Gold Nuggets at Stargill Bar Spark Million Dollar Prospects
A Baker City mining dispatch recounts a Wednesday night dig at Stargill Bar on Snake River where Capt. Ed Robinett led men to wash dirt away and reveal bedrock with every point showing nuggets. Two quart dinner pails soon filled as gold worth thousands lay in sight and reports claim $14,500 already found.
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Baker City Democrat
Stargill Bar
Snake River
Ed. Robinett
Robinett
Messrs
Reed and Beezley
Tragic Multiple Homicide and Suspected Domestic Abuse
Early Saturday a mother Mrs Ernest Maywaldt and her two young children were found dead in the Powder River after being last seen Friday afternoon. A search party performed a long night vigil and recovered the bodies, with reports claiming the woman endured severe ill treatment from her husband who drank heavily. The tragedy is described as a desperate act chosen to escape a life of cruelty, leaving a grim scene for the community. Also notes an advertisement for Simmons Liver Regulator and a witty item from The Waitsburg Times.
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Ernest Maywaldt
Powder River
Eaid
Brevities and Local Notes From The Region
Short notices cover Good Roads, road tax, cattle thieves near Wallula, illnesses in Weston, local visitors, a rustling tailor, and social quips. Estate values, wool shipments to Pendleton, Nez Perce country mining rumor, medical operations in Helix, and Odd Fellows attendance in Walla Walla. Updates on road dirt, bicycle accidents, and local deaths.
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Wallula
R. P. Warren
Pendleton
Shilohs Cure and Pills and Land Swindle Warns
An 1895 notice promotes Shilohs Cure as a cough and consumption remedy with a 25-cent dose, touts Peter McIntyre as a wool buyer joining regional buyers, and sells Cook's Dead Shot poison at 25 cents per can. It warns of land swindlers in Albany, notes William Graham Sr. death, and reports dry weather in Morrow County. It also cites Chamberlain's Pain Balm endorsements, Oregon horse losses, Hunt vs. Oregon & Washington railroad case, and Japan’s plan to reward soldiers with watches, ending with Karl's Clover Root claims.
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Umatilla County
Mose Taylor
Japan
Siberia
Europe
Peter McIntyre
Cook’s
P.M. Kirkland
G. ©. Osburn
Albany
William Graham
Porter Graham
Weston
Morrow County
Parry
Chamberlain
J. ¥. Pierson
South
Chicago
Ill
Osburn
Free Northwest farm journal offer to new subscribers
The Northern Pacific Farmer of Portland Oregon advertises a free year’s subscription to its weekly Northwest agricultural paper for new subscribers paying one year in advance, or for back subscribers paying one year in advance. The periodical covers horticulture stock poultry markets children household topics and more, and is edited by Frank Lee with extensive correspondents.
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Northern Pacific Farmer
Portland
Oregon
Northwest
Frank Lee
Granger
United States
Tae Presa
Tae Press
Great Northwest Journal
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Malheur Ditch
8. A. Lowell
John Wheeler
Pope
Huntington Herald
Baker County
Toll
Joe
Fawn
Agency Creek
Coast Range
Cascades
Havana
Ases
Union-Journal Co
Walla ‘Waila
Wellington Clark
Chas. Bessorer
Sumter
Baker City
Princ & Woman
la Fayette, Inc
Jae. Fay
Simmons
Albert A. Wells
The
Waitsburg Times
Henry
John Ridenour
A. Mellin
Walla Walla
Cropp
John Rush
Helix
W. M. Steen
Paine
Demorest
U. B
Athena
Clark Nelson
H. B. Nelson
Ninevah Ford
Death’s Door
Long Creek
George Simpson
Ot Weston
Nelson
Heppner
Pilot Rock
Tha
the Rock
Shiloh
Agricultural Department
Hunt
Geo. W. Hunt
Oregon & Washi
Bellinger
Fant
Ladds
C. B. Hs
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co
China
Germany
Rhine
Karl
Main Street
White
Judge Peck
H. M. Peck
Fastion St Tracy
Oal
Aimilarl
Trey
California
Hood
We Inn
de Longpré
Dempropt
Demore
Mosgrove
C. A. Barrett Co
C. A. Barrett
Lena
Anne
McKay
O.R.N
Great Northern
Spokane
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
East Ioice
Union Pacific
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
San Francisco
W. H. Hurlbut
Gen
Pass Agi
An F. Oakes
Henry ¢. Payne
H.C
Telver
Northern
Pacific
Crookston
Bateer Butte
Wosman
Pie
Pacific Farmer
Ae Wann
Crazywiere
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