Putnam patriot., 1908-08-21
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Last Monday the Army Air sbip Board decided that Capt. Baldwin 's dirIgibie balloon had met all e9ndl- lions, emitting bim to the amount agreed upon fef lt= pafehase. Captain Baldwin will receive s5.7s7, which k I5 per cent les than what he would haze reeel sed had he fea5bed Baki- mum speed Of 2ts mles.
 Death came io Mrs. Johanna flngg Harper. the oldest uoman in Nofces. tor. almost A. she predicted t Wonid i, on the l05ih anniEefsafs Df her birth She died Saturday Had she lived pH- Gil Tuesday she would haze been lo3 years old
 4 single stalk of wheat foDnd in an Alaska valley, in iao4, may revolution sze wheat cutnre of the world and pay what ibat colony originally cost. sta acres of Idabo lard have been planted with this wheat, on single stalk ot which has grown 240 round, plump md nutritious kernels. The farmer who ,s growing the crop expects te gel x20 a bushel for his entire crop, 10 be used for seed.
 The great American fleet Of battle. ships left New Zealand for Australia last Saturday. Premier. rif Joseph Ward, yoicing the sentiments of the people of the dominion, sent ihis fare. well message:
 aYouf all too short visit to New /eas land unqueslionably has drawn lhe peoples oi the United states aud lhls dominion closer together.
 And concludes with the following in the Maori language. "hia oea oeel,e, ,z Which means. "e.5od luck and le4e. Admiral spcffy, in reply, said the re. eepflon uf ihe fleet had been hearty and cordial beyond his expectations, aud that tit would unite in closer bonds the two white races, whose interests III the Pacific were identical
 In line with President RooseReils x appointment of committee to aid in making farm life more pleasant, is the special Conference on Country Play grounds, to be held by the Playground Association of America, in eouneetiop with iis second Play Congress, in New York city on sept. to l2 Df. Luther Halses Gnlick, has invited every eoun. try Superintendent of schools in the United States to attend this Confer. ence.'
 The Socialists of Boston, desiring to hear Eugene Y. pehs, their candidate for President, tried h secure the nse oi the Fremont Temple and Peoples Fem pie, but both were refused 10 also the great Baptist Hall, which k rented for State political conventions, eas tefns- ed to Ar. Dchs, on the ground that the popular idea ol "~ocialist" is the sane as sAnarehist, and the reputation ot the haiis would be injured.
 An organized gang of thieves opera. ting near Lowell, have stahed new induaiTy, but at the expense ei horse owners afound largo extent ot eatin. try. A part of the gang go around and discover where horse may be sialed --whethef worth only S5e or Siohl + all inc same to them. as ll- hide and meat Is turned to cash When an animal k secured, 1t k taken to headquarters, there killed and skinned, And the ear. cass cut up Into good marketable beef and shipped to cities At distance, and buycrs eat tt n. good beef not knowing ii is horseiiesh. The skins are safely siisposed of. Hundreds of horses have heen stolen and thus disposed ot with. out the gang b.ing discovered.
 David Jayne Hll, the American an. bassa,ior to German, has announced that Adolphus Busch, of II. iseuie, ,Was ready to give San,ssl towards the Ger manic Museum Building at the liar. Natd University The announcement was first made at the International Congress held in Berlin, Germany.
 The Bread and feod Reform League has for one of its principal purposes 10 teach how iood should be prepared and to urge the use ot oatmeal, barley, rice maife, peas, beans, lentils, nuts, fresh and dried fruits, and green and roet Ne. gelahlcs. IL is surprising how little ei- fort people make to use all the kinds oi food they like Thus the household dietary becomes monotonous simply from lack of <ssiem in giving every thing it's turn. Hence reform k needed
 A parasite that eSiermins,es the DO tato bug Is said 10 have been discoNef' ed by a farmer in Maine. II is deserib. ed as green bug with long lance which II thrusts half way through it' victim.
 There Is mental awakening goine on in China, and without inf'ueniis leaders to direct 1t, may break out 1T disastrous tumults. One oi the Amer cans sent to china last year 10 distri bute the famine relief fand raised it the United States lei which Putnam and other nearby tow ns gave their goct share says. "rhe relief to the famine sufferers, contributed by Americans has done more than anything else t' foster an unte rstanding and friendship for Americans among the Chinese. II k there influential Americans could en iigheen and lead the people in theii striving for higher conditions of life.
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