Yield increase from hybrid wheat across Palouse and Spokane
A Spokane dispatch to the Walla Walla Union reports hybrid wheat yield in Eastern Washington rose by about five bushels on 400,000 acres. Hybrid No. 148 developed by Professor Spillman and linked with the U S Department of Agriculture boosted wheat production, with regions like Palouse and Big Bend showing gains on spring and winter wheats.
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Spokane
Walla Walla
W. J. Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington State College
Pullman
Washington
Palouse
Big Bend
Spokaie
Little Club
Spillman
Food of the Mexicans Frijoles and Tortilla Main Diet
The article describes the Mexican poor diet centered on frijoles and tortillas. It notes home tortilla making with metates and clay griddles, highlights lime treated corn and strong teeth, and mentions pulque and stronger maguey drinks. Cooking is done over ground charcoal with women often cooking entire meals on small fires.
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States
Los Angeles Times
Lure of Danger and Reckless Fire Heroes
A compilation from The World's Work recounts Chief Croker speaking on firefighting courage and obedience, detailing a 1905 warehouse fire where three engine company men perished after ignoring cautions as a wall collapsed. Additional sketches describe Lost Time, The Last Luxury, and Drops and Minims with brief anecdotes and measurements.
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Croker
New York
Thirtieth Street
Too Big a Pill
The man in bed had never been sick before. The doctor commanded, Open your mouth, Jim. Wait a minute doc, I believe I can awaitor that. TH habits gather by unseen degrees as brooks make rivers rivers run to seas Dryden.
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Jim
Origin of Mark Twain name traced to Captain Sellers
A long noted tale of Mark Twain’s nom de plume is revised. Captain Isaiah Sellers of the New Orleans Picayune first used the name Mark Twain signing river news, later adopted by Samuel L. Clemens. Clemens told Yale professor William Lyon Phelps he “stole” the name from Sellers who died in 1863, choosing it for brevity in reporting and its lack of meaning to most readers.
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Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Clemens
Stenling
Twain
Clemens Orst
Isaiah Gellers
New Orleans Picayune
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Sellers
Phelps
Henderson
Nevada
Virginia City Enterprise
Josh
Pacific
Clemons
Hawaiian Islands
Professor Henderson
Harper's Magazine
Harper's
Mike Swain
Helne and Hugo mock Victor Hugo’s legend
Helne believes Hugo is a false French poet with a hump while Victor Hugo’s supposed hip protrusion is noted. The exchange includes caustic remarks and a playful misreading by Helne and Hugo, with a professor reacting to a child’s antics and impersonations in a Chicago News context.
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Helne
Hugo
Victor Hugo
Fy Tim
John Sobieski Lectures Begin Athena Winter Series
Col John Sobieski, Polish lecturer and descendant of the Polish king, opens a winter series of educational entertainments in Athena under the Athena Commercial Association. The program includes concerts, lectures, and chalk talks with notable figures scheduled through the season.
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John Sobieski
Athena Commercial Association
Athena
Gol
Jobo Sotieski
Poland
Jobn Sobieski
Italy
England
John
United States
Liverpool
America
Mexico
Maximilian
Inez
Union
Canada
Great Britain
Ricketts
Thin
Chester L. Ricketts
Conies
Maneley Lyceum Bureau
Ghicago
Auch
Ashe Maneley Concert Company
Mim Belle Kearney
James R. Barklay
Methodist Epicopal Church
M A Kees Discusses War in China Interview
The Portland Oregonian publishes an interview with M A Kees a Canton China Young Men's Christian Association official traveling from Hongkong to Portland. He warns the French upheaval signals a larger Chinese conflict with a likely bloody future and strong anti dynastic sentiment among youth. He notes foreigners face limited danger unless revolution overthrows the current regime and a new mob rule forms. Youth student sentiment in China is described as powerful.
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Portland Oregonian
Nat
Mation A. Kees
Athena
Kees
Canton
China
Young Man'n Christin Association
Portland
Hongkong
Chine
Rees
Li Mont
Warth
Chin
Alroog
S Tudenta
Pendleton Fire Fiend Suspected After Devastating Incidents
In Pendleton authorities and residents fear a pyromaniac is at work after an incendiary attempt at Rev. Frank J. Milnes’s Presbyterian church parsonage ignited a hole in the woodshed and nearby fires threaten multiple structures. Investigators found kindling and note three arson attempts in the block over the past year, with other fires in weeks prior. Separately, Mr and Mrs H A Dudley returned from a Walla Walla reunion marking Mr Dudley’s 80th birthday and the couple’s 66th wedding anniversary as grandchildren gathered. Helix saw a fire destroy A Herman’s grocery store and related building, with stock valued at about 1000 to 2000, affecting nearby barber shop fixtures and other structures tied to Nra origin.
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Pendleton
Frank J. Milnes
Presbyterian Phorah
B. KF
Averill
H. A. Dudley
Walla Walla
Mra
Dudley
Donald McDonald
Captain Seeley
Seattle
B. A. Dudley
Wille M. Peterson
Victor, McDonald
Sam D. Peterson
Milton
Captain Besley
Mr. McDonald
Helix
A. Herman
O. A. Bott
Hermon
Murray Fergason
Wattsburg Banker Killed In Hill Climb Car Crash
D. L. Laidlaw, prominent Wattsburg banker and pioneer, dies from internal injuries after his Pope Hartford touring car loses control on Skyrocket Hill near Prescott. Ellis, a bystander, escapes with minor injuries. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon. Laidlaw died en route to Prescott.
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Euyn
Walla Walla Union
D. Laidlaw
Waltaburg
Bla
Ellis
Assitance
Mr. Laidlaw
Preacott
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