Obituaries and Health Briefs From Late February
Edward O. Wolcott former Colorado senator died in France on February 28. Jane Stanford widow of Leland Stanford died in Honolulu on February 28 and authorities suspect poisoning. Judge Kinkaid met with the agriculture secretary about livestock inspection and dipping rules seeking broader interpretation to prevent disease while noting inspector shortages and cattlemen’s compliance concerns in western Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward O. Wolcott
United State
Colorado
France
Jane Stanford
Senator Stanford
California
Leland Stanford
Honolulu
Kinkaid
Secretary of Agriculture
State Journal
Local editor rails at mail order ads and traveling salesmen
A State Journal writer notes how an average editor urges readers to buy from local dealers. He criticizes traveling salesmen for selling unwanted goods at higher prices and uses mail order exposés as ongoing warnings. The piece hints at possible advertiser loyalties and conflicts with grocers who share space with him.
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The
State Journal
Chicago
Western Nebraska's Rapid Growth and Diverse Crops
Western Nebraska shows rapid development in diversified farming. Stock farmers learn to select regionally profitable crops and protect native grasses for big yields. Forage crops and well-watered vegetable gardens via windmill irrigation contribute to beef production and local markets.
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Nebraska
Western Nebraska stock farmers diversify crops and prosper
Western Nebraska ranchers grow a variety of agricultural products, shipping fine potatoes to market. Improved climate, good schools and roads attract settlers, with development aided by the North Platte sub experiment station, creating strong market access for local farmers.
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Nebraska
North Platte
Ranch News
Riverside notes on Bridgeport and local arrivals
Lisco arrived from Bridgeport on Saturday. Ed Smith visited Mr and Mrs J Johnson Saturday evening. Pat Rowlan returned from Bridgeport with a load of grain. Gerrick and Bullingley of Antelope Valley passed through last Friday toward Bridgeport. Bird Rodgers delivered a cow and calf from Pat Rowlan on Monday. The range is nearly bare and cattle can graze reducing hay usage amid scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wn. Lisco
Bridgeport
Ed Smith
Summer Birds Arrive and Local Gossip in Irving
Community notes from Irving recount seasonal arrivals and routine activities. Mentions include Rec Tolle’s storm visit, Geo Beerline and Roth Walsh coyotes hunt, visits by Hilda Fanny Angie Annie Elsags to Laura Irving, and Robt Walsh travel to Bridgeport for store business.
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Geo. Beerline
Roth Walsh
Hilda
Fanny Angie
Annie Elsags
Laura Irving
Robt Walsh
Bridgeport
Anthony Johnson
Irving
One Way Rates for Union Pacific Colonist Tickets 1905
Union Pacific announces daily from March to May 15 1905 one way Colonist fares from Missouri River Terminals Council Bluffs to cities including $20 to Ogden and Salt Lake City $30 to Butte Anaconda Helena $22 50 to Spokane and Wenatchee $25 to Everett Fairhaven Whatcom Vancouver Victoria via Huntington and Spokane $25 to Tacoma and Seattle via Huntington and Portland or via Hunt 25 00 to Portland and Astoria or Ashland Roseburg Eugene Albany and Salem via Portland 2500 to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego Lower rates to other western points A through tourist car run daily between Missouri River and Pacific Coast double berth 375 For full information call or address 206 W W Aldridge Agent
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Union Pacific
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Spokane
Wenatchee
Wash
Everett
Fairhaven
Whatcom
Vancouver
Victoria
Huntington
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Astoria
Ashland
Roseburg
Eugene
Albany
Salen
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Utah
Idano
Pacific Coast
W. W. Aldridge
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles by Paro Ointment
The advertisement claims Paro Ointment cures itching bleeding and protruding piles with a 14 day money back guarantee. First application provides relief and a sample can be sent by mail if needed. Price listed at 50 cents. Paris Medicine Co. St. Louis, MO.
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Stampa
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis LO
Watching sports shapes character and scholarship
Dr Warre notes that games build endurance patience and speed of mind and body and that schools with strong athletic records often rank high in scholarship. He asserts sport reveals individuality and personality more than other methods.
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Warre
Rejection Memory Sparks Painful Reminder for Huddleston
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, a young woman asks Mr. Huddleston if he ever faced rejection. He recalls one brutal experience with a life insurance company, admitting the sting of that past denial and its lasting pain.
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Huddleston
Lfe
Chicago
Help Others and Bless Yourself Reminder
A short exhortation from the Detroit Free Press urges aiding a distressed friend to bring light and blessing to one’s own heart. The quote frames charity as a reciprocal moral act.
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Detroit Free Press
His Experience and His Friend Money Talks
A New York Press snippet contrasts a promoter’s belief in money talks with the challenges of obtaining funds. The piece hints at the tension between endorsement and execution in promotional efforts.
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New York Press
Insect Menu Captivates Epicures From London Table
The article surveys a historic insect menu praised by epicures. Dishes include green caterpillar soup, fried locusts with wood louse sauce, curried cockchafers, wasp grubs baked in the comb, moths, and deviled wireworms. It notes preparation methods and suggests bold taste appeals.
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Leurson
London
Epicure
John the Baptist
Amusing Camille Scene At Walnut Street Theater
In a Philadelphia production of Camille at the old Walnut Street theater a comic accident occurred when a maid set a candelabra near Armand and Camille. A candle toppled, igniting ice cream and triggering a roar of laughter from the crowded house, breaking the tense scene.
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Camille
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Armand
Harper's Weekly
No Divorce Courts in New Guinea Say Traditions End Marriage
A colonial observer notes that in New Guinea there is no formal divorce system. Women who tire of husbands return to mothers, while husbands use violence to end marriages. When divorced women remarry, their former husbands stage a war dance to honor the grass widow, a ritual not aimed at killing.
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New Guinea
First Editions Dream Exchange Between Writer and Critic
A noted humor writer discusses collecting first American editions with a bibliomaniac. The critic asks for copies of the first edition of the writer’s book, and the author replies that all his first editions are in the critic’s collection.
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Fiist Editio
Thrice Bleat and Social Quips From Times-Democrat
The New Orleans Times-Democrat quips that deaf lovers are fortunate to share a private conversation in a crowd. A separate joke notes a wife serving a husband in the kitchen, forcing her to drop her tasks to attend him.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
A Soft Anawe and Time’s Tangle in San Francisco
In 1872 George Chesmnore Bromley, author of Long Ago and Later On, joined the Bohemia club of San Francisco and recalls arriving home late. His wife greets him and, after a brief exchange, he muses that a soft answer can turn away wrath as he realizes how time had slipped away.
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George Chesmnore Bromley
Bohemia Club
San Francisco
Walter Williams and the Spanish editor correction
In 1903 Walter Williams of Columbus Mississippi visited a provincial editor in Spain. The paper wrongfully claimed he bought Louisiana and would host European journalists. A correction said Governor Francis of Missouri bought land in the Great American desert and Williams invited Spanish journalists to a show next year. Williams fled fear of further explanations.
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Walter Williams
Columbus
Miss
Spain
United States
Louisiana
Europe
Williams
Francis
Missouri
Great American Desert
Morning meeting disrupts Rossetti Meredith group plans
Meredith recalls arranging a shared house with Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Swinburne and George Meredith. He altered the plan after Rossetti slept late on an exquisite noon and ate five bacon slabs and five eggs in a breakfast like an ogre, prompting Meredith to sacrifice three months rent to avoid a repeat.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Wiliam
Swinburne
George Meredith
Meredith
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Backed by Refund Promise
Advertising note states druggists refund money if the product fails to cure. A signature from K. W. Grove appears on each box, indicating authenticity and assurance of efficacy.
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K. W. Grove
The Riddle of the Sphinx and Oedipus's Answer
The Sphinx asks the riddle of man who crawls on four as a baby, walks on two in adulthood, and uses a staff in old age. Oedipus correctly answers that the animal is man. The Sphinx, defeated, is said to have killed herself by throwing from the citadel.
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District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
H. M. Grimes
Louis M. Meyer
Clara M. Briggs
Township
Hanad
A. D
Court House
Sidney
Perentys
Said County
Cedipus
OTICE
Truckey & Son
Copartners
Plcataeny
Skandia Plow
Peoples Bank of Rockford
Winds
Elsa Brott
Gustaff Brott
Lewis Brott
Skandia Plow Company
Peoples Bank of
Rockford
Illinois
Elsi Brott
Gustitt Brott
Town of
Potter
Truckey & Son, Maintitr
Lenoy Mantis
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Ayers
Albert G
Hamilton
Marietta
J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Ayer
the Telegraph
Sidney Telegraph and Peoples Poniard Consort
Sidney, Neb
A. Gapen
Riverside
Rec Tolle
East End
Frank Irving
Geo. Elsass
C. C. Mulloy
J. Johnson
Myrtle Slimm
Laura
Qheriffs Sale
Cheyenne
B.A. Lathrop
Myron QO. Sager
M. FE. Lathrop
Independent Telephone Company
B. A
Lathrop
Red Myron UO
Sagek
Larnakor
Koda Rice
C.s. Rice
Hattie C. Johnson
Ellen V. Bates
Waldo
Sidney Telegraph
Pearoney
James Tucker
Epicures
Bon-Ton
C. Neumann
Atling
VIA
Pie O
Pile O
Fairnhaven
Viectora
Rosesburg
Salem
Salt
Lake City
Burlington
Puget Sound
Northwest
Big Horn Basin
North Platte Valley
Washington, D. C
L. W. Wakeley
Omaha
M. A. Shipman
Fenper
Sphinx
Hose E. Walford
Charles L. Gage Sand —— Gage
William A. Fowler
Peti-Ton
Cheyanne County
Monisu & Grrawam
Chymen A. Coldren
H. P
Tag Tree
Tis Telegraph
Landa
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