Care of Home Towns Heart of Public Effort and Landscaping
A civic essay urges towns to make themselves beautiful and wealthy as political units by centralizing schools, libraries, and parks. It praises town fathers, tree plantings, and town parks as engines of character, with Clinton Conn and Clinton N Y cited as early examples. It argues for shared town improvement roles across men and women and warns against dispersing benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Clinton
Clinton Rural Art Association
What is expected of Taft The Presidents Greatest Tasks
The Christian Herald surveyed prominent Americans on the single most important task for the Taft administration. Responses covered forty topics, many tied to reform, education, science, and welfare, with multiple subjects endorsed. Top items include tuberculosis control, labor-capital reconciliation, and better governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
The
Christian Herald of
New York
United States
National Balloon Race Set for Indianapolis June Five
The Aero Club of America announced a national grand prize balloon race to be held in Indianapolis on June 5. The winner earns a $1,000 gold cup and is named national balloon champion. Aeronauts must be licensed pilots. eighteen are currently licensed in the United States. The race moves up from autumn due to a concurrent St Louis centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Indianapolis
Cortlandt F. Bishop
Aero Club of America
United States
International Aeronautic Federation
Aero Club
Indianapolis Motor Parkway
St. Louis
World's Biggest Map Builds Along Queensboro Bridge
The celebration committee will construct a 3724 foot long map on the south side of the Queensboro bridge in New York. It will be 69 feet high and outlined by electric lamps with Long Island in red and major towns in green. Visible from the East River frontage for one week during the bridge opening celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensboro Bridge
New York
Celebration Committee
Manhattan Shore
Long Island City
Long Island
East River
Religion Ties Health to Faith in Modern Teaching
The piece observes religion becoming a handmaid to health. Clergymen preach sanitation alongside theology and convent and private Christian schools teach health as part of instruction. Beauty specialists judge wellness by health rules, urging near perfection in life for beauty. Religious leaders praise the health based propaganda.
Beresford Retires from Channel Fleet Command
British naval circles buzz over Admiral Lord Charles Beresford stepping down as commander in chief of the channel fleet on March 24. The move, seen by supporters as pressure from the Fish er faction, shifts key ships under Milne and May as Beresford moves to half pay. born 1846 in Ireland, he gained fame at Alexandria in 1882 aboard the Condor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Lord Charles Beresford
Channel Fleet
Admiral Beresford
America
United States
Lord Beresford
John Fisher
Admiralty
Beresford
Archibald Berkeley Milne
William H. May
Channel
Ireland
Miss Hopper's Romance Ties Stage Beauty to Financial Fall
Edna Wallace Hopper, famed American stage beauty, is linked to Albert O. Brown in a romance formed amid his Wall Street failure. The marriage, kept private since November, surfaces as Hopper stars in George M. Cohan’s Fifty Miles From Boston. Brown’s receivers seek a $7,500 car and $25,000 insurance policy she received before his company’s collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wallace Hopper
Albert O. Brown
Miss Hopper
Wall Street
George M. Cohan
Boston
de Wolf Hopper
Mr. Brown
Brown
Orientals in United States Labor Demand and Exclusion Calls
The text notes rising demand for labor has drawn Orientals including Indians Koreans and Japanese to the coast with Hawaii as a route for Japanese workers on sugar plantations. It mentions no exclusion act yet passed but a paragraph in the two year old immigration act led the president to order exclusion of Japanese and Koreans lacking passports, fueling the flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
India
Korea
Japan
Hawaii
Congress
Men Sold On Block Shows Identities Hidden For Jobs
In New York at Parkside Presbyterian church a crowd of 3000 watched 50 masked men placed on a block to seek employment. Buyers promised jobs and subsistence, with sums as high as 55 dollars a month, while others offered weekly wages. The spectacle aimed to highlight working-class hardship and find housing and work for the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Parkside Presbyterian Church
Flatbush
John E. Long
Mr. Long
Edward T. O'Loughlin
O'Loughlin
W. F. Copeland
United States
Philippines
Newark
N. J
Village where wife rules in Llangwn oyster village
London dispatch describes Llangwn on Milford Haven estuary where women rule, fish and hawk oysters, manage finances, seek pensions, and even ban public houses while men stay in the background as dependents. The piece notes suffrage not needed due to male voting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Isles
Llangwah
Milford Haven
Llangwn
Cromwell
Ironsides
Liangwu
Mary Palmer
Bessie Lleweyuin
Liangwa
Dead Germs Spawn Live Vaccines From Tufts Lab
Two years of research at Tufts Medical School yield a vaccine claimed to combat pneumonia blood poisoning and typhoid fever. Dr Timothy Leary reports an anti toxin created by dead germs in the blood that neutralizes living germs of the same kind. Lab work follows Sir A E Wright’s theory of immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tufts Medical School
Timothy Leary
Tufts
A. E. Wright
London
Miss Neibour Hints At Diamond Stud Loss In Shamokin
John A. Birkle of Williamsport reported losing a 150 dollar diamond shirt stud during a carriage ride to Shamokin and Johnson City. He revisited the area with help after Miss Neibour said she dreamed it was found along a street as men helped uncover a heap of leaves where the gem lay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
John
Gracie
Equestrienne
Miss Grace
Blake
Shamokin
Jennie Neibour
Johnson City
John A. Birkle
Williamssport
Chesapeake & Ohio timetable note fragment
Train schedule fragment mentions Chesapeake and Ohio lines with No. 28 daily Ex Sunday 6:30 p m and No. 24 daily 9:5 p m westbound. Reader should note incomplete timing and service notes from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yelle Oa
Louisville and Washville Train Schedules Highlight Local Runs
Local railroad timetable lists No 37 Cincinnati Knoxville local at 10 00 am No 33 Cincinnati Jacksonville limited at 10 57 am No 9 Maysville Stanford local with Cincinnati collection at Paris arriving 6 32 pm departing 6 35 pm No 31 Cincinnati Atlanta limited with missing details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Knoxville
Jacksonville
Maysville
Stanford
Paris
Arives
Atlanta
Train Schedules Show Limited Runs to Cincinnati
Rail notices list multiple daily trains including No 34 Atlanta Cincinnati No 10 Stanford Maysville Paris Cincinnati No 88 Knoxville Cincinnati and No 32 Jacksonville Cincinnati with stop at Winchester. All run daily except Nos 9 and 10 which skip Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Stanford
Train connections noted for Ky routes with several junctions
Daily connections listed for L and E Junction Campton Junction Beattyville and O and K Junction linking Mountain lines with C and O RY Cannes City and way stations. Includes notes on which trains connect with Mountain Central L A Railway and G K Railway. Signatures of W A McDowell General Manager and Chas Scott General Passenger and? 17.
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L. & E. Junction
Mt. Sterlit
Campton Junction
Mountain Central Ry
Campton
Beattyville Junction
L. A. Railway
Beattyville
G. & K. Railway
Cannes City
W. A. M’dowell
Gen’l Mer. Chas. Scott
G. P
Sample Shoe Store at 24 N Main St
A compact notice announcing SAMPLE SHOE STORE offers both new and used footwear at 24 N Main St. The brief item highlights shoe economy concepts and invites customers to fit old stock now while measuring for future offerings. The location is given for shopper accessibility.
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N. Main St
State Fairs of 1909 Dates by Counties
A fragmented 1909 fair schedule listsClark County August 3 to 6, Scott County July 2 for four days, Blue Grass Lexington August 9 for six days, Bourbon County September 7 for five days, State Fair Louisville September 13 for six days. Additional garbled lines mention Peepee County August 18 for nine days and Knox County with dates unreadable.
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Clark County
Scott County
Blue Grass
Lexington
Bourbon County
Louisville
Peepee County
Bree
Equnty
Ae Amie Knox
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