World Coal Bunker Use and Ocean Consumption Estimates
A Bureau of Statistics study estimates world ocean coal consumption at about 75 million tons annually valued around £5 million. It notes US and UK ships receive substantial bunker coal, with British exports of coal for navigation and bunker fuel totaling tens of millions of tons in 1910. The piece cites Japanese, Australian, Indian supplies and US production leading global coal output of over 1 billion tons in 1910, with the United States accounting for roughly 40 percent.
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Panama Canal
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of and Labor
Weesil
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Royal Statistical Society of England
D. A. Thomas
M. P
Cardiff
Port Said
Malta
Gibraltar
Cape Verde
Canaries
Colombo
Aden
West Indian Islands
Mexico
Australia
India
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Belgium
Japan
China
Canada
Seaboard
Change in KK and T time card noted Sunday
A slight alteration appears in the KK and T time card for Sunday. The 11 15 dye from Parsons is discontinued and the 9 10 northbound train is also canceled.
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Parsons
Paris Eyes Lake Geneva Water Plan To Boost Supply
Paris faces a severe water shortage likened to New York and considers drawing from Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The plan envisions a 300 mile canal with tunnels and river crossings, costing about 360 million dollars. France asserts rights to lower the lake level by four inches during dry seasons under the Geneva barrage treaty.
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New York
Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Switserland
Etlil France
Armadillo hunted by dogs near Bailey's crossroads
In Virginia near Bailey's crossroads Alexandria county a pack of dogs owned by Joan Monroe and a man named Mortimer Wiggins chased and killed an animal thought to be an armadillo. The animal belonged to cavalry troops at Port Myer who had brought the animals from the Texas border to the fort. This may be the only armadillo hunt in the Washington area.
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Virginia Woods
Bailey's Crossroads
Alexandria County
Joan Monroe
Mortimer Wiggins
Port Myer
Texas
Washington
Protecting Wild Animals Laws Tighten Hunting Rules
The Schenectady Gazette notes an amendment taking effect this year banning fare sales and tightening game law enforcement. Slaughter for markets has hurt wildlife. protections and convictions rise as officials push to stop illegal hunting with citizen support.
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Schenectady
Houseboats to Let Rise In Europe and America
The article notes growing popularity of houseboats in England and Germany and reports Doertia conpagy’s large scale entry into building floating homes to let. Each boat features a single pattern with a veranda serving as dining and living space, appealing to those preferring quieter country vacations over crowded hotels.
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England
Germany
Doertia Conpagy
Woman University Professor Appointed in Saxon University
Mile. Gertrude Jeanne Woekler of Berne University has been named assistant professor of physics at Leipziger University in Saxony. A Swiss, 33, she becomes the youngest professor at the university after years of active involvement in the feminist emancipation movement.
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Germany
Jwraon
Mile
Gertrude Jeanne Wockler
Berne University
Leipsic University
Countess von der Linden
Horn University
Mile. Woekler
A Tender Tidbit from a Theatre Bit
A playful exchange about missionary work turns cheekily flirtatious as one says they could persuade heathens to like them, then jokes about being sweet enough to eat once seen. The dialogue captures light, humorous social banter.
Fragmentary policy line hints at spouse support
Readable excerpt shows a man’s wife described as spirit seconding actions and a third party seeking assurance. The garbled wording suggests a discussion of approval or consent within a domestic or social policy context. No clear event or organization identified.
The Over Suspicious Man and the Blessing of Trust
A pastoral meditation attributed to Senator William F. Mason argues that belief in fellow humans brings happiness, while chronic suspicion spoils life. It cites fables of wolves and deceit to warn against generalizing distrust, urging a balanced trust in people and God.
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William F. Mason
Good Things of Rice Recipes and Desserts
An index of home made rice based dishes and desserts including Rice Muffins Rice Pancakes Rice Waffles Rice Pudding with Vanilla Sauce Marshmallow Filling Exposition Cake and Vanilla Sauce. Each recipe lists ingredients and steps such as mixing rice with milk eggs flour and leaveners, beating egg whites, boiling chocolate sauce, and finishing with vanilla or marshmallow layers.
Burford Eyed for Hook's Bench as Taft Hints
Washington reports Representative Bird McGuire urged John H. Burford of Guthrie for Judge Hook's federal seat should the Kansas jurist join the Supreme Court. McGuire cited Burford's Oklahoma Supreme Court service and urged Taft to appoint him.
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Bird McGuire
Taft
Morgan
Federal
Oklahoma City
Washington, D. C
John H. Burford
Guthrie
Judge Hook
Kansas
Supreme Court
Burford
Oklahoma Supreme Court
McGuire
Dick T. Morgan
United States Court For the
Western District
District Court
Sheehan Opera Company Plans All Star Bohemian Girl
Joseph F. Sheehan leads his English Opera company in an all star production of Bohemian Girl at the Grand Theatre in Vinita on Saturday evening February 3. The program features Thaddaeus with Sheehan delivering Then You’ll Remember Me and Gladys Caldwell performing I Dream It I Dwelt in Marble Halls.
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Joseph F. Sheehan
Henry W. Savage
America
Sheehan
Sants
Pany
Greatener
Sheehan Opera Company
Thaddere
Gladys Caldwell
Marble Halla
Grand Theatre
Vinita
Altar Guild Organized at SS Jobos Church
The Altar Guild of the SS Jobos Episcopal church was organized on Thursday January 18 at the Rectory. Members spent time electing officers and preparing for the coming season followed by a social hour.
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SS Jobos Episcopal Church
A Song Writer's Romance in Vinita Spotlight
Vinita residents recall Jos Bren and his wife who entertained at the Grand under the Elks. The article traces their romance from beach meet cute to marriage, highlighting Bren's hit song When the Right Little Girl Loves You as muse and popular success in the season.
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Vinita
Jos Bren
Elks Lodge
Joe Bren
Dan Cupid
Pap
Bren
Brownie Salad Waterfowl Costume Instructions
A playful food craft describes hollowing hard boiled eggs to resemble a duck. Scoop yolks, mix with olives oil salt and pepper, refill shells, seal with egg white, dry briefly. Decorate with grape juice chocolate eyes beak and buttons, use toothpicks for limbs, and dress with lettuce and cucumber cap.
A New Mop Promises Safer Outside Window Cleaning
A housewife tired of choosing between a risky maid and dirty exterior panes welcomes a novel mop. It features a handle that works at right angles and can clean a window from outside without reaching over the sash. With practice it can keep glass clear, though achieving perfect polish may be harder when perched on narrow edges.
Luncheon Bread Dough Rounds with Currants and Citrus
For Luncheon a pound of bread dough is mixed with shortening and small amount of sugar. Roll into a thin sheet, cut in two, spread one half with currants raisins lemon peel citron, cover, seal, cut into rounds, brush with egg white, rest thirty minutes, then bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
Mulled Buttermilk Serves Warm Nourishing Drink
A historic recipe suggests warming buttermilk until boiling in a double boiler then whisking in an egg yolk to form a stiff froth. The resulting drink is pitched as excellent for feverish patients, quenching thirst and easing hunger.
Grape Coney Recipe Note Redacted Instructions
A fragmented cooking note describes combining grape juice with equal portions of oranges in small pieces. It mentions removing seeds, chopping raisins, and achieving a jelly like consistency though several terms are garbled. The intended method appears to blend fruit components into a spread or jelly.
Alfalfa Bill Out for Wilson in Democratic Race
Oklahoma City January 22 Letters go out across the state from William H. Murray president of the constitutional convention urging support for Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic presidential nomination. Murray says Wilson can unite independents La Follette Republicans and Bryan Democrats while Harmon's nomination would stall the party like Parker did. Dr J D Ballard Clark supporter replies criticizing Murray and his favored candidate.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Tishomingo
Woodrow
Wilson
Murray
LaFollette Republicans
Bryan Democrats
Harmon
Judge Parker
J. D. Ballard
Clark
Evangelists Hold Union Meeting Across City Venues
Evangelists McIntosh and Phillips preached at Fisher's pool hall on Saturday with 50 to 60 men in attendance. Large crowds filled churches Saturday night and Sunday morning. Dr McIntosh spoke at the courthouse yesterday, drawing several hundred men who prayed at the end and wept. Last night the Grand Theatre hosted an overflow union meeting as city churches dismissed to unite.
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McIntosh
Phillips
Fisher's Pool Hall
Court House
Grand Theatre
Confederate Reunion 1912 to be greatest in Dixie
Macon Georgia gears up for May 7 to 9 1912 Confederate Reunion led by Colonel Walter A Harris Georgia militia general chairman with J Marion Dunnody and Mrs Walter D Lamar coordinating Sons of the Confederacy and Daughters of the Confederacy in a citywide fundraising drive. The effort aims to raise about 100000 for veteran festivities with local citizens funding the event entirely and Macon pledging a warm welcome at The Magnetic Center of Dixie.
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Macon
Walter A. Harris
Georgia Militia
Dixie
Sons of the Confederacy
J. Marion Dunnody
Thomas Hardiman
General Reunion Committee
John J. McKay
E. H. Iyman
Great Union Service at the Grand Theatre
Evangelist McIntosh preached to a packed Grand Theatre audience Sunday night. Rev. Ed Phillips led the singing with a Union choir of about fifty voices as McIntosh spoke on the doctrine of salvation through obedience to divine commands from John 7:17, asserting absolute certainty of salvation.
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Evangelist McIntosh
Grand Theatre
Ed Phillips
McIntosh
Johan
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Virginia
Soldier
Woman University
Abe
John
Hook
Kansan
New Jersey
Pool Hall
the Grand
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