Lavishness Coal Oil Johnny Remembered As Spendthrift
Ft. Crook Neb Coal Oil Johnny John W Steele died in poverty after amassing and wasting vast wealth from oil. Once a station agent he spent fortunes including hotels and a minstrel show, then faced hard labor. His motto was to spend money but saving would have secured his future. The article promotes treasury savings as safe investment.
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Ft. Crock
Neb
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
John W. Steele
Sheakleyville
Pennsylvania
McClintock
Venango County
Johnny
Coal Oil
Coa
America
Big Portland Fair of 1925 Takes First Step
Articles of incorporation for a $5,000,000 operating company to stage the 1926 Atlantic-Pacific Highways and Electrical Exposition were completed. The document names the exposition and outlines planned events including the electro-magnet centennial and the completion of transcontinental highways. Directors will be elected at the first stockholders meeting. France faces a postwar marriageable-girls issue with 2,000,000 without husbands.
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Portland
Fort Vancouver
Hudson’s Bay Company
Horseman Hugh Wins Meadowthorpe Challenge Cup
Hugh Westerly rides Harvester to victory in the Meadowthorpe Hall steeplechase, besting Stanley Borden on Druid as Edith Penton and Borden acknowledge the win. Edith hints at a secret engagement with Stanley as Hugh faces aging and vows to quit steeplechasing.
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Hugh Westerly
Hugh
Raith Penton
Ton
Penton Lodge
Hough
Edith Penton
Torrow
England
Roger Penton
Edith
Harvester
Stanley Borden
Mr. Bradbury
Stanley
Bertie Norris
Old
Watson
Pentin
Waetson
Meadowthorpe
Bricktop
Brighteyes
Whalebone
Lady Grey
Drala
Liverpool
Druid
Hricktop
Ebugu
Browk
Borden
Droid
Penton
Seals Vanish and Return on Alaskan Islands
Nature hides the seals on St Paul and St George Islands in Alaska. They appear late April to May and disappear late August to September as mysteriously as they arrive. No man knows the signal that prompts their movements, and even peak populations vanished from foggy rocks before returning with spring.
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Alaska
St. Paul
St. George
Nature
Beringsea
Colorado Seeks Fresh Branding Designs for Cattle
Colorado state officials report 40 000 to 45 000 cattle branding marks registered and say most combinations are exhausted. New branding designs are sought to expand the allowed options and maintain distinct marks for livestock.
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Colorado
Railway water safety campaign cuts disease risk nationwide
Within 12 months the U S public health service and state boards have reduced typhoid and other water borne illnesses among railway travelers by testing drinking water on trains. Similar protections will extend to river and ocean vessels. Connecticut adds five women to its lower house, four Republicans and one Democrat, as women comprise about a third of workers nationwide.
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United States Public Health Service
State Boards of Health
Cumming
United States Health Service
Convention of
State and Territorial Health Officers
Washington, D. C
Union
Connecticut
New England
United States
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France
Pure Water 18 Health Service
Washington
Pat
Holsum Brea
Cherry City Baking Com
Lon
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