Army of 130000 Crop Reporters Drive U S Agricultural Data
A story on the vast network behind the United States monthly crop reports describes an army of 130 000 volunteers from merchants manufacturers and railroads and others who collect data on planting acreage and harvesting The system aims to provide impartial timely figures on fifty five crops through township country and state correspondents special field agents and statisticians to guide commerce and farming.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
The
Department of
United States
Ele
Corresp State
Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Atute Statistical
Selden patent invalidated in auto case ruling
The U S circuit court of appeals for the Second Circuit in New York reversed a lower court and held Selden’s automobile patent does not cover the Otto gas engine. It found Selden’s claim did not include the Otto four cycle engine with carburettor and electric ignition, freeing Ford and Panhard and Levasseur from infringement.
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United States Circuit Court Appeals
Second Circuit
New York
Selden
Brayton
Otte
Otto
Henry Ford
Panhard
Levasser
Flirtatious Exchange Sparks Gossip Among Two Elders
Two elderly women gossip at the hail about a man named Wooter von Twiller. The first asserts his flattery, while the second reveals his compliment was aimed at the other woman.
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Wooter von Twiller
Sure to Get It Trouble Hunt Quip
A Baltimore American cartoon caption notes that the only game one need not carry a gun to hunt is trouble, framing humor around a wary hunter chasing misfortune. The line underscores the inevitability of trouble in daily life.
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Baltimore American
An Enjoyable Occasion Exchange Snippet
A brief exchange notes a chafing dish party turning sour early then moving to a regular restaurant. A separate quip describes a "veteran" of nine wars as surprisingly young at twenty two after six months in South America.
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South America
Cleveland
No man who minds his own business ever complains
A short aphorism from the Larrispurg Telegraph notes that those focused on their own affairs never lament idleness or lacking tasks. The quote emphasizes personal conduct over external fuss.
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Larrispurg
Bachelor fears India trip joins widow count joke
An unmarried man jokes he cannot trust himself in India not due to wild beasts but because there are 26,000,000 widows there. The question is posed by a bishop.
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India
Benedict
Merriment a Cheap Medicine Philosophy of Joy
The text extols merriment as a cheap medicine and a sunny philosophy of life. It claims laughter boosts well being and frames joy as a simple, enduring remedy for existence.
World Happenings From Dispatches Across the Globe
A Mexico City dispatch reports rebels capturing another Chihuahua town. In Cheney Washington a trail collision killed 13 and injured many. Joseph G Robin pleads not guilty to larceny and stays in Tombs awaiting trial. Gallagher jailed 12 years for assaulting Commissioner Edwards in Jersey City. London notes troop and firemen efforts to capture anarchists in Whitechapel. Fairbanks Alaska bank failed with 1 million dollars in deposits. St Petersburg dispatch claims Turkestan towns destroyed by earthquake. Kentucky Ohio Indiana barley growers vote to plant no 1911 crop. Ohio’s Attle Pomerose elected US senator on first ballot in Columbus. Cape Colony wreck leaves 15 dead, over 40 injured, a New Yorker among the injured. An alleged assassination attempt on King Alfonso of Spain becomes public in Malaga. Lisbon decree bans distinctive monastic dress. Oscar S Straus resigns as US ambassador to Turkey. W W Rockhill tipped as successor. Theodore Roosevelt donates four rare animal skins to New York Museum of Natural History. Justice Goff denies Louise Robinovitch’s request to access banker's sanity inquiry.
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Mexico City
Chihuahua
Cheney
Wash
Joseph G. Robin
James J. Gallagher
Jersey City
Edwards
London
Whitechapel
Washington-Alaska
Fairbanks
Alaska
St. Petersburg
Turkestan
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Lexington
Attle Pomerose
United States
Columbus
Cathcart
Cape Colony
Alfonso
Spain
Malaga
Lisbon
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Washington
W W. Rockhill
Russia
Museum of Natural History of
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Justice Goff
Louise Robinovitch
Lisbon mobs attack monarchist papers in Portugal turmoil
Portuguese troops restore order as mobs wreck offices of three monarchist newspapers. Albany reports Governor Dix to open a general agricultural convention in January. Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk faces trial in Wheeling for attempted poisoning. Chicago winds 40 to 62 mph killed one and injured another. West Virginia Governor Glasscock appoints Davis Elkins to his late father’s Senate seat with a 22 day term.
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Lisbon
Albany
Dix
Genera
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago
Glasscock
West Virginia
Davis Elkins
Senator Elkins
United States Senate
Fines Paid Under Anti-Rebate Law Hit Buffalo Courts
The Standard Oil company paid 25 765 fines into federal courts at Buffalo marking the first fines collected under the anti-rebate statute. News notes include Madison Trust control, Twelfth and Nineteenth Ward banks valued at about 2 450 900 and Governor Harmon’s second inauguration in Columbus with a simple ceremony. An Albany dispatch says Governor Dix probes legislative expenses finding average costs to push a bill through the general assembly reach 1 300.
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Standard Oil Company
Buffalo
Madison Trust
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Columbus
Albany
Dix
General Assembly
London bulldog guards body as police surround scene
A bulldog protected his master's body in London, halting a dozen policemen. In London President Taft ordered Commander Sims reprimanded over an indiscreet speech. French aviator Hubert Latham survived a wreck in San Francisco. John Burns accused sensational newspapers in London. Seventeen sailors died as ships broke free off Cape Cod. In Wheeling Mrs Laure Farnsworth Schenk faced a poisoning trial.
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London
Taft
W. S. Sims
Hubert Latham
San Francisco
John Burns
Cape Cod
New Volume Delights Readers With The Corsican Diary
The Corsican compiles and translates a Little Corporal diary by RK M Johnston, offering epigrammatic lines on war and power. James Bryce’s American Commonwealth is revised with annotations and new chapters on immigration and universities. Owen Johnson’s Stover saga grows toward Yale with critique of wealth and secrecy in college life. Zelda Sears stars in The Nest Egg and The Nest Egg’s Hetty Gandy echoes village life. Daniel Frohman urges a national school of dramatic art to elevate American stage. Lulu Glaser headlines The Girl and the Kaiser, a comic opera adaptation with a misdirected romance and Kaiser mishap.
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RK. M. Johnston
Valleyrand
Josephine
Count Cobenzl
Tom Brown
Rugby
Owen Johnson
Lawrence Ile
Oxford
Johnson
Dink Stover
Yale
Stover
Alma Mater
Daniel Frohman
Department of Dramatics
Medicine
Yale Daily News
America
Frohman
Lulu Glaser
Girl and the
Georg Jarne
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James Bryce
American Commonwealth
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Nesfez
Zelda Sears
Anne Caldwell
Miss Caldwell
Miss Sears
Shore Acres
York State
Caldwell
Hetty Gandy
Candlers
Pansy-Etta
Gandy
Ruth Wells
Robert Dempster
Walter Young
Kristl
Kaiser Josef Ib
Austria
Christ
Vienna
Prachser
James Uryce
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