Millers Claim Railroads Favor Pacific Coast Flours
A Kansan complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleges railroads including Missouri Pacific Santa Fe and others charge 65 cents per 100 pounds to ship flour to Pacific coast terminals while wheat is charged only 6 cents for the same route. The filing argues the 10 cent differential favors Pacific coast mills, harming Kansas flour producers like Howard Mills of Wichita. Commission to set a date for testimony.
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Washington
Kans
Towards Mill Company
Wichita, Kan
Ted
Interstate Commerce Communion
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver & Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Chile Pacific
Ald Kanes
Howard Mills
Sunflower
Howard Mills Company
Wiehita
Kan
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Kansas
Pacific Coast Terminal
Utle
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ealers
Uftijust
Milking Cows Shod For Alaska Trek By Seattle Dispatch
Two milch cows intended for shipment to Alaska were shod today in Seattle with small iron plates wired to their hooves. Huskies fastened the shoes as the animals were driven into a timber stall, legs wired, preparing for a 400 mile journey over snow and rough terrain.
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Seattle
Wat East
Partners Urged to Attend Meeting on March 27 for Mutual Company
Forties using telephones or wishing to join a mutual company are asked to meet at the court fate on Saturday afternoon March 27 at 2 oclock. H. H Meaining Northwestern manager of the Brown Spearsican Co will represent and explain the advantages of joining a metal company. Every farmer selling better telephone service should attend. All Lending Grocers Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
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H. H H. Meaiing
Northwestern
Brown-Spearsican Co
Porthwnd
Seattlewood Law Angeles
Unhealthy kidneys and a famous remedy Swamp Root
An advertisement explains that kidney disease can affect the entire body and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a reliable remedy. It claims many illnesses begin with kidney trouble, urges trying the product, and notes bottles are sold at drugstores in fifty cent and one dollar sizes. A free sample bottle and pamphlet are offered by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
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California Fig Syrup Co
The Agile Tiger’s Silent Approach to a Bullock
An Indian observer recounts a tiger’s patient, silent stalk of a bullock. The big cat moved with leaf-crunching stealth, using a stump as a perch to approach unseen, then pounced when the rope revealed the catch before slipping back into the forest.
Fulgerite and historical notes on lightning fossils
Geologists describe fulgurites formed when lightning strikes sand or rock, creating glassy tubes whose interior diameters vary by bore. The notes cite Armenia’s Little Ararat, Humboldt in Mexico, and the Nevada de Toluca, with illumination on glassy coatings and fossilized tubes found by excavations. The fragment also recounts Sardou’s first success aided by a manuscript’s handwriting and a brief, humorous dialogue about marriage plans between siblings.
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Humboldt
Nevada de Toluca
Mexico
Primary election petitions at the East Oregonian office
In Danger. Gregson laments leaving a pocketbook under a pillow as Pisher jokes about honesty. The scene mentions election petitions at the East Oregonian office, reflecting a mix of banter and civic process.
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Gregson
Scott
Enat Oregonian Office
Mind’s Quickness of Oper and How It Is Measured
A demonstration of reaction time using hand pressure in a ring of volunteers and a moving clock, followed by discrimination tests with lights of increasing color variety. The piece notes that simple reaction is faster than discrimination and choice, with applications for athletes and shooters.
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Pfogum
Disraeli's Maxims in a 19th Century Context
A compact reflection on power and governance quoting advice about friends and behavior. It asserts that rulers should excel or despise others, conceal wisdom, and govern with caprice, while urging talking to women to gain fluency and avoid sensibility.
Philadelphia Campaign Band Improvises Eight Faux Musicians
A Philadelphia campaign event featured a 35 member band with eight missing players replaced by non musicians in band uniforms. The improvised group claimed they played though the corked instruments muffled the sound. A later anecdote notes a man who planned a second marriage left 10000 pounds to his unmarried daughter to keep peace with his future wife.
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Philadelphia
Muetle
The Dominant Note Across a Life Story
A compact meditation on a central life rhythm that shapes youth, adulthood, and old age. The dominant note persists through changing tones, guiding character and experience from gentle periods to noisy phases, continually defining the overall life mood.
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Ali
Aly
Hie Happiest Hour in Echo de Paris Tale
A dialogue recalls a night of engagement followed by a silent meal. The couple reflects on their happiest hour spent together, highlighting a quiet moment of love and commitment.
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Echo de Paris
Pain Through Ignorance Quote by Horatio W. Dresser
A quotation attributed to Horatio W. Dresser emphasizes that misery and pain stem from ignorance and misuse of our powers, proclaiming enlightenment as the sovereign cure for both physical and moral ailments.
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Horatio W. Dresser
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Kanens
Interattate Consumerce Commission
Alaska
Cleveland
Agile Tiger
Ian Patck
R. H. Elliot
India
Sardow
Sardoun
Odeon
Mile
Berengere
Sardon
Hoe
Hope
England
Henry VIII
Eltham
Sia
Ernest
Sis
Disraeli's Maxims
France
Frazer Theatre
The
Frazer Theatre Co
Baker & Folsom
A. C. Ruby & CO
Webb St
Oregon
Colessw
Tillman & Co
Roslyn Coal
U. S
Y. Roslyn Wood & Coal CO
the Fair Department Store
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