Veteran Carlsbad Doctor Aged 97 Keeps Practice
The oldest qualified physician, Gallus Ritter von Hoch berger, M D, living in Carlsbad, is 97 and has practiced 71 years. He still offers medical advice to the poor, visits the theatre daily, and remains a fixture in town. A society plans Adirondack colonies for consumptives with small farms for light outdoor work. A Brooklyn doctor launches a project to aid consumption patients in northern New York. A Minneapolis widow ends a long spirit visitation, finding happiness with a living husband after a new physician’s counsel.
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Carlsbad
Gallus Ritter von Hochberger
A. J. Austen Kelly
Brooklyn
New York
Adirondacks
Minneapolis
Serge
Emma
Maori Home Rule Measure Introduced in Wellington
In the New Zealand house the Maori party holds four native members yet wields influence on Maori interests. Lately the Maori agitate for self rule and a measure is introduced in parliament at Wellington to embody modest native claims on Maori lands, expected to pass after sympathetic discussion.
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New Zealand
House of Representatives
Wellington
Centenaries Revisit Historic Events Across States
Commemorations of hundredth anniversaries revive past milestones from Concord to Yorktown and the Louisiana Purchase. States mark admission anniversaries, with Tennessee completed and Ohio next, as Honolulu eyes a future centennial celebration of its annexation.
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Concord
Yorktown
Louisiana Purchase
Union
Tennessee
Ohio
Honolulu
United States
Harbor Bill Promise Highlights Port Welfare
A sea port advocate argues that a winter River and Harbor bill benefits the nation, noting that easier access lowers transportation costs and boosts profits for sellers abroad while reducing costs for buyers at home. He frames the port as the nation’s gateway and urges lawmakers to support improvements that lower freight charges and raise your share of trade.
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Congress
Ornithologists applaud bird protection efforts and law action
At the Amen ean Ornithologists union meeting the committee on bird protection reported progress from the past year. With lighthouse keepers life-saving captains and island owners cooperation gulls and tern breeding grounds were protected. Under the Lacey Dill a body seizure of 2 600 birds from a Maryland dealer led to a suit. Wholesale milliners in Baltimore proposed inspecting and withdrawing illegally held stock. Notably many ladies at the meeting wore no hats trimmed with birds or feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amenean Ornithologists’ Union
Committee On Bird Protection
Lacey Dill
Haryland
Baltimore
Union
Holland Proposes Atlantic Crossing In Submarine Craft
Holland, the submarine boatman, plans a cross Atlantic voyage in a craft that can stay underwater or sail like a normal steamer. He outlines a Bermuda to Azores to Lisbon to Cadiz route and says most of the journey will be underwater.
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Holland
Atlantic
Bermudas
Azores
Lisbon
Cadiz
Spain
Farming Matters and Dairy Practices Across Regions
A collage of notes from Field and Farm on topics from Edison’s fuel factory in North Dakota to cattle losses in Kansas, vaccination effects in Colorado and Texas, wild beans used as stock fodder, and threshing corn. The column discusses fruit handling laws, milk interval effects on fat, and dairy yields versus overall milk production in various states.
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United States
Blackley
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Western
New Mexico
West
Alfalfa as an Egg-Boosting Poultry Feed
The article champions alfalfa as a valuable feed for laying hens, noting its rich nitrogen and minerals, lime content, and kidney of soluble lime aiding egg production. It advises chopped or scalded alfalfa every other day, prefers cut and evening-soaked serving, and warns that grain alone lacks lime for robust laying.
Te Halse Seedling Trees
Advice on forestry seedling production and transplanting from seedling beds to nursery rows. Discusses sowing ripened seeds, planting nuts in heaps or sand layers, and timing for various species like oaks, Carolina poplar, silver maple. Recommends planting distance and soil conditions for rapid root development.
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Immcore
Constitutional home rule taxation amendments proposed
Denver reports a Bucklin commission study on land and property taxation leads to constitutional amendments. Sec 6 would allow property tax exemptions for rights of way and land with improvements. Sec 9 could allow county voters to exempt personal property and land improvements from local taxes under certain conditions. Sec 11 caps state property taxation at 4 mills, with exceptions for rights of way and land. Signed by Buecklin and Earhart, with Hill in dissent.
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Denver
Colo
Thirteenth
General Assembly
Tax Commission
Twelfth General Assembly
Bucklin
Mesa County
New Zealand
Australasian
Buecklin
Earhart
Wm. A. Hill
Morgan County
Improvements at University Park Denver plans fifteen student housing units
Denver, Dec. 20. Fifteen new houses will be built at University Park to house University of Denver students. Costs range from 1000 to 5000 dollars. A independent corporation may be formed to erect the dwellings in cooperation with the university. Bishop H W Warren cites rising demand as a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
University Park
University of Denver
H. W. Warren
Terrible London Storm Rips Channel Vessels and Harbors
London reports a recurrence of storms and violent gales in the channel causing extensive coastal damage. The bark Primrose Hill, ashore near Holyhead, broke up with one survivor. Taunton breakwater failed, Watchet harbor wrecked, several ships adrift and damaged, with damage running into thousands of pounds and many vessels seeking shelter.
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London
Holyhead
Primrose Hil
Liverpool
Vancouver
Penrhos
Southstack
Taunton
Watchet Harbor
Rumor of a New Emperor in China
Private advices from Shansi report the Empress Dowager secretly named a new emperor while the court stayed at Taiyuenfu. A fifteen year old boy placed on the imperial throne was taken to Sian Fu in the yellow chair, prompting Emperor Kwang Su to return to Pekin and seek reform party aid.
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London
Shansi
Shanghai
Standard
Taiyuenfu
Ting Hsu
Sian Fu
Kwang
Pekin
Kwang Su
Reform Party
Negotiations on Danish West Indies sale continue
A Copenhagen correspondent reports direct talks between the American and Danish governments over selling the Danish West Indies. The Danish mints in Washington will soon submit a proposal for Senate consideration.
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Morestern
Per Capita Wealth Calculation to Include Territories
Washington dispatch reports that after January 1 the United States per capita wealth will include Hawaii, Alaska and Indian Territory, with a likely slight reduction from the current estimate around £27. The move expands geographic coverage and adjusts national wealth figures.
New State Horticultural Society Formed at Denver
The New Horticultural Society of Colorado held a full day session at the chamber of commerce. Officers elected for the year include President C S Faurot Boulder Vice President W B Upton Montrose Secretary George F E Richardson Alcott Denver Treasurer Mrs Lute Wilcox Denver and executive committee Charles S Parsons Boulder W S Haswell and W G M Stone. The next annual meeting date and place will be set by the executive committee. The society will work with the state board of horticulture though unconnected, and a circular letter will invite interested growers to join in hopes of a large membership.
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C. 8. Faurot
Boulder
W. B. Upton
Montrose
George FE. Richardson
Alcott
Lute Wilcox
Denver
Charles 8. Parsons
Haswell
Pat Crowe Identified in Abduction Case
Omaha report states Daniel Burris identified a pony left at Mrs Mack's barn in Pacific Junction Iowa as one he sold to a man fitting Pat Crowe’s description days before the Codahy abduction. Mrs Thomas MB Cooper, Burris’s daughter, picked two rogues gallery photos matching the light complexioned man.
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Omaha
Daniel Burris
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Mack
Pat Ves
Thomas MB. Cooper
Burris
Rogues’ Gallery
Crowera
Cooper
Crowe
Pullman Millions estate value swells to 15 million
Executors report assets of the Pullman estate rose by six million dollars since George M. Pullman’s death a bit over three years ago. Probate accounting places the current estate at 15 million, up from 9 million when handed to the executors. Gains chiefly from increased stocks bonds and similar property.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Five Questions From Sian Fu Note On Demands
China Notes receipt of powers demands from Sian Fu with five questions. The imperial court asks if the Taku fort will remain standing though dismantled, whether princes would be beheaded, if allies would cease expeditions if demands upheld, which places allies plan to occupy, and how long they intend to occupy them.
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Pekin
Sian Fu
War Will Last for Years Says South Africa Dispatches
Major Grover Botha arrived in Rome en route to The Hague with dispatches for Mr. Kruger. He forecast a prolonged South African war, claimed Steyn planned a Cape Colony invasion, and predicted a guaranteed revolt by the Afrikaners.
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Rome
Grover Botha
Lewis Motha
Hague
Kruger
South Africa
Steyn
Cape Colony
No Santa Fe Patenton Denies Pecos Valley Purchase
President Ripley of the Santa Fe denies reports that the line has acquired the Pecos Valley and Western railway. He states the Santa Fe has owned the road for some time and has no intention to extend to Albuquerque, nor to impede Rock Island expansion.
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Chicago
Ripley
The
Santa T
Pecos Valley &Thwestern Railroad
Albugeave
Rock Island
Sportsmen convene in Denver to draft game protection bill
Representatives from nearly every Colorado county and sportsmen groups gather at the Denver Wheel Club to draft a bill for the upcoming legislature to safeguard big game and fish. Talks cover Indian hunting, enforcement, and proposed license tiers, with movements to curb raids and overhunting. The two-session meeting sets a seven inch trout limit, ditch paddle wheels to protect fish, and adjusts waterfowl seasons and bag limits.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Utah
Jack” Goff
Roosevelt
Hon Hunt
William Cooke Daniels
Charles Kibler
Kemp Middlekauff
Johnson
J. Grattan O'Bryan
Sumner W. Matteson
Matteson
BF. Jay
Rcutt
Rio Blanco
Jay
White River
Mr. Jay
Myron
D.C. Beaman
Gunnison
Beaman
Lake
Gilpin
Denver market receipts and livestock prices overview
The fragment lists Denver market receipts totaling 7,050 with last year’s figures and mentions varied livestock items such as cows, calves, ewes, wethers, and poultry. It also describes wedding attire details, detailing a pale frock and a decorative dress touch, implying a social notice alongside market data.
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Rocky Ford Enterprise
Rocky Ford, Colorado
Philadelphia
Alfalfa
New Horticultural Society
Cola
New State Horticultural Society
Chamber of Commerce
Pat Crowe
China
Sportsmen
Denver Guy
South Park
al Denver
Ora Springs
Turkey
Elgin Crean
Immitat
Sanvtary
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