No Free Lands Will Be Given Away This Year
Washington reports that no government lands or lotteries will open this year for homesteaders. Indian reservations like Yakima in Washington face no immediate sale, while several other areas remain under study for possible openings next year. Auction plans include 12,000 acres near Lawton Oklahoma and six thousand town lots across nine sites, with Judge J W Witten scheduling sales in Coeur d Alene and other locations.
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Kansas City
America
Indian
Washington
Yakima Reservation
Federal Land Office
Post Office Department
Yashimi
Congress
South Dakota
Idaho
Lawton
Okla
State of
Yakima
Ft. Berthold Reservation
North Dakota
Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Blackfeet
Ft. Peck
Montana
Colville
Montanna—Blackfeet
Fort Peck
Fort Berthold
San
Rosebun
Ramo
Tine Ridge
Fort Peek
Coalville
Fort Derthold
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Indian Office
Uncle Sam
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
North
J. W. Witten
Ing
Lawton, Ok&lia
Witten
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Subway ride through huge sewer thrills Lehighton crowd
In Lehighton Pa on July 13 Ralph Snyder age 12 fell into a gutter and was swept 2000 feet through a sewer. Companions initially thought it a joke until Jim plunged after him and a large crowd rescued them near the Carbon Transit power house. Ralph survived with a severe head laceration and said the ride was his first subway excursion.
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Lehighton, Pa
Ralph Snyder
Jim
Carbon Transit Company Power House
Ralph
Monk cannot will property to relatives under Benedictine order
In St Paul a US circuit court decision by Judge Willard holds that a monk cannot legally bequeath property to relatives or friends. An estate, including royalties from religious books, must revert to the monastic order. The ruling concerns August Wirth of the St Benedict order and his Springfield Minnesota death.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Willard
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
August Wirth
Springfield
Minn
Order of St. Benedict
New Jersey
Joke Cost a Life of Heroic Swimmer in Canarsie
Canarsie New York July 13 Police seek the name of the boy whose prank cost 11 year old Robert Vietin his life. Vietin swam with a crowd in Fish Creek when another boy cried for help. The rescuer swam toward the scene but the supposed drowning boy leaped onto a log and paddled away laughing. The would be rescuer was seized by cramps and sank.
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Canarsie
N. Y
Robert Vietin
V Vletin
Fish Creek
Communion Service at Christchurch and Priests’ Outing
Rev. Austin W. Mann a senior deaf mute presbyter of the Episcopal church will lead a holy communion service in Christ Church chapel Monument Place at 10 30 AM with Rev. Brewster R. Allabough assisting. Allabough will conduct the afternoon service at 3 PM. Mann will later travel to Jeffersonville for an evening service with St. Paul’s rector.
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Austin W. Mann
Episcopal Church
Christchurch
Monument Place
Brewster R. Allabough
Allahough
Mann
Jeffersonville
St. Paul's Church
When Kings Die Money Flies in Doing Honor
Obsequies of Napoleon and Czar Alexander II cited as the greatest royal funerals in modern history. The article compares European costs, noting Napoleon's transport, British expenditures for George II and William IV, Queen Victoria’s mausoleum funding, and the lavish Russian and German royal funerals. It estimates total costs reaching half a million pounds for the Czar’s funeral and details other royal burials across nations.
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Napoleon
Czar
Alexander II
St. Helena
Duke of Clarence
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
Frogmore
Hyde Park
William I
Germany
Saxony
Rournania
Wales
Austria
Denmark
Russia
Berlin
Italy
Humbert
Victor Emmanuel
Ferdinand II
Naples
Charles
Sardinia
Edward
Victoria
Boy falls from window. dies or injures after impact
Morris Sober, 11, son of tailor Samuel Sober of Louisville Kentucky, fell from a third floor window and struck iron street grating. He was picked up unconscious but appeared not seriously hurt at the scene.
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Louisville
Lome
Morris
Samuel Sober
Deafness Cured by Secret Treatment Promoted by Dr Powell
A physician scientist Dr Guy Clifford Powell claims a natural simple cure for deafness and head noises. He offers free full information by mail from Peoria Illinois, saying results are quick and permanent at home with no cost. Write to 6671 Bank Building Peoria IL for details.
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Guy Clifford Powell
Bank
Peoria
The Fortune Hunter Young Man's Moral Crises Unfold
Nat Kellogg confesses to Betty Graham that he is engaged to Josie Lockwood, shaking his world of faith and drink. Betty, impressed by his reform, sends him blessing and pride, while Nat realizes he loves her. A sudden turn leaves him fleeing to seek church solace, tormented by heartbreak and guilt.
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Josie
Papa
Nat
Betty Graham
Betty
Father
Josie Lockwood
Beth
Kellogg
Cersed
As Others Saw Him Meets a Transformed Ceris
Nat recognizes Ceris at the phone desk to his astonishment as seven months apart have reshaped her from a starveling girl into a poised, confident woman. Her travel wear suits her, hair gleams, and her eyes sparkle with life while she greets him with warmth. He remains speechless at the reunion.
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Nat
Ceris
Dar
Terre Haute Journalist Recovers After Drunken Spree
Mont L. Casey, prominent Terre Haute newspaper man, was taken to the Neal Institute on Woodruff Place for a three day drink habit cure and later delivered to friends in a recovered condition.
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Mont L. Casey
Terre Haute
Neal Institute
Woodruff Place
Letter cheers alcohol treatment program in Indiana
Mont L. Casey writes about his year of drinking and rehabilitation at the Neal Institute in Woodruff Place Indianapolis. He credits a non hypodermic vegetable regimen with removing all desire for alcohol and urges others to seek help to escape drinking’s ruinous effects. The note is signed and directed to inform others of the option.
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Mont L. Casey
Negl Institute
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Neal Institute CO
R. H. Williams
Woodruff
Thornton Daggs
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