Notable World Tour Keeps Pace Despite Health Rumors
Dr. Frederick A. Cook seeks rest near New York with secrecy surrounding his location amid fears of a nervous breakdown. The report lists prominent travels and appointments, including James M. Green’s election as president of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, Chapman and Alexander arriving in Victoria, and Mrs. Roosevelt’s return from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Cook
New York
James M. Green
Trenton
N. J
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Washington
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charles Alexander
Singer
Australia
Orient
Victoria
B. C
China
W. F. Goodspeed
Helen Deshler
Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt
Bessie Wood Aspinwall
Newburg
N. Y
Cherbourg
Annette Gardner Munro
Portland
Ore
University of Rochester
Vespasian Warner
United States Pension Commissioner
Taft
Warner
Duke of Roxburghe
Quorn
May Goelet
_multiple tragedies unfold across US events in 1908
Andrew Nelson and Thomas Smith died in a gas explosion at Harrisburg Southern mine near Eldora Illinois. Davenport Iowa faced a three hour fire that destroyed ten homes, sparked by A N Roberts Company warehouse. loss estimated at 100000. US tobacco outputs rose sharply with over 150 million pounds of cigar tobacco produced in 1908. David Simpson was shot and killed by neighbor Will Harris in Mint Hill North Carolina. Dr Frederick Cook’s Arctic claim files will go to the University of Copenhagen as evidence. English budget debate delayed. peers urge time to speak. Cherry Mine rescue attempts paused after 150 bodies found. fire threatens shaft incineration. France moves to a new Washington embassy valued at 1 million dollars. Brooklyn tenement fire kills six Italians and injures others after trapped residents jump from windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti- Saloon League of America
Chicago
Wilson
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Taft
Hughes
United States
Charles A Towne
New York City
Cuba
Zayas
Gomez
Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Walter Wellman
Washington
Robert E. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Verand
Paris
Fallieres
Manuel
Portugal
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Congress
W. L. Park
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York and New
James H. Dobbs
Columbus
Iil
William Thompson
Emmeline Parkhurst
Philadelphia National Baseball Club
Horace
Fogel
John Kling
Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Mont
Maj
H. D. Bulkey
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Margaret Smith
Minnie Wright
Rochester
N. Y
Winnipeg
Man
Montreal
Irons
Belgium
Children's Aid Society of
New York
Christian Church
Beaver
Okla
R. R. Coffey
Puritan
Lake Michigan
Andrew Nelson
Thomas Smith
Harrisburg Southern
Eldora
Ill
Davenport
A. N. Roberts Company
Department of Agriculture
David Simpson
Mint Hill
N. C
Will Harris
University of Copenhagen
North Pole
Walter Lonsdale
Denmark
House of Commons
Cherry
France
Brooklyn
Ballinger Seeks Private Enterprise for Public Lands
Secretary Ballinger's annual interior report urges development of natural resources under national supervision with private enterprise handling utilization. He calls for continued land prosecutions, classification of lands, water power site disposal measures, and a $30 million reclamation fund bond plan. He also notes reforms in the Indian bureau and park policy shifts for Yellowstone and Yosemite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
James R. Garfield
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Garfield
Congress
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Indian Bureau
New York
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Yellowstone
Yosemite National Parks
Contracts Made on Feast Days
The fixed date for Easter is a matter of great importance in continental Europe where rents and contracts are tied to feast days rather than New Year or May Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Continental
Europe
Forage Requisition Asked by Officer and Groom Exchange
In a wartime scene from On Maneuvers the Army Service Corps N C QO asks an officer’s groom for a requisition for forage. The groom replies he has no requisition but has brought a bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Service Corps
N. C. QO
Good for Something Subbubs in Brooklyn Life
A slangy exchange questions plans for a Swamp lot. The reply hints at transforming the property into a fishing preserve, reflecting community chatter in Brooklyn Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp Jurst
Brooklyn
Big Year for Farmer as 1909 Farm Values Soar
Secretary Wilson reports 1909 farm product value at 8.76 billion dollars, up 869 million from 1908, with corn leading at about 1.72 billion and cotton and wheat following. The study also outlines wholesale retail beef price gaps and notes farmers receive a smaller share of higher beef prices despite rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Bureau of Animal Industry
New York City
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Omaha
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Louis
Mobile
San Francisco
Seattle
Denver
Chicago Stock Yards
English Budget Bill Defeated by House of Lords
The House of Lords defeated the budget bill 250 to 75 and referred it to the country for judgment. The event passed with little drama as police moved through the halls and no unrest occurred, creating an unprecedented constitutional moment in English history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
House of Lords
Lords
Switchmen Strike Hits Northwest Railways After Dispute
After 15 days of talks a strike by 2300 switchmen becomes effective in St Paul Minnesota. The action follows negotiations between the Switchmen's Union of North America and a joint committee of railroad managers representing 13 north western railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Joint Committee of Railroad Managers
North West
Chicago Council Bans Peddlers Shouting Wares
Chicago city council adopts anti noise ordinance by 50 to 17 to bar peddlers and hucksters from shouting wares in the streets. The measure aims to curb street noise and ensure public order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Keystone State Jets report on nursery stock and steel industry
State zoos inspectors monitor nursery stock to curb moth entry amid rising tree shipments to Pennsylvania. Librarian Thomas Lynch Montgomery notes the rare Zionitischen Stiffe from 1745 in good condition. The 1908 steel report shows production down but gross output and employment figures remain sizable despite lower mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lynch Montgomery
Ephrata
Seidensticker
Pennsylvania Book Authority
Ephrata Press
Beisel
Saur
Governor Stuart's Pending Appointments Highlight Key Gaps
Governor Stuart must fill an insurance commissioner post replacing David Martin and a common pleas judge seat in Philadelphia vacated by Judge Rob ert Von Moschzisker after his election to the supreme court. The National Guard will see a major general appointment plus two brigadier generals as part of a reorganization. Additional vacancies include two staff posts naval aide and chief of artillery successor to Col. Sheldon Potter, plus the election laws revision commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Stuart
David Martin
Common Pleas
Philadelphia
Robert von Moschzisker
Supreme Court
National Guard
Gen. Wiley
Guard
Lewis T. Brown
Pittsburg
Sheldon Potter
Certificates for Minor Workers Mailed Across Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction distributed over 30 000 child labor certificate forms to school authorities statewide under the 1909 act. Major allocations included Philadelphia 15000 Pittsburg 5000 Reading 3500 Scranton 3000 Altoona Lebanon 1000 and other cities 500 each. Certificates must reach minors by January 1 1910 with about 60000 expected to receive new papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Reading
Scranton
Altoona
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Johnstown
McKeesport
Pennsylvania Studies Reciprocity Auto Law For 35000 Owners
The Pennsylvania state highway department studies other states auto laws for the reciprocity feature effective January 1. The Attorney General allows local authorities to enforce it with discretion. The Legislative Reference Bureau and highway department summarize neighboring state rules to guide police, justices, and motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania
Todd
Legislative Reference Bureau
State Zoologist Surface Plans December Demonstration Train
Surface prepares a demonstration train set to start in early December. He has not decided its destination yet but will choose soon. Interest comes from both east and west, with the west favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surface
Fish Commissioner Meehan vows action over sawdust dumping
Fish Commissioner Meehan says he means business with sawmill owners and others who dump sawdust and other matter into streams in the Susquehanna valley. He notes suits brought recently and promises additional actions soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meehan
Susquehanna Valley
Benefit of Home Training
A father returns home to find Willie missing from dinner. His mother reveals the boy has been heard swearing on the street. The angry father storms upstairs but falls, and the mother quips that he has learned enough for one lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
William
Robert
Scott
Cure for Severe Skin Eruption Demonstrated by Patient
H A Kruts koff of Chicago reports an eruption of small pus tules spreading to his body caused severe itching. After trying several doctors and products he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, which stopped itching in days and cleared the eruption in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Bostom
The Boy and His Aunt andLocal Mayor Spohn Election
A playful exchange about a nephew and his aunt leads to a note on Spohn Dr. S F Spohn president of Spohn Medical Co and owner of Spohns Distemper Cure being elected mayor of Goshen Indiana by a solid majority. Spohn had long served as County Superintendent of Schools and his record earned broad support across political lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Spohn
Goshen
Ind
Britain Tops U S Trade With $620 Million In 1908
Great Britain buys more goods from the United States than from France, Germany, and Holland combined, totaling $620,000,000 in 1908, according to Canada’s July report from the Department of Trade and Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Department of Trade and Commerce of
Canada
Refrigerated staterooms on three new fruit ships
Refrigerated staterooms are found on three new ships in the fruit service between New Orleans and Colon. Each room houses a cooling radiator connected to the shipboard refrigerating system to preserve fruit in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Colon
Resinol Ointment Praised by London Customer
John B. Dain of London Eng states after two years of use that Resinol Ointment is the best healing ointment he has found and would not be without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Dain
London
Eng
Solomon’s Despair Over Wives’ 700 Samples
In a troubled moment Solomon declares his wives sent him 700 samples to match downtown. He laments the burden and insists the weight made him nearly blind as he heads out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Coor
Rheumatism Cured in a Day by Dr. Detchon’s Relief
A patent medicine claim states Rheumatism and Neuralgia are radically cured in 1 to 3 days by Dr. Detchon’s Relief. It promises rapid action by removing the cause with the first dose benefiting users. Priced 75 cents and $1, available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detchon
Woman Prefers Husband Over Distrusting Her Preacher
A woman expresses a preference for trusting her husband rather than doubting her preacher, indicating personal loyalty and conflict within domestic and religious spheres.
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Tello
Secretary of the Interior
Switchmen
Keystone State Jets
John L. Rockey
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
State Department of Internal Affairs
Freddy
Allen
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