Engineer outsmarts Robbers Roost in canyon ambush
Government engineer John Summers chases danger through southern Utah's Robbers Roost and traps three armed pursuers in a rock cleft. He seizes their pistols and rifles, frees their horses, then heads to Escalante eight hours early. A deputy marshal later hunts the Robbers' Roost gang, fighting a heavy clash.
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Copy Summers
Canaan Wash
Colorado River
Escalante
John Summers
Utah
Summers
Engingus
Canaan
Echo
Winter Wheat Prosperity in Southern Alberta
The Western Canadian region once ranching land has become a premier winter wheat district with yields of 30 to 60 bushels per acre and farmer returns of 25 to 50 dollars per acre. Reports from Magrath and Lethbridge cite diverse acreages and crops including wheat, oats, barley, and sugar beets, with notable per acre values and large total outputs.
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Canada
H. Howes
Magrath
Alberta
J. F. Haycock
J. E. Bradshaw
W. S. Sherod
Lethbridge
Souris
North Dakota
R. W. Bradshaw
Bays
Spring Coulee
W. L. Thompson
Wyoming Opens 245000 Acres Under Carey Act in Big Horn Basin
The state will open for settlement under the Carey Act 245000 acres of irrigated government land in the Big Horn Basin. Drawings on May 12 offer a chance to secure an irrigated farm at low cost with easy payments. The Irrigation Department in Chicago published a report with maps and plots and offers free copies on request.
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Wyoming
Big Horn
Irrigation Department
405 Home Insurance Building
Chicago
Department
A Silp. Jack Explains a Strait in Harper's Weekly
A father explains a strait as a narrow waterway linking two larger bodies while a boy studies geography in a humorous panel from Harper's Weekly. An unrelated ad notes Brown's Bronchial Troches for sore throats or coughs and comments on words affecting a woman's popularity.
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Jack
Harper’s Weekly
Tales of a Terrible Night and Idle Moments
A humorous reminiscence recalls a chaotic night with a goat and mule, zigzag lightning and stomach pains, followed by a mother's rescue and a verdict that almost two pies caused the mess. The page then shifts to brief mottos on courage, virtue, and life's lessons, ending with a note about a party in Roscoe and a local revival curiosity in Kirwin.
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Dane
Scott
Tomb of Confucius Pedigree Tied to Shantung Town
Seventy seven generations have lived in the birthplace of Confucius in Shantung. A guidebook notes the Duke Kung line, ruling over 200,000 acres, with the province’s governor paying respects. The Mecca of China is hard to reach, six days by donkey or wheelbarrow from Tsinanfu, with a modest tomb and incense vessel awaiting visitors. Georgia seed cotton shipped to Mexico marks a record long-distance transfer by R H Smith of Monticello.
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Tsingtao
Shantung Province
China
T’shue Lu
Duke Kung
Confucius
Hag
Shantung
Legge
Williamson
Tsinanfu
Georgia
Mexico
R. H. Smith
Monticello
Atlanta
Elderg Ulmer
Torreon Coahuila
Atlanta Constitution
Breakwater Project Shields Portsmouth Harbor Defense
Construction of a new breakwater at Portsmouth England begins to block night raids on the naval harbor. A line of 34 ton concrete blocks will form a solid wall across sandbanks, with forts at each end and a controllable water gap for rapid closure in emergencies.
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Portsmouth
England
Naval Harbor
Neal
Walnut by name and a roof kept safe this spring
A dramatic fragment notes a cast man and a sharp seller of a “walnut” specialty, warning readers to examine Castorla bottles for infants and children. The ad underscores in use for over 80 years and the familiar slogan The King You Have Always Bought.
The Age Index Cartoons Discuss Gift Horses
Ena warns against criticizing a gift, Stella questions how to gauge a gift’s freshness. The exchange appears in Harper's Weekly as a lighthearted cartoon caption.
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Ena
Stella
Harper’s Weekly
Ask Your Grocer for Our Pie in Stock at D Zerta Co
A note urges customers to ask grocers for Our-Pie. If unavailable, send the gend hia name and 10 cents to D Zerta Food Co of Rochester New York to receive a full size two pie package free. Three varieties lemon chocolate and custard are offered for making delicious pies.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. Y
Cures While You Walk and Odd Ad Snippets
A mixed set of vintage cures and odd lines touts Allen’s Foot-Ease and other remedies with 25 cent price hints and hotel brand mentions. Quirky asides reference bromine laxatives and a bromo quinine cure claim, plus fragmented slang on romance and a cryptic H.W. signature.
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Allen
All Druggista
Olmsted
Roy
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Shows Success
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn Mass a flood of letters from women praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The product is made from roots and herbs without drugs and is said to restore feminine health and spare many from surgical operations.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia T. Finkham
Lydia TE. Finkham
Lydia
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Alton
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Kirwin
Fred
Roscoe
Thura
Andrews Wis
Senna
California
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