FARMERS HARD HIT BY Tax Assessments in King County
King county assessments show sharp rises in personal property values for farmers and merchants. Agricultural machinery, horses, cattle, and piano values jumped, while household goods and saloon fixtures fell. Railroad and steamship valuations also shifted, with corporate property favored and some lines of public service pricing rising. results come from the state board of equalization 1904 proceedings.
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King County
Iao Healy
Plano
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State Board of Equalization
The Noble Master’s Ruse In A Singing Lesson
In a London Mall note the scene where a master offers a price to teach a daughter. The daughter resists, but a season’s lesson is agreed. The master’s demanding regime tests all, prompting horror from the mother and daughter as the pupil pleads it would kill her. Senor Garcia comments that they will not come again.
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Senor Garcia
London Mall
Crimean Anniversary Opens Turin Parade Honor Roll
Turin marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Teheranaya battle with a grand parade and review of Sardinian survivors under General La Marmera. King Victor Emmanuel arrives amid honors as Bersaglieri lead the procession and the old battle flag is displayed. Also in Denver delegates gather for the Eagles Grand Lodge election with Henry D. Davie favored. In Capetown British scientists begin a three day meeting followed by a tour to Natal battlefields and a broader journey to Johannesburg and Kimberley.
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Blomfontein
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National League Convention Opens in Cincinnati Today
The American League Convention meets in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the annual National Baseball League gathering starting this afternoon after a prior plan to host in Chicago was changed. Delegates from member teams are expected to discuss league affairs and scheduling amid mounting interest in upcoming season decisions.
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Do Birds Sing and Means of Their Song
A fragmented discussion on bird vocalization and whistling, noting vibrations in the throat and beak movement during singing. The text claims many wild birds mimic sounds, challenging the idea that only a few species learn songs.
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Iniman Somila
Pearson
Legends and quirks of old English clubs and cuckoo lore
The piece gathers curious notes from historic England including Raleigh and Shakespeare at the Mermaid Club and the Calves Head and Kit Kat clubs with legends about mutton pies. It also recalls bird migration quirks and a Whitechapel debt case ending with a one minute cure for rheumatism.
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Mermaid
Walter Raleigh
Shakespeare
Charles 1
Adilison
Christopher Kat
Bhire Jane
London Telegraph
Remarkable Sundial at Druid Hill Park Baltimore
A sundial at the Eutaw entrance of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore is noted as one of the world’s most remarkable. The bronze base supports a stone instrument gifted by Peter Hamilton who designed and carved it. The article also references gossip quotes about manufacturers and a joke about ready made companions.
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Eutaw
Druid Hill Park
Baltimore
Peter Hamilton
Announcing St Pauline Sarcastically as Jack Struts
Eivirn teases that Jack acts like he owns the earth while Tila confesses promising to make him husband. Temptation lands in leisure time, not working hours, shaping Dien’s fate as plans form or falter.
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Jack
Eivirn
Tila
Vanity Fair and a World of Imitations in an Odd Tale
A humorous New York Times piece recounts a woman seeking fair priced Hup pliers and a vendor admitting only imitation wares titled Love. It also relays a joke about Chief Justice Fuller and Joe Manley, plus a bartenderly tale of a polite discharge for a drunken coachman and a travel anecdote on water cutting of gems in Freiburg with amethyst, lapis lazuli, and malachite.
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Juetive Willer
United Sitter Supreme Court
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Manley
Eliltenme
Maine
Auguta
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Mr. Manley
Fuller
New York
Montgomery
Gortiny
Freiburg
Black Forest
Salmon Fearing Brown Bears and Witty Sayings
Factual slice from Alaska notes on brown bears fishing for salmon, their river approach, and the instinct to snag fish. Also quotes on true greatness by Roswell D. Hitchcock and a Missouri paper quip about a husband primping before leaving.
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Bering Sea
Saya & Hunter
Disappointed in Husband Exclaimed Greek Revelry Revealed
The Pittabarg Post reports Mrs Van Nobbe recalls her spouse’s background and a prior claim that he was Greek. She notes he proved a regular Bacchus after marriage, reflecting on surprises before and after tying the knot.
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Mra. van Nobbe
Pittabarg
Old Bankes Starts His Son Per Cy In Hrs Mess
Fragmentary quotes discuss Unavoidable and Cassell's remarks about Old Bankes and his son Percy. The text notes ware forcing engagement and a cigarette making theme, but details are unclear and contested.
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Percy
Ware
Cassell
Rail strikes tie up freight on Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Seattle August 6 freight on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways is blocked by the operators strike. Presidents Elliott and Hill say there is nothing to arbitrate while rail managers claim traffic is moving. Commercial groups push for arbitration with little success as offices reopen and agents fill posts.
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Great Northern Railways
Eliott
Jim Hill
Seattle
Great Northern
Oyn
Nas
Howard Elliott
Hill
Water Shortage Hits Blackfoot Area In Drought
A Whickfoot dispatch to the Salt Lake Tribune reports Snake River near Blackfoot at record lows, with estimates of 4000 to 8000 tons of drought loss. Idaho Falls ranchers hold water, while farmers south of Idaho Falls lose crops. Judge Budge ordered 60 percent of waters diverted south, saving crops and bringing full ditches and community relief.
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Drouth
Whickfoot
Salt Lake Tribune
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Thomas Kneale
Snake River
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Judge Budge
Tolaho Falls
Convention of Florists Opens in Washington D C
The twenty first annual convention of the Society of American Florist and Landscape Horticulturists opens at Carroll hall Washington. Displays of plants and flowers await at the National Rifles armory and the Masonic temple this afternoon. President Vaughan hosts a reception this evening. A grand bowling tournament and a ladies competition are planned for the next two days along with shooting contests automobile rides and sightseeing for visiting delegates.
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National Rifles Armory
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Rathskeller
Unable to Fend Off Nightlife in Walla Walla
Aug 15 police ordered bartender R L Miller and his wife to leave town after a drunken quarrel at the Eagle restaurant with Japanese proprietors. An attempted brawl led to Miller being restrained, and he received a “walking nap” before custody.
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R. L. Miller
Eagle
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Perion
Norton Launches Million Dollar Campaign for Buffalo University
Charles P. Norton chancellor of the University of Buffalo opens an energetic drive to raise at least half a million dollars and ideally one million. The effort aims to extend the university and lift its efficiency and educational standing.
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Buffalo
Charles P. Norton
University of Buffalo
Opening Lands in Milunesota Milunesota
Opening of land claims in St Paul Minnesota for 37 900 acres including White Earth Red Lake Fond du Lac and Chippewa reservations to settlers for homestead entry at 93 8 per acre fertile lands opened today in local government land office with acreage set aside for settlement by the government
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Minn
White Earth
Rei Lake
Fond du Lac
Chipnewa
Entey
Grange Day Observed At Thousand Stands NY Ave
Annual Grange day observed with principal speaker Hon. W. F. Hill master of the Pennsylvania State Grange recently returning from the International Agricultural Congress in Italy. Others speakers include Hot George B. Com late senator Mra F J Potton and George A. Puller.
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Thoumaid Islands
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W. F. Hill
Pennsylvania
International Agricultural Congress
Italy
George B. Com
Mra F J Potton
George A. Puller
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