Journ of Correspondence in Heyburn and Nearby News
Journal notes arrival of W W Pennington from Butte who went to his ranch Miss Luella Ferrin returns from Minidoka due to her sister's typhoid illness Painters work on railroad water tank Edison Theatre company played to a raided house first show in Heyburn J Struble and family return home household goods moved by freight Siputla builds house addition well sunk near ranch incomplete town notes mention upcoming departure FP requires cleanup of garbled lines
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Luella Ferrin
Minidoka
Edison Theatre Company
Heyburn
Struble
Work of wicked flea delays dock of ocean liner City of Peru
Pacifi c mail liner City of Peru arriving from Panama faced docking delays as a parasitic flea illness caused three passengers to seek medical advice. San Francisco dispatch notes doctors confirmed a contagious condition, prompting quarantine measures and a conference with Chief Surgeon Cummines at Angel Island.
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City of Peru
Panama
A Vs.2
San Francisco Dispatch.s
Irs Schnedersay
C. Louis Hirsch
Castle Bros
Sorpeon
Cummines
Angel Island
Cummines Belosss
Stone Through the Earth: Perpetual Back-and-Forth Travel
A 19th century discussion explores a stone dropped into a hole through the earth and, per a Folio of Tit-Bits, would accelerate to near 580 miles per hour at the center then reverse to travel endlessly between ends of the globe. Also note a dog protecting its master's body after a railway fatality near Cambridge, England.
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Lomdou
Cambridge
England
Hinloy
Electro Plated Lace Gains Fashion Footing in Lyons
A French writer notes electro plated lace as a fashion novelty. He cites a Lyons workshop producing a complete set of ecclesiastical vestments in plated lace and suggests society wearers could adopt the look for ball gowns.
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Lyons
Fragmented reading hints at a disrupted historical text
The readable fragments suggest a dated, stylized narrative with references to a new world, moral uprightness, and ceremonial imagery. Named persons or places are not consistently identifiable, and the text appears as an OCR garble with stray proper nouns and invented terms.
Erect Too Much of a Horss and Blinders
A fragmented Boston Transcript excerpt complains about overblinding a horse and lampooning fear and confusion. It references how horses react to noise and mocks officials and strong figures with satirical humor, using odd spellings and exaggerated terms.
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Boston Transcript
Rabbit Fur Rivalry With Angora Rabbits Emerges
A Frenchman near Lons le Saunier in the Jura district experiments with Angora rabbits, claiming their fur can become a large scale rival to sheep wool for textile use. The breed sheds forty times yearly and can be harvested by skilled bands just before natural fall.
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Lons le Sawnier
Jura
Fifteen Wives of an Alien Worker Reported
A late 19th or early 20th century note describes an alien worker named Chiedo with fifteen wives. It states the first marriage occurred at age 17 and the last at an unspecified age, with all wives said to have died around the same time as the man, though exact ages and causes are unreported.
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Chiedo
Uncle Rufus Survives Fire With Bold Shave Joke
A blaze in the furnace sent flames and smoke through the house. Uncle Rufus emerged from the basement with singed eyebrows and hair, stepping calmly to a mirror and quipping that he needed a shave and haircut anyway, in a grimly humorous moment from Youth's Companion.
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Rufus
Hymn Books Put To Odd Uses In Uptown Church
A pastor recounts visiting homes and discovering hymn books used as table legs and as back supports. He notes the cost to the church and urges members to avoid wasting the books. A woman sits on a hymn book during the sermon, illustrating unexpected uses in the pew.
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Lsten
New York Press
Clean Liver and the Office Promotion Debate
The piece contrasts the reliable clean liver with the energetic but unstable “sport.” It argues steady workers earn promotions, while energy dips trigger resentment and drinking, leading to ruin. The clean liver remains dependable, advancing through a long, satisfactory life.
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Chicago Tribune
Description of War Vessels and Their Roles
The text explains battleships as heavily armored ships with heavy guns. cruisers as fast vessels that may be armored or protected. protected cruisers rely on armor for vulnerable parts. Torpedo boats are fast low ships armed with torpedoes. torpedo boat destroyers are larger fast torpedo boats. Corvettes and dispatch boats are smaller or swift ships for dispatches.
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Montora
Coffee as a disinfectant powerful but little known
The article asserts coffee is a powerful disinfectant, citing repeated experiments. It notes raising freshly ground coffee to a powder and sprinkling on a hot surface to cleanse a sick room, presenting practical, if fragmentary, guidance for its use.
Dentists In Demand in Great Britain
There are not enough qualified dentists in Great Britain, according to reports in the medical journal. The shortage raises concern for access to care and prompts calls for increased training and recruitment to meet rising demand.
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Great Britain
Wseertier
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