Wyoming man returns after Canada land voyage
W yomingite Wittem Snell formerly postmaster at Ranchester returns to Sheridan County after four years of wandering the northwest including Alberta Canada. He says Canada is overhyped as garden spot with high costs and scarce crops. He describes Fort George British Columbia as booming yet unpromising with no natural resources and high living costs.
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Shoridan
Wyo
Sheridan County
Oregon
Canada
Fraver River
America
Fort George
British Columbia
Frazer River
Grand Trenk
Enormus
Reightera
Ashcroft
Soda Creek
Calgary
Alberta
Canada land prospect tainted by harsh truth from settler
A traveler recounts Canadian land conditions praising only Fraser river irrigation while noting high land prices and scarce value elsewhere. He criticizes rain belt cold and Alberta drought, arguing Canada offers little real value compared to U.S. regions and warns buyers against speculative aims.
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Cansda
Jower
Fraser River
Big Horn Mountains
Canada
Alberta
Dainty Vendome Monoplane Set To Interest American Women
Three tiny Vendome monoplanes are en route to the United States and expected within a week. Women aviators including Mrs Harmon and Mrs Vanderbilt are eager to fly and be taught by French flyers arriving soon. The machines weigh 180 pounds, have a twelve horsepower motor, a sixteen foot wing span, and are steered by foot rudder with wing control by a lever.
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New York
Clifford Harmon
Farman
Harmon
Wlliam K. Vanderbilt
Yves de Villers
Thase Aeroplane
Minnola
Aviathoi
Mineola
Raoul Vendome
One Noted Thief Sentenced In Major Crime Case
New York dated July 28 reports John Benton once among the era’s most notorious thieves has been sentenced after a high profile crime spree. The article lists several aliases and notes Benton’s long criminal history as part of the case details.
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New York
John Benton
Alree
Morgan builds stone retreat for composer Norris high in Orange mountains
New York July 28. J Pierpont Morgan funds a stone castle over $20,000 on a crag above Greenwood Lake for Homer A. Norris to retreat from St George's Episcopal duties. The musician may compose away from city life, finding inspiration in birds, water, and forest sounds.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgai
Homer A. Norris
St. George's Episcopal Church
Stuyvesent Square
Orange Mountains
Greenwood Lake
Mogan
Norris
Compusers
St. George's
Morgan
Mr. Norris
Sixteenth Street
Country man pleads guilty to robbery and gets four years
The country man pleaded guilty today in the general sessions court to robbery. He stole a band gig that cost six tents. Judge Foster sentenced him to four years at hard labor in Sing Sing. The 65 year old veteran crook faced punishment with tremors and pallor as Benton exited the room toward his cell. He will go up the river tomorrow night.
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Foster
Sing. Sing
Pillah
Benton
Bridge of Sighs
Tombs
Snake in her rat bites woman's head
Miss Mary Wood of Richmond was bitten several times by a moccasin that hid in a crafted rat she put in a hammock in her yard. She endured pain, hair was pulled down, and red spots appeared before she alerted her mother. The six inch snake was removed and she is under a physician’s care in serious condition.
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Richmond
Miss Mary Wood
West End
Wood
Water 90 short plains fish die in heat wave
Laramie Wyoming July 23. A 26 year heat wave bakes the area with no rain in parts of the county. Sibylee 40 miles northeast hits 110 degrees. The Little Laramie river dries up and fish die in pools. Willow Creek Trout ponds reach 72 degrees, near fish-kill point. Alfalfa crops slow. Little rain falls in the valley.
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Laramie
Wyo
Sibylee
Little Laramie
Wyoming Trout Company
Willow Creek
Laramie Valley
Dying Man in Bayonne Chooses Burial Details Before Death
James E. Hardy, 67, of Bayonne New Jersey, faced hydrophobia with grim resolve. He ordered an undertaker how to bury him and selected his casket, then summoned Rev Father Reilly to specify a requiem mass. He died at Hayonne hospital about an hour later in agony.
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New York
Courtis
James E. Hardy
Bayonne
N. J
Hardy
Father Reilly
St. Henry’s
Bere
Hayoune
Engineers on Way to Inspect Government Projects
A board of army engineer officers departs to survey reclamation works across the west. Their first stop is the North Platte project on Monday, with visits planned to Goshen Hole extension, Shoshone dam, and multiple projects in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and potential Colorado routes before returning.
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North Platta Project
Goshen Hole
Washington
Board of Army Engineer
North Platte Project
Goshene Hole
Belle Fourche
Huntley
Shoshone Dam
Wyoming
Yakima Valley
Umatilla
Oregon
Boise, Payette
Minidoka
Idaho
Awberry Point
Utah
California
Colorado
Wrens
Wington
Protesta
Wolgast MacParland bout eyed for Labor Day card
New Orleans promoters plan a 20 round match between Ad Wolgast and Packey MacParland for Labor Day. Tommy Westmaker of the New Orleans Ale Club has offered a $10,000 purse to the fighters and an answer is expected within the next two days.
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New Orleans
Ad Wolgast
Packey MacParland
Tommy Wetchmaker
Sun Burn Treatment Sold by Palace Macy
A Sun Burn remedy called With Hi Cold Cream is offered by Palace Macy in a catalog-like listing. The product claims cooling relief for sunburn and skin care benefits.
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Palace
Palace Macy
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