Descriptions of Washington irrigation and Seattle carnival scenes
The passage notes irrigated farms in a kimma valley with land selling per acre and mentions state spending on irrigation. It recalls a Seattle Elks carnival with elaborate electric decorations and a large parade featuring Woodmen and Foresters lodges, along with shows by Ringling Bros. and a Wisconsin battleship visit and a City of Seattle boat ride.
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Cascades
Kimma Valley
State of Washington
Cascade
Seattle
Maud
Gertrude
Sable
Web
Butte
Eacles
Aretern Woodmen
Someresat
Foresters of America
Ring Lay Bros
Indiana
Puget Sound
Elliott Day
Wisconsin
City of
West
Descriptive Seattle trip notes praise distant Yakima Valley farming potential
The writer extols Washington and Idaho lands near Seattle describing a climb to a scenic overlook with views of the Bay and plans for James and Gertrude to settle there. They note cheap two for $500 lots, future streetcar development, productive soil, and irrigation dreams. They compare wheat and hay yields to Indiana, praise vegetation, and credit the Denny Hotel and Yester hikers for shaping Seattle.
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James
Gertrude
Yakina Valley
Indiana
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Columbia City
Seattle
Sidlie
Dever
Teoatue
Denny
Yester Heathers
Pacific Coast
Please don't shoot the organist a wartime warning echo
An old Leesburg Standard editorial laments mouth shooting by critics. It recalls Leadville’s refrain about not shooting the organist and argues public officials deserve constructive help, not hostile comments. The piece urges measured, supportive discourse over rude critique.
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Leadville
Leesburg Standard
A Boy's Wild Ride For Life
Dr King’s New Discovery saves Leesville man from asthma death. W H Brown endures death’s agonies but finds instant relief and cure for throat and lung troubles. Cures claimed for consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs colds and grip. Guaranteed bottles 60 cents and 1.00. Trial bottles free at Piper’s drug store.
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Toyet
Piper’s
Six Whitley sisters weigh over one thousand pounds
A storyteller notes six sisters in Whitley County who were weighed together at a store and tipped the scales past 1,100 pounds. A German speaker jokes that if they were pork, the meat would be valuable.
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Whitley County
New Presses and Expansion For Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade announces a new plant and equipment by 1902 closing date, aiming for a modern weekly edition. It claims wide reach, 178000 yearly subscribers, and varied departments for all family members. Subscriptions priced at one dollar per year with free specimen copies offered by THE BLADE in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo Blade
New York
Chicago
News of the World
Weekly
Blade
U.S
The
Toledo
Ohio
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Siren Instansis
Hog Shoate
Nellie
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