Watering the Land in Idaho Irrigation Transforms Arid Regions
A Boise letter extols irrigation as simple for farmers and children to operate. It explains mountain water diversions through canals and laterals, cooperative shares, and irrigation companies that supply water for a fee. The piece highlights Idaho’s booming irrigation, state efforts to attract eastern settlers, and pamphlets from Oregon Short Line officials.
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Boise
Idaho
Congress
Nile
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake City
Physician Warns of Hidden Dangers in Thumb Wounds
Berlin doctor reports that what seems like minor thumb injuries can lead to permanent disability in about 60 percent of cases, highlighting risks from untreated wounds and infection.
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Berlin
Smallpox Distributors Warned Over Moldy Walls
A health warning links smallpox spread to moldy wall coverings in homes. Layered paper with flour paste shelters germs. experts urge using Alabastine for sanitary walls and ceilings. Alabastine is described as a safe, durable cement for coating and disinfection to restore habitable rooms.
Rev Sheldon Takes Over Topeka Capital Policy
The Rev Charles M Sheldon assumes editorial and business control of the Topeka Daily Capital for one week. He pledges a morally focused non partisan paper with signed editorials and no Sunday edition, starting with a Saturday evening issue. The first page features a prayer by Bishop John A Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Capital
Neac
Sheldon
John A. Vincent
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cattle Car Fire Sparks Near Valparaiso Neb
A Lincoln man reports a cattle car fire on a Union Pacific line near Valparaiso Nebraska. A spark from the engine ignited bedding in the car injuring and killing most of the 28 young animals en route to Silver Creek.
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A. K. Griffith
Lincoln
Neb
Silver Creek
Union Pacific
Valparaiso
Cale
Date Change Urged for National Democratic Convention
A Missouri dispatch reports a Kansas City subcommittee of the national democratic committee seeks moving the July convention date from July 4 to July 3 due to rail excursion traffic. Local agents met the committee and urged the shift to ensure adequate facilities.
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Kansas City
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Senger
Bomb threat found at St. Pauls Church Cedar Rapids
Police discovered an empty beer keg topped with a dynamite device inside St. Pauls Church in Cedar Rapids. The incident linked to Ja Rey and Mr Juockwood, active in opposing the saloon petition, with the keg believed to be a threat.
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St. Paul's Church
Cedar Rapids
Rey
Juockwood
Ptttor
Fire in Newark Claims Fourteen Lives and Wrecks Family
A Newark fire killed fourteen people and severely burned many others. Firefighters recovered thirteen bodies from the ruins before another victim died in hospital. One family was wiped out, and in another family only the father survived, now hospitalized and near death.
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Newark
N. J
City Hospital
Fire destroys three story brick building in Omaha
A three story brick structure at 1311 Farnam Street in Omaha was totally destroyed by fire. The Omaha Tent and Awning Company occupied the building with Schmoller and Mueller stock on the west and Nebraska Seed Company stock on the east severely damaged by smoke and water. Total losses estimated around 350000.
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Omaha
Farnam Street
Comny
Schmoller & Mueller
Nebraska Seed ‘Company
Gillman Acquitted in Christmas Mine Death Trial
Edwin H Gillman was found not guilty by a Butte jury for the murder of Dan Sullivan, a young miner, claiming self defense in a case tied to a Christmas death. Gillman is described as son of Frank Gillman a Hamburg Iowa banker.
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Edwin H., Gillman
Dan Sullivan
Butte Mont
Gillman
Frank Gillman
Hamburg
Attempted killing at Natka's saloon in Plattsmouth
In Plattsmouth Nebraska a man naming himself Plunkett tried to shoot a young vigor maker O Wells in Natka's saloon. Wells restrained the stranger and grabbed the gun, preventing the shooting after an unprovoked confrontation.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Plunkett
O. Wells
Wells
Natka
Flint council votes to block Sapho performance
At a special Flint Michigan city council meeting a resolution backed Mayor Crawford to prevent the proposed Sapho presentation. The marshal is directed to stop the performance and enforce the ban.
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Sapho
City Council of
Flint
Mich
Crawford
News in Brief Highlights from Around the World
Secretary Root tours Cuba inspecting fortresses. Bubonic plague cases rise in Sydney Honolulu and four new cases in Hawaii. Omaha sub-treasury bill proposed by Mercer. Senate devotes time to Hayward eulogies and Kilgollowani funding debated. Horticultural meeting set for North Platte July 3. Kruger Steyn peace wires to Salisbury on republic independence. A Hartington blaze destroys a house. firemen injured elsewhere. Wabash train collision kills two. Omaha woman found dead in Riverside Park lake. Whitecaps beat town residents in Lyford beating case. Massachusetts Macaroni fire causes deaths and heavy damages. Lincoln memorial bid accepted for Lincoln mother’s grave monument.
Chinese Court Historians Describe Dynastic Truth Ties
The article explains that Chinese court historians write openly only after a dynasty ends. They seal records in iron vaults until a new dynasty begins, then a fresh court historian compiles a truthful history from the prior dynasty’s documents. Since 1644 the present dynasty has reigned and no court history has been published.
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Nat Publiaghed
St. Louis Republic
The Nations Wealth and Health Ad Call
An advertisement extols iron as the nation’s wealth and likens a stomach’s health to strength. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for overworked stomachs, promising relief from constipation dyspepsia and biliousness, and improved appetite.
How to Take Medicine
A Pittsburg Dispatch note suggests masking medicine by drinking cold water, or using a small piece of dried orange peel when water fails. Dry parings baked crisp aid swallowing the dose and cost nothing, deemed better than sweetmeats.
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Pittsburg
Seed firm in LaCrosse reports monster orders
The John A Salter Seed Company of LaCrosse Wisconsin says it received 6434 orders last Monday and expects to double that by mid March. The firm highlights strong demand for onions cabbage peas beans and other seeds with Early Bird radish and Lightning cabbage leading sales.
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John A. Salter Seed Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Thunder Rolls Hit the Breakfast Table
At breakfast she asks about her first French rolls and he quips they are thunder rolls. He fears admitting that thunder rolls live up to the name, staying heavy in nature and in mood.
Grain-O: New Grain Drink Replacing Coffee
Grocery stores offer Grain-O a pure grain beverage that closely resembles coffee. Suitable for delicate stomachs and children, Grain-O costs 15 to 25 cents per package and is pitched as a cheaper alternative.
Shipbuilding Boom in Japan as Nagasaki Launches Ship
Japan's shipyards surge with new output. A Nagasaki firm completed a 12,000 ton steel twin screw passenger steamship and six similar vessels are under construction, signaling a robust expansion of coastal and overseas trade capabilities.
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Japan
Nagasaki
Light Drives Sugar Content in Plants
Investigations show sugar production in plants depends on direct sunlight. The study concludes that higher light exposure increases sugar content, linking photosynthesis intensity to sweetness levels in crops.
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Recefity
Cost of Our Vacations Advertised Incoherently
A fragmentary promotional passage estimates summer vacations by 8 to 10 million Americans costing over 40 million dollars. It interleaves unrelated product pitches for Magnetic Starch and Parker's Hair Balm with general household tips and stray admonitions about manners and conversation.
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United States
American Transvaal Fund appeal seeks aid for widows and orphans
An Oct 10 1899 Cape Town appeal from Africander and Bond MPs urges Americans to aid Boers war efforts, pledging funds via C. C. de Villiers and George W. Van Siclen. The letter promises no Boer wounded to British hospital ships and cites Patriot-era parallels while inviting subscriptions.
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Cape Town
Messrs
N. F. DeWaal
Joseph N. Hoffman
J. H. Hofmeyr
Thomas P. Theron
D. J. A. van Zyl
South African Republic
Orange Free State
John Hancock
C. C
de Villiers
Committee of the African der
George W. van Siclen
Broadway
New York City
Great John M Smyth Company boom to wholesale home shopping
The Chicago firm grows from a small starter to a mammoth operation selling merchandise at wholesale prices nationwide. A 1000 page illustrated catalogue showcases curtains carpets draperies and wall papers with color photographs. The business bypasses retailers and agents bringing wholesale goods directly to consumers for home use.
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Grove
John M. Smyth Company
Chicago
United States
Hes
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Root
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Mercer
Honolulu
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Hayward
Nebraska Horticultural Society
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Litchfield
Bert Seymour
Waverly
Selma Johnson
Riverside Park
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Steyn
Lord Salisbury
J. Wheeler
Hartington, Neb
Peter Huffman
Lyford
Terre. Haute
Ind
Massachusetts Macaroni Company
Boston
Mass
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Governor’s Office
J. S. Culver
Springfield
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Spencer County
Culver
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