A Curious Advertisement From the Yankee Fork Observatory
An extravagant ad recounts a supposed wireless mind contact with Pharaoh and Moses, promising vast fortunes for proving ancient mysteries. It frames lessons on pyramids and the Sphinx as part of a sales pitch for an embalmment empire with lofty dividends and a stock offering pitched near the Jordan Creek in Idaho.
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Observatory
Loon Creek
Thunder and
Custer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Pharaoh
Red Sea
Moses
Tam
Yankee Folk Observatory
Custer County
Egypt
Mosesites
Mark Twain
Tonee
Curio Department
Pyramids
Russia
Japan
Great Salt Lake
Don Maguire
Alt Lake City
Dead Sea
Steel Trust
Avnas Graph
Yankee Fork
Jakae Kal Klawson
Jordan Creek
Big Loon
Little Loon
Middle Fork
William T Reeves Dies. Funeral Held at South Cleveland Ave
Funeral services for William T Reeves were held last week at his residence on South Cleveland Avenue. Revs Van Engelen Greenlee and Gillilan officiated with attendance from Free Silver Camp Woodmen of the World and local attorneys including district court Judge Budge. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. wife and children aided by community and Reeves left a Boise and local estate plus $2000 Woodmen of the World policy for support.
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William T. Reeves
Cleveland Avenue
van Engelen
Greenlee
Gillilan
Free Silver Camp
Woodmen of the World
Montpelier
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Judge Budge
District Court
Mountain View Cemetery
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Adlessee Pylenhone Co
Alimite
Messenarr
Research & No-Trust Cos. Bank
Boston
AM. G. Alias
K. K
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Sphinx
Seana
Jonah
Noah
Theorld
James Gayle
W. H. Feegver
R.n.hull &Co
General Merchandise
Challis
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William Buster, Frop
Onallis, Ida