Mars Message Quest by Amherst Professor and Balloonist
Professor David Todd of Amherst College proposes a Mars contact project with Leo Stevens. They will ascend ten miles in a giant balloon using oxygen tanks and airtight cylinders to intercept potential messages from Mars and solve mysteries of consciousness and evolution.
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Boston
Mars
David Todd
Amherst College
Mara
Amherst
Leo Stevens
Professor Todd
South America
Night Banquet Eases Tension in Chinatown War Fears
New York police report that a all night Hip Sing tong banquet ended without a Chinatown war. Forty courses and a theater trip unfolded under heavy security as Ong Leong tong factions watched nearby. Police note a population drop to about 1000 orientals after Elsie Sigel murder fears.
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New York
Hip Sing Tong
Chinatown
Boston
Ong Leonw Tong
Modern Stockyards Opening in Portland Next Month
Portland will open the only modern stock yards on the Pacific coast early in the coming month. The peninsula yards are practically ready for operation and will boost regional meat and livestock trade.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
Peninsula
Stockyards rail link delays push livestock by road
The Portland Railway Light and Power project stalls a city line to the stockyards, forcing the yard to run by automobile or team to reach the nearest car track. Opening capacity targets 76 cars daily with large cattle, sheep, and hog movements, with expansion possible. operation hoped by August 1 under President W H Daughtrey.
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W. H. Daughtrey
Wants Housewives Put On A Salary
Berkeley lecture argues for paying housewives for domestic work to value home labor. Mrs Ellen H Richards of MIT says lack of economic value drives women into paid jobs. She spoke at UC summer school, noting women stay home due to unrecognized effort and reward.
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Berkeley
Cal
Ellen H. Richards
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California Summer School
Begin at the Beginning and the World Wants a Job
A compact quote style item notes a career path mindset with playful wordplay. It references graduate status and an implied mentorship or teaching moment about learning, career steps, and alphabetic progress in a retro tone. The piece reads as a brief editorial quip or caption from a newspaper page.
Ten Acre Tracts Advertise by Garden Truck Yield
East of Baker City ten acre tracts are marketing their produce, advertising through their own yard garden trucks as reported by the Democrat.
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Baker City
Democrat
Hill May Invade Central Oregon With Stevens Secret Tour
John F Stevens travels Oregon under an assumed name to survey Deschutes canyon routes for Hill Harriman interests. He toured Bend Prineville Rosland Madras and other towns, meeting officials and irrigation promoters as Harriman agents shadowed him. Final action on land rights could come by mid August.
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Washington
General Land Office
Deschutes Canyon
Harriman Railroad
Land Office
James J. Hill
Oregon
John F. Stevens
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Hill
Pacific Coast
Stevens
Panama Canal
Tathimlan
New Haven
Cornelius Hotel
James F. Sampson
Milwaukee
Shannon
Hill Engineering Service
Portland
Samuel Hill
J. J. Hill
Shaniko
Madras
O'Neil
Bend
Prineville
Rosland
Odell
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Sampson
Portand
Harriman
Deschutes River
Halldom
Little Wizard of
Wall Street
New England
Porthind
Tillamook
Corvallis
John FF. Stevens
Spokane to Host Large Marathon With International Stars
Spokane plans its first major outdoor marathon during the irrigation congress next month. Expected participants include Tom Longboat Johnny Hayes and Swenberg of Sweden, facing top eastern runners like John Marsh and Will Chandler. Prize money reaches two thousand dollars with entry fees to be set by entrants. Promoters J D Williams and B G Sherman secured Interstate Fair grounds for the event, timed around Seattle's national marathon, drawing visitors from inland towns via special excursions.
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Spokane
Az Tom Longboat
Johnny Hayes
Svanberg
Sweden
Fiere
John Marsh
Tacoma
Winnipeg
J. D. Williams
B. G. Sherman
Chicago
Williams
Messrs
Sherman
Seattle
US 16 Inch Gun Shipped to Philippines for Corregidor
The United States plans to ship its 16 inch gun to the Philippines for Corregidor island fortifications. This weapon is described as the most powerful in existence and will bolster defenses in the Pacific theater.
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United States Army
Philippines
Corregidor Island
Patch leads Klamath reclamation project progress
Mr Patch the new engineer on the Klamath reclamation project shows progress in harmonizing differences with the Water Users' association. Hopson the supervising engineer will arrive next Monday to push adjustments. Clear Lake dam work advances with new machinery, dredge baskets and dirt hauling cars. About 120 men are at work, with plans to increase crews soon.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Patch
Klamath
Water Users’ Association
Hopson
Clear Lake
Macchinery
No More Bolles in Laporte Excavations
July 16 Laporte Indiana report on recent excavations at the Gianmese fern seeking victims of the arch-murdress Mink Bolle Chinnesis. No further bodies found. now believed the ten victims discovered last year complete the list of Mrs Gunnces's alleged crimes. Interest remains high as locals revisit the case.
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Laporte
Ind
Mink Bolle Chinnesis
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Quick Gentle Cleanse
The advertisement praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe alternative to harsh night pills like calomel croton oil or aloes. It claims they cleanse the system and cure colds headache constipation and malaria. Sold for 25c at Tallman Co and Pendleton Drug Co.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Pendleton Drug Co
Rogue River fish ladder defective claim debated
Reader asks if any fish ladder ever functioned without defects, revisiting reports on the Rogue River installation and its performance.
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Rogue River
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