Nevada irrigation hopes and distant railfront news
A long Reno Hvening Gazette page discusses land opening for irrigation in arid regions with Nevada courting home-seekers, mentions California advantages, and notes London guilds backing Duke of Clarence marriage. It also covers Russia famine access denial, Jamaica-US trade reciprocity, Mexican frontier customs, and German pork rumor rebuttal with brief editorials on politics and national appointments.
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General Land Office
California
Nevada
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London
Duke of Clarence
European Train Meals Compared with American Prices
A Detroit Free Press writer recounts travel meals on European trains, noting a two dinner system on the Baden lines from Basel to Mannheim. He describes multilingual tickets, waiter service on platform trays, and compares costs unfavorably for Americans while praising Canadian Pacific coffee and sandwiches as a model for American railways.
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Europe
Basel
Basle
Switzerland
Mayence
Germany
Baden states
America
Canadian Pacific
Cape Cod Practical Joke Sparks Risque Wordplay
A Cape Cod visitor relays a lighthearted tale from the Cape Cod Item about a prank on a young woman. Her brother spurred her to adopt local speech marsh mash, leading to a humorous misunderstanding with a local man about the phrase and the social norms of courting on the Cape.
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Cape Cod
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Old insomnia cures and odd Bavarian literacy stat
An 1542 health note urges nightly fire in chambers and sleeping on the left side to purge evil vapors, with warnings against sleeping on the back. Separate military statistics from Bavaria show three illiterates among 2,722 Palatinate recruits, out of a 20,584 general pool. A historical Japan decree warns Christians to avoid public places under threat from the Great God if violated.
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Bavaria
Palatinate
Lower Bavaria
Upper Franconia
Oberpfalz
Central Franconia
Lower Franconia
Swaben
Japan
Spain
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F. M. Lee
C T. Bender
Commercial Row
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Studebaker
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J.H. TOLLY
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Odd Fellows Temple
Froliday Goods
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Virginia Street
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WHITE HOUSE
Popular House
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Mound City
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J. a. IKERTEL
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