State School Fune Receives Record State Apportionment
The State School Fund distributes a total sum of 2000000000000000000000.50 for the year, marking the largest amount ever given to the state. The school population totals 13,005 as part of the distribution framework.
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Salem
Aug Moore
Ackerman
Eevern Coun
Tun Yoar
Clackamas
Clatsop
Lake
Tillamook
Tmatille
Union Nerbe
Portland Wheat Shipments Reach Historic July Total
Portland sent 437,058 bushels of wheat to California ports in July, the largest coastwise monthly total on record. Los Angeles received 114,000 bushels, San Francisco the rest. Puget Sound ports shipped 106,205 bushels to California. last year Portland moved 6,433. Willamette River metropolis had no coast wheat in 1901 or 1902. Shipments next month include steamer Eureka chartered for September and October. Portland also sent 14,047 barrels of float to California and 46,896 to the East, totaling 63,989. Of coastwise shipments 54,088 went to the Orient, San Francisco, and South America.
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Portland
California
Columbia Flyer
Oregon Daily Journal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Willamette River
Eureka
Orient
South America
Enormous Grafts In Agricultural Dept Probed
A Washington dispatch reports the department of agriculture faces multiple graft probes and boards of investigation. The Justice Department will review the Dr Moore nitro culture case tied to Oyster Bay orders. Secret Service overhauls may trigger further disclosures as printing costs soar well above past years.
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Grand Dary
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
San Francisco Examiner
Department of Agriculture
Federal Court
Department of Justice
Grand Jury
Dyster Bay
Moore
Oyster Bay
Secret Service
Estinators Department
Bureau of Forentry
Holmes
Bathing in the Sea Origin and Rise of Sea Baths
The article traces sea bathing origins in England before 1750 with Dr. Richard Russell’s treatise on seawater benefits. It notes coastal dwellers' use, medieval penalties for public offenders drowning in sea fear, and a spread to Western Europe, later shifting to freshwater and skin health, with the morning tub gaining fame by 18th century.
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Fregland
England
Richart Russell
Western
Europe
Russell
Sussex
Old Jewish Tradition of the Three Eyes Story
A traditional tale from eastern Palestine and Asia Minor describes ancient Israelites as having three eyes two in front and a third at the back of the head. The third eye was said to be closed by divine command at Sinai, leaving humanity with two eyes and a moral warning against duplicity.
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Palestine
Asia Minor
Alenes
Sinai
Holy Mount
Moses
Bear and Gypsales Of The Okefenokee Swamp
In the Okefenokee region near Waycross Georgia a vast swamp sustains thousands of wild animals including black bears weighing 200 to 300 pounds and deer and wild turkeys. Bears raid farm pigpens and are dangerous when provoked, while hunters seek the area as a major game habitat across forty miles into Florida. Nearby archipelago Morful off lower Tierra Asia hosts Sengypales in covered boats who fish by day and land at night to forage with dogs, catching various game for stews.
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Okefnokeer
Okefnokee Swamp
Waycross, Gu
Florida
Washington Post
Morful
Lower
Tiraa
Asia
Isliamid
Artini’s Crithetam Sparks and Foul Friendship
A garbled Arts piece notes Frsell and Northcote as rival critics who harshly critiqued each other yet remained close. Fuell views Northcote’s painting of the angel meeting Balaam and his ass. Frasell quips Northcote is an angel at an ox but not at an angel.
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Artini
Crithetam
Frsell
Northcote
Fuell
Balaam
North
Cote
Frasell
Why We Can’t Be Great in a Complex Era
A Harper’s Weekly excerpt questions whether true greatness lies in simplicity as Emerson defined it. It asks if life can be simple today or tomorrow amid rising complexity and how such greatness could recur in a modern world.
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Emerson
Harper's Weekly
Who She Left and a Five Minute Speech Rule
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a wife attended one meeting before quitting over a five minute speech limit. The stranger remark contrasts beauty in Asia and Africa with flora thriving where grass fails. Lané county wheat crop is shortened this year by aphids.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Asia
Africa
Lané County
Aphis
Earliest references to shoes in ancient culture and fashion
The Chicago News surveys ancient and medieval shoe use from Abraham refusing Lot’s gear to Jewish land sales, Regalian sandals, and pinnacle ladies’ elevating choppinea in Venice. It cites Reganian comedies and traveler Coryat’s Venice remarks on tall chapneys, their social display, and gendered support when women walked abroad.
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Abraham
Cron
Sodom
Venice
Thomas Coryat
Veniee
Then
Chicago
Newa
Serpent Eats Snake Venomous King Of Serpents Facts
Amrita Bazar Patrika reports on the venomous king cobra like serpent Ophiophagus elops, found in Burta la, noted for aggression toward humans and animals. It climbs, swims, and wields a three inch fang with potent venom. fatal bites documented in fowl, dog, and elephant cases with rapid death.
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Burta
Laos
Nicllson
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Vine Covered Buildings Debate Beauty and Incompleteness
Garden Magazine argues that while vines can cover ordinary walls, they should not obscure architecture that is a joy to all. The piece highlights the ideal balance of church design and foliage, noting England’s nuanced view and Boston as a rare exception in the United States.
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Walla
England
Boston
The Gnome of Quintain in Offiam Green Kent
A fragment describes the quintain game once played in Offiam Green Kent England. It explains the target pole with a pivoting trosabar and a sandbag feature, used by riders to strike a board and avoid the bag’s impact. The piece ends with a humorous Chicago Tribune caption about a photographer request.
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Offiam Green
Kent
England
Witty Exchange on Markets and Missed Odds
In a brief, witty exchange, Von Blumer recalls watching thekor wreck rise by 20 points in an hour while he broke even on a bought item. Dimpleton notes his wife was at a dressmaker’s, underscoring a light, everyday moment of fortune and fate.
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von Blumer
Thekor
Busy Day Dialog From Philadelphia Press
Cassidy and Casey exchange quick pleasantries about a busy day in city life. The dialogue captures urban worn routine with casual exchanges and a hint of humor. The piece reflects everyday chatter rather than a formal scene.
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Cassidy
Casey
Philadelphia Press
Anvil Doet and Notes of a Paragon Man
A cryptic item mentions Gladys and her watchful eye on a paragon of perfection. Ee meralda asks if he is too good to be true. A bank cashier joke follows, warning against a false note. Diphtheria reports flag Northport Washington.
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Anvil
Gladys
Eemeralda
Chicago Tribune
Judge
Roosevelt Visits Sick Children at Coney Island Hospital
President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt visited Sea Brook Cottage at Coney Island, meeting frail tubercular and disabled children. He spoke with youngsters, urged recovery, and watched a parade of fifty patients carrying national flags as they sang.
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San Hroegs
Coney Ind
New York World
Mra
Roosevelt
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Coney
Toland
Tme
Les Gate
Association For
Peter Bay
Atlanta
Fresh Air Department
Harvard
John Arbuette
Darlington
Henry A. Flagler
Tenae N. Sollaman
Eugene Delano
Albert G. Milbank
John Bancroft Deving
Theodore DB. Woolsey
Augustine J. Smith
Constant A. Andrews
Henry N. Meharg
Hoffman Miller
John Seeley Ward
Reasvelt
Rijs
Timbermen vernacular explains forestry terms in bulletin No 1
The Forestry Bureau publishes bulletin No 1 detailing terms used in forestry and logging. It contrasts standard terms from absolute forest land to yield table with slang like ball meter boom rat pull cook and road donkey, clarifying meanings for lumbermen and foresters.
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Porestry Bureau
Bureau of Forestry
Jay
Foge
Rome
Bhae Jay
Appalachian Forest
Forestry Department of
Parr Leul
Railroads Fined For Violation Of 25 Hour Law
Washington Aug. More than 20000 paid into the federal treasury in two weeks by railroads violating the 25 hour transit law. Each violation cost 100 and a written promise to refrain from future breaches. Promises filed at the Department of Agriculture. prosecutions to be brought if promises are broken. Over 1000 cases remain for disposition.
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Woshington
Aug
Federal ‘Treasury
Rmroads
Department of Agriculture
Bacheltor
George P. McCabe
Railronda
American Duel On a Train Carriage
An American and a British man clash aboard a moving carriage over etiquette and seating, with the American refusing restraint and the Britisher protesting in vain as tensions rise during a tense journey.
Indignant Britker ejects man over travel ticket color
A spectator recalls a scene where an American correctly guessed a ticket by sight, claiming it matched the other man’s color. The incident ends with the Britker being removed amid the confusion as others watch. A Garfield boy loses his arm in a shotgun blast, and Tempe school principal S C Lewis is found dead by his own hand after weeks missing.
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Britkeher
London
West and Eastbound Rail Schedules Mixed and Incomplete
Rail timetable fragment lists arrival and departure times for Eastbound No 3 Chicago Special and Westbound No 1 Portland Special, Spokane and Walla Walla branches, mixed trains, and connections. Also notes for Snake River service Riparia to Lewiston with daily and weekend variations and an agent signature E. C. Smith Pendletes.
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Chicago
Mall & Express
Portland
Spokane Division
Zips Y
Pendleton
Spokane
Walla Walla
San Francisco
Dager
Snake River
Riparia
Lewiston
Riparie
Fray
M. E. C. Smith
Ament
Pendletes
Washington & Columbia River Railroad Route Listing
Roadmap of the Washington and Columbia River Railroad offering travel to Obieage St Paul St Lonia Kapaea Oly St Joseph Omaha and all points east and south.
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Washington & Columbia River Railroad
Obieage
St. Paul
St. Lonia
Kapaea Oly
St. Joseph
Omaha
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Japan
China
Tacoma
Northers
Wacfle Ateameblp Co
American Tine
Time Card Schedule From Walla Walla Station
Timetable fragment shows arrival on Monday Wednesday and day at 12 16 pm. On Tuesday other days and Saturday 116 am leave daily at p m. Depart Walla Walla 16 pom ten OAsl arrive Walla Walla at 9 om. For information contact Cel sia MS Ace at Aldrkard GOP in Walla Walla Washington.
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Walla Walla
Aldrkarad Gop
Waabington
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