Legend of Cascades and the Bridge of the Gods
A geologic and legendary account describes the Columbia River near The Dalles where ancient water flows, a vanished natural bridge named Tomanowas, and a mythic battle between Mount Hood and Mount Adams. It cites evidence of former water levels, burned forests, and dead tree trunks from Mosier to Cascade Locks, suggesting a historic bridge and volcanic activity in the region.
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Cascades
Columbia River
Dalles
Wilhelma
Columbia
Banks of the Columbia
Klickitat
Sent
Mount Hood
Mount Adams
Mosier
Cascade Locks
Soup Wary of Watered Stock Sparks Banter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote captures a waiter defending a thin soup as the best stock, while a diner retorts that it is watered stock and jokes about spilling it on the tablecloth with no stain. The exchange showcases vintage newspaper humor and character dialogue.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Queer Planting
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a casual exchange about free seeds and a Sunday morning supply of breakfast food being exhausted. The brief dialogue hints at a humorous or regional exchange without broader context or details.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ice Cream Fatality Report Clears Community Shock
A Boston area obituary notes a girl died after overeating ice cream, sparking concern over food safety and local health advisories. No identifying details about the victim or confirming witnesses are provided.
London Humor and the City Types That Inspire It
The piece extols London humor across classes from drivers and railway porters to waiters and costermongers. It contrasts London with Paris, noting distinctive local characters and the universal gaiety born from everyday life. It predicts a future great London humorist may deepen this spirit.
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London
W. W. Jacobs
Dickens
Thackeray
Butcher Boy
Baker Boy
Shop Boy
Paris
Marvel of Engineering Tower Rises in Butte Montana
In Butte Montana a 350 foot reinforced concrete chimney rises above mills and ore works. Designed by a Chicago engineer the tower uses a double concrete shell and steel reinforcement for strength. The method promises a lighter superior structure versus brick or plain concrete. Such chimneys are common across the United States.
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Butte, Mont
Chicago
United States
Sacred Sheep of Colorado Guides Game Policy
Colorado Game and Fish Commissioner Jim Woodd likens the mountain sheep to India’s sacred bull, forbidding hunters to threaten or shoot the animal. A band of these sheep lies between Florence and Victor, with law protecting them as their numbers slowly grow. A Canon City case reports Fred Klantzsky fined $300 and costs for killing mountain sheep, totaling $149, with possible jail time if unpaid.
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State Game and Fish
Jim Woodd
Colorado
India
Denver Republican
Woodard
Florence
Victor
Break of a Young Steer Sparks Uriah Journey Home
Uriah leaves his quiet farm life to seek new freedom after a drastic incident with a steer. He travels 15 miles toward the city with $40, encounters theater fame, and returns home to Lucy and Sylvester Graham with plans for marriage and a new start.
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Daily Story Pub
Uriah
Lucy
Sylvester Graham
Widder
Sylvester
Forks
Jef Blaine
Jeff
Wallace Keene
Mr. Keene
Rascal
England's Great Wheat Crop of 1905 Reported
The English agriculture department reports 1905 wheat production at 58,902,499 bushels, the highest since 1899, with a yield of 32.78 bushels per acre, about 2.25 above the ten year mean and six above 1904's poor year.
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England
Great Britain
New Eyeglasses Offer Gentle Comfort for Sensitive Eyes
A French expert, Dr Morais, says orange yellow tinted eyeglasses are particularly agreeable and soothing for feeble or oversensitive eyes. They help patients who cannot tolerate blue or smoked lenses see clearly.
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Morais
Theological ferment in the Christian church over new bible criticism
The piece notes a crisis sparked by evolutionary biblical criticism entering seminaries and colleges. It contrasts evangelical resistance with a minority of ministers embracing “new theology” and calls for public confession, resignation of ministries, and formation of new churches for proponents.
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Crapsey Bendh
Bishop Burgess
Protestant Episcopal Church
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Union ‘Theological Seminary
Christian Church
New Use of Thumb Marks For Check Protection
A Plainfield merchant leverages unique thumbprints to protect checks. He prints a thumb end on each check using a steel plate and ink, with a bank-backed agreement requiring this mark before cashing. The system resists alteration and offers quick detection of tampering.
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Plainfield
Business Man's Magazine
Griffen
Boston Man's Liberality in Midcentury
A Boston Unitarian, noted for his wealth, funded an orthodox Maine church project. He explained his gift without endorsing the doctrine, saying only fear of hell would prevent the east from stealing his lumber.
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Boston
Maine
The Royal Library Bible of Stockholm Described
The article notes a unique Bible in Stockholm’s royal library, unmatched in weight and size. It reportedly uses 160 asses skins for its leaves, each page nearly a yard long, 20 inches wide, with covers of solid four inch thick planks.
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Royal
Stockholm
Green Diffused Light Eases Eye Strain Red Tints Harmful
The article states that in diffused light green is most beneficial to the eye while reds and pinks are most harmful. In strong direct light blue and neutral tints suit eyes best, whereas pure white is most harmful, evidenced by snow blindness.
Georgeous Plumage in Japan Promotes Long Tail Feathers
Special care for breeding in Japan focuses on plumage with chickens raised for tail feathers reaching 12 to 15 feet in length.
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Japan
Milk fed goats supply the finest kid gloves claim leather merchants
A leather merchant extols milk fed kid gloves from French mountain herds. He says these goats are raised on exclusive milk in rocky pens, and warns that even one grass meal spoils the skin’s softness and pliability, urging buyers to choose milk fed kid gloves.
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France
His Revenge
Dialogue fragment features Miss Footlights and Bertie, noting a resolved mind and face recognition in a stage scene. The brief exchange hints at character dynamics and theatrical setting without revealing plot specifics.
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Mr. Softleigh
Bertie
Miss Footlights
Scotland's Population in Mid 1905 Estimated at 4,676,603
The registrar general reports Scotland's mid 1905 population at 4,676,603 with 151,381 births registered, 1,189 fewer than in 1904.
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Scotland
Registrar General For
Buried by the Public In Swiss Cantons
Public burial funds in some Swiss cantons cover all deceased regardless of wealth. Rich and poor alike are laid to rest at public expense under local policy.
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Cantons
Switzerland
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Bozton Transcript
Marvel OF Engineering
Butte
Montana
India’s
Uriat
Georgeous
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