George Shima the Potato King of California
A detailed profile of George Shima, a Japanese immigrant who dominates California potato farming around Stockton. The piece describes his vast delta land holdings, multi-year rent prepayments, and control of the Sacramento River potato trade. It notes his Americanized business life, lack of U.S. citizenship, family home in San Francisco, and ascent from stump puller to world’s leading potato grower amid market swings and rising prices.
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Rois
Sacramento River
Stockton
Hias
San Francisco
United States
Japan
California
Oregon Sunday Journal
George Shima
Shima
Rockefeller
King Shima
Fortune
Fulton Street
San Francis
New Hope
Arthur Thornton
Mukesume
America
Thet Lahor
Mokelumne
Colomda
Utah
Shion
Cured of Luoy Trouble by Dr King's New Discovery
A Kerghan businessman, C Floyd, recounts a six month use of Dr. King's New Discovery after a near collapse from lung disease. He dropped from 170 to 146 pounds, then recovered to normal weight and full health. Tallman & Co. offer guarantees with trial bottles free at 60 cents and 1.00.
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Floyd
Kerghan
G. C
Tallman & Co
Refrigerator Car Service Inaugurated From Portland
The O. R. & N. company begins a weekly refrigerator car service from Portland effective immediately. The car will depart every Tuesday, carrying perishable goods to all points east of Umatilla. A parallel service will operate on the Washington division.
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O. RK. & N. Company
Portland
Umatilla
Washington
Coral churches rise among Seychelles islands
The coral built church in the Isle of Mahe stands within a 114 island archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles rise steeply from the sea with coral homes gleaming like marble. Palm forests shield and shade the coral structures as tall palms tower over sea cliffs.
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Isle of Mate
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Aden
Zanzibar
Isle of
Mahe
The Boring of Glan by Rotating Brass Tubers
The article describes a glass-cutting method where strong glass plates are bored by rotating brass tubes filled with water and powdered emery. A wet clay disk is pressed onto the glass to form the desired hole width, molten lead is poured in, and rapid heating creates a circular crack. This principle underpins tube and cylinder cutting in factories.
Moderation In Exercise Declared Preferable To Exercise
Detroit Free Press notes a provocative view on exercise arguing moderation is safer and nearly as comfortable as active routines. The piece cites a philosopher who, after twenty years, concludes that minimal effort may suffice and even suggests observing Indian chiefs for a guiding example.
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Detroit Free Press
Anticipating Him Katharine Joins Bob and Friends at Depot
Bob introduces his club chums to Katharine at the depot platform calling them his friends. Katharine, smiling, warns she fears they will be sick after the honeymoon as a joke about married men gaining slick friends. The Columbus Disputed item reads as a witty social quip about marriage.
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Katharine
Bob
Alek
Columbus
Parody of Church Roles Turns On Verger Refrain
A fragmentary humorous anecdote depicts the verger explaining church hierarchy to a woman seeking Sir Richard Webster. The verger lightly notes the choir’s behavior as the sole matter of interest, quipping about misconduct and propriety in a parochial setting.
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Lord Chief Justices of
England
Richard Webster
A Beauty Comfort Combination Rocker Chairs Priced Low
A vivid ad extols a four chair collection praised for comfort and beauty. The caned rocker is advertised at about half the usual price, with claims of ease of movement and suitability for porch parlor or living room. The Morris chair version is highlighted as a standout value at about nine dollars.
Rocker Combines Beauty and Comfort at Price
An ad touts a high-grade glossy golden finish rocker with bent arma construction, bolted and roo fed for durability. It promises lasting use and beauty, claiming a natural lifetime with proper care for an overall price around 3.90 plus jetweces) S800 eae.
Rocker in red Spanish roan leather offered at low price
A hand made genuine leather rocker with leather back and seat on a steel and spring foundation. It is advertised as high quality yet cheaper than rivals at 8.95 dollars, inviting comparison and claiming no competition at the price.
Sheep Deals In Grant County Reported
H A Murphy formerly of M M o city bought 1490 head of sheep from F O Martin at four dollars per head on the South Fork last week. Lambs sold at four dollars and ewes at one fifty. Sheep had been on FP Scharffe ranch for a month and were sent toward Heppner. File Pond Grain Co of Heppner’s Farneworth bought a warehouse and 1970 head of sheep from Kennedy due to defective foundations. About 900 of the same kind are reportedly on hand, with about 0 000 bushels of wheat noted.
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Grant County
H. A. Murphy
M. M.o
City
South Fork
F. O. Martin
Murphy Ada A
Scharffe Ranch
Heppner
Monument Enterprise
File Pond Grain Company
Farneworth
Odean
Kennedy
Miss Brown Inspires Wry Exchange At Tea
Edith tells Mr. Green she wishes to be as beautiful as Miss Brown. Green compliments her, then she abruptly rises and leaves, leaving observers puzzled by the moment.
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Stuple
Miss Brown
Edith
Mr. Green
Green
Delicate Operation Plans Revealed In Odd Exchange
In a fragmentary quote from Catholic Standard and Times, Braneless declares plans to work while Celleste Operation says she has made up her mind. Misa Peppery reacts with surprise at the unusual phrasing and apparent title mishearing.
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Misa
Catholic Standard and Times
Bringing It Home and Other Lines from Burke
A fragmentary excerpt shows a dialogue where a daughter challenges her father about marriage and identity, with a mirror as a response. The text juxtaposes paternal censure of divine imperfection with a comment on Venlacn price notes in Newfoundland, claiming it costs two cents a pound in certain parts.
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Bhortleigh Woung
Venlacn
Newfoundland
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Frazer Theatre
Joan Cort
Florence Roberts
Alice M. Smith
Charlotte, Thompson
Liberty Threater
New York City
Pendleton Drug CO
Burke
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