US Lumber Industry Records Historic Peak Output
The United States produced a record 37.55 billion board feet of lumber last year with a mill value of 21.15 million dollars, plus 11.86 billion shingles and 3.81 billion lath valued at 24.16 and 11.49 million respectively. Yellow pine leads, Douglas fir rises, and Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas follow as top states. Prices rose on average 49 percent, reducing prospects for cheap woods.
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Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Washington
Sines Tsao
Willeh Fm Tsa
Wisconsin
Oregon
Bebrke
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Michigan
Minnesota
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Tennessee
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Wife paints her face after clash with husband
A Chicago suburb woman named Marie Klemp was permitted to decorate her face after a domestic dispute. The judge ruled in her favor as she argued for the right to paint and beautify, despite her husband’s protests and a heated confrontation at home.
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Frank Klemp
Chicago
Marie
Klemp
Suemer
Frank
Mr. Klemp
Patata
Canadian Trade and Dredging Forecasts for 1906 Economy
The report notes Canada’s revenue from all sources exceeded 100 million dollars. Customs receipts rose in the first seven months. MP for Yukon Mr Thompson predicts Klondike dredging will yield substantial gains within five years. The 1906 grain crop totaled over 415 million bushels, led by 125 million wheat and 202 million other grains.
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Canida
Thompson
Yukon
Department of Trade and Commerce
Egyptian fashion through the ages as described by Max Mueller
Prof. Max Mueller, Egyptologist, notes that fashion shaped daily life in ancient Egypt as it does in modern times. Women used hair tonics and cosmetics, wore elaborate headdresses, and played with beauty trends from hair restoration to eye makeup, while society and leisure customs mirrored contemporary tastes.
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Max Mueller
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Aaron
Beru
Shaw
Caesir
Aseria
Rewer
America
Amd
Omaic
World Wisdom Fragments and Quoted Phrases
A collage of aphorisms and proverbs from various voices and eras quotes on virtue, poverty, happiness, and human behavior. The text includes references to Ecclesiastes, St. Vincent de Paul, John White Chadwick, and others, interwoven with odd misreadings and playful lines about effort and character.
Kidney Trouble Warns All Ages In Eye to Health
An advertisement promotes Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney and bladder trouble affecting both women and men. It claims kidney disease harms mind, vigor, and cheer, notes common child bed wetting, and promises sample bottles by sending to Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Swamp-Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Ghamton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Two Kinds of Vegetarians Joke in The Grade
A witty exchange features Miss Cayenne contemplating vegetarianism and a quip about two kinds: those who dislike meat and those who cannot afford it. The joke reflection appears in a New York Sun style item, capturing a brief humorous moment.
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Miss Cayenne
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offered With Gold Worth Claim
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B G Stewart says buyers get the worth of gold in weight with each box for constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold under guarantee at F B Jones’s drug store for 25 cents.
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Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King’s
F. B. Jone’s
Californian's Luck with Bucklen's Arnica Salve
Charles F Judahe of Tracey California says buying Bucklen's Arnica Salve changed his life. He credits two boxes with curing an itching pile problem that plagued him for years. Sold under a guarantee at PLB Jones's drug store.
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Charles’ F. Judahe
Tracey
California
Soldander
PLB Jone
Bond Sale Notice for Bessemer City Water Works
Sealed proposals will be received at the City Clerk's office until 6 PM June 1 for purchase of Water Works bonds totaling $25,000. Bonds bear 5 percent interest, mature in ten years, with semiannual payments. Denominations are $500. Five bonds to be paid annually on June 1. Bids subject to statutes. city reserves right to reject. Certified check equal to 5 percent of bid enclosed as guaranty. City Clerk William L. Guyer signs.
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AL PD Les
Bessemer City Water
Cbiss
Michizen
Leone Tite
ALD Dts
WM. L. Guyer
Notice to Taxpayers Bessemer Board of Review to Meet May 1 1908
Notice to taxpayers announces the Bessemer Board of Review will meet at the City Council Chamber on Monday May 1 1908 at nine oclock in the forenoon. The board will sit four consecutive days and longer if needed to complete the city assessment roll. Residents may inspect the roll and show cause for any valuation changes. Dated April 20, 1908.
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Board of Review
Vity
State of Michigan suit of Gogrure Lomner Com pany
State of Michigan complains against Ryan and ParRik Ryan in a chancery suit. An affidavit shows the defendants reside unknown, requiring appearance within five months and publication in the Bessemer Herald weekly for six weeks. Publication or service must occur at least twenty days before appearance. Judge Samuel Cooper grants order. solicitors Ball and Stone represent the complainant. May 2 to June 13.
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Samuel S. Cooper
Ball & Stone
Houghton
Michigan
John Luxmore, Jr
Sean
Nonresident Defendant May Appear In Michigan Case
In Gogebic County Michigan the court orders S S McNamara a nonresident of Michigan, resident of Johannesburg South Africa, to appear within five months. The order must be published in the Bessemer Herald weekly for six weeks or served personally at least twenty days before appearance. Circuit Judge Samuel S Cooper.
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Michigan
Joohhanesburg
South Africa
Dames S. McNaumara
Bessemer Herald
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Cat
Bessemer
Curtis Buck
Andrew Olson
Joseph A. Vogtlin
A Deal Retort from Mrs Father Giyon
Mrs Father Giyon author of Three Weeks speaks in New York on quarreling. She advises keeping cool and not saying unseemly things. A long night quarrel ends with a curt remark from a muttered husband to his drunken critic wife.
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Father Giyon
New York
Washington
Yvonne Marquis
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