Burns Happenings In Burnes Idaho Summer Mining Plans
Homer Davis expects to follow mining at Muldoon this summer John Turner plans relocation after selling to the Byrne Bros JA Wyckoff works for Me J Byrne W G Isaac to pursue mining this summer Road overseer Chris Peck crews at approaches to the Big Wood River bridge School trustees urged to repair open doors exposing interior to weather B Mowerson returns from Twin Falls to ranch Spring work progresses Darral Gooding ditch to start soon Albert Bayless building homestead Wm Strunk illness and return Homer Davis ditch complete Meece McCormack building rock cellar A Bayless considers sheep husbandry Jean Abbott works Kinsey ranch Bosa to Mr and Mrs Tom Hughes eight pound boy Nora Hale dies after operation Community sympathy extended Voting precinct urged to organize W J Wallace begins Gooding ditch work E P Meese river crossing accident with damaged wagon Trade offer for business property in Shoshone Fourty acres near Nampa with water right Address E I Boxx Glenns Ferry Idaho
A Plant Without Roots in Catu and Japan
A plant called the over of the air grows in Catu and resembles one in Japan. It appears to have no root and is never fixed to the earth. It twines a dry tree or sterile rock. Each shoot bears two or three tiny white flowers: transparent and odoriferous. It can be transported 600 to 709 miles and vegetates while traveling, suspended on a twig.
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Japan
Reason for Wanting Rain in Georgia Mountain Tale
Rev Mr Livingston recounts a Georgia mountaineer tale of rain chasing. A widower harbors grief after his wife’s death and begs for rain so his graveyard footprints wash away before he can marry his new love Miss Senny Johnson. The humor hinges on respect for the first wife and a delayed courtship.
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Georgia
Mr. Livingston
Senny Johnson
Their Friends as Toasts John Adams Dinner Remark
A young John Adams attends a Worcester dinner with Judge Paine. A loyalist toast to The King provokes Whigs to refuse, then Adams whispers a plan to respond. He finally offers The Devil as a toast, and his wife redirects the moment with a clever counter.
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John Adams
Judge Paine
Worcester
Mr. Adams
Refrain Amid Industrial Echoes and Old Echoes of Beauty
A fragmented historical reflection contrasts faded romanticism with harsh industrial progress. It recalls seas, temples, and songs as cities’ smokestacks loom, while verses lament lost beauty and enduring labor. The piece intertwines classical imagery with modern toil and memory of better days.
Saloon Brawl Warns Irish Players Quietly Overruled
A small west side beer saloon run by an Irishman faced nightly gatherings of locals who played forty-five. A recent quarrel left tables broken and the stove toppled, but the proprietor averted further trouble by warning the players to stop their violence or have the cards taken away.
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New York Sun
Explaining Norway's Handicap Story
A whimsical tale explains Norway's sparse tolls by a myth of creation. Angels forgot Norway at world creation. The guardian angel pleads, and a pinch of heaven dust is scattered over Norwegian rocks.
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Norway
Angela
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Idaho Probate Court
Public Administrator will sell at public auction in Lincoln County Idaho on Monday May 21 1906 at 2 o clock PM the estate of J W Waldron deceased Lot 15 Block 11 Shoshone Lincoln County Idaho with title and interest of the estate. Sale is cash and subject to Probate Court confirmation. Terms Deed at purchaser expense. C W Wensk en Administrator and B A Waters Attorney. Dated April 30 1906
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United States
Lincolwall
J. W. Waldron
W. Waldron
Lincoln
Idaho
Shoshone
Taha
C. W. Wensken
B.A. Wauturs
Hall Caine studies baccarat on Riviera in quest for realism
A Monte Carlo report says Hall Caine traveled the Riviera to study baccarat for his novel The Prodigal Son. He visited famed clubs and casinos under a top guide, noting play and losses, including a night at a club near Nice where he lost over 50000 francs in less than an hour.
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Hall Caine
Dives
Riviera
Hall
Cain
Cércle
Nite
Métern
Nightcap Traditions In Invalid Care
The text describes a milk based nightcap flavored with a frame power water or sitio beat tea to aid sleep for an invalid. It contrasts this with heaf tea, noting it is stimulating but offers less restorative value. It suggests mixing age white with beef tea and heating to 140 degrees Fahrenheit to boost food value.
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Sitio
The Face of a Friend Poetic Fragment
A fragmentary meditation on friendship and judgment by S. P. Sydney. The prose stylization evokes inward reflection at a pause, comparing a friend’s countenance to a palace that varies in gilding.
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Givath
S. P
Sydney
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Homer Davis
Muldoon
John Turner
Byrne Bros
JA. Wyckoff
Minidoka
J. Byrne
W. G. Isaac
Chri
Peck
Big Wood River
B. Mowerson
Twin Falls
Darral & Gooding
Albert Bayless
Strunk
Meece & McCormack
A. Bayless
Jean Abbott
Kinsey
Bosa
Tom Hughes
J. A. Wyckoff
Hs Ranc
Rupert
Burns
Nora Hale
Weise
P. Thomason
W. J. Wallace
Gooding Ditch
E. P. Meese
Wiod River
Cottonwood
Dr. King
W. H. Baugh
Nampa
Booxr
Glenn's Ferry
Ida
Beauty
Underwood
Underwood Typewriter ‘Company
Sixth Street
Portland, Ore
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST
Chicago
Ogden
Denver
East Ia
Kansas City
Co. S. Williams
West
Second South St
Salt Lake City
Hell & Lewis CO
Aline
Co. EE
Burden
M. Silva
Stockmen’s Restaurant
S.naka
Shoshone Light & Water CO
Rus
Luton
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