Leap Year Proposal Wager Sparks Snowbound Romance
In a cold sleigh ride Polly Lee and Mr. Heavyfeather spar over leap year proposals and mind games with Bobby Paddington as the target. Polly engineers a lesson in love using wit, attitude, and a sly wager to teach the flirtatious suitor not to trap her with romance.
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Polly
Miarc Antony
Bobby Paddington
Dowender
Boliy
Hue
Pike Robuy Paddington
Polly Pins
Polty Paddington
Bobby
Kitty Carter
Marc Antony
Polly Lee
Mark& Antony
Miss Lee
Secretary Shaw Photographs Busy Laborer In Heat
Secretary Shaw, signing Treasury warrants, views a laborer splicing a cable in a hot street. A fan, umbrella, and battery power the cooling scene as the secretary plans using the image in campaign speeches to illustrate Republican prosperity.
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Shaw
Treasury
Pennsylvania Arena
Edwards
Jimmy Edwards
Taylor
Treasury Department
Washington
Brooklyn Eagie
Mayors Work Ethic Highlighted by Denver Ex-Mayor Wright
A Denver lawyer praised ex Mayor Wright for strong leadership. He recounted how Wright, seeing two clerks dispute over a backlog, started the neglected bookkeeping himself at noon. His actions, he said, motivated the clerks to complete the task efficiently.
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Wright
Denver
Jones
Robinson
Kansas City Journal
Canadian North Wheat Belt Growth and Homesteading Prospects
The article discusses western Canada as a vast prairie region shaped by Chinook winds and ranching culture, noting rising cattle shipments from 41,471 in 1899 to 160,000 in 1903. It highlights free homestead lands, purchasing land from $5 per acre, and an example profit of about $6.75 per acre from wheat, with half sections earning about $1,080.
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Gaul
Canada
Prairies
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Canadian
Western Territories
Dominion
Canadian Northwest
Canadian Prairies
Territories
DOOM OF GREAT SALT LAKEHAUNTED WATERLINE SHRINKS
The article warns the Great Salt Lake may disappear within decades as scientists cite evaporation irrigation and a possible subterranean outlet as causes. It notes the lake’s area shrinking from 2700 to about 2125 square miles since 1886 and calculates a dramatic loss in water volume.
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Great Salt Lake
Dead Sea
America
Deal Sea of Palestine
Prairie regions of Canada outlined for farming and ranching
The article describes three prairie zones in Canada with vast arable potential. It details 200 million acres for ranching, 150 million acres in the wheat belt, and 125 million workable acres, noting yields from 1903 crops, the potential to meet Britain’s needs within 12 to 15 years, and the role of dairying and stock in a diversified farming economy. It highlights topography and climate as factors in farming strategies and mentions mining districts nearby in British Columbia as markets for dairy products.
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British Columbia
Great Britain
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Ally
Moore Howland
Marc Anto
Plato
Socrates
Doom OF
Morden
Manitoba
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