Pacific Cable Plan Extends Telegraph Across Ocean
Albany announces a private firm incorporated to lay a 6912 mile Pacific cable from San Francisco to Honolulu, the Marshalls, Guam, and Luzon east coast. Cost estimated at 10 million dollars. Congress may push back construction. government seeks reduced rates and wartime control. Harvest report notes Pacific farms larger than East. wheat export about 27.45 million bushels yearly worth around 20 million dollars.
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Pacific
Pacific Coast
Albany
N. Y
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Honolulu
Midway Islands
Guam
Luzon
Globe
Congress
Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Department of Agriculture
Washington
East
Middle West
California
Tidewater
Oregon
Coal Trade Expands in Honolulu Market and Puget Sound Exports
Washington coal shipments from Puget Sound ports supply Honolulu amid rising demand after Sandwich Islands purchase. Trade is growing with weekly shipments and potential doubling of demand in the next year. New coal mining interest spurs development. several hundred acres in Stevens county Washington have coal land applications, while Washington owners hold BC deposits near the boundary ready for extensive development.
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Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Stevens County
Washington
British Columbia
Boundary Line
California Fruits In Europe Invasion Reaches Paris And London
California fruits enter European markets amid competition from Spanish and Italian growers. A Valertda Spain paper notes California oranges peaches and pears reach Paris after six thousand miles in a more appetizing condition than local fruit and says growers can only compete by adopting American cultivation methods.
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Europe
London
Paris
Valertda
Spain
America
Land Claim Settlers Thrive In Washington Wheat Returns
In 1900, young men from Eastern states and abroad settled land in Lincoln and Adams counties Washington. After paying a $22 government filing fee several had only a few cents left yet by trading labor with neighbors and working for others they broke and sowed the land to wheat last fall. Threshers report thirty to forty five bushels per acre on these claims.
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Lincoln
Adams Counties
Wash
USC Opens With 100000 Endowment Under Condition
The University of Southern California opens with a 100000 endowment fund funded in part by Mrs. Anna Hough sister of the late Jay Gould who contributed 25000 with a condition the rest be raised by November 1. She now pledges 40000 toward a second 100000 endowment under the same condition.
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University of Southern California
Anna Hough
Jay Gould
Simpson Lumber Opens Modern Mill at South Bend
Simpson Lumber Company began operation of its new South Bend Washington mill on September 28 after months of construction. The first class facility runs at 125000 feet of lumber per day and is described as one of the best on the Pacific coast.
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Simpson Lumber Company
South Bend, Wash
Pacific Coast
A Juvenile Bunko Man
A humorous vignette features Tommy debating the golden rule with his father then presenting an apple pie with a knife. The excerpt highlights quirks of childhood instruction and a punchline about his father's insistence on classical music for his daughter.
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Tommy
Papa
San Francisco Bulletin
Sirius Barker
Marble and onyx displays wow at Spokane interstate fair
The Spokane interstate fair showcased polished marble and onyx from Stevens county quarries with five districts represented. Washington’s potential as a premier marble producer was highlighted by vast deposits. State commissioners accepted the Little Salmon wagon road contract, funded by a $12,000 legislative appropriation and $3,000 donations from the Oregon Short Line and Pacific & Idaho Northern, totaling $16,000 for 27 miles between Goff and Round Valley.
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Spokane
Stevens County
Wash
Washington
Little Salmon
Idaho
Oregon Short Line
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Goff
Round Valley
Pendleton West grows as 125 houses rise in year
In Pendleton Oregon a town of 5000 people forty new houses are under construction and 125 built in the last year. All are occupied signaling a population rise of about 600. The change is described as natural growth rather than a boom.
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Pendleton
Tacoma Southern Railway & Navigation Company Formed
Articles of incorporation filed last week reveal a capital stock of $4,000,000 for the Tacoma Southern Railway & Navigation Company. The firm plans to construct railway lines from Tacoma to The Dalles, Oregon, along the Columbia River.
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Tacoma Southern Railway & Navigation Company
Tacoma
Dalles
Oregon
Columbia River
Harney County Wealth Grows as Cattle Sales Rise
Harney county Oregon shows steady wealth and population growth. Cattle sales this year are projected at 1 million dollars, up from 800000 last year, while the county’s cultural products nearly double versus last season.
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Harney County
Oregon
To Build a Big Refinery at Point Richmond Cal
The Standard Oil Company will erect the third largest refinery in the United States at Point Richmond California near Frisco. Over three million dollars will be spent on the new plant.
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Standard Oil Company
United States
Point Richmond
Cal
Frisco
Music Hath Strange Charms In City Pay Disputes
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts a Manayunk businessman's tactics for collecting small debts from city employees. He advocates tact over bluff, noting officers' stubbornness and the need to time payments with payday. He describes visiting stations, greeting officers, and playing the organ to coax repayment, highlighting the power of charm.
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Manayunk
Philadelphia Record
Bold Chicago Post Office Stamp Robbery Details
Chicago reports a vast stamp heist at the wholesale department with $74,610 in stamps stolen. Thieves crawled 300 feet under the post office, bored into the vault from below, loaded a wagon, and escaped via Wa bash Avenue. The break included 4712 postage due stamps and 2260 special delivery stamps. Pan-American stamps contributed 4728 of the value. Chief clerk C Spalding discovered the theft. Inspector Stuart leading the probe labeled it the largest post office stamp robbery in U.S. history and noted air holes, brick walls, and concealed routes. Postmaster Frederick E Coyne awaits congressional action. authorities pursue multiple suspects and vow recovery.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Art
C. Spalding
Wholesale Stamp Department
Spalding
Post Office
Stuart
Postal Service
Trade outlook holds steady amid favorable conditions
R G Dunn & Co weekly review reports no unfavorable signs in the business outlook last week. Manufacturing shows exceptional activity and retailers remain confident. Mild weather may slow retail distribution but sales are expected to rebound. Construction, crops, and outdoor work benefit from warm spell as the year nears its midpoint. Production and demand for pig iron rise, with orders for 1902 delivery foretelling higher records. Prices stay steady, with strong rail and steel activity and large exports of wire and structural material. Tacoma Bluestem, 55¢ club 54c. Portland Walla Walla 55 55 4c, valley 56c, bluestem 56 56 1/2c.
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R. G. Dunn & Co
New York
Spokane Market Prices For Food and Live Stock
Spokane quotations list vegetables including potatoes at 1 per cwt, poultry and eggs with ranges for chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, live stock prices for beef and hogs, sheepskins hides, and Spokane mills grain prices for Club wheat blue stem red in bulk and sacked terms.
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Spokane
Humor in the Century Year of American humor begins
The Century magazine heads into its thirty second year promising a Year of American Humor with stories and poems by Twain Herford Wells Dunbar and others preceded by A Retrospect of American Humor with portraits of Franklin to Mr Dooley. Rockefeller uses a private line to coordinate with his Forest Hill mansion while in New York. Dr W D Shelby endows Hanover College with a medal for top science students. The czar’s Paris famine gifts and post office totals in 1900 are noted, with 76 688 post offices existing nationwide at year end.
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Mark Twain
Oliver Herford
Carolyn Wells
Paul Dunbar
W. P. Irrent
Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Dooley
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Forest Hill
Ohio
United States
Advances and Opinions From The Scientific World
The navy buys land around the Washington Naval Observatory to shield delicate time-recording machinery. A celebrated English physician links rising English and American heights and weights to sugar consumption, citing dates and sugar-eating populations. Professor Thurston notes gas engines rivaling steam engines in efficiency and cost, while chronometer balance metals mitigate temperature errors. Guillaume’s nickel-steel balance fixes secondary chronometer errors. Ocean oxygen exists at great depths due to polar air-oxygen circulation, ensuring marine life sustains itself on a global circulation system.
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Navy Department
Naval Observatory
Washington
Thurston
Cornell University
Charles Edward Guillaume
Paris Academy of Sciences
Prof
C. O. Nutting
Cannibals in America Explored Across the Americas
The account traces cannibalism among many tribes from the Caribbean to the Amazon and eastern North America. It notes Carib origins, and cites Miami Kiowa and Attakapa practices, with references to La Salle era captives and a San Antonio mission catechism. The narrative labels cannibalism as a widespread historical motif in premodern America.
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Amazon
American
Antilles
South America
Central America
Mexico
Prescott
United States
Canada
Texas Coast
Attakapa
Louisiana Parish
Matagorda Bay
la Salle
San Antonio Mission
The Tonkawas of Texas a Wolf-Like Nomadic People
The Tonkawas near San Antonio are described as man-eaters, strong and fearless huntsmen who never planted crops. They claim a wolf as their ancestor and favor roaming, acting as scouts for whites against hostile tribes. By the 18th century some bands were in San Antonio missions, but the love of roaming persisted, with roving bands still evident before 1812.
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San Antonio
San Jose
Alamo
Texas
Harper’s Magazine
Smallest Estate on Record in Bronx Causes Big Talk
A tiny parcel at the southeast corner of 149th Street and Third Avenue in the Bronx, measuring 12 by 14 by 16 inches, is drawing huge interest. Valued at $1,000, it attracts offers from a Manhattan department store for advertising and from a leading firm for a long lease, with negotiations ongoing for a quick deal.
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Bronx
New York
City of Great Estates
149Th Street
Third Avenue
Uhl
Manhattan
Frm
One on the Moon and a New Heraldry Tale
A Detroit hunter guides through north woods misadventure as moon positions spark humor. A New Yorker seeks heraldic gear, but missing crest dies lead to wider demand for the same noble insignia. An old era vignette closes with a quip about pickled vegetables and distant company.
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North Woods
Detroit Free Press
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