Irrigation Congress Views in State Capital
The article notes the Irrigation Congress at the state capital on the seventh, urging adoption of irrigation district laws like California’s Wright Law. It warns Montana’s delegation may oppose strict funding but stresses local action to secure water via bonds and district organization.
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Irrigation Congress
Montana
Salt Lake
National Mining Congress
Anaconda
Congress
Montanian
Shouder
National Congress
Sutherlin
Husbandman
California
First World Map to be Shown at the Exposition
A 1494 1529 Liege map of the world possibly loaned from the Vatican library will be exhibited at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The map traces early geographic knowledge from the Morlucca region to Labrador with Yucatan and Brazil shown. A San Francisco firm offers to fund a Pacific coast delegation to Chicago including travel and hotel costs plus Exposition tickets.
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Etulgreia
London
Leo
Vatican Library
Liege
Pius IX
Morlucca
Russia
Siberia
America
Yucatan
Brazil
New Spain
Labrador
San Francico House
Chicago
The
Woods
Great History Company of
San Francisco
Cald
King Crab King of New York Aboard Euphrates
The Japanese king crab, eighty years old and eleven feet across, arrived from Japan on the British steamship Euphrates with tea. Captured after a fierce struggle, the giant crustacean was stuffed for display and valued at 250 dollars. It travels to London Zoo.
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King of
Japan
New York Recorder
New York
James Edwards
Euphrates
Hakodate
Yezzo
Ile
Capt. Edwards
London Zoological Gardens
Karena
Presence of Mind in a Smoking Car Scene
Two ladies aboard a Detroit streetcar complain about smoke from the front door. A man with a lit cigar enters, but a quick excuse by a wife prompts the conductor to eject him, as she pretends he is her cousin visiting and must sign the conductor’s log. The incident showcases a witty rescue by the wife.
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Detroit
Marthy
William
John
Scosset Capt. Lee Challenged Corean King Paraded Off Grounds
Capt Lee a veteran military instructor for Korea died suddenly in Philadelphia. He once ordered the king and cabinet off their parade ground to clear native troops, earning respect but triggering near revolt. He and two American officers raised Korea’s army beyond Japanese standards. Firemen in Caribou Maine swam the Aroostook river to lay a hose line after a bridge fire, saving the village but allowing destruction of fifty thousand dollars in property.
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Capt. Lee
Philadelphia
Lee
Corean
Lim
Caribou
Aroostook
Fire Company
Justin Wreces
Map for sale offers 5x10 feet size
Classified note offers a fine 5 by 10 feet map for sale or rental with unclear contact details and partial instructions.
Curious Italian custom of choosing wives at Naples church
In Naples at Santa Maria Annunziata a yearly ritual allows eighteen year old orphans from a foundling asylum to be presented for marriage. A monk reviews papers, a suitor selects a girl from a line of twenty or so black-clad orphans, and the couple disappear into the sacristy after a brief ceremony. The process repeats as others step forward.
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Italy
Naples
Catholic Union
Santa Maria Auntiata
Our Lady
Foundling Asylum
Iman
Animals as drunkards in Guatemala plant curiosities
English traveler Hugh Tracey described Guatemalan carnivorous plants that intoxicate and trap animals for digestion. He noted these "vegetable saloons" attract insects and larger creatures into liquor filled chambers, killing or weakening victims before the plant absorbs them. He proposed displaying these plants at a Guatemala exhibit for the world fair.
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Hugh Tracey
United States
Guatemala
Leland
Keeley
Chicago News
London
Mr. Tracey
Euslend
The Key of Death in Venice Museum Legend
A 1690 Venice tale recalls Tebaldo a stranger who crafted a disguised weapon a turning key with a poisoned needle. He killed a bridegroom and later his lover’s parents and wife died soon after. Tebaldo was hanged and the “key of death” is still shown to visitors.
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Teballo
Venice
Ialf
Leing
Tebaldo
Tasken
Baldo
Elks Wreck a Settler’s Mountain Morning Tale
Edward Donaldson living five miles from Glenora in Tillamook County awoke to a stampede of elk. The herd wrecked his cabin. he shot four, then seven more as they returned uphill. A pack train carried five thousand pounds of elk meat back to town while Donaldson survived a fall that injured his leg.
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Edward Donaldson
Tillamook
Glenora
Ilis
Donaldson
District Goart Begins Fourth Mor Joy in Meegher County
The next term of the District Goart in Meegher County will begin the Fourth Mor Joy at agit.
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Goart
Meegher County
Agit
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Placer, Mont
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Lower Broadway
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