Various NOTES AND CURIOSITIES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
Evening notes report strawberry crops in the Walla Walla valley Oregon and fruit yields across the region. Lantern at Tullamore light near Portland rises above sea level but storms break the glass and extinguish the flame. Puget Sound salmon season nears closure with a total pack of 24 400 cases the largest on record. European powers total 12 million armed men with vast naval buildup. Charles Reynolds star catcher travels to teach in a Kansas City suburb school. Kitty Wilkins the horse queen of Idaho owns 800 Norman and Percheron horses and ranges near Boise. Yellow fever death rate around ten percent annually reflecting better nursing. Lehigh Valley railroad equips twelve trains with telegraph instruments in motion, aiding wrecking trains. Weather jokes and stray quotes follow, including lines from various papers and humorous anecdotes.
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Walla Walla Valley
Oregon
Tullamore
Portland
Ore
Puget Sound
Post-Intelligencer
Europe
Charles Reynolds
Western Baseball Association
Sheffield
Kansas City
Texas
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Dreadful marriage plot at Paris countryside chateau
A 15 year old Jenny d Herbecourt longs for marriage as a railway surveyor Gustave Delvat arrives. After schemes with her stepmother Aglae to elope, misunderstandings spark a staged romance, a duel threat, and a pledge to marry driven by love and family honor.
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Paris
Aglae
Jenny
Aglad
Chateau
Trousseau
Gustave Delvat
Gustave
Papa
Jenny d’Herrecourt
Mademoine Elle
Monsieur Gustave
Mademoiselle
Aplae
Foxe
Agiae
Monsieur d'Herbe
Mon‘sieur
d’Herbecourt
Mademoissla
Election gossip and odd acts spark statewide chatter
The piece recaps humorous post election reactions from across the country. It notes a Sacramento Bee front page headline about Harrison’s win and odd local anecdotes such as a Boston area hat seller trading hats, Abrams Wisconsin Republicans interpreting a bald eagle sighting as omen, and a Georgia editor urging readers to pay subscriptions with produce. It closes with an ad urging Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Bee
Harrison
Boston
Abrams
Wis
Birds of Victory
Hupely
Georgia
Single Men Seek Rooms in Indianapolis For Moderate Rent
Advertisers offer hundreds of ready rooms in Indianapolis with housekeepers seeking roomers and roomers seeking rooms. The Sun Exchange column invites short notices to swap articles or services, encouraging readers to list items like a Plano horse wagon cow old clothes watch books for quick exchanges.
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Indianapolis
Lux
Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
SeyeeTe
Tarouett
Danvile
Chicago
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Kenton
Tutin
Sandusky
Indianapolis Union Depot
Epiuy
George Butler
Gen. Agt
South Clinolsst
Union Depot
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Atchison Globe
Omaha
Burlington Iree Press
Jasper, Gad
Herald
Century Magazine
Picayune
Boston Globe
Bill Nye
Old Ephriam Bat
Puck
New York
E. Washington Street
Walter Buhl
Detroit
Michigan
Sealgoods
State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission
Ind
State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Thts
George J. Langsdale
J. F. Goouins
Addy Shilents
Ezra F. Kendall
Patr
English’s Opera House
Charles T. Parsloe
Christ
Pilate
Mung Aosy
Plymouth Church
Brown
A. Kiefer
Indianapolis, I. de
Travelers’ Register
Nomerville Steam Landry
Virginia
A.bmeyer&co
Victor
Bradley, Holton & Co
East
Washington St
SOLI
Corina
Bates House
Vance
East Washington Street
Water Company
Aneshaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
Healey & O’brien
W. Marylana
St. Kalb & Ayers
N. Tillnois
St. Keyser
George W
Knois
St. Kirchett & Judd
N. Tiois
St. Ekht
Higou
S. Pennsylvania
Pewsey
Maryland
Murray & Moser
Massachusetts
Peck & Toon
E. Market-st. Pittsburg
Japanese Furniture & W
F'G CO
Chas. W. Merkel
Pennsylvania St
Novitati
Hanaicone
TYTON
AS Are
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Washington
W. HK. Fisher
Rector & Bradley
Indiana Avenue
Boent
Mfg. Co
White St
Puli Directions
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
THETR
East Market Street
C. Eden
North
Delaware
Charles A. Bates
Ib-Norge
Rink
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