02 Aug 1895
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1895
Page
1
A mixed clipping blends a scolding promoter touting Simmons Liver Regulator with a fragmented railway speculation in Tacoma. It references W D Tyler and Mohr planning grain shipments via Columbia river routes, and a schoolboy’s humorous piece on editors in a late 19th century voice.
Readable items show 11 cans Axle grease and 5 gal machine oil along with binding twine per pound and a Draper 12 foot header spout. The fragment reflects a misc list of tools and shop goods without clear context.
The piece riffs on editors as powerful figures who will fight for their side, plus a humorous quip about a man who borrows papers and rides. It then shifts to a Centenarian in Grant's Pass, Hosea Brown, veteran of 1812, noted for long memory, pension, and long life at 103 with tales of past wars and voting during Harrison's era.
A Corvallis man visiting Portland last week found a large open air gospel meeting. The host announced G. W. Hunt, a railroad contractor, as the evening’s speaker. The Corvallis man noted Hunt spoke with eloquence and drew close attention from the audience.
In Eastern Washington over the past two weeks hog buyers from Portland Sound and others have purchased about 5000 fat hogs with demand remaining strong at 3 to 34 cents. A trainload of 18 carloads shipped from Colfax to Chicago originated at Dayton Starbuck Endicott and Palouse country. Over $15,000 has circulated in Whitman Columbia Garfield and Asotin counties in three months from hog sales. O R N Co with Northern Pacific and Montana Union Railway issued a vegetable and fruit tariff from Walla Walla Milton Blue Mountain Prescott Dayton Waitsburg and nearby points via Wallula Junction to Montana. Vegetables in 20 pound carloads: 55 cents per hundred. green fruit in straight carloads or mixed carloads: 53 cents per hundred. passenger-time rate noted at 1 624 per hundred. Price's Cream Baking Powder and other items mentioned.
Newspaper recounts the 1877 Nez Perce struggle near Lewiston and Colville, detailing Joseph, Col. McConville, and U.S. forces in pursuit, exile, and eventual return to the Colville reservation with notes on welfare, camps, and lingering tensions. Also covers dehorning cattle, a fatal accident in Walla Walla, grasshopper ravages in Morrow County, and canyon Creek placer mining output.
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