Irrigation Wonders Highlight Idaho at World's Fair
The Idaho exhibit at the World’s Fair showcases irrigation successes across crops and regions. Oregon, California, Utah, and Colorado display water use feats, while Idaho claims 20 gold medals and Tokay grapes from Lewiston, among 62 varieties grown in milder northern climates.
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Italy
Syria
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America
Rocky Mountains
Palace of Agriculture
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Congress
State Land Board of Idaho
Twin Falls
Cassia
Nevada
Palma reviews Cuban affairs at Havana session
The Cuban congress opened with a friendly tone as Palma outlined priorities. He pressed funding for sanitation under Platt amendment control, noted 29.5 million owed to veterans, and proposed a perpetual debt bearing 3 percent to manage future needs. He praised progress, schools at 3,600 with 120,000 pupils, and the Sanitary Department’s St Louis medal.
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Congress
Palma
Republic
Cuba
Canitary Department
St. Louis
Cube
Uni
Two Kinds of Courage in a Chicago Tale
An army officer laughed at a timid woman amid a cannon salute's roar, then married her. Six months later he entered late, removing his boots in the hall. Chicago Journal notes the odd pair and their unlikely path.
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Chicago Journal
Careers Arranged in Odd News Item
The note from the Holden-Both family hints at children getting along while a local lodge settles a matter. Tom contemplates retirement as a millionaire and Henrietta imagines becoming a wealthy widow as discussed in a brief, quirky item from the Hoston Transcript.
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Holden
Alon
Yhays St
Tom
Henrietta
Hoston
Never Would Be Missed Sponge Baths Quip Card
The chatty exchange frames a theatre joke about a drama from the French. A manager questions the French missing it, while a young author asserts the drama is drawn from France. The Yonkers Statesman quip pivots to a joke about sponge baths.
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Bill
Yonkers Statesman
Old Mexico
Louita
Mexico City
Katy
ST. Louis
Dodd's Kidney Pills touted as cure for epilepsy and backache
A Best in the World notice from Cream Arkansas reports W H Smith recovering after eighteen months of epilepsy backache and kidney trouble. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring health and strength, claiming the medicine cleanses kidneys and purifies blood. An embedded Chicago Tribune quote presents a separate courtroom jabber.
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Cream
Ark
W. H. Smith
Dodd
Lilla Frend
Santa Fe Engine No 507 Impresses at World Fair
The Santa Fe locomotive No 507, a Baldwin engine tested in Machinery Hall at the St. Louis World’s Fair, captivates crowds with lifelike movement and speed. Remarks from observers praise the Prairie type for hauling fast passenger service, while a folkloric aside from Uncle Eben notes public admiration for the machine.
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Santa Fee
Santa Fe
Doans Kidney Pills End Backache for Concord Judge
Justice of the Peace from Concord North Carolina testifies to Doans Kidney Pills easing long standing kidney and back pain. He reports irregular dark secretions cleared up and no back ache since the last dose. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY promotes the 50 cent remedy in all dealers.
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Concord
N.C
Justice of the Peace
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Sights in Kansas corn belt story from Chicago Chronicle
A traveler asks the porter how long until the train exits the tunnel but the porter jokes that it is not a tunnel. He says they are passing through the Kansas corn belt and that the tail stalks shut out the sun, promising no daylight for 200 miles.
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Chicago Tribune
Kansas City
Kansas
Chicaro Chronicle
Ibers
Mexico
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Salisbury
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