Wives testify on Diggs Caminetti case and public service
Wives of Maury I. Diggs and Drew Caminetti testified reports show husbands sleepless and anxious before the Reno trip. The editorial argues public officials must serve all citizens with impartiality and fairness regardless of support.
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Maury I. Diggs
San Francisco
Drew Caminetti
Commissioner of Immigration
United States
Reno
Global notes on women, technology and travel in 1909
A wide array of small items highlights social trends and innovations: Maryland reports a female surplus, a Belgian chemist's grain made artificial meat, English women adopt hair freedom, and women preachers grow. naval teaching in Guam. Australian state capitals linked by wireless. Boston women’s homestead association protects against unwanted advances. vast overseas discoveries and inventions include electroplating in Germany and Norwegian electric push buttons. Farther, U.S. land policy, Japan Korea tree planting, earth tremors in Tirnova, opium trade shifts in Amoy, and a 115 foot Sitgreaves tower built of timber. Alabama high schools expand to 132 four-year institutions. Chivers jam plant uses fresh strawberries to make jam in an hour.
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Maryland
Suez Canal
London
Guam
Chicago
Australia
Women’s Homestead Association
Boston
United States
Sam
Norway
Korea
Balkans
Tirnova
Bulgaria
Amoy
China
Japan
Pacific
Sitgreaves National Forest
Arizona
Wichita National Forest
Oklahoma
Wichita
Knud Rasmussen
Peary Channel
Greenland
Peary Land
Insects Waging War on New York Forests This Summer
The forest entomologist at the Syracuse New York State College of Forestry reports higher insect damage to fruit and timber due to mild winter and dry spring. Tent caterpillars aphids and scale insects are cited with control tips including cocoon destruction and watering to wash off aphids. Hickory bark beetles threaten native hickory with potential wipeout unless infestations are cut down burned or logged away. The report urges bird protection and study of insect life histories to guide effective management.
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New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse
New York State
College of Forestry
The Busy Street Cycle in Judd Mortimer Lewis Poem
A Houston Post poem by Judd Mortimer Lewis depicts urban street work as a restless, cyclical process. It humorously traces paving, trenching, smoothing, and sewer installation, noting the perpetual churn and mislaid monkey wrench that keeps the street in motion.
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Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston Post
When It Is The Other Fellow
A humorous reflection on double standards in language about behavior. The piece contrasts how the same actions are labeled differently when done by the Other Fellow versus by you, labeling him with negative terms and you with positive or neutral terms. It covers traits from laziness to prudence and risk, noting social judgments.
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Exis
Hurry Up Phrase Echoes Through Daily Speech
A Boston Times snippet highlights the frequent use of hurry up in common speech. Examples show hurried breakfast orders train rides letters deliveries and social plans underscoring impatience in everyday moments.
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Bill
Jones & Montgomery
Maria
Walter
Miss Typer
Mary
Boston Times
Cantonese Must Bathe Weekly Says Board of Health
Health authorities in Canton, C define weekly bathing as mandatory and plan to post five language rules in homes with soap shortages. Penalty cited at $25 for neglect, as Health Officer Hinden notes the phrase all over aims to close loopholes on face washing misinterpretation.
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Canton
Board of Health
Hinden
Public Cynicism Questioned Over Truthful Behavior
A reflective note contends that many people would lie if not held to account, suggesting widespread temptation to deception exists when consequences are avoided and social norms loosen.
Don’t Monkey with a Suffragette Judge
A humorous tale centers Maude Miller a suffragette and chairwoman who falls for a country judge. Ambition and recall elections upend their romance as Maude exposes a political plot prompting the judge to lose his post and vow caution about angering strong women.
Fare Refusal Aboard Warren Jamestown Street Car
A drummer on a Warren and Jamestown street car ignores a conductor’s demand for fare. The passenger remains momentarily oblivious, and the conductor dryly explains the monetary obligation of riding, until the passenger finally reacts.
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Warren & Jamestown
Night Scene On City Streets By Eventide Chorus
Poetic fragment depicts night bringing stars and a chorus as tired businessmen ride in whizzing motor cars while a judge watches. The piece pairs urban motion with reflective lines about fame and fatigue.
It S Called Sport
Friend Neighbor visited the High lands for fishing and spent three dollars on carfare two dollars for a boat. He fell from the skiff lost his watch and carried home one small hard shell crab. He sustained a stone bruise on his left heel and spoiled a good pair of trousers.
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Newark
Highlands
Not What She Meant In A Portrait of Domestic Tension
A nurse tells a nursemaid to remove a baby from its mother while she reads. The mistress reacts with surprise and asks what the child will do next as the scene shifts to the nursery.
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Iinee
Allegheny County Approves Mother Pensions Experiment
Commissioners allocate 13000 for pensions to dependent mothers in Allegheny County. Governor Tener must appoint a trustees board to dispense the funds and county’s share of a 100000 state appropriation. Benefits limited to widowed or deserted fathers’ children and requires trustee approval. One year program.
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Allegheny County
Tener
Church Member Jailed for Large Theft in Franklin
J Garfield Lytle of Oil City admitted stealing 10 200 from Independent Refining as bookkeeper over roughly two years and faced blackmail from a woman. He received a sentence of one to two years in the Western penitentiary. part of the money funded a Buffalo apartment. Lytle, once seen as a model parishioner, had church support in court.
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Franklin, Pa
J. Garfield Lytle
Oil City
Western Penitentiary
Independent Refining Company
Buffalo
Lytle
Presbyterian Church
Army and Navy Game Moved to Polo Grounds in New York
The Army and Navy football game for this year will be played at the Polo Grounds in New York on November 29, instead of Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The decision followed a conference in the War Department with Acting Secretary Breckenridge and representatives of the Army and Navy Athletic associations.
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Army and Navy
Washington
Polo Grounds
New York
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Daniels
Breckenridge
Army and Navy Athletic Associations
Balkan War Suffering Spurs Red Cross Appeal
The National Red Cross reports from the Bulgarian and Servian fronts that 22 000 and 50 000 sick and wounded, including prisoners of war, are being cared for by their governments. Ongoing Balkan hostilities have drained medical resources, creating an urgent relief need.
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National Red Cross
Washington
Department of State
Bukharest
Belgrade
Balkan Peninsula
Secretary Muse Appeals for Funds for Silk Company Plant
Secretary Muse informs the public that Thissen and Durkin Silk Company will erect a building at Central avenue and Lincoln street with costs near ten thousand dollars, the contract awarded to John Osborn and Son for about fifteen thousand. Excavation started, quarry deliveries made, and a second building planned on adjacent lot within two years. Factory equipment purchases underway and manufacturing slated to begin in November. Applications for factory jobs from residents across Warren and surrounding counties, with preference for phased hiring. Urges prompt contributions to fund to meet payments due to the company.
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Thissen & Durkin Silk Company
Central Avenue
Lincoln Street
John Osborn & Son
Franklin
Thissen
Warren
Elk
Forest
McKean
H. J. Muse
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