Professors and Leaders in Early 20th Century News
Prof Barry Gilbert of the University of Illinois law college will return to the University of Iowa faculty. Edward G Feeney of Brooklyn elected president of the American Federation of Catholic Societies at the Pittsburg convention. E H Harriman will take a new million dollar stone mansion on Tower hill Arden NY after returning from Europe. Frederick C Van Duser, London resident, arrives in New York with a jewel from the American lodge of Masons for President Taft honoring his honorary lodge membership.
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Barry Gilbert
College of Law
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
Edward G. Feeney
Brooklyn
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Pittsburg
E. H. Harriman
Tower Hill
Arden
N. Y
Europe
Frederick C. van Duser
London
New York
American Lodge of Masons
England
Taft
Muskogee
Okla
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Charles D. Norton
Bow Kim
San Francisco
Boston
South Dakota
Japan
Lillian Russell
America
Greece
Turkey
Canea
John F. Seybold
Syracuse
Husted
Col
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Burlington
James Nicholls
Winsted
Conn
Cunard
Lucania
Liverpool
William Graulich
Lansing
Mich
National Capitol
Washington
Mareschal de Turenne
Azores
Lighthouse Department
Neva
Spain
Argentina
Maria Coseo
Italy
United States
China
First National Bank
Tipton
Ind
Noah Marker
Association of National and State Dairy and Food Departments
Denver
Charles van Studdiford
Grace van Studdiford
Decatur
Ill
Swiftsure
Malta
Crete
Fort William
Ont
James Sutton
Annapolis
Board of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
Allegheny County
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
William Bernhardt
Department of Agriculture
James K. Hackett
Mary Mannering
Indicted governors and a drowning at Niagara Falls headline a busy year
Gov Haskell and associates move to quash land fraud prosecutions amid alleged political conspiracy. August Sporer, 18, drowned in the Niagara rapids after a brave bid to survive. The mix covers rail car shortages, a Seattle prison congress stance, a Winnipeg concrete collapse, Taft at a Deep Waterway event, and other notable incidents across the nation.
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Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
August Sporer
Niagara Falls
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Prison Congress
Seattle
Wash
Indiana
Bredalbane
Winnipeg
Taft
New Orleans
Gov. Hughes
New York
Northwest
United States Hospital
Washington
George Sparks
Abe Vinson
Fulton Ky
Vinsons
Sparks
Isaac Kurtz
Yetta Steinberger
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Madelina Viecco
West Twenty-ninth Street
Giuseppi Cerino
John JD. Rockefeller
Robert Bandlow
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
West Virginia
Maryland
California
South Dakota
San Francisco
Puget Sound
John Brunner
Fort Hamilton
Wallingford
Conn
Peter Jensen
la Crosse
Wis
Alfonso
Spain
Melilla
Marguerite Haley
Lake Geneva
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Global heat waves and disasters sweep midcontinent and world
The article reports extreme temperatures in Muskogee Oklahoma and several states, plus global events from political crackdowns and census rules to disasters in Japan and a shipwreck in the Lucania fire. It notes political pressure on workers, stock market and naval moves, and other dramatic incidents across continents.
Arlington of Boston Aground in Thick Fog Off Long Island
The schooner Arlington of Boston, laden with anthracite, went ashore on a sand bar off Long Beach in dense fog and heavy seas. After six hours, New York City Long Island life savers rescued the captain and seven crewmen from the wreck. one Swede, Madden Pierson, was lost at sea on a raft. The vessel will be a total loss.
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New York City
Long Island
Arlington
Boston
Long Beach
Madden Pierson
Nassau Hotel
Ira Small
Mayport
Fla
Baltimore man confesses to murder of cousin Poole
Oliver Harris admits killing cousin Henson Poole on July 22 at Poole’s rockville cabin after a quarrel over whiskey. He stole $52 and two quarts of liquor, then robbed and attacked his aunt Clara Harris in a field to obtain money for an escape.
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Baltimore
Oliver Herman Harris
Clara Harris
Henson Poole
Rockville
Harris
Poole
Chance for Deaf and Dumb to Operate Census Machines
Secretary Nagle of the Department of Commerce and Labor considers appointing deaf and mute individuals to puncturing and tabulating machine positions for the upcoming census. He cites their potential efficiency and the lack of available checks on results, noting many machines will be used to process census statistics.
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Washington, D. C
Nagle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Three Cremated in Farmhouse Fire in Wisconsin
Ella Bullock and her two young sisters died in a farmhouse blaze in La Crosse Wisconsin caused by a gasoline explosion. The children were home alone when the fire destroyed the residence. Police and fire officials investigated the incident and declared accidental causes.
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la Crosse
Wis
Ella Bullock
Made Counterfeit Pennies in New York City
Two Italian employees of a Brooklyn brass foundry were arrested in New York City charged with manufacturing counterfeit one cent pieces.
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New York City
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Happenings in Brief
More than fifteen million bluegill and catfish fry and several thousand frogs were released into the Shenango River from Conneaut Lake hatchery. The Second Regiment Armory in Philadelphia valued at 250000 faces sale by the armory board after a 110000 mortgage. adjoining lot valued at 50000 carries a 25000 mortgage. the regiment will cover the mortgage and the state gains an option on the property.
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Shenango River
Conneaut Lake
Philadelphia
State Armory Board
Opinion on Building and Loan Officer Dual Duties
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Hargest issued an opinion to the banking department on whether a secretary of a building and loan association could serve as its solicitor. The law forbids one person from holding two offices in the same association, with penalties for violations. Hargest concluded that an officer could perform duties typically belonging to another office without actually holding it.
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Hargest
Banking Department
Building and Loan Association
Banking Commissioner
Attorney General
State forestry reports fires across multiple counties
The state forestry department lists fires in Cumberland Potter Schuylkill Lycoming Sullivan and Northumberland counties with unofficial notices of fires in other counties. Requests pour in for fire wardens who appoint assistants and laborers to halt flames. No extent estimates are given as fires threaten state forest reservations in Potter and South Mountain near Upper Caledonian.
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State Forestry Department
Cumberland
Potter
Schuylkill
Lycoming
Sullivan
Northumberland
Potter County
South Mountain
Cumberland County
Caledonian Reservation
Dairy Commissioner Foust Reports On Pure Foods 1908
The preliminary 1908 report by Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust highlights the department's activities and rising public interest. He discusses pure foods with emphasis on oleomargarine, urging consumers to beware of butter sold well below market price and to be cautious in purchases.
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Foust
Appointment of district fire wardens in counties
The forestry department will appoint district fire wardens in each borough or township under a new act. Previously township constables served as wardens. now the commissioner of forestry selects suitable, physically fit, sober, honest, and capable individuals to enforce forest fire safety duties.
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Forestry Department
Alfalfa Thrives In Carlisle Area Despite Drought
State Zoologist Surface notes a 50 acre field near Carlisle proves alfalfa can grow well in Cumberland County Pennsylvania. The hardy plant can be cut three to four times yearly, renews soil, resists most pests, though drought causes yellowing leaves as they mature.
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Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
Drought Hurts State Crops Across Counties
Reports from counties show well cultivated corn remains strongest while unplanted fields dwarf yields. The corn crop is projected at about a quarter of last year, and the potato crop is also expected to be very small despite possible rains.
Kidney Trouble Woman Finds Relief with Dean's Pills
Mrs. S. D. Ellison of Lam ar Mo says kidney trouble left her bedridden with pains and fatigue. Dean's Kidney Pills provided quick relief and a complete cure after doctors failed. Remember the name Dean's. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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S. D. Ellison
N. Broadway
Lamar
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Those New Hats
A witty exchange centers on hats as Maud and Fred trade quips about fashion and purpose. The dialogue highlights a facetious mood and garden setting, with Maudie noting she already wears the hat Fred claims to offer.
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Maud
Fred
Maudie
Changing standards of women’s dress and virtue
The article notes a shift in how women with charitable works are perceived, arguing dowdiness was a sign of bad taste and outdated virtue. It asserts women now choose attractive clothing to reflect wisdom and to give pleasure, moving away from old notions that simplicity equated moral worth.
Public Campaign Against Tuberculosis Initiated in Atlanta
The National Association of Bill Posters in Atlanta approves a nationwide drive donating 1.2 million dollars in publicity. 3 500 bill boards across the United States and Canada will display posters on preventing and curing consumption. The Poster Printers' Association adds 200 thousand dollars of printing and paper for the effort under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in cooperation with the National Bill Posters Association.
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National Association of Bill
Atlanta
United States
Canada
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National
Forlorn Hope Chosen: Amateur Drivers Lead Assault
A general tells the colonel that the attack on the enemy fortification requires reckless disregard for life. The colonel agrees, noting the forlorn hope will be composed entirely of amateur chauffeurs.
Self-made man boasts of popularity with powerful friends
A quip about rising to a lofty position by ingratiating himself with influential men. The speaker claims self-made status through building popularity among those with social or political pull.
No-title fact on perception of honesty
A philosophical remark notes that not calling someone a liar does not prove they believe you are honest. The statement explores how judgments about truthfulness can exist without explicit accusations.
The Artress Boy Game of Wages and Kindness
A boy asks a grocer for a job offering three dollars to start. The grocer recalls a newspaper note about Millionaire Rogers beginning on three dollars a week. The boy declines riches, chooses virtue, and the grocer concedes at three and a half dollars.
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Rogers
Realist Poet Delivers Pun About Gas Meter
A poet declares belief in realism and jokingly says he wrote a sonnet to the gas company with a defective meter. The exchange features a rising inflection and a light, witticism-laden quip that elicits laughter.
Irish Kings and Factions Chronicle in Early Records
Names such as Fearaidhach-Fionfashtna, Fiachadh-Fion, and Fiachadh-Fionchadh appear as dynastic rivals in ancient Irish lore cited by the New York Press. Eoch airh-Moidmeadhain died of natural causes among a small group, while Flaithbheartagh surrendered kingship to a monastic path.
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Fearaidhach-Fionfashtna
Fiachadh-Fion
Fiachadh- Fionchadh
Connaught
Eochairh-Moidmeadhain
Prepared for the Worst
A quip about marriage and timing where a husband jokes about his wife’s first husband’s death and their lengthy engagement, highlighting humor in domestic relations. The exchange contrasts eight months since death with nearly two years of engagement, revealing witty perception of propriety.
Woman Wonders If Halo Suits Her When Ill
A humorous reflection on illness and vanity as a woman questions whether a halo would suit her appearance during sickness. The line playful contrasts with vulnerability and mortality themes.
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