New York Ferry Lines on East River Face City Takeover
New York City likely to run East River ferries as bridges kill profits. Banks of lines struggle bankruptcy with minimal traffic and some routes cancel night boats. City hall eyes long term plan costing about 20 million for plant and annual deficits of 700 thousand to 1.2 million. Carnegie libraries debate adds city cost versus philanthropic gift. Hospital roof garden pneumonia cure touted as fresh air treatment. White House wedding plans marred by funeral car incident signaling rare missteps amid grand preparations.
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East River
Brooklyn
Willamsburg
Dock Commisalorer
London
New York City
Metz
Andrew Carnegie
Troy
Mets
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Ciy
Presbyterian Hospital
North Pole
Agencie
White House
Washington
Crawfordeville
Ind
Wilkie Collin’s play to be seen by Pendleton fans
Pendleton readers have a chance to see Laura Frankenfield and a fine company present Her Double Life next Sunday night at the Prayer. Colling is praised for vivid effect and clear plots, with Frankenfield noted for above average reputation and strong stage appeal.
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Pendleton
Wilkie Coline
Laura Frankenfield
Wilkie Colling
Treland
America
Frankenfield
California Prune Wafers for Digestive Health
California prune wafers made from fresh fruit promote digestion and bowel activity. Claims ease constipation indigestion and liver and bowel troubles without griping or pain. Tallman & Co. Pendleton Oregon offer 100 wafers for 25 cents.
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California
Tallman & Co
Pendleton
Oregon
Burns cured quickly by Bucklen’s Amica Salve in Ford City
Frightfully burned hand of machinist Charles W. Moore of Ford City, Pennsylvania, treated with Bucklen's Amica Salve. The product is hailed as the greatest healer for burns and wounds, available at Tallman & Co. and Brock & McComas druggists for 250.
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Chas. W. Moore
Ford City
Tallman & Co
Brock & McComas
Cattle and Lumber Shipped on Rail Lines
In February 1905 traffic on Sumpter Valley and O R N railroads shows heavier shipments despite a dull season. Baker City Packing plans a 22 car cattle shipment to Tacoma tomorrow, while 16 cars of lumber moved east yesterday. General merchandise movement remains large on both lines. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised as a mild cough remedy sold by Tallman & Co.
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Sumpter Valley
Kennedy
Tallman & Co
The Theater as Educator in American Life
Essay argues the theater should be elevated as a public educator and cultural influence beyond mere amusement. It urges consideration of theater in popular education, arts, and literature to elevate taste and virtuous living, criticizing a toy merchant view of the stage.
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Metcalfe Jo Allontle
Pele's Hair: Lava Fibers From Mauna Loa Crater
The article describes Mauna Loa and Kilauea as the world’s largest active crater, a glowing lava lake at 14 100 feet high. It explains Pele's hair, glassy lava threads formed by steam jets that create balloon like particles and fuzzy strands along shores, once used in native ceremonies.
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Mauna Loa
Kilauea
Fery Lake
Pele
Canal Locks In China Describe Simple Lock System
Technical World Magazine notes the Grand canal uses simple edgewise beams with end ropes and grooves. Boats are dragged through sluices by bank hauled ropes with wooden kiosks on shore, while rudimentary basins anchor vessels and soldiers guard the sluices to reduce damage.
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China
Grand Canal
Cana
A Curious Word Play From The London Globe
A humorous anecdote explains the word phenomenon with a farmer’s mispronounced monologue. A man argues a cow in a meadow is not a phenomenon, a thistle in a field is not one, nor is a lark in the meadow, but if the cow sat on the thistle and sang like the lark that would be a phenomenon.
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London Globe
The Brazen Bull Tale From Ancient Tyrants
An ancient anecdote recalls Perilla of Athens inventing a brazen bull for Phalaris of Agrigentum around 570 BCE. Victims were roasted beneath a fire, their groans likened to a maddened bull. Phalaris supposedly roasted the inventor, and later popular uprising led to Phalaris’s burning.
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Perihas
Perillna
Athens
Phalaris
Agrigentum
Philadelphia
Murder Witness and Child Slain on Yakima Reservation
A woman named Mrs Suxie Buchanan and her two year old child were found murdered in their bed on the Yakima reservation. The killer is unknown and motive unclear, with authorities suspecting the victim may have been mistaken. The case centers on a potential witness in the Jim Butler murder trial. Local notes describe investigations by Sam Ashee and Superintendent Lynch, with coffins arranged in the city. An unrelated advertisement promotes Witch Hazel Salve from Chicago for various ailments.
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Suxie Buchanan
Yakima
Yakima Dairy Republic
Sam Ashee
Lynch
Jim Butler
Indiana
East End Grocery a famed local grocer in rhyme
A rhythmic promotional verse extols the East End Grocery as a premier source of first class goods and fair prices. The spoof advertises Crescent coffee and general can goods, praising cheerful service, reliable delivery, and the store as a trusted, widely known shop in the country.
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Dooley
East End
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Atlanta, GA
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