Bridge row over Ashtabula Harbor delays navigation
The War Department ordered removal of a troublesome bridge at Ashtabula Harbor cited for obstructing navigation. Ashland County and Ash tama County officials planned channel widening and a new bridge at a cost of about 200,000 dollars while taxes face potential delays. The ongoing dispute leaves the old bridge in place as lawsuits and municipal actions unfold.
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War Department
County Commissioners of
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How the Easterner Becomes an Easy Sucker in Kansas
Klatt exposes land agents who prey on eastern settlers in Kansas. The piece warns that many fail while a few prosper, detailing schemes where agents lure buyers with discounted land, slick promises, and manipulated deals. It cautions readers to verify land values and resist con games.
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Kansas
Kas
Casir
Uncle Sam divides up million acres taken from the Indians
Special to the Salt Lake City edition reports on federal division of a vast tract seized from Native tribes. The piece notes surveying, grazing rights, and compensation terms amid government reorganization of lands, amid tension with newly allotted owners and settlers.
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Uncle Sam
Salt Lake City
Barrie
Ammen
Claim procedure for Uintah Reservation land draw
The article outlines a 1910s style notice about registering for a land claim on the Uintah Reservation in Utah. It details registration in person at Price, Provo, Vernal, or Grand Junction offices, eligibility rules for soldiers and others, drawing dates in August, and the need to follow provincial and federal regulations. It also mentions irrigation rights, open water rights, and restrictions on mineral and water use within the reservation. The piece includes advice on perseverance and maintaining high standards.
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Price
Merwe
Proce
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Promised Relieved Periodic Aches
Periodic Pains feature Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a remarkable remedy for relief from menstrual pains backache nervous and sick headaches and related discomforts. The ad asserts no morphine or dangerous drugs and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer. It cites Mrs Parr of South Bend and a Miss Miles Medical Co. in Indianapolis as sources and sellers.
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Miles
Dr. Biles
Ontster
Reavite
PARR
Michigan &T
South Bend
Ind
Frais
Bulle
Mites’ Medical Co
Etichart
Freaks in the Day's News and Odd Local Incidents
A montage of oddities and misadventures from Alder Cumberland neighborhoods. A man married by a barged altercation with Policeman Steinbach after a Sunday baseball game. A dog in Port Jervis drowns during a water mishap at a summer resort. Ducks vanish as a Sugar Run resident traps them and a copperhead is found in the trap. A San Francisco boy named Malones loses a fight with tragedy and a local boy confronts danger during a wrecked vigil.
Norwegians Refuse To Flare Up In America
A fragmented report describes Norwegians avoiding stir in the United States amid war fears. It notes nervous tension in Sweden and Norway, mentions politicians like Governor Lind, and suggests domestic debate over a separation policy while Minnesotan discussions focus on public sentiment and national unity.
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America
Indiana National Guard to hold real military encampment
The Indiana National Guard plans a genuine military encampment at Mare Ham in Harrison starting Wednesday and continuing through August 1. Governor Frank Hanly oversees preparations with Gen Shaler, and Quartermaster Gen Oran Perry organized supplies while federal supervision marks a shift from prior encampments.
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Intiana National Guard
Mare Hensham
Harrison
Alin
Lister
Aidemyor
Ebery
Indiara
Pile Traction Company
Ambligia
Shaler
UBA
Indiana National Guard
Hunly
Oran Perry
Hoya
Epitaph Read At Plembstone In Saragossa
An odd epitaph from Spain references a king preparing to join the angels. The verse speaks of a figure named John Queles Jord and hints at a musicianly power and a creator in a hall. The fragmentary lines evoke a ceremonial farewell and celestial ascent.
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Plembstone
al Saragossa
Spain
John Queles
Jord
Chair of Angels
Back to the Farm Asks Father to Take Daughter Home
Mary, daughter of a Bristol farmer, left for Kenosha seeking city life. Arrested on vagrancy charges, her father asked to reclaim her. Court allowed return to farm if she pledged not to appear in public places without him for five years, declaring she had had enough of the world.
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Mary
Whee
Decker
Bristol
Ufe
Kenosha
Ghel
Marental
Cure Claim for Psoriasis at Tiny Price
An advertisement touts a psoriasis cure claiming relief in thirty days for a total cost of 4.75 dollars. It describes severe skin symptoms as cracked bleeding and constant itching and asserts a complete cure after treatment.
Cure of psoriasis with Cuticura products praised by W W Chidester
A man from Hutchinson Kansas describes a thirty five year battle with psoriasis. He credits Cuticura Suspensory Soap Ointment and Resolvent with complete remission after thirty days of treatment and claims permanent relief five years later. He details the disease progression and severe symptoms before praising the regimen.
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Emuas
W. W. Chidester
Hutchinson
Kan
Cow Punc heer Wooing Saves Teacher in South Dakota
Jack Weston, a two cow puncher on the T Bart ranch, saved Miss Mame Hilgers from a charging bull after she was attacked while returning to her Nebraskan claim. Weston was gored, broke ribs and a collarbone, then aided by another cowboy who shot the bull. Hilgers tended the injured man as he recovered, with marriage plans reportedly on hold.
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Jack Weston
Tbart
South Dakota
Mame
Nebraska
Mies Hilgers Wan
Acrose
Weston
Hilgers
Jf Iz
Kansas City Star
Riley and Burdette Tale From Baltimore Humorists
A garbled reminiscence from Success Magazine recounts a California club woman touring Pasadena to view the Burdette home. She misremembers the humorist Robert J. Burdette and is amused by a muddled claim that he is known for prose rather than poetry.
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Riley
Magasine
Bod’ Burdette
Klatrond
Birikand Gillian
Rumorlat
Baltimore
California
Orange Grove Nve
Pasadena
Cal
Burdettes
Robert J. Burdette
Tye
Courar
Robert J
Louisville shops list many dry goods and furniture firms
A dense ledger style summary listing numerous Louisville merchants and their trades. Entries include LS Ayres & Co dry goods cloaks millinery. Gerritt A Archibald Co outfits for men and women. Badger Furniture Co furniture rugs. Beaton Langen ladies suits wraps furs. Bliss Swain Co clothing and fishing gear. Block Co dry goods cloaks. Bobbs Merrill books. Feeney Furniture. Gall carpets. Hartmann furniture carpets stoves. Krauss millinery hats. Kahn tailoring. Lilly & Stalnaker cutlery hardware. Marott shoes. H Lieber frames and art materials. Mayer Co gift store silver. Messenger furniture. Morrison Co trunks. New York Store dry goods shoes furniture. Saks Co model outfit. Sander Becker furniture. Star Store dry goods carpets cloaks shoes clothing. Strauss Co Eagle clothing furnishings. Vonnegut hardware. Walk & Son diamonds jewelry. Wasson Co dry goods cloaks millinery carpets furniture. When Clothing Store clothing furnishings.
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Ls, Ayres & Co
Gerritt A. Archibald & Co
Badger Furniture Co
D. H. Baldwin & Co
Beaton & Langen
Bliss, Swain & Co
the Press
Wm. H. Block Co
The
Bobbs-Merrill Co
John D. Brownan
South Tiinois Street
Clo
H. Lieber Co
Charles Mayer & Co
H. Messenger
L. E. Morrison & Co
New York
People's Outfitting Co
Rink’s Cloak House
Fura
Saks & Co
the Sander & Becker Furniture Co
Star Store
Dry Gooda
L. Strauss & Co
the Eagley
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