Kansas Baby Crop Running Short, Census Reveals Shortfall
Census figures show Kansas birth numbers falling while grain crops thrive. The state gained 50,492 people over 1898, yet the 1907 08 fiscal year births declined by about 2,000 from prior years. Dr Crumbine cites two causes: no longer wanted babies and more women in commercial life. Adoption trends and home production of babies are discussed as remedies.
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Topeka
Kane
Kansas
Census Bureau
J. Crombine
State Board of Health
United States Census Bureau
Texas
Lone Star
Dr. Crumbine
High Priced Manager for New Gotham Hotel
A New York hotel to open next week on Broadway between Fortieth and Fiftieth will hire Henri Prager, former Hotel Savoy manager in London, at a salary of fifty thousand dollars a year to run a new cafe. The venue promises a swank nightly experience with a novel conveyor dine system connecting diners, waiter signals, and the kitchen below.
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Henri Prager
Mysticism Revival Reported in London Society
Portents indicate a London winter trend toward mysticism as spirit mediums operate openly in society circles. The piece notes a resurgence of interest in occult practices and spiritualism among fashionable attendees.
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London
Palmists and clairvoyants flood Boni Street trade
The article notes a rush of palmists and astrologers on Boni Street with many turning to fortune telling. An enterprising woman opens a cafe offering tea at sixpence while customers wait. Crystals draw buyers back in Bond Street shops as superstition grows in jewelers, chemists, and fancy shops selling charms and quirky trinkets.
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Pers
Boni Street
Bond Street
Typist Challenge Origins and Spokane Transcript Feat
The match may occur in Spokane or Chicago early January if Press agrees to new terms. The original challenge was a marathon typing contest at least 50 words a minute, continuing until a typist yields. Miss Smith made a full transcript of the seventeenth National Irrigation Congress deliberations in Spokane August 4 to 14, delivering the copy 10 hours after the final session.
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Spokane
Chicago
Miss Smith
National Irrigation Congress
Austria Shows New Gold Coin Worth About Twenty Dollars
A new gold coin of about 20 dollars is to circulate in Austria Hungary. It bears the emperor's half length portrait on the obverse and an imperial eagle on the reverse. The edge is not milled. Vienna residents doubt its usefulness and refuse to adopt existing gold coins, often exchanging such money for worn notes at shops. Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire praises Foley s Kidney Remedy after a long kidney ailment. Kieppen Bros.
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Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Soldier Desirez Mesdom Dies in Queenstown Tale
Capetown report records the death in Queenstown Cape Colony of Desirez Cornelius Mesdom a Belgian born August 3 1505 in Belel Zperin. A drummer in Napoleons army at Waterloo he joined the Crimea campaign where his nine brothers died and he was wounded 16 times. He later joined the German Legion and arrived in South Africa in 1857, settling as caretaker of the Dutch Reformed Church for nearly 40 years before retiring.
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Capetown
Queenstown
Cape Colony
Germany Legion
South Africa
Dutch Reformed Church
Eastern Oregon capital invested in Portland
Thomas Callahan, an eastern Oregon capitalist, bought the Jacob Bourne home near Milwaukie. The 12 acre property includes a modern house and a bearing orchard for 15000 dollars, Bourne netting 4000 after a one year hold. L Turner and S Rees bought 51 acre of Willamette river fruit land near New Era for about 6000 dollars. Rodgers of Hood River bought 42 acres adjoining for 125 dollars per acre to plant superior apple varieties.
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Thomas Callahan
Oregon
Jacob Bourne
Milwaukie
Bourne
I L. Turner
Rees
Wilhimette River
New Era
Rodgers
Hood River
Portland Journal
Foley's Kidney Remedy Ingredient Highlight
The ad emphasizes hexamethylenetetramine as a valued ingredient in Foley's Kidney Remedy. It claims the chemical is a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine, urging use at first signs of irregularities to avoid serious illness. Koeppen Bros.
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Koeppen Bros
Woman Accepts Challenge to Typewriting Contest
Spokane, Washington, Lottie L. Smith accepts a Seattle press challenge to a typewriting contest for speed and accuracy. The plan is to complete 125 pages of copy from direct dictation at about 75 words per minute with high accuracy.
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Spokane, Wash
Lottie L. Smith
Spokane
Press
Seattle
Hindu child sold for $1.16 prompts prosecution
Lucknow report says Hindu child’s parents in Madras are prosecuted after selling the infant for 1.16 rupees. The mother says the child was born inauspiciously and would bring bad luck. The father claims illness since birth and alleges involvement with a local bakery official.
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Lucknow
Madras
McCormick Honored as First in Farmers Hall of Fame
The Minneis College of Agriculture held exercises in Memorial Hall to enroll Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, in the farmers hall of fame. Educators, officials and agricultural experts attended. Mrs Murial McCormick, his granddaughter, played a key role in the ceremony.
Paradise Production Sparks Impresario Debate
An operatic boast quotes a robust composer claiming Paradise will be the century’s greatest production. The impresario retorts on costs, with the composer noting savings on costumes if scenery costs rise, highlighting a clash over budget versus grandeur.
Foley's Urino Laxative Gains Favor with Women and Children
A historical note touts Foley's Urino Laxative as mild and pleasant tasting, preferred over harsher purgatives for women and children. It claims effective relief from constipation and mentions Koeppen Eros in association.
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Foley
Koeppen
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