Diverse Global Developments From Rail Tunnels To Tobacco Use
A long excerpt covers varied items: plans for a Philadelphia Camden under-river tunnel with $10 million cost. Huntington gifts and a new American Geographic Society building site in New York. rising tobacco consumption in France with 1908 figures. Geneva Union waiters society expanding globally. Nordenskjold Arctic explorer notes. Lancet advocates school medical inspection and clinic systems in towns.
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Rosario
Argentina
Mexic
Robert Hart
Wen Helang
Philadelphia
Camden
N.J
New York
Jersey
American Geographical Society
Collis P.huntington
Broadway
153D Street
New York City
Hudson River
Archer M. Huntington
France
Anti-Tobacco Society of
Geneva
Switzerland
John Calvin
International Society of Waiters
Geneva Union
Dresden
Otto Nordenskjold
Greenland
Smaland
Sweden
Baron Nordenskjold
Europe
Asia
Nordenskjold
South Pole
United States
Upsala University
Lancet
Germany
Peary Refuses Details on Cook Pole Claim
Commander Robert B Peary states he is the only man to reach the North Pole and will prove it. He declines to discuss Dr Frederick A Cook's pole claim now but promises to provide concrete proof later.
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Dr. Cook
Battle Harbor
Labrador
North Pole
Associated Press
Robert B. Peary
Douglas
Thomas
Roosevelt
Peary
Feltimo
Polar
Robert Bartlett
Bartlett
Reet
Frederick A. Cook
Pole
Cook
Former Boatswain Whitten backs polar controversy claims
Allan Whitten, former boatswain of the Erik, testifies Peary crew took Cook's provisions and ivory from Etah and Annatook. He recalls seeing Peary plans, confirms shortages forced shortened expeditions and notes the Erik's 1908 voyage to Hudson Bay alongside John a Bradley preparing for Cook's pole bid.
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Cook ST. Johns
N.F
Allan Whitter
Peary
Erik
John A' Bradley
Dr. Cook
Pole
Hudson Bay
Whitten
Bradley
Cook
Copenhagen
Peary’ Fe
Etah
Annatook
Bootewaln
Francke
Distressing Prison Conditions Prompt Federal Review
Washington reports severe and intolerable conditions at the western Pennsylvania penitentiary in Alleghany. Affected inmates include 21 federal prisoners. many idle, overcrowded cells, widespread tuberculosis, vermin, and poor food. Transfers to Atlanta or Leavenworth planned for those movable.
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Washington
Western
Pennsylvania
Alleghany
C. H. McGlassom
Department of Prisons
Wade Ellis
Department of Justice
Eliite
We Institution
Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary
Onne
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Bad Fire Destroys Wymore Grain Elevator
A fire in Wymore Nebraska destroyed the Central Grainary Company elevator this evening. Loss estimated at about 6000 dollars with about 3000 bushels of grain burned. Sparks from a passing engine are blamed as the likely cause as flames spread before firemen could fully control them. Nearby residences were endangered but saved from major damage.
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Wymore
Neb
Central Grainary Company
Welcome home banquet tickets sold for Cook in Brooklyn
New York reports the Arctic club plans a dinner for explorer Frederick A. Cook. The committee, led by Dr Roswell O Stebbins, has enough applicants with 200 seat requests at $5 each, signaling strong belief in Cook's claims.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Roswell O. Stebbins
The
Arctic Club
Wilson outlines agri education for semi arid plains
Secretary Wilson returns from the west and pledges full effort by the Department of Agriculture to educate farmers from the one hundredth meridian west. He warns meat prices may stay high, corn at about sixty cents, and many ranches exit as new settlers divide lands. He favors dry land and irrigation farming, criticizes the Campbell method, and notes the need to grow adaptable plants and conserve water.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Campbell
Tigress on the Waterfront Stirs Harbor Search Night
On the harbor front a royal Bengal tigress escaped a steamer and was hunted by police and gendarmes all night. Armed boats patrolled the water front while searchlights lit the piers. A prior fusillade failed to stop the beast, described as about three years old and captured in Sumatra six months ago.
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Marseililds
Royal Bengal Tieress
New York City Budget for 1910 Sees Large Increase
The city plans 1910 administration costs totaling about 184 million dollars, a 28 million rise from the current year. The figure underscores how government spending has grown since the late 1880s when federal outlays, excluding pensions, were under 178 million.
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New York
New York City
Board of Estimate
United States
Nebraska Notes: Beatrice News and Local Happenings
Giles Vera Pool attends Kearney school as valedictorian of 1909 Guide Bock class. L J Capps assigns pool and cigar store to Commercial National Bank of Kearney. fixtures taken over pending action. Gabriel Shada dies at Kearney hospital from heart trouble. Ban on Beatrice area corn yields optimistic. Woodward expects thirty bushels per acre. C D Burke plans Central City furniture store opening November 1 with full stock and undertaker. Beatrice high school dedication set October 1. Chancellor Avery may attend. Fire destroys Rook barn near Guide, heavy losses including train and hay. unknown origin. A man, Ollie Hargrave? detained after disturbance on Burlington train. Woodward corn sample shows large kernels. 30 bushels per acre possible. Henry Williams buys 3,000 bushels winter apples at Arlington. wormy fruit causes some refusals. Chadron federal court case continuances. no grand jury. Rose & Gons clothing store robbed near Beatrice. Harry Horney to Beaver Crossing for jewelry business. Sherman Phillips injured on football, knee swollen. Nebraska City storm damages fruit crop. losses estimated $30,000 countywide. Nebraska fish commissioners plan bass and crappie shipments from Nebraska City. Beatrice Company C to Blue Springs for exhibition drill.
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Giles Vera Pool
Kearney
Guide Bock High School
L. J. Capps
Commercial National Bank of
B. J. Nelson
Ponca
Nebraska
Central City
Board of Education
Anl
Beattrice
Avery
Noah H. Peters
Rook
Ollie Hargrave
Beatrice
Burlington
T. A. Woodward
Woodward
Henry Williams
Chicago Commission
Arlington
Williams
United Satas
Chadron
T. C. Munger
Rose & Gons
Harry
Horney
Beaver Crossing
Neb
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Wenson
Lima
Turner
Oxford
Perry
Bilis
Hansen
Siberia
Middle West
Claude
Sherman Phillips
Lyons
Nebraska City
Tt 46
Nebraska Fish Commmissioners
Company C
Blue Springs
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