Ambitious March 6 1907 State News and Political Commentary
The item critiques Treasurer Steel’s conduct and fitness amid political maneuvering around State funds and the Ross–Moore controversy. It notes Rep Acheson’s inland waterways plan funded by beer tax, warns against incompetence, mentions fence scams, Winnipeg fines on “blind pigs,” Canadian senate reform talk, and trends in stock market and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Mr. Roheson
Weston Leader Wood Undergoes Noted Surgery For Angle Worm Removal
A Walla Walla hospital report claims Wood of the Weston Leader had a quart of angle worms removed from his left leg in a dramatic operation. The tale portrays him as a local wonder. past damp weather left his left leg immobilized, and the surgeons’ work is said to explain his prior erratic steps and the town’s ribbing of his behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Wood
Weston
Targe
Woof
Where Steel Stands Campaign Ties Questioned
Before the last election reports claimed campaign funds for Mr. Steel came from Mr. Ross of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Steel worked around the trust company bank, deposited twice as much state funds there as in another local bank, and professed ignorance of the balance size while denying favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel
Rons
Ross
Ron
Ross Bank
Optimist
Dulles
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Trust Company
Salem
Prophesied Phonograph and Historic Bids Echoed in 17th Century Note
A fragmented clipping recalls Emerson foretelling the phonograph and urges progress by inventors. It cites a 1670 description of New York selling for 1750 dollars and mentions Mauretania’s winds, Darius Green, Fairbanke, Caleb Powers, and South Dakota’s wonders. The piece promotes King’s New Discovery and other patent medicines with drugstore ads and health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Mound City
Mia. E. D. Glapp
Besling
Dr. King
Bis
Palace Drug Store
Pioneer Drug Store
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Rory
Postinita
Elane
Gomettes A
Athena, Obe
Middle States
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Athena
Seata
New York Stock Exchange
Taft
Enoch Arden
Teuisch's
Oregon
Church OF Christ, Athena
D. C. Kellems
V. E. Hoven
OREN
Oregon Snow Line
Union Pacific
Pullman Standard
Omaha
Chicago
Kanaas’ City
Pullia Touriet
Uhe
Pendleton
Anaive
Orh
Dayton
Moca Lee
Eas Colfax
Moscow
Comer d'Alene
Spokane
Jal
Peleton - Wallacre
Emerson
Darius Green
New York
Mauretania
Osler
Fairbanke
Old
Kentucky
Caleb Powers Trial
Ring
CoushsColds
CROUP
McBride
United States
Foley
Eagle
Bert Cartano
Prop
Bert
First National Bank
H. G., Adams
T. J. Kirk
F. 8. le Grow
D. H. Preston
P. E. Culbern
J. H. Stone
A. J. Parker
South Side
Athewa
Don
Morrison
Kissimmee, Fla
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
North Second Street
ST. Louis, MO
W. McBride
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