Miners Education Drive Expands Across Lehigh Valley Coal
The Lehigh Valley Coal company launches free evening schools for miners to learn English and prepare for mining careers, aiming to reduce accidents and improve efficiency. The program, opened first at Lost Creek, follows a catalyst incident where a miner sketched mechanical plans during idle time. Other firms join, planning schools at collieries to educate foreigners and native workers alike, with courses in English, mining and engineering.
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Lehigh Valley
S. D. Warriner
Frederick M. Chase
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Company
Dnd
Wilkesbarre
Chicago Tribune
Lost Creek
Schuylkill
Unique Betrothal Gift Promises Ring With Growing Stone
Society in Philadelphia takes note of the engagement of Mrs. Margaret Dulles Irwin of Philadelphia to Ettore Romano Fontana of Rome. Fontana, a plain Italian gentleman with no fortune, plans an engagement ring whose value grows each year by adding a new stone on the wedding anniversary.
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Mr. Fontana
United States
New York City
Fontana
Conditions of Children and the Flight From Real Play
Professor Fritz Koch of Lake Geneva argues in Elementary School Teacher that American children are too clean vain and puffed up. He faults fashionable teachers and parental focus on clothes over learning and says pure play is replaced by structured games and pursuits. Real children are rovers in field forest and dangerous places.
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United States
Fritz Koch
Lake Geneva ‘New School
Switzerland
Koch
Aerial Garages Planned for France Senate backs Barthou plan
The French senate endorsed a minister of public works statement in Paris proposing a 20 000 government credit to create garages along France’s aerial routes. Prizes for aviation would be offered if the plan progresses, responding to calls for French leadership in aviation.
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Paris
M. Barthou
France
Baron d’Elstournelles de Constant
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth Learns French in Car
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth hires a flexible French teacher who gives three afternoon hours in her auto. They study while she drives, shopping or making calls, with the teacher carrying the book and no English spoken during the ride.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Novel Typing Produced Hungarian Papers in Cleveland
The strike by Hungarian News and Hungarian Szabadsag printers led editor E. P. Kohanyi to publish via typed news. Typewritten sheets were photographed, printing plates made, and engravings assembled in order for the papers to be printed.
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Cleveland
Hungarian News
Szabadsag
E. P. Kohanyi
Seaweed Experiment Aims to Freshen Philadelphia Drinking Water
Researchers propose planting seaweed in the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania as an experimental method to improve water quality used for drinking in Philadelphia. The plan focuses on natural filtration and nutrient uptake to reduce pollutants and enhance clarity.
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Schuylkirk River
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Liquor License Application in Spencer County Indiana
Frank X. Buxer applies to the Spencer County Board of Commissioners at Rockport for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors including spiritous vinous and malt In a one room saloon on the northwest corner of lot eighty seven in St Meinrad With on premise drinking privileges Cigars tobacco and lunch service also requested The hearing is set for December storm 1608 at the auditor’s office Rockport Indiana
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Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Iity
Rockport
Sasaie County
Mill Street
Ifrank X. Buxer
Rockport Liquor License Request at Occidental Hotel
Henry P. Biedenkopf applies to Spencer County Indiana Board of Commissioners for a one year liquor license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a premises described as the southeast room of the Occidental Hotel on Main Street Rockport. The plan includes on site consumption with cigars tobacco and lunch service in a front saloon area with detailed property measurements and glass door displays. The application is dated December 6 1908.
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Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Auditor's Office
Rockport
Occidental Hotel
Main Street
William R. Hynes
Said
Iudies
Henry P. Biedenkopf
Notice of Commissioner Sale of Real Estate
Notice of commissioner sale of real estate in Rockport Indiana in the Spencer county court to satisfy Ella Forston vs various defendants. Auctions set December 12 1908 at 1 pm for parcels in Crowder's and Wright and Griffith's additions and another December 10 1908 sale in Warwick County Indiana for part of the southwest quarter of section nineteen in township four south range four west. Sale to be continued day to day until all property offered.
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le Spencer Circuit Court
Ella Forston
Matthau Day
Josephine McVey
John Avery
Wil Iy
Avery Dolphus Avery
Mary Phillips
Laslie A Houston
Dennis Houston
Andrew Fouston
James Houston
William Houston
Farris Houston
Sophia Hallstaut
Louis Robinson
Bréscie Robinson
Rockpoart
Spacer County Indias
Crowder
Rockport
Spencer County
Northwes
Uingteen
Sald
Heilman
Sald County
Stalph E. Roberts
Smith & McCullough Attorneys
Spencer County seeks bids for Lake Drain Bridge repair
Notice from Spencer County Indiana board of commissioners announces bids accepted at the auditor's office until 2 PM Monday November 2 1988 for Lake drain bridge repair per plans and specifications on file. John T White County Auditor.
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Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Lake Drain
John T White
Notice of Administration for Mary M. Johnson Estate
Spencer circuit court appoints Samuel P. Gwaltney as administrator of the Mary M. Johnson estate in Spencer County Indiana. The estate is indicated as solvent and A Jd Payton serves as attorney.
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Spencer Circuit Court
Mary M. Johnson
Spencer County
Indiana
Samuel P. Gwaltney
Admr
A. Jd. Payton
Atty
How to Treat a Sprain
How to treat sprains with Cham berlain's Pain Balm. The remedy reduces inflammation and soreness, helping a sprain heal in about one third the usual time. For sale by T. C. Basye. About tea rooms and room dos and don'ts in a playful tongue twister.
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Chamberlain
T. C. Basye
When He Wins
A wry adage compares packing efficiency by gender, noting women pack a trunk well while men can unpack it faster, attributed to an Exchange remark.
Milk Weed Cream Soap Price Notes
Basye's drug store offers the soap at ten cents each, three cakes for twenty five cents, while generally it sells for fifteen cents a cake. The soap is described as exceedingly good and very satisfactory.
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Basye’s Drug Store
Long Lived Microbe Discovery in Arid Lands
A claim that hardy microbes endure for over two centuries on dry land and in water is discussed. The text notes a durable microbe presence as part of a puzzling, science news style item. It references extreme environments and speculative mining imagery.
DeWitts Little Early Risers Sold by T C Basye
Pleasant guaranteed pills marketed as safe easy laxative by DeWitt and Co. The product is sold locally through T C Basye.
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DeWitt
T. C. Basye
Viscount and Viscountess Falkland Move to Upper Grosvenor Street
The Viscount and Viscountess Falkland have left 76 Haton Square and moved to 26 Upper Grosvenor Street where they will arrive in mid November.
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London
Falkland
Haton Square
Upper
Grosvenor Street
London Morning Post
Newspaper men Excluded From Famous Trial
A remark by a journalist at a high profile trial notes pride in omitting facts from coverage. The piece contrasts press control with courtroom disclosures and hints at editorial censorship in sensational cases.
Phrase on wealth and selling to the poor
A businesswoman argues that when money from the rich is unavailable, one can profit by selling goods to poor customers who have cash while other avenues fail. The remark reflects class tensions and comic critique of market practices.
Birthday Cigars Prompt Argument Then Pile Remedy Ad
An odd ad notes the time to debate smoking comes just after a birthday gift of cigars. It promotes ManZan Pile Remedy promising relief from piles with the first application and a guaranteed price of 50 cents.
Little Mouse Trusts One Hole Says Plautus
A fragmentary remark notes a little mouse as a wary creature that safely relies on a single hole, attributed to Plautus.
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Plautus
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