Newell Urges Irrigated and Dry Tracts Complementarity
Director Newell of the United States reclamation service spoke at the Dry Farming Congress advocating a balance of irrigated and dry farming lands. He described a model where a small irrigated block adjoins a larger dry area to enable diverse crops, home greens, and cattle grazing, emphasizing cycle of opportunity and potential legislation to allocate land around reclamation projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
United States Reclamation Service
Dry Farming Congress
Waiter Users’ Association
England's Twelfth Dreadnaught Indefationable Launched
England's twelfth Dreadnaught battle ship cruiser Indefationable was launched at the government dockyard with a christening by Larry Loreburn wife of the lord chancellor. The ceremony followed the usual form.
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England
Devonport
Eng
Government Dock Yard
Larry Loreburn
Ivory Soap Purity Ad Promotes Morning Baths
An advertisement extols Ivory Soap 99 44 60 percent pure. It advises cold baths any time with best timing before breakfast and hot baths only at night. The copy claims lathering and rubbing cleanse the skin and the pores, emphasizing thorough cleansing.
City awards fire hose contract to Goodyear firm
The Goodyear Rubber Company won Pendleton city council approval for 1000 feet of fire hose two cutoff nozzles and a gate valve at 1 per foot plus nozzle costs. Bids ranged 70 cents to 1.10 per foot, quality driving the decision. The council also ordered street repairs on Main and Court streets at 2.50 per yard using Baker City materials and approved minor claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Rubber Company
Pendleton
Goodyear Company
John Halley
Corvicon Ren- Hero Ae
E H. Gordon
J. H. Durham
St. George
George Carveau
Dunham
Court Street
Warren Construction Company
Baker City
King of Threat and Lung Remedies Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as supreme for lung issues and colds. It asserts cures for coughs bronchial inflammation and hemorrhages and claims a free bottle with guarantee from Tallman Co. Dr Geo More of Black Jack Arizona endorses it as curing his hopeless lung trouble.
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Dr. King
Geo. More
Black Jack
Tallman & Co
Incendiary Fire Kills Two in East Fifteenth Tenement
A fire in two three story tenements on East Fifteenth Avenue in New York killed eight teenaged boy Hernan Tiedt aged 14 and his 87 year old wife Emma. Investigators say arsonists poured oil in the basement and lower floors. The loss amounts to $60,000.
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New York
East Fifteenth
Hernan Tiedt
Emma
Patrick McCarren Estate Reported Under Fifty Thousand
New York Oct 28 reports that Patrick H H MecCarren known as the Boss of Brooklyn may leave an estate not exceeding 50000 dollars. The figure astonishes as he was once termed a millionaire and linked to deals yielding large profits.
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New York
Patrick HH. MecCarren
Brooklyn
MacCarren
Suffragette Attack at Bermondsey Election Booth
London October 28 suffragette Mrs Chapin attempted to destroy ballots at Bermondsey election booth smashing boxes and scattering contents four election officers were badly burned and taken to hospital Mrs Chapin was arrested.
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London
Chapin
Bermondsey
Chapin Wags
Lovett elected president of Southern Pacific
New York Oct 28 Robert Lovett today was elected president and William Mahl vice president of the Southern Pacific Lovett was already president of the Union Pacific both men hold high railroad leadership roles announced in New York today
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New Orleans
Kemper County
Mies
Nome Miner Remembers Cook's Climb Near Mount McKinley
Loe Angelee-O. B. King, a Nome prospector now in Los Angeles, recalls meeting Dr. Frederick A. Cook near Mount McKinley. He says Cook claimed to have reached the top, exhibited instruments, and discussed the ascent. King stands by the tale despite later denials and notes his diary entries in Seattle.
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Loe Angelee
O. B. King
Los Angeles
Mount McKinley
Frederick A. Cook
Susintia
Mr. King
Cook
Seattle
JOC JEFE DISCOVERS FUTURE CHAMPION
New York trainer James J. Jeffries identifies Warren Harbour son of Colony Harbour a Philadelphia thread manufacturer as a future heavyweight champion candidate. Harbour, six feet three and 210 pounds, boxed and wrestled with Jeffries during a gym session, impressing observers enough to prompt prospects of a world title challenge.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
Anthony Drexel Biddie
Philadelphia
Phiadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Warrenarbour
Colony Harbour
Harbour
Rie
Gyimnasium
Jeffries
Pusilist
Barbour
Deffyley
Doctors quarrel over proprietary medicines in newspapers
The passage notes many doctors prescribe proprietary medicines under Latin names and charge several times the medicine cost, while some denounce self same remedies advertised by the public. It highlights honest doctors who openly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Lydia EB. Plukham
Rich Man Began Farming on 75c 18 Now
Wenatchee report on J. G. Peters who started a 95 acre fruit ranch six years ago with 76 cents, an axe and a hoe. His family cleared sage brush, planted trees, and raised vegetables. Now 2500 apple trees bear steadily and the crop this year is expected to yield many thousands of dollars with rapid growth ahead.
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Coho
Ore
FE. C. Fish
Peter Toft
Fish & Toft
S. I. Lisle
Echo
Toft
Buhl
Idaho
Fish
J. T. Brundage
Elgin
Mr. Brundage
M. C. Norman
M. Taylor
Quinton
Maude Holmes
Amanda Holeme
L. B. Welle
Pendleton
J. W. Meswener
Western Land and Irmension
Chicago
Natha Lee
Afr Laela
Wenatchee
J. G. Peters
Aog
Peters
Inspectors Probe Packing Plants in St Louis
Thief Inspector Steadman of the Bureau of Animal Industry and four assistants arrived in East St Louis to investigate several packing plants after thousands of pounds of diseased meat were shipped to neighboring cities.
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St. Louis
Steadman
The
Bverau of Animal Industry
East St. Louis
Citer
Cuyler Elected to Santa Fe Board Succeeding Rogers
Topeka October 28 stockholders of the Santa Fe elected Thomas Dewit Cuyler to the directorate to succeed the late Henry H. Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuyler
WH. H. Rogers
Topeka
The
Santa Fee Today
Thomas Dewit Cuyler
Henry H. Rogers
Piles promised cure in days with guaranteed relief
An advertisement claims a remedy will cure any pile itching within six to fourteen days or a full money back guarantee. It warns that wind, moeeding or procliud may be involved and promises relief quickly with a doctor’s endorsement.
Barbarous Punishments allegedly practiced by Moroccan sultan
London reports recount Bu Hamara the Moroccan pretender executed by Sultan Mulai Hafid in a ritual of brutal torture. Captives were forced to reveal deeds, then the prince was thrown to lions while guards and the sultan’s entourage carried out mutilations and gruesome acts.
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London
Gannon
Bu Hamara
Morocco
Sultan Mulal Hafid
Bu Hamera
Thore
Arden
Hyomel touted as cure for catarrh in Pendleton ad
An advertisement promotes Hyomel as a simple remedy for catarrh and related illnesses. It invites Pendleton readers to Tallman & Co to obtain a two outfit for one dollar with a money back guarantee. The copy emphasizes inhalation through a bottle and mentions free literature from Booth's Hyomel Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Times
Pendleton
Tallman & Co
Tft
Booth
Hyomel Co
Buffalo
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Rhia Bank
Ods. Ite
Director OF Reclamation Service
Fc. Fish
O. L. Cates
Korean Patriotic League
Tro
Honolulu
Ibo
CITY
Patrick M'Carren
Alaska
Joc Jefe
Ae Doctors Milli
Euhiet A 'S
al Foertia
Calor Denna
Welay
Etorpiyridtan Cicdrie
Drageistedell
Villa To Kondon Mig. Company
Minneapolis
Mian
ihaLsey
Sultan
Oregon Theatre
Augustus Pitou
Chauncey Olcott the
Sweet Singer
Aida Johnson
Young
Rita Olcott
Ireland
Pendleton Drug Co
Main
Orpheum Theatre
Rock Springs Coal
B. L. Burroughs
Penland
Main Street
OLEYS
Kofppen & Brothers
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