Secretary Benson Faces Cancer Operation in San Francisco
Portland dispatch reports Oregon Secretary of State Frank Benson, in San Francisco for stomach cancer surgery, faces a serious prognosis. His ongoing illness has repeatedly left the office under his brother’s care and may trigger political reshuffling if Benson dies before the January legislative session, affecting Governor Chamberlain’s potential appointment.
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Portland, Or
Frank Benson
San Francisco
Benson
Judge Benson
Salem
Oregon
George E. Chamberlain
United States
Chamberlain
Famous French aviator and flying machine test dazzles New York scientists
The aviator’s craft has proven successful on two continents with recent New York tests impressing scientists nationwide. Additionally Portland hosts the first Pacific National livestock show with a $20,000 premium list and a west coast circuit of six fairs offering over $100,000 in cash prizes.
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New York City
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Chicago
Seattle
Salem
North Yakima
Spokane
Roosevelt May Help Taft With Active Campaign
Close Taft allies hint President Roosevelt will campaign in key states near election. He may speak personally in critical regions, a move seen as likely after Taft refused a stump tour. Secretary Luke Wright would lead Taft's efforts in Tennessee, making the South a focal battleground.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
W. H. Taft
Taft
Luke Wright
Mr. Taft
Tennessee
South
Open lands near King Hill Idaho announced for Carey act settlement
Boise Idaho August 18 close to 15000 acres segregated by the Carey act are set for settlement between King Hill and Glenns Ferry along the Oregon Short Line and Snake River. The State Land Board will direct October 12 sales. Kings Hill Trigation & Power Company owns the land and holds Malad River water rights providing 1100 second feet to irrigate over 100000 acres. Water is conveyed via inverted siphon and steel truss bridge.
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Boise
Idaho
King Hill
Glenn's Ferry
Snake River
State Land Board of Idaho
Kings Hill Trigation & Power Company
Glenn’s Ferry Land & Irrigation Company
Evangelist Ira Sankey Dies at 68 in Brooklyn
Ira D Sankey renowned evangelist and hymn writer died last week at his Brooklyn home at 68 after years of blindness and illness. He toured with Dwight L Moody and his gospel hymns were sung worldwide in many languages. His best known pieces include The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away. His publications generated a large income and he leaves a sizable estate.
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New York
Ira D. Sankey
Brooklyn
Sankey
Europe
Dwight L. Moody
China
Egypt
India
Japan
Missing amalgam sacks puzzle mint shipment theft
Reno detectives trace a gold amalgam shipment from Manhattan to the Cadson mint. one sack arrived, another vanished. Investigators found the cargo misrouted via Reno instead of Mound House and suspect theft during transfer. The case centers on the missing sack worth several thousand dollars and the fate of the other loaded in transit.
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Reno
Nev
Express
Cadson Mint
Manhattan
Mint
Mound House
Wheat and related prices listed for regional markets
Prices for wheat track include Club 90c red Russian SS8e bluestem 94c Valley 90c Barley Freed 23 503 rolled 26.27 Oats No 1 white 26.50 gray 26 Hay Timothy Willamette Valley fancy 14 ordinary 11 Eastern Oregon 16.50 mixed 13 alfalfa 11 Butter Extra 28 fancy 25c choice 20c store 18c Eggs 24 25c Hops 1907 crop 5 6 3 4c Wool Valley 14 14c white Eastern Oregon 16c shrinkage Mohair Choice 18 19c
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Market Prices for Grains Hay and Butter
Grain prices list Wheat 90c barley 23. Oats 25 26. Hay prices Eastern Washington 13 14 per ton Puget Sound 9.50 10 per ton wheat hay 12.50 alfalfa 9.50 10. Butter Washington creamery 80c per lb 21 28c per lb Oregon prices quoted 89 310 per dov Eastern 2ie per doz Ore
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Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted as Blood Purifier
The advertisement asserts that impure blood harms body and brain and claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures skin diseases eruptions and scrofulous swellings. It recommends All Healing Salve for open ulcers and notes the product has a known composition with ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Outlaw's Son Becomes Lawyer Jesse James Jr Rise to Honor
A profile of Jesse James Jr of Kansas City, son of the infamous outlaw, detailing his hardships, self made path from packing plant to cigar store and night law school, and his rise to a respected attorney with a $10 000 stake and a stable family. It notes his resolve to overcome stigma and his mother as teacher. The piece ends with a contrasting excerpt on mourning rituals in Queens land from Wide World Magazine.
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Jesse James, Jr
Kansas City
Ife
Tully River
Queensland
Wide World Magazine
Diarrhoea Cured by Tested Remedy in Philippi
John H. Zirkle of Philippi West Virginia reports his father plagued by years of diarrhoea found relief after using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from the Philippi Republican advertisement One bottle cured him and he has remained well for eighteen months though sixty years old Evans Drug Co sells the remedy.
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John H. Zirkle
Philippi
W. Va
Chamberlain
Evans Drug Co
Foreclosure of Tax Lien in Chehalis County
In Chehalis County Superior Court F E Jones sues South Aberdeen Improvement Co and unknown interests to foreclose a tax lien on Lot 16, Block 56 Northern Pacific addition South Aberdeen for taxes 1896 1901 plus penalties interest and costs. The suit seeks judgment foreclosing the lien for delinquent taxes and costs with sixty days to answer after July 9 1908.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chehalis County
F. E. Jones
South Aberdeen Improvement Co
A. D
Chehalis
Towit
Northern Pacific
South Aberdeen
Washington
State of
W. W. Boner
J. ©. Jones
Matntiee
W. Snellman
W. M
Eid
Herouphore
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St. Lawrence
Signot
Henry Farman
A. W. Barkley
S. W. Johnston Transfer Co
Black
Franklin New Castle South Prairie
Aberdeen
Wash
Humboldt
Fred Hewety
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Ermania
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Centlemen
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Hoquiam
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City Library
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J. M. Wali
Aberdeen St.o Bank
Heron
General Commercial Banking
Rex
E. J. Bradley
C. W. Miller
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
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Lupton, Mer
Telemione
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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E. Wishkah St
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