Manitoba Crop Prospects Boosted by Rains and New Acreage
Manitoba and the Northwest likely seed 5,800,000 acres for all grains this year, up from 4,400,000 last year, with wheat area rising by about 1,000,000 acres. Favorable weather and copious rains support strong yields, while farmers face risks from debt and overextension as western prosperity meets cautious budgeting. The piece also notes U S interest in Canadian crops and a shift in wheat markets, plus reflections on boom-era risks and the need for prudent financial habits.
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Manitoba
Northwest Provinces
Went
Boston Transcript
United States
Hue
Work in Alaska promises 600 jobs for mining project
J H Conrad, the moving spirit, and G A Singer arrived from the north to advance a winded Arm Alaska venture. Within ten months a gold and silver quartz property development twelve miles from the White Pass Yukon railroad will employ at least six hundred men. A four mile tram to the river will move ore to a railroad branch to be built by White Pass.
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J. H Conrad
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Trenton Iron Works
Trenton
N. J
New
Windy Arm
White Pass
Yukon
Alaska
J. H. Conrad
Seattle
Mr. Conrad
G. A.singer
Copany
Taft's Mission Guided by Philippine Crisis
The San Francisco Examiner says Taft must go to the Philippines to resolve two crises from Governor General Luke Wright. Wright’s rigid policy provokes native resistance to internal and land taxes while Taft seeks to win acceptance through diplomacy, contrasting approaches and pressures from the Friar Lands issue.
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Philippine Islands
Luke Wright
San Francisco Examiner
Taft
Philippines
Orient
John Hay
Wright
Root to Manage Canal Affairs Transfer Considered
Washington dispatch reports that the Panama canal administration may move from the State Department after Secretary Taft accepts the secretaryship. Secretary Root would welcome relief from canal duties and a plan favors placing both Taft and Magoon under the secretary of state. Root has long shown deep interest in canal work.
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Panama Canal
Warly
State Department
Washington
Root
Tats
Judge Magoon
United States
Parama
North Park steers bring record grass-fed sale at Denver yards
Over 2000 head of North Park steers valued at $150,000 were sold at the Denver stockyards to W. T. Gore of Liberty. The cattle, finished on erase hay with no grain, weigh about 1400 pounds each and will be delivered in Denver starting next week through September. Gore may offer them for sale locally, with prices ranging from four fifty to five forty per hundred pounds, a top grass cattle price in years.
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Denver
North Park
W. T. Gore
Liberty
Lewis and Clark diary entry July 11 1805
Journal notes from Captain Clark describe morning canoe movements and unloading tasks, with wind hindering closer boating. Hunters provide game including three fat deer, buffalo, two deer and an antelope, plus two buffalo killed earlier, while Lewie’s party hunts with limited success and one man suffers a hand ailment. Large gray eagles observed, possibly a distinct species, and two men endure painful afflictions.
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Lewis and Clark
Captain Clark
Clark
Lewie
United States
Axa
Careful of the Fire in Southern Hotels
In smaller hotels across southern Italy and Spain, guests suffer cold conditions as landlords guard coal bins to limit fuel. An American tourist anecdote from Mr. Hart describes stoves guarded by staff, with guests shivering and servants policing fuel. A lively scene in a Granada hotel shows an elderly spinster drying her hair near the stove in the men’s smoking room.
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Spai
Italy
Spain
Mr. Hart
Dreadful Poisons and a Sicilian Port Tale
A chemist warns of deadly poisons like mercury methide and mercaptan, noting their incurable effects and secret manufacture. He cites a British officer’s tale of dhatoora causing lifelong idiocy and discusses the danger of such weapons in unscrupulous hands. The piece shifts to a traveler’s vivid Pa lermo port scene with rainbow sails, mule carts, and noisy customs officials amid chaotic but humorous turnover.
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Fames
India
Chicago Chronicle
Palermo
Custom House
Value of Decayed Forests Concept Recast as Woodlands
An essay outlines how decayed vegetation fuels soil fertility and how natural forests store centuries of growth. It argues humans should favor valuable tree species, exclude others, and redefine forest value from primeval woods to cultivated woodlands.
The Palindrome Returns in a Snippet of Verse
A fragment discusses palindromes in Latin and English, noting famous lines like Madam I’m Adam and a cryptic Latin phrase about Rome and love. It reflects on wordplay and linguistic play across languages.
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Eve
Adam
Rome
Terms for Cash in Advance in Spectral Visitor Tale
A curious exchange unfolds as a London stranger named Vie count Hardcastle asks for terms, and a Des Moines hotel clerk replies with cash in advance. The dialogue hints at money, creed, and hidden motives within a terse street scene.
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Viecount
Deadly Slocum disaster chills New York excursion trade
Steamboat men say it will be three to four years before the public forgets the Slocum fate as regular excursions falter. Government vessel inspections forced retirement of at least 10 hulls. Grand Republic sold for 5000, to be rebuilt and rechristened elsewhere. No one punished for Alsamer negligence a year after the tragedy.
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New York
East River
Grand Republic
Slocum
Cattle Rustling Report From Prineville Area
Will Casey, a mid fork John Day stockman, is in the city with a herd he plans to sell locally. He notes Oregon forage is unusually good this year and cattle look well. Rustling near Prineville has involved bands of up to 75 head. thieves have fled when pursued, letting some stolen cattle drift back toward their ranges.
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Will Casey
Middle Fork
John Day River
Mr. Casey
Oregon
Prineville
Noted Brigand Killed in Northern Italy
Francesco Demichelis known as the Varsalona of Northern Italy was killed after a pursuit by carbinieri at a Wayside Inn ball. He fired at Severini wounding him. Severini returned fire killing Demichelis. The Duke of Aosta sent congratulations to the wounded carabinier.
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Rome
Francesco Demichelli
Varsalona
Italy
Demichelis
Severini
Duke of
Aosta
Corbinier
Bent Her Double and Recovered by Electric Bitters
Mia Hunter of Pittsburg Pennsylvania describes four weeks of typhoid and kidney trouble leaving her bent double. After failing with doctors she credits Electric Bitters with restoring health and strength so she can walk upright again.
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Mia
Annie Hunter
Pittsburg
Thuman & Co
Pendleton Ukiah Stage Line Schedule Fragment
Schedule shows Pendleton to Ukiah stage trip times with arrivals and departures. It references Penadleton and Ukiah with partial times and locations like Rock and Brock A. MrT, and mentions mid route points and vague stage details amid garbled OCR text.
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Pendleton-Ukiah
Chiah
Lave Peedleton
Ukiah
Penadleton
Ukee
Alba
Brock
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