Giant Bamboo of Ceylon and Other Notices
The giant bamboo of Ceylon grows to about eighty feet and is used in construction water pipes and bridges. Salt Lake Route advertises low conference rates while Utah’s roads see large sums for crime control. Scotty’s record ride on the Santa Fe from Los Angeles to Chicago in under 45 hours proves Santa Fe’s reliability. F. Warren promotes three Utah and Colorado trains to the East and Southwest. A London workhouse inmate received extra food and rest but never left the table, his ugliness cited as a deterrent to others amid welfare restraint.
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Ceylon
Scott
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Chicago
Santa Fe
Utah
Colorado
London
Wedding News in Norman NY and Conference Quips
James Rather and Miss Mary Short wed in Norman New York as reported by the Norman Transcript. The piece playfully notes no reflection on the bridegroom’s finances and references spring conference travel via the Salt Lake Route. A Tusilee Darling English judge in an auto case suggested speed indicator labels ranging from Fine to Murder.
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James
Rather
Miss Mary Short
Norman
N. Y
Norman Transcript
Tusilee Darling
Global news round up of wars, taxes, and crimes
The report covers Russia, Spain, and Sweden contending with politics and crime, a Russian draft income tax projected at 26.5 million dollars annually, and Stephens of Texas proposing a 3 cent per mile cap on passenger rail rates in New Mexico and Arizona. It notes the Wisconsin battleship joining the fleet at Shanghai, multiple murder and shooting cases in Oklahoma and Ohio, peach crop losses in Georgia, Boer war claims settlements, and earthquake damage in Formosa with thousands injured and thousands of houses damaged. The Manila press reviews Maj Gen Wood's stance on Mount Dajo casualties amid Moro operations.
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Stephens
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Russia
United States
Wisconsin
Manila
Shanghai
Train
London
Toki
Formose
Mount Dajo
Wood
Noted Vermont citizen recounts health revival tale
E C Scott of Vergennes recalls a severe typhoid attack with kidney pain, frequent urination, loss of appetite, and headaches. A month of Dean's Kidney Pills restored strength. he now weighs 230 pounds. The ad cites prices and distributor Foster-Milburn Co. Also mentions pay for Chinese engineers, Garfield Tea, ivy to preserve walls, Red Cross Ball Wine, and animal swimming traits.
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Addison County
E. C. Scott
Vergennes
Ethan Allen Post
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Earliest Lincoln Election of 1647 Recorded
The earliest election with preserved numbers occurred in Lincoln England in 1647 where eighty four voices were cast. The snippet notes this as the first documented tally with recorded counts for that period.
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Lincoln
England
Detecting Gas Leaks by Soap Lather Watch Tips
A Philadelphia Record report warns that lighting a match near a gas pipe can expose tiny leaks. A small jet of gas beneath a beam became visible only after the initial test and could ignite if in a lead joint. The advised method is painting pipes with soap lather to reveal bubbles from any tiny leak.
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West Philadelphia
Fire Department
Philadelphia Record
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Albrnia
CSR
Louisville, Ky
Ballard
W.L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Brocktom
Mass
Douglas
Prine
W. L, Douglas
Oston, Mase
A.J Tower CO
Boston, Mass
U.S.A
TOWER
Ted Toronto
CAM
Spalding's
Cen
Banwing
Teamun
A. G Spalding & Bros
wiSt
New York
Wabash Ave
N.U
Salt Lake
Gok Fritei
Scotty
C. F. Warren
At&s. F. Ry
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Somerville Journal
Alfonso
Spain
Moret
Whitend
Sabalkanski Prospect
William Roswell
Kelley, O. T
Robert Vinson
Bradford
Ark
Roawell
William Tellsrow
Cleveland
Raymond Wesley
Lorain
Ohio
Sas
J. M. Rosare
Tellsrow
Wesley
Georgia
W. A. Smith
Alden Bridge
Bossler Parish
Shreveport
Smith
Morris Buck
Charles A. Canfield
Buck
Canfield
Ida Danielson
Mary E. Aiken
Carlsbad
N. M
Western Candy Company
Denver
Withwn M. Mariner
Ephraim Meriner
Milwaukee
Suleise
Volké Zeitung
Strat Ker
Essen
Reser
Russ Company
South Head
Hats
Dodds Kidney Plus
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