Odd Jobs Turned Into a Fortune in Chicago
A Chicago man who lost everything and rebuilt his life by converting “odd jobs” into a furnace service. He studied home furnaces, began 6 a month per house to tend customers’ boilers, cleaned snow, added storm windows, and milk routes. Sixty clients earned him 360 dollars monthly before Christmas, rising to about 400 dollars monthly as plans expand to coal delivery and snowballing home services.
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Chicago
Coacr
Fraser
Tragedy remembered in tale of Fraser murder in 1885
The Wallace column recalls the Pierce City Fraser murder of 1885 and the alleged role of Lem You and five other Chinamen. It describes the robbery of placer gold dust, the brutal killing at Fraser’s store, the ensuing lynching near Pierce, and Lem You’s elusive escape amid a countywide mystery.
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Fraser
Pierce City
Wallace
Lewiston
Spokesman-Re
Shohone County
Lem You
Lemou
Tce City
D. M. Fraser
Idaho
Dry Kingdom
Nez Perces
Pierce
Murray
New Literary Club Debates Talent Versus Environment
Gifford January discussion features prominent locals including Louis Clark and Dr. J. J. Herrington on the question talent over environment. The evening will include a strong program, with Scott Ogden recently returned from Lewiston and Ruby Greer convalescing after a fall.
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J. R. Smith
E. E B. Watts
Scott Ogden
Lewiston
W. S. Clayton
Ruby Greer
Mary Rogers
Pennsylvanians boost Fair Portland community group
Pennsylvanians in Oregon form an association to advertise the Lewis and Clark exposition, urge Pennsylvania funding for the fair, and aid Quaker state visitors. About 8,000 Pennsylvanians reside in Oregon, with half in Portland, as eastern states establish more associations in the region.
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Portland
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Fair City
Contest Notice and Homestead Claim Proceedings 1904
A contest affidavit by David Lada roal against homestead entry No 8264 by Samuel Alexander alleges abandonment and failure to maintain residence or cultivate the land in section 24 township 86 north range 6 west. Hearing set for February 24, 1905 before the Lewiston Idaho land office. Also notices of filings by Frank C Knapp and others in Sweetwater, Idaho, with dates March 20 and December 20 respectively, for multiple lots and sections in townships 85 and 86.
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EB. B. M
J. B. West
Register U. S. Land Office
Lewiston
Idaho
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Frank
Miles
Daniel W. Dill
Thomas J. Sampson
Ephriam A. Sampson
William D. Irwin
Register
Robert E. Morin
Webb
W.B.M
Jay Armstrong
Camup Fountain
Alfred J. Sulier
John Marin
David Ladaroal
Samuel Alexander
Iaho
Frank C. Knapp
Sweetwater
N. R
W. B
Jay N. Armstrong
United States Land Officce
Peter A. Miller
Thomas W. Johnson
Harles H. Garry
Isaac Kipp
Fairburn
Section
Township
Simon P. Fitzgerald
John C. Jansen
Walter C. Brooks
Samuel D. White
Aay
Charles F. Marquette
Range
John Moxley
Jennie Moxley
James Armstrong
Henry Irwin
James W. Phillips
Lapwal
Range 3
Edward D. Cheuvront
Lenore
Francis M. Savage
Walter W. Gilbert
Franklin B. Gilbert
Notice of Publication for Idaho land entries and contestants
Notices announce publication for Jay N Armstrong of Sweetwater Idaho for multiple lots in townships 36 north and 34 north with sections 23 and 19 a contestant Peter A Miller contests homestead entry 9861 alleging abandonment and failure to reside cultivate. Other notices show Isaac Kipp Fairburn Idaho filings, timber land act claims by Mary Brooks Lewiston Idaho, and multiple final proof dates and witnesses.
Steamers From Lewiston Sail Daily Except Friday
Steamers leave Lewiston at 8 am daily except Friday returning Kay Riparia at 4 05 a m daily with Saturday excess.
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Lewiston
Kay Riparia
Land claim notices from Lewiston Idaho filings
Public notices record sworn statements for land claims in Idaho. It lists witnesses from Forest and Lewiston and notes final proof dates before the Register and Receiver in Lewiston on March 20, 1905, with names such as Frank A. Newnam and Edward D. Cheuvront among others.
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Lapwai
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United Stats Land
Lewistom
Act of Congress
California
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