Orest Fires Along Boundary Reach 20 Miles
A forest fire along the Columbia and Western railway corridor from Farrow to the Bull Dog tunnel in British Columbia has burned 20 miles of tracks and structures. The Farrow station, roundhouse, water tank and two boarding houses were destroyed with about 5000 dollars in losses. Canadian Pacific railway crews from Cascade to Robson battle to save trestles as the hot season continues and fires burn where they start with little chance of stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Columbia & Western Railway
Bull Dog Tunnel
Fea Farrow
Farrow
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cascade
Robson
Eye of a that cannot be cured by Catarrh Cure
Advertisement and humorous exchange mix with medical claims for Hall’s Catarrh Cure offered by Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers claim 15 years of honorable business with the firm and promise 100 dollars reward. Dose and price stated. testimonials offered free. Also includes a joke about cigars after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YJ. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Eat & Truax
Wain Cues & Marvin
Allreits
Hall
Leadville Assayer Prices And Services Offered
Howard E Burton of Leadville Colorado lists prices for Gould silver lead gold cyanide tests and mailing envelopes with full price list available on application. He seeks control and umpire work and notes references to the Carbonate National. A Cleveland Leader quote about fatal boils and Blanche Ring set to star next season under Dillingham using Miss Dolly Dollars.
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Howard E. Burton
Leadville
Colom
Gould
Carbonate National
Blanche Ring
Dillingham
Lulu Glaser
Miss Dolly Dollars
Wonderland 1906 travel guide advertises Northwest highlights
A travel promotion praises Wonderland 1906 as the best guide to the Great Northwest covering Puget Sound the Columbia River the Bitterroot Range and Yellowstone National Park. It offers a six cent copy by mail from A M Cleveland General Passenger Agent St Paul Minnesota and notes NP railway routes between St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Superior.
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Great Northwest
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Bitterroot Range
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Mississippi
Pacific
A. M. Cieland
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Great Pacific Northwest
Italian printer Cava invents telegraph type setting method
A Ligurian printer named Cava combines the Hughes instrument with a monotype machine to perforate paper bands instead of printing on telegraph tape. The invention works, but newspapers claim the Italian government will not permit private wires needed to use it. In parallel, negotiations begin in Russia for a new Russo Japanese treaty of shipping and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cava
Hughes
Signor Cava
Free sample offers and medical products in old notices
The page advertises Allen's Foot-Ease free samples and foot care claims for corn relief and sore feet. It mentions Dr Kline's nerve restorer and a rest prescribed for Joseph H. Choate, along with Olga Nethersole planning Portia by season and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething. It notes limited newspaper production in Africa.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Revy
N. Y
The Old Water Mill and Varying Remedies
A fragmented page blends a nostalgic verse about the old water mill with practical home remedies for ailments and a few light anecdotes. It juxtaposes decay and memory with instructions for indigestion, neuralgia, bedsores, rheumatism, bronchitis, and a roadside humor snippet.
Peruna Tonic Praised by West Virginia Leader
Exmember of the West Virginia Legislature Hon W H Kelbaugh commends Peruna for curing a stubborn cold and energizing his system after costly doctor visits. A Seafield Indiana user, Mrs Clara Litterst, reports severe cold improved with Peruna and allowed her to resume work.
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W. H. Kelbaugh
W. Va
9Th Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Clara Litterst
Seafield, Ind
Illinois primary returns show Cullom ahead in senator race
Late primary results in Illinois indicate United States senator candidate Shelby M. Cullom leading former Governor Richard Yates by about 35,000 votes. The article notes humorous remarks by Yates about losing a knife during the inquiry.
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Illinois
United States
Shelby M. Cullom
Richard Yates
Spokane Markets List Extensive Grocery and Produce Prices
A lengthy Spokane market list itemizes vegetables fruits and staples with prices for cabbage onions tomatoes melons potatoes raspberries figs and more. It also covers meats dairy and wholesale feed prices plus livestock hides poultry and eggs pricing and regional wheat bids. An odd cultural note mentions Japanese workers bearing caps with business and employer inscriptions.
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Walla Walla
Ford
Minnesota
California
F. O. B. Spokane
The King of Blood Purifiers S S S
The King of Blood Purifiers S S S is praised as a safe gentle blood purifier and tonic made from roots herbs and barks. It claims to cleanse the blood, treat eruptions ulcers rheumatism scrofula and contagious blood poison without minerals and can be taken by all ages. A testimonial from P H Thompson Lebanon Pa endorses it as a family medicine improving appetite digestion and skin health.
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S.S. S
Lebanon
P. H. Thompson
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Lagettier
OREST
Boundary
Philadelphia Press
Cleveland
Wonderland
Foreign Ministry
Joseph H. Choate
Berkshires
St. Vitus
Olga Nethersole
Portia
Mrs. Winslow
Africa
Gecel Dicks
Ian Grups
Spokane
State
Syphers Machinery Co., Mfgs
Spokane,jan
Wise Tramp
New York Weekly
Philadelphia Ledger
West Virginia
W. J. Kelbaugh
Cullom
Borax & Borax
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Oakland
Cal
Spokane NU
Northwestern Wheat
Davenport
Bluestem
Club
Ritzville
Wheat
Tacoma
Portland
Valley
Japan
Ayer
C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
fAyers
Sarsaparilla
Marae
THE
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
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