Taft Predicts Cheaper Meat After Farm Inquiry
President Taft cites a Agriculture Department study showing bumper crops reduce food costs, with corn fattening into cheaper meats and crops like wheat hay oats potatoes and sugar lowering prices. Secretary Wilson notes higher farm returns this year and a potential $500 million consumer saving as prices ease through autumn.
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Beverly
Mass
United States
Taft
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Roosevelt Rallies, Retains Fight Amid Injury
Roosevelt pressures Governor Johnson to stay in the race despite a splintered rib. Johnson insists on continuing, while Roosevelt urges him to quit. Heney relays Roosevelt’s defense against trust regulation criticisms as leaders debate, with a Madison Square Garden speech planned for late October.
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Johnson
Roosevelt
Calfornia
William Allen White
Francis J. Heney
Bull Moose
California
Wilson
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Paving Ready After Track Rebuild On San Antonio Traction
San Antonio traction work front on South Alamo to U P depot East Commerce Street tears up track replaces ties with steel raises roadbed and lays creosoted wood blocks for paving. Two weeks spent. three more anticipated as tracks rise higher for drainage and pavement efficiency. Superintendent Courtney notes pace quickened by track raise.
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San Antonio Traction Company
South Alamo Street
U. P
East Commerce Street
Courtney
Vanderbilt 10 Increase And Vast Fortune Wealth A Birthday Gift
New York October 19 Tomorrow Alfred G Vanderbilt turns 350 years of age according to a tongue in cheek note of his estate. The will grants him fifty million dollars in all and places him among America’s superdreadnoughts of finance. His elder brother Cornelius was disinherited leaving Alfred the fortune, with additional support from his mother and sister. Alfred pursues horses and european living, less business. He has spent years abroad, runs a London Brighton coach line, and presides over the New York horse show. He has married twice. his first wife Elsie French Vanderbilt left him, and his present wife, the divorced Mrs. McKim, hails from Baltimore. Their son Willie, age 11, has received a 1.5 million dollar trust as he remains linked to his mother.
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Wilson
Minnesota
United States
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
America
Cornelius
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Alfred
Aimerce
Nallionaire
London
Paris
Europe
Brighton
Fifth Avenue
Newport
West End
Smith Hollings McKim
Baltimore
E. Emerson
C. Hazeltine Basshor
Dr. McKim
Reno
New
England
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Frances Osmonde French
William Henry
Willie
Mary Agnes O’brien Ruiz
Mme. Ruiz
St. Louis
Margaret McKim Vanderbilt
Alfred G
William
Smith Hollins McKim
Isaac Emerson
Hazeltine Basshor
Mrs. McKim
McKim
Jack Horner
James McVicker
Elsie French
William K. Vanderbilt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Willie K. Vanderbilt
the Duchess of Marlborough
Vanderbilt fortune advances amid high society divorce talks
Alfred G. Vanderbilt turns thirty five and gains 25 million from his father's will, joining a fortune already totaling 50 million. The article details his marriages, predivorce agreements, custody rulings, and extensive divorce-impacted wealth provisions for future separations among the Vanderbilt circle.
Poultry Prices Seen After Auto-Related Chickens
Quote notes that money exists in poultry with high prices for chicks killed by passing autos, but warns buyers must stay vigilant to secure good returns.
Don’t Be Fussy About Eating
This piece promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a trusted aid for indigestion and related stomach troubles. It asserts tablets relieve symptoms like sour risings gas and flatulency, notes they are not a cure but provide relief, and states they are sold by druggists at 50 cents per box.
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Stuart
O. K
Gun season outlook promises plentiful game in Texas
Chief Game Warden Jeff D. Cox reports quail and doves abundant and deer plentiful across North Texas as season opens November 1. The Texas game department has mailed non-resident county licenses to county clerks for issuance and will issue out of state licenses directly. A Tennessee inventor explains a chair for invalids fitted with mirrors to allow visibility of surroundings.
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Austin
Tex
Jeff D. Cox
Dallas
North
Texas
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