Local Brevities Reflect Small Town Movements
John Teaghan leaves for home in Oregon after a brief visit. Mrs. McTver to receive summer items May 18. W. Wheeler begins yard work and plans more labor. Akiva and Akins of Oregon attend funeral of Grandma Akina. Della Delano returns from Salt Lake City to Bellewno. Robert Wake of Malta, Cassia county, visits. New water master appointed for Little Wood river district. Mrs. Boulward returns home to Albion. Tooth picks advertised at Doc Smith's. Carson of Ft. Collina considers hay farm in local area. Annual eighth grade exams set for May 4 and 16. county superintendent notified. J. B. Halse attends Hailey district court. two water cases dismissed. Baptist revival under Rey Van England. public invited. Attorney Ed A. Walters attends district court. two water cases dismissed. Twin Falls Land Co representatives inspect canal work. progress reported. Mrs. Van Squier returns from Ault Lake City. plans Hailey summer residence. Horace Lewis mourns father J. Lewis from Pasideun. Locals speak of Idaho ties and upcoming travels. Mr. and Mrs. Todd depart for Mailey. Mallory Couhirelas Company noted for stock.
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Robert Wake
Malta
Cassia
Henes
Little Wood River
Boulward
Chas, Dill
Albion
Single Thought and Two Souls
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine portrays a domestic dispute aboard a vehicle. A disgusted woman scolds Dennis Pla herty for smoking while he defiantly puffs and ignores her, sparking a witty exchange about fate and poison as they argue in a period tone.
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Dennis Plaherty
Dennis
Wolfe
Lippincott
New Gun Metal Coin Carriers For Women
The Chicago American notes a trend among fashionable women to wear cylindrical coin carriers on chains for paying car fare. These dainty, gun metal devices resemble small coins and spring a nickel when needed. They are mounted as ornaments, attached to long chains and jeweled with crystals, reflecting the era's style.
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Chicago
Somerset Moon Planting Cabbages and Horseradish Beliefs
In Somerset superstitions plant cabbages by the waning moon to ensure vigor and fertility and deem planting out of sync with flowers or trees doomed to fail. Horseradish should be eradicated on the moon’s eve of the veil, and a West County warning forbids hillside plots under pain of death to the operator.
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Somerset
Diana
West County
London Garden
What He Had Not Noticed on Broadway Wit and a Sister
A New York Times report describes a family of witty girls crossing Broadway with a brother. A strikingly dressed girl steps ahead, her skirt held high, prompting a playful exchange about propriety and fashion. The brother’s advice yields no further remarks.
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Broadway
New York Times
Cape to Cairo railway plan spans vast Africa network
The text outlines a 5100 mile Cape Town to Cairo rail route with intermediates toward Zambest and connections Cairo to blue and white Nile junction. It notes Uganda railway from Mombera to Port Florence and Bulawayo Beira link, detailing segments and elevations as a step toward a continental grid.
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Cape To
Mombera
Pacific Ocean
Port Florence
Reward Offered for Dog in Colorado Rescue
A small dog in Boulder County Colorado earned a notable reward after saving a tree from a burning bridge. Frank and Du Bois of New York sent a letter with a $25 check to the dog’s owner. The owner notes the gesture contrasts the modest size of the dog with the large collar the funds could buy.
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Nandsome
Sm Inetrance Company
Coloorado
Berchise
Boulder County
Belo
Fresh Tuicabuil
Goxorado
Sothern
Frank & du Bois
New York
Collection of tapa cloths fascinate San Francisco fans
The park museum in San Francisco displays tapa cloth specimens from Samoan, Fijian, Tongans, and Hawaiian cultures. The exhibit highlights decorative patterns, soft silk like textures, and uses such as loin drapes for dancers. Many patterns are rare and valuable as older tapa becomes scarce.
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Park Museum
San Francisco
Fiji
Graceful Compliments From Minister Wu
On the eve of his departure from Washington, Minister Wu was pressed by a young acquaintance who asked why Chinamen take four or five wives. He answered with a grave bow that his countrymen seek many wives to find in each the beauties and accomplishments of one such young lady.
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Washington
China
Stonework and metals after Mt Pelee blasts
A French scientist visiting St Pierre in Martinique observes stonework largely intact but ironwork and metals erased by the Mt Pelee gas blasts. He suggests rapid chemical action formed oxides. A separate note mentions a young English man jailed for kissing six times in Odessa, later released after British consul intervention, then fined.
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St. Pierre
Martinique
Mt. Pelee
Odessa
Russia
Almanz the Belgian stage manager of Caim Stage
Almanz, a Belgian stage manager of Caim Stage this season, is praised for his faultless attire and calm demeanor between acts. New York has never seen his equal, and he upholds pristine order as subordinates work amid lively scenes. The article also notes early 19th century U.S. urban growth with Philadelphia leading cities and a 5,308,483 national population, only 6 percent urban.
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Caim
Maurice Grau
Almanz
Europe
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Large Catches Show Bountiful Sea Life Across Atlantic
The report notes record herrings taken in nets along the English coast and warns high prices may push the poor to cut beef from tables. It laments salt water harvests as abundant yet uneven, signaling strains on food supply and affordability.
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John Teaghan
Ga Grande
Ore
Nintee
Savita
Orw Akiva
Chas, Akins
Oregon
Grandma Akina
Della Delano
Gallegiato Institute
Salt Lake City
Bellewno
Doc Smith's
G, Wilson
BE. Carson
Ft. Collina, Cole
Eigth
L. M. Bursherme
J. B. Halse
Hailey
Rey van England
Ed A. Walters
Walters
Piler
Twin Balls Land
Company Raume
Milner
van Squier
Ault Lake City
Collegiate Institute
Horace
Lewis
Todd Sod
Mailey
Uw Mallory Couhirelas Company
Chigaga
Todd
Ebis Copmany
sRing
Moe
UTZ & Dunn’s
Ladies Fine Shoes
G. B. Keefer
T. Mi. Starrh
Coltharp & Colton
Silver Club
Undertaker
C. J. Brennan
Keefer
Shoshone, Idaho
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