New York Women Burn $500000 On Cigarettes And Accessories
New York reports show women spent about half a million dollars last year on cigarettes and related accessories, with dealers noting brisk demand in 1910. The trend follows social fashion, as women in affluent circles purchase ornate cigarette cases and jewelry to accompany their smoking habit.
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New York
United States Treasury
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Smart
Merlin
Wolf Chased and Killed by 15 Farmers in Hopkinsville
In Hopkinsville Kentucky a party of 15 farmers hunted and killed a large gray wolf that had plagued sheep for years. A pack of hounds drove the wolf to bay on C L Dade farm and Fred Tyler shot it after a lengthy chase. The animal weighed about 60 pounds, stood two feet high, and stretched four feet nose to tail. The wolf had killed a lamb and dragged the carcass 200 yards before witnesses secured weapons.
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Hopkinsville
C. L. Dade
Fred Tyler
Mr. Dade
Sinking Fork River
Fall Barn Man Sent Back to Native Land In Firm Verdict
A battered account describes an American man with dreams of becoming a millionaire who fell from a liner gangplank while attempting to land. He broke his arm and, after an inquiry, was deemed unable to earn a living in the United States. He must return to his homeland under the decision of the inquiry board.
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America
Helligothy
Bainland
Amerion
Deer Driving Away Caribou in Maine Says Game Warden
Bangor, Me. Game Warden Cy Adams reports there are no caribou left in Maine. He cites deer overabundance consuming moss, forcing caribou to migrate to New Brunswick or Quebec, and notes that caribou avoid lumbering areas and towns.
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Bangor
Maine
Cy” Adams
New Brunswick
Quebec
Burglar bashes in and a transom tale unfolds
A young wife recounts a chaotic evening of a home intrusion. She frets over a broken transom, a missing key, wilted lettuce, and a dinner plan disrupted by a repeated burglar. The night ends with a crash, a barking dog, and her husband mistakenly storming in to finish the tale.
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Mrs. Martin
Harry
Uncle John
Hilda
Calad
Togo
Mme
Manitoba Plague of Rats Threatens Southern Manitoba
An invasion of rats has reached St Adolph, 14 miles south of Winnipeg, with Gretna the first Manitoba locality. Provincial officials distributed virus to stop the invasion, but uptake has been poor. The virus on bread kills rats and spreads disease to others. rats also consume dead mates spreading germs.
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Manitoba
St. Adolph
Gretna
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Matrimonial agency on horizon as maid cases end in marriage
Eli Warren of Hasleton Indiana, president of Citizens' National Bank, tried thirteen maids in three years as they each married locally. The latest, Maggie Lafair, wed farmer Charles Decker, prompting a new widow to take the position.
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Hasleton
Eli Warren
Warren
Maggie Lafair
Charles Decker
Pigeons Gather at Funeral of Noted Fancier
In Allentown a flock of pigeons paused near the grave as Allen F. Seip, a noted pigeon fancier, was laid to rest. Some say it was coincidence others insist the birds showed humanlike mourning for their master and friend.
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Allentown
Allen F. Seip
Gra
Maid’s $5,000 bequest shocks Niven family
In New York Rev. Thornton M. Niven’s relatives learned Anna Gray, a long time maid for 42 years, left about $5,000 to the Nivens in her will. She saved nearly three times that amount and allocated the remainder to various charities.
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Ald
Boas
New York
Thornton M. Niven
Anna Gray
The
Dinner Time Repair Demand Sparks Moral Riff
A housewife commands a tramp carpenter to fix the floor from parlor to dining room. He asks for food in return. The exchange turns on a joke about marriage and reform, reflecting a playful, domestic scene.
Russia Produces Record Wheat Harvest Surpassing U S
Russia's wheat yield for 1909 sets a record at 783,000,000 bushels, exceeding the United States and marking Russia as the world's leading wheat producer. The report notes substantial rye cultivation, regional conditions, and gains among other major exporters, with Britain and Russia seeing below-average crops in winter.
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Washington
United States
Russia
United States Department ,of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Adven
India
Germany
Hungary
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Great Britain
Phone for One Armd Men in Boston Dispatching System
Walter H. Sprague one armed train dispatcher for the Boston and Maine Railroad has a new telephonic instrument in Charlestown that lets him call all stations, take messages, and log passenger trains as quickly as two armed workers. The device uses a movable arm with receiver and transmitter and a button to ring the central office. it promises to supplant telegraph use as the system expands nationwide.
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Boston
Walter H. Sprague
Boston & Maine Railroad
Charlestown
Boston & Maine
DYNAMITE USED IN PLOWING IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma farmers test a new soil breaking method by placing dynamite sticks in seed beds 20 feet apart and three feet deep. All charges fired simultaneously torn ground ready to absorb moisture. Phil Ups claims deep soil will conserve moisture and enable diverse crops. The experiment is the first of its kind in the state and will be watched with interest.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Texas County
Y Co
H. Phil Ups
Phillipa
Stomach Is Junk Shop Bingham MI Operation For Barrows
An engineer named William Barrows of the Indianapolis Southern underwent surgery at St Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis City where a broken needle half an inch long and two paraffin chunks were found in his appendix. Barrows had prior appendectomy in Chicago three years earlier and has since faced a persistent pale ailment leading to a second operation.
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Bingham
William Barrows
Indianapolis
St. Anthony's Hospital
Barrows
Chicago
Gelatine in Its Raw State and Uses
Gelatine is a transparent tasteless substance from animal bones tendons and ligaments. It forms from collagen when boiled with water softens in cold water dissolves in hot water and decomposes if boiled too long. Used in desserts sherbets and ice creams to add body. A simple fruit dessert with gelatine can be molded and served with whipped cream.
Frugal Kitchen Tips From an Old Cookbook
The entry advises saving cheese scraps in a glass jar for flavoring escalloped dishes and toasted crackers. Bread crumbs kept dry become a handy staple for many dishes. Save meat bones for broth and use chicken feet for gelatine in various preparations. A rough note suggests tenderizing steak with a sharp knife and broiling instructions.
Bacon and Cataup Cooking Instructions
Instructions describe baking bacon to tender texture, using a baking pan, frying to reduce tough fat, then draining fat onto a platter. A tomato catsup is poured to a pecarpua quantity and the dish is returned to the oven for about five minutes.
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Indiana
Oklahoma
David M. Pfaelzer & Company
Piper-Howe Lumber Company
Bottineau, N. D
Baward Berwick
Nee Economies
H. M. Trent
Woodward
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