Harriman Rail Safety Signals Tests Praise Enginemen
Report from Washington notes Harriman lines show high compliance with safety signals among enginemen. Across 1196 tests, only 16 failures, with 98.7 percent average observance, covering torpedoes, fusees, slow and red flags, and semaphore signals.
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Congress
Safety Device Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Hia
Harriman Systems
Pheasants Becoming a Pest in Linn County Farms
Linn County farmers report Chinese pheasants ravaging gardens and grain, defying game laws shaped by city sports and clubs. They claim birds are becoming domestic, eat with poultry, and farmers must rid them as losses mount in hundreds of dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Linn
President Teddy Chops Wood on Vacation at Home
The president continues wood cutting during his vacation with plans for activities on his return. A bustling fall in our store is ahead as we prepare for the largest clothing trade in history this season, featuring part of the Alfred Benjamin & Co. line now on display.
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Teddy
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Too Much Water Brings Crops To Milner Idaho Experiment
John C. McPherson discusses Milner's new experimental farm under A P MacPherson direction. Seventy crops thrive with minimal irrigation, including tall Canadian field peas, oats, wheat Blue Stem, corn White Cap and Early Ohio potatoes. Milner townsite reports 1750 trees planted as it grows rapidly.
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John C. McPherson
Milner
A. P. MacPherson
Twin Folle
Boise
Capital News
Falls Farm
Minnesota
McPherson
Sun and Moon as Thieves in Classical Verse and Raj of Deptford
A fragmented eighteenth century style lament on honesty and destruction with references to a holly hedge and John Evelyn's Deptford estate. Peter the Great, shipbuilding at the docks, and a vivid anecdote of a wheelbarrow relaxation scene illustrate a critique of ruinous extravagance and inadequate compensation for damage.
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John Evelyn
England
Deptford
Peter the Great
Erelyn
Evelyn
Weight and feel guide fishing rods and tackle choice
The piece discusses how weight, balance, and handle comfort influence rod selection, noting economical options from $5 to $10 and the value of an angler salesman in shops. It compares eight to ten foot rods, power differences, and how a tall or strong user may handle heavier models, stressing practical use over mere lightness.
Earthquake in Peraia Harrows Shiraz During Calamity
Professor Vamburg of Hungary was in Shiraz when a devastating earthquake struck. Houses shook and hills split as fear and chaos spread. Frenzied locals accused foreigners, shouting the Frengis are unclean as a mob rushed the professor's lodging, but nearby collapse saved him from attack.
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Peraia
Vamburg
Shiraz
Persia
Dress Millennium in Star Theater Show Promises New Film
A reader urges fashion refinement through dignity and common sense as a dress millennium. Tonight at the Star Theater offers 2000 feet of new film and two illustrated songs, promising entertainment with style and wit.
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The
Star Thaiter
Methodist Church Centennial at Shiloh in 1807 setting
Prominent clergy and laymen gather in Shiloh for a two day centennial celebration of the Methodist church founding in Jilinola. Bishop McKendree led the camp meeting that started July 16, 1807, in a grove that became the hamlet of Shiloh.
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Shiloh
Methodist Church
Jilinola
McKendree
Tuineis
Butcher Shop and Property for Sale in Hellz Ore
A butcher shop and fixtures are offered for sale in a good location with the business described as doing fine. For further particulars contact W. H. Albee in Hellz, Oregon. The piece ends noting that "the smart set" is not smart enough to avoid blackmail.
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W. H. Albee
Hellz, Ore
Home Treatment for Women by Dr Pengelly Zoa Phora
A historical ad touts Dr Pengelly as a leading expert in women’s diseases. It promotes Zoa Phora as the sole effective home remedy after 20 years of practice, claims success with genital organ ailments, and offers a medical booklet with orders from Kalamazoo Michigan.
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Pongelly
Pengelly
Zoa-Phora Company
Kalamagzoo
Mich
Bond Brothers Pendleton's Leading Clothiers POR DAINTY DINERS
An advertisement extols a premium beer or soda, claiming pure ingredients and a special formula. It promises healthy effects for both men and women, and offers home delivery of two dozen bottles for one dollar.
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Peoples Warehouse
Idaho
Ohio
Twin Falla
Sansa
Beecham’s
Beecham
Sir Walter Scott
Lammermoor
James Ballantyne
Scott
Liles
Mr. Lockhart
Methodist Church Centennial
St. George
Wim
Dunn
Portwod
Edith Still
Milton
O. K. Wintle
Tacoma
H. EB
Well
Denver
McGlewlor
Chicago
Cantler
Walla Walla
A. F. Barnard
Portland
BE. J. Carpenter
San Francisco
Verna M, Vannander
Luceny Vannander
Constohee Hastings
Anile Bouanzoin
Hotel
Pendleton
Loveland
Boge
W.T. McCaffery
B. O. Dunn
Walla Wala
EB. Schwarta
Cleveland
H. ¥. Neale
St. Louis
Bond Brothers
Old Kentucky
Joon Gagen
Court St
Golden Tule Hotel
Empire Meat Go
Central Meat, Co. Carney, Ramedell & Co, Telephone
Rexall
Orville Coffman
W. C. Minnis
Henning
the Club
Ty. W. Murrell
Cor, Court and Cottonwood
Oregon
East Oregonian
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