Japanese ARN in Korea sparks division expansion plan
Tokyo reports authorities consider forming three army divisions to be stationed in Korea. With General Terauchi as resident general, calls grow to enlarge the Japanese army there to guard against uprisings and incursions. Also notes emigration limits and a committee to study Korea and Manchuria for settlement. W. M. Meredith from Alabama buys Methow fruit land. two engineers follow, purchasing a 17 acre tract.
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Japan
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Seattle
Alabama
Methow Valley
Brazil
Washington Country
Paul Kennedy
W. D. Sample
Electric stimulation of hens eyed to bias chick sexes in Stockton
A Stockton poultry breeder tests electric stimulation on hen roosts to influence hatch outcomes toward more pullets. Males are removed nightly while hens receive a current, aiming to transfer vitality to eggs and sway the sex of hatchlings. In Washington, Robert Tracewell marks 13 years as treasury comptroller, nearly breaking all records except the first comptroller Joseph Anderson's 21-year tenure.
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Washington, D. C
Robert J. Tracewell
the Treasury
Joseph Anderson
Tennessee
Historical Pageant in Chester to Feature 3000 Performers
A large historical pageant planned for Chester next week will feature about three thousand performers. The eight episodes cover periods from A D 78 to the siege of Chester and King Charles's visit in 1645, promising a notable event in recent years.
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Chester
London
Charles
Post Office to Take Over National Telephone Company
London July 15 at a staff dinner Albert Ans secretary of the National Telephone Company said the post office will shortly take over 500000 clients with an annual income of 15 to 20 million pounds and add 12200 servants. The president reported 1362000000 messages sent last year an increase of 39000000 from the year before. Message cost stood at half a penny per message. England has one telephone user in 77 people Germany one in 71 and France one in 202.
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Albert Anns
Natinal Telephone Company
National Telephone Company
Post Office
England
Germany
France
International Cycle Championships Open in Brussels
Nearly forty top class bicycle racers have gathered in Brussels to contest the International Cyclists' Union championships. The event starts tomorrow and runs through the week with several American riders among the entrants.
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Brussels
America
International Cyclists’ Union
Taft to Start Ten Day Mayflower Cruise
Washington is told President Taft will extend vacation with a ten day cruise on the Mayflower beginning Monday. He sails along the north coast to Bar Harbor with family, Horace Taft, and friends. The trip will include stops at resorts and points of interest.
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Taft
Horace D. Taft
Bar Harbor
Campbell
Legislature of
Texas
Fire Insurance Rating Board
International chess masters join Hamburg tournament opening
The Hamburg city chess event opens Monday as the year’s biggest chess tournament with entrants Marshall Capablanca Lasker Schlechter Tarrach Janowski Rubinstein and other renowned masters. In Nicaragua a special congress session meets Wednesday to discuss a large foreign loan and monetary system reorganization amid ongoing revolutions. Other conventions this week include gatherings of the Associated Advertising Clubs in Omaha the National Dental Association in Denver the Colorado Stock Growers Association in Grand Junction and the South Dakota Dry Farming Congress in Rapid City.
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Nicaragua
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Omaha
National Dental Association
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Colorado Stockgrowers’ Association
Grand Junction
South Dakota Dry Farming Congress
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