Oldest Danish Flag Claims Eerie World Notes
A fragmentary report notes the Danish flag as the oldest in existence dating to 1219 or thereabouts. It mentions a church at Seldlita Fohemia with a chandelier made of human bones and an India anomaly shaped like a fly attacking large spiders. Indiana’s cement belt spans about 20 square miles with seventeen miles in operation. Rata are said to climb southern Italian orange trees to suck blood oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Rata
Italy
Alaska
Champs Elysees
Seine
Grand Palais
Felix Frombholt
Paris
Exposition Company
Seeds and seedsmen urge pure stock and trustworthy firms
The piece extols buying pure seeds from reputable houses like D M Ferry Co and promotes the Ferry Seed Annual for 1900. It notes U S exports of locomotives sewing machines and typewriters, praises Jesse Moore Whiskey, and mentions an accident in Portland Maine. It ends with a quip from Dupuy de Lome via Bowie about repentance and reform in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Ferry & Co
Detroit
Mich
Ferry
Perry
Living Witness Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Testimonial from Mrs Fronenscer Horewan of Canton praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her long standing abdominal pain dizziness and sleeplessness. The note lauds the medicine and urges others to seek its help while describing Mrs Pinkham's unmatched experience assisting women's illnesses through correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Mrs. Pinknaw
Lydia
Pinkham
Fronenscer R. Horewan
Roland St
Canton
Hoffman
Lydia B. Pinkham
Alaska’s Riches and Plans From Brady Report
The interior department receives John G Brady’s Alaska annual report detailing gold mining progress and prospectors from many states. It notes copper river output, quartz discoveries, land laws, wagon roads, the Pacific Arctic Railway, and a growing salmon trade with Chinese labor, plus calls for schools, lighthouses, courthouses, and a Republican push to grant Alaska a congressional delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
John G. Brady
Alaska
Great Northwest Territory
Brady
Alaskan
United States
Union
California
Oregon
Washington
Copper River
Yakutat
White River
Yukon
Cook Inlet
Resurrection Bay
Golovin Bay
Kotzebue Sound
Koyukuk River
Spain
Dawson
Klondike
Ottawa
Ketehikan
Unalaska
Pine Creek
Lake Atlin
Bald Eagle
Sum Dum Chief
Sheep Creek
Juneau
Kinehio Maru Brings Record Orient Cargo to Seattle
The Nippon Yououn Kateha steamship Kinehio Maru sails from Yokohama to Seattle November 20 carrying 8500 tons of tea silk and curios the heaviest cargo ever shipped from the Orient to Seattle. It precedes the 2700 ton record aboard the Agapanthos in 1800. Also notes Marines for the Chitose cruiser and a fruit labeling movement led by Clark County farmers. Birmingham Co of Tacoma seeks Honolulu trade.
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Neaviewt Oriental
Nippon Yououn Kateha
Kinehio Maru
Yokohama
Seattle
Kinahin It Arsa
Chitose
San Franciew
Hop Market Outlook and Coast Hop Yields This Year
A cautious market expects strong demand for hops yet tight supply. English buyers pay 15 to 18 1 2 cents to the consumer. Sonoma County reports high prices up to 19. Pacific coast crop around 195000 bales with 12000 unsold, Oregon at 65000 bales with 1700 remaining. Output improves but remains below earlier forecasts.
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England
Sonoma County
Cal
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Prices and goods listed in Pacific Coast trade notes
The Seattle market section lists abundant cash prices for produce and staples. Tomatoes, onions, potatoes, beets, carrots, fruit, dairy, poultry, meats, grains, and hay show wide per unit and per sack figures, with regional variations for Walla Walla and Puget Sound items. The long column also notes Oregon and California sources and farm-era dairy and meat terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Walla Walls
Oregon
Nevada
Valley
Fancy Ranch
Valencia
Freezing Perils in Jungfrau Tunnel Work and Wheat Supply
History notes on Jungfrau railway tunnel blasting using freezing gelatine kept in heated safes to prevent freezing, with a proposal to thaw dynamite electrically. Also mentions a claim that global wheat soil may struggle under future demand as stomach disorders cause deaths, recommending Hiostetter's Stomach Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jungfrau
Switzerland
Light From Sugar and Other 1890s Oddities
Scientific notes describe John Burke's observation of bluish light from rubbed sugar crystals and continuous luminosity from a sugar loaf on a lathe. The article also mentions a Toronto resident proposing an interlocking paving brick to save cities money, and experiments showing seeds can suspend germination under extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burke
Aseas
Tornoto
Canada
San Francisco Visit Ad for Brooklyn Hotel on Bush Street
Advertisement promotes the Brooklyn Hotel at 208 212 Bush Street San Francisco offering American or European plans. Rates list room and board from 1.00 to 1.50 per day, rooms 0.60 to 1.00 per day, and single meals at 0.25. Free coach service noted for Chas Montgomery.
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San Francisco
Brooklyn Hotel
Bush Street
Chas. Montgomery
Local cures claimed for Dr Darrin's electrical treatments
Captain Parker of Astoria reports permanent cure of catarrh seven years after Dr Darrin treatment. Ex sheriff Schoeps' wife in Portland cured of deafness by the same method. Nina Lindley cured of rheumatism appetite loss and debility years ago. J A Lindley reports weight gain after eight years since cure of consumption bronchitis and catarrh. Various other local patients claim improvements from Dr Darrin's electrical care with free examinations and confidential treatment. Offices 265 Morrison street Portland. A deposit of earth strontian found on Put-in-Bay lake Erie island large in extent.
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Captain Parker
Parker House
Astoria
Darrin
Sherff A. T. Schoeps
Third Street
Portland
Nina
J. A. Lindsley
Mt. Tabor
Lindley
P. Hayes
Twentieth Street
T. B. Hatfield
Eleventh Street
Durrin
Morrison Street
Vague 19th Century Tidbits and Oddities
A collection of assorted quips and hyperbolic lines touches on popular remedies, a dramatic Boston baked beans mishap, Dewey remarks on the Manila episode, Spanish self-critique, and Massachusetts boast of native tree diversity with nine large oaks among over fifty varieties.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Pascau
Bavaria
Hood
America
Seldlita
Fohemia
India
Jesse Moore
4. Thompson
THY Allens
Allen
Allen 8
Olimnested
le Roy
N.Y
Dupuy de Lome
Bowie
Mrs. Hoffman
Mrs. Pinkham
Far North
Sitka
Unga
Berner’s Bay
Douglas Island
Pacific & Arctic Railway & Navigation Company
Skagway
Pugest Sound
Congress
District of Alaska
Japonsky Island
Kodiak
St. Michaels
Circle City
Dyea
Republican Party
National Congress
Lark County
Honolulu
Birmingham & Co
Tacoma
Nop
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattle Marketa
Puget Sound
Shorts
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
Diamanda
Hiostetter
John Poole
Taejing
Lt. Kilne
2C, Ltd
Arch Street
Hiladelphia
J. KR
Madison
Chicago
Ill
Hall
F.j.cheney & CO
Propa
Toledo
F.J. Cheney
Thale Leon
West & Trax
Waldisg
Kinsan & Marvin
Fall
Ab Drugcista
Maine Bureau of Statistics
St. Jacobs
Boston
Beaton
Dewey
Manila
Massachusetts
Kingdom
Europe
Walterbaker
Gosts
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Moore
Drucelst
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
California Fig Syrup CO
crmnAasia Supplies
Will & Finck GO
Starnes
Dr. T. It White
Ir Morrison
Willamet Iron Works
Portland, OR
W. Woodard
Feo Dcus
Drogrivta
Salt Lake
Denver
Mail
Flworth
Ormatia
Ravens City
St Louis
East
Spokane
Walla Walla
Spo- Spokane
Kane
Minnempen
Lis
St. Paul
Due
Willan Juth
Milwaukee
Ocean Steamships
Por Fan Franetco
Columbia River
Willamette River
Oregon City
Newberg
Salem & Way
Mon
Dayton
Way
T. Portland
Corval
Saths & Wayings
Spa
Snake River
Lewiston
Riparta
Oliver & Colcord
Beenta
Ww. H. Hurlburt
VIA
Shasta
Fifth and I Sts
Overland Express
Salem
Roseburg
Asland
Sacramento
Orden
Mojave
Los Anles
Paso
New Ileans
East Roseburg
fVie Woodburn
Potland
Japan
China
Australia
J. 8
Kirkland
Orthern Pacific RY
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Footith St
aNrive
Kalama
Kelso
Castioc Rock
Winlock
Chehalis
Centralia
South Bend
Mentessano
Aberdeen
Ocosta
Olympia
Vey
Pt. Townsend
Ellens
Roslya
Eres Rakiime
Tague
Cheney
Pullman
Garfield
Farsaingsen
Moncow
Montown
Gen
Land
B. C
Trail
Nelson
Kaleo
Misconia
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
8. Paul
Minneapois
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
St. Louis
New York
Philelphia
Philadelphia
New
A. D. Charlton
Morrison Gt
E. H. Woodward
Newberg, Or
Esigns
Coponicuts Ac
Antone
Munn & Co
Charwe
UN NN & Co
New Fork
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