Big Show of Live Stock at International Exposition
James A. Edgerton profiles the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago running November 27 to December 10. He calls it a supreme prize contest of champions, a global gathering of thoroughbreds, cattle from Mexico to British Columbia, and a showcase of modern breeding that outpaces Darwinian natural selection.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Mexico
British Columbia
Texas
Fifth Avenue
Luther Burbank
International
The
International Live Stock Show to feature fat stock and six in hand
The tenth annual International Live Stock exposition in Chicago promises the largest show yet with 8000 entries and prize carload displays. It will showcase fat cattle hogs and sheep alongside the horse show and six in hand racing, drawing breeders buyers and visitors from 22 states and four foreign countries.
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House of Lords
International Amphitheater
Union Stockyards
Chicago
United States
William Heap
British Meat Dealers’ United Associations
London
United Kingdom
Nourmahal yacht of Colonel Astor in peril from Caribbean hurricane
The Nourmahal, Colonel John Jacob Astor's 250 foot steam yacht, vanishes from Caribbean ports raising U.S. search concerns after a destructive hurricane. Built in 1884 by Harlan & Hollingsworth, she features cement steel construction, a three masted rig, 768 gross tons, and a crew of 46.
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John Jacob Astor
Nourmahal
United States
Caribbean Sea
New York Yacht Club
William Astor
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Boris of
Astor
Colonel Astor
Curtis Appointed New Assistant Secretary of Treasury
James Freeman Curtis of Boston, district attorney, former intercollegiate golf champion, has been chosen assistant secretary of the treasury in Washington.
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Treasury
Washington
James Freeman Curtis
Boston
United States
the Treasury
The Camel Joke About Its Back Up Anger
A concise pun explains why camels become easily angered: it always has its back up.
Dry Farming Misnomer and Reward Letter Nomination
Spokane man offers a reward of one hundred dollars in gold for suggesting a letter name for the Congress. The item presents as a quirky public appeal tied to the dry farming theme and a naming contest.
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Spokane
Congress
Spokane Man Proposes New Name for National Dry Farming Congress
F. Lewis Clark of Spokane proposes a substitute title for the national dry farming congress ahead of its fifth session in Spokane in the early west fall. He argues the current name misleads about the congress aims. An attempt to rename at Billings last month sparked a clash and failed.
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F. Lewis Clark
Spokane
Wash
National Dry Farming Congress
Congress
Dry Farming
Billings
Mont
New Wireless Teletraphy System Attracts Russian Military Interest
The military department in St Petersburg shows strong interest in a new wireless telegraphy invention by a Russian student. Claims say messages reach from St Petersburg to Sevastopol without interception. Plans involve a Urals station linking to a transmitter in Vladivostok for a secure network.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Ural Mountains
Vladivostok
World's Largest Leather Belt Shipped From New York
A belt touted as the largest and most expensive leather belt ever made for power drive was shipped south from New York City. It measures 240 feet long, six feet wide, three ply thick, costing $5,800 to construct, using hides of 540 Texas steers for a lumber company in Begalusa Louisiana. Thanksgiving Day notes follow with a light column on digging bees and a London Mail excerpt about the blue green “digger bee” and its nesting behavior.
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Morris & Co
New York
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
New York City
Texas
Begalusa
John B. Smith
London Mail
Moxley Elected to Congress in Sixth Illinois District
William J. Moxley won the Sixth Illinois district seat for the U S House, succeeding William Lorimer. He defeated Democrat Frank Ryan and Independent Carl Barnes, with 14 594 votes for Moxley, 8 317 for the Independent, and 6 414 for the Democrat.
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Chicago
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Illinois
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Albert J. Hopkins
Lorimer
Frank 8. Ryan
Carl L. Barnes
Ind
Barnes
Negro preacher's ark tale stirs doubt in Kentucky crowd
A Kentucky black preacher drew zoological parallels from Bible tales the flood Jonah Balaam and Daniel. An attentive crowd debated their authenticity until a young listener asked if the lions were like present ones. The preacher replied they were before circuses, leaving the point settled.
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Kentucky
Jonah
Balaam
Daniel
B. C
Buffalo Commercial
Mixed Vermont station tale of scrambled trains
Passengers at a Vermont way station wait for a Burlington bound train. They ask the station master about the train type. He replies it carries freight and passengers together and, in joking terms, calls it scrambled.
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Vermont
Burlington
Savers Trouble and a Sophisticated Husband
Brief quoted exchange notes a woman praising a spouse for practicality and ease, suggesting a savvy partner saves time by avoiding late night pocket searches. The tone is light and humorous from a Chicago Record Herald feature.
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Chicago Record-Herald
State to spend hunters license funds on Iowa fish and game
Des Moines reports the state drainage waterways and conservation commission will cooperate with State Game Warden Lincoln to use 60,000 dollars in hunters license revenue. The money funds preservation of Iowa rivers and lakes for fish and game.
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Des Moines
State Drainage, Waterways and Conservation Commission
Lincoln
Iowa River
Spokane Rate Case Proposals Spark Eastern Commerce Delegations
Delegations from ten eastern chambers of commerce met in New York at the invitation of the Merchants' Association to study the Spokane and allied freight rate proposals. A committee was named to report on creating a central traffic bureau to safeguard eastern interests as commercial groups push before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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New York
Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
Merchants’ Association
Northwest
Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt for Governor Movement Picked Up by Woodruff
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the New York Republican state committee, notes a movement among party leaders to nominate ex president Theodore Roosevelt for governor upon his return from Africa. He says Roosevelt’s consent would ensure nomination and election, benefiting the Republicans in New York.
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Woodruff
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Roosevelt
Africa
Iit
Theodore Roosevelt
Wealthy Brooklyn Bride Weds American Heiress Man
A quiet Hotel St. Regis wedding unites Mrs. William Hayes Chapman and Philip Van Valkenburg of New York. The bride, widow of a Brooklyn dry goods merchant, and the groom boast fortunes of about 10 million and 20 million dollars respectively, both prominent in society. Foreign noblemen sought the bride in vain.
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New York
St. Regis
William Hayes Chapman
Philip van Valkenburg
van Valkenburg
Fifty Pound Pie for Taft Bakeshop Delivers Thanksgiving Pie
A Newark bakeshop baked the largest Thanksgiving mince pie in America for President Taft. The fifty pound pie, measuring twenty five inches in diameter and three inches deep, was taken to Washington by a bakers union committee.
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New York
Taft
America
Washington
Bakers’ Union
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