Walla Walla Union history bits recall early days
The Sunday Union Statesman reprints from the Union's first issue of April 17, 1869. The item recalls Meacham Creek surveys, marriages, fire department calls, early freight and mail routes, and evolving commerce. It also notes price levels, post office issues, and debates on ditching Main Street and river flood impacts.
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Sunday Union-Statesman
Walla Walla Union
The
Union
Meacham Creek
Lott Livermore
Misa Clara Brown
N. T. Caton
Walla Walla
Umatilla County
Democrata
Wallula
John Hailey
Salt Lake
Atlantic States
Columbia
Garden City
Missoula Montana
Northwest
Portland
San Francisco
Union-Statesman
Indian fund suit against railroad stalled over acres near North Yakima
After nearly two decades the government brought a case to recover 160 076 acres of Indian fund near North Yakima from the Northern Pagllo railway. The fund is valued at more than 2 million dollars. The railway claimed a 1887 congressional grant. The government contends it belongs to the Indians per a 1869 treaty. Judge H E Whitton ruled against the railway, which plans to appeal to the supreme court.
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Ooarse
North Yakima
Haw Toen
Issac Staveny
EH. Whitwon
Railway Company
Supreme Court
Walla Walla Union 1869 Frat Quote on Prices
The 1869 Walla Walla Union extract notes bacon at 16 to 18 cents per pound and flour near 4.60 to 4.80 per bushel, with Montana pack trains carrying supplies at those rates. It contrasts wages to the cost of living, showing modern prices exceed those in the mining era and that workers paid more for food than miners earned.
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Jasne
Walla Walla
Brother editor lauds the old silver dollar in verse
A brother editor proclaims affection for the old silver dollar and liberty bead, praising its familiar symbols. He recalls the spread eagle, arrows, and mottoes, noting the coin as a cherished relic of fathers and a sign of identity for subscribers.
Goos Bay area eyed for railroad growth
Goos Bay area expected to gain railroad development as the Hill and Harriman systems show interest in the section. Plans to resume work on the Southern Pacific line from Drain are reported, while the Northern Pacific is said to be negotiating for large holdings near Moravale.
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Goos Bay Ecoma
Hill
Harriman
Southern Pacific
Drain
Big Oval Holdings
Moralefield
Instinct and Reason Shown By Monkeys In Naturalist Study
A St Nicholas summary recounts David Starr Jordan observing three Macaques named Mono Bob and Jocko. Mono uses inherited instinct to crack eggs and discard shells while Bob misinterprets eggs as nuts and consumes shell and contents. Jocko rejects eggs after testing taste, illustrating varied responses.
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David Starr Jordan
Bob
Jocko
Mono
St. Nicholas
Easy Money By Witty Word Bet At Cafe
A lively Philadelphia Record tale recounts a café wager where a boastful young man argued the wrong spelling of unfortunate. He bet $15 that he was correct, was corrected by a dictionary, and ended up winning $10 after the spelling dispute.
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Philadelphia Record
Flying Fishes and Their Perilous Predators
The piece describes the flying fish as a dazzling silvery creature with azure blue head back and sides, its dorsal fin pectoral fin and tail spotted. It notes the fish is prey for seabirds and large predators like sharks, facing dangers both in air and water. If it escapes water hazards it still risks capture by armed predators and the sun’s heat.
Too Honest Woggs Young Smith Fat Business Again
A satirical jab mocks a company as overly cautious in safety claims. The quip notes the irony of making dynamite while insisting perfection. The commentary targets a dubious reputation and the difficulty of meeting exacting standards.
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Woggs
Young Smith
Boggs
Puck
Quite at Home in Russia Memory Note
Yonkers Statesman records a travel vignette with Egbert recalling comfort while crossing Russia. The piece notes language barriers with brakemen calling stations, conveying a traveler’s mixed ease and confusion. Strong human names and a sense of place frame a brief, reflective moment.
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Russia
Egbert
Yonkers
Thousand Dollar Illustration Record
A summary notes three mock financial scenarios with incomes of one thousand dollars versus various expenditures. First, income and spending yield happiness at nine hundred nine dollars ninety nine cents. Second, earnings equal one thousand and spending equals one thousand ninety nine cents to produce misery. Third, income remains one thousand with expenditure at one thousand five hundred dollars implying a gay fine.
Poor Living Daw Ber Reputation Tale
A clipped cartoon caption features Daw Ber and Maulstick in a satirical slice of life. Daw Ber lives on reputation, while Maulstick remarks on his thin appearance, underscoring themes of vanity and poverty in a terse humorous frame.
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Madder Brown
Old Dawber
Maulstick
Athena Land Company Offers 480 Acres in Umatilla County
The Athena Land Company presents 480 acres of fine wheat land in Umatilla County, highly improved and available now for 85 dollars per acre, 15 dollars below adjacent lands. Also offered is a complete first-class Stationery Steam Threshing outfit for sale cheap, fully equipped and ready for the field.
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Morrow County
Portland
Umatilla County
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Foley
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James Smith
Bentons Ferry
W. Va
R. A. Cray
J.P
Oakville
Ind
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