Growing Countries Population and Immigration Trends
Canada’s population is estimated at 7 350 000 with regional distribution: Maritime provinces 1 037 112 Quebec 2 088 461 Ontario 2 619 025 Western provinces 1 371 164 unorganized territories 58 309. The article notes continual growth, immigration, strong consumption, and rising wealth, with Spain sending Iberian migrants to Canada and other Latin countries.
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Census Department of
Canada
Dominion
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Western Provinces
Mexican Herald
Argentina
Spain
Cuba
Rubber emerging as new staple in global trade
The text notes a shift from king cotton and corn to rubber as a key commerce staple. Rubber demand rises for tires and related products, with a surge in U S production and imports. Sumatra plans to convert tobacco estates to rubber, though tobacco farming in Connecticut Kentucky and other states will not be replaced.
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United States
Sumatra
Connecticut
Kentucky
American States
Auto and Airwave Powers in Late 19th Century Life
A Newport summer resident’s touring car sank in sand while visiting a neighbor. An obliging farmer hitched oxen and pulled the car free. The piece notes the auto’s usefulness and persistence despite occasional breakdowns and lingering mobility issues.
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Newport
New Gyro-Compass Tested Aboard Scout Birmingham
A compass combining conventional and gyroscopic elements is under test on the scout cruiser Birmingham. It aims to remove all needle deviation and can be placed inside ships for protection. The system would aid naval use and, more importantly, commercial shipping facing compass deviations on steel vessels.
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Birmingham
Census to Add COP Cities From 1900 Population List
Census officials plan to expand the 1900 population list by adding cities in the United States with 25 000 or more residents. Machinery for the farm is noted as a contributor to urban rise, suggesting the number of such cities may exceed sixty.
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United States
Heiress Forced to Labor Over Estate Dispute
A New York girl heiress to a $6,000,000 fortune is made to work to pay her board while lawyers quarrel over dividing the estate. The case lends support to the “give while you live” theory.
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New York
Parisian hobble skirts invade bathing styles
The article notes that fair Parisiennes have adopted hobble skirt bathing suits making swimming impractical. It suggests they would likely retreat to their bathrooms to bathe rather than enter public water.
Labor Day Parade in Kansas City Led by Samuel Gompers
Five thousand marchers packed Kansas City streets despite heavy rain as Samuel Gompers headlined the Labor Day procession. The event featured prominent glass workers and sheet metal workers with art glass umbrellas and copper accents.
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Kansas City
Army of Organized Labor
Labor Temple
Woodland Avenue
Maren
Usas City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Fisheries Dispute Settled by Arbitration Court
The Hague ruled in favor of Great Britain on most issues in the long running fisheries dispute with the United States. The award, announced by Professor Lunmmasch, is unanimous except on U S fishermen exclusion from bays. The case, heard under the Root treaty, ends a century of tension and is tied to Newfoundland fisheries history.
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Hague
International Court of Arbitration
Great Britain
United States
Lunmmasch
England
Root
Newfoundland
Radium in Metallic Form Demonstrated by Curie Duo
Paris reports Mme Curie and Prof Dubiern have produced pure radium in metallic form from radium salts using an infinitesimal amount. The white metal oxidizes in air turning black, adheres to iron, ignites paper, and rapidly decomposes water. Researchers will study its radioactive properties in a glass tube.
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Paris
France
Mme, Curie
Academy of Seine
Dubiern
Nicaragua Surrenders as Estrada Assumes Control
The State Department said Consul Johnston at Corinto, Nicaragua, telegraphed that San Juan Del Sur has been turned over to the Estrada government. The surrender effectively places nearly all of Nicaragua under Estrada's control.
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Nicaragua
Washington, D. C
State Department
Johnston
Corinto
San Juan del Sur
Estrada Au
Estrada
Vermont Returns Show Meade Defeats Watson In Governor Race
Complete returns from 275 districts list Meade the Republican with 35 206 votes and Watson the Democrat with 17 220. Meade’s plurality totals 17 986 versus Prouty’s 1908 plurality of 29 645.
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White
River Junction
Meade
Watson
Prouty
Oregon plan seen to carry in Nebraska senate race
In Omaha the vote canvass of the recent Nebraska primary shows the Oregon plan likely to prevail in selecting a United States senator to replace Burkett. Among Democrats 24 of 33 Senate candidates and 75 of 100 House hopefuls signed Statement No 1. among Republicans 13 Senate candidates and 47 House candidates did so.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Oregon
United States
Burkett
Senate
House
Autopsy Reveals Mysterious Digestive Junk in Sallie Roper
In St. Joseph, Sallie Roper died of kidney disease. An autopsy found a five pound mass in her stomach containing 125 nails, bolts, safety pins, buttons, pebbles, pins, carpet tacks, prune stones and a car tag, suggesting long ingestion.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Sallie Roper
Roosevelt to Speak Twice in St Louis Visit
Theodore Roosevelt will deliver two speeches during his St Louis visit on October 11. One speech will be non partisan and given at the Business Men's league banquet, the other political in nature and to be delivered at the Coliseum at night.
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Roosevelt
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Theodore Roosevelt
Business Men's League
Tegracter
Coliseum
Night Maneuvers Open at Fort Riley Training Camp
In Junction City Kansas the first in a series of night maneuvers was carried out by the entire regular command at Fort Riley instruction camp. The exercise involved disposition of troops for security in squadrons and battalions.
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Junction City
Kansas
Fort Riley
Roosevelt declines Hamilton Club banquet over Lorimer presence
Col. Theodore Roosevelt refuses to attend a Chicago Hamilton Club dinner at the county fair in Freeport unless Senator Lorimer is excluded. A sixteen member committee led by John H. Batten sent a telegram to Lorimer noting Roosevelt would not sit at the same table with him, effectively withdrawing the invitation.
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Freeport
Illinois
Col. Roosevelt
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Lorimer
John H. Batten
Fair Grounds
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Batten
Senator Lorimer
Senator Torimer
William Lorimer
la Salle Street
Roosevelt warns railroad men on corruption and politics
Col Theodore Roosevelt told Illinois railroad workers in Freeport that he may return to public life but would oppose corruption. He warned corporations and politicians not to back him if they profit from wrongdoing and said he would hurt them if given influence. He refused to clarify his remarks on future office.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Theodore Roosevelt
Freeport
Ill
Ballinger Declines Resignation at Arctic Club Smoker
Secretary Ballinger says he will not depart from his post and will aid President Taft in upholding the constitution. In a Seattle Arctic Club smoker honoring Secretary Nagel and Attorney General Wickersham he asserts his integrity and resolve to continue along his chosen path.
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Seattle
Washington
Taft
Ballinger
Arctic Club
Nagel
Wickersham
Aviator Chavez Sets World Record in Paris Flight
George Chavez, the French aviator, broke the world high rise record in a monoplane by reaching 8,792 feet. The previous record of 8,471 feet was set by Leon Morane on September 3 at Deauville.
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Paris
France
George Chavez
Leon Morane
Deauville
It Happened As T Refused He Said He Didn't Care
The Houston Post quote recalls a moment of personal doubt about a marriage proposal. The speaker questions why someone assumed a wedding plan would occur, noting the suitor’s claim that he did not care what happened to him and might not have been serious.
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Lth
Tlouston
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims constitutional cure
There is a claim that catarrh is a constitutional disease and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is advertised to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and supply testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney& Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Hal
Bank Robbery Scandal Sparks City Police Absence
A dramatic newspaper sample shows Mrs Simmmonds reacting to a scare headline about a bank burglary and the police being away on fishing, illustrating a scandalous gap in city law enforcement coverage narrated by a judge.
Even the Children Ex-Governor Pennypacker Condemns Divorce
Ex Governor Pennypacker spoke at a Philadelphia luncheon critiquing the divorce epidemic with a witty tale. He quoted a Kensington school teacher asking a girl about the future of I love and the girl replied a divorce, illustrating the perceived moral decline.
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Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Kensington
Talking to the Child and Quiet Discipline
A neighboring girl notes Mrs X talks to Madge as Mr X talks to their dog. The piece argues a harsh tone in childrearing is unnecessary. A quiet but firm mother is a more effective disciplinarian than a dictatorial, harsh voice. Kindness does not spoil children, while indecision can.
Grape-Nuts Endorsed by Ailing Traveler
A Cincinnati commercial traveler credits Grape-Nuts with curing a year of stomach trouble and weight loss. He weighs 194 pounds after starting the cereal, reports improved brain function and appetite, and says the story is publishable as a true testimonial.
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Cincinnati
Lamother
Wellville
Iver
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R. S. McTaggart
Publiser
Scandia
Wass Ngton
Radium
Vermont
Senator
Itch
Mazel
Murine
Murine Eye Remedy Co
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