Co operative irrigation plan boosts western reclamation effort
Farmers partner with U S engineers to dig branch canals in the Minidoka Idaho project, earning water rights certificates and labor credit. The scheme aims to accelerate irrigation across 25 000 to 30 000 acres and extend to Milk River Montana, with water rights tied to a farmer driven water users association.
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United States
Minidoka
Idaho
C. J. Blanchard
Statistica
United States Reclamation Service
Chicago
Washington
New Wheat Variety Aims For Winter Or Spring Planting
E P House of Greeks Colorado has crossed durum with Egypt and Defiance with Gel Coin to create a wheat variety that can be planted in either season. Both parent types flower simultaneously in alternating rows, promising hardy plants with good winter tolerance and spring yield. Farmers watch this three year effort with interest and optimism.
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E. P. House of Greeks
Colo
Tom
Love in an Art Gallery Leads to Real Life Union
Wealthy American mining engineer Harold Abbott Titcomb met and married the original of Ralph Peacock's portrait in London. Titcomb, a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, visited the Tate Gallery two years ago and fell for The Sisters. He later wed Miss Ethel Brignat, sister in law of the artist, at Beddington Church. The bride wore white embroidered velvet. a nephew bore her train, and the groom received Peacock’s latest painting as a wedding gift.
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Harold Abbott Titcomb
Tate Gallery
London
Thcomb
John
Priscilla Alden
Longfellow
Mike Standish
Ralph Peacock
Ethel Brignatl
Titcomb
Lttle
Beddington
Roydon Peacock
Rosdon
This
Academy
Steer Horn Chair For Taft Promised By Texas Stockman
N B Powell a Pet t tas Tex stockman travels to San Antonio to seal a deal with a local horn chair maker for a chair to be presented to William H Taft on March 4. He will furnish eight and a half feet of horns for the back and arms and plans to assemble a companion set to Texas style comforts for the new president while he serves in Washington.
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N. BR. Powell
Pettas
Tex
San Antonio
William H. Taft
United States
Powell
Rio Grande
Novel sight on a line in Woodbury money dries
In Woodbury Connecticut a baker from Ansonia found $200 in bills drying on a clothesline after a thunderstorm. The clothesline display drew a crowd, and the bills mostly ones and twos were left unguarded until discovered by the hired girl.
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Woodbury
Conn
William Wilhelmy
Ansonia
Wilhelmy
United States
Aho
Severe Cure For Prostrations In Heat
A factory owner claims shutting windows and using steam heat dries indoor air to cut humidity. He says this raises temperature 6 to 10 degrees but reduces prostrations, noting workers now stay at work during hot days with no prostration this year. He urges others to try the method.
Cholera Remedies Enter Public Use in 1872
The passage recalls the adoption of Chamberlains Colic Cholera Remedy in 1872 amid a diarrhoea and dysentery surge. It claims the remedy proved more successful than others and gained broad use from a small state to international reach, though the text is fragmented.
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Chamberlain
United States
Bryan’s Enduring Spotlight From Two Presidential Bids
The piece profiles William Jennings Bryan born 1860 Salem Oregon shows his early schooling, political rise, 1896 and 1900 campaigns, and role as editor of the Commoner. It notes the 176 to 271 and 153 to 293 electoral votes losses and his lasting public presence through lectures, books, the Commoner, and international tours.
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White House
New York Herald
William Jennings Bryan
Salem
Marion County
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Uncis College
Union College of Law
Chicago
Bryan
Congress
Lincoln
Neb
United States
Nebraska
A Yer
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Omaha World-Herald
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Nebraska Volunteers
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Philippines
Republic
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Russia
England
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East
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Bryan as a self-made reformer and family man
The article portrays William Jennings Bryan as a self-made Democrat rising from humble roots to national prominence. It highlights his rural upbringing, early oratory, eagerly sought speeches, and the decisive Cross of Gold speech. It also describes his Fairview home life with wife Mary and their three children, and notes the couple’s daily routine and collaborative editorial work.
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Fairview
Bryan
Horsehold
Rochalife
Lincoln
Up to Date Pay Car On Pennsylvania Lines
A new pay car has been put into service on the Monongahela and Conemaugh divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It features a fine shower bath the first of its kind in the United States. Six sleeping cots with bedding rotate, and the interior resembles an arsenal with a full set of the latest shooting arms. A burglar proof safe protects valuables, and the banking end can be converted into an observation parlor and the superintendent's office.
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Monongi
Hela
Conomangh
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Rleathing Brose
Ithina
Doctor Advises Tiny Lunch Diet Turns Husband Appreciative
A woman asks a physician for help with her husband who criticizes dinner. The doctor prescribes a light diet of toast and tea during the day to curb his appetite. The plan succeeds as the husband returns home hungry but more favorable to his wife's cooking, even surpassing his mother's.
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Hubby
Boston Record
Sun Cures For Bald Head Baffles Local Folk
A farmer north of Youngstown Ohio reports hair regrowth after a sunburn peeled skin from his bald scalp. The new skin allegedly grew hair, and Dr Rial of Youngstown corroborates the tale.
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Youngstown
Rial
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