Terms of Court for Fourth Judicial District 1908
The document lists court officials including Cassia Lincoln Elmore Custer Blaine counties and names such as Lyttleton Price Judge and county officers. It notes schedule dates for terms of court across districts with February September October and April dates, providing the year 1908 context and concluding with the judge’s name.
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Fourth Judicial District
Cassia County
Lincoln County
Elmore County
Custer County
Blaine County
Lyttleton Price
Renting Stuffed Animals For Holiday Ads
A William Street taxidermist notes rental of stuffed animals rises at year end. Brands from ducks to bears rent for month long displays, with prices from five to seventy five dollars. Merchants seek festive props, while theater use has declined as productions grow more realistic.
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William Street
New York Times
Rentag
Champion Snake Hunter in French Forests of Vipers
Ancient reports recount French and British serpent hunters marching through forests and fields to wage war on venomous snakes. Noted killers include John Milly in Southampton and Courtol in Loire, credited with tens of thousands slain using simple sticks and swift strikes, plus keen knowledge of serpent habits. He killed 230 in two days near Puya Clermont and sometimes captured live reptiles.
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France
Southampton
John Milly
London Tattler
Courtol
Loire
Milly
Music of the Cubans Angers Western Critics
A Detroit Free Press critique attacks Cuban music and dance as primitive and discordant employs a crank piano sugar kettle drums and a gira and file as instruments claiming Cuban national hymn and dance are best played by such bands, urging Cubans to relearn music.
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Detroit Free Press
Chcantantes
New Arctic Berry Turns Out White Mulberry Fraud
A West coast marketing push touts a new Arctic berry said to be a hybrid of strawberry and wild cherry and huckleberry. The Detroit Free Press investigation reveals the fruit is actually white mulberry, widely condemned and later killed by frost after many plants were planted.
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West
Detroit Free Press
Fire engine high road courtesy seen on city streets
The New York Sun notes how fire engines command instant respect from drivers and motormen. When an engine nears a corner the central roadway is left open in all directions as motorists stop to give the fire crew full choice of path, resuming after the engine passes.
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New York Sun
Cross Street
Broadway
Automobile Sea Scouts as Silent Naval Scouts
The London Star envisions motor-bicycles and light launches as sea scouts for navies. A 60 foot boat with two 25 horsepower engines could carry four and reach high speeds with near silent underwater exhaust. Such craft, low in water or semi-submerged, would be hard to target and useful for near shore reconnaissance.
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London Star
Altels Might Split and Fall Threatening Alpine Pass
Reports from Neu chatel Switzerland warn that the Altels peak near the Gemini pass may split in two and crash down any time. A collapse could devastate the pass used by many tourists, recalling a glacier slide in September 1895 that killed numerous peasants.
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Alpine
Gemini Pass
Neuchatel
Switzerland
Quick Lunch Standards Between Chicago and New York
A New York Times report on the National Civic Federation's executive committee notes a Chicago stenographer quip about quick lunches. He suggests Chicago defines a quick lunch as about 15 minutes, while New York considers anything over 15 minutes a dinner, highlighting city dining pace contrasts.
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National Civic Federation
Chicago
Industrial Department
New York Times
Restaure
New York
Valuable Discovery Portrait of Luther by Cranach Found
A historically significant portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, the famed artist and burgomaster of Wittenberg, has been uncovered in the town church of Wittenberg. It is hailed as the finest Luther portrait known to exist.
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Martin Luther
Lucas Cranach
Wittenberg
Watch of gold nuggets by Alaska miner jeweler
A Nome jeweler and miner A L Delkins, who arrived in Seattle aboard the Oregon, made a gold watch and chain from Willow Creek gold. The elaborate piece includes a nugget adorned case and a long nugget chain, weighing about 12 ounces, with a solid gold dial and hands bearing the inscription Made by A L Delkins Nome Alaska. He says such curiosities are priceless and likely unique in the world.
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A. L. Delkins
Nome
Seattle
Oregon
Alaska
Delkins
Willow Creek
Council
Seattle Times
New Double Stars Reported From Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory reports the recent discovery of over 100 double star pairs. Most appear as single stars to the naked eye, but telescope observations reveal binary motion. Many systems orbit centers of gravity with periods from 25 to 100 years, requiring long-term study for full data. The Sirius companion was confirmed by the Washington 26 inch telescope.
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Lick Observatory
Sirius
Washington
Eating According To Sex In The London Lancet Claim
A London Lancet claim states men require more food than women due to larger size and higher energy use. It notes men burn energy faster, have larger chromocytes, and greater pulmonary capacity. Women can easily reduce breathing power with corsets. Also mentions corsets for Frenchmen and state flags in Missouri.
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London Lancet
Paris
Defense J
England
Berlin
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