Engine Haul for Harriman Special From La Grande
Engine No. 192, newly received at La Grande, hauled by Pete Theisen, was sent to Spokane to pull Harriman’s special from Spokane to Portland via Seattle. The mission includes cross system crews to ensure safe passage over Spokane-Seattle and Seattle-Portland routes, covering about 1060 miles round trip. The Harriman contingent, led by G. H. Harriman, travels with a large party and plans a Pacific tour to dispatch steamship traffic to the Orient via San Francisco or Victoria.
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A. & Nsn
la Grande
Spokane
Harriman
Portland
Syston, Mier
Marina
Onheart
Pete Thelsen
Ikwe
Palssenper
la Grands
Pendleton Taorly
B. B. Maorriman
Seattle
O Brien
Northwest
Pendleton
Hlarriman
Helen
Great Northern
Tawiliar
Northern Pacific
G. H. Heretman
Hinvriman
San Francisco
Vittoria
BCL
Oregon
California
Japan
Manenuria
Philippines
China
Harrisan
Pacific Coast
Orient
Shearing Women For Hair In Brittany And Normandy
In rural Brittany and Normandy, yearly hair shearing scenes draw young women who trade tresses for ribbons and laces. Victims are often cheated, their locks cut and sold, with buyers and weave makers spinning profits while paying in kind with shawls or scarves. Hair trades fetch high returns for sellers and buyers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
Normandy
Britany
Russell Sage Turns Ninety In August Away From City Life
New York reports Russell Sage entering his ninetieth year. He stayed at his summer home in Lawrence Beach avoiding downtown celebrations. Family physician and friends sent congratulations by mail or wire. Sage remains involved in business and finance despite age and frail appearance.
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New York
Rowell Sage
Russell
Sage
Sr. Munn
Fitaheler
Sumer
Lawrence Beach
Mr. Sage
Gould Compines
Dredging for Gold in California Buoyed by Output
The California state marine bureau issues a bulletin detailing cold dredging history and current activity. In 1902 dredging yielded 1 416 119 dollars with Buite county producing 1 229 995 from 26 dredges. By 1905 Oroville district has 28 dredges and total dredges reach 40 across Folsom Calaveras Trinity Slukiyou and Yuba. Over 200 000 bushels of bluestem were contracted at Creston near Davenport Washington at 63 to 65 cents per bushel.
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California
California State Marine Bureau
Buite County
Folsom
Siskiyou County
Trinity
Yuba County
Oroville District
Calaveras
Slukiyou
Yuba
Creston
Davenport
Wash
Touring in Russia as a linguistic misfit abroad
A New York Mail travel note recalls a comical struggle to navigate Russia for drink and meals. The writer, unable to speak Russian, bungles rides and meals, seeking any German speaking guides, sketching hotels, and finally ordering coffee and water from a Volga riverside inn. The anecdote ends with the waiter lowering a bucket into the river for drinking water.
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Honda
Walter Ander
le Thuere
Res Diane
Volga
New York Mail
The Mud Dauber Wasp and Its Lethal Nesting Habits
An old sentence fragment describes the mud dauber wasp building a tubular nest and provisioning it with paralyzed spiders to feed developing larvae. The text recounts the wasp’s hunting, nesting, and the spider’s fate, illustrating the insect’s life cycle and predatory behavior. It also includes a historical note on the term assassin linked to the Old Man of the Mountain and the Mohammeidm dynastic terror in Mount Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elghitie
Inelinet
McCook
Tarper
Min
Massan Ben Sabhal
Syria
Mount Lebanon
Two and Twenty Thousand Evils on Life's Stage
A famous writer notes that over about twenty years men face countless evils, many incurable, yet they still strut on life’s stage. They pursue love and intrigue, wage wars, and plot as if luxury and longevity await them.
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Carty
Need In Schoolmastera and Life Advice Echoed
A scrambled clipping presents quotes urging regulation for schoolmasters under thirty to spend a year away from academia in menial work. It contrasts views on health and enjoyment, noting a self-critical dialogue about a boy named Willie and a brief line about an Englishwoman adopting her husband’s nationality from Teutach's Department Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Post
Feeding Experiment At Hotel St George Ninety Steers
Northern Pacific conducted a long term feeding trial at South St Paul yards with 99 steers on full feed for five months. Average gain reached 487 pounds per steer, about three pounds daily, though early weeks showed weight loss for some. Weather affected gains, with best days reaching four pounds per day during sunny cold spells. Post slaughter yield averaged 63 pounds solid beef per hundredweight, confirming economical feeds and handling for beef cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. & Baird
Northern Pacific
South St. Paul
Walter
Timothy
Pure Blood Insures a Clear Skin
Patient testimonial from Mrs. C. E. Shoemaker of Alliance Ohio praising a blood medicine for cleansing humors and acids. Claims prior eruptions and itching vanished after use, noting the product’s restorative effects and recommending it to others with skin disease concerns.
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C. E. Shoemaker
Alliance
E. Patterson St
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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Shoe Department
Ladies Oxfords
Oxfords
Oxford
Oxforda
Alexander’s Department Store
the TaylOr Hardware Co
T. C. Taylor
Main Street
Santa
Tmatiin County
Homely
J. ° Smith
Harwss
Bingham Springs
Blue Mountain
Blue Mountains
Umatilla
Bingham Springer
Campern
Addie
M.E. Foley
Gibbon P. D
ORGON
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Wetalee
Uf & W
Pte
Thedsen Maris
Russell Sage
Russia
Boston
Stimson
Willie
Headstrom & Greenawald, Ahopmakera At
Teutach's Department Store
St. George
Dd, & Corbin
Coeur .'Alene
Kge DA
RVEAU
Adea
Riverside Avenue
ED Morgan
Black
Oragon
St. Helen’s Hall
the Bicker's
Court Street
W. T., Parker, Proprietor
Heathquarters
Toon
Prony Depen
Alta House
Bittner
Cor
Alta and Mill
THE
Montland
Commercia
Madera Turklah Bark
A. C Mowers
Pendleton-Ukiah
Wally Wripe
Endieton
Brock & McComas
Deng
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