Fossil Finds Reported by Yale Expedition in Plainview
Professor Richard S. Lull announces two toed horse skeletons and remains of prehistoric camels and elephants near Plainview Texas. He says plains were once timbered with heavy rainfall and several thousand pounds of fossils were shipped to Yale as the expedition continues toward Clarendon for broader digs.
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Plainview
Tex
Richard S. Lull
Yale
Tule Canyon
Clarendon
Two Toed Horses Precede The Two Toed Breed
Fossil evidence suggests that toed horses existed before the more familiar two toed varieties. Paleontologists note earlier species showing distinct toe configurations that evolved over time.
Lincoln Lee Grant memorial plan faces Capitol vote
A proposed House bill by Rep Poll would spend 1.25 million dollars on a Lincoln Lee Grant memorial in Washington. It allocates 250 thousand for a Robert E. Lee statue and 1 million for an arch over Pennsylvania Avenue linking the Grant and Lee bases, to be named Lincoln peace memorial arch.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Representative Poll
North Carolina
Robert E. Lee
U. S. Grant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
Lee
Wilson and Redfield favor gradual tariff revision and farming reform
Sea Girt New Jersey August 1 Governor Wilson and Representative Redfield discuss thorough but gradual tariff revision on almost every schedule. They emphasize steady steps over a single leap and endorse scientific farming to reduce living costs.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Wilson
Representative Redfield
Brooklyn
Redfield
Mr. Redfield
America
Encampment Opens At Corpus Christi With 900 Attendees
The eighth annual Texas Epworth league encampment began in Corpus Christi with more than 900 on opening day. Leaders arriving include Allan K. Ragsdale Houston H Moreland Whaling Rev Glenn Flynn and Prof Nat B Read. Friday talks feature Dr Featherston James Watt Raine and Dr Parker. Sunday session expected to be largest yet with up to 2500 attendees.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Epworth League
Allan K. Rags
Epworth-by-the-Sea
W. H. Featherston
Newton
Miss
James Watt Raine
Berea
San Antonio
Thomas Edison
Winnie McDermott
Queenie Sapp
Cameron
C. A. Wilcox
Austin
S. B. Johnson
Hebbronville
Alfred Evans
Sherman
L. W. Osborn
William Spears
San Benito
Edna Brack
Mami. Russey
J. B. Smith
Stamford
W. W. Griffin
Houston
W. H. McCracken
J. L. Brown
O. T. Hatfield
Kingsville
W. D. French
Lockhart
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
Letters from readers in Rochester and Stoutsville praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving monthly cramps dizziness and headaches in teenage girls. The company in Lynn Mass notes hundreds of grateful mothers report improvement in daughters health after using the product.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Richard N. Duncan
Exchange St
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Cora B. Fosnalan
R.F.D
No. 1
Johnson Knocks Out Kerchfield in Street Bout
In Chicago on August 1 Jack Johnson defeated Homer Kerchfield in one round at Johnsons cafe yard the street bout drew several hundred spectators. Kerchfield arrested after attempting to steal a spare tire. Johnson delivered a decisive uppercut ending the fight.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
South State
Thirty-first Streets
Homer Kerchfield
Stanton Avenue
Kerchfield
Colorado Storm Destroys Crops and Floods Towns
A late night storm in Colorado inundated several small towns with floods washing out railroad tracks. Cattle drowned and crops destroyed as residents faced widespread alarm. Farmer John Swingman of Kuner was knocked unconscious by hail.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Kuner
John Swingman
Coal Rate Suspension Hits Western Railway Freight
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended for six months proposed coal rate increases by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from the Walsenburg Colorado district to Kansas Oklahoma and Texas destinations. The move delays the plan from August 12 to February 1.
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Washington, D. C
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Walsenburg
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nation's Business to Publish National Progress Journal
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States will begin publishing The Nation's Business on September 2. Harry Wheeler of Chicago serves as president, with the periodical sent from Washington to editorial writers and National Chamber members. It aims to report progress in agriculture manufacturing mining transportation distribution and finance and will include government development statistics and bureau coverage. E Claude Mills notes the publication will unify regional progress and promote national thought. A Collman, plumber, 416 Main Ave.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Harry Wheeler
Chicago
Washington
National Chamber of Commerce
E. Claude Mills
International Club
Publec
Seusiness
May delay opening Panagia canal eyed by Taft and Stimson
President Taft and Secretary of War Stimson say congress must act this session to fund and operate the Panagia canal otherwise army engineers cannot keep their pledge to open the great waterway next year. Reports to the White House indicate congressional action is growing dimmer as toll and railroad steamship issues spark clashes in both houses.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Panagia Canal
Taft
War Stimson
Army
White House
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Selecidt
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Detroit Free Press
MASS
Hermann Sons’ Hall
Carden Garden Street
WM. L. Richter
People’s Party Committee
State Bank & Trust CO
Guaranty Fund Bank
West Texas Bank & Trust Co
Avenue C
Gunter Hotel
St. Anthony Hotel
Corpus Beach
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Beach” Hotel
Oe Menger
Crockett Hotel
Crockett and
Nacogdoches Streets
Alamo Plaza
Bagel & Wuest
Bexar Traveling Men
Alfred Sanner
Proprieto
Savoy
West
Houston &T
Sodus
Robert Og LE
Corpus Christ
Epworth League
Henry W. Featherston, D. D
Big Smoke
Schlitz
Ola
Water Street
Milwaukee
Nation's Business
A. Collman
Main Ave
Carter
Cardle
Big Ditch
the Emmet Bank
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
Ginners
Maverick
Giarke Litho Go
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