American Victory in Mail Route Across Continent
American trains and steamships demonstrate fastest route London to Australia via New York and San Francisco. The Campania carried Australian mail to London ahead of prior times, while Ventura shipped 347 sacks from Sydney to San Francisco in 21 days. Burlington Route mail trains aided the transcontinental timing, with peak speeds around 61 mph between key Illinois segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London
Australia
San Francisco
New York
Suez Canal
Vancouver
Campania
Colonial Office
Ventura
Oceanic Line
Sidney
New South Wales
Burlington
Oceanic Steamship Company
England
Orient
Oceanic Steamship Line
John D. Spreckels
Chicago
Galesburg
Buda
Illinois
Mendota
Aurora
Council Bluffs
New Game Law Takes Effect June Fifteenth
The late legislature enacted a new game law that became effective on June 15. The act is titled An act for governing game regulations and enforcement.
Don't Force Your Bowels
A cautionary note warns against using harsh minerals for bowel relief. It states such laxatives damage the stomach and bowels and should not be persisted in konsumtion.
Edgar's Cathartic Confections Selling Points
An advertisement for Edgar's Cathartic Confections promotes a vegetable bowel regulator that is described as harmless and liver vitalizing. The copy claims pleasant taste, no griping, and lists prices from 25 to 50 cents. Sold and recommended by Smits Drug Co in Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smits Drug Co
Aberdeen
Figprune Cereal Beverage Advertisement
An old style ad touts Figprune Cereal as a table beverage superior to coffee and tea. It highlights California figs prunes and grains, claiming nutrition and flavor preserved by a special process and fully extracted by steeping in ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Washington State Game Law Provisions Detailed in Act
A historical Washington act outlines penalties for hunting protected species including moose elk caribou and mountain goats with specific seasons and bag limits. It sets local game wardens, salary, and requires licenses issued by county auditors for all hunters over 16 to possession during hunting.
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State of
Washington
Kittitas
Yakima
Oregon
Idaho
Twe
Judge Irwin Rules Lang v Cen tralia Shingle Mill Case
Judge Irwin at Chehalis sustains demurrer in Lang versus Centria Shingle Mill Company. Lang, employed as a band cutter, lost thumb and two fingers while on duty. He claimed the mill owed guarding of the band saw and a movable carriage. court dismisses suit for lack of legal duty and his assumed risk.
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Irwin
Chehalis
Rice
Lang
Centralia Shingle Mill Company
Weather Cipher Reveals Savings in Telegraphic Codes
Indianapolis Journal explains a weather bureau cipher system used to send daily reports to Washington and observatories. Messages translate barometer readings, temperatures, wind, precipitation, and cloud cover, with vowels valued by a numeric scheme and occasional words decoded by a key.
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Indianapolis
Bugbokt Gown
Bafority
Clubfoot
Ade
Yaf
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
Memphis
Alto
Ball’s warning on interplanetary signals and 16 million unit scales
London Chronicle notes Sir Robert Ball argues that powering gear to reach Mars is impossible, requiring 16 successive magnitudes of increase. He uses 16 000 000 and related scales to illustrate that huge numbers defy practical wireless limits and human intuition.
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R. Ball
Mars
Robert
Lancaster
London
London Chronicle
Women as Inventors in Early Patent History
A Philadelphia patent lawyer notes women have rarely been inventors since the Patent Office opened in 1790, with 5 757 patents granted to women. Other figures show 415 patents issued to colored men, Edison tops with 742 patents, Richards 619, Westinghouse 239, Maxim 146, Diehl 137, Johnson 114.
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Philadelphia
United States
Thomas A. Edison
Francis H. Richards
George Westinghouse
Hiram
Maxim
Philip Diehl
Louis K. Johnson
Self Paying Conductors in Washington Traction System
A Washington traction company reports its system allows conductors to retain from daily receipts both their own salary and that of the motormen. Each conductor deducts a sum to cover both salaries in daily reports, relieving the company from payroll issues and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Traction Company
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Offered with Refund
Directions urge taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promise a refund if the medicine fails to cure. Each box bears the signature of E. W. Grove and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Home Gold Cure Promises Self Cure For Alcoholism
An advertisement claims the Home Gold Cure can end drunkenness without harmful doses or nerve weakening. It portrays alcoholism as a disease and offers at home treatment for one dollar with full directions and physician advice upon request from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia.
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Edwin B. Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Pan-American Exposition Ticket Offer From Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railway Co offers round trip tickets to Buffalo for 86 dollars from Chicago. Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays each month. Valid 30 days east of Chicago and 60 days west. Agent A FE Dimvennore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Buffalo
Chicago
Tf A. FE
Dimvennore
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Edgar
Pacific Amanae
Rupert Lowry
Propre
Pacific Hotel
New Management
C. P. Whitney
N. W. Bush
E. H
Kaufman Block
J. C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Wash
E. E. Shields
R. E. Taggart Suietios & Tac@art
O F T Ae Scanell
Physolen Bain
M. Robb Stapp
Heron and Hatreets
Hayes & Hayes’ Bank
Atlantic Hotel
Cor. Hume
H Sts
C.C. Sargent
Grays Harbor
Grays Harbor Hotel
Tacoma
Commerce Street
Pleasant Club Rooma
D. C. Vammen
G Street
Heron
W. W. Wren
Prop
W. B. Fetterman
Heron & Wishkah
Montesano
W.E. Crist
Baretica & FrizGerRapp
Heron Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Pullman
Pacific Coast
Pullman Company
Portland
Kansas City
Granger
Uch
Palace
A. L. Craig
Portland Oregon
S. Avey
Elma, Wash
Harry A. Hayes
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Hayes & Hayes
Sea, Fe
J.G. Lewis
C. W. Miller
Aberdeen State Bank
Orrick
Micuaga Finn, Propr
Wishkah St
Fred Redinger
North Side
H Street
Pacific
Creech Bros
Beardsley Bros
Undertakers Embalmers
Wishkah St. Aberdeen
Weiesty
Teeas
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