Pen Picture Of Beautiful Honolulu
A historical sketch from the New York Commercial outlines Honolulu as a unique city with no mayor or formal city government. The territory relies on county officials and a separate district for police and courts, while its cosmopolitan population includes a large Japanese element and multiple languages. The piece notes Honolulu as a western city with a tropical setting and gateway role between the Occident and Orient.
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Honolulu
Amet Poworstone
Pacificoon
Oahu
Ceres
Honoratin
Eternil
Seis
Island
Telanda
Sheep Law Clash Drives Washington Sheepmen to Court
Washington sheepmen meeting at Wenaha reserve office plan legal action to block Oregon state grazing and tax law targeting out of state sheep. Leaders Bryson and Menkas aim to challenge provisions taxing non residents and to contest federal inspection power shifted to a national framework. Local reports note a history of cross state grazing disputes and court battles over Wenaha forest grazing rights.
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Washington
Oregon
Walla Walla Bulletin
Lawal
Wenoha Reserve
H. C. Bryson
Wenaha Revaerve
Wayn
Bryon
Fon
Wennhna
Idaho
Sidney Menkua
Walla Walla
Bryson
Congress
Potlatch Lumber launches 24 million feet log drive
The Potlatch Lumber company begins a mammoth log drive of 24 000 000 feet down the Palouse river from northern Idaho woods. Logs are scattered along a 40 mile stretch of river as the drive progresses.
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Potlatch Lumber Company
Palousé
Idaho
Conscientious Rogues Among Gray Sinners in Atlantic
A Thurberesque critique argues that society’s harshest harm comes from seemingly virtuous figures. It contends that leaders and professionals such as legislators, lawyers, editors, and presidents often hide corrupt deeds beneath genuine traits. The piece notes the danger of “gray” souls who profit from virtue.
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Boughten
B. A. Thoss
Atlantic
Water filters and seasickness explained by a chemist
A chemist ridicules dependence on filters for pure water noting filters only remove floating substances and do not eliminate dissolved contaminants. He argues boiled water is safer and cites a St Louis Globe Democrat quotation on boiling as a better purifying method than enormous filtration plants. The piece also discusses seasickness as a balance issue linked to the inner ear and brain signaling.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Artificial Halos or San Dogs Experiment
An alum solution is spread on glass and crystals form into small octahedrons. When held between observer and a light, three distinct halos appear at different distances from the sun or candle, illustrating halo formation.
Olive oil ad from Rio de Janeiro with garbled claims
A Rio de Janeiro firm released an olive oil advertisement boasting quality and preservation claims but with numerous misspellings and garbled phrases. It emphasizes counterfeit avoidance and states all corks and boxes are marked, though the text is largely unclear.
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Rio de Janeiro
Hauled by the Dean at Oxford Life Punchline
A brief tale from Oxford life titled Hauled by the Dean recounts the moment the dean rebukes a student for aiding in the ducking of a fellow. When asked what part he played the student answers meekly that he took the left leg.
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Oxford
Mr. Brown
Facetious Convict Exchange Sparks Prison Humor
A long faced prison visitor remarks confinement must distress the convict. The witty reply notes the prison bars grate and life in a failure, calling the cell nothing but a place. The exchange highlights light banter within a restrained setting.
No Chance to Grow
Mrs Newwed complains eggs are small. Grocer blames heat and the couple considers changing their behavior. The exchange ends with a light remark and the line All the news all the time in the East Oregonian.
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Mrs. Newwedl
Mrs. Newwed
East Oregonian
Manchester Martyrs memorial to be unveiled in Tipperary
Atchison Kansas man Dr Edmond O Meagher Condon will unveil the Manchester Martyr memorial in Tipperary amid a large Irish gathering. Condon, once condemned with Larkin and Gould, received a reprieve and later spoke from the dock declaring God save Ireland. The event is billed as a historic demonstration in recent Irish memory.
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Dublin
Condon
Allen
Larkin
Gould
Dr. Condon
Manchester
Road of a Thousand Wonders Western Views Highlighted
An illustrated monthly magazine from the West offers short stories and vivid personal pieces on Western life plus romance and history. It advertises a $1.50 yearly subscription through local news dealers and includes 120 four color Western views in the forthcoming issue.
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the Taylor Hardware Co
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Honolu
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Henry M. Flagler
Florida
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Havana
Hte
James J. Cole
Kennewick
Mr. Cole
Kennewick Land Company
Kennewick Courier
U. B
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G. M. Rice Caadier
W. FP. Mattock View President
Geo. Hartman, Jr
Pendleton, Oregon
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Atchison, Kansas
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George
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George Primrose
Merry Company OF the Worlds
New York Sun
New York
New York World
St. Louis Post
Denver Post
Hotel
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St. George
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Alfal Farm Dairy
Orville Coffman
Columbia Bar
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