Yuma Dredger to Begin Gold Dredging Near Yuma
The Bullion Bar Dredging Company plans active operations at Patholog fourteen miles above Yuma. The massive dredger, leased from Advance Gold Dredging, has been idle after a ownership dispute and will soon test a gold bearing gravel field on the Colorado. Early results show fine gold in sluice-box cleanup and top dirt tests indicate profitable yields. the unit is the largest dredge of its kind in the United States.
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Yuma
Ariz
Bullion Bar Dredging Company
Fine Gravel
Mammoth
Advance Gold Dredging Company
Patholog
Colorado
Bullion Bar Company
United States
Mother and Children Graduate Together at Northwestern
Mrs. Thomas Balmer of 1327 Hollywood avenue Edgewater has just graduated with her youngest son at Northwestern University. The son completed the full college course while the mother finished a three year literature program. Mrs Balmer a Vassar graduate and wealthy. The Balmer family, including two other children, attends the university together each morning.
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Chicago
Thomas Balmer
Hollywood Avenue
Edgewater
Northwestern University
Balmer
Vassar
Heavy Rain Causes Widespread Missouri Crop Damage
Western Missouri and the Kansas City area recorded soaking rain totaling 6.63 inches near the city with ongoing heavy showers in St. Louis. Officials estimate crop damage across Illinois and Missouri at over a million dollars due to the storm.
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Kansas City
Missouri
ST. Louis
Illinois
United Mine Workers Strike In Birmingham District
President Flynn reports about 1,160 miners in the Birmingham district obeyed the strike order that went into effect last night.
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Birmingham
Ala
Flynn
The
United Mine Workers
Dogwood Winter Explained by Hickory Man in Philadelphia
A North Carolina visitor explains the phrase dogwood winter, noting a May spell of cold, cloudy weather and occasional frost tied to when dogwood trees bloom. He says such a spell always occurs in his region and assumed it was a common expression.
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Hickory
N.C
Colors in Safe Custody Before Duty Remains
The passage notes that colors are placed in safe custody before a corps goes on service. It argues those who would carry and guard the colors are now engaged in more practical duties rather than sentimental roles, preserving insignia for future use.
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Debucy
Thesaurus Sought After Circus Prospectus
A young writer hired by a circus asks for a thesaurus after exhausting words. The circus man dismisses the request humorously saying they only have a rhinoceros and will cable for a thesaurus.
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New York Times
The Big Fire Remembrance and Early Steamboat Note
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls the 1897 big fire and mentions workers bounced for knocking down. It also notes Spinks asking Willie about his sister attending a concert and references the Walk-in-the-Water steamboat's first Lake Erie journey in August 1818 from Flat Rock to Detroit.
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Mr. Spinks
Willie
Lake Erie
Flat Rock
Detroit
Mother’s Health Improves After Kodol Tonic Claim
A customer testimonial claims Kodol brought rapid relief to a mother suffering from distressing veins and indigestion. The ad asserts she now eats freely and fears no adverse effects with Kodol always on hand. Bell’s Pharmacy is cited as the source of the product.
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L. W. Spaulding
Nature
Bell
The Hairpin as Universal Tool in Surgery and Life
A humorous essay extols the hairpin as a universal instrument enabling women to perform diverse tasks from medical procedures to domestic and practical feats. It claims hairpins can fire bones, probe wounds, scrape tissue, and improvise tools, arguing women’s ingenuity surpasses male medicine and that hairpins could revolutionize surgery.
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Matice
When Women Were Extravagant
A historical lament over opulent fashions at European courts. It cites Marie de Medici wearing a gown with 32 000 pearls and 3 000 diamonds costing 1500 dollars, and Mme de Montespan at Louis XIV’s court wearing lavish gold garments, as described in Sevigne’s circle.
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St. James
Marie de’ Medicis
Mme. de Montespan
Louis XIV
de Sevigne
Presidents in Washington Memory Lane Minute
The reminiscence recalls John Adams bathing in the Potomac due to no White House bath, President Taylor chatting with townsfolk like a police officer, and White House receptions overwhelmed by guests. It notes a president once set a sixty pound cheese in the East Room and invited guests to help themselves.
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Washington
John Adams
Potomac
White House
Taylon
The Vast Distances From Earth to Neptune
The passage reflects on celestial scale, noting human history falls short of traveling even half the distance to Neptune. It speaks of mind fatigue when grasping vast miles and the outer planets appearing tiny as the sun itself seems distant and dim in the imagination.
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Neptune
Earth
Youth Hearings On Business Failures Shown In Xenial Quote
A Philadelphia Press quotation captures a young man’s struggle to start his own business. The speaker Sage notes that success eludes him and that meeting opportunity remains scarce, reflecting common early career frustrations.
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Philadelphia Press
Disturbed the Peace Quip Noted by Detroit Paper
A witty exchange cited by the Detroit Free Press involves a claim of disturbing peace of mind with the remark I gave you a piece of mine. The item captures a sharp retort and social humor from a newspaper excerpt.
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Detroit Free Press
Snow blindness prevention by facial blackening
A practice described as effective for preventing snow blindness involves darkening the nose cheeks and forehead. The report notes the method as a preventive measure with emphasis on facial shading to reduce glare.
Misread Romance: Carr Foiled By Bell at Villa Near Sandlake
In a Troy and New England rail line area village, a young man named Carr believed a woman lived with her mother in a villa near Sandlake. He rang the bell. the mother answered and he claimed to be Carr. The daughter, unseen by her suitor, answered later and found him waiting on the stoop. After confusion, explanations followed.
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Carr
Sandlake
Troy
New England
Inamerata
Viia
Juliet
Hilm
Albany Press and Knickerbocker
Just What He Needed Visit to Doctor In Silence
A man and his wife visited her physician who placed a thermometer in the wife’s mouth. After a pause, the husband asked what the doctor would take for the device, expressing his discomfort with the long silence. The remark captures a humorous moment from the New York Times.
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New York Times
Vacation Days and Outdoor Safety
Vacation time is here as children spend more hours outside. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve speeds healing for cuts scalds and wounds and claims to ease skin conditions and inflammation. Beware of counterfeit products and shop Bell's Pharmacy.
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DeWitt’s
Bell's
Bargains on Harneas S Addles Offered by Villaescusa
F. J. Villaescusa of 110 S. Meyer street advertises bargains on harneas saddles bridles and related equipment as he plans to keep inventory out of his new Congress street store.
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F. J. Villaescusa
S. Meyer Street
Harneas
Congress Street
Laxative Bromo Quinine Pills Backed by Refund Promise
A vintage drug advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee if no cure. The boxes bear E. W. Grove's signature and are priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Pease Novelty Co. Tucson Office and Salesroom Ad
Out of town orders given prompt attention for slot machines card and trade ma chines for sale created on commission. Cor respondence solicited. Office and salesroom 213 North Meyer Tucson Arizona Telephone 2281.
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Pease Novelty Co
North Meyer
Tucson
Arizona
Telephone
One Minute Cough Cure Claims Immediate Relief
An advertisement-style note touts a product named One Minute Cough Cure as an absolutely safe, immediate remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles promising fast relief and urging trust in its efficacy.
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Bell’s Pharmacy
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Cook & CO
Phoenix, Arizona
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Colorado River Enterprise
Alabama
Dogwood
Chicago Tribune
Havana
United Typewriter and Supplies Co
Montgomery St
San Francisco, Cal
Weat Congress St
Just What
He Needed
Drew
Ff. E. Russell
N. Church St
Brownsberger
Los Angeles
Cal
Téleet
F. Brownsberger
Brown’s Art Store
Stone Avenu
HOTEL
Nadeau
Alden & Thompson Propriet
Los Ange
Sturbide
Josephine
Coronado Beach
Karl Lamb
Yuma County
Rockland Canal CO
R. S. Patterson
Yuma, Ariz
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