Reindeer Clothing For Arctic Car Race Comfort
Samuel P D Williams of Portland urges Arctic attire drawn from Eskimo dress for a New York Times Paris Matin overland auto race. He highlights reindeer skin clothing for warmth and lightness, plus careful moisture and frost management and generous native hospitality as essential for drivers.
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New York
Paris
New York Times
Arctic
Samuel PD. Williams
Portland
Ore
Waldorf-Astoria
Alaska
Siberia
Williams
Seneca Ball Found Dead in Lafayette Apartment
The body of Seneca Ball, sixty five, was found seated before a grate fire in his Lahr Annex apartment in Lafayette Ind. Medical examination showed he died of heart trouble. Ball belonged to an old and well known family.
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Lafayette
Ind
Seneca Ball
Lahr Annex
Ball
Moonshine Distillery Raided in Elliott County
In a raid by revenue agents in Elliott county three large illicit distilleries fifteen fermenters and one thousand gallons of beer were destroyed. No operators were captured. the moonshiners appeared warned of the raid.
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Moonshine
Lexington
Elliott County
Railway Shops to Close in Omaha and Other Cities
Union Pacific announces plant shutdowns from December 24 to January 2 impacting 1,760 workers in Omaha, 400 in Grand Island, and 200 in North Platte.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Grand Island
North Platte
Market Value of George Bernard Shaw Quoted
In the London New Age G B S cites Milton’s Paradise Lost price of five pounds and asserts he would demand five thousand pounds for the same amount of writing power, arguing no lesser sum reflects the value of pen and ink work.
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George Bernard Shaw
London New Age
Milton
Hog Market Opens Mixed as Cattle and Sheep Hold Steady
Chicago December 24 1907 hog receipts estimated 18000 carryover from yesterday with light hogs 4 35 to 4 70 mixed packers 4 35 to 4 80 heavy shipping 4 35 to 4 75 rough 4 35 to 4 40 cattle around 4500 strong 15 to 25 higher than last week sheep 12000 firm
Chicago market totals and price ranges for December 24 1907
Official receipts yesterday 30033 shipments 8395 estimated receipts 23000 with bids below yesterday’s averages. Markets show bulk 450 465 light 435 470 mixed packers 435 475 and heavy ship grades 435 470. Cattle strong sheep strong. Texas steers 3200 400 stockers 2400 435 Western cattle 335 485. lambs 400 625.
John A. Babcock with Ghigago Illinois
An item notes John A. Babcock located in Ghigago Illinois offering contact for timely replies and promising a square deal. The message references Ali with a confident tone.
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Ali
Meyer and the postal savings plan in the Roosevelt era
Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer urges a system of postal savings banks and a parcels post as President Roosevelt backs the idea. Meyer, a wealthy Beacon Hill figure, faces opposition from express companies and small merchants while promoting stamp vending by slots and a broader role for the postal service.
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Excel
J. Henniker Heaton
United States
George von Lengerke Meyer
Roosevelt
Congress
Meyer
Postal Savings Bank
Bryan
Vilas
Wanamaker
Bissell
Postal Service
Great Express Companies
American Express
Thomas C. Platt
New York
United States Express Company
National Senate
Parcels Post
Postmaster General
Lion
Beacon Hill
Boston
Harrison
Whitney
Cleveland
Navy
Post Office Changes Stir Hillside Residents
The article discusses proposed innovations by Postmaster General Meyer and federal shifts in the Post Office Department. It notes Hitchcock’s role and Frank Cock’s appointment, with Meyer driving the changes and local residents of Hillside Corners awaiting Congress approval.
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Frank Cock
Hitchcock
Meyer
Postoffice
Beacon Hil
Hillside Corners
Congress
Parsonages Taxable Say Illinois Supreme Court Ruling
Springfield December twenty first. The Illinois Supreme Court rules that church dwellings used by pastors as homes are taxable unless the building is employed by the church to conduct public worship. The decision was brought by the First Congregational Church of Oak Park.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
First Congregationa Church
Oak Park
Bachelor Girls in Alton Tie Proposals to Silk Dress Prize
In Alton Illinois bachelor girls offer a $200 silk dress to the member who can prove she has rejected the most marriage proposals at the leap year ball in January. The men may fear a trap yet the club expects each man to make several advances to accumulate skals. A possum fattening for the President is also mentioned, to be sent to Roosevelt for Christmas.
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Ambassador Meyer
Meyers
Washington
National Capital
Boston
Back Bay
Meyer
Alton
Bachelor Girls
Washington Post
Georgia
Roosevelt
Gainesville Ga
New York Sun
Helen Longstreet
Gainesville
White House
Female Police Corps to Start in Christiania Norway
A London Telegraph report says Norway is forming a female police corps in Christiania to protect children and youths. It notes Christiania will be among the first cities after America to field women police, with support from the Norwegian Women’s Association and local authorities.
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Norway
Christiania
London Telegraph
America
Norwegian Women’s Association
Philadelphia faces street railway strike amid tensions
The item notes a looming street railway strike in Philadelphia causing anticipated discomfort and possible unrest. It references national reactions to prohibition efforts led by Senator Tillman and other scattered 1906 news items including a Detroit fire, Persian politics, and payrolls in Pittsburg.
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Philadelphia
Tillman
Prohibition
Lord Kelvin
Weateminster Abbey
Jefferson and
Woodward Avenues
Detroit
Meyer
Santa Claus
Chicago
New York
Naples
United States
Persia
New England
States
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Samuel D. Williams
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Egraph Chicago
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission Company
Lent
Robertus Love
Europe
United States of America
James Jones
Jimtown
Jones
National Bank
Uncle Sam
Mr. Meyer
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Alice Appleton
Newport
Massachusetts
McKinney
Italy
Sam
Caesars
St. Petersburg
Empire
George von L. Meyer
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