A Wealth of Land on Camas Prairie Idaho
Major Fred R. Reed promotes Camas Prairie Blaine county Idaho as a vast irrigation potential. Three hundred thousand acres, with towns Soldier Corval and Hailey nearby, could yield 25 40 bushel wheat 40 75 bushel corn and rich alfalfa under large scale storage reservoirs. Expected rail and electric lines boost real estate value and settlement prospects.
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Camas Prairie
Blaine County
Great Basin
Soldier
Corval
Eastern Company
Arid
Wild Horse
Cow Creek
Three Mile
Elk Creek
Deer Creek
Soldier Creek
Corral Creek
Twin Lakes
West
Fred Hastings
Higgs
Hagerman
Hailey
Bellevue
Ketchum
Pine Grove
Rocky Bar
Atlanta
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Cerml
Portland
Butte
Salt Lake
Boise
Idaho
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Fred R. Reed
Hatley Times
Going to Find Mother
A short excerpt recounts Henry Ward Beecher's childhood as Harvard psychologist William James discusses how conflicting ideas about a subject can confuse a child. Beecher, told by some his mother had gone to heaven and by others she was laid in the ground, resolved the paradox by digging in the garden to hear where mother was.
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Henry Ward Beechers
William James
Harvard
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Beaven
A Shifted Preference in Birds
The Washington Star notes a speaker rejects the early birds and mockin’ birds singing for pay, longing instead for roses, June, and a snowbird. Voices frustration over the whip-poor-will’s song, wishing for a feathered friend or two as compensation for the shade.
Electric Bitters Advertisement Claim
Revolution Imminent. Nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets signal trouble. Electric Bitters claims to tone the stomach regulate kidneys and bowels stimulate the liver and purify the blood. Only 50e with a money back guarantee at W. H. Baugh Shoshone and W. V. Horn Hagerman.
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W. H. Baugh
Shoshore
W. V. Lorn’s
Hagerman
Wiles of the Vampire Haunts Yucatan Village Palencia
A travel writer recounts sleeping in Palencia amid mosquitos and a mysterious vampire who drains six to ten ounces of blood from victims without waking them. The two-foot creature uses sharp ratlike teeth to bite sleeping animals and humans alike, leaving toes bleeding and hammock stained.
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Palencia
Tipe Chico
Tipe
Yucatan
Curious Ways of Sea Crabs and Their Defenses
A naturalist notes crabs using seaweed to hide from enemies and describes hermit crabs adapting shells with a larger claw to block entrances. One species carries a sea anemone on its shell, which is fed by the crab and moved to the new home as the crab grows.
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Eisly
Sinbad
Queer Name Combinations in 19th Century Trials
A southern case features Mr Driver accused of stealing hogs from Mr Piz with witness Hamm and lawyers Miles and Chew. Separate matter cited Bridge vs Ford and other suits titled Bridges vs Shallcross Just vs Wise and Tanner vs Skinner.
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Driver
Piz
Hamm
Miles
Chew
Bridge
Ford
Bridges
Shallcross
Just
Wise
Tanner
Skinner
Hay for Sale Near Bellevue on Wood River
Five hundred tons of hay for sale located one mile south of Bellevue on Wood river. Good sheltered feed ground with ample water. Inquiries to A. L. Nass, Bellevue, Idaho.
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Bellevue
Wood River
A. L. Nass
Idaho
Ferry Charter Sought on Snake River at Jordan Ranch
Notice filed by 48w3 Scroone and Preeixe, Jessie Idaho, December 23, 1904, seeking charter to operate a ferry boat on the Snake River at the Jordan ranch four miles above Starrh s ferry in Lincoln County Idaho.
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Snake River
Jordan Ranch
Starrh’s Ferry
Lincoln County
Idaho
Scroone & Preeixe
Jessie
Notice of Assessment for Big Cottonwood Canal Co Ltd Shoshone Idaho
Directors levy ten cent per share assessment on capital stock payable by January 10 1905 to J W Waldron office. Unpaid shares become delinquent January 10 1905 and will be advertised for sale. If unpaid by February 11 1905, stock will be sold to cover delinquent assessment and costs. Marr McFaun secretary New Hotel N
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Big Cottonwood Canal Co., Ltd
Shoshone
Idaho
J. W. Waldron
Marr. McFaun
N. New Hotel
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Major Reed
Mother
Washinston
New Columbia
Jos. Keefer
Pool
Cara Tavies
Idah
Stockgrowers’ Mercantile Company
City Dray
Chas. Burcess
PRO
Noland & Gray
The
Shoshors
Meat Market
William C. Custer
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