Burlington Route Through Train Service To St Louis Declared Best
From Billings Montana and St Paul Minnesota the Burlington Route maintains through train service to St Louis Missouri where connections are made with all southern lines at Union Depot. The route via St Louis is described as the shortest quickest and best to the South and Southeast and travelers are urged to choose it for a thorough understanding of the facts. M P Benros PSA
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Billings
Mont
St. Paul
Minn
Burlington
St. Louis
Union Depot
All Southern Lines
Democratic State Platform of Washington Convention
A Washington state Democratic platform outlines support for Bryan Sewall, calls for free coinage of silver and gold 16 to 1, denounces Republican rule as corrupt, and pledges to curb state taxation, reform election laws, curb railroad influence, and restore public education and land use for the people. It frames democracy as self government against bank and corporate power.
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Rane
Washenn
Thomas Jefferson
Aes
Andrew Saleh
Serait
Sibeueane
Sxchon
United States of America
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Arthur Sewall
Congress
Senate
Wall Street
Lombard Street
Arizona's Mountain Puzzle Seeks Hidden Hole Mystery
From Tucson residents to travelers, a peak in the Catalinas appears to show a hole that seems closer than it is. The hole vanishes from some angles. with a marine telescope it draws nearer but not close enough to inspect. The case fascinates locals who speculate a mica-like reflection or a refracted light effect rather than an actual opening.
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Tucson
A. T
Catalinas
San Francisco
Life With The Circus Giraffe Collar Laundry Tale
A retired circus veteran recalls a streetside encounter in which a laundry offered two cent collars. A giraffe in a parade outfit yields a collar washed and returned roll ready at five. The laundryman steadies his memory with a dollar and two tickets, then enjoys the surprise visit from the circus troupe that night.
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New York
Proposition to form Seattle County from King County
News notes several developments across the state. A plan moves to detach Seattle from King County to create a new Seattle County. In Spokane two highwaymen held up victims Monday evening and took over 200 dollars in cash and a gold watch.
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Seattle
King County
Spokane
L. E. Sanger
Olympia
Black Hills
Summit
Sondon
Losses and political shifts sweep across states and nations
The report surveys 1900s era politics with party fusions in Iowa Idaho and Delaware’s support for Bryan Sewall and silver and a call for a national convention in Indianapolis. It notes New York heat funerals and figures like Lord Russell and Crouch, then recounts Reagan’s tribute to General Pemberton, detailing his Confederate service and unusual voluntary resignation to a lower rank.
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San Antonio
Tex
John H. Reagan
John C. Pemberton
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Confederacy
Pemberton
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
South
Davis
The Black Castle and the Civil War Reflections
Description of Herod’s fortress Macherus known as The Black Castle and a later Civil War reminiscence recounting General Pemberton at Petersburg and his postwar distress. The narrative links biblical memory with Confederate military events and personal hardship.
Funerals Prompt For Julia In Chicago Record Quote
A Chicago Record quotation shows Julia saying she avoids funerals because she cries harder than the widow, prompting speculation she was in love with the deceased man.
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Julia
Chicago
Economic opportunities for settlers near harbor jetties
The passage discusses diverse industries from saw mills to dairy farms and factories and notes that those with money can establish operations. It highlights a congressional appropriation of one million dollars to build harbor jetties to admit large vessels, offering export trade chances to big establishments. It compares land clearance effort and productivity near towns versus distant claims, advising buyers with means.
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Congress
No Room for Rent Seekers in Grays Harbor
The piece warns there is no room for roomers or subsidy seekers in Grays Harbor with legitimate enterprises possible. It lists professions such as retail stores bakeries shoe shops clerks bookkeepers stenographers lawyers newspapers and laborers as examples of work available. It also cautions against catarrh remedies containing mercury or iodide and promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a mercury-free cure at 50 cents.
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Dead Sea
Herod
Macherus
Judna
John
David
Torod
W. O. Stoddard
St. Nichola
Ely
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
Portuguese in South Africa Explains Early Expansion
Professor James Bryce outlines how Portuguese settlers along Africa’s east coast in the 16th century traded but failed to civilize interior regions. He contrasts later Dutch, British, and Mashonaland movements with Portugal’s coastal decline and fading forts as explorers pressed inland.
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Cape Town
Portugal
Delagoa Bay
Zambezi
Mozambique
South Central Africa
Cape Colony
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
David Livingstone
Bechuanaland
Victoria Falls
Luanda
Transvaal Republic
Lake Tanganyika
Mashonaland
Africa
James Bryce
M. P
Wanted to Know Too Much Broncho Bill Versus Firewater Jake
A Western era clash unfolds as Broncho Bill confronts Firewater Jake over a dare to reveal where the narrator obtained five aces, with tension mounting as the I kid shows nerve to press the question.
Remedy for Consumption Offers Free Bottles to Readers
An advertisement claims a universal cure for Consumption and related lung troubles. It promises two free bottles to readers who send their address to T. & Slocum, M. C., 183 Pearl St., New York, asserting editorial endorsement and a paper guarantee.
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T. &. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
New York
Local Office Hours Adjustment Notice
Official notice announces new business hours with open times starting at 9 a.m. and closing at 3 p.m. on weekdays. Saturdays shorten to 2 p.m. and an additional evening slot from 7 to 8 p.m. is offered once per week.
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Trish
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J. C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Aberdeen
Washington
Aberdeen, Wash
N. W. Bush
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W. 0. McKinlay
Crofts & Reed
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Sunday Sun
the Sun
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Artic
Democratic State Platform
Arizona’s
the Circus
News OF the State
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Olympia Door & Lumber Company
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Pierce County
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Pritchard
Orr-Fawcett
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Northwest Agricultural-Industrial Association
Whatcom
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England
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Portland
Maine
Prince Hohenlohe
Black Castle
Judea
Butler
James River
Richmond
Williamsburg Road
Preston Johnson
Columbia
D. C
General Pemberton
Greensboro
N. C
Trenholm
Grays Harbor
South Africa
VEV
Regulator
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Havers
Hayes & Hayes, Bankers
First National Bank of Aberdeen
D. W. Fleet
Chehalis County
Monte Es Ano
Frank Weatherwax
Tanners
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