Good Roads Special Train Visits Warren County
The Pennsylvania good roads special train with five cars arrived in Warren at 10 a.m. and stayed an hour and a half. Supervisors, farmers, and citizens toured the cars, viewed stone crushing and road-building equipment, and heard talks by Col. John A. Woodard and experts from the State College and Agriculture Department. The program highlighted asphalt bound macadam and drainage as keys to durable roads, with thousands of visitors noted since the train’s start. The train then moved to Youngsville at 11:30 a.m.
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Pennsylvania
J. H. Dodge
D. A. Isenburg
Pennsylvania State College
D. H. Winslow
W. G. Wells
United States Office of Roads
Department of Agriculture
J. T. Gibbardt
R. V. Haas
State Highway Department
J. T. Gebhart
J. T. Gebhardt
Board of Road Supervisors
Warren County
Warren
Youngsville
P R R Will Cooperate With Boards of Trade
The piece urges progress in American communities and calls on citizens to accept responsibility and actively engage with boards of trade to meet the era’s challenge with success and visibility. It emphasizes partnership, progress, and civic duty.
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P.R. R
Boards OF Trade
Election Officials and Assessors' Terms in 1914
Text notes that the terms of present assessors do not expire until the first Monday in January 1914. It suggests a court decision may be needed to settle this point and mentions election officers and township offices being extended.
1910 Pennsylvania corn crop value and yield estimate
Pennsylvania’s 1910 corn crop is estimated at 50 900 000 bushels with a value near 30 000 00 dollars. The totals come from county return sheets and final details will take several days as more data are confirmed.
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Pennsylvania
Diverse World News Roundup Delivers Global Happenings
A global digest reports a 36 conspirators murder trial in Viterbo Italy. Roosevelt calls for order justice and independence in El Paso. Limantour flees New York as Mexican revolution ponders American press impact. A Cleveland tug sinks drowning seven. St Charles College burns near Filicott City.
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Viterbo
Italy
Theodore Roosevelt
el Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Cheney
New York State Banking Department
Albany
Senor Limantour
New York City
Stevnie Morrison
Joseph Beron
Houndsditch
Cleveland
St. Charles College
Filicott City
Charles A Collin
Dix
Washington
Honduras Plans Change in Leadership After Davila
A Tegucigalpa dispatch says Dr. Beltran is due next week to replace Davila as president of Honduras. The report notes Beltran will assume the office following the current administration transition.
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Tegucigalpa
Beltran
Davila
Honduras
Andrew Carnegie
Adams Express Company
New York
London
China
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tripoli
Africa
H. F. de Cou
Cyrene
Independence of judiciary urged by Attorney General Wickersham in Cleveland
Dispatches report from Lisbon say Portugal Monarchists are funding dissension among Republicans. President Taft hints he will seek congressional approval before deploying U.S. troops into Mexico. St John dispatch notes Newfoundland sealing season poor with small catches. Washington issues charter for Harriman National Bank absorbing Night and Day Bank.
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Wickersham
Cleveland
Lisbon
Portugal
Taft
Mexico
Congress
St. John’s
Harriman National Bank of
New York
Washington
Riot claims generals in Honduras and unrest elsewhere
Generals Lara and Padma and 40 troops were killed in a riot at Comayaguela Honduras. Detachments from ten Illinois regiments guarded the coal town of Benid after riotous demonstrations by alien miners. Charles Schenk, shot by his wife after a revel, was buried at Park Ridge Illinois. Immigration officials at Winnipesaukee objected to 165 negroes from Oklahoma as settlers in Manitoba. Berlin reports Turkish loan subscriptions opened and immediately oversubscribed at 331,500,000.
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Lara
Padma
Comayaguela
Honduras
Benid
Charles Schenk
Park Ridge
Chicago
Winnipes
Canada
Oklahoma
Manitoba
Berlin
American troops drill on border in big war game
At Camp Sam Houston near San Antonio and other border camps, about 1,000 raw recruits undergo target practice and field training as General Carter orders readiness. A provost guard assists San Antonio police and a Fourth Cavalry squadron will patrol the camp. Authorities fear disorder after a Galveston incident as Diaz eyes the insurgents with limited force due to frontiers risks.
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Camp Sam Houston
San Antonio
Carter
Fourth Cavalry
Galveston
Army
New York
Taft
Patrolling Border Troops and Mexico Tensions Near San Antonio
The piece notes activity around San Antonio's San Pedro district with soldiers on pay night, describes military patrols by the Twenty-second infantry and Fourth cavalry, and discusses U S steps to protect Americans captured in Mexico. It covers martial law nuances, U S aims for fair trials, and the role of emergency medical kits for troops.
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San Pedro
San Antonio
Twenty-second Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Mexico
United States
First Aerial Mail Milestone For India
Letters in the Indian mail reaching London show the postmark First aerial Allahabad 1911. Special air mail carried from United Provinces exhibition near Allahabad to the Allahabad post office before onward transmission. In time aerial mail may rival the telegraph as a historic milestone.
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India
London
Allahabad
United Provinces
Clark Sends Garden Seeds to Widows
Champ Clark new speaker of the house sends a consignment of garden seeds to be distributed by his friends among widows in his home district. He notes names are not on his mailing list and packages can be remailed without postage as his frank carries them freely. It is said he acts with his wife’s approval.
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Clark
Champ Clark
Ile
Frank
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