Plan to Improve Alien Distribution Through Information Bureau
Washington announced a new drive by the bureau of information in the department of commerce and labor to better distribute aliens and match them with jobs. Secretary Straus orders a staff at each immigration station to manage information and employment referrals, with 806000 return postal cards to be sent to rural carriers in southern states to identify labor needs.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Information
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Immigration Service
Straus
Commissioners of Immigration
Congress
South
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
The Fourmilion In The Sahara
An explorer describes a tiny desert insect called the fourmilion. It digs a funnel shaped hole the size of a silver dollar and lies in wait. When a spider ant or beetle climbs down it erupts sand in a hail that blinds and immobilizes the visitor then dismembers it and stores it for a future meal.
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Sahara
That Girl in the Blue Kimono Sparks Theater Gossip
A young woman in a box party at a theater fixes on the stage with weary aristocratic features and a scornful smile. She remarks to an elderly matron that a fellow theatergoer in a blue kimono is a “whore custard,” provoking quiet scandal amid the audience.
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Chicago Tribune
Escape of Two Convicts From Jackson Prison
Two convicts James Cusaway and Frank Smith, cooks at Jackson prison, escaped by obtaining a rope and sealing the wall of the prison yard to gain freedom.
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Duckson, Mich
James Cusaway
Frank Smith
Jackson
Christian Science Monitor Debuts as Daily Paper
Boston editors announce The Christian Science Monitor to be published daily by the Christian Science Publishing Society starting soon. The new daily expands the Christian Science press offerings with continuous news coverage.
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Boston
Christian Science Sentinel
The
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
Herring Works on Plane Parts in Broadway Shop
A. M. Herring, who handed his aeroplane to Fort Myer based Signal Corps Tuesday, is repairing minor components in his Broadway shop. He says he does not expect to fly for at least two weeks.
Persian Beauties Paint Animal Figures on Faces
Some Persian beauties declare their faces by painting figures of animals and insects upon them.
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Persia
Tommy Jones Mows Garden and Confuses Nature
Tommy Jones visits Uncle Samuel in the country and attempts to help by mowing the vegetable garden. He overdoes the task, turning the plots into a field of mangled blooms as family members react with mixed feelings. Uncle Samuel consoles him, praising effort over results.
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Tommy Jones
Samuel
Red Barn
Tie
Tommy
Uncle Samuel
Sam
Earth
Elizabeth Morrill
Oddities In Figures Spelling Hidden Multipliers
A reader highlights 142857 multiplying by 1 2 5 4 5 6 yields cyclic shifts. Multiplying by 7 yields a wordy result. by 8 yields 1 142856, alterable to 142857. Similar patterns appear with 987654321 times 54 27 and 72 producing near-uniform digits with edge digits revealing the multipliers.
The Puffball Oak Apples Story
In oak woods you find brown puffball like balls called oak apples or galls under oaks. A tiny worm grows inside a gall fly egg hatches, larva eats, house grows around it, and wind blows the puffball apart revealing the larva.
If Only A Boy Could Find His Hidden Talent
A youth reflects on unfulfilled dreams of becoming a poet artist singer or star. He imagines fame but acknowledges his voice or chances may never rise, leaving him content with being just a boy.
Individual Hog Houses For Efficient Hog Raising
A Missouri farmer argues for open south facing individual hog houses forming a wedge of pens. Each 140 square rod lot centers on a hub feeding and watering via cement troughs and a main pipe system. The design reduces noise, aids weaning, and keeps sows healthy, while advising against very young sows in these pastures.
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Missouri
Breeder's Gazette
Chicago
The Dairyman Advice on Dairy Cow Care
The dairyman advises studying cow responses to feed and weather, noting that poor feed and exposure reduce milk output. Silage is praised for winter profits, calves should grow continuously, and cows should not be overfed fat. Essential dairying basics include dry bedding, warm stables, wholesome feed, and pure water.
Cause of the falling off
New York reports reduced registration due to lack of enthusiasm and other reasons. Shipmen and foreign banking sources note many foreign born voters left for Europe since the year began to stretch savings, planning to return when work improves. Eastward second cabin travel has risen and steerage departures surged with 574,406 steerage and 305,705 in 1907.
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New York
Europe
Battle for Life in Big Alligator Show at Auditorium
Hundreds watched as the trainer known as the "Great Swan" faced Nell the largest alligator in his group. A strike from the reptile in the central tank nearly killed him, but several stage hands intervened with quick action.
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Cincinnati
Auditorium Theater
Great Swan
Nell
Emery auditorium fund to build city music institute
Mrs. Mary M. Emery has donated 500000 dollars to the Ohio Mechanics Institute for a new building named Emery auditorium. The structure will serve as a home for the institute and also be available for Cincinnati music lovers.
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Cincinnati
Mary M. Emery
Ohio Mechanics’ Institute
Emery
Bank cashier accused of mail theft and bank deposit fraud
Denver reports FE. D. Smith aged sixty once cashier of Blanchester National Bank Blanchester now a west fruit grower has been arrested at Montrose Colorado by U.S. Marshal Thomas Clark on charges of rifling mail and depositing in an insolvent bank.
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Denver
FE. D. Smith
Blanchester National Bank
Blanchester
West
Montrose
Colo
Thomas Clark
Death by Own Action of a Young Girl in Iowa
Clara Watland, fifteen, reportedly killed herself in New Sharon after her mother scolded her for tardiness in returning home from school. She took arsenic to end her life, the Oct 17 report from Oskaloosa states.
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Oskaloosa
Clara Watland
New Sharon
Postmaster in Cortez Charged with Embezzling Funds
Dr. Von Tiedmann, postmaster at Cortez Nevada, was arrested on embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing 4400 dollars from the post office. He claims burglars entered the office.
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Austin, Nev
von Tiedmann
Cortez
Nev
Weather forecast for regional states tonight
The forecast covers Indiana and Illinois with mostly fair skies and warm conditions. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin expect continued warmth with fair weather, while Iowa has partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions in the northwest.
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Iiness
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Fatir
Wisconsin
Iowa
Market quotations from Chicago Board of Trade and East Buffalo
Chicago prices show cash sale ranges for winter and spring wheat as well as corn and oats by sample. Hogs, cattle, sheep and hay receipts listed with price brackets. East Buffalo figures report slow cattle and strong hogs and lambs, with calves at top end.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Northern
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Trade Review Shows Moderate National Improvement
New York October 17 J G Don Co s Weekly Review of Trade notes moderate improvement across regions with growing confidence for the future Large undertakings in iron and steel hold back due to elections while many smaller contracts and old orders keep activity going Export trade remains liberal Lakes movement nearing end shipments likely above 22 1 2 million tons Primary cotton goods market shows pronounced improvement with buyers more active Prices are not expected to fall further Footwear industry unsettled by the Lynn labor dispute affecting demand for woolens in men s wear
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New York
J. G. Don & Co
Lynn
Gray suspended for rest of session after London protest
Albert V. Gray a Socialist MP from Yorkshire created a scene in the House of Commons by denouncing colleagues for not aiding starving Londoners. He refused to obey orders, was suspended for the rest of the session, and accused his peers of murder as he left amid jeers.
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London
Albert V. Grayson
House of Commons
Yorkshire
Grayson
Tremier Asquith
Chained Couple Captured After Flight From Arkansas
Sheriff J C Wood of Lee county Arkansas drives through Weatherford Texas with a man named 8 B Rogers from Marianna charged with embezzlement and the woman Sophia Trice chained to him. The pair had vanished months earlier creating a big sensation in Marianna before their arrest in Los Angeles.
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Weatherford
Tex
J. C. Wood
Lee County
Ark
Los Angeles
Cal
B. Rogers
Marianna
Rogers
Sophia Trice
Wood
Docks and rail offices burn in Chicago blaze
A fire at the International Salt docks in South Chicago destroys docks offices and fifty freight cars, threatening two steamers and the Calumet elevator. It is the third major blaze at the docks, with this loss estimated at 800000 dollars and the railway’s share at 200000.
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Chicago
International Salt Company
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
South Chicago
Salt Docks
Calumet
Roosevelt to Visit England After Africa Trip in 1910
The Times reports President Roosevelt plans to travel to England in early 1910 after his African tour He will deliver the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law during the university commemorations Oxford has already awarded the title to Emperor William.
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London
the Times
Roosevelt
England
Oxford
William
U S Fleet Delayed at Yokohama by Typhoon
A Tokio dispatch dated Oct 17 says the U S battle fleet was delayed en route to Yokohama as a typhoon washed overboard one sailor and damaged ships. The fleet plans to reach Yokohama Monday.
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Tokio
United States
Yokohama
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
National Committee
North Sea
Turkey
Balkan
National Grain Dealers’ Association
St. Louis
Virginia
Supreme Court of the
Help for Private Illness Shared with Mrs Pinkham
A help column urges readers to confide in Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for guidance on private illnesses. It promises confidential letters and notes her long experience aiding sick women to illuminate cases and offer insights.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa reports long standing female troubles caused headaches and nervousness and says after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered and recommends it to friends.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for Sickness Women and Lydia Pinkham Remedy
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard cure for female illnesses. It claims to relieve displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities menstrual pains backache aiding digestion and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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