Wyoming Progress in 1909 Highlighted by Industrial Growth
The Denver Republican’s New Year summary credits Wyoming with strong 1909 progress across agriculture mining and livestock with a total industry value near 65 to 68 million dollars. Population rose about 10,000 to roughly 150,000 and irrigation and dry farming spurred new settlements and acreages.
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Wyoming
Denver Republican
Seceeianenos Thales
Wyoming Development Company
Pathfinder
Plate Valley
Eden
Shoshon
Big Horn
Oregon Basin
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
James Lake
Saratoga Valley
la Prete Canal & Ditch Company
Cowley
Montana
Central
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
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Fremont
Dallas
Powers
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago & Northwestern
Hill Interests
Colorado & Southern
Denver Markets and Hill Interests Expand Wyoming Rail Network
Market prices show cattle and grain quotes with beef steers and cows, plus feed prices. The Hill interests plan a major Wyoming rail expansion linking Colorado & Southern, Burlington, and Chicago & Northwestern lines to create a coast to gulf route and support fast passenger traffic between South and Northwest.
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Seusences
Iesteense Cseeie
Galveston
Puget Sound
HI Interests
Wyoming
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Big Horn
Kirby
Chicago & Northwestern
Powder River
Orin Junction
Cheyenne-Holddredge
Cheyenne
Gulf
Hill Interests
Northwest
Farm production value reports four hundred million
Estimated value of products from 211000 farms in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana reaches 404 million dollars in 1909. This marks a gain of 16 percent since 1900 and reflects growth in agricultural output across the four states.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Detroit Woman Drives Laundry Wagon for Fresh Air
Miss Chloe Hunter of Detroit aged 20 becomes a laundry wagon driver, boosting her firm’s business by about 25 percent. She swapped a clerical office job for outdoor work after a sick boss left, hiring a clerk and taking the reins herself. She enjoys the public attention, plans to continue through winter, and notes the job is easy, with a gentle horse and protective clothing aiding her in cold weather.
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Detroit
Mich
Chloe Hunter
Hunter
Miss Hunter
Sam
Tam
The Child's Longing for Affection and Care
A reflective note on how children in institutions crave parental love and belonging. The author, Deineator, describes hunger for a caring adult and the risk of seeking affection from anyone who offers warmth, even an apparent uncle, highlighting fragile childhood needs.
Origin of Wild Apples Traced to English Roots
Research notes by horticultural experts identify the wild apples or wild crab as descendants of treca imported from England and other countries in the eighteenth century, explaining the lineage of many modern commercial varieties.
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England
Peruna Cited By Woman as Lung Cure After Doctor Failure
Misa Ninette Porter of Braintree Vermont says doctors did not help and Peruna cured her lung hemorrhages. She describes slow initial improvement, then coughing up a stringy substance until it lessened and she regained health.
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Misa Ninette Porter
Braintree
Vermont
Peruna
Orat
Tailor Denies New Suit Until Last Payment Made
A tailor refuses to craft a new suit for a client until the overdue bill is settled. The client protests the delay citing urgent need for warm clothing in the cold season.
Little Teddy Delivers Parental Aid
A five year old named Teddy, ill with a minor ailment, refuses castor oil. His mother cries and prays, then Teddy suggests Father will return home and approve the remedy. The vignette ends with a hopeful, humorous note about family dynamics.
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Teddy
Free to Our Readers Eye Remedies Ad and Odd Anecdotes
A garbled ad list promotes Marine Eye Remedies with claims of strengthening weak eyes and soothing pain for adults and babies, urging letters for proper applications. The page also features scattered quips about theft, romance, and random notes, including a cold cure claim and generic product mentions.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicagoo
Jokes and Quips From Everyday Life
A collage of brief comic snippets and wry observations. A man teases about kissing his partner and a wife’s secrets, a father chides an early curfew, children discuss oleomargarine, a waiter hedges on pronunciation, and a political meeting jokily prompts a boss to urge continuation.
Hard-Won Harvests and Farming Risks
A reflection on farming as a gamble where growers face uncontrollable forces that can undo hard work, unlike manufacturers who can gauge and avoid risks. The note cites English Country Life on the unequal odds of agriculture compared with industry.
The Caste of Love and the Mirage of Rest
A poetic meditation on love as a desert illusion. Two travelers seek a promised paradise in Ife and the Sahara but watch it slip away as they hurry. The journey exposes love as a witching chimera and life’s most alluring optical delusion.
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Sahara
Ife
Mecca
Unselfishness In the Home
The article urges the law of unselfishness as essential to the home spirit. It argues that perfect love casts out selfishness and that a single selfish person harms the home’s harmony and joy.
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Ike
Girl in Atchison Faces False Smallpox Fear
An Atchison girl believed she was exposed to smallpox and was vaccinated drank vinegar and took formaldehyde while her home was fumigated. Later she learned the danger was a mistake and she cried loudly, disappointed.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Our Geographical Center of the United States Debate
The text argues Alaska should be excluded from consideration and Kansas stands as the central state. It defines centrality by longitudes 94 38 to 102 west and latitudes 37 to 40 north, naming Kansas as the geographic midpoint.
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Alaska
Kansas
United States
Phrase about learning from experience despite skill limits
The text remarks that those who never achieve personal bests remain uninteresting and even the most confident person can gain insight through hands on experience. It conveys a value on practical learning over mere knowledge.
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