Oetlters Can Secure 120 Acres Under Enlarged Homestead Act
Washington reports the Enlarged Homestead Act allows entry for 220 acres in seven states and two territories, with strict residency and cultivation rules. Entries span Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, and parts of Arizona and New Mexico territories, outlining acreage, costs, and proof requirements for final title.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Ferco
Cnaos
Palouse Harvest Nears End in Widespread Wheat Yield
Epokane Wash 58. Freeze reports 62 bushels per acre from 231 acres of red Russian wheat with 847 sacks totaling over 116 pounds each. Harvest near completion as threshing outfits move to winter quarters. Wheat and oats poured into grain houses along rail lines. average yields around 48 bushels with many fields 60 to 65 and some 100 bushels of oats. Farmers hold for higher prices and prepare for 1910 harvest by seeding summer fallow.
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Epokane, Wasth
Freeze
Pullman
Breeze
Palouse
O. RB
Spokane
Pacl
Spitting Nuisance and Hyomel Catarrh Cure Ad
A civic notice-style item contrasts cleaning sidewalks of spitting with a Hyomel catarrh cure offered by Tallman & Co. The ad touts Hyomel as a vaporized antiseptic priced at $1 with money-back guarantee and cites customer testimonial from Newark Ohio. Separately, A B E Stovall resumes harvest work near Pullman, reporting 280 acres of parley and 60 acres of wheat with yields 45 to 60 bushels per acre and project completion in two days.
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Tallman & Co
Wm. W. Goode
Newark
Ohio
A. BE. Stovall
Pullman
Gould Children Have No Permanent Home
New York report on heiresses Helen Margaret Gould and Dorothy Gould, aged six and five, divided between mother Mrs. Frank J. Gould and father Frank J. Gould by a divorce decree. The arrangement splits care six months each year plus Christmas with the mother, then the father for the remainder, with restrictions on the father's remarriage within New York state.
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New York
Helen Margaret Gould
Dorothy Gould
Gould
Frank J. Gould
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Solomon
Helen Margaret
Little Dorothy
Frank Gould
Brief Plan to Move Second Wife to New York
A historical note describes arranging travel for a second wife to New York. The plan involves coordinating travel arrangements and residence in the city, reflecting marital or dynastic considerations of the period.
Deciples of Terpsichore Propose New Dances in Paris
Paris reports a reunion of dancing masters planning a new international conservatory under the Chorographic Academy of France. It will educate and supervise pupils from all nations, with May, June and July noted as months with high personal crisis reports and evenings with new dances like the Midnight Dance and Whistling Dance gaining attention.
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Paris
International
Chorolgraphie Acapemy
France
M. Fernandez
Academy
Boston
Suicide Bre Buzzes in Spring Time
Berlin reports surge in personal crisis calls as spring months bring heightened stress indicators. Officials note increased mental health inquiries and outreach efforts amid seasonal mood shifts and public awareness campaigns.
Man Fails In Peculiar Race With Beasts At Washtucna
In Washtucna at Sam Glen’s ranch Ed Waldo entered a contest to prove man versus two horses. He failed to win a $10 bet, suffered a dislocated knee and a broken leg after bracing himself against a post while seated.
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Sam Glen
Ed Waldo
Man crushed by horse rope bet at post injures rider
Waldo, 34, risked being pulled over a post by horses tethered at 156 feet. The stunt failed, crushing him against the post and causing painful injuries. He and Earl Glenn staged the wager. Waldo is en route to Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane for treatment.
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Waldo
Earl Glenn
Spokane
Sacred Heart Hospital
After Years Finds Husband Negro in Court Suit
Elizabeth Davis of San Francisco sues her husband for fraud, alleging he concealed being Negro at the time of marriage. She says they lived 14 years as husband and wife, with four children, the eldest 12, and cites that he claimed to be white. Davis heads Davis Ex- Presa company and is in comfortable circumstances.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth DaVis
Negro Bland
Davis
Davis Ex- Presa
Arkansas bans padded MIT boxing after governor order
Following a personal complaint from Governor Donaghey's wife, Arkansas will suspend all so called boxing matches. Sheriffs in counties are ordered to enforce the ban.
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Mit
Little Rock
Ark
Donaghey
Ark Kansas
Helena and Donaghey clash over prize fighting law
Mrs Donaghey, a baseball and outdoor sports enthusiast, urged her husband to act as revival of pugilism in Helena concerns her. Governor Donaghey told Helena authorities the law is clear that all boxing matches are prize fights and forbidden by law.
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Donaghey
Helena
Milestones in Harriman's Storied Career
Born February 25 1848 in Hempstead New York Harriman rose from broker’s clerk on Wall Street to stock exchange seat owner at 22. He became Illinois Central director at 35 and vice president at 39, bought Union Pacific at 50 and Kansas Pacific along with other lines at 53 forming the Harriman roads. He clashed with Jim Hill at 53, spurring a market panic in 1901 while promoting pro railroad legislation and later, at 61, observing women exert control at New York Central.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Harriman Roads
Jim" Hill
New York Central
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Alexander
Florsheim
Deciples
Berlin
Man
Beast
Atkansas
Harriman
Hempstead, S. 1
Wall Street
Seaton, Stock Exchange
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