Monument to Bill Nye Promised by American Press Humorists
The American Press Humorists plan a monument to late Edgar Wilson Nye at Laramie Wyoming. A big Los Angeles fundraiser during the September convention will raise funds with a grand entertainment featuring Bob Burdette Melville Landon Sam Davis and other humorists. Subscriptions are sought by convention week and a souvenir book will be issued for supporters.
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Frank Thompson Searight
Los Angeles
Cal
American Press Humorists
Edgar Wilson Nye
Laramie
Wyo
Mr. Searight
Robert J. Burdette
Bob" Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Bill Nye
Burdette
American Press
St. Louis
Bob” Burdette
Melville D. Landon
Eli Perkins
Sam Davis
Carson Appeal
Strickland W. Gillilan
Los Angeles Herald
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
Finnigan
Edmund Vance Cooke
National Lyceum Entertainers
Ohio
Judd M. Lewis
The
Houston Post
Charles Battell Loomis
Thomas Augustine Daly
Philadelphia
S. E. Kiser
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Samuel L. Clemens
Sunnycrest
Pasadena
Mount Lowe
Catalina
Los Angeles Press Club
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Nevada
Atlantic City
Baltimore
St. Louis Exposition
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Nye
Searight
Asheville
N.o C
Laramie, Wye
Ute
West First Street
One Association
Wilbur
Nesbit
Sam E. Kiser
Will Reed Dunroy
Duncan M. Smith
Eliot Flower
Willis Leonard Clannahan
CC. W. Taylor
Samuel L. .Clemens
Mark Twain
John Kendrick Bangs
Outcast
Zim
Loomis
Flagg
California Humorist Members Named by American Preas
The California contingent of the American Preas Humorista includes Los Angeles officers Frank Thompson Senwright and Rev. Robert J. Bur dette. Also listed are John 8. McGroarty, Harry C. Carr, Wm. Hamilton Cline, Arthur J. Burdick, Pasadena Robert J. Burdette Jr., San Pedro Winfield Hogaboom, San Francisco Lowell Otus Reese, Bulletin Alfred J. Waterhouse, and Sunset Magazine.
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Day
California
American Preas Humorista
Los Angeles
Frank Thompson Senwright
Perpetual
Robert J. Burdette
John 8. McGroarty
Harry C. Carr
Wm. Hamilton Cline
Arthur J. Burdick
Pasadena
Robert J. Burdette, Jr
San Pedro
Winfield Hogaboom
San Francisco
Lowell Otus Reese
Bulletin
Alfred J. Waterhouse
Sunset Magazine
Prospects for round house rise in Pearl City area
From the County Exchanges notes Pearl City sees strong prospects for a railroad round house with good water supply and 63 acres of land under option from A K Eby Jared Barhes and Charles Garrison. Also highway macadamizing contract let to John Morrow not far from Freeport, bids 9 and 12 per square rod. In Beloit Ira Wagner reports big carp catches. Mount Morris students form Stephenson Jo Daviess association at Schudt park with officers and plans for next picnic.
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Pearl City
J. ©. Woodruff
St. Paul
A. K. Eby
Jared Barhes
Charles Garrison
Round House
Commissioners of Highway
John Morrow
Freeport
Mr. Morrow
Mr. Shons
Mr. Shon
Henry Kramer
Orangeville Courier
W. G. Snyder
Beloit
Ira Wagner
Wagner
The
Courier
Madison
Lena Star
Mount Morris College
Stephenson and Jo Daviess Counties
Schudt’s
Furry
Morris
Bert Keister
Ella Finkenbinder
Kent
Railroad ties scarce as lumber famine bites rails
Railroads face a looming shortage of wooden railroad ties as a lumber famine threatens supply. Foresters warned that continued forest depletion could halve future output, while railways probe substitutes after steel ties proved problematic and costly. Efforts focus on extending wood ties and securing long term timber sources.
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United States
Forest Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arcade addition building lots for sale with monthly payments
Arcade Manufacturing Co offers choice building lots in Arcade addition for sale at low cost with monthly payments. Apply by July 19 to Arcade Manufacturing Co for details and terms.
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Arcade Manufacturing
Daily Journal delivery rates across the city
The Daily Journal notes a citywide delivery service available at 10 cents per week. The offer applies to all city districts. Subscriptions can be arranged at local offices.
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the Daily Journal
Old Indian Trails Through Illinois Map Spotlight
A historical map shows major American Indian and French trails across Illinois. Traced routes include the Kaskaskia Detroit trail linking Kas iskia and Danville and the Hubbard and Chicago trails to Chicago. The Sauk trail from Rock River to Indiana and Canada is highlighted with Maramech and Kishwaukee joins. The article notes George Rogers Clark and his Virginians used these trails.
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Ilinois
Decatur Review
Detroit
Kaskaskia
Lakes
Canada
Mississippi
Danville
Randolph
Washington
Marion
Effingham
Cumberland
Coles
Edgar
Vermilion
Elkhorn
Rock River
Jlenry
Kurean
la Salle
Fox River
Sheridan
Kensall
Will Counties
Des Plaines
Joliet
Cook County
Indiana
Kendall County
Rockford
Wisconsin
Peorias
Des Moines River
Iowa
Illinois
Great
Ilinois River
Utica
Chicago Portage
Hancock
Warren
Knox
Stark
Bureau
Fort Clark
Wabash
Terre Haute
Peoria Lake
McLean County
DeWitt County
Clinton
Farmer City
Pratt
Champaign
Douglas
Warrensburg
Mays
City warns against tossing rubbish on improved streets
The committee on streets alleys and bridges prohibits throwing grass or any rubbish onto improved streets and states offenders will be punished under city ordinances.
Zoa-Phora Cure Claims From Miss Griffith Letter
A 1907 testimonial from Miss Griffith praising Zoa-Phora for curing pain and discharge after other doctors failed. The letter asserts permanent results and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist, following plain directions. It emphasizes sealed one dollar bottles and ready-made preparation.
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Misa Berra Gabrira
Columbiaville
Midiferent
Are You Good at Spelling? Eleven Mistakes Found
The paragraph includes eleven spelling errors in a critique of a poetry collection. It notes that the author gathered many records of fancies from his life, resulting in a volume rich with tender personal affection, meditation, and reminiscences, but argues these meditations lack true poetic qualities. The quotation marks and punctuation mimic a New York mall citation.
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New York Mall
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Wilson Nye
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Los
Angeles
Ask
Marche
George Rogers Clark
Virginia
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Go
Per Makien
Wile
Mien
Retta Griffith
Columbisvistien
Monette
New York
Armour
Swift
Freeport Loan CO
Stephenson
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