Ordinance granting railway right of way in Cosmopolis
The town grants Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company a 30 foot wide right of way along Second Street and related streets to lay tracks and to construct operate telegraph and telephone lines. The ordinance sets roadbed planking, coopers with sewer work, non exclusive rights, and a 3 year deadline to connect with Puget Sound rail, with fault indemnities and conditions for underground wires. It requires acceptance within 30 days and takes effect after publication.
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Grays Harbor
Cosmopolis
Second Street
K Street
B Street
Myrtle Street
Second
First Streets
Maple Street
First Street
Alder Street
Front Street
Township 17
W. M
Cosmopolia
Saih
Puget Sound
Gaid
Egyptian Onions Trade and Varieties Across Ancient Ties
Egyptian onions have long fascinated traders and historians. The Baali variety dominates exports, grown in yellow soil with careful watering to endure long sea voyages, while Miskaoui bulbs often fail on ships due to moisture. Ancient texts praise onions in daily life and sacred use.
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Egypt
Pyramids
Pyramid of
Cheops
Cheap Living in Norway A Rich Bum Recommends Summer Stay
A humorous travel note extols living cheaply in Norway. It praises the climate and low hotel costs while contrasting expensive salmon rivers and private fisheries. The narrator claims near perpetual daylight at North Cape and recounts a man paying high rents for long rivers with large catches.
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Norway
North Cape
A Forest of Giants and a Newsboy's Principle Fight
A Pacific coast forest comparison notes the vast timber yield per acre, highlighting the coast’s outsized woods. A Philadelphia newsboy recounts a scarred face from defending his sister’s honor, insisting the motive was principle rather than kin.
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Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain Forest
Pacific Forest
American Magazine
Philadelphia
Office Boy Receives Odd Telephone Instruction
A new office boy is found sitting in his chair with a telephone transmitter in his lap. The boss asks what he is doing and the boy explains a caller asked him to hold the phone until he called again, a comic line from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Lippincott’s
New Cure for Epilepsy Promoted by Waterman Claim
J B Waterman of Watertown Ohio writes that his daughter cured of epilepsy by Dr Kings New Life Pills has had no attack for over two years. Claims the pills are best body cleanser and life giving tonic sold for 25 cents at Evans Drug Co and Postoffice Pharmacy.
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J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Ohio
Navy promotions offer bright paths for ambitious youths
The article describes how a sailor under sixty can rise to commissioned ranks through exams and service. It outlines the warrant officer track with pay rising from 1200 to 1800 annually, the 62 year retirement with three fourths pay, and the eventual commission after four years as a warrant officer, citing Joseph Jenkins in Leslie's Weekly.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Joseph Jenkins
Leslie's Weekly
A Miraculous Cure for Eczema Claims
A Pennsylvania couple reports a miraculous cure for their child’s chronic eczema after using Electric Bitters. They state the condition began five years ago and was deemed incurable until seven bottles produced a complete recovery. The tonic is sold as a blood medicine and body builder. Evans Drug Co. and Postoffice Pharmacy advertise prices.
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H. M. Adame
Henrietta
Evans Drug Co
Postoffice Pharmacy
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A. G. Wellington
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Saeriya Seonin
Ay McCall
Herald Printers
Tel
Ilforny Bitters
Rae
Tee
the King of
All Bitters
Aberdeen
Bowes & Randolph
E. Wishkah St
Lady Attendants
Shelley Bros
J. H. Leitch
WM. Zeigler
Jeff's Shoe Store
William Zeigler
Chehalis
George L. Frerrz
Detroit
Michigan
State of Washington
Chehalis County
Peter E. Stream
Carl H. E. Stream
Annie E. Stream
H. C. Watkins
Montesano
Washington
Aberdeen Hesap
Mason Irwin
City Library
City Hall
J. M. Walker
Superior Court
Chas. Bigelow
Lula Bigelow
H. J. Hughes
P. O
Lumber Exchange
Jennie M. Carl
H. Carl
C. H. Carl
Hi. J. Hugites
A. Ingebrightsen
Sporting Goods
M. Lupto
Cor. H and
Hame
Sts
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