Public notice of homestead proof in Walla Walla district
Wm A Staynes Sr of Kennewick Washington files for five year final proof on Homestead Entry No 14266 for Section 32 Township ? Range 28. Proof to be made before the U S Land Office at Walla Walla October 22 1907. Witnesses: Viev Barnett Milan Barnett A L Owen John M Wree all of Kinnewick Washington. 287 A J Gillis Register
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Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Walla Walla
Wash
G. J. Ortman
North Yakima
Nathan J. Wheeler
U.S
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
U. S
United States Land Office
A.J. Gillis Register
Wm. A. Staynes
Kennewick Wash
Township
Viev Barnett
Milan Barnett
A. L. Owen
John M Wree
Kinnewick Wash
A. J. Gillis
Notice of Hearing on Drainage Ditch Land Take
Legal notice details multiple Chicago Ten Acre Tracts in Benson County Washington with land takings for a drainage ditch including estimated damages of 125 dollars per certain tracts and 110 to 125 dollars for others. Route of the ditch and land strips described. County Auditor signs. It should not have ended thus. Nearby anecdote recounts a Northwestern Avenue streetcar incident with a conductor and a passenger.
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County Engine 1
Chicago
Rason
Benson County
Washington
Township Eight
Columbia River
Section Five
Wight
Towit
W. S. Jenkins
Sixteenth Street
Indianapolis News
Earthquake in the Desert from a Gobi Travel Sketch
Hans Doring recalls a desert earthquake during travel in the Gobi. He wakes with anxiety as a subterranean roar nears, then the hamlet shakes. The mud houses with wooden frames bend but endure, revealing simple elastic construction that protects against quakes.
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Hans Doring
Gobi
The Quack and the Specialist in a Hundred-Year Tale
A man in sudden pain asks a doctor for relief. The doctor asks where it hurts and uses compasses and tapes to measure precisely. He insists the work must fit his specialty, prompting a witty rebuke about being mistaken as a quack.
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Puck
Perplexing Bulletin from Madrid in 1876
In 1876 the late John Hay and Alvey A. Adee at the Madrid legation followed US politics closely. A Madrid paper incorrectly announced Rutherford B. Hayes as elected president, and they spent days decoding the nation’s nominating outcome.
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John Hay
Alvey A. Adee
Madrid
Rutebart
Noyes
America
Republic of the North
Rutherford B. Hayes
Adee
Hay
The Modern Way Bridegroom Humbles in Mock Ceremony
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a humorous wedding scene where a groom resists, the bride presses for proper vows, and the parson’s guidance prompts a reluctant but eventual assent. The exchange highlights playful tensions at a home wedding.
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Atlanta Constitution
Bluffing heiress outwits fortune hunter in tale
The fortune hunting count boasts of ancient family castles on high bluffs. The wise heiress retorts that he mirrors them, implying his bluff. The exchange reveals a moral about perception and heritage in a concise scene.
The Worst He Had
A fragment reflects a child narrator and dialogue about education and social class. The piece references Mrs Hoyle and Mr Boyle seeking a drivable horse and a man’s character, with a quip about decisive action.
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St. Paul & Tacoma
H. W. Nelson
Cashier
A. L. Norton
Mer
C. K. Soda Bottling Works
Geo. C. Fendler, Prop
Kennewick
Kennewick Transfer Co
Haydon & Holmes
A. Bell
Kennewick, Wash
Kennewick Studio
J. H. Gravensland
Department of the Iterior
Walla Walla, Wash
Trough Munn & Co
Scientific American
All Newsdeaiers
Sigil & Go
Eeem
New York
Stevens
Hunter
Marksman
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co
Chicopee Falls
Mass
U.S. A
Marm
Gilpin
The
Northern Pacific Railway
C. W. Wiegel
A. D. Charlton
Portland, Ore
Suu
Tou
Grand Union Tea Company
Kennewick Electric Supply CO
Niebel & Coulson
Brunswick
E. Tripp & Son, Props
J. E. Burmaseer
Richland, Wn
Dobbelaar
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