National Irrigation Convention to Debate Public Lands Policy
Sacramento hosts the National Irrigation Congress on September 27 with live debates on Government control of public lands. Prominent figures invited include Gifford Pinchot and Senators Burke Warren Spooner Nelson LaFollette and state leaders.
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Sacramento
Irrigation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
U. S
Burke
Nebraska
Frantz
Oklahoma
Warren
Wyoming
LaFolette
Wisconsin
Spooner
Nelson
Minnesota
Murdo MacKenzie
American Live Lock Association
Life sentence for fraud noted in paper
Mrs Joacker mocks the sentence while reading and reveals the convict as a former friend, Jack Smith. The article lists a twelve pound boy birth to Mr and Mrs John Smith in Bohemian. Fraud and no visible means of support led to the hard labor term.
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Joacker
Jack Smith
John Smith
Shouting and its role in early Australian digger slang
The article explains how "shouting" meant buying drinks for all in a public house, a practice beloved by lucky gold diggers. Refusing to drink with a struck miner was an insult, and shouting was once nearly universal with each participant taking turns paying for others. Quoted from J F Hogan on the history of the Irish in Australia.
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Commonwealth
J. F. Hogan
Australia
Rathline Island
London Standard
Discovery and Significance of the Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone, found in 1799 near Rosetta by a French officer, bears inscriptions in hieroglyphic demotic and Greek. Erected about 195 BC for Ptolemy Epiphanes to remit priestly dues, its value lies in providing the key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Rosetta
Ptolemy Epiphanes
Married Out of Court Hearts Win Elders Blessing
A legal quarrel prompts a matchmaking plot in which Mrs Peabody and her niece Elizabeth Ward draft romantic letters to Ephraim Codman. The ruse leads Codman’s grandson Louis to reveal a plan to unite the estates and marry Elizabeth, securing a favorable out of court settlement.
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Ephraim Codman
Mr. Codman
Louis
Miss Ward
Mrs. Peabody
Betty
Bert
Court of Chancery
The Sun Moon and Tides Explained
The article explains tidal forces from the sun and moon. It notes the sun’s mass creates significant tides, about four tenths of the moon’s force, and describes spring tides during new and full moons when sun and moon align, and neap tides during first and third quarters when their effects oppose.
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Earth
Cats as retrievers in ancient Egypt artwork claim
A Chicago antiquary presents an Egyptian painting showing cats in boats and swimming with dead birds. He argues the image proves cats were used as hunting retrievers and points to British Museum carvings supporting the idea.
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Chicago
Nile
British Museum
A Poor Compliment Minister Returns from Holiday
A humorous exchange shows a minister returning from holiday asking about affairs while a critic notes that ministers often send others to fill the pulpit, not themselves. The dialogue, in Scots dialect, mocks clerical behavior and dedication.
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Daniel
A Jingo Quote From Washington Star
The Washington Star offers a concise teaching joke where a father explains a jingo as a man who believes someone besides himself should go out and fight. The wry definition frames nationalistic bravado with a child’s inquiry.
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Rollo
Washington Star
A Sure Cure and Quips on Illness and Perspiration
A Houston Post quip features a joke about insomnia cure by pretending illness prompting a doctor’s medicine to be given hourly, and a remark on a foreman who perspires freely, with the gag that his sweat costs $5 daily.
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Houston Post
Probate Notice for Foreign Will in Beaverhead District Court
In the Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead County Montana a probate hearing is set for September 20 1907 at 10 a m in Dillon to validate a German authenticated copy of Philipp Knabe deceaseds last will and testament and appoint Charles B Jacquemin administrator with the will annexed with Wilhelm Muller petitioning. Attorneys Gerr and Wonrine represent the petitioner and F A Hazenpager is clerk of court. First publication August 23 1907.
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Fifth Judicial District
Montane
County of
Beaverhead
Philipp Knabe
Dillon
Wilhelm Muller
Germany
Charles B. Jacquemin
F. A. Hazenpager
Gerr & Wonrine
District Court
State of
Montana
Beaverhead County
Wm. Bernstien
William Bernstien
East Creek
Sage Creek
A. D
Notices of Uncancelled Mortgages Due in March
The office will prepare an abstract of all uncancelled mortgages on record on the first Monday in March and hand it to the Assessor for assessment against the mortgagee. Parties may call to cancel paid mortgages before that date to avoid assessment. Dated Dillon February 13 1907. County Clerk S. Baker.
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Dillon
S. Baker
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Peter Wilson
In Beaverhead County Montana the District Court notices creditors to file claims against Peter Wilson deceased within four months after first publication. Thomas Wilson executor at W S Barbour law office Dillon Montana requests claims with vouchers. First publication August 9 1907. 32-4 Highest grade toilet paper rolls or wages at Tribune Book Store 42-tf.
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Distriit Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Peter Wilson
Png Iy
Thomas Wilson
W. S. Barbour
Dillon
Tribune’Bock Store
Desert land filings and mining patent notices published
Notices announce Elizabeth Phillips of Dillon Montana filing to prove desert land claim No 85865 in section 12 township 7S range 10W with witnesses listed. Also Frank Nelson of Dell Montana to prove final five year residence on homestead claim 13728 in section 17 township 13S range 9W before F A Hazelbaker in Dillon. Additional mining patent applications from The Monument Copper Mining Company and Arley R Jacobs for lodes at Beaverhead County with detailed survey data and deadlines for adverse claims.
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Mae Land Office
E. Ena
Entana
Elizabeth Phillips
Dillon
Montana
Hag
Ed E. Edgehill
Ames E. Phillips
Nerson W. Stack
George W. French
Frank D. Miracle
Register
Department of the Interior
Helena
Frank Nelson
Dell
F. A. Hazelbaker
John §. Baker
Dillon Montana
Charles A. Smith
Asa A. Beardsley
William Conners
Frank’ D, Miraclee
U.S. Land Office
Argenta
Beaverhead County
Towit
Beaverhead
Samuel Barkeer, Jr
United States Land Office
Monument Copper Mining Company
Mae B. Metlen
Monument
Bloody Dick
Morg
Mont
Mer
Recorder's Office
Montana Meridian
Frank D. Boskore Mae Bi. Metlen
John T. Kennedy
Monida
Johnson
U. S
Illon
Milton Bean
Sob Spitzmiller
Li E. Twitchell
Frederick Porch
U. S. Land Office
Arley R. Jacobs
Dilon
Elkhorn
West
Recorders Office
Elk Horn Lode
Wm. Roe
Robert Khuni
Frank Migacue
Saw Register
Green Mountain
Range
Meritian
Monument Lode Survey
J. C. Keppler
Tees Mountain
Welcome Lode
Jone
Otest K. D. Mikaciz
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Milwaukee, Wis
Titioner
F. A. Hazerparker
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