McMillen V drag offers road improvement tool for farmers
Iowa farmer 7 H McMillen invents the McMillen V drag to repair heavy graded roads. The device uses wooden beams steel pins and shoes to cut into dirt pile debris and level surfaces, aiming to fill ruts and crown the road before it hardens. The cost is said to be small enabling widespread local use. Drawing from the split log drag its design centers earth to the road center with two balanced sides for steadier operation.
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West
D. Ward King
Shanghai’s Foreign Boom and Bust in the Remittance Era
A vivid portrait of Shanghai’s expat scene describing remittance men and failed businessmen. It details how young, wealthy brokers chase risky trades, rely on chit systems, and drift through clubs and bars from morning to dawn, with failures leading to ruin or flight to Chefoo or Tientsin.
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World
Port Said
Chicago News
Shanghai
India
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Hongkong
Shangai
China
Nan
China Ponies
Shanghi
Cheefoo
Tientsin
Russian Asiatic Possessions Vast Yet Few Inhabitants
Russian Asiatic possessions cover three times the area of Great Britain yet contain only about 23 million people, compared with England's 297 million. The contrast highlights vast lands with sparse populations amid imperial reach.
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Great Britain
England
Islands Between Madagascar and India
Between Madagascar and the coast of India there are about sixteen thousand islands, only six hundred inhabited, but most capable of supporting population.
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Madagascar
India
Perfumery Botany Yields Hundreds of Tons of Petals
It is estimated that for perfumery purposes each year 1 860 tons of orange flowers 930 tons of roses 156 tons each of violets and jasmine seventy five tons of tuberoses thirty tons of cassia and fifteen tons of jom aduz are used.
London Jewelers Guard Against Thefts Use Stock Taking
London jewelers deploy strict staff screening and constant stock checks to deter thefts. Managers shadow new hires, enforce prior records checks, and use stock tallies to prevent pilfering while some risk and controversy arise over policing shop crime and kleptomania cases.
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London
The
Stat
Excursion to Los Angeles and San Francisco by Omaha Train
Personally conducted 20 day excursion offering return travel for 180 dollars including sleeping car meals and hotel stays in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Route via Northwestern Line Omaha Denver Union Pacific D R G to Colorado Springs Salt Lake San Pedro and Southern Pacific back through Ogden and Union Pacific. Side trips under an experienced manager with in formation available from M Lincoln Omaha ticket agent.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Omaha
St. Francis Hotel
Northwestern
Denver
Union Pacific
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
San Pedro
Sothern Pacific
Santa Barbara
Monterey
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Manitou
Garden of the Gods
M. ©. Lincoln
Compound Words in English Writing Aged Study
A notice advertises a study on how to write compound words in English literature. Pricing is listed at one dollar per year with a 10 cent sample copy offer. Published by CORRECT ENGLISH in Evanston Illinois.
Pastor J R Weise Serves Local Church At Regular Times
Pastor J R Weise leads weekly services every Sunday at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with Sabbath School at noon and a Christian Endeavor session at 6 30 p m All are cordially invited to attend and participate.
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O. E. Bordahl
St.john’s Episcopal Church
G. la Pua Smith
Eugene Cook
West Fifth Street
Epworth League
C. Gutekunst
J.r.wreise
Christian Endeavor
Liversta Pill Ad From Fox Bros in Washburn Wis
An old advertisement for Liversta selling Little Liver Pill boxes at 5c for 15 pills 1c for 40 pills and 25c for 100 pills by Fox Bros in Washburn Wisconsin.
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Liversta
Fox Bros Washburn
Wis
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Q. W. Frost
Josephine Tueck Baker
Evanston, Ill
Oppicial Directory
W. H. Irish
A.M. Warden
H. J. Conlin
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Els Myhre
Attorne
F. A. Bell
F. Morris
Miss J. Smith
H. G. Merten
Hugh Nelsons
W. A. Irish
Nels Lee
R. A. Hering
L. H. Lien
O. Wescott
L. M. Clausen
K. A. Hering
E. E. Kenfield
Washburn Public Library Board
N.N. Oscar
C. A. Lowder
Charles Peterson
Wm. O'Neil
D. E. Cameron
F. Bryan
James A. Sheridan
Pine Street
Seventh Ave
Ulric Petri
Methodist Episcopal
Congregational Church
Barray
Cy Pasmeneo
Louis Sievers
Chicago
Louis Sievers Sons CO
Grand Ave
Washburn, Wis
A. W. McLeod
Attorney AT Law
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Washeburn, Wis
A. D. Shaw
Asnland
Masonic Temple
Wisconsin
Rocur Dano
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
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Washburn Printing Co
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