Irrigation advances and ancient battle sites near Kennewick
The article notes a new 35 by 20 foot irrigation ditch beside the Columbia near Kennewick and an orchard future, while recounting historic Native battles and old posts. It mentions Lewis and Clark and early Hudson Bay Company activity at the Wallawa and Columbia junction, with relics found at an ancient battlefield including beads and brass persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensewick
Washington
O Pacific Railway
Spa
Seattle
Mbia
Cay
Railway Company
Columbia
Yakima
Meus
Tasio
Grant
Sheridan
Beridan
Actian Worie
Kennewick
Great Namon
Lawalla
Lewia and Clark
Hudson Bay Company
Wallawalla
Lewis and Clark
Columbia River
Walla" River
Fragmented Ad Copy and Muddled Notices
A garbled OCR fragment mentions F.J Cheney & Co and various business terms, with scattered references to contracts and duties. The text also hints at a named person Hae Smith and a question about a new seat called Salasied, plus a stray Detroit breakfast note.
Train boys fade from rails as old glory wanes
In an Indianapolis News summary many years ago the train boy era is described as declining. The piece notes earnings drop, competition from station fruit stands and news stands, and stricter company rules. It laments the passage of the “wanut” peanuts era and reflects on expositions boosting profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Dsat
Mie News Company
Hut
Indianapolis News
British Warship Scorpion Sinks After Rescue at Sea
The British tug Powerful under Captain Russell stopped in Boston with a Bermuda to St John voyage when the monitor Scorpion formerly Confederate craft sank eighty miles off George's shoal after losing the Scorpion onboard crew of fifteen men were rescued. An industrial home plans to hire rescued crew and may open a restaurant later. A local figure Jackson with a protege Sparkles appears in the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Boston
Bermuda
St. John
N. B
George's Shoal
Jackson
Eparkles
Sparkles
Indiana Avenue
Scorpion transport and Indianapolis tales from old paper
The text recounts the Scorpion built in England seized by Britain after lying near Bermuda since 1805 and sunk near Fort Hamilton. It also covers Indianapolis stories including James L. Jackson planning a Christian Home of Rescue, Sparkles in juvenile court, and a profile of Percy Avery Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller, emphasizing his love of work and potential inheritance from both sides of the Stillman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Confederacy
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Bermuda
Fort Hamilton
Matesi
Indianapoolie
Mra Wiens
Cabvage
Lauleville
Indianapolis
James L. Jackson
St. African Methoalet
Jackson
United States
Vercy
Avery Rockefeller
New William Rockefeller
PF. A. Rockefeller
Standard of! Company
Stillman
Rockefeller
Isabel Goodrich Btlman
Stillmanx Family
Preservation Technique Reform Ties for Railway Carriage
A fragment describes a new method for preserving ties for railway use. It mentions delivering ties to the railway, and a process involving sap extraction and a salt solution pat, with a reference to an old faskinord bor and a quoted line "Yes, mane (res, 307)" indicating a cited older item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mane
Senator Butler Endorses Peruna Remedy for Catarrh
A Washington letter from M C Bautier praises Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. It claims catarrh underlies digestive issues and that Peruna cures catarrh, aiding natural digestion without artificial methods. The note markets Peruna as superior to other remedies and cites ex senator M A Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
M. A. Butler
South Carolina
Perana Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
M. C. Bautier
Perang
Perana
Peruna
Pervoa Fe
Becauer
Syrian Manners and Household Habits
The excerpt notes that Syrians keep caps on and shoes outside, with clean mosques and prayer kneeling floors. A bride laments her husband’s changed behavior, saying he no longer leaves any change in his pocket, highlighting a domestic anecdote about shifts in marital routines.
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Syria
bin Kete
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Essarek
Ure
F.J Cheney & Co
Cotarts
Owen
Bettie
Poe
British Warship Founders
Stubbs
Plainfield
Scorpion
U. S
Peru
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitrarum
Columbas
Ohio
K Phat
M. C. Butler
Castoria
Chas
H. Fietcheor
Bea Berren
Ian A Oe Wuenis
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