plumbing, totaling 26,083.
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Gie
Iimits
Baker City Herald
Jowest
W. Baldwin
J. J. Gleason
Tote. Com
Teachers Meet at Baker for Eastern Oregon Division Convention
The Baker City Herald notes the Eastern Oregon Division of the Oregon Educational Association will convene in November. An August 29 executive meeting in Baker will plan the program, arrange speakers, and select national figures to address the teachers during the fall gathering. The committee includes State Superintendent J. H. Ackerman and superintendents J. Landers, E. B. Conklin, J. A. Churchill, E. E. Bragg, and J. F. Smith, Baker County superintendent and association president.
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Oregon
Sagtern
Oregon Educational Resociation
Baker City
J. H. Ackerman
J. §. Landers
Pendleton
E. B. Conklin
Ontario
J. A. Churchill
Baker
E. E. Bragg
Eight Circus Workers Injured In Train Wreck Near New Westminster
Eight members of a Barnum and Bailey circus train were severely injured when spreading rails caused four menagerie cars to derail from the Great Northern train. The crash occurred four miles south of New Westminster at about 4 PM Monday, with two men believed fatally hurt.
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Barnum and Bailey
Great Northern
New Westminister
Death by typhoid patient ends own life
Walter Hooper aged 20 son of Miles T Hooper living near Pullman Wisconsin shot himself in the head during illness and died instantly. The incident is reported as a suicide during a bout of typhoid fever.
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Walter Hooper
Miles T. Hooper
Pullman
Wasti
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