Fire Devastates Hallville Business District in Texas
Fire destroyed main business houses in Hall vile Texas causing losses totaling about 50000 dollars. The report lists other national notes including a Missouri tax suit against Western Union for 38831.33 and interior department land leases in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallvile
Tex
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Missouri
Western Union Telegraph Company
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Cuban
House of Representatives
Alice Roosevelt
Robes Manufacturing Company
Chicago
John
Kronstadt
Burke
South Dakota
Naval Training Station
Western Canada Crop Boom Impacts Wheat Oats Barley
The article notes a seven year surge in Western Canada crop returns since 1898, with Alberta and Saskatchewan after 1905. It cites rising acres sown and higher bushel yields across wheat oats and barley, highlighting Alberta Red winter wheat and new rail expansion as drivers of sustained prosperity for settlers and agriculture.
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Northwest Territories
Alberta
Saskatchewan
West
From Plant to Cigar and the Single Binder Factory
Frank P. Lewis toured the best tobacco regions and selected crops while inspecting holdings and curing plans. The Lewis Single Binder factory reportedly leads in fancy graded tobacco and sold seven million cigars last year with orders behind for twenty three months.
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Frank P. Lewis
United States
Lierald Transcript
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
An 19th century ad claims Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children's Home uses Sweet Powders to cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Available at all druggists for 25 cents with free sample by mail from Alien S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Atall
S. Olmsted
le Roy
Births decline in England by seventy five percent over thirty years
A historical note reports that England has 25 percent of its thirty years ago birth rate, indicating a substantial drop in the number of children born. The data suggests long term demographic shifts and potential population aging without detailing regional differences.
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England
Acme Dyspepsia Cure Ad Promotes Universal Cure
An advertisement from Acme Dyspepsia Cure Co. Ironia New Jersey promotes a pill claimed to cure stomach liver and bowel diseases. It urges readers to send money with the order and offers a 100 tablet supply.
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims for Laxative Pills
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It promises refunds if unsatisfied and notes box features, while a quip about a woman’s adjectives appears as a slogan ending.
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W. Grove
Nebraska Governor opposes railroad passes for state workers
Governor Mickey denounces passes for appointees and urges mileage books instead. He cites Republican convention opposition and says officials may act on their own, with no statewide ban on passes. Local notes include injuries, oil prospects, housing shortages, and beets contracts in 1906 Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Deneen
Mickey
January state receipts exceed expenditures by large margin
Lincoln report from State Treasurer Mortensen shows January receipts will exceed outlays by at least 150000. General fund balance already exceeds this amount with other funds rising in proportion. The perman ent school funds hold little cash as investments rise. Many bonds and warrants purchased since January. General fund warrants retired near 175000. Idaho state bonds worth 78000 bought for permanent school funds were received and paid.
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First National Bank of
Cleveland
Ohio
God
Country
Yale
Boston & Maine
Pennsylvania Company
Bankers of
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Leonard Imboden
J. A. Hill
James Osborne
Norman Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Jerome
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
Jefferson County
Cal
Roosevelt
Camp A. Wheeler
Confederate Cavalry
Atlanta
Topeka
Justice Gould
Washington
George EB. Greene
W. P. Doreyuus
Cass County Teachers’ Association
Louisville
Beatrice Commercial Club
Wood River
Emil Mewls
West Point
Wiliam Brown
Ogallala
South Platte
Frank Svehla
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Dempster
Beatrice
American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Island
C. E. Bowlby
Saline County
Bowlby
E. Piper
Madison
O. T. Bottecher
Norfolk
Philip Knapp
Piper
Union Pacific
Wool River
John Stump
McCook
St. Louis
John F. Helm
Red Wilow
Kearney
W. F. Conklin
DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company
W. H. Mast
Washington, D.C
Forestry Service
United States
Dismal River Forest Reserve
Nebraska
Arbor Lodge
Mast
Middle West
State Penitentiary
James O. Botts
Chadron
Bott
Board For
John Moser
Humboldt
Canada
Argentina
South America
Moser
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
I. W. Stedley
South Beatrice
State Banking Department
Arapahoe State Bank
Bank of Sargent
Bank of Ashton
Bank of Union
Lincoln
State Treasury
Mortensen
Idaho
Game Warden Carter Reports License Revenue Surplus
The Game Warden's office shows licenses and fees for the year total $6,376, yielding a state surplus of $3,047 after expenses. Fish hatchery costs may reach $4,000. last year licenses were $5,884 and fines $2,116 while this year licenses rose to $6,941.
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Carter
Passenger leaves baby girl on train journey to the Black Hills
A westbound Northwestern train passenger briefly left the car at Norfolk and dropped a baby girl at a doorstep before rejoining the train. The infant, described with dark blue eyes, was found at Conductor Ed Adams's home and is being cared for. The mother remains missing.
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Norfolk
Northwestern
Chicago
Black Hills
Ed Adams
Chinese Remember Mickey Vase Gift to Lincoln Governor
The Chinese commission head Tai Hung and Tuan Fang sent a vase and a thank you letter to Governor Mickey and Lincoln residents for the commission’s one day visit and entertaining activities in Lincoln.
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Mickey
Tai Hung
Tuan Fang
America
Lincoln
Horse Thief Confesses After Sweatbox Detention
Alma reports Frank Holts alias Fred Fields arrested for stealing two horses from Will Frost of Phelps County. In custody he confessed location of the horses. He is held for trial in Hol drege.
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Alma
Frank Holts
Fred Fields
Will Frost
Phelps County
Holts
Holdrege
Makes Public Confession at Extraordinary Revival
LENXINGTON One of the most extraordinary revival meetings is in progress. A young man publicly confessed to a long list of crimes against the state, including continuous burglaries from grain houses in Holdrege Nebraska, break ins in town, stealing coal from Burling ton and other places for entire winters, and numerous petty thefts.
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Lenxington
Holdrege
Neb
Burlington
Not Yet. An Eastern singer hopes for afterlife meeting
The quote envisions a reunion with poets Shelley and Keats after death, but the speaker doubts such a journey is feasible. The Atlanta Constitution remarks that even glorious meetings would not compel them to undertake a journey beyond life.
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Shelley
Keats
Atlanta Constitution
Noblesse oblige and moral obligation discussed
The text argues that obligation rests on all decent people to be obliging. It links obliging conduct to decency and the social motive of noblesse oblige. It presents the idea that a person’s status as a human being drives him to act obligingly.
Factory Uses Waste Water For Employee Warm Baths
A large Austrian factory provides daily warm baths for all 1000 employees by reusing its waste water, offering a novel employee benefit and sanitation example.
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Austria
Heathen Conversion Debate Draws Mixed Reactions
A reflective line notes harsh fate yet arrival in a new country brings talk of conversion and belief. The speaker questions the appeal of proselytizing and the reception of such lectures in a welcoming setting.
Salter Seed Co Bargain Seeds Catalogue Offer
Northern Grown Pedigree Seeda seeds advertised with a special Salzer’s Bargainered Book catalogue. Offer promises free seed to grow 5 tons of grass if you remit 4e and receive a package of Cosmos flowers. Includes address Lock Drawer W La Crosse Wis.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Drawer W
la Crosse
Wis
Women ride turtle on Taganac island in Borneo report
Two English women Mrs McEnroe and Mrs Darby visited Taganac island in North Borneo and, while watching turtles at midnight, rode a large sea turtle along the sands as it returned to the water.
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North
Infallible Cure for Toothache
A London physician at a medical society meeting claimed tooth extraction is unnecessary. He described a paste made from illume reduced to powder two drachms nitrous ether seven drachms to apply to the diseased tooth, curing most toothache unless rheumatoid factors are involved.
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London
Fat burglar trapped in Paris hotel ventilator
Guests at a famous Paris hotel heard cries for help at 1 am. A very fat burglar was found stuck in a ventilator after attempting to escape through it. The door was battered down and the brickwork had to be removed to free him.
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Paris
German study cites old Russian locomotives hindering rails
A German study argues that the Russian rail system struggles to handle traffic due to outdated locomotives. Of 14 326 engines, 6 919 are between twenty four and forty six years old, suggesting age-related inefficiency.
Word Building Contest with Grape Nuts and Prizes
A family evening word game offers prizes for up to 331 winners in a Grape Nuts contest. Participants submit lists of words formed from letters in Y I O Grape Nuts, with Webster-approved terms counted and no personal names. Winners receive gold, paper money, or boxes of Grape Nuts. entries close April 30, 1906.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Batetle Creek
Mich
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Mahomet
Piso
N. W. Samurel
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N. J
Nebraska State News
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Turtle
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