Round Trip Rail Specials to San Francisco and L A
California excursion rates July and June travel deals from unspecified origin. Round trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles listed with multiple date ranges, via Billings Portland or direct options, with prices per person. Big Horn Basin homeseekers excursions offered May and June under D Clem Deaver to aid settlers, round trip $20, plus other summer low rates to Atlantic City Saratoga and resort destinations.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sidney
Billings
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Spokane
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Big Horn Basin
New York
Atlantic City
Saratoga Springs
Philadelphia
Sacred Ganges spectacle at Benaras draws thousands
The Chicago Tribune cites Elza R. Skidmore of the National Geographic Society describing sunrise rites of Hindus along the Ganges at Benaras. Readers witness crowded ghats, ritual washings, brass lota jars, and the stark cremation grounds managed by the domri caste amid polluted waters and city refuse.
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Ganges
Benares
India
Elza R. Skidmore
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine
Ghats
A Tender Foot and Awkward Nephew Exchange
A witty dialogue shows Uncle John and Goufy Uncle arguing over meaning of tenderfoot. The scene features Baltimore American style humor with a jab about gendered aging, noting a man’s hair grays earlier than a woman’s.
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John
Weak kidneys blamed for failing health and remedies praised
An old home remedy advertisement asserts weak kidneys cause bodily decay and urges Doan's Kidney Pills as the cure. Testimonial from W A Tracy of St Joseph Missouri recounts back pain relief after using the pills, claiming lasting improvement with occasional reinforcements during colds.
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Bright
Dean
W. A. Tracy
Jule Street
St. Joseph
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
New Road Laws Expand County and Village Road Funding
The legislature passes road laws taxing individuals aged 21 to 50 for two Wa poll taxes paid to the county treasury. Work must be contracted April through October. County boards may levy road taxes in cities villages and districts with half funds for county roads and half for local boards. Road district mills five to twenty five may be levied on petition. Village trustees may levy a two mill Municipal Highway Fund for road grading within six miles.
Government to Open 33000 Acres for Irrigated Homesteads
On June 26, 1907 the government will open 33000 acres of irrigated Huntley Project land near Billings Montana. Prospective settlers will receive water rights after building the irrigation system and must repay the cost in ten annual installments. Similar crops brought high yields last year. Mrs Stevenson sister of Mrs Trognitz departed for Pennsylvania.
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Yellowstone Valley
Billings
Montana
Huntley Project
Northwest
The Citric Acid Monopoly Thwarted by a Chimney Trick
A London chemist who held a secret citric acid process lived alone with no workers. A chimney sweep, hidden as a boy, followed him home to Charing Cross, learned the method, and returned to Temple Bar with the secret. Prices fell four-fifths and the inventor died soon after.
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Temple Bar
Anch
Charing Cross
Bied
London
The Log Jam And The Rivermen
Stewart Edward White describes log jams and the jam crews that break them. Workers pry hinge and tug for hours as a jam collapses sending a torrent downstream. Men jump to safety from the jam and a single slip could mean death in the dangerous river work.
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Stewart Edward White
Outing Magazine
The Little Pitcher Narrative Excerpt
Edith scolds her doll in a domestic scene, forbidding saucy talk and asserting motherly authority. The brief dialogue captures a child’s play with a mother figure and a toy as a literary device.
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Edith
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California
Big Horn
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
Cody
Sheridan
Yellowstone Park
M. A. Shipman
Neb
Krug’s
Fred W. Vath
Western Realty
Www
E. Swatzlander
Mer
Oberfelder Block
Bridgeport
North Platte Valley
J. W. Iddings, Prop
Zeb
Uncle Zeb
Chicago Tribune
Uncle Sam
Thompson
Mra Stevenson
Mrs. Trognitz
Pennsyravia
and Everett
Sidney, Nebraska
VIA
Union - Pacific
W. J. Shoemaker
Edison Phonographs
Edison Records
M. O. Sager
Pease & Sons
T. F. Thornburg
Greenlee & Benson
General Merchandise
Crockery
Sidney, Neb
B. F Mitchell
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