Doctor Anthon and Dr. Girtney in the Pestilence
In a plague city Dr. Anthon and Dr. Girtney tend the dying while facing personal trials. Anthon saves lives amid heartbreak as Constance Paget forgives, and he dies with love fulfilled and a fellow physician by his side.
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Anthon
Constance Paget
Thither
Howard Association
Mr. Paget
Charlie Paget
John Paget
Dr. Anthon
Dr. Girtney
Girtney
Pagets
Jonathan
David
Constance
Arthur Fletcher
Charles Paget
Forest experiment stations planned for western national forests
The U S Forest Service outlines new experimental stations across western national forests led by a base in Flagstaff Arizona. They aim to reproduce forest model areas and study western yellow pine reproduction, grazing impact, brush control, and light requirements across altitudes to guide forest management and timber production.
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United States Forest Service
Washington
Cocomino National Forest
Flagstaff
Arizona
National Forests
John Paget
Ward
Anthon
Paget
Girney
Varifus Swoon
Constance
van Norden
Girtney
Ciudad
Rodrigo
Spain
Prac
Mr. Paget
Arthur Fletcher
Ciudad Rodrigo
Manchuria
Admiral Sperry Sees Fleet Weather Manila Typhoon
Manila October 5. The Atlantic battle fleet outran a hurricane that swept Manila bay for twelve hours. Admiral Sperry ordered the Connecticut Kansas Minnesota Vermont Virginia and Ohio to move to Cavite while the breakwater sheltered smaller craft. Winds up to 190 miles an hour toppled trees, unroofed buildings, and cut shore communications.
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Manila
Manila Bay
Pasig
Cavite
President Finley Promotes Good Roads for Southern Prosperity
President W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway urges road improvement as vital to farming profits and regional development. He cites lower hauling costs, closer farmer town ties, better rural mail and education, and social benefits, noting the railroad’s support and a past good roads train. Washington, Oct. 1st 1908.
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W. W. Finley
Yorkville Enquirer
South
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
United States
National Good Roads Association
Department of Agriculture
Land and Industrial Department
Southern Railway
Washington
Doubloon Drops From West Indies Money After August First
Royal Exchange proclamation ends the doubloon as legal tender in the West Indies including British Guiana after August 1. The coin’s value has fallen from about eight dollars in the 18th century to roughly five dollars today. Though its name survives, the doubloon’s romance fades as it ceases to be coined in Spain and its circulation wanes.
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Royal Exchange of London
West Indies
British Guiana
Spain
United States
Texas Fever Ticks Not Found On Rabbits Or People
State Veterinarian M Ray Powers clarifies Texas fever ticks are only on cattle and occasionally horses or mules. He warns against reports of ticks on rabbits dogs or humans and describes common non fever tick species in the South such as Lone Star Dog and wood ticks. He urges readers to verify ticks carefully before spreading tales and invites reports of ticks resembling fever ticks.
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United States
South Carolina
M. Ray Powers
Naval progress and the rise of the dreadnoughts
A Van Oden Magazine writer notes the U S Navy’s early poor gunnery at Santiago, then describes shifts toward serious target practice, single big guns, and uniform calibres. Plans by Lt Cmdr Homer Poundstone shaped the U S battleship program as Britain and Japan pushed toward dreadnoughts.
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Santiago
van Oden Magazine
America
U. S
Great Britain
Japan
Aki
Prison of Joan of Arc Found Near Rouen Uncovered
Foundations of the ancient Maid's Tower were found in the Ursuline convent grounds at Rouen during government construction. A circular wall 36 feet in diameter surrounds a central 30 foot deep well that water fills to. Historical documents from 1641 link the tower to Joan of Arc, noting ruins and later neglect until excavations uncovered the site.
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Rouen
Joan of Arc
Maid of
Joan
Louis Mouchard
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Dr. Grrtney
Earth
Heaven
Dr. Girney
Arthur
Gritney
Girtner
Admiral Sperry
Naval Progress
Joan OF Arc’s Prison
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