Flood Devastates Seattle Area and Yakima Valley Officials Warn of Peril
Widespread flooding grips the Puget Sound region and the Yakima Valley as high waters inundate farms, destroy railway lines, and cut communications. Seattle, Grangeville, and Puyallup valley towns face isolation while hundreds of lives are threatened or lost. Damaged canals, severed tracks, and power outages compound the crisis as rivers rise further amid continuous rain.
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Puget Eonad
Yakima Valley
Idaho
Grangeville
Seattle
Puyallup
Willamette Valley
Columbia
Willamette River
Willamette
Clealum
Bees Work Together For Good Of AML In A Mansion Chimney
A New York Herald report describes bees forming a temporary hive in a mansion chimney near Los Angeles and producing honey despite soot. It notes bees’ cooperative wax production behavior and their knack for collective effort, comparing their acrobatic teamwork to human cooperation.
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Los Angeles
Aillionaire
New York
The Life of a Clam Excerpt on Clam Anatomy and Feeding
A concise description explains the clam’s mantle covering most of the body with two openings for the foot and siphon. The byssus anchors the clam, while the siphon draws water to filter feed, with one tube admitting water and the other expelling waste.
The Dandy of 614 Daya and the Lost Art of Style
A fragment reflecting on the old days dandy, comparing Brummel and D Orsay, noting three criteria of dandiery. It recalls Cownt T Orsay’s Richmond ride and peer fascination with an elaborate, untamed style, contrasting with modern notions of fashion and society.
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London Saturday Review
Brummel
D'Orway
Lord Lamington
Richmond
New York
Lomdos
Baker Offers to Present Oregon State Printing Plant
Ex state printer Frank C. Baker declares at the coming legislative session he will gift the Salem printing plant to the state. He cites 25,000 a year in earnings during eight years and claims the plant is worth today about 80,000 annually. He also notes offers from Bancroft Whitney of San Francisco but says no gift acceptance yet.
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Frank CG. Baker
Oregon
Salem
Baker
Enya
Portland Journal
Willis
Duniway
Daviway
State House
State Printing Office
Bancroft Whitney Company of
San Francisco
Daniway
Mr. Baker
Certificate cancellations affect hundreds of forged school certificates
The State Land Board orders cancellation of 820 certificates tied to forged applications covering 88 140 72 acres with disputed principal sums and payments. Henry Turner, a local judge, is named in the context of the forged certificates and related fraud across years 1000 1 2 2, with many holders having paid most sums but still losers.
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State Land Board
Salem
Neil
Henry
Turner
M. T
Palmer Seeks Relief After Investment Scam Cancellation
Palmer of Bath Maine appeared before the board seeking relief and return of his money. He claims others with similar investments may also seek recovery but only through legislative relief. Torver, a local resident and young lawyer, has been tied to prior fraud cases and later testified, gaining dismissal of his indictment.
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Palmer
Bath
Torver
Marion County Grand Jury
Grocers in Umatilla ponder state association move
Umatilla County grocers push to form a statewide association for mutual benefit and protection. Cities listed include Albany Astoria Salem Eugene Pendleton Roseburg Medford and more. Goals include pure food laws better trade conditions mutual insurance and tracking of bad debt.
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Umatilla County
Oregon
Portland
Albany
Astoria
Ashland
Baker City
Corvallis
Dallas
Eugene
Forest Grove
Grant's Pass
Heppner
Hood River
LaGrande
McMineville
Marshfield
Medford
Oregon City
Pendleton
Roseburg
Salem
Sumpter
the Valles
California
Washington
Utah
Colorado
Wheat Grower Vincent Leases 3500 Acre Tract In Eureka Flat
Henry Vincent, prominent Walla Walla wheat grower, leases a 3500 acre tract on Eureka Flat with a six year term and a ten year option, owning equipment from John Hoffman’s estate and acquiring two nearby sections. He plans to farm about 7500 acres, with 1900 seeded to turkey red, predicting 25 bushels per acre and a possible wheat output near 185000 bushels worth over $100000 at current prices.
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Henry Vincent
Walla Walla Valley
John Hoffman
Eureka Flat
Winesnt
Starbuck
Hoffman
Eareka Flat
Vincent
Hagon
Turkey
Binestem
Hard on the print shops and local notices
The article describes power outages impacting local printing shops after a flood hit the Walla Walla river power plant causing delays as Pendleton and Moscow papers manage with engines and steam. It notes plans to install a gasoline engine for emergency power and mentions federal building site discussions in Monson Idaho and President Gwinn at Pendleton Savings Bank etc.
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Walla Walla
Macchinery
Pendleton
East Oregonian
Tribune
Byers
Uncle Sam
Monson
Idaho
John Parsons
Washington, D. C
Moscow
Lewiston
Moxcow
Lowiaton
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Manasse
Butterick
First National Bank of Athena Capital
Adams
T. J. Kirk
le Grow
LM. Kemp
H. Go, Adams
F. 8
L. Grow
D. H. Preston
P. B. , Colbern
Crank
Crank’s
Pendleton Cloak and Suit House
Yakima
Katobess
Cascade Casal Company
North Yakima
Cascades
Easton
Northern Pacific
Cascade Range
Tontle River
Olequa
Dodson
Harry M'Bride
North Side Street
Athean
Ore
Dell Brothers
Aghena
F. N. Tacket
Alliance
Palace Drug Store
Pendleton Gamblers
Roy Stewart
Sam Endicott
Piva Gerald
Endicott
G. W. Bigger
la Grande
Actrom
Mme, Alloyne
Brent Paris
Mme. Allcoyne
Mary
Tin Nettons
Opers Comique
Paris
London Mail
Uch
New York Tribune
Miletus
W. Va
Pendle
Montie B. Gwinn
Aald Institution
Poregrlo
Mr. Gwinn
W. J. Ib Tenigued
Ritner
Sarah H. Ritner
Din Pendlaton
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