Utah project eyed to irrigate Uintah Basin lands
A Salt Lake City article describes a proposed irrigation scheme led by M. Lott to divert water from the Duchesne River through a 35 mile ditch. The plan would supply 8 000 cubic feet per second to about 45 000 acres, offering water to homesteaders and enabling sugar beets and grain production in the Uintah Basin amid supports for partial land allotments and a tunnel and rock work.
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Salt Lake
Inter Mountain
Carey
Denver
Jucodort
Utah
Quote
da Ducheime
Tyo
Wales
Shodote
Waler
Durcoden
Dich
M. Lott
Sisyw
Aha
Bet Prisland
Uintah
Doube
T Soleh
Yidom
Weivat
Fire class at Ilwilda Hotel leads six month tally
A fire class at the Ilwilda Hotel becomes a six month event as local officials plan bustucas style lessons. The unnamed organizer teaches participants about fire safety and evacuation.
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Tihitehui
Quest for Unique Lithographic Stone Near Uintah Lands
The article describes a large lithographic stone deposit near the Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah. A Western Lithographic Stone Co. official, Voorhes of Chicago, says Utah holds vast mineral wealth and that the bed may be the most valuable lithographic stone discovery globally. The company has invested in a finishing plant in Chicago and shipped multiple carloads of stone, with production planned for several years ahead.
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Uintar Indian Reservation
Sperry
Fone
United States
Utah
A Voorhes
Chicago
Western Lithographic Stone Company
Aid Lantern
Wich
Waton Ag
State Teachers Certification Raises College Credit Requirements
The state bond of education adopts a resolution raising certification standards. Beginning Oct 1 1905 applicants for a five year state certificate must complete four years of high school work plus acceptable psychology and history of education credits. High school work must include English three years, elementary mathematics, physics, civics, botany, and geometry. Life diploma applicants must show five years of work, one year college level, four in high school, with required subject credits. If five years not met, college substitute allowed.
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Branmar
Prada
Elst SU
Giiminir Gride
College Gride
Good Sheep Season in Utah Sees Flockmaster’s Positive Outlook
Heber farmer Jamison reports a favorable sheep season across Utah and remarks to the Kansas City paper that conditions are strong for wool. HeTravel and market notes from Boston exchange insights on Herd and wool matters as the area awaits homeward return.
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Heber
Utah
Kansas City
Jamison
Toston
Kangas City
Fall sheep prices seen higher with strong wool market
Reports express confidence rural prices will rise this fall as demand for feeding lambs grows and wool commanded high prices in spring. Local notes mention steady sheep numbers, fewer lambs by about a quarter, and a favorable feed season with no danger of shortages.
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Owel
Léo
Dank of Varmi sues Uhiteh Placer for 2500 in 1998
The Dank of Varmi filed in district court against Uhiteh Placer Wining Development and Exploration company to recover 2500 dollars claimed as owed in December 1998.
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Dank of Varmi
Uhiteh Placer Wining Development and Exploration Company
2 Tech Placer Mining Development and Exploration Company
Agricultural College of Utah Sees Record Graduate Success
The Agricultural College of Utah in Logan opens its twentieth year September 11 1900 highlighting its role in lifting farming homes and shops. It claims the most successful graduates in the West with practical liberal study producing farmers teachers carpenters machinists and business leaders. A strengthened faculty and new facilities are planned to broaden education for young men and women seeking lasting employment.
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West
Agricultural College of Utah
Logan
Emvii
Teichera
Lberu
Ife
Prouf of Wealth. Has your friend much of a tor ture
A fragment notes a wealthy person with nine children and a claim of ability to write poetry while walking, implying a boastful or satirical take on affluence and leisure.
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Prouf
Not His Ambition for a Machine
An unclear excerpt discusses ambition and experimentation with a machine, contrasting a preference to test one for raising dust. The fragment mentions Baltimore American hints at a broader editorial mood.
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Layle
Baltimo Amenicano
Unapproachable Horse Stuns Suitor in Wardrobe Row
A young man hires a turnout for a drive to impress Violet but she refuses noting the horse did not match her attire. The mother asks why, and Violet calls the question foolish for lacking a coordinated dress and horse look.
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Violet
Literacy rates by country in the 1900 U S report
The report of the United States Commissioner of Education for 1900 lists literacy percentages for many nations. Germany 61.1 Switzerland 30 Scotland 95.7 Holland 4 France 49.6 England 58.6 Belgium 12.6 Ireland 7.7 Austria 23.8 Hungary 28.1 Czechoslovakia 0 Italy 38.8 Russia 61.7 Spain 68.1 Portugal 19.8 Serbia 0 Romania 8.9 The United States has no fixed standard, but the commissioner sets a standard at 100.7.
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Iititeracy
United Stat Commissioner of Education
Germany
Switzestind
Scothind
Holland
France
Ngland
Belgium
Ireland
Italy
Russia
Spain
Portugal
United States
A Kind Audience Turns Up In Town
A tragedian returns from his trip and is warmly greeted at the club. Tom Linson and Mat Ranter converse about the reception and the audience, noting a genial but troublesome reception and a payment of 32 to leave town.
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Ranter
Tomlinson
Punxatawney
Minnesota
Renter
Harpers Weekly
Ambiguous exchange over affections and jewelry
A fragment shows Van Bibber and a woman in a tense scene about love letters and jewelry after a wedding. The man complains she partially returned his affection while she kept the jewelry.
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Yan Hibber
de Payster
van Bibber
Revillon Flickly Endowed Union Declared Holy Patrimony
A public joining of two individuals to merge property and estate under church language and social expectation. The assembly invites objections and cautions against rash union, stressing prudence, fear of bankruptcy, and lawful merger.
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Bradstreet
Notice of Intention for Final Commutation Proof at Vernal
Le rey Goodrich of Whiterocks Utah has filed to make final commutation proof on land described in homestead entry No 01066. The hearing before the Vernal Land Office Register and Receiver is set for August 23. Witnesses named include Stephen M Ross Mason Lyman William T Green of Whiterocks and Simpson W Ross of Taft.
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Department of the Interior
UW. & Iad
Vernal
Utah
Lerey Goodrich
Whiterocks
Iomestead Lnlly
U. S 8
Swh
Ney
Township
Range
Uintah Special Meridian
Register
United States Land Office
Vernal Utah
Stephen M Ross
Mason Lyman
Wiliam T Green
Simpson W Ross
Taft
Charles Devolisy
Granulated Sora Eyes Cure Claim By Marylin Good
In February 1903 a gentleman urged Marylin Good of Heurietta to try Chamberlain's Salve. She bought one box, used about two thirds, and reports her granulated eyes have had no trouble since. The salve is sold by Vernal Drug Co.
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Marylin Good
Heurietta
Chramberlahn
Vernal Drug Co
Faithful Friend Cholera Remedy Praised by Traveler
An Oakland Indiana traveler extols Chamberlain Cole Cholera and Dysentery Remedy as universally effective since 1872. He claims rapid cures on travels and urges readers to buy from Vernal Drug Co located at the corner of 4 West and 1st North. The ad also notes furniture, harnesses, pianos, and other goods for sale with favorable terms for early buyers.
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Flance
Nichols
Oakland
Ind
Vernal Drug Co
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Roosevelt
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Deep Creek Country
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Sumner Bros
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