Government aid in reclamation drive gains support
Commissioner Judson A. Ferguson of the Montauk bureau promotes a federal loan plan to finance arid land reclamation in the West. He argues current funds are insufficient to start needed projects and proposes a $75 to $100 million low interest loan repaid through irrigation ventures, with immediate construction and settlement benefiting Montana and other states.
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Perguson
Montana
Mas
Luis
Judson A. Ferguson
Montauk Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
West
Congress
Ferguson
United States
Rose to the Occasion in Financier Cipher Tale
In a Chicago to New York wire scheme during early industrial consolidations a Wall Street financier’s clerk used a two company split and alternating-word trick to obfuscate a final authority message. The clerk sent half the message by Postal and half by Western Union then combined them for reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patem
Wall Street
Brooklyn
An Odd Whist Hand and Historic Whipping Days
An old column analyzes a superior looking whist hand that fails to win tricks when exposed as a yarborough and notes an ironic fate for overconfident players. It then recalls Canterbury school England and the historic practice of annual whipping days praised by famous educators and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury School
England
Green
Canterbury
Dean Colet
Keate
Errasmus
Charles Lamb
Christ's Hospital
Wool Dress Goods Sale Ad Reprint
Local ad promotes wool dress goods and silks with bold phrases and multiple unit prices. Dense, fragmented text emphasizes sale items, yard quantities, and varying price points for wool fabrics and silks. It reflects early retail advertising language and emphasis on value.
Startling Reductions in New Millinery Parlor Hats
Advertises drastic price cuts on children's sailor hats from 50c to $1.25 and trimmed hats from $1 to $15, with many items reduced to 81.45 to 4.23 each. Ladies street and trimmed hats priced from $1.50 to $15, with reductions noted. Mentions complete stock of new hat trimmings and wide house reductions.
Equal Suffrage Meeting To Be Held At M E Church
National organizer Miss Mary N. Chase of New Hampshire, president of the state equal suffrage association, will speak at the M E Church next Monday evening June 6 in eastern Oregon. Judge A Lowell will preside. Chase has organized 42 equal suffrage clubs in four months. A statewide education campaign accompanies the drive for the 1906 referendum submission.
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Oregon
M. B. Church
Judge & A. Lowell
Mary N. Chane
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Association
Mise Chase
Milton
Japanese rejoice over naval victory reported by Moorhouse
The Pendleton crowd reacts with pride to Admiral Toro's win as locals learn Russia lost 17 ships and two were captured. The post office janitor hears Major Lee Moorhouse’s claim, sparking quick calculations and a quip about future sieges by Toro.
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Pendleton
Toro
Lee Moorhouse
Toxo
Harrison-Dickey Nuptials At North Pendleton Home
Archie R Harrison and Kath Joan Dickey of Milton wed at 3 45 p m May 29 at the North Pendleton home of David Rogers with Rev Robert Warner officiating. Bride is daughter of F Dickey, long known farmer from Echo. Couple to reside in Milton. Also notes that New York City receives 1 400 000 quarts of milk daily.
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Archie R. Harrison
Kath- Joan Dickey
Milton
Robert Warner
David Rogers
North
Pendleton
F. Dickey
Echo
Gifted Amateur Card Trick and Quips
A comic excerpt recounts a magician’s finale with a card trick turning into a rabbit then back to the hand. It adds quips from Giles and Punch, plus a Trinity College preacher’s Esther anecdote and a joke on marriage likened to laundry. The piece ends with wry lines about ambition and laziness in Philadelphia Ledger and New York Press.
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Giles
Luther
Trinity College
Hartford, Conn
Esther
Haman
Mordecai
Anxious Moments and Blister Quips Cited in Talk
A Town and Country dialogue plays on nerves at a proposal as Blister notes the bride’s nerves before the moment. A Rev Pearson quote condemns idleness as the original sin. A recent London tally reports over 20,000 insane residents.
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London
Ladies Hosiery Reduced All Along the Line
A shop advertises ladies hosiery at reduced prices with every pair selling for 19 cents each. The deal promotes wide selection and discounted stock across the line.
Special Shoe Prices Highlighted In Store Notice
From a grocery of mixed shoes, the ad lists women's shoes at $2.00 and $1.75 for Viel Kid styles with light or heavy soles, 12 to 5. Children’s and girls’ sizes are shown in mid single and double digits. The note emphasizes these are a few specials and that other shoes carry a ten percent discount.
Ladies Ready to Wear Garments Price Slashed For Clearout
A frenzied sale lists numerous ladies garments with deep discounts including Silk Shirtwaist Suits at $18 and $25, Brilliantine Suits from $5.25 to $12.50, and various Shirtwaists and Skirts priced mostly under $7.50. The catalog emphasizes reduced prices across silk, silk shirtwaists, colored shirts, and white waists with many items offered at widely lowered rates.
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Beesneeeene
Tod Cote
Table Linens and Napkins Sale Prices Displayed
Fragmented listing shows Table Linens and Napkins with assorted unit and dozen prices. Entries include reductions to $1.00, $1.26, $1.20, $1.45, $1.65, $2.00, $2.25, and $3.60 per dozen or per item, with scattered symbols and unreadable fragments.
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Wisner
Thut
Eadway
Baltimore Sun
Fendleton
Woman's Suffrage Association
M. E. Church
Dickey- Harrison
New York City
Finnco
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Press
Rev. &. Pearson
Ide Howe
Padre
Howe
Laidlen
Amboo
Seoul
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