04 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1895
Page
1
A long rant on the horse Cayuse from Eastern Oregon traces his ancient lineage from the first horse to his extinction under modern civilization. It notes the animal’s endurance through epochs, then laments his decline due to saddle, harness, and modern industry. The piece ends with a police incident where Rice and a woman faced arrest amid a contentious crowd.
An itinerant preacher and wife sparked a large crowd on Main Street in Boise Saturday night. Rice and his wife arrived with intent to assault sin and vice in the capital. Their singing and praying caused a commotion drawing up to 1000 people before officers intervened.
The La Grande Chronicle reports Edwin Shepard a Portland traveling man ran off with a dusky woman in Pendleton. He left his wife and two children behind and eloped to Union where his wife found him. Now he hides in Edge in disgrace while the aquaw returns to her father on the Umatilla reservation awaiting the outcome.
Brief to the Interstate Commerce Commission details allegations against the O R N Co. farmers and grain shippers seek freight cuts from 4 70 to 2 45 per ton on Walla Walla Portland shipments. It accuses Union Pacific control of skewed accounts and rebates to benefit the line, citing past rate reductions and rebates to rivals and intermediaries.
A west bound freight collided with box cars on the O R N Co yard at Pendleton when an open switch was struck. Four flat cars derailed and a boxcar with five race horses was damaged. Damage to cars pegged at about $2000 with no injuries reported. Hartman Abstract Company Incorporation filed with $20000 capital by Hartman Davis and Sturgis to handle title abstracts and real estate services.
Frank Frazier's Chehalis wins three heats in fast times 2:101 2:074 and 2:08 placing the pacer near coast record pace and hinting at greater speed yet with Jap becoming a national coastal racing figure. Autobiography excerpted from Mary Radars on de Navarro to appear in Ladies Home Journal detailing stage career and famous connections. Timber theft case before U S Commissioner with German defendant Jobo Broddel held to grand jury. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a tonic in local notices.
A merchant loses a six hundred pound letter to the post, later found in a dog kennel after puppies chewed it apart. An expert reenacts how a money letter goes missing, only to reveal a comical chain of missteps and a dog’s play.
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