California fruit crop outlook after quake remains strong
Rocky Ford Enterprise reports careful inquiry into California fruit prospects after a recent convulsion. Apricots may be scarce due to rains, while cherries and plums show excellent conditions and large expected supply. Grapes’ future is uncertain but a likely bumper year is anticipated. Wine demand rises from San Francisco fire losses, with over 20 million gallons consumed. Agricultural outlook remains encouraging despite months before mercantile gains.
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California
Califfornia
Santa Clara Valley
Chervier
San Francisco
City’s Good Investment in Central Park History
The Sun notes New York City spent about 15 million dollars on Central park and related park buildings. Bonds totaling 12.5 million funded land and improvements with another 2.5 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and park facilities. Assessed park land value stands around 185 million dollars, with actual value likely near 200 million.
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Knickerbocker
Central Park
City of
New York
Arsenal
the Sun
Metropolitan Museum of Art
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Park
Reform in Spelling Moves on Board of Superintendents
Nine members of the New York board of school superintendents favor reform spelling but the Cleveland Plain Dealer cautions against schoolwide adoption. It argues language evolves naturally through usage, not by rules, and warns against teaching children to misspell words on the say of a small group of advocates. A Kansas City judge presides over a $25000 damages case where a piano player loses fingers. the jurors are discharged as the witness cries, prompting a new suit.
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Ivo
New York Board of
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kansas City
Unsolved Problems of Navigating the Air
The essay argues optimism about flight, warning that engine power, starting and stopping, and safe alighting are key unsolved issues. It favors the airplane over balloons for practical flight, noting current experiments yield limited success and dangerous landings. The author believes air conquest remains in the future.
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Atlantic Ocean
Brain Work Makes American Athlete Triumphs at Athens
The article argues American athletic supremacy stems from intelligent study and disciplined training. It highlights Connoly and Ewry as self made champions, notes the Marathon rise of American runners, and predicts American records in discus and other events as scientific coaching in US schools continues. It warns that athletic salaries may influence future vigor of college programs.
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James B. Connoly
Ray Ewry
Grand Army Encampment Draws Thousands in Greeley
Ten thousand people filled Greeley streets for the Grand Army encampment with 800 in the parade. Delegates elected Colorado Wyoming officers led by Department commander L. C. Dana of Colorado Springs and officers for the Woman's Relief Corps and Son and Daughter of Veterans also chosen.
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Greeley
Colo
Grand Army
Department of Colorado and
Wyoming
L. C. Dana
Colorado Springs
P. A. Gatchell
Cheyenne
Charles A. White
C. A. Brooks
Fort Morgan
8. O. Burdick
Boulder
I. H. Burt
W. W. Ferguson
Denver
Dexter T. Sapp
Gunnison
W. H. Macumber
T. C. Ramey
Fort Collins
William Jones
I. C. McKallip
J. H. Young
D. H. Horner
W. H. Smith
Ed. Pitkin
W. H. Comstock
R. C. Goff
Irene B. Cowle
Sybil Watson
Pueblo
Lydia Horne
Alice Smith
Emma Johnson
Minnie L. Benson
Mary Ingersol
Adele Clark
Persis A. French
Anna Bradley
Irene Tollivar
Ruth Dana
Sons of Veterans
A. W. Stillians
Durango
Daughters of Veterans
Anna M. Kelly
Meat Inspection Plan Set By House Agriculture Panel
Washington report notes a House agriculture committee completed a meat inspection provision to ensure Ameri can meats and products are wholesome. The bill assigns a $2,000,000 annual government appropriation, mandates post mortem and ante mortem checks, a government label for interstate products, and a purity certificate for foreign shipments. It authorizes rapid staffing, forbids health harming preservatives, requires sanitation standards, and imposes penalties for violations.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Standard Oil to Offer No Defense Before ICC
Cleveland, Ohio. The Standard Oil Company will not present defense before the Interstate Commerce Commission against charges of commercial banditism. After demanding a day in court and stating it would refute all accusations, the company has decided to let rebuttal testimony lapse, leaving the record unchallenged and prompting commission members to report the charges to Congress as unrefuted.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Injured in Lyons to Estes Park stage overturning
At least three people were seriously injured when a stage carrying fourteen passengers overturned on a steep grade between Lyons and Estes Park on Wednesday afternoon. Injured include Arthur Stiles driver with a broken leg and shoulder bruise, Mrs. Bessie Allen with a sprained ankle and body bruises, and a Denver waitress with a broken leg and dislocated ankle. The horses were frightened as the stage descended the grade.
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Lyons
Colo
Estes Park
Arthur Stiles
Bessie Allen
Woodstock
Tilinois
Denver
Sted’s
Flying Machine Captivates Law Makers In Washington
Lincoln Beachy piloted a flying machine over the Washington Monument White House and Capitol delaying government business for hours. The craft circled the monument twice hovered near the mansion and landed near the White House before completing a circuit to the capitol grounds drawing crowds and sparking debate on dirigible balloons for war. Army and navy officers praised its simple crude construction while lawmakers praised potential value in government experiments. Beachy operates with Roy Knabenshue whose flying machine is on display.
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Washington
Lincoln Beachy
Washington Monument
White House
Army
Potomac
Monument
Executive Mansion
President Roosevelt
War and Navy
Treasury
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Beachy
Virginia
Navy
Roy Knabenshue
Joint Statehood Campaign Gains Steam in New Mexico
Denver reports a Santa Fe Republican dispatch noting the Hamilton-Beveridge statehood bill clearing both chambers. Indifference pervades the territory but parties plan a vigorous joint statehood campaign with Arizona. Leaders foresee broad support for joint statehood as separate statehood options fade.
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Denver
Santa Fe
Arizona
New Mexico
Brooks Saves Coal Test in Civil Bill
The civil bill for geological survey coal testing was struck out by a point of order. Representative Brooks redrafted the provision and sought adoption. Mr. Dalzell moved to raise Brooks' appropriation to 260000, which was approved, then Brooks' amendment was reinserted.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Brooks
Dalzell
Colorado
Lower Railway Rates Announced by Major Lines
A conference of passenger officials from Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Santa Fe announced a per mile fare reduction across six Western states and two territories. Idaho main lines drop to three cents from four while portions of Wyoming and Colorado also move to three. Nevada Arizona New Mexico see four instead of five or six and Utah main lines to three from four. Rates take effect July 1.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Cuticura Remedies Aided Boy’s Severe Skin Ailment
Reader Michael Steinman of Brooklyn recounts a twelve year battle with a spreading eczema that baffled doctors. After trying many treatments, Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent brought dramatic improvement and eventual cure. She notes her son is now twelve with smooth skin. Also a brief Washington Star quip about a girl practicing five hours daily to please new neighbors.
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Wbw
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y
Washington Star
Catarrh Cure Offered With One Hundred Dollar Reward
A promotional notice touts a cure for catarrh by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces and offers $100 to any case failing to cure, inviting readers to request testimonials and buy from local dealers.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Jie
Toke Ly Pille
Bad Effect of Athletics On a Man
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt a hospital doctor says the man is “the victim of athletics” and insists he never trained, noting only that another fellow who hit him caused the harm. The piece suggests dangers of sports without training.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Care of Oilcloth and Household Tips
Care of Oilcloth describes dust removal with a soft hair brush, washing with tepid water and ivory Soap, then hints clean water with kerosene, and polishing with a dry cloth. It includes a motto by Eleanor R. Parker and a Defiance Starch endorsement, plus a note on trying a tennis suit in open court.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Denver Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Tumor Cure
A letter from Mrs. Sarah Kellogg of 1628 Lincoln Ave Denver tests Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for a five year tumor. She details relief after two weeks and complete disappearance after seven months praising the remedy and urging others to seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham's firm in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Sarah Kellogg
Denver
Woman's Relief Corps
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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