Why named Halley’s Comet and the man behind it
The article explains Edmund Halley the English astronomer born 1656 who studied at Oxford left without a degree to join the Royal Society He calculated orbits of twenty comets and proposed the idea that three sightings in 1531 1607 and 1682 were the same comet returning roughly every seventy six years Halley predicted its return around 1757 1758 and his death in 1742 preceded the test The piece covers the public fear of comets before Halley tamed them and notes later calculations by Clairaut and the roles of Saturn Jupiter Uranus and Neptune in shaping Halley’s predicted return The piece ends noting land open to settlement under the 1906 act despite unrelated forest land policy statements
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Halley
Edmund Halley
London
Oxford
Royal Society
Clairut
Saturn
Clairot
Uranus
Neptune
Clariot
No Cause for Complaint on National Forest Boundaries
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson reports after summer investigations in Idaho and Wyoming that national forests are not withholding land for agriculture or grazing. He notes potential future conversions to farms but defends current boundaries and grazing controls amid public sentiment in favor of maintaining them.
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Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Idaho
Wyoming
Real estate transfers list with multiple Wenatchee area deals
A long chain of real estate transfers in Wenatchee and surrounding areas records numerous parcel trades. Buyers include Lamb Davis Lumber Co and Mary J Boyd with varying lots, blocks, and tracts across Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Belmont Add, Grandview Add, and Columbia Bridge Add. Prices range from $1 to $9500, with many at $100, $800, or $1500.
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Son of
London Soap Boiler
Empyrean
Wilson
National Forest
Chelan County Abstract Company
Lamb-Davis Lbr Co
Peshastin Orchard Ditch Co
Peshastin Orchards
Mary J Boyd
U S
Minnie E Carpenter
Elmer L Boyd
Jas
Wen
M Kingman
Virgil T Wood
West Chelan
Lewis H Titchenal
Chas E
Jas T Fisher
Mike Sullivan
Angello Vancello
John H Erickson
H Marston
Epsy
Bolenbaugh
Wen Val & N Ry Co
Wen Dev Co
Marena A Dyer
Jos D Day
Wright & Day Land Co
RJ Ummel
Lois J Wentworth
LM White
Wm B Dodd
J J Griffith
Sussex
Percy Walker
Emory Towers
Belmont
David J Dyer
Geo S Merriam Et al
Replat
Ferguson
Robin Reeves
Isabelle
Byron
Grandview
Scott
White
Barron & Spencer
Clara J Drehmel
Esther B
Converse
Lake Park
Frank
Chelan
Esther
Ray Musser
Bert Sutherland
Capitol Hill
Mis
Wen Dev Coto Mildred JL
McDaniel
Columbia Bridge
E E Batchelor
H Alcorn
P Dorn
Hubbs
Jas E Watkins
C E Moore
Fred S Wyard
G Pogue
Noble Locke
Ed S Russell
C A Comstock
Jacob A Shotwell
Geo K Seaman
Nannie Seaman
H M Maxwell
H Paxson
H Pugh
CH Pugh
Paul Rick
Guy A Hamilton
A G McKeown
Leavenworth
Narcisse Patterson
Wm H Dibble
Josephine J Norell
Wm F Miller
Schrock
W B Schrock
John Neury
Geo W Lessenger
Nellie D Venter
Peter E Triem
Mary A Triem
OB Fuller
LH Gonser
Millerdale
Stephen T Miller
Carrie B Johnston
A Lrgan
Philip H Miller
J M Winslow
Graham
Bickmore
S. Gall Care
Wenatchee Valley
M. F. Peake & Son
Ninth Street
Housewives
ITF
Leavenworth Furniture & Hardware Co
Harrington Hilling
Echo
Harrington Wheat Belt
Harrington
The
Leavenworth Mercantile Company, Agts
A. W. Leavenworth Lodge No 32
Odd Fellows Hall
Wasising Bieters
Brothers Cordilly
Elsie Anderson
FP. C. E
Cascade Aerie No
Order of Josiee
Istand 3d & Wen
F. Hall
W.W . Elmer
Worthy Pres
Geo. A. Blocksedge
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
I. O. O. F. Hamilton Lodge
I.O
O. F. Hall
J. F. Hartman
N. G
Woldenberg
Chelan County
J. B. Adams
H. B. Carr
Adams
Carr
Leavenworth Wenatchee
Sprague & Rappe Undertakers
A. J. Martin
Leavenworth, Wash
Riverside Avenue
Ninth St
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