Forest Road Plans Joint Venture With Forest Service
The Office of Public Roads of the Agriculture Department will cooperate with the Forest Service to draw up comprehensive road and trail systems for national forests. An engineer will survey several forests this summer to draft plans guiding future construction and, when roads are not feasible, develop trails to be upgraded later. Existing roads trails and lines aid fire protection and public use, and expanded work will increase forest usefulness to nearby regions.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Congress
Office of Good Roads
Office of Roads
Battleship Memorial Move Aims From Grand Army Posts
The Owen Gray post G A R of Larus launches a plan to raise funds for a battleship named The Grand Army of the Republic as a Civil War veterans memorial. Local posts collect $1 or more and forward totals to the G A R department to be sent to the secretary of war.
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Larus
Grand Army of the Republic
United States Navy
Owen Gray Post
Grand Army
Department of the G. A. R
Secretary of War
DeWitts Witch Frazer Salve Promoted for Piles
DeWitts Witch Frazer Salve is recommended for piles and sold by A. E. Roedel. The Leadar costs 6 cents a month.
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DeWitt
A. E. Roedel
New Premier of Japan Seeks Peace Amid Cautious Press
Tokio March reports Marquis Taro Kat Sura named premier of Japan declares a desire for peace and friendly ties with the United States. Native press in Tokyo teases his selection, calling him a tool of the elder statesmen.
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Tokio
Kaz
Taro Katsura
Japan
United States
DOUBLE TRAGEDY OVER MINING CLAIM RIGHT
In Randsburg California two men are shot in a dispute over a mining claim. J N Witt says he shot Bradford Peck Jr through the heart and then M B Tarkington in the face and neck as they attempted to stake a claim. Tarkington reportedly reached a railroad camp fainting and is thought mortally wounded. Witt surrendered after bringing his family to Jo h annsburg.
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Randsburg
Cal
Garden Station
J. N. Witt
Cheesborough
Witt
Tarkington
Bradford Peck
Peck
Johannsburg
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted with Mercury Warning
An advertisement warns against mercury containing tonics and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective internally. It urges buyers to obtain the genuine product and notes testimonials and druggist availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Barnum and Bailey Clown Triggers Preacher’s Demise
Pueblo Colorado August 3 Reverend Joel BE Lemaster Seventh Day Adventist preacher who suffered a breakdown while at Barnum and Bailey circus died yesterday. He had attacked symptoms of insanity after engaging with a clown’s provocation and died this morning at his home 1801 East Sixth Street with funeral plans not yet set.
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Pueblo
Colo
Joel Be, Lemaster
Barnum & Bailey
East Sixth Street
DeWitt Company Letter Praises Kohol Remedy
A 1906 letter from C N Cornell of Roding Go describes stomach and bowel relief after using Kohol purchased in 1902. The note, bolded by A B Roedel, is addressed to E C DeWitt & Co of Chicago.
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Cgentlemen
Georgie
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Go
A. B. Roedel
Murchison Jewelry Company Ad Sells Watches in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wyoming the Murchison Jewelry Company promotes a sale of low grade jewelry and railroad watches at its store offering bargains to customers seeking affordable timepieces.
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Murchison Jewelry Company
Cheyenne, Wya
Chicago Mayor Urges Electric Trains for Smoke Free City
In Chicago August 3, Mayor Busse promotes electric motive power for trains entering Chicago to eliminate locomotive smoke. The electric system powers the St Clair tunnel under the St Clair River linking Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia Ontario on the Grand Trunk route with Canada. Electric locomotives, 250 horsepower AC motors, operate via two half units that couple into one, with air brakes and a trolley bow for braking and circuit control. The smokeless tunnel marks progress in electric transportation.
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Chicago
Busse
St. Clair
United States
Canada
Port Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Ontario
Grand Trunk Railroad
Logic of Earnings of Union Pacific
A Cheyenne letter to the Denver News argues Union Pacific shows a $47 million net earnings surplus after paying operating costs and declares a 10 percent quarterly dividend. The writer questions whether government control or ownership is justified and urges a government rail valuation to justify fare reductions and fair dividends. Cheyenne, July 27, 1908.
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Denver News
Union Pacific Railway
Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Repabr
Oe Nebt
Pacific
Interstate Commerce i
Aawerate adjusting apé watch repair log
D Millar at 1700 Fergusce Street logs anapé watch repair adjustments.
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Aawerate
D. Millar
Fergusce Street
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R. Dildine
Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne
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Capitol Ave
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Preacher
ST. Clair Tunnel
Union Pacific
W. H. HR
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Fye & Lapash
Seventeenth St
Citizens National Bank
T. B. Hord
David Nimmo
John L. Thomas
J. H. Conway
E. W. Stone
C. BE. Mallin
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Peter Berich
West Seventeenth St
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Rock Springs
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