Water Rights Swindle Targets Settlers in Idaho
Investigators probe two get-rich-quick irrigation schemes selling water rights to farmers from Colorado and neighboring states. Promoters lure buyers with promised canal gains and land worth 190 an acre, charging 25 an acre and 4000 per 160 acres under desert acts. Descriptions note fake citizenship affidavits, negotiable promissory notes, and staged land shows with no real water. Authorities seek to identify all victims and prosecute principals for subornation of perjury while promoting legitimate irrigation ventures.
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Idaho
Tweed
Home Capital News
Irrigation Companion
Colorado
Kans
Nebraska
Missouri River
Ttmn
Northern Pacific Cut Off From Pasco to Wiparia
The Yakima Republic reports Northern Pacific plans a 66 mile cut off from Pasco to Wiparia to shorten the main line by about 200 miles. It would connect a Missoula Spokane route and a Lewiston route. Work to begin immediately with surveys completed and headquarters at Pasco.
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Washington
Yakima Republic
Northern Pacific
Pasco
Wiparia
Thin
Missoula
Spokane
Lewiston
Darling
Privileged Luncheon Pleasures of Congressmen
A Baltimore American narration recalls a habit of congressmen inviting visitors to meals at the congressional restaurant. Guests enjoyed lavish lunches with the congressman paying the bill, depicting a costly perk tolerated by an indulgent government and shared by visitors.
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Congress
Baltimore American
Contagion and Infection Distinctions Explained
The article distinguishes contagion from infection, noting three types of diseases. Noncommunicable diseases spread by invading organisms, such as malaria. noncommunicable diseases spread by external carriers like soil or water, such as yellow fever and Asiatic cholera. and diseases transmitted directly or via carriers, including scarlet fever measles diphtheria influenza erysipelas varicella and possibly whooping cough.
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Spaa
Courting customs of Siam and distant lands
The article describes betrothal signals in Siam involving lighting a cigar and a flow or a fight from a cigarette, triggering dowry arrangements. It notes similar rites in Calatria and parts of Todia with a lit pipe, and in Sibherin a suitor accepted by a girl is given a box of cigars and slippers as a token of becoming master in the house.
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Siam
Calatria
Todia
Sibherin
Lim
Pancake Women of Japan Hardens Street Scene
A vivid note describes the pancake woman in a Japanese town. She carries a coal brazier and frying pan, selling batter cakes to crowds after school. Children with coins buy and fry their own cakes, delighted by the aroma and activity.
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Japan
Fragmentary Letter Mentions Scotland Yard Origin
The passage quotes a fourth class postmaster describing illness and a self harm incident, then shifts to a note about Scotland Yard in London’s Whitehall vicinity. It mentions Milton and Sir Christopher Wren as notable residents, and references royal residence history with Scotland Yard’s contested possession around William of Scotland’s era.
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Scotland Yard
Beotland Yard
London Police
Scotland
London
Whitehall
William of Scotland
Milton
Sir Christopher Wren
Wanted Experienced booking woman in hairdressing firm
An advert from Harper’s Weekly lists Wanted Experienced booking woman S64 minigieres floorwalker supervisor must be tactful reliable and born about Sept TL Two Kinds of People notes cheerful people vs reticent people as promoters of social happiness and security for society
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London
Crave Helped in Habbit Hunt on English Coast
A boy lured a rabbit using a candle and crabs placed at rabbit burrows along the southern coast of England. The rabbit emerged into a coat as the boy pursued, ending with the rabbit in the boy’s grasp after a chaotic chase.
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England
Tonermost
Korea Newa
Priceless Pure Air Warns of Breath Health
Quote from Professor H. Woodbridge in Good Housekeeping extolls pure air as vital and priceless. It argues breathing correctly sustains life, warns against atmospheric wastes, and claims no greater life investment than ensuring clean air for energy and vitality.
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Professor & H. Woodbridge
Good Housekeeping
Villages That Cut Corks In Spanish Portuguese Mountains
Cork cutting employs thousands in mountain villages of Spain and Portugal. Agents from Seville and Lisbon buy cork in huge quantities, sometimes millions on a single journey. Corks are sorted, packed, shipped by the ton, and recut by hand at a rapid pace for bottlers.
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Spain
Portugal
Seville
Lisbon
Arabs and Portraits in Morocco and Algiers
An art author recalls difficulty sketching Arabs in Algiers. A Moor warns the artist of spiritual risk, saying making their souls for images incurs divine disapproval in the afterlife. Also notes Odin’s myth of creating beings from elm and ash in Scandinavian lore.
Anterious to the Memory and Reading Habits
A Philadelphia Bulletin fragment warns that inattentive reading harms memory. It discusses skimming newspapers and reading trashy novels as bad habits. The item cites chatter about a director’s frugality and lunch at the desk, suggesting an investigation.
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Scapicious
Philadelphia Bulletin
Quip about ball plans and tea versus mate in global contrast
A comic exchange mocks indecision before a ball as Miss Ingenue teases Miss Possny about preparation. The piece then notes a regional habit contrast: in South America areas with Mant grow more mate drinking relative to tea in China's fan districts.
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South America
Fan
China
Domestic animal riddle in family quarrel scene
A child asks what a domestic animal is and the mother replies with a scornful definition while the father dresses. The exchange, described in Brooklyn Lite style, centers on domestic life and humorous domestic misinterpretation.
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Mamma
Papa
Brooklyn Lite
Cream of Toriar Baking Powder Ad Fragment
An OCR fragment discusses a baking powder product market claim about purity and quality, contrasting it with other brands. The text seems part of an advertisement or editorial note, mentioning a product labeled Pure Cream of Toriar and a baking powder comparison, with unclear surrounding context.
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Toriar kindeVelund
Rheumatism and the Swift Specific Cure Claim
The article explains rheumatism as a systemic disease tied to uric acid in blood and urges S. S. S. as the best plant based remedy to cleanse blood, energize organs, and cure all forms of rheumatism. It promotes the Swift Specific Company of Atlanta, offering a free book and physician advice with no charge.
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S.S. S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
No Scab in Yakima County Says Inspectors
Inspectors Cameron and Donald report no sheep scab in Yakima County after surveying 120000 sheep. Lambing has begun boosting flock numbers toward 200000, with wool holdings over 1000000 pounds and valued around 1.4 million dollars. Herders and laborers are in demand as sheepmen brace for the season.
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Yakima County
J. Cameron
James Donald
Yakima Republic
Cameron
Mr. Donald
Cameron Saya
Grant assessment issues and county tax debate
A long Creek Ranger column outlines criticism of property tax assessments. Nell Niven county clerk explains why the county cannot disclose individual holdings for tax purposes. The board of equalization faces hardship if taxes are raised, while the needy bear the burden of taxation.
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Saya
Long Creek
Nell Niven
Board of Equalization
Steine
Ritter
Niven
Team Charity
For Rent Gulte unfurnished housekeeping rooms East Oregon ian building
Housekeeping rooms for rent in an East Oregonian building with hot and cold water on the same floor. Inquire at the office.
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Gulte
East Oregonian
Michigan to send Kiyo Innui to intercollegiate oratory
Ann Arbor April 4 announces that Kiyo Sue Innui of Kote Japan will represent the University of Michigan in the Northern Oratorical League contest at Oberlin on May 4. Innui, senior in the literary department, has long excelled in oratorical contests and led this year with The Mission of New Japan. He tours Michigan each summer giving lectures on the eastern question and is a founder of the Cosmopolitan club.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Oberlin
Kiyo Sue Innui
Kote
Japan
Innul
Asia
New Japan
Michigan
Alpha Nu Literary Society
Cosmopolitan Club
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Newport News
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