Value of Publicity and Alaska Woolly Yak Idea
The piece surveys publicity trends boosting ad campaigns from merchants to states, noting Washington as a centralized propaganda hub and a proposed joint state exhibit building. It cites Alaska’s potential for yak importation and reindeer introduction, plus historic reindeer success, and ends with fashion notes from the merchant tailors and a Boston Herald remark on evolving dress codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Land
Washington
South
St. Joseph
Boston Herald
Earthquake Brings Notice of Halian Thrift and Italian Labor Aid
A long known Halian thrift gains prominence after the great earthquake and generous aid from Italian laborers in the U S A. Money orders sent to Italy have risen for two decades, reaching 16.25 million dollars in 1906. A New York banker notes 100 laborers earning 14 cents an hour could save up to 270 dollars monthly after fees rent and clothing. In New York apartment districts tenants visit friends for baths, paying two cents for a hot wash and five cents for towels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
New York
Italiana Gay
Phrase Fragment Sparks Confusion in Paris Chest of Bardou Relic
An ornate Paris palace once home to late playwright Victorien Bardou housed a large chest filled with countless labeled boxes. Inside were scattered notes, epigrams, and ideas jotted down at various times, hinting at a vast, unfinished collection.
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Paris
Victorien Bardou
Western State and National News Highlights
The Missouri Senate defeats a bill for daily Bible reading in public schools while Minnesota allows boxing trials in three cities. California passes Wright railroad oil regulation. National Corn Exposition dates set for Omaha in 1909. Reports cover Cour d'Alene blast, a 1912 world expo bid, and political shifts in Illinois and Utah. Other items note alien waves of floods, trials, and political debates across multiple states.
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Missouri Senate
Bible Daily
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Wright
State Railroad Commission
Omaha
Cour d'Alene
Wallace
Kaho
Winnipeg
Manttown
St. Louis
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Los Angeles
Cal
William J. Palmer
Nuapires
Aero Club of
Henry H. Clayton
Dine HM Observatory
United States
Co. L. Mayhew
Boulder
Cole
William Collier
Longmont
Jall
May
Washington
State Board of Hotels
Sunia
Utah
Arizona
Railroad Commission
Territorial Good Roads Department
Wright ae roplane trials and a Paris parade report
Reports of successful Wright aeroplane flights at Pau France by Count de Lambert and Paul Trissandler with Bad Man flying twenty minutes. A St Patrick memory parade in New York City on March 17 with 40,000 spectators reviewed by Archbishop Farley and city officials. Louisville Kentucky Union depot burned, worth $400000, prompting a note on a new station. Rambo the Mexican distance walker resigns from Waters Pierce in Mexico City to pursue bullfighting.
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Pau
France
Count de Lambert
Paul Trissandler
Wright
Patrick
New York City
Archbishop Farley
Union
Louieville
Washington House rules shift power amid Cannon reelection vote
The House amended rules on the 16th to curb the Speaker’s power and widen debate. Insurgents won 211 to 172 in favor of the changes. Assistant Secretary Coolidge denied reports that Treasury delays blocked more than fifty million dollars in government claims. Cannon was reelected Speaker with 204 votes to Clark’s 166, with Democrats united for Clark and a Republican defect. A Panama Canal report by Lt. Col. Gothals notes a lock on the canal route but cites cost and timing by the administration.
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House
Cannon
Coolidge
Treasury
Department
Joseph G. Cannon
Champ Clark
Missouri
Cooper
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Esch
Wisconsn
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
Clark
Gothals
Panama
Connie
Eae
Dala
Wyoming News Invasive Report From Dry Farming Congress
Misa Elsie Jenkins, acting secretary of the Cheyenne Industrial Club, receives gifts from foreign representatives at the Dry Farming congress. Near Rock Springs Glencoe coal miners are laid off. Hanover Coal resumes irrigation work near Worland. Riverton canal extension awarded. new irrigation plans to reclaim 220,000 acres. Wyo towns brace for liquor law changes raising bottle price. Great Western Sugar orders 400 tons from Wyoml Sulphur refinery. Cody gas well shows early oil and gas flows. turbines installed at Boysen dam to generate 5000 horsepower. Disappearance of cattle on Wind River traced to Indians mining putrefied beef. Laramie County jailer John Posey Ryan linked to double murder. Auto Transit line gains three of six stagecoaches. route to Yellowstone Park via Green River valley and Wind River mountains. Lodges, a country club, and wolf links planned. Green River Lake and Mount Roosevelt highlighted.
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Misa Elsie Jenkins
Cheyenne Industrial Club
Glencoe
Rock Springs
Wleck
Hanover Coal Company
Ita
Worland
L. D. Torden
Riverton Canal
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Guan Con Camp
Wyoming
Hudson
Wyomloy Sulphur Company
Thermopolis
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Western Oil and
Big Horn Power Company
Boysen
Shoshoni
Riverton
Dan Hudson
Wind River
Big Horn River
Laramie County
John (Posey) Ryan
Guernsey
Mary Ryan
Nellite Behan
Palmer Cafe
Ryan
Union Pacific
Yellowstone Park
J. E. Mershon
Des Moines
Denver
Wyoming Auto Transit Company
Ine
Denver Republican
Green River Valley
Wind River Mountains
Wind River Canon
Jackson's Hole
Canon
Grosyventre
Spake River
United States
Green River Lake
Mount Roosevelt
New Fork Lake
Greenlake
Fremont Lake
F. OC
Fisher
Fayette
Wyo
United States Land Commiss
Auto ‘Transit Company
Thie
Fragmentary overheard exchange on crowded trolley car
A garbled dialogue from a crowded northbound trolley car features oblique talk about a group and a person named Aten, with a passenger asking for the answer as the scene shifts to a gully frasale and a heavyset traveler listens.
Backache and Kidney Pain Remedy Endorsed by Nurse
Thompson Watkins, a professional nurse from Parsons Kansas, testifies to relief from back twinges and irregular kidney secretions after using Cona n's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes the remedy priced at 60 cents a box, distributed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and sold by all dealers.
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Thompson Watkins
St. Parsons, Kans
Conan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
FIDO DULY WARNED BY TRAINER OVER HORSE PERFORMANCE
A trainer warns Fido that if the horse cannot improve, he will be discharged and replaced with an automobile, signaling a harsh ultimatum about performance expectations.
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Fido
Some Resemblance a Mexican boy blamed for attack in school
A California public school pupil Mary accuses Joe, the only Mexican boy, of striking her. The teacher questions Joe, who denies it, and Mary shifts blame to another dark skinned boy asserting his tan. The episode highlights bias and misidentification based on appearance.
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California
Joe
Mary
Peculiar Prayers Mentioned In Sermon Preceded Anecdote
A writer recalls curious prayers heard in services including a layman’s petition about upsittings and down risings, a minister translating a Latin sentence, and another minister’s lengthy preface before the sermon. In nonconformist churches long prayers sometimes led to a sudden pivot to humor with an anecdote.
Dream Vision Ends With Sudden Death Prophecy
A Kansas City Journal fragment recalls a dream where a green clad woman with a serpent arm foretells a sudden painless death by rail or fire. The dream ends as awake companions argue over quilt space, leaving subscription thoughts in readers’ minds.
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Kansas
Kanaas City Journal
LESS MEAT Advice of Family Physician
A New York reader credits a physician with advising less meat and greasy foods. After two years using Grape Nuts as the cereal part of meals, the writer claims improved health, fewer ailments, and a healthier family, attributing this to Grape Nuts.
Palmer estate leaves multi million to Palmer daughters
Colorado Springs reports General Palmer’s will outlines $6 to $6. Lump sum bequests include $742,000 outright, $2,640 in annuities, and twenty one legacies from $2,000 to $100,000 to relatives, friends, and servants. He gave away an estimated $4 to $5 million in retirement, including $1 million for parks and boulevards, $1 million to Western Pacific employees, $1.5 million to private charities, $500,000 to Colorado College, and $100,000 to Tuskegee Institute. An inventory will follow probate filing.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Palmer
Leopold Hamilton Myera
London
Missea
Dorothy and
Marjory Palmer
Glen Byrne
Rilo Grande Western
Colorado College
Tuskegee Institute
Gladys Young
Maude
van Costeyan
George Foster Peabody
New York
Chase Mellen
George A. Krause
Danny Sharman
Helen 8. Flower
England
Charlotte Sclater
Nat Mellen
Cecil Jacobelt
Glen Eyrie
Gwendolin Young Livermore
Telluride
Thomas J. Fisher
Beatrice Young Every
Francis H. Jackson
Philadelphia
Jeasle Shea
Buree
Grace Field
Emma F. Jackson
Eva R. Cooper
Emma H.talmer
Pasadena
Cal
Ida 8. Weir
Josephine P. Lippincott
Martha 8. Cowgill
Dover
Del
Willam Cowagill
Gloria Hunt
Washington, D. C
Guy. A. C. Hunt
Colorado
Clara Palmer Bellows
Mary B. Craig
John. Harper
Denver
Death Penalty Bill for Kidnapping Moves Senate
Harrisburg Pa March 29 A bill making kidnapping a felony punishable by death was introduced in the Senate Monday night. The Senate unanimously adopted a concurrent resolution offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Willie Whitla's kidnappers.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Willie Whitla
Shingle Mille Reaume Resumes Operations in Washington
Shingle Mille Reaume of Beattle Washington and statewide operations resume after a month and a half shutdown for the good of the trade. Everett and other communities report reopening Monday morning.
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Beattle
Wash
Everett
Wantington
Boy Returns After Kidnap Ordeal in Sharon Pa
A boy named Willie Whitla, abducted from Sharon Pennsylvania last Thursday, was found and returned to his father at the Hone hotel. Police nationwide had pursued leads as the country watched for a safe return.
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Cleveland
Littie
Willie Whitla
Sharon
Ho Ne
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