Johnson grass invades Louisiana and a 17 year toll road battle ends
The article notes Johnson grass spreading across East Carroll parish in Louisiana, challenging agriculture. It recounts a prolonged 17 year case in Lancaster County where Columbus Rate defeated the Big Spring and Braver Valley Turnpike Co and won condemnation of the toll road, opening the route as a free public highway.
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Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Honduras
Central America
East Carroll Parish
East Carroll
Southwest
Lancaster
Columbus Qtate
Big Spring & Braver Valley Turnpike Company
Rate First
Supreme Court
Rate
Duke Street
The Shah of Persia in Vienna Attended by Many
A Viennese journalist notes the shah travels with an extensive retinue of attendants officers and adjutants and two young sons. Despite jewels and grandeur his appearance is described as short stout with sloping shoulders a blase expression and an apathetic air, resembling a Wallachian shepherd in dress.
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Persia
Vienna
Ashah
Woman Operator Runs Record Digger in Kirkswood Sewer Work
Miss Eura Graham operates the largest excavating machine to enter St. Louis county Missouri. The digger digs a three foot trench ten to twenty feet deep through rocky soil in Kirkswood for a new sewer system. She guides and brakes with skill and appears at home on the engine despite being the only woman operator seen.
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Eura Graham
St. Louis County
Kirkswood
Miss Graham
Chinese myth and the whistle myth story adaptation
The Butte Miner recounts a tall tale about a snake charmer and a whistle, linking it to Chinese superstition and an imperial edict banning whistles. The anecdote frames cultural misunderstandings and ends with a grim note on American intrusions and Chinese fears.
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Butte
Hop Lee Sing
China
Hell
Laws Hit Their Makers in Minnesota Misconduct Tales
A Minnesota farmer and several lawmakers faced fines after enforcement of their own laws. The farmer paid $25 for bass fishing out of season while a representative fined for selling below grade baking powder and spices. A state senator challenged milk licensing after pushing the milk license rule, arising from penalties met for noncompliance. In a separate note, a pike from Barton Broad contained a trove of scavenged metal and tools when opened.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Senate
State Airy and Food Commissioner
Wonderful Factory Fourteen Elements in the Human Body
A professor explains the human body as a factory of 14 elements. He details oxygen hydrogen nitrogen carbon calcium phosphorus and others, showing how they form water salt washing soda and other by products within the body.
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Our
Man
Enterprising Youth Promises Dandelions for a Peck
A Kittery Maine woman recalls a boy who harvested dandelions from her lawn without interference. After an hour he washed the greens at her pump and then offered the full basket for 20 cents a peck at her door.
A Vast Gulf
A humorous Life magazine quip contrasts a man's tailor with a ladies' tailor noting a $100 hour gap. The exchange plays on gendered tailoring and pricing in a lighthearted chat.
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Barton Broad
Norfolk
England
L. O. Ballard
Edward B. Grossman & Co
Chicago
J.monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury
Neb
UNA & CO
New York
Ofice
F .T
Washington
D.C
Sherwin-Williams
Thos. Nelson
Diller, Nebr
Edwin L. Feese
Diller
Dr. Brock
Dr. Nesly
Bixby’s
Bank of Odell
HH. Z. Diller
Diller Brothers
Frank T. Pearce
Dilek
Nebraska
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J. G. Neely
Ney’s
Diller, Nebraska
L. P. Raymond
A. J. . Sheldon
Arveline
Marveline Co
Leavenworth
KAS
Iors
Debell
W. Beggs, Sons & CO
Union Park Place
Geentlemen
INAME
Post Office
Istreet
Neely’s Phartiacy, Diller, Neb
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