New York Letter Details 82 Story City Investing Tower
The New York letter describes an 82 story office skyscraper planned by City Investing at Broadway and Cortlandt Street. It promises 12 acres of space, occupancy in 1908, a $10 million cost, two 26 story wings, a 32 story main block, an arcade 804 feet long, and 21 elevators for 10,000 tenants. Steel and hollow tile will fireproof the structure with 2,600,000 square feet of hollow tile used. The design emphasizes safety and modern skyscraper construction.
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New York
City Investing Company
Broadway
Cortlandt Street
San Francisco
Weather and stock feed relief in Morrow region
Chinook winds ease near Heppner improving conditions as snow abates with four inch depths. No damage reported and crops benefit from sheltering winds. Petzen Livestock & Land Co reports feeding 48 days ahead for over 25,000 sheep, 150 cattle, and 0 horses, with hay stocks sufficient to last stock through winter.
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Heppner Mlaig
Fonthille
Sion
A. Minor
Petfind Livestonk & Land Corpany
Dave
Joe Dow
Keyge Ourtin
Government Organized at Montgomery February 4, 1801
A fragment notes that the confierte provietowil government was organized at Montgomery Alabama on February 4 1801. The text is incomplete but indicates an early formal assembly or structuring in the new territory or state formation context.
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Confierte Provietowil
Montgomery
Ala
Hats and a Grenadier Woman in a Department Store
A luncheon scene in a department store millinery room shows a determined shopper assembling a hat from feathers ribbons and flowers while attendants watch. A New York Press quotation contrasts prices and the nerve of women with the millinery drama. A separate anecdote recalls a football referee losing a whistle and improvising with a latchkey to a comic effect.
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Calesgiria
New York Press
Touchine
Fred
London
Training a Dog Says Simple Discipline Helps
The piece argues a dog understands yes and no and that training must be plain and unchanging. It notes dogs lack mental refinement and require stern discipline to stop jumping on people, with a light whip suggested by kennel workers to convey the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hehdy
Outing Magazine
Art Above Nature Art and human creation in art and nature
A fragmented reflection on art as a supreme human phenomenon beyond nature. The piece argues art transcends natural forms, tying beauty, sculpture, rhythm, and poetry to human interpretation, with scattered musings attributed to Dr Koll Theloh.
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Henry
Wealk R
Ma Rock
Nature
Koll Theloh
A Riddle About a Cube Foot of Gold
The passage contemplates exchanging a cubic foot of pure gold for a mile carried by a person. It notes a lump weighing about 1.209 pounds and questions whether the task is doable, with the possessor of the gold cube unlikely to lose it.
Doctors Latin and humors in early 20th century humor
A compact collection of wits and quips about doctors Latin the morning cigar test and social jokes. It includes light remarks on medical jargon a toy portrait of Miss Peachley and a Punch style classroom pun about commandments.
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Pittsburg Press
Diverse 19th century news items span crime, weather, and oil interest
The Yank ton region reports a man dying of an apoplectic stroke while seeking a divorce, a barber declared insane in Sandpoint, and a Pekin war discipline after American movies caused disturbances. Ice jams threaten the John Day river while snow depths halt mining and lumbering. A railroad bunkhouse fire near Linton ends in a fatal explosion from dynamite. Legislative moves challenge interior and forestry oversight. Partridges are funded for introduction in Washington. Mississippi records a record flood height at Memphis. Accidents in Spokane and a planned test oil well near Dixie reflect broad regional activity.
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Pekin
China
War Department
John Day
Spray Courier
Andrew D. White
Fulvia
Germany
Los Angeles
Buffalo Hump
Linton
Thd
Hagburn
Interior Department
Forentry Bureau
Hitchcock
Congress
Chanm Clark
Missouri
Williams
Houte
Mininéanta
Gulf
Stee
Walla Walla
Rod and Gun Club
Trac
Pennsylvania
Mt Fe
Mississippi
Memphis
Toma
Farmers' Institute Postponed By Flood Conditions
The Milton institute was postponed due to the flood and Dr James Withycombe of Oregon Agricultural College could not attend. Islanders in Milton and Freewater report isolation from halted travel, delaying trips to Pendleton and eastern points while residents urge dyking improvements.
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Milton
Farmers’ Institute
James Withycombe
Oregon Agricultural College
Freewater
Pen- Alpton
Pendleton
Dyking
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised cure claim
An old drug advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure known by the medical fraternity. It claims constitutional balance, internal action to purge the disease, and a money back offer of one hundred dollars if it fails. The notice urges sending for a regiment of testimonials and lists Toledo Ohio as the company location. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Renant
Enea
Propris
Tees i. CO
Toledo
Hall
Henry Unfingered They Ate Calf Killing Case
Parties taken to Burns by the sheriff were released after pleading to killing a calf for food. The owner, who was prosecutor, said he would have done the same. They returned to Harney Friday morning and rode east toward Vale Oriano.
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Henry
Pullfy
Ey Choimed
Haw Hoon Lort
Aed Foe
Harney
Vale Oriano
Strayed Grey Mare On Reservation Near Pendleton
Estrayed from the reservation a grey mare weighing about 1000 pounds has a brand LW on the left shoulder and is crippled in the front legs. A reward is offered for return or information leading to recovery. LF Anderson Box 9 Pendleton.
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Anderson
Pendleton
Winter Winds Whine as Winnie Wears Down Test
A fragmentary verse mood notes labored breathing in winter air and repeated names such as Winnie and Kennedy amid odd phrases. The piece hints at a taxitive cough Byrum and a firm Tallmon & Co, leaving the exact meaning ambiguous.
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Wiliie
Winnie
Witte
Kennedy
Tallmon & Co
Government Takes Over Telegraph Services in 1870
The united government assumed ownership and control of all telegraphs within the kingdom on February 4 1870, centralizing management under state authority.
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Kingdom
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney remedy advert
Unhealthy kidneys weaken the body and impurify the blood. Modern science links many diseases to kidney disorders and Swamp Root is promoted as a great remedy. The ad urges trial, notes bottles at druggists, and offers a free sample by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, asking readers to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Noves
N.Y
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst
British Medical Journal
Peachley
Sally
Pleane
Redd
Greene
Yonkers
East Oregonian
General News
George K. Meyers
New Orleans
Yankton, & C
Standardff
George Murphy
Sandpoint
Idaho
Yakima
Eholee
Srohete
al Spokane
Robert Warren
Wae
Maree
Fine Mountain Oil Company
Dixie
J.D. Lamb
H. 8
Blandford
California Pig Syrup Co
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Louisville, Ky
New York, N
Steinway
Enabe
Hardman
Emerson
Ludwig
Packard
Standard
White
Singer
Wheeler & Wilken
Jesse
Main Street
Bridge
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court, St., Pendleton, Ore
Frazer Theatre
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