Uncle Sam's Vast Resources and Global Influence
A weekly Tribune piece extols the United States as a leader in mineral oil copper cotton and corn production and asserts growing 1908 demand for copper and cotton. It claims US exports to Europe Asia and Africa fund foreign credits and quotes imperial banks reacting to gold flows.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Circle Magazine
Midas
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of England
Keep Him Home at Night A Comical Look
A Chicago woman tries to keep her husband home by various ploys from binding furniture to romantic theatrics. The piece lampoons managing marriage with humor noting that only a rheumatic, bedridden husband offers steady company, while other schemes fail.
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Chicago
Physical training urged as part of college curriculum
Dr. Dudley A. Sargent says scholarship students show physical defects like pale faces and flat chests while athletic leaders lack intellectual muscles. He argues that physical training should be a standard college component, a practice already in some male and many female colleges.
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Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard University
National Health Bureau Proposed by Congress and Experts
A plan to create a national health bureau with interstate and international quarantine powers and broad data dissemination is discussed after a 100-member science committee consulted the president. The initial phase includes reorganizing government scientific bureaus for efficiency and improvement.
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Bureau of Health
Congress
Iowa News Roundup From Whiting to Davenport
The Whiting saloon permit is revoked to take effect July 1. Several Iowa incidents follow: miner James McCulloch fatally injured by a switch engine. farmer C. C. Fahan dies of heart failure. Myrick Pullen tops Iowa State Agricultural College honor roll at 94.9. Harry Jones arrested in Guthrie for a murder case. divorce actions filed in Sioux City. a boy near Sidney suffers hand injury from a shotgun accident. Federal court cases in Dubuque and Carson sally through. Mehrer family in Rutland faces probable death. Judge Benson rules on citizenship papers for Frank Honicek. Jorgen Petersen pays $700 to settle wife and divorce. Decorah and Des Moines districts report suicides and misfortunes. Mason City fire prompts rebuild plans. meningitis outbreaks in Harlan cause closures and quarantines. Davenport plans juvenile home with a matron following supervisor talks.
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Whiting
James McCulloch
White
Northwestern
C. C. Fahan
Lake City
Myrick Pullen
Storms
Iowa State Agricultural College
Charles Benham
Muscatine
Guthrie
Okla
Harry Jones
van Winkle
Robert Weihe
Sioux City
Weihe
Roy Novinger
Sidney
Benson
Dubuque
Frank Honicek
Honicek
Jorgen Petersen
Nevada
Johanna Mare Neilson Petersen
Denmark
Petersen
Decorah
Reed
Federal Court
Yubucue
Interstate ‘Nvestment Company
Charles City
Radio Company of
New York
Nelson E Hagtman
Rutland
Humboldt
Bestman
Harry W. Benton
Woodbury County
Ithel Katherine Dunn
Benton
South Dakota
Town Central Depot
Continental
Frank Michelberger
Bloomfield
Sigourney
Pace
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. J. A. Schnoor
Holstein
Iowa Central
Mason City
Michael Cook
Cedar Falls
W. G. Clark
Centerville
Clark
Fairfield
Appanoose County
Newell
Samuel Carson
Pocahontas Center
Variva
Fonda
John Knights
Green Mountain
Marshalltown
Knights
Harlan
George Billings
Bartlett
Charles Wirth
Billings
Wirth
St. Francis Academy
St. Francis Congregation
Clinton
Howard Scarborough
John Burns
Newton
Burns
Scarborough
Hammer
George Erwin
Hershey
J. W. Bollinger
Scott County Supervisors
Davenport
Dell Elis
Brighton
Col
Farmers’ State Bank
William Esser
Brooklyn
N. Y
BE. W. Bliss Company
Hattibell Cook McReynolds
Chicago
George S. McReynolds
Chicago Board of Trade
Joliet
King Edward
Paris
William Adler
State National Bank of
New Orleans
United States Grand Jury
Girardville
J. E. Levy
Curry Robertson
John Henry
Hawkinsville
Congo
Leopold
Belgium
Bryan
Omaha
Omaha, Neb. B. F. Bush
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Bush
Lave Martin
Kirtland
Redfield Proctor
Proctor Union Church
Proctor
Bridget King
Sheffield
John
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Frankfort
Ind
Armstrong Cork Company
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Gov. Frear
Honolulu
Hoboken
N. J
Court Theater
Meiningen
Germany
Emperor William
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Venice
Connor
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
International Harvester Company
Cortelyou
Washington
Rice Hill
Black River Falls
Frank P. Glazier
Chelsea
Mich
Boston
Taft
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Curtis Guild
Eben Draper
Ilinois
Richter
Laporte
Effeult Court
Chicago-New York Electric Airline Company
George F Mull
Indianapolis
Simeon Ford
President Roosevelt
Boston Real Estate and Section Board
John F. Miller
Seattle
Brief Review of a Week's Events
Fire in Kalamazoo causes about 100000 in damage. Notable deaths include Charles Aldrich founder of Iowa's historical department and Adolph Meyer former Confederate adjutant general. International items note Japan's ultimatum to China over the Tatsu Maru and a proxy for U.S. mail transport reform. The report covers politics, crimes, disasters, and legal actions across the United States and abroad.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department of
Iowa
Boone
Adolph Meyer
New Orleans
Giuseppe Alla
Denver
Col
Leo Heinrichs
Congress
United States
Point Loma
Cal
Navy Department
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Mont
James Robinson
Japan
Peking
Raminez Arbelaez
Lima
Peru
Union Lumber Company
St. Paul
Pedricktown
Bridgeport
N. J
Baltimore
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Paris
Prince He
Nassau
Supreme Court
Nashvilla
Sa Tenn
Nashville
New Mexico School of Agriculture
Mesilla Park
Tex
Appalache Mill
Greers
S. C
Niigata
Daniel J. Ainsworth
Revenue Cutter Rush
Seattle
Wash
Indiana
Lafayette
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
W. H. Taft
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Washington
Mount Crab
Cincinnati
Joseph Pigraino
California
Sacramento
E. H. ‘Harriman
Carol Harriman
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Salkehatchie
Peoria
Ill
Stoessel
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St. Petersburg
Edward T. Hance
Virginia Campbell Thompson
Alexander Campbell
Campbellite Church
British Isles
Ireland
William Slade Clark & Co
Philadelphia
Anne Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
George Worthington
Pittsfield
Mays
William
Syracuse University
Dr. Day
Traffic Club
Charles Hughes
Michigan
Don Eduardo del Beistegul
Gary
Columbus
5. C
L. L. Olds Seed Company
Mexico
Walter F. Baker
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Callao
Straus
Harry Goldstein
O. D. J. Hughes
New Rochelle
Joseph Husker
Alton
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