Morton, Rail Leader to Navy Secretary and Equitable Chief
Paul Morton, born Detroit 1857, rose from Burlington clerk to Santa Fe VP boosting earnings from 34 million to 114 million. He served July 1904 to July 1905 as secretary of the navy amid freight rebate controversy. Later he headed Equitable Life after resigning from Roosevelt cabinet post.
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Equitable Life
Roosevelt
Paul Morten
New York
Navy
Equitable Life Assurabce Society
Detroit
J. Sterling Morton
Agriculture
Cleveland
Arbor Day
Caroline Joy
Nebraska City
Morton
Burlington Railroad
California Trail
Nebraska
Burlington Railroad System
Colorado Uel and Tron Company
Whitebreast Fuel Company
Santa Fe
Mr. Morton
Isaiah Society Reporter Defends 1911 Woman's Fashion
Chicago Rabbi Dr. Hirsch of Sinai Temple cites Isaiah to argue that women of 1911 have not advanced beyond those seven centuries earlier. He points to the prophet’s vivid descriptions of toilet details and ornaments as evidence of persistent fashion standards.
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Isaiah
Dmit
Hirsch
Sinai Temple
Chicago
Dr. Hirsch
Pr. Hirsch
Beaufort Cut Nears Full Use as Waterway Edges Twelve Feet
The Beaufort cut is virtually complete enabling ten foot vessels to pass with ongoing deepening to twelve feet. It improves coastal passage south of Cane Hatteras but requires full opening of the linked canal system to Elizabeth River at Norfolk and the Elizabe th river canals to unlock larger vessel commerce. Until the entire line opens improvements yield limited reach for Albemarle Pimlico sounds and North Carolina trade streams.
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Beaufort
Norfolk
Chesapeake and Albemarle
Pimlico Sound
Albemarle
Pimlico Sounds
Elizabeth River
North Carolina
Reformed Bread 103 Takes Rolleston Hall By Storm
Sir Oswald Mosley announces a national bread reform using a little stone mill to bake a whole meal loaf. villagers and landowners flood Rolleston Hall with requests for samples, then the offer is withdrawn as the estate overflows with telegrams and letters.
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United Kingdom
Oswald Mosley
Rolleston Hall
Burton-on-Trent
England
Oswald
Rolleston
Sir Oswald
Rolleston Fiall
Squire
Moody Bible Institute Twenty-Five Years Milestone
Howard W Pope chronicles Moody Bible Institute of Chicago founded by D L Moody. Tracks building purchases and dormitories on La Salle Avenue and a Dec 5 1910 dedication with Founders Day looming Feb 5 1911. Describes training methods, practical study, and growing enrollment from twenty two foreign countries and forty denominations.
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The
Moody Bible Institute
D. L. Moody
Moody Church
Chicago
la Salle Avenue
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Canal Building Feature of 1910 Across North America and Europe
A survey highlights major 1910 canal projects including Panama’s Gatun locks progress, New York State Barge Canal construction advances, the Atlantic coast canal plan, Cape Cod tunnel waterways, and Scotland’s Firth of Forth to Clyde deep waterway. It notes Ashokan dam completion and a highvolume Catskill water supply tunnel, plus the Transantine Andes tunnel and Cape to Cairo railway momentum.
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New York State
Lake Erie
Hudson
Firth of Forth
Firth of Clyde
Panama
United States
Atlantic Coast Canal
Congress
Atlantic Coast
Boston
Key West
Mla
Gulf of Menxico
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Cape Cod
Scotland
Europe
Firth of Porth
Catskills
New York City
Yonkers
Manhattan Island
Four Mile
Andes
Chile
Argentina
Cape To Cairo
Cape
Nine rare books valued at about 230000 dollars
A two test bookshelf holding nine rare volumes is estimated at 280000 dollars by the Bibliophiles' Association of New York. The list includes Gutenberg Bible, Caxton's Receyver of Troy, Chaucer’s First Canter bury, Malory’s Le Morte d'Arthur, Book of General Laws of Massachusetts, Bay Psalm Book, Shakespeare’s first edition, Psalter of 1459, and other landmark editions with prices attached.
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Bibliophiles’ Association of New York
Gutenberg Bible
Receyver
Troy
William Caxton
Chaucer
Thomas Malory
Arthur
Massachusetts
America
Morean
Smokeless firing school planned for St Louis
Railroads with terminals in St Louis plan a smokeless firing school as boiler inspectors note rail lines produce 30 percent of city smoke. Crusaders’ pressure spurred the rail companies to curb emissions and establish training for locomotive firemen in the effort.
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St. Louis
Tobacco “Octopus” In Morocco
An international group of bankers formed a cartel to control the tobacco empire in Morocco, aiming to dominate production distribution and pricing across the market. The coordinated effort signals cross border influence over local industry and trade networks.
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Morocco
Enipus
Bismarck Memoirs Delayed From Kaiser's Reign
Berlin reports that the third volume of Bismarck’s memoirs will not be issued during the present Kaiser’s lifetime. The volume reportedly contains a critical view of William II and the 1890 dismissal, with heirs once rumored to publish it but now barred by official action.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Kaiser
William II
Swiss Elastic Roads Trial At Zurich
An experiment in Zurich shows elastic roads using tar coated gravel pellets spread on a prepared roadbed. After eight to ten weeks the rolled layer proves inexpensive and resistant to heavy traffic while reducing wear and road noise.
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Zurich
Switzerland
North Carolina Rail Line Opens After Rapid 15 Month Build
A new eighty nine mile railroad in North Carolina was completed and opened for service in fifteen months from start. Impressively no wood was used in the construction. The rapid project demonstrates swift rail expansion in the region during this period.
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North Carolina
Old Grimthorpe Clock Beloved as Big Ben Misnomer
The Westminster clock tower bell is widely called Big Ben yet Sir Benjamin Hall is credited wrongly. Lord Grimthorpe, designer and driving force behind the clock’s erection, played the key role and deserves the recognition, with some urging the name Old Grim.
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Westminster
London
Benjamin Hall
Lord Grimthorpe
Grim
The Frugal Life in Reich enberg Austria-Hungary
The average workingman in Reich enberg lives on 20 cents a day with meals that include bread, butter and coffee or beer at breakfast and two meals of bread and butter, plus soup sausage potatoes and beverages at noon and afternoon. Sunday noon adds pork or beef to the usual meals.
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Reichenberg
Austria-Hungary
Honest Officials Demand Honest Public Servants
A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt urges strict honesty in both private conduct and public service. It warns that condoning deceit for supposed public gain invites greater corruption once opportunity arises, emphasizing accountability for those in power.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Robin Keeps Nest Above Parish Church Pulpit
A robin built a nest on a pulpit ledge in Oughtrington Parish church. The nest held three eggs and the rector kept it undisturbed until the young birds fledged into their exalted abode.
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Oughtrington
Advertise in the Mail and Get Results
Local notice urges businesses to place ads in the Mail to reach readers. The brief highlights reach and response expectations, urging timely placement and noting affordable rates for small businesses and individuals seeking visibility.
Resist Beginnings and Choose Destiny
A Baltimore Sun quote warns against yielding to vice and urges readers to resist beginnings. It emphasizes personal power over fate and the ability to shape one’s destiny through deliberate choices.
A Few Statistics on Matches and Consumption
A short, humorous note presents figures about matches lit worldwide. It claims three million matches lighted each minute and seven billion per year, with Americans said to consume half of that amount, then adds a joke about matches made in heaven.
Cleaning Woodwork with Home Made Shellac
Shellac offers a simple natural finish for scratched and dented woodwork. Mix dry yellow flakes with about 95 percent alcohol, shake occasionally, and in a few hours it dissolves to form a varnish like coating that covers marks on furniture.
Poetry of the then in a kitchen arts ode
A whimsical circa piece urges girls to learn grace with domestic tasks. It imagines the rolling pin, scales on a dishpan, and the sculptor’s art guiding their fairy fingers on corn bread in a quaint local voice.
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N. C
Solitary Solitary Cure for Insomnia Reported
Henry Brent of Fort Dodge Iowa has played 35 to 42 solitaire games each night for eight years. He claims to have completed about 120000 games in total and keeps a notebook of every deal. He says the mental exercise helps him sleep, serving as an infallible cure for insomnia.
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Tlenry Brent
Fort Dodge
Brent
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Cape Hatteras
Reformed Bread
Stream of Messenger Boys
Howard W.pope
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Dwight L. Moody
Moody
Institute
Bulgaria
Oberlin College
Pailana
Panama Canal
Gatun
Culebra
Army Engineers
Huoe
Lowan
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