Shasta Limited Brings Faster Travel Seattle to San Francisco
The Oregon & Washington and Southern Pacific Railways unveil a through service joining Seattle and San Francisco in 34 hours, cutting 14 hours from prior trips. The Shasta Limited offers rapid travel with convenient car changes at Portland eliminated, boosting passenger appeal and regional commerce.
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Oregon & Washington
Southern Pacific Railways
Seattle
San Francisco
Portland
Edison on future inventions and a caution on whiskey
The reclusive inventor foresees vast energy savings and new power sources from water, tides, and geothermal vents, predicts abundant future farm food, and envisions a 2100 diet as varied as today’s elites. He warns society against whiskey, comparing it to sand in a steam engine.
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Mr. Edison
Menlo Park
Franklin’s plaster fertilizer tale wins skeptical farmers
An old anecdote recalls Benjamin Franklin persuading skeptical farmers to use plaster as a soil fertilizer. After repeated arguments failed, he tested the idea in a wheat field. A line of greener stalks bore the message This has been plastered, convincing the farmers to buy plaster.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Skeptics
Senator Root drafts bill to authorize Frances F pension
Senator Root introduced a bill in the senate authorizing the payment of a pension to Mrs. Frances F. The measure seeks official funding for her future financial support.
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Root
Senate
Frances F
Washington women vote drive gains labor support
Washington woman suffrage forces celebrate labor enlistment and strong resolutions by the State Federation commending votes for women. Carrie Chapman Catt contributes 500 dollars and Seattle offices are fitted as headquarters with posters in each issue of the official organ.
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Washington
Cinge
State Federation
Carrie Chapman Catt
Seattle
Health Board Urges Silence For Healthful Living
The Maryland board of health warns keeping quiet is essential for health while noting the American woman appears in fairly good physical condition.
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Maryland Board of Health
Praise Costs Nothing Yet Brings Hidden Value
A brief reflection urges generous praise for the deserving, noting its costless nature and potential to yield immense returns in motivation and morale across communities and workplaces.
Se'l Made Movement Faces Uncertain Public Reception
A fragment from a periodical notes men claiming a certain craft or guild identity, hinting at public skepticism toward advocates. The text references maternal ties and social expectations, implying tension between claimed status and communal trust.
Northwest Fruitgrowers Oppose Lafean Bill at Capitol
Northwest fruitgrowers protest the Lafean Bill in Congress adopted at the Washington State Horticultural Society convention. They argue the eastern standard packing box favors eastern fruits and jeopardizes Oregon and Washington apples. A delegation will travel to Washington to oppose the bill. Baker City Democrat backs municipal commission plans gaining popularity in many cities.
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Northwest
Lafean
Congress
Washington State Horticultural Society
Oregon
Washington
Baker City
Commission
United States
Future depends on how you shape yourself today
The message urges self-improvement as the key to future outcomes. It emphasizes personal effort, discipline, and continuous development to unlock opportunities and success.
Lost Money in Westminster Court Farce
A juror bets he can fool a sergeant addressing a jury in Westminster. The greenhorn drives a pin into the sergeant’s leg to win the wager, but misreads the leg. The outburst of pain exposes the prank as the crowd gasps and a judge’s wig trembles.
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Cebladl
Sean
Carithie
Westminster
Greenhorn
Jove
Miss Guid Marriage Dinner Ciphered in Courtroom Tale
The passage recounts a dinner in Richmond with lawyers including a noted figure called Munchhausen, famed for a $30,000 fee spent in a spree. A neighbor questions the tale, and Guid defends it, quipping that the man is “all right” despite the story.
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Guid
Ehe
Richwond
Munchhausen
Milas Ould
de Leon
Dominie Receives Tempting Catch From Fish-Guard Parishioner
A parson is gifted a fine string of gloverel by a punctual parishioner at a Susquehanna headwaters village. The fisher warns the preacher the fish were caught yesterday by covetous hands, but the dominie accepts the gift, noting the pickers were not to blame.
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Dominie
Susquehanna
Sherman
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Helen
Daltons Supply
Willcock
Day
Red
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Frank
Gotch
Champion Athletic Vaudeville Company
Sam Berger
Farmer” Burns
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Anna, Lackon and
Franke
Observer
C. J. Black
J. Glack, She
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