Birch Creek Fight Highlight Wainwright Saves Colonel Parker
Lieutenant Wainwright, tied to Fort Walla Walla, earns praise for good conduct at La Quansina and Birch Creek fighting. He previously proved bravery on the Umatilla reservation and led a bold charge against Bannock forces. Parker, a Statesman war correspondent, credited Wainwright for saving him during a dangerous engagement.
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Robert Powell Page Wainwright
Fort Walla Walla
la Quansina
Wainwright
Umatilla Reservation
Saya the Walls Walla
Birch Creek
Parker
Statesman
Ospt
Bendire
K Troop
I’ce
San Francisco Chronicle
Parker Wos
Jonathan Wainwright
Galventon Bay
Forward
Marie Wainwright
Immensely Wealthy Land With Curiosities and Vices
A description presents a fictional realm with a 37 mile width and 3590 square miles. Sen Jaus as capital hosts 300000 residents, San Jean offers a premier harbor, cock fighting is main sport, horseback riding main pastime, and trees stay green. Water supply cited as health threat. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills advertised as cures.
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Ares
United States
Ing. Sen Jaus
San Jean
Weat Indies
Hamilton Rourke case puts warehouse in control
Judge Godman at Dayton Washington sustained vacating the receivership of the Hamilton Rourke Warehouse System. Three judges discharged a temporary receiver, placing control with Charles Hamilton and T F Rourke. The Hamilton Rourke firm owns 40 warehouses in Eastern Oregon and Washington. the 1897 system mortgaged warehouses for over 30000, with disputes over foreclosure and possession pending court rulings.
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Godman
Dayton
Wash
Hamiton-Rourke
A. Lowell
Umatilla County
Brenta
Walla Walla
Hamilton-Rourke Company
Charles Hamilton
T. F. Rourke
East Oregonian
Oregon
Washington
Hamilton-Rourke Warehouse System
T. B. Wilcox
Sibson & Kerr
Portland
Wilcox
Hamilton-Rourke
Hamilton- Rourke Company
D. W. Bailey and
Carter & Raley
Hamilton Rourke Company
Oregon Officers Risk Liberty on Manila Front
Four Oregon volunteer officers led by Captain Heath Wells Prescott and Lieutenant Telfer slipped behind rebel lines near Manila for a day of reconnaissance. They returned early Tuesday morning revealing they wandered further than planned and will face confinement and possible court martial. George A. Hartman may be promoted to captain to fill Prescott's role in the Pendleton-La Grande unit.
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Manila
Oregon
Heath
Wells
Prescott
Telfer
Pasiga River
George A. Hartman
Pendleton-La Grande Company
Ankeny Son Serves as Enlisted Soldier in Manila
The son of Henry Ankeny a wealthy Oregon mining man serves as an enlisted soldier in the Manila bound regiment. He is seen in camp at the Presidio digging a trench with Ray Green of Portland. A cousin of Levi Ankeny, a Walla Walla banker, serves in the Washington regiment and is related to the Vanderbilt family. Also two men from Judge Mouiride’s family, nephews of a senator, are among Northwest troops in Manila.
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Oregon
Manils
Henry Ankeny
Feld
Oregonist
Presidio
Ray Green
Portland
Ankeny
Levi
Walla Walla
Washington Regiment
New York
Vanderbilt
Manila
Joha ] Mouiride
Skagway News Boom and Labor Push on the Railroad
Skagway reports booming business with new buildings and a railroad workforce of 750, seeking 1000 more. The line will link with ocean steamers and Lake Bennett boats to Dawson, Alaska, amid agricultural trials and rising wheat and hay. The Fourth of July celebration and the sensational killing of Soapy Smith stir town pride and concern.
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Skagway
Ateamera
Lake Bennett
Daweon City
Lake Boonitt
Dawson
Alaska
Ttin
Yukon
Banehgrave
Alanka
Jdoore
Oregon
Dewey
Mt. Dewey
Soapy
Smith
Mos H, L
Swadcawr
Soapy Smith’s Death and Skagway News Account
Skagway correspondent J L Swaggart sends an extra edition detailing the death of Soapy Smith during a confrontation with his gang. City engineers and business leaders sought to rid the town of Smith. gunfire followed, killing Smith and wounding Frank Reid. Also notes the high cost of long distance telegraph and newspaper dispatches during wartime news gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hood's Bartaparilix Promotes Health Restoration
Thousands celebrate their recovery through Hood's Bartaparilix after failed remedies. They praised Hood's Sarsaparilla for relief and persist in its use, claiming permanent improvement and recommending it to others.
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Hood
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