Bill Introduced For Disposing Of Oil Gas Asphaltum Lands
Washington D C bills to dispose of oil gas asphaltum and phosphate lands draw prospecting permits with two year possession, rentals rising to one dollar per acre, and royalty up to ten to sixteen percent. Leases last ten to thirty years with renewal and transfer rules, and surface rights allowed to continue mining. Also includes a kidney remedy advertisement at end.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Tinstead
Nelgon
Comunittee
Oregon
Bourne
Leore
Apphalturm
Court finds old maid and clerk in wild game case
In Shoshone Idaho a court convicts an old maid of using foul language after a hunting dispute over a license. A clerk is found guilty of conspiring to form a merger with the party of the second part. Wardens face fines and an arrest for false imprisonment in a tale of out of season pursuit and peculiar legal twists. Koeppen Bros advertises Foley remedies.
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Harry Anderson
Bach
Shoehone
Centenarians Lived by Different Methods
London reports two remarkable centenarians. Richard Smith of Heckington died at Lincoln at 100 years and 6 months after a life with no doctor visits or medicines, praising plain food. Henry John is described as another centenarian with a distinct longevity method.
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London
Richard Smith
Lincoln
Heckington
Henry John
Circus star Timbler Johnson recalls China and Queen Victoria encounter
A 103 year old vaudeville veteran known as Timbler Johnson recounts youth as a China acrobat, later performing in England before King William and Queen Victoria. He describes a simple diet and warns against opiate cough medicines, endorsing Foley's Honey and Tar.
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Johnson
Timbler Johnson
China
England
King Willwm TV
Queen Victoria
Smith
Invention Turns Mines Harmless After Mooring Breaks
A new method by Professor Turpin for floating mines and torpedoes to become nonfunctional after two hours immersion is described. The system could prevent merchant ships from disaster in wartime and reduce explosive damage when mines break free from moorings.
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Lee
Paria
Turpin
Tuvy
Fiy
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Coughs and Pneumonia Risk
A note on Foley's Honey and Tar praising its cough relief and lung strengthening effects to prevent serious illness. The product is described as without harmful drugs and sold in a yellow package, with Koeppen Bros and China Watches America making prominent headlines in Chinese papers. References Taft and Roosevelt in Chinese transliteration add local interest.
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Foley
Koeppey Bros
Koeppen Bros
China
America
Taft
Roosevelt
Rev I W Williams Testifies About Foley Kidney Remedy
Huntington West Virginia Reverend I W Williams writes to confirm using Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and states it does all that is claimed. The Koep pen Bros advertisement presents the testimonial.
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I. W. Williams
W.williams
Huntington
W. Va
Foley
Koeppen Bros
White House bids and 1912 hopes drift over governors
Taft hosts governors at the executive mansion as Charles Evans Hughes of New York and Judson Harmon of Ohio pour cold water on definite presidential plans. Harmon quips about residence with his wife. Hughes hints at GOP possibilities while Harmon remarks the White House is “for rent every four years.”
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Washington
White House
Taft
Conference of Governors
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Harmon
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
William Jennings Iroan
Hie Beer
Chicago
Hughes
New Yor
Atoyrone
Flarmon
Stee Harmon
Covernors
Alfalfa Mill Resumes After Cold Weather Suspension
Newsy notes from Echo Oregon report the Alfalfa Man mill back in operation after a suspension caused by cold weather. The plant has hundreds of tons of hay on hand and production expected to run for weeks. Portland buyer Waier min shipped two carloads of fine beef steers to The Onien and WF Boyd supplies Bayne for Hill Spring trade. Residents include Mr. Elder and Mr. Kennedy returning from Pendleton and Portland respectively, contracts resumed on the new school house, and local residents visiting Stanfield. The government ditch to the reservoir runs at full head, and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Thomas returned to Port Taurnet after visiting.
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Bebo
Ore
Waiermin
Portland
Alfaifa
WF Boyd
Bayne
Hill Spring
Boyd
BB Elder
Pendleton
Elder
Arnold Jury
W. B. Hale
J. Kennedy
Vialt
Mesdames
F. EB. Everett
L. School, Jr
Stanfield
Government Ditch
Roland Thomas
Thom
Port
Taurnet
California Fig Syrup Co Advertises Genuine Remedy
The text touts Peasant Refreshing Beneficial Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as healthy and gentle, combining fig syrup from California with laxative plants. It claims no objectionable qualities, urges purchase of genuine product from reputable druggists for fifty cents a bottle, and notes the company name is plainly printed on the package front.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
Paris Society Girl Sneaks to Kitchen Job for Fame
Parie Miss Hertha Case a young American society girl disguises as a chef to explore cookery mysteries in a Paris restaurant. Friends in the Latin Quarter expect her to work in full chef attire while awaiting special dishes. meanwhile a playful tour and fashion intrigue unfold during the coming weeks.
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Hertha
Paris
Morniiz
Mise Ie
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Elevates Trust and Merit
The passage argues against a medicine called Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it has sustained popularity for thirty years through real cures of female illnesses in thousands of American families and asserting the cure merit as the sole driver of trust.
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Lydia
Pinkharm
Lebaudy Plans Paris Staged Play With Wealthy Flair
Emperor of the Sahara M Lebaudy has written The Heart of the Sahara Desert and intends to act in it himself. He reportedly will take a Paris theater and stage the play with lavish scenery and costumes.
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Lebaudy
Purin
M. Jacques Lebaudy
Emperor of
The
Sahara
Sahara Desert
M. Lebaudy
Paris
If you want to be a society man be the presiding officer
A terse social note urges men to lead their home circle, attend every meeting, and uphold regular participation as a mark of social standing. The piece emphasizes consistent attendance and leadership as keys to respectability in local circles.
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