Idaho State News Highlights A Turbulent Period
A sprawling Idaho roundup reports 100000 sheep in Canyon County, Greek workers at Barber Lumber Plant, Twin Falls telephage work, and a Soda Springs fire that destroyed a telephone exchange and confectionery store valued at about 3000 dollars. It notes the annexation debate about Santo Domingo, a Portland fair building plan, and local deaths, crimes, and investigations including gambling fights in Wallace and a fatal mine accident at Dewey.
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Soda Springs
Telephone Exchange
Belse
Barber Lumber Company
Beink
Bell Telephone
Twin Falls
Emmett
Capaiiel
Frank Holton
Cultwell
Catgin
Havre, Mont
Pocatelly
Heyburn
Banto Domingo
United States
Portland Fair
J. T. Neardsiay
Washington County
Wetner
Sutherland
Wallace
Brockton Shoe Plant Explosion Kills Many
A major blast at a Brockton Massachusetts shoe factory owned by R. B. Grover caused a fire that destroyed the four story Holler building and seven neighboring structures. Authorities estimate more than sixty dead, with over fifty injured and hundreds likely present. Fire officials report chaotic escape attempts, roof jumps, and widespread debris hindering identification of victims. Survivors number about 250, with dozens more bodies recovered and many unidentifiable due to severe destruction.
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Lewiston
Office UK
Stewart
Bolsa
Bolen
Thomas Barns
Morrow
David Groesbeck
Ron
Basle Duffey
Nes Perea
Brockton
Masa
R. B. Grover Company
Mary
Charles ©. Emerson
The Curious Club Introduction Mistake
A young businessman recalls a club library moment when two acquaintances failed to realize a third man was his brother. After greetings and a shared joke, he notices a striking resemblance that leads to the humorous realization the newcomer is actually the brother of one of the men.
Ex Sheriff Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills in Kansas
Scott City, March 20. Ex Sheriff James Scott of Scott County lauds Dodd's Kidney Pills as effective for kidney disease and its early stages. He reports eight boxes used and marks the remedy as the best among kidney medicines tried.
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Scott City
Kan
Dodd
Bright
James Scott
Scott County
Masculine Inconsistency in Social Pews and Games
A Dallas News note observes how some men shun church pews for long church hours yet endure a nail keg seat at a late card game, highlighting gendered habits in disruptive social settings.
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Dallas News
Cure for Eczema Claims Rapid Relief by Cuticura
A testimonial from Miss Mary M of Westboro Massachusetts describes eight years of eczema agony. The writer says Cuticura provided relief the first day and a complete cure in a short time. The scalp scabs and facial deterioration reportedly cleared.
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Dent
Cuffeura
Mary M
West Main St
Westboro
Retreat Becomes A Race In Retreat From Linevitch Forces
Dispatch from St Petersburg warns anxiety over General Linevitch's force as Japanese advance along the trade route nears the retreat. Reports place Pasalyy Fakoman about thirty miles north west of Tie Pass on Friday. Russians may split forces, with main body to railroad and another along the Mandarin road to Kirin, risking enemy concentration. Some fear Linevitch aims to hold from Ain to Changoun, 120 miles north of Tie Paso. In Denver, Senator Campbell seeks quo warranto against Mayor Speer and Teapublicans for alleged election fraud on May 17, with a preamble accusing fraud. bill sent to committee.
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St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Ams
Pasalyy Fakoman
Tle Pass
Kulyuan
Mandarin Road
Kirin
Japan
Aiin
Changoun
Tie Paso
Denver
Louis G. Camsbell
Cripple Creek
Nathan © Miller
Robert W. Speer
Alvered
Princes Wore Wooden Shoes in Early European Ages
In the ninth and tenth centuries the greatest princes of Europe wore wooden shoes. The artifact suggests practical footwear among rulers, reflecting the era’s common materials and social customs.
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Europe
Tea markets in Berlin stock only horseflesh shops
A quirky note describes four Berlin shops that exclusively sell horseflesh products though the text is garbled. It reads as a curious local commerce snippet with no clear events, dates, or named entities beyond Berlin and the shops.
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Berlin
Marriage Certificate Divided in Korea
A fragmented note reports a marriage certificate being equally divided between husband and wife in Korea. It also contains scattered phrases about thoughts, a cold in one day, and humorous musings on dry people.
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Korea
Russians Open to Peace in Editorial Admit We Need Diplomacy
The St. Petersburg Novow Vremya editorials for free time on Monday acknowledge the war could end in peace. It argues diplomacy bears responsibility for military and naval unpreparedness and calls for foresight to pursue peace ahead of further conflict.
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St. Petersburg
Novow Vremya
Wits for Our Knowledge Newin and Company Pitch In
A garbled line reflects a ditty about teamwork and effort. It hints that quitting work accelerates aging while work itself has a rejuvenating influence, contrasting activity with idleness. The fragment suggests a proverb like view on industry and vitality.
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Ife
Idlenees
Daily Exercise and Air Improve Health and Fight Tuberculosis
An article urges indoor workers to pursue gradual exercise to build strength and vitality. It stresses personal cleanliness to prevent tuberculosis spread, recommends fresh air, outdoor activity, simple meals, daily baths, and eight hours of sleep. It notes paper handkerchiefs to reduce contagion and calls for cooperation among family, patient, and physician to end inherited consumption fears.
How to Have a Clear Head
The author prescribes a simple abstemious life to gain a clear head. Eat carefully with toasted grains and fruit, exercise outdoors for hours daily, sleep eight hours, and bathe with cold morning and warm weekly baths. Emphasizes conserving energy for righteous use and living naturally.
Night Air and Consumption Remedies for Tuberculosis
An article debunks the night air fallacy and promotes open windows and sun exposure for tuberculosis patients. It advises keeping a bedroom airy and dry, with a window open day and night, a door separating the chamber, and using warm sponge baths in the morning to aid comfort and recovery.
The Only Safeguard Against Tuberculosis
An excerpt on tuberculosis stresses that the disease attacks weakened bodies. It advocates outdoor living, ample fresh air, cold baths, simple nutritious meals, and maximum gentle exercise as the natural defense, with a humorous anecdote about a band master and a Vienna professor.
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Vienna
Inherited Consumption Not Doom for Offspring
Some believe children of parents who died from consumption inherit the disease. This view is challenged by evidence that inheritance does not doom offspring. Medical experts explain that consumption risk is influenced by various factors and not a guaranteed hereditary fate.
The Stomach as More Than a Food Receptacle
The author argues that the stomach shapes body and mind and that people should eat to nourish brain and blood. Food becomes tissue, so choose meals that produce sound minds, clear brains, and strong bodies rather than treating the stomach as a garbage box to be emptied.
Foot Prints of Alcohol and Mental Decline
An analysis links alcohol abuse to unreliability at work and broader nervous system disease. The piece notes alcohol footprints in behavior, discussed as a sign of disease, correlating insanity increases in France and Europe with per capita alcohol consumption. It comments on overcrowded asylums and the wider impact on society.
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France
Recipes: Cheese Straws and Easter Lily Cake Ideas
A home cooking excerpt describes Cheese Straws made from puff paste with nut cheese, rolled, cut, and baked to crisp strips. Easter Lily Cake explains sunshine cake and gel icing with white petals and yellow centers, plus serving variations. Tomato Sauce details simmering tomatoes with onion parsley bay leaf salt, straining, and thickening with butter and flour.
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St Il
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