Putnam patriot., 1909-08-27
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The thirteenth anniversary of he es- tabIishmeni Of rural free delivery K to bc celebrated Tn October. The service was started in West Virginia, thirteen years ago. with fiHe routes Al the end Of three years there were sql routes at m annual expenditure of l0,0i2. tp to the present time tue cost af instala. ton and operation has been about si50.eon,a0o. There arc 46,soi carriefsi covering 309i9 routes. Nafe than 2O.0oo,o0e patrons are served daiiy IT. is not only m established institutions but is expanding.
 Evidence of the popular interest in the anli consumption crusade is gisen in statement made by tie National Association Ter the study aad Proven iiun of Tuberculosis. te fbe effect fhHf dnflng the veal ending August n nearly aeog@ people hate attended tuberculosis exhibitions In eaftoH. parts ot the century.
 Seven cadets al the Nesl Point NH tary Academy were summadis execll- ed hy ofdef of President Taft Tor bra. talls hasng young cadet. fhfy hi and kicked the young fellow 90 lhai h. hnd to be taken to the hospital he was 70 seriously hufi. President 1nft told them theif conduct brought disgrace on themselves, on the military Aeade- my, and on lhe army,
 \ sketch of the Negfn's Progress since lses, and Inc suggestion of an enamel. patton celebration In lsl5, features ef an address hy Dr Booker r Wash ington before the National Negro Flu siness iLensue, ,a recently held at Lou isSille.
 Fun wns recently made of maeis tfate who claimed authority 10 mak rules io govern living machines to pfe vent collisions in the air. nn Thur day lasl il collision was nSetted hy th quick action of Glenn Ii. tnrIiss D. skiilfnliy guiding his machine abes another aefoplaae.
 The see nd general assembly of th International Institute pt AgElenii4f will assemble in Rome. The mierni iiana treaty that called the lnsttiat into beine was signed In iaoo, wne Roosevelt was President, and the n ted states Senate ratified il,
 IL has been decided that deaf mat, may he empoNed In the Census otlie, as their condition entities them to spi eial consideration, hen they enn d any service ns well as Those who hea A great deal ol the census work is don on tabulating and punching machine
 Al Lisbon, Portugal, and at Aeapa %, Mexico, severe earthquake shock occurred lasl week Tuesday.
 The Secretary of State has designs ted Herbert Harris ot Maine and t!t ward C. Reed of New York, as del' gates To represent the United states | ihe nth International Esperanto tor etess le be held at Barcelona, spain q september , to II, this year.
 snow fell to the depth of six ineht at Johannesberg, Germany, vine ella reglon, las, Tuesday, ~nspending mos ali business. on the same day In ot lahoma, and Texas, the teapefaIuI ranged from ios in the last State Ia 1 in the first.
 John n. Rockefeller is making m, nes faster than he can spend IL or sai' is give il away. He owns s2a,0o, x worth ol standard oil stock, par yalu, IL rose in value last week 62s point increasing his fortune, in less than t~ yeafs, is,sad,s2
 Dr. Jameson and General Ratha Si ling side by side on the steps ot ih throne, in the House os Lords, durin the reading Of the bill to create >ont African commonwealth, in which BF ton and Boer should have equal right --was the gratifying and sslonishin spectacle which Eng gland is able to o Ter to the world. Who could have bs liesed II possible, when The desolatin war in South Africa MAS raging so shoi time agog Poor old hrengef dld nc struggle and suffer in vain 10 give hi people ffse and independent govern ment.
 .goston in ia0a' Is the motto adopt tel hs ihe management of the World Greatest Food taif, to ee hcld in Me canics Building from september .Iu to October 5aih.
 President srafl in sleeakiagof of move ment for better highways ln Nirginia and the plan for A road from the Na tiousl lapilal lo Richmond. says
 al regard this as pafg ol the senefa good roads movement in the country have pleasure in saying that thefe | 5 no movement that know oI thai all have more difecs effect to alleviate fhe difficulties and bardens of the farm nr,s life, will stimulate the ,raffic, and odd to the general happiness of lhe peo, TT more than the establishment of good