National Motor Boat Carnival Opens on Hudson River
Yonkers New York September 16 The National Motor Boat Carnival begins on the Hudson with races for championship cups international interstate and national titles plus cruising and open launch series. Long distance events Thursday include speed boats to Poughkeepsie and back with a new midpoint mark.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Fort Washington Point
Peekskill
Norning
Cross Country Aero Contests Open Second Aero Meet
The Aero meet opens its second week with cross country races. A novel Chicago flight starts at Cicero Field and flies to Grant Park, circling the lake for about twenty five miles. aviators must avoid flying over any part of the city.
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Chicago
Cicero, Field
Grant Park
Nineteenth Iowa Reunion Plugs 23rd Annual Session
Keosauqua Iowa hosts the 23rd annual gathering of the Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry closing a two day reunion. About 300 living members traced, with 250 killed or wounded, and 200 captured and exchanged during the war. Officers elected include E H Thomas president and J M Lytle secretary. Next meeting likely in Des Moines or Eldon.
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Keosauqua
Nineteenth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
E. J. Thomas
United States
Iowa
van Buren County
Court House Grove
E. H. Thomas
Ottumwa
J. M. Lytle
Washington
Rev. C. A. Field
Opera House
Commissioner on graft in New York today
Police Commissioner Waldo testified before the Aldermanic Inquiry into the Police Department and was questioned about alleged wholesale graft. He is expected to remain on the witness stand for most of the week.
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New York
Waldo
Gaynor
Police Department
Odd Fellows Meet Opens in Winnipeg for World Drama Honors
The annual meeting of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opens in Winnipeg Manitoba with delegates from the United States and Canada. A feature of the convention is the contest for the world championship honors in dramatized degree work.
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Winnipeg
Man
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
United States
Canda
Seasickness by Howard L. Rain
An humorous essay on seasickness describing its causes and effects aboard ships. It details varied symptoms from loss of appetite to vomiting, the social disruptions, and multiple supposed cures, concluding that only a land trip truly ends the malady.
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Lee
High Seas
Illumination Engineers Gather for Niagara Falls Convention
The Iluminating Engineers' Society opens its annual convention in Niagara Falls with discussions on High Pressure Gas Lighting by F W Goodenough and Recent Developments in Series Street Lighting by R F Pierce. Dr C B E Ferree will present AMA research on eye efficiency under various lighting systems.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Iluminating Engineers’ Society
F. W. Goodenough
Elluminating Engineering Society of London
England
R. F. Pierce
American Medical Association
C. BE. Ferree
Drafting season opens for major leagues in Cincinnati
The National Baseball Commission outlines draft rules for 25 eligible players on Sept 15, limiting major league rosters to 3 3/4. It states waivers interleague rules cannot be requested before December 1 unless a player is under contract 10 days and has played for the applying club.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Baseball Commission
Conplasion
Iowa Becomes Great Wheat State on Record Harvest
Reports to George M. Chappel show Iowa will harvest about 18,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, up from last year by nearly 10,000,000. The state’s acreage and yields surged, with spring wheat averaging 18 bushels per acre, up from 13.8 last year, and winter wheat at 17.6, signaling Iowa as a major wheat and corn producer.
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Iowa
George M. Chappel
Iowa Crop Bureau
Lowa
Union
Wheat Acreage and Yields Rise Across Iowa in 1912
Iowa reports a rise in spring and winter wheat planted and harvested compared with 1911. Spring wheat acreage increased from 358,510 to 506,600 acres, an upturn of 147,090 acres, while winter wheat sowing fell from 200,760 to 132,940 acres. Overall wheat area to harvest grew by 280,020 acres. Winter wheat yield more than doubled from 3,956,000 to 8,342,500 bushels, and spring wheat output rose from 4,674,500 to 9,118,800 bushels.
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Towa
Iowa
Live Stock Hearing in Denver on SP Rate Rise
Testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Denver centered on the American Live Stock Association protest to Southern Pacific rate increases from Colorado common points to New Orleans. Commissioner Charles A. Prouty presided as growers argued the hike harms livestock shipping.
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Denver
Colo
American Live Stock Association
Southern Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles A. Prouty
Southern Pacific
Colorado Common Points
New Orleans
The
Livestock Association
Then and Now in a Humorous Parlor Exchange
In a playful exchange Bilkins declares a past throne scene with a scepter while his wife quips he will soon stand on the back porch and wave a rug beater. The lighthearted dialogue contrasts past grandeur with domestic humor.
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Bilkins
St Paul Dinner to Honor J J Hill Tonight
St Paul Minnesota will host a dinner honoring veteran railroad leader James J Hill this evening. About 1,200 guests expected, with citizens of St Paul and men from across the country invited. Hill born near Guelph Ontario on September 16 1838.
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St. Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Guelph
Ont
Harvester Dissolution Hearing Opens in St Paul
Judge W H Sanborn began hearing testimony in the government case to dissolve the International Harvester Company in St Paul today. The suit was filed in April with the defendants answering on August 1.
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St. Paul
W. H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
International Harvester Company
Rochester Celebrates 100th Birthday With Expo
Rochester New York marks its centennial with a large industrial exposition. Governor Dix participates in the celebration as the city kicks off its 100th anniversary events.
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Rochester
N. Y
Dix
Borrowed Smiles and Local Pranks in Ireland
A collection of light anecdotes from Ireland and abroad. An Irishman tests an eight day alarm clock and a jokey constabulary tale ends with a clever countryman claim. A cart owner jokes about erased names while a clock drummer jokes about election year alarms.
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Ireland
Schmidt
Mit
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsing Letter Text
An advertised reward offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case. A letter from the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo attests Dr. J Cheney's honor and solvency. Hall's Catarrh Cure is stated to work internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free and price per bottle announced. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dr. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
O. Tiall
All Druggista
Closing Out Salbe-Dairy Cows at Washington Farm
A dairy seller in southeast Washington lists 19 cows and heifers, 3 bulls, fresh cows, springers, yearlings, four Holstein calves, a pedigreed Holstein bull, a high grade Jolstein calf, 14 shoats, five dozen Plymouth Rock chickens, milk gear, and a work horse. Auction starts 11 o'clock with 12 months credit on bids over ten dollars, bankable notes at 7 percent interest, lunch on grounds.
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Plymouth Rock
Chinese incubators claim origins in ancient poultry methods
The piece asserts that Chinese innovations in incubation date back centuries with techniques tied to latching chickens. It emphasizes historical use of incubation methods in poultry keeping and notes claims of early Chinese contributions to incubator development.
Spanish War Veteran Praises Saxo Salve for Eczema Relief
William Delaney, a Spanish War veteran living at 855 W Gist St New York, credits Saxo Salve with stopping his relentless itching and healing his eczema after six doctors failed. The ad urges others with eczema tetter ringworm barber's itch or skin disease to try Saxo Salve and promise recovery. Sherman Bros Druggests Washington la handle the sale.
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Wm. Delaney
W. Gist Street
New York
Sherman Bros
Deuggista
Washington
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Hedson National
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Washing
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D. D. Proper
Omaha
FE. H. Thomas
J. A. Houghlany
ODD Fellows
Winnipee
Sovvereign
Grand Lodge of
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Howard L. Rain
Materia Medica
Illuminating Engineers’ Society
GREAT
Chappel
Southwest
J. J. Hill
O'Flaherty
C. M. & F. Clothing CO
Salbe
W. A. Chilcotr
PD. F. Macon
Audt
M. DeLong
Chas. H. Keck
Frank R. Sage
Saxo Salve
See Gas Co
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