Spelling Debate Baffles House Subcommittee Aides
The legislative appropriations subcommittee wrestles with whether to adopt old King James or Roosevelt style spelling for a new bill. Public Printer Stillings testifies as the group ponders legal limits and costs. Uncle Joe Cannon quips that he leaves spelling to the stenographer.
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House
Washington
New York Times
Stillings
Supreme Couring
Congress
Senate
House Representatives
White House
Dilen
Fountain Head
Uncle Joe Cannon
Speaker
Uncle Joe
Black Moroccan Carrots Ship to Paris Reported
A cargo of nearly black Moroccon carrots arrived in Paris shipped by M. Michalet the Algiers agent for a Paris company. The roots resemble carrots but are dark outside and striped inside when cut. He says they grow well in Algiers and are larger and better than red carrots.
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Morocco
Paris
M. Michalet
Algiers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
M. Michel
Moroees
Treadwell Mine Closes After Twenty Years in Alaska
News outline reports the Treadwell mine at Doughes Alaska closed for the first time in twenty years. The piece notes coal shortages hit Douglas and Juneau and a severe famine affects central China per a state department cablegram. It also mentions Count de Witte, former Russian premier, meeting the emperor.
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Doughes
Alaska
Douglas
Juneau
China
State Department
Count de Witte
Russia
Glycerine in Dr Pierce’s Medicines Praised for Coughs
An 19th century advertisement extols glycerine in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims glycerine enhances medicinal roots, acts as a demulcent and nutritive, and helps treat lingering coughs bronchial and lung ailments. It quotes Prof. Finley Gallingar and asserts benefits for dyspepsia ulcers gastritis and skin blemishes from Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Finley Gallingar Pod
M. D
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Selecting a steer for the feed lot by Professor Mumford
Professor Mumford outlines beef steer traits from the Missouri University department of animal husbandry. He emphasizes head balance and brain, broad muzzle, clear health indicators, a short neck, and a well-filled shoulder region. He stresses a broad deep chest, large girth, well sprung ribs, a straight arched back, and a long level rump with smooth pin bones as key signs of prime cattle.
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B. Mumford
Department of Animal Huskandry
Missouri University
Roosevelt Digs In With Louisiana Fire Crew
President Roosevelt visited the battleship Louisiana in Newport News and joined the firemen at the No 3 boiler. He shovelled coal into the furnace, misfired once, then hit the mark on the second try and received praise from the crew before returning to deck. A shovel used by Roosevelt is kept as a souvenir by Chief Engineer Crank.
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Roosevelt
Louisiana
Panama
Newport News
New York Sun
Couden
Crank
Mr. Roosevelt
Destruction at Frisco Big Fire Report
A San Francisco report on the great fire states 8000 acres burned 520 blocks and about 25000 buildings. Insurance totals about 255000000 with building and contents losses near 350000000. Companies expect to pay around eighty percent of insurance, higher than Chicago and Baltimore examples.
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San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Baltimore
Knickerbocker Tea firm sale eyed by Western Lee group
Stockholders of the Knickerbocker Tea company of Chicago are to be asked to approve a proposed sale to the Western Lee company, which is also negotiating for western fee concerns. Details are pending and a formal plan may be presented next week for endorsement.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
Knickerboecker Tee Company
Chicago
Western Lee Company
Western Fee
Knickerbocker
New Jersey
Feeding and fattening cattle and sheep guidance from farm journals
The article recommends feeding strategies for horses and sheep, urging whole grain and clover hay for ewes, and warns against mixing grain types. It discusses cattle fattening, choosing well bred steers, and maintaining steady eating patterns to maximize weight gain and value, citing W. J. Grand in the Ohio Farmer.
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The
Farm Journal
W. J. Grand
Ohio Farmer
Joke on Longworth Cigar Humidor Key Mixup
A New York World dispatch says Representative Nicholas Longworth hosted visitors in Washington and offered cigars. The humidor was locked and the key could not be found until the butler revealed Mrs. Longworth had the key.
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Nicholas Longworth
Washington
New York World
Mr. Longworth
Elm Grove deaths at crossing strike two men killed
Henry Smith and John Balter were instantly killed when a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train struck their wagon as they crossed the Elm Grove track. The incident occurred near Elm Grove, Milwaukee, and the men died at the scene.
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Milwaukee
Henry Smith
Elm Grove
John Balter
Milwaukee and St Paul
Farming by mail proposed in four year course
The plan would have state university agricultural departments run a four year correspondence course with yearly phases. Students would sustain one acre for practical experiments, record results, and report to the university. A yearly meeting at the state farms is planned, with no charge beyond a small enrollment fee.
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Agricultural Department of
Chicago Tribune
State Farms
Chicago Aims for Aesthetic Revival Under Burnham Plans
A Merchants' Club movement to beautify Chicago is launched under Daniel H. Burnham. Plans, to be prepared within two years, promise marble bridges, arcades, domes and clean streets, with smokeless chimneys and lavish ornament as the city seeks a modern, lasting urban glow.
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Merchants’ Club
Chicago
Daniel H. Burnham
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Venice
Naples
Tennessee Fight Ends Nasal Catarrh With Arnica Salve
W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee battled twenty years of nasal catarrh. He reports swelling and soreness inside his nose vanished after applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the sore surface and never returning. The druggist was Satieber Stewart.
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Tennessee
W. L. Rawls
Bells
Tenn
Siaieb Stewart’s
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