Beet Sugar Industry Growth and Factory Failures in U S History
A historical overview shows beet sugar in California beginning with two small factories and expanding to 30 by 1899, with 79 008 short tons produced that year. By 1900 the industry faced competition,规模 growth, and noted factory failures including Me nomonee Falls Wisconsin and Rome New York as key examples.
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California
California State Board of Agriculture
Willett & Gray
Menomonee Falls
Wis
Rome
N. Y
Beets Offer Profit Potential Through Persistent Effort
Beets are hard to grow in satisfactory quantities the farmer must be persuaded that with persistent effort and experience sugar beets can become a surer and more profitable crop than many others.
Irrigation District Law Signed and Enacted
The governor signed the Luth ers Ong house bill No. 43 with an emergency clause making the irrigation district law operative. It empowers formation of districts, bond issuance for canals and reservoirs, and storage projects with land taxes funding maintenance and debt. Bonds require tax-payor vote and board actions over set limits, aiming to revive arid land reclamation and storage projects like High-Line and Pawness Pass.
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C. Henry
Grand Junction
Pawness
Lower South Platte
Denver Republican
T. C. Henry
Henry
Colorado
California
What the Country Is Coming to
A New York Sun note comments on actresses seeking to have cars checked as personal baggage on trains, likening it to bicycles. It predicts future folding motor carriages may be carried as hand baggage if cars advance at the recent pace.
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New York Sun
Decline of Alpine Chamois Faces Threat in France
French journals warn chamois are vanishing from the Alps as poaching rises. Hidden in rocky refuges at elevations from 2600 to 11500 feet, the graceful animals are shot down, risking extinction. Italy protects a large reserve and France is urged to follow.
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French Alps
Italy
France
Atlas of the Philippines to be published by U S Coast Survey
The United States coast and geodetic survey will publish an atlas of the Philippine islands with thirty maps created by Jesuit missionaries. It will include three lists of geographic names totaling about 6,000, prepared by geographers working in the islands.
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Philippines
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Philippine Islands
Growing Date Palms in the Southwest
The date palm proves viable for Arizona and northern Mexico, thriving in poor soils and promising to become a major Southwest industry as cultivation expands.
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Arizona
Mexico
Southwest
Bromo Quinine Elixir Ad Claims Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Tavids as a genuine remedy. It promises a cure for a cold in one day and displays the signature 38 on each box.
TERSE YET TRUTHFUL QUOTATIONS ON WORK LOVE AND MONEY
A collection of wry maxims on work, love, money, and social habits. It features observations about men, women, and everyday life with humor and cautionary notes about effort, generosity, and judgment. The tone reflects old time newspaper wisdom and social commentary.
Witty maxims parade in pointed paragraphs
A Chicago News column presents a string of sharp sayings on money, pride, cleverness, and relationships. It notes that merit appears unexpectedly and includes a quip about an heiress and an impecunious suitor sharing an old man’s will as well as a jab at stock tickers described as a read ape.
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Chicago News
Bright Sayings and Childish Mischief in Aged Humor
A collection of humorous schoolyard misstatements and child laughs. The piece includes a four year old calling for his bleeding finger to be bandaged, a girl defining happiness as giving up toys, a parent scolding a son who quips back, a child misquoting a poem, a boy asking what a bookworm is, and Tommy mistaking rings for ringworm on Aunt Clara.
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Harry
Miss
Tommy
Clara
Moral Reflections On Charity And Virtue From Utica Globe
The Utica Globe muses on how hardship reveals gratitude, noting that true courtesy, tact, and discretion outshine wealth and force. It contrasts mean temper with religiously bolstered meanness and says noble lives sustain a world that often discounts noble deaths. Also, a remark claims male mosquitoes feed on plant nectar rather than biting.
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Utica Globe
Second Hand Store ads and local services
Local ad column promotes nails at the Second Hand Store and bargains at Second Hand Store. C B Thoman offers farm land tips, wagon covers, iron beds, and fire insurance through his agency. Dr A W Seabury practicing in Irwin building with Hyrd tonic and Herb ine products advertised by McLean Bros. I H Myers touts a tonic and herbal remedies.
Cure a Cold in One Day Promises Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement promises a quick cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee from druggists. It notes E. W. Grove's signature on each box and lists a 25 cent price.
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E. W. Grove
White's Cream Vermifuge Benefits and Price
A health notice announcing White's Cream Vermifuge destroys worms and boosts appetite, aiding digestion and turning frail infants into robust health. Sold by I. H. Myers for 25 cents.
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I. H. Myers
Water right sale in Fort Lyon Canal on easy terms
Notice of transfer of one first class water right in the Fort Lyon Canal offered on easy terms by B. Tupman. The ad also promotes TABLER'S BUCKEYE PLIE OINTMENT by I. H. Myers claiming relief from female ailments including piles.
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Fort Lyon Canal
B. Tupman
Tabler
I. H. Myers
Travel offer to California farms and industries
Advertises affordable travel to California for citrus groves vineyards ranches beet sugar oil wells and mines. Stated price 825 via the direct line with departures on most Tuesdays through April 30 and contact at De pot.
Cure for cold and cough advertised by tablets
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure for a cold in one day with no cure, no pay and a 25 cent price. It promotes Perfect digestion as the foundation of health and Herbal ine for appetite, digestion, and vigor priced at 50 cents from I. H. Myers.
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I. H. Myers
Ballard
Santa Fe Excursion Rates and Special Trains
Launch of Battleship Ohio memorialized with May 18 1991 event in San Francisco. Round trip rates 57.10 for northern or southern routes with May 7 8 sale dates and 30 day final return limit. A weekly stock train from La Junta to Lamar begins March 12. Hot Springs NM tourist rate 14.70 with 90 day limit. Side trips from La Junta include Pueblo 2.60 Colorado Springs 4.35 Denver 7.25 with 60 day limits. Contact G J Garvin Agent.
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San Francisco
Calif
Hot Springs
N. Mex
la Junta
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
G. J. Garvin
U.S. Lanp
Lamar
Coto
Tice
Colo
Albert N. Herendeon
H.E
Wissex
L. L. Froman
Henry O. Hainline
Charles Carver
Asher Carver
Colorado
W. A. Merrill
Register
California Trip Special on Santa Fe Route
Ticket offer for $25 to California via Santa Fe Route every Tuesday to April 30. Tickets usable in tourist sleepers and reclining chairs. Promote travel to California and state tickets available at the depot. Also ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment priced at 25 and 50 cents with claims of relief for neuralgic pains rheumatism lumbago and sciatica from I. H. Myers.
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California
Ballard
I. H. Myers
Hail Insurance and Remedies Ad by Local Agents
G T Feast holds hail insurance agency for Prowers and eastern Bent counties urging contact before purchasing coverage. The ad promotes BAL LARD S HOREHOUND SYRUP priced 25 and 50 cents as preventive aid, with I H Myers listed.
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G. T. Feast
Prowers
Bent County
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G. J.garvin
Agt
Old Hart Pioneer Nursery
Fort Scott
Kansas
J.O. Stream
Opera House
M.L. Conwell
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Washington
Charles Maxwell
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Ball
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I. L. Maxwell
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Q. Gleason
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CE Miller
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W. A. Merriuu
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Woodard
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