Bourne Endorses Popular Vote For Presidential Candidates
Senator Bourne writes that the Republican Party should let members vote directly for presidential candidates. He notes laws enacted in Oregon and five states Nebraska New Jersey Wisconsin and North Dakota allow popular selection. Bourne asserts most party members can choose between prominent public figures and invites publication of the letter.
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United States
Oregon
Nebraska
New Jersey
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Republican Party
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
N. P. R. League
Montana Cattle Ranges Convert to Farms Doubling Crops
Passing crop statistics from Montana show rapid farming expansion. Flax acres rose from 16 in 1899 to 37 647 ten years later, while oats and wheat fields surged 149 and 180 percent respectively. Total cereals grew from 254 231 acres in 1809 to 635 807 in 1909, signaling a shift from cattle ranges to general farming.
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Montana
Northwest
Post Office Notice Mentioning Advertised Items
In the post office, items remaining uncalled for on Monday July 10 include Church, Al Lease, Thos Cooper, T J Merchant, Robin Crow, Jas McNut, Fred Dikan, S Nelson, Jas Ed Davis, Al McLean, Maud Fratt, Charlie Norris, W R Herrington, H W Olliver, Pete Henry, J F In calling for same please say advertised J C Davis Postmaster.
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Church
al Lease
Thos Cooper
T J Merchant
Robin Crow
Jas McNut
Fred Dikan
S. Nelson
Jas Ed Davis
al McLean
Maud Fratt
Charlie Norris
W R Herrington
H W Olliver
Pete Henry
J F
J. C. Davis
Wenatchee Valley Improvement Co Dissolved by Mutual Consent
The partnership of Guy A. Hamilton K Hamilton and F R Peake doing business as Wenatchee Valley Improvement Company at Leavenworth Washington is dissolved by mutual consent with F R Peake withdrawing. Debts will be paid and accounts collected by Guy A. Hamilton and ER Hamilton dated July 1, 19ll.
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Guy A. Hamilton
K. Hamilton
F. R. Peake
Wenatchee Valley Improvement Company
Leavenworth
Chelan County
Washington
ER. Hamilton
Wenatchee Valley Improvement Co
Catskill Gnomes Legend Attracts Daring Visitors
Alice Phebe Eldridge notes a Catskill legend of five ugly dwarf gnomes who forge metals and brew a magic liquor. The tale says they caused Hendrick Hudson and his crew to transform into dwarfs after drinking their wine. Sightings were rumored every twenty years, last in 1909, with another expected in 1920.
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Catskill Mountains
Grand Hotel Station
Catskill
Hendrick Hudson
Hudson
Alice Phebe Eldridge
New York World
Echo
Chumstick Valley
Eagle Creek
Chumstick
Leavenworth
J. W. Teshera
The most sensitive pains and curious pockets
An exploration of pain shows the fingertips and tongue as highly sensitive areas while deep injuries often hurt less. Neuralgia of the fifth nerve is described as extremely painful, sometimes driving sufferers to desperate acts. Also noted: a tale on pocketless attire and the dramatic danger of a canned green pea bomb.
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Pearson’s Weekly
St. Petersburg
Chicago Tribune
Coleridge on the broader meaning of understanding
The passage defines understanding as the capacity to perceive and conceive beyond mere sense impressions, to organize them into wholes, and to grasp simple apprehension as part of the wider concept. It emphasizes unity and mental synthesis in cognitive processing.
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Coleridge
Boomerang Trial Scribbles Mock Jury Verdict
A fragment from an American paper records a courtroom clash where Miss Guuimage faces a damages suit. The jurors mocked the plaintiff for the claimed map and deemed her case without value, praising the defendant in a contemptuous fashion.
Opportunity Lost in Old Jay Question
A fragmentary dialogue shows a character named Reddy asking where Wall Street is and planning a quick alley-side gamble with Billy-Gee and a slangy exchange about getting him up. The text preserves stray street slang and familiar names without full context.
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Hilis
Jay
Reddy
Wall Street
Billy
Puck
Golden Potlatch Nears With Low Rail Rates For Seattle
The Golden Potlatch festival opens next Monday in Seattle with low round trip rail rates from Leavenworth at 5.70. Tickets go on sale July 17, 18 and 22, return by midnight July 24. A tentative carnival program marks air ship contests, pageants, and concerts led by Capt. A H Stoddard.
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Leavenworth
Seattle
Carnival Association
Alaska
Golden Potlatch
Northwest
A. H. Stoddard
Hudson-Fulton
Chelan County Sealed Bids for County Road Work
Chelan County Auditor D N Gellatly announces sealed bids due August 1 for constructing two sections of County Road No. 224 in Chelan County near Peshastin. Plans are with the County Engineer. Bid security of 10 percent required with forms provided.
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Chelan County
Washington
Nor
Peshastin
First Presidential Primary Moves in 1912 States
Oregon will not lead the 1912 presidential primaries as North Dakota starts the process March 19 with Wisconsin April 2 Nebraska April 17 Oregon April 19 and New Jersey May 28. The five states will shape party conventions and delegate rules amid Republican and Democratic tensions and Progressive League support.
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North Dakota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Nebraska
New Jersey
Amy Trims Hat Then Buys Gift For Janitor’s Daughter
A New York upper west side fashion tale reports Amy, praised for industriousness, first trims a hat for five dollars then, after purchasing another, gives the first hat to the janitor’s child. Her father cheers the cleverness and generosity.
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Amy
Upper West Side
New York Press
Setting an Example Sparks Debate on Tipping
A gray headed man recalls meeting a hotel proprietor and sharing lunch in the hotel dining room. The proprietor emphasizes always tipping staff, claiming it is as much trouble to wait on him as on others. The anecdote raises questions about public virtue versus private servitude.
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New York Sun
Trimming Tomato Vines Boosts Midseason Yield
Very few amateurs practice trimming tomato vines but mid summer trimming markedly increases fruit yield.
County buys 25 acres for poor farm near Peshastin
The County Commissioners purchased 25 acres at Peshastin from S. P. Beecher for 12500 dollars to establish a poor farm. Fifteen acres are planted in a young orchard with a modern six room house on the property.
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Peshastin
S. P. Beecher
Young Orchard
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