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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
5
A concise briefing highlights ongoing debates and developments across politics economy and society. Key figures and institutions are noted, with emphasis on fresh events and their potential implications for policy and public interest.
The Canadian Pacific mechanics strike ends officially while Chicago adopts Columbus Day as a general holiday on October 12. Richard Yates widow and mother of former Illinois governor dies in Jacksonville. A historic Pleas from Placerville to Lake Tahoe replaced by motor buses. The Thomas sails from San Francisco for the Philippines with 193 artillerymen, marines and recruits. Stanford president Dr David Starr Jordan calls for a national fish protection bureau. Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific exposition fire protection funded by Seattle city tax levy. Butte miners union backs a $100000 strike and benefit fund. McNicol and Pickens drill a 56 inch granite hole in fifteen minutes, a possible world record.
Health of Count Leo Tolstoi declared completely restored. Standard Oil plans a 12 million dollar oil pipeline from Robinson Illinois to Coal Grove Pennsylvania. A Crete Greece union decree published at Canga Isle of Crete excites Chris lang and Musselmen. A mirage over Honolulu as Pacific fleet nears, fleet shown in sky. Equitable Life announces Denver building sold for 1.4 million to William Barth of Denver. Peary leaves Utah for Cape Columbia en route to pole. Pittsburg claims most automobiles per capita with 1198 cars valued at 5 million.
Reports from Willemstad Venezuela to New York City announce President Castro’s serious illness and a possible transfer of power to Venezuela’s vice president. Obituaries note Gen Louis Fitzgerald’s Civil War-era prominence in New York, aged 71. A Fort Wayne judge rules that back-of-page letters O K signify all right and endorsements. Yale notes Robert Alphonso Taft leading scholar for two years of a 1907 class of 363. Ohio elects W S Carter grand master of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers in Columbus. US life insurance in force totals $9,985,204,838 with Colorado holding $119,446,495. Long Island plans an Adamless Eden farm run by women with year-round greenhouses and electric aid.
News from Washington reports the National Congress of Mothers will meet in February in New Orleans and will adopt a new name The National Congress of Mothers and Patent Teachers Association The article also notes patent milestones mineral water production rural life initiatives and upcoming joint sessions of national commissions with state governors on December 8 in Washington.
Mrs R Crouse of Fayette Street Manchester Iowa reports two years of back weakness rheumatic pains and sleep loss. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she notes normal kidney action and a cessation of backache, with her health now unusually good. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A passage from Everybody's Magazine recounts a troupe of performers passing through at daybreak. Ten year old Billie and his five year old brother Robert wake their mother as the wagons roll by. The younger asks Billie to seek their mother’s aid, insisting Billie has known her longer.
A cynical portrait of Walter Pater at fifty portrays him as aging and plain. He quotes Swift on wit in women and quips that few approve of marriage, arguing men and women pull in opposite directions and women are perverse.
A New York reader recounts a yearlong stomach acidity issue and trial of Grape-Nuts with cream, eggs, toast, Postum and fruit. He reports rapid relief within a week and complete indigestion cure by two weeks, regaining appetite and noon meals. The ad claims are from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
A Philadelphia Record quotation notes a visitor asking a boy what he will become at twenty one the reply is a tiny boy saying he will be twenty one with a playful air reflecting a newspaper quip about growing up in age and expectations.
The November issue marks the seventy seventh volume and thirty ninth year of The Century. It appears in a new dress of type with 10 point Caslon headings modeled on eighteenth century Caslon. The aim is improved legibility and steady type.
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