How Tunnel Was Cooled Through Idaho’s Ox Bow Tunnel
The Ox Bow tunnel in Idaho bored 1200 feet to divert the Payette River bed for gold prospecting. At 300 feet from the upper end and 250 from the lower, hot water reached 153 degrees. Workmen tried fans and blowers, then sprayed tunnel walls with river water, using simple pumps and garden sprays to cool the air and discharge the hot water.
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Coolee
Ox Bow
Idaho
Wiliam Flick
Scientific American
Dodd's Kidney Pills Proven By Local User
Mrs May-Taber of Hulett testifies the pills cured a severe kidney attack after seven boxes. The ad claims the medicine relieves pain and restores kidney function, and asserts Dodd's Kidney Pills are the world’s greatest kidney remedy, treating rheumatism dropsy gout lumbago diabetes urinary and bladder troubles and Bright's disease.
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Hulett
Wro
Dodd
May - Taber
Bright
Absenteeism sermon prompts churchgoing question
A reader quotes a mock sermon urging Patrick to attend church. The speaker jokes that missing the sermon on Absenteeism would be shameful, suggesting the value of church attendance and the social prompt to be present.
Fragmented OCR Note on Printing and Reading
A garbled note comments on bad printing and legibility issues in cars and during convalescence. It mentions poor paper quality and a weakened body state affecting reading ability.
Golden Medical Discovery Ad Promising Vitality Boost
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as restoring nerves and body vigor, claiming it strengthens digestion and eliminates fatigue. It criticizes tonics for alcohol content and promotes accompanying claims about the Common Sense Medical Adviser and pellet cures for constipation.
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Pieren
Garden Madien
Tareas Garden
Henextus
Andorra Mons
Fie
Common
Iran
Plarce
Butala
Pierce
The Diamond River Chapter XIV Continued
Jethroe leads a night march with Harver to secure a claim while natives shell their position. A skirmish erupts injuring four men including William and Monboddo is questioned. the party plans to detain a hostage and await aid as the scene shifts toward a river landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Tethrae
Tom Monboddo
Tethroe
Mormon Woman's Fate and a Warning to Faithful
Marian Ranvall criticizes the Mormon system in a controversial piece focusing on perceived degradation within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The 19th century essay links persecution claims to church strength and references Utah, Brigham Young, and Amelia Folsom Young while exploring cultural tensions and moral concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Church
Utah
Montay
Alor- Thon
Atatmen Church
Marian Ranvall
Lydia E Pinkham Bribe Sketch of Her Life and Compound Birth
A historic sketch traces Lydia E Pineham’s life and the rise of the vegetable compound. It notes the Panic of 73 spurred offerings in drug stores and public sale of the remedy.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and the Pinkham Family
A portrait of Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts and her family in commerce and science. It details her career as a teacher and herbal healer who created a vegetable compound with her husband Isaac Pinkham and their children, highlighting the rise of the business from kitchen laboratory to widespread advertisement and enduring female health legacy.
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Estes
Lynn
Isaac Pinkham
Song
Pinkham
Pinkbarn
Lenn
Miley
Tier
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pickham
Nis
Ladia
Binkham
Yodra
Gelmine
Lydia
Pinkeem
Amd
Obscuring Features Reflects On Speech Lessons
A candid speaker recalls growing up on a farm with a habit of speaking openly. A long-lost uncle visits and challenges the speaker to reveal true identity, prompting reflection on lessons learned since childhood.
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Elalia
Inder
Pragan's Grafi and Dugan-Trees in Silent Frame
Fragments describe Pragan's Grafi and Dugan-Trees with altered money, tinted away riches, and a frame with indeterminate characters. The text suggests a conflict over artifice and authenticity amid cryptic references to names and dates.
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Pragan
Dugan
Fragmented dialogue hints at social chatter and identity
Jagged OCR style shows a woman speaking with distrust about appearances and conformity. References to murder, confession, and color coded items reveal tension around what people wear and what it signals, framed by clipped, dialect heavy phrasing.
Parting Shot Ends Fractured Affair in Dark Leaving Questions
The scene unfolds with a tense exchange as a maid questions a decisive remark. A male narrator hints at a future wedding while quipping about spared refrigerator costs, revealing strained affection and irony in a twilight setting.
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L. Ravelas Livony
Bays
Saat
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Mat Wera
TeEst
Pulgeas
Grockten
Bate
Amos
Jethroe
Harver
Harvey
Jethrse
Plarvey
Hxsunden
Murray
Jefhree
Krep
Seoul
Dathrae
Thorvey
Tizeklel Gang
Roekiel Company
Varvey
Jethras
Gary
Bolieta
Cuiatter NT
Tos
Dwarver
Inthroe
Warvey
Tie
Jefhroe
Fethrog
Jathros
Tim
Ixroas
Persey
Mr. Smith
Uncle
Monhedie
Tethron
Moenholite
Sterrage
Beare
Harveys
Jethro
Sea
Wien
Jethree
Key
Owly
Bamersby
Academy
Tennyson
Somersby
Holwell Glen
Byron Tg
Ankethorpe
Soc Tm
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Third Ave
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Funtown
Lutdon
Fourrell
Mull’s Grape Tonic
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Mull's Grafe Tonic Co
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