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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1906
Page
9
One final week remains in a yearly clearance offering deep discounts on carpets and rugs. No sewing or laying charges, easy credit with no interest or notes, and delivery arranged to suit your budget with no collectors unless asked. Wide stock of patterns and made-up rugs, guaranteed wearing quality.
A Washington based club of six graduates from Cornell, Virginia, Harvard, Stanford, Nebraska and Michigan gathers to speak in the past tense over beer and pretzels. A member tells of Patterson from Michigan who, driven by science, pursued tetanus cures for his ill son and died, while colleagues watched in mounting horror as his experiments failed to save the boy.
A veteran miner describes the mother lode fever that grips diggers chasing gold in California, the Klondike, and beyond. He recounts Lem Hollister’s obsessive quest, his secretive attempts, and eventual disappearance, illustrating how the belief in a central rich deposit spurs risky, often ill-fated mining pursuits.
From the Cleveland Leader, Tarantula Tom and Lava-bed Pete recount Bill's ignorance of legal terms. Bill owed money to a shorthorn owner and was warned by a stranger who said, I will draw on you at night. Bill, believing a gun threat, drew first in a fatal misunderstanding.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, describing a constitutional treatment that improves blood and mucous membranes. It offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, with a price of 50 cents.
Fort Riley Kansas hosts a vast two month camp with 10,000 troops from the army and national guard. Brig Gen Wint leads the maneuvers with 19,000 acre reservation, wireless signals, balloons, ambulances, and field exercises testing infantry cavalry artillery signaling and engineering units.
An article extols Alaska's interior as an unexpected breadbasket with endless pasture, forests, and rich mineral and fishing resources. It highlights Tanana Valley as a multiplier of agricultural and stock opportunities, notes high yields, strong health, and favorable climate quirks, and argues immigration can ease Atlantic congestion while boosting American development. The piece cites Abe Spring and Roosevelt connections, plus examples of immigrants succeeding from Castle Garden to Alaska.
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