Northern Pacific Buys Spokane to Davenport Rail Line
The Spokane and Seattle Railway, a Northern Pacific sub-corporation, sold the former Seattle to Davenport route to the Northern Pacific Railway. The deed, filed with the county auditor, lists a nominal $1 but suggests a higher real value via revenue stamps. The Spokane and Seattle still retains Spokane Medical Lake right of way, leased to the Great Northern for now.
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Spokane
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
Medical Lake
Davenport
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Spokane & Seattle Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Expensive Luxuries and Royal Finances Across Nations
A historical column notes the high costs of luxury and official life abroad. It cites U S ammunition costs fifty cent daily, UK royal expenses about ten thousand dollars daily, and Vatican and Russian imperial outlays. It lists pensions, clothing, and funerals with figures for France and other nations.
Fatal fight over Nez Perce land ends in jail for Dixon
Levi Dizon is jailed in Lewiston Idaho after a dispute over a Nez Perce farm tithe led to the shooting of Ollie Linke fatally and wounding Alvin Linke. The land office had awarded the land to Alvin Linke, with a court contest pending. Dizon defended possession and fired when the Linkes pressed onto the plowed land. Bail Set at 2960 dollars.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Levi Dizon
Olile Linke
Alvin Linke
Land Office
Diaon Wen
Linke
Dixon
Linkes
Ollie Linke
Alvin
Dizon
Ventilated Shoes Offer Breathable Hygiene Breakthrough
Montreal inventor John E. Kennedy unveils a shoe with an air pumping action using a collapsible rubber center sole to remove moisture. He argues chrome tannages trap sweat, causing irritation and germs, and claims the design prevents odor and infection.
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Montreal
John E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Innovative Shoe Sole Aims To Pump Fresh Air
Describes a rubber center sole with transverse grooves and a spring like web that expands the sole under load. A front heel valve admits air as the sole expands while perforations in the leather insole circulate air around the stocking. The system provides constant air pumping to keep feet cool and dry.
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Cole le
Predicted Her Own Death Tests Faith in Texas
Mrs Ney Brooks of Hillsport Texas predicted she would die today after an apparition warned her. She spoke calmly of death during church teaching her Sunday class and prayed with family. A doctor diagnosed meningitis and she died at six this morning after a day of earnest scripture reading.
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Hillsport
Tex
Ney Brooks
Clase
Trading rat of the Rocky Mountains delights trappers
The trading rat a gray furred creature larger than a common rat, eight inches body, tamed easily and famed for not stealing without leaving a substitute. It builds neat structures up to two feet high and stores food with cleverness, showing a fondness for bright red objects. Two campers once found their gear replaced by chips and scraps in a bow box.
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Rocky Mountains
Freight rates hike on coast shipments to San Francisco
Rates from San Francisco to coast ports rose 2 percent per ton with further gains possible. Honolulu freight also increased by percent, bringing coast freight to 4.25 dollars per ton and Honolulu to 4.75. The rises reflect ship scarcity at the Golden Gate and heavy freight traffic, with many usable vessels reassigned to other routes.
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San Francisco
Coast Ports
Honolulu
Golden Gate City
Geranium as a Winter Plant
A guide to starting and growing geraniums for winter blooms. Early spring planting yields robust plants by winter, with careful potting, multiple repottings, and restraint on summer flowering to allow a resting period. Avoid using garden plants for winter use.
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Harpers Heazer
Peculiar Cause of Death Involving Postal Paper Accident
A Magiteh girl died after falling and injuring her knee. She applied a piece of postage paper to the wound which caused infection leading to blood poisoning and pneumonia, resulting in her death.
Local Witchcraft Case Ends with Fraud and Fire
In Lincoln county a man named Christian Detter faced an embezzlement case tied to alleged witchcraft claims. He claimed to be a witch doctor and coached Martin Smith to burn a house and harm supposed witches, while detaining a hog for ritual punishment. Detter later engineered a land sale swindle worth 200 dollars, with Smith paying more than the deed value and suspecting fraud.
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Raleigh
N. C
Lincoln County
Christian Detter
Martin Smith
Detter
Miss Detter
Slater
Smith
Trettera
Hurke County
Sle Wan
William Baker
Europe
Mayo
Cheney State Normal School Trustees Elect Temporary Officers
Cheney Wash April 4 The new board of trustees held a formal meeting in the normal building. J J Browne was elected temporary chairman and J Allen temporary secretary. Permanent organization was postponed. The old board’s action re electing Professor W B Turner as principal and Mr Rose M Rice Turner as teacher of the training department was approved by last minutes.
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Cheney, Wash
Cheney State Normal School
J.J. Browne
J. #& Alien
W. B. Turner
Rose M. Rice Turner
Boy Wins Job By Truthful Defiance
A job applicant faces a wary manager and declares he is not fond of work. The manager retorts there are many like him, but the boy confidently replies he would not lie. Impressed by honesty, he is hired on the spot.
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Mayo
Aires
Hntry Mayo
Kipling Entry Sparks Debate Over Homeward Wish
A writer recalls Kipling's sharp reply to a letter suggesting leaving for London. Kipling defends his life in India, stating his home, people, friends, and ambitions are all there, and questions the value of departing for fame elsewhere.
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Kipling
Pneland
London
Under the Mistletoe on Northeast Electric
A Christmas night ride ends with a jovial scene as two men in a car pick up a fat elderly woman with a basket aboard. The story notes a friendly, forgiving mood and neighborly humor during the holiday season.
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Kansas
Northeast Electric
College boys make butter at Washington agricultural college
The dairy school at the Washington agricultural college is progressing. Milk comes from Hinetecliffe creamery in Colfax, with the college paying expressage on the cream, manufacturing the butter, and shipping the butter and whey back to Colfax. This is a labor free arrangement for the creamery, yet ensures high quality butter and cheese praised by users.
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Pulluan
Wash
Washington Agricultural College
Hinetecliffe Creamery
Colfax
Ehipa
Guarding the Banks Time-Lock and Watchman System
A bank adopts multiple safeguards including internal and external watchmen, timed bells via two messenger offices, and burglar alarms. The system aims at prevention and rapid police notification, with rewards for reporting laxity by managers and a focus on fireproof, continually awake vigilance.
Tragedy in Sidon Village Ends in House Collapse
In Mewmleh near Sidon a family hid their purchase money in the infant's cot. Three robbers broke in after hearing the crying child. The house collapsed during the raid, burying the three marauders as villagers rushed to aid. The incident ends with authorities awaiting further details.
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Mewmleh
Sidon
Catro Al-Mokatfam
Market Quotations From Seattle Wholesale Prices
The listing shows Seattle wholesale prices for grains hay fresh dairy and produce. Items include oats barley wheat and chicken feed with per ton and per 100 pound rates. Poultry dairy beef pork fish and various fruits and vegetables are cited with prevailing market figures and regional origins.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Star
Bakers
California
Farina
Eraham
Mecia
Java
Selle Lrocenie
Tina
Sack
Aden Mocha
Guatemala
Léon
Lumber and timber prices and a note on Mediterranean milk
A list of lumber types and prices appears with figures for logs, boards, shingles, and finishes. A stray paragraph explains a shellfish related to spinning a viscous milk in the Mediterranean used to attach to rocks, with processing steps described.
Company reserves right to change sailing dates and hours
The company reserves the right to change without notice steamers sailing dates and hours. Jr. Trowbridge Puget 84 Bupt Ocean Dk Beattles Uptown ticket office 618 First av Seattle Goodall Perkinae Co Gen Agents San Francisco.
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Trowbridge
Puget
Ocean Dk
Beattles
Uptown
Seattle
Goodall, Perkinae & Co
San Franciaco
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