Spectacular Gas and Dust Explosives Tests Planned at Pittsburg
Federal officials will convert the old Pittsburgh arsenal into an experimental station to study mine explosions. Explosives will be buried in a boiler-plate cylinder filled with gas to test safety against fire damp and coal dust. Rescue gear and a miniature mine will be used to evaluate equipment and procedures in simulated mine conditions.
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Pittsburg
Arsenal
Great Britain
Geological Survey
Gays
Washington
New York World
Wilkes Berre
Steel Trust
Rillers
Trust
Puzzle Athlete Tom Longboat Stuns Athletics World
Tom Longboat, Canada's famed long distance runner, remains a puzzle to the athletic world. Two years ago on Thanksgiving Day 1906 he won a field of thirty in a Boston Marathonlike event to universal surprise. He later triumphed in the Boston Marathon, beating 215 American and Canadian runners by nearly a mile. Despite flat foot, constant smoking, and irregular training, his feats have established him as a standout figure.
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Tom Longboat
Canada
Boston
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade and Buffalo
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed grains and fats with wheat soybeans corn oats and lard futures trading, including July and December positions. Live stock numbers from Chicago and East Buffalo indicate receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves, with cattle at 7.75 to 8.25 for prime steers and hogs around 6.00 to 6.70 for different grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Ewer
Fifty Men Trapped in Russian Coal Mine
Yusovo Russia July 9 a gas explosion six days after the disaster left about 200 miners dead and fifty believed still trapped. A rescuer pulled to the surface reported hearing groans from imprisoned workers and a squad remaining in the eastern shaft.
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Yusovo
Russia
Lusitania Beats Speed Record On First Day Out
The Cunard liner Lusitania logged 641 miles in a day with a new speed record, achieving 4% nautical miles daily on the voyage from Queenstown to New York. The ship sailed from Queenstown on July 5 for New York.
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Lusitania
New York
Cunard
Queenstown
Wedding Banquet Poisoning Sicks Fifty Three at Laingsburg Farm
Fifty three people attended a wedding banquet at Phillip Virges farm in Laingsburg Michigan and ate pressed chicken. Forty seven were poisoned and for a time it was feared several might die.
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Laingsburg
Mich
Phillip Virges
John Barrett II Ill in Denver City Visit
John Barrett II, head of the bureau of American Republics, is reported ill at the home of John W. Springer in Denver. Rumors linked typhoid fever to the illness, which were denied. officials expect Barrett to be out within a few days.
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Denver
John Barrett
Washington
Bureau of American Republics
John W. Springer
Heavy Woman Who Traveled With Circus Dies in Jackson
In Jackson Michigan on July 9 Mrs Ella Ellis aged forty six died from dropsy. She weighed four hundred twenty five pounds and once toured as the fat woman with a circus but her weight proved too strenuous and she left the act.
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Jackson
Mich
Ella Ellis
Dropay
Fertile Peru’s Vast Elevation Diversity Supports Broad Produ
Peru’s varied elevations and climates allow cultivation of nearly all known crops. Despite its tropical location, highlands and coastal zones enable diverse agricultural production and product variety.
The Fig of Smyrna or Cresca Flaunts Its Virtues
The passage extols the fig as a biblical favorite fruit and claims an Indulgence can cure many maladies. It notes the fruit’s special affinity for the lower intestines and asserts success where traditional medicines have failed. It mentions washing and drying figs if they surpass a certain date.
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Smyrna
Cresca
Letters of complaint from Belgian asylum inmates
In Belgian lunatic asylums securely locked boxes hold inmate letters of complaint. Three times a week officials collect them, investigate each case, and if a prisoner asserts illness a prompt medical examination follows.
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Belgium
Garden Bed Preparation For Early Planting And Soil Improvement
The guide outlines lifting and ridging soil in beds to aerate and mellow it, then redistributing it before planting. Ridging and aeration boost nitrogen, reduce fertilizer needs, and improve potting soil when spring composts are reused.
How to Keep Feathers Fluffy for Hats and Boas
Instructions detail keeping ostrich feathers fluffy using boiling water and dry heat. Use a teakettle for steam and a radiator or stove top for dry heat. Wave feathers in steam until moisture rests, then apply close but careful heat while shaking frequently to preserve curl.
How to Make Dainty Neckwear from Simple Fabrics
A guide for women of modest means to fashion neck trims at home. It describes crafting sassy fluffy bows and jabots from hemstitched handkerchiefs with colored borders, adding valenciennes lace, and folding techniques to create jabot effects. White handkerchiefs with barred borders can be transformed similarly for charming results.
Rug making from old clothes with pronged weave method
To fashion durable rugs, tear garments into narrow strips, color mix for centers or borders, wrap around two pronged wires, pin to muslin foundation, sew to prongs, remove prongs, cut loops, then affix lining with paste and press to floor for a sturdy, inexpensive rug.
How to Clean Enamel Paint
How to clean enamel paint without soap as it dulls gloss. For washed enamel woodwork use a cup of carpenter's glue melted into warm water to aid cleaning and leave a high gloss. Once used, the glue solution becomes a household necessity.
How to Clean Enamel of Stains
How to remove stains from enamel by rubbing with salt moistened with vinegar. This method cleans enameled pots and pans effectively regardless of burn or discoloration.
How to Keep Vegetables Fresh Today
Practical tip describes storing green vegetables by wetting, rolling in damp paper, and sealing ends to prevent air exposure, extending freshness for several days.
Average grain crop outlook due to wet spring in Iowa
Des Moines July 9 report by George A. Wells Iowa Grain Dealers association secretary says only an average crop is likely unless conditions improve. Excessive spring rainfall harmed soil and reduced acreage. wheat oats corn barley rye flax prospects given with acreages and bushel forecasts. overall maturing conditions remain modest and marketed portions near last year’s shares.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
Mrs J A Y Ashby and son visit Keota for days
Mrs J A Y Ashby and her son Gerald are traveling to Keota for a short visit with relatives, planning a few days stay before returning.
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J. A. Y. Ashby
Gerald
Keota
Kilgore and Gorham trio head to Columbus Junction today
Mrs Kilgore and Donald and Mary Gorham left this morning for Colum bus Junction to spend the day.
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Mrs. Kilgore
Donald
Mary Gorham
Columbus Junction
Roosevelt Taft intertwined in convention proceedings
The convention minutes quote Mr Clayton harshly attacking President Roosevelt and the Republican party while noting Roosevelt's popularity stems from Democratic principles. He asserts Roosevelt owes Alton Parker an apology and references Roosevelt's December 1905 message to Congress.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Taft
Clayton
Republican Party
Mr. Clayton
Alton B. Parker
Congress
Roosevelt's African hunt plans teased by editors
At Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt and his son Kermit discuss the Africa hunting expedition. Offers for stories flood in from McClure and Whitney, but no contracts are signed. A museum professor will oversee carcass preparation for possible display at Smithsonian or New York Museum of Natural History. The Roosevelts will be out of contact for a year.
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Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
N. Y
S. S. McClure
McClure Publications
Caspar Whitney
Outing
Republic
Africa
Rudyard Kipling
Thackeray
Dickens
Messrs
McClure
Whitney
Kermit Roosevelt
Joe Washington
Panama
New York Times
Smithsonian
New York Museum of Natural History
Kermit
African Wilds
Genesee Valley
One More Desire Foretold by Midnight Moon
A fragment from a New York Press piece depicts a midnight moment where a speaker clings to one promise while the lunar backdrop adds a romantic mood. A woman teases him about desire leading to taking more after the first.
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New York Press
State Lines Show Population and Pine Trade Figures
A regional note cites Oklahoma with a population of 1 414 177 and rapid growth. It reports the three old pine states Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota at likely under 20 billion feet of timber. Vermont’s 156 government workers in Washington reduce the treasury surplus by 213 413 dollars annually.
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Oklahoma
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
Readers are offered a $100 reward for a catarrh cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as the only positive cure, claiming to attack the disease constitutionally. Proponents promise testimonials and note the price of 75 cents, with purchase through F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Notice of Quieting Title in Washington County Iowa
Original notice in James Court of Washington County Iowa informs defendants including Wm H Jenkins and others unknown claimants that Joseph A Kolosick seeks to quiet title to described lands in section 29 township 75 north range 6 west and that any adverse claims are to be canceled. If defendants fail to appear by noon on September 1, 1908, default will be entered and judgment rendered.
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Wm. H. Jenkins
Sami. M. Cox
R. Dewey
Clk
Washington County
Iowa
William H. Jenkins
Elizabeth
District Court
Ashington County
Joseph A. Kolosick
Washington
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the Convention
Calico
Bowman
James
Joseph A. Kolesick
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