Jigger device promises cod caught without bait by Gloucester fisherman
Captain Angue Hines of Gloucester unveils a lead and hook device named the signer to lure cod without bait. Trials near Sable Island show rapid catches as crews aboard the Annie M. Parker and other vessels adopt the method, transforming bait use along New England shores.
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Drorcester
Mass
Angue Hines
New Hnyland
Ine
Cape Coi
New Asharman
Boston
Cape Ann
Cape of
Maine
Batt
Wines
Gloucester
Annie M. Parker
Apt
Hines
Bablé Island
Tinea
Sable
Yasue
1908 Auto output forecast by U S manufacturers
New York reports 66 000 autos produced in 1908 and 55 000 to be added next year by American firms. The American Motor Car Manufacturers Association figures show total production around 66 000 machines with an average sale price near 2 633 dollars and revenue about 159 million dollars.
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New York
American Motor Car Manufacturers' Association
Hon
Farm accident Kills Man After Penetrating Head
An incident on Henry Tripp’s farm left Michael Oukloat with a penetrating brain injury when a sharp object struck him while he gathered potatoes. He died 16 minutes later after convulsions set in. Physicians concluded the object penetrated the brain through the skull.
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Oxnton
Henry Tripp
Michael Oukloat
Sweet girl robs orphanage in Philadelphia
A woman described as slim, dark, of medium height and sweet in manner visited the Odd Fellows orphanage on donation day. She gained access to rooms under pretenses, prompting thefts of money and valuables from staff and residents. The suspect, later seen making calls at private homes, escaped but was recognized. Local police at Lehigh Avenue station alerted.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Avenue
Odd Fellows
Enoch
Mary Webb
A. J. Graham
Abe
Tomates
Mra. Enoch
Princeton Sun Dial Erected North of McCosh Hall
Princeton University marks construction of a new sun dial modeled after Corpus Christi College Oxford. Designed by Sir William Mather it will rise on a series of bases totaling over 24 feet in height and finished in about two weeks but unveiled in November.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
How McCoxh
Corpus Christi College
Oxford
William Mather
M. P
Charles Turnbull
University of Oxford
Henry VII
Hugh Aldam
Corpus Christ
Cardinal Wolney
Hermit with War Medals In Black Bag At County Court
A reclusive Englishman known as Bogum Charlea Hean left a black bag with County Judge M. Wurstadh containing Crimean War medals a withdrawal certificate and mining stock from Goldfield and Australia Also found letters from kin in Dunmore Cornwall England authorities will notify kin after the death noted as peaceful and quiet in old age.
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Bogum
Goldfield
New
California
Australia
Dun ‘More
Cornwall
England
Doubtful Tale of Upton Sinclair as a Vanderbilt Servant
A New York report questions the claim that Upton Sinclair got work as a house servant at Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Breakers in Newport. The piece argues such positions are usually filled through vetted agents and that professional thieves can imitate servants. It notes the role of caterers and house staff in elite homes and how favored men gain social standing and steady earnings.
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New York
Upton Sinclair
Vanderbilt
Breakers
Newport
Sinclatr
Townsend Turdens
London
Sinclair
Dolalin
Potatoes Lead to Gold Find Near Crag Colorado
A rancher near Crag Colorado found potatoes with wet soil that held tiny gold particles after a heavy rain. He sold the potatoes at a hotel where a placer miner observed the gold traces in the dirt. The ground was red and very high in gold content, and several acres have been staked.
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Ogden
Osh
Crag
Col
Laconia Man Wins After Twenty Years of Tennessee Property Fight
After two decades of legal battles over Tennessee land once sold by Dr Evans, B. H. Cram has returned to New Hampshire and resumed work with Crane Manufacturing. He won possession of the estate, valued highly, despite contention from Evans heirs and various companies. About 66 tracts across the U S and Alaska were linked to the case, now yielding to Cram with tenants remaining on the land under conditions for clear titles.
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Laconia
N. W
Cram
Cromville
Tenn
Crane Manufacturing Company
Tennessee
Robert Cram
New York City
Cran
Evans
United States
Alaska
New Hampshire
Wedded in Midstream Elopement Ends in Gunfire
Denison Texas recounts a dramatic horseback wedding on the Red River that was interrupted by an ambush. Ranger Joseph Anes and Choctaw bride Annie Buats wed in midstream as a shot shattered Anes arm. The party fled to safety as the minister barely dodged a second shot.
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Denison
Tex
Red River
Joseph Anes
Annie Buats
Anse
Kimitia
Aneo
Anise
Teddy bear proposal craze hits Elwood crowd
In Elwood Texas a Teddy bear proposal trend arose after a chromine wedding of Clinton Sidwell and Mira Maggie Harnett. The couple’s window display sparked half the town to ask for a Teddy bear, with playful lines like Let me be your Teddy bear.
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Flwood
Teddy Beny
Elwood
Teddy
Clinton Sidwell
Joan Jowel@r
Mira Maggle Harnett
Toldy Bears
Foe Fried
Bidwell
WANTED TO BE AN AGENT IN PLAINFIELD NJ
In Plainfield New Jersey a tall lanky applicant arrived claiming to be an advance agent for a show called Happyland He admitted no real work experience but said he came from a picture frame shop Hopper misheard and corrected him naming lithographer then suggested he should be an actor rather than an agent revealing the humorous misunderstanding with a job joke about his talents
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Sam
Panama
United
Plainfield
N. J
de Wolf Topper
Happyland
Hopper
Ecard
George Broadhurst Figures Season Lineup and Cast Shifts
George Broadhurst completes a play scrnario with Cons lax Fairbanks slated to star next season. N C Goodwin tours begin November 4 in Baltimore with Ta Mie dour. New players join Robert Mantell's company including Cooper Cliffe and Miss Belmore. four companies now tour and perform The Man of the Hour while the original company stays in New York for a second winter.
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George Broadhurst
Conslax Fairbanks
N. C. Goodwin
Baltimore
Laula James
Richard Mansfield
Alda Cortelyon
William Gillette
Wilson Barrett
College men on the stage and the English theatre cast
The article surveys portly and prominent actors connected to familiar plays and universities. It notes Frank McIntyre Norman Ickett James O Neill Trinity College Henry Woodruff Robert Colmpton Adelaide Neilson Ida Crothers and others, tracing careers from schools to dramatic stages and citing Shaw and Shakespearean credits.
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Robert Aoleton
Moat
Getor
Frank McIntyre
University of Michigan
Norman Ickett
James O'Nara
O'Neil
Don
Virginius
New York
Frank McVickar
Horrigan
Trinity College
Henry Woodruf
Harvard
Cambridge
Robert Computer
Chicago
Cornell
Allee Finehor
Indluia
England
Neilson
Abe
Idabel Crothers
Mappington
Atte Vom
End of Big Holdings Sparks Small Farm Rise in Northwest
The Interior department ruling curbing leaseholds on Indian lands will shrink big wheat holdings and push toward smaller farms across Oregon Washington and Idaho. It will reduce big wheat kings acreage and swell the number of small farmers, with Pendleton and Willamette Valley examples cited showing diversified farming yielding greater returns per quarter. The shift is expected to boost local populations and curb wandering harvest-time labor.
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Interior Department
Portland Oregonian
Pendleton
The
Oregonian
Emalier
Oregon
Washington
Iahe
Mmatia
Northwest
Willamette Valley
Pacific Northwest
Witten
Bear cubs supposedly dead attack handlers
A bear cub believed dead after gas poisoning shock suddenly revived and struck at Dr Blair and keepers, triggering a cage escape. Dr Malt and staff treated the cubs overnight. one cub is expected to recover while others were uninjured in the melee.
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New York
Dr. Blair
Fosa
Shrinkage of Swiss Glaciers Driven by Recent Warming
Shrinkage of Swiss glaciers accelerated in the last two to three years with Rhowe ghicier losing about 88 250 square feet and several others shortening by 20 to 40 feet. Fifty three recessions were noted while some areas showed minor gains such as the Kiger glacier extending 114 feet last year, though observers caution such gains are unlikely permanent.
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Switzerland
Kiger
Coyote Sheltered by Yellow Jackets Fends Off Hounds
In Clarke county along the Lewis river north bank a coyote escaped a pack of hounds by seeking shelter with a swarm of yellow jackets. The hounds under Harry Bdw James Rowlhind and H Webb from Lewisville wounded the animal but the insects attacked the hunters, allowing the coyote to flee.
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Clarke County
Lewis River
Seattle Times
Harry
Bdw
James Rowlhind
H. Webb
Lewisville
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