Washington wheat study shows Bluestem highest moist gluten
The Washington state experiment station reports 86 samples from 19 varieties across 25 shipping points were analyzed for flour yields, gluten content, sponge and baking tests, and bran and shorts feeding value. Bluestem led in moist gluten, with Red Russian and others showing lower averages. Variations tied to climate and ripening weather, with 1906 expected to vary further.
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Pullman
Washington
Fife
Indians Forced to Beg in Pendleton Charges Against Agent
Pendleton Oregon November 3 Major Edwards is accused of not turning over Indians rent money for land use payments received for the period ending October 5 1905. The case forms part of a list of charges against the agent.
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Pendleton, Ore
Edwards
Indians on Umatilla Reservation Suffer from Delayed Funds
The article reports misuse of funds on the Umatilla reservation where money paid by Indians is regularly receipted and diverted to Commercial National Bank deposits. Renters threaten eviction to force advances for food and fares, while merchants await payment. Bank stockholders, led by WWU. Thompson, profit from the delay in distributing funds.
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Umatilla
Commercial National Bank
Yakima
Columbia
Commercial Bank
WWU
Thompson
Electric Bitters Restores Blair’s Daughter In St Albans
S C Blair, school superintendent in St Albans West Virginia, reports his little daughter cured of St Vitus Dance after three bottles of Electric Bitters. The tonic, claimed to cure nervous complaints, venereal debility, female weakness, impoverished blood and malaria, is sold by Case’s drug store for 50 cents.
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S. C. Blair
St. Albans
W. Va
Case
Remarkable Dog Bessie Survives 26 Days in Rabbit Hole
In Guilford, Surrey, Bessie the dog survived 26 days wedged in a rabbit burrow. Her mistress heard faint whines from the hole and the burrow was dug up by two men after the faint sounds were traced to the burrow. The dog emerged alive with a lively bark.
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Rabbit Hole
London
Guilford
Surrey
Bessie
Dog Found Buried Alive After Eight Day Stint
A dog named Bessie was dug from a coffin-like space eight to nine feet long after being buried twenty Sundays. Rescued alive, she weighed 14 pounds lighter, recovering with warm milk and water and briefly trying to chase a mouse in the conservatory.
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Bessie
Vermifuge Promise for Fat and Healthy Baby
An old advice note claims worms cause thin and fretful babies and urges using White's Cream Vermifuge to restore color and laughter, warning against colle cures and other medicines.
Cleaning and refreshing winter furs with ben zoline methods
The text outlines fur cleaning by two main types dark long haired furs and fine furs such as sable and ermine. It explains using benzoline and bran for drying, or flour for actin haired furs, plus a method for whitening white fur boas with salt and flour and mentions a mixed Jelly anecdote about grape jelly turning to apple juice.
Recipe for Apple Grape Jelly Flavor Combination
A historical snippet explains making a firm jelly by boiling apple juice with unjelled grape, then adding hot sugar at a ratio of one cup sugar to two cups apple juice. Apples are washed quartered and pressed through a linen bag to extract juice before cooking.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Great Cure
Taken as directed it becomes the greatest curative agent for relief of suffering humanity ever devised. Such is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea She Tea or Tablets Case's Drug store.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Case
Sentence Sermons on Virtue and Character Ethics
A Chicago Tribune collection of aphoristic maxims on faith sincerity charity and character. The sayings emphasize avoiding formalism valuing charity and deeds over thoughts and appearances, and warn that virtuous reform begins at personal conduct.
Not So Ba and Two Dutchmen
Two Dutchmen trade anecdotes about marriage money sheep and a house catching fire. Each comment flips from good to bad, ending with cautious relief as misfortunes alternate with small gains and losses. The back and forth showcases a rustic humor about luck in domestic life.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals W V Ulcer Claim
A. C. Stickel of Miletus West Virginia credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with preventing a dangerous surgery to remove a large malignant ulcer from his daughter's hip and says persistent use fully cured it. The ad notes the salve cures cuts burns and injuries and is sold for 25 cents at C. C. Case’s druggist.
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Bucklen
A. C. Stickel
Miletus
W. Va
C. C. Case
Belgiums Marriage Mart Draws Bachelors From Across Europe
Two thousand Belgian bachelors plus visitors from France and Germany descended on FeuCaussines-Lelaing for the fourth annual marriage mart. With only seven eligible girls, the event drew men from many trades, welcomed by banners and arches, and concluded with seats sought by hopeful suitors at the town hall.
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Belgium
France
Germany
Fecaussines-Lelaing
Beaussines
Luxemburg
Place Des Francailles
Place Conjugale
Place de la Concorde
Art of Pleasing Man Speech Sends Festivities Sunset
The event included sweet cake and licorice tasting followed by a lively speech titled The Art of Pleasing Man. Hundreds of amusing letters from intending husbands arrived, and open air dancing closed the program. A Paris railway official asked about optional bachelor departure if no wife is found.
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Paris
Gilly
France
Evcaussines
London Express
Dr Pierce Cure for Women Health with Favorite Prescription
An advert extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as Nature based relief for women’s complaints. It cites Black Cohosh Lady's Slipper root and Golden Seal among ingredients and promotes Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser free with stamps. Also mentions Pleasant Pellets as a laxative aid.
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Pierce
King
Prof. King
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
The Makin's of a Haggo in McClure's tale of a heroic section boss
In the November McClure's G. W. Ogden recounts a dramatic rescue of a passenger train by a section boss and his men. The story highlights the hoboes who risk their lives to save women and children aboard a night train, portraying grim humor and realism.
Ballard's Snow Liniment touted for man and beast use
An advertisement extols Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for all pains for people and horses. It quotes J. M. Roberts of Bakersfield Missouri praising its effectiveness over ten years. Also notes post office letters and a Rocky Mountain Tea product promotion from Case's Drug Store.
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Ballard
J. M. Roberts
Bakersfield
Colton-Fry Drug Cab-14
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