Prominent Lumberman Urges Night Battle Against Forest Fires
George Kelly, ex-Booth Kelly official, argues fires move slowly and the key combat window is from midnight to 3 a.m. He says attacks with hoes and shovels at night will curb flames, while daytime efforts mostly watch and pull rotten stumps. He questions troop effectiveness without trained leaders and urges seasoned fighters to direct ground crews in Crater country operations.
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Oregon
George Kelly
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Washington
Portland
Alexandra Visits Lady Stafford At Houghton Hall
London reports the Dowager Queen Alexandra visited Lady Stafford at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the first since King Edward’s death. The queen’s deafness requires loud speaking, and Alexandra’s charitable giving is cited amid socialist attacks on her pension.
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London
Cora
Countess of Stafford
Stafford
Mr. Kennard
Houghton Hall
Norfolk
Marquis Chromondeley
Alexandra
Sandringham
Lady Stafford
Edward
Lady Strafford
Queen Mother
Queen Alexandra
Kier Hardie
Haridlv
Record-Chasing Northwest Horsemen Eye Spokane Interstate Fair
Northwest horsemen forecast record smashing at Spokane Interstate Fair starting Oct 3 with $20,000 purses up from last year. Top horses from California and western Canada set to race on a faster track enhanced by 1008 soil improvements. Spokane Derby purse doubles to $2,000, auto races return with novelty events, entry blanks available.
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Northwest
Spokane
California
Canada
Beanman
Steke
Czar Adopts British Scout Idea in Russia
In St. Petersburg the czar embraced the British Boy Scout concept adapting it to Russian needs. The poteshnoe voysko, boy soldiers, are uniformed and armed, reviving Peter the Great era juvenile corps. Movement to spread through elementary schools includes rifle drill and gymnastics with the czar and the six year-old czarevitch present at reviews.
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St. Petersburg
New York
Russia
America
England
Peter the Great
Paul
Czarevitch
Boy Scouts
Poteshnoe Voysko
Baden-Powell
Vienna Council Bans Street Sale Of Rare Wild Flowers
To prevent devastation of valley flora near Vienna the city council forbids street sale of rare wild flowers including enemone cyclamen geentian narcissus iris orchids lilies and hart's tongue fern.
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Vienna
Revival Embroidery Style Captures Paris Gowns
A new embroidery trend in Paris gowns resurges a style akin to beadwork bags and bands popular thirty years ago. The revival underscores skilled handiwork as a fashionable mark of elegance revived this year.
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Paris
For Sale Cheap or Rent Five Acre Tract Riverside Park
Five acre tract in Riverside Park with a good house barn and out buildings two miles east of the city. For details apply to Bentley Leffingwoll.
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Riverside Park
City
Bentley & Leffingwoll
Dry Farms Show Excellent Yields in Malheur County
Vale and San Francisco based Eastern Oregon Land company owners Dr Walter S Martin and P D Martin visit Vale on an inspection tour of 430000 acres in Oregon, including 100000 acres in Malheur county. They plan improvements before sale, with two Cow valley demonstration farms showing 26 to 40 bushels per acre and corn over six feet tall. A 14000 acre tract west of Ironside mountain was sold to Malheur Live Stock company for summer sheep range development.
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Cow Valley
Martin
Eastern Oregon Land Company
Ironside Mountain
Malheur Live Stock Company
Emperor William hosts house warming at new royal palace
Posen reports Emperor William German Empress Crown Prince Frederich Wilhelm Crown Prince Cecilie Prince Eitel Freiderich and imperial family arrive for a three day house warming of the fifty first palace. The palace cost 1,395,000 dollars, spans about 1.5 acres, has over 600 rooms and a 240 foot tower chapel. The complex is meant to symbolize Prussian supremacy in German Poland and will house Prince Eitel Frederich permanently.
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Eitel Freiderich
Germany
Imperial Castle
Berlin
Foley Kidney Pills Help Veteran Restore Health
From a Civil War veteran, Joseph W. Stoller of Bloomington, I. reports long kidney and bladder trouble. After trying many medicines, Foley Kidney Pills eased pain, reduced leakage, and restored natural function. At 69, he feels strong again and recommends the remedy. A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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Joseph W. Stoller
Bloomington
Foley
Foley Kidney Mills
A. C. Koeppen& Bros
Minister Fletcher On Way To Chile
London reports United States Minister to Chile Henry P. Fletcher plans to sail on the Amazon from Bantingo. He notes South America’s bright prospects post Panama Canal, arbitration with Great Britain at The Hague, and U S diplomacy’s focus on arbitration.
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London
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Chile
South America
Europe
China
Antilles
Bantingo
Amazon
Panama Canal
Allsop
George V
Edward VII
Fritfinn
the Hague
Knox
Pennsylvania University
Velvet shoes popular in new Chicago spring line
Velvet and Romaine silk boots and pumps for women headline Chicago’s spring footwear display. Men’s shoes feature corn cure lasts and patent leathers, while children’s styles include brass buckles and strap sandals with a snap button.
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Chicago
Boy Fifteen Leads Crime Tour Across Europe
Adolf Conrad aged 15 is arrested on charges of stealing $1500 after escaping a reformatory. He allegedly rode a cowcatcher 400 miles on an express train, stole from messenger boys, visited Italy, stayed at a luxury hotel for three weeks, and bet on race tracks while police closed in. He remarked that he lamented delaying his future plans.
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Berlin
Adolf Conrad
Italy
Youth drowners and life savers in St Louis district
Police report a remarkable group of young amateur drowners and rescuers in the St Louis area. Over several weeks many boys have fallen into the river and been saved by companions prompting magistrate to order tighter supervision of boys on the embankment. Louis Gerbaud, 18, was observed dropping into the water.
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Paris
St. Louis
Louis Gerbaud
Detroit Woman Plans Aid to American Art
Paris based Mrs. Whitney Hoff, daughter of the late Commodore Whitney of Detroit and wife of Jacob Hoff, aims to support American art. She funds two annual entertainments by artists at the Students' Hotel in the Latin Quarter, with prizes awarded by a respected jury. Hoff purchases the prize winners at good prices, mirroring the French minister of fine arts buying Salon works, and intends her purchases to aid American art.
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France
Paris
Whitney Hoff
Commodore Whitney
Detroit
Wonn
Jacob Hoff
Latin Quarter
Beal and Stary Pointe Product Ad Claims Blood Action
An old style advertisement promotes Ball's Catarrh Cure and Ball's Family Pills, claiming bloodstream impact and relief from constipation. The copy urges readers to send for J. Cheney & Co. Toledo address and to bold the druggists in the area.
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Beal
AW Stary Pointe
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tate Ball
Comstipe
Royal Engineers Test Motor Engine for Artillery Propulsion
The Royal Engineers are experimenting with a motor engine to propel artillery. This development aims to enhance mobility and speed of field guns and improve strategic rapid deployment.
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Royal Engineers
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