Treasury Building Kept Like A Large House By Government
Special to the Light describes the United States Treasury in Washington as a vast house to heat clean and maintain. About 2 500 people work there with ice from a private plant and a large cleaning staff of 75 women. The article details vast supplies from cheese cloth to towels and numbers of windows carpets and furnishings required to keep the grand building in order.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Sam
Hemisphere
Uncle Sam’s Bank
United States Treasury
Virginia beauty to sue for 25000 in Boston court
Miss Florence Schenck plans to file suit against Mrs. Charles H. Wilson for alienation of her husband’s affections. She alleges she wed Charles H. Wilson in London on May 8, 1908 with Alfred G. Vanderbilt and others present, and says they were married in 1911 in Boston.
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Florence Schenck
Virginia
Boston
Charles H. Wilson
Jane Delehanty
East Boston
New York
Delehanty
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Adams House
Miss Schenck
Wilson
London
Craig Wadsworth
Valeska Suratt
Chamberlain Near Death in Birmingham Special Cable
News from Birmingham reports Joseph Chamberlain near death after a long illness. The aged statesman remains in a semi conscious state and is no longer able to follow events or engage with those around him.
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London
Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Mormon Capital Ready to Entertain Congress
Salt Lake City hosts the twentieth National Irrigation Congress from September 28 to October 3 with delegates from the United States and abroad. Senator Newlands of Nevada is president and will preside. a grand street pageant is planned for Monday night. The event centers on land reclamation and water use.
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Salt Lake City
National Irrigation Congress
Brigham Young
Congress
United States
Newlands
Nevada
West
Ancient fire fighting carts to be exhibited in New York
New York gears up for a fire prevention exposition at Madison Square Garden with old hose carts and ladder trucks displayed beside modern equipment. The event includes awards for daring feats and nightly demonstrations, with manufacturers from the US and Europe showcasing firefighting gear.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
United States
Europe
Sun Power Plant Test Shown In Egypt
A telegram from London reports Frank Schuman’s sun heat system successfully raising steam in Egypt. The device uses 672 iron boxes with glass covers on a 5000 square foot south-facing surface, aided by six foot mirrors to reach high temperatures.
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London
Egypt
Frank Schuman
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Clover'’S
Freight
Brussels
Orient
Saxony
Yving
Beauty
Hay
Ay NarmGuley
Socat
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Bexar Drug CQ
A. Colliian
Main Ave
Davenport
Clover’s White Furniture Palace
I. L. Hendricks
Clower'’Souis
Hendricks and Fenstermaker
Clower’s
the Creamery Dairy CO
France
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