Silver Nell the Western Adventuress Gambler Ride
A battered traveler named Silver Nell alighted in Superior Wisconsin en route to Butte Montana to enter gambling. The New York City native claims 28 years old and a French background, having spent a decade as a professional gambler across the West and East.
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Northwestern Limited
Superior
Wis
Eplind
Silver Nell
New York City
Butte
Mont
Corbett-Mitzsimmons
Asa Hobo
America
West
East
Easter Weat
Helena, Mont
Faro Pete
Nell
Helena
San Francisco
Denver
Silver Neill on the Road in Poker Circles
Silvers Neill travels through Western states in search of games and draws attention and respect from the sporting fraternity. She moves from town to town with a well filled purse, always ready for a poker match.
Rare in a Wild State Highlights Valuable Cultivated Plants
The piece notes that rare in a wild state species thrive in cultivated forms and identifies many of our best OWD varieties as highly valued for horticulture and study. It emphasizes the rarity of certain specimens yet their usefulness in gardens and collections.
Tacoma Wheelmen Build World’s Largest Wooden Bridge
Tacoma Washington wheelmen have constructed a vast wooden bridge across a ravine, claiming it to be the world’s largest of its kind. The structure spans 880 feet in length, rises 108 feet, with a 12 foot roadway, and is noted for its strength and durability despite being made entirely of wood.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ccn
Plants on the brink of extinction in the wild
The passage notes several crops including bean chickpea lentil tobacco wheat Indian corn and possibly sweet potato as extinct or near extinction in the wild. Many have long been cultivated and altered, losing the ability to sow and propagate outside cultivated grounds, so cessation of cultivation would lead to their disappearance.
The Harrison Baby Parents Cheer Nine Pound Child
Elizabeth Harrison, weighing eight and a half pounds at birth, is described as a healthy good natured infant. Mrs Harrison notes the baby’s blue eyes and growing appearance and mentions her husband nicknamed the general.
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Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth Harrington a child of Mrs Harrison’s hopes
Mrs Harrison expresses serene happiness in motherhood and outlines her plan to educate Elizabeth. She does not want her daughter to grow into a new woman but to be educated enough in eighteen years to pursue her own path if needed, aiming for a strong home life and personal ambition.
The Health Value of Yawning in Respiratory Exercise
Experts state yawning serves as a natural respiratory workout. It activates chest and neck muscles and helps ventilate the lungs. Regular yawning with full stretch is advised morning and evening to relieve throat and ear troubles.
Paris Sans Sanitary Register Completes Citywide Inventory
Paris creates a sanitary record for each building since March 1894, describing drains cesspools wells and plumbing. It lists deaths from contagious diseases in each house and records water diet and air analyses, aiming to finish by 1900.
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Paris
Florence Hazel Wilson a Proud Daughter of Secretary Wilson
Miss Florence Hazel Wilson is presented as a charming daughter in a sketch noting Secretary Wilson’s large family. The article compares his brood of five sons and one daughter to the Postmaster General Gary’s seven daughters and one son, and mentions the Secretary’s wife’s death two or three years ago.
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Gary
Wilson
Florence Hazel Wilson
Weekly Market Letter Reports Mixed Wheat Prices and Demand
The market letter notes firmer prices last week with better trading and signs of demand, especially from Winnipeg and Minneapolis. It cites an estimated winter and spring wheat yield prospects around 1 000 000 000 bushels, weather dampening expectations, light eastern wheat receipts, strong milling demand, and a lower North American export pace versus last year. The American visible supply declines to 22 686 000 000 bushels with a steady long-anticipated advance in wheat stacks under full headway.
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Crete
Neal
Duluth
Minneapolis
Beerhohgs
North America
A Brilliant Soldier and the Fleet Action Narrative
Fragmented text portrays a military figure and naval events with mentions of a lieutenant, ship voyage, and references to New York. The passage blends garbled names and dates, indicating a wartime maritime setting and potential discussion of leadership roles and coastal operations.
Flora Durand a Busy Iowa College Figure and Writer
Flora Durand, daughter of a prominent Iowa family, has balanced duties as a student and officer at Iowa Agricultural College with roles as librarian, church worker, and homemaker. She writes short stories and sketches, plays multiple instruments, and is described as a refined, active young woman known for her soprano voice and literary talents.
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Flora
Iowa Agricultural College
Misa Flora
Shela
M. Cecilia
The Prussian Lottery Dream and the No 23 Winner
In Prussia fifty years ago a town collector finally sourced No 23 for a servant girl who bought the number after persistent requests. The drawing made her a big winner and she explained her luck with a dream that repeated seven three times summing to twenty three.
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Prussia
Hagan
Wayan
Sol
James W. Youst — Civil War Soldier and Officer
James W. Youst enlisted in Ohio and rose from captain of volunteers to brigade commander. He served on Gen. NeChelian’s staff, fought at Chickamauga, became lieutenant colonel and inspector general, and earned brigadier generalship after remaining with Sheridan.
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Ohio
NeChelian
Peninsular
Maryland
Chickamanga
Jen. Kheridan
Birganded
Bhenandosh
Sheridan
Fort Riley
Chimney Moving Methods Described
The text outlines two approaches to relocate a chimney. One method is to dismantle and rebuild the chimney, requiring large labor. The other method is to move the chimney bodily, using different techniques and materials to support and transport it.
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Silver Nella
Alb the Spean Pownes
Travele
Silver Neill
Harrison Baby
Grandpe
Shaver
Harrigow
Barry
Flora Wilson
Weekly Market Letter
Maphina & Company
Forarth Lewestra Arey
Reilly
Ai Athear
New York
Wright Wruousts
Philadelphia Record
Portland Markets
Portland
Salem
Cascadia
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Ililigo
Young America
Wool—Valley
Beattie ‘Markete
California
Dakota
Puget Sound
Washington
Kantera
Ile
Atence
Cai Furnis
Flora H. Wilson
Qen
James W. yousrTs
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