Blocking Move for Low Rates
Washington dispatch notes plans filed with the Commerce Commission to raise rates toward Pacific coast terminals. The measure, effective after November, would add 14 dollars to ship first class plus freight from New York to San Francisco and other coast points. The commission had ruled that Missouri river interior rates could not exceed coast rates, with Chicago proposed to rise 7 percent and Pittsburg 16 to 25 percent. If enacted, inter mountain jobbers retain some gain while consumers face little relief, prompting anticipated challenges over rate reasonableness from both coast and interior regions.
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Washington
Portland Oregonian
Saya
New York
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Interior
Chicago
Pittsburg
Commission
Grain Market Struggles Amid Overcrowded Coast Warehouses
The Gran Market reports crowded coast warehouses delaying purchases as export demand weakens. Walla Walla prices fall to 75 cents for turkey red, 74 for bloehem, 69 for club. many smallholders sell under 2000 bushels amid a dull Liverpool market. Hunting season opens with ducks and geese allowed after October 1, and Jackson County passes a 1.6 million highway bond with Medford leading support.
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Liverpool
Walla Walla
Washington
Walla Walla Valley
Medford bond approval sparks Southern Oregon parade
Townsfolk crowded the streets in jubilation after a Medford Commercial Club backed bond issue seen as a decisive local move. The narrative recalls wartime heroics and odd anecdotes from veterans, zoologist Professor Harold Russell challenges popular war yarns, and William Dean Howells on literature, noting celebrated works meet early critique before gaining stature.
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Oregon
Medford
Flood Devastates Austin Pa Killing 800 In Dam Burst
A Bayless Pulp and Paper dam break near Austin Pennsylvania unleashes a wall of water ten feet high, destroying the town and causing hundreds of deaths and extensive property loss. Nearby Costello and Wharton suffer heavy damage as gas mains ignite and rescue efforts mobilize. Red Cross and medical aid rush to the scene while temporary hospitals are set up.
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Austin
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Costello
Wharton
Johnstowne
Aido
Red Cross
Zebras in Africa Stir Fear and Debate
In John T. McCutcheon’s Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country zebras are labeled a menace to civilization and must be exterminated. The piece notes zebras roam near East African towns and rail lines, their numbers rising under looser game laws, prompting a shift from reluctance to slaughter.
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Africa
John T. McCutcheon
The
East
Tata
Ife
Enat Africa
The Tonic of Victory in Napoleonic Warfare
Army surgeons report victory as a near universal anaesthetic effect on troops, noting Napoleon’s triumphal mood contrasting with defeated soldiers’ terror. Bonnette cites Presse Medicale and New York Medical Journal observations that belief in invincibility boosts morale, numbing fear and pain.
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Bonnette
Presse Medicale
Napoleon
Europe
New York Medical Journal
Old Guard
Eee
Anlazy Lim
Mylan
The Fertile Rock Flora Hidden in Fortress Garb
Gibraltar, often called a barren rock, hosts 46 native flowering plant species. Castor oil plants, daturas, and daphnes reach tree-like size, while geraniums and heliotropes form hedges. Canny blooms conceal cannons. a few nonvenomous snakes and small lizards appear in the fortressed landscape.
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Gibraltar
Parisians Out of Doors Described by Berkeley Smith
In this excerpt from Berkeley Smith's Parisians Out of Doors, French policemen are portrayed as unfailingly polite and diligent. The critic notes strict enforcement of outdoor life laws, calm questioning at incidents, and courteous guidance to the public, regardless of status or connections.
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France
Jolice
Soyuilse
Vermaissaiire de Pelle
Gio
Hin
Lsten
L. Berkeley Smith
Couldn't Fool Him. Oak Land bank collector satire
In a San Francisco Obituary style fragment a local bank collector, a Black man, is described as spending evenings in an Oakland band. A clerk named Jo Mieluk recalls a showman claim and the man dismisses hints of a mysterious instrument, signaling skepticism about the tale.
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Oakland
Jo Mieluk
Joe
Yandirville
Ronny
San Francisco
Obronicte
A Simple Antidote to Poison
A London Herald reflection on a common remedy found in many households. It extols a simple antidote for all poisons and urges strong convulsions to take a large quantity of this supple remedy.
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London
Pamily
Herald
Greatly Changed Inheritance Mystery Recounts Wealth Shift
In a Toledo Blade item readers note a tale of altered fortunes and shifting loyalties. The fragment hints at inherited wealth and a transformation in a public figure or family, with discreet references to dramatic personal changes and moral judgments.
Compulsory Education Law Digest and Penalties
Digest explains duties of parents and guardians to enroll children aged nine to sixteen in public schools with listed exemptions. Details include truancy enforcement, attendance reporting by teachers, notice procedures, penalties for noncompliance, and cited legal sections. Also notes road drag use and local football loss with transit delays and train impacts.
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Athena
Alloh
Cenana
District Boundary Board
Poves
Justice of the Peace
Mao
Railway Shopmen Strike Across Harriman and Central Lines
The Railway Shopmen Strike paralyzes Harriman system and Illinois Central railways as 36,000 declared workers join the stoppage in western, midwestern, and southern divisions. Santa Fe shopmen in Los Angeles join in sympathy, with federal courts in New Orleans issuing sweeping injunctions amid fears of a nationwide rail upheaval and recruitment of strikebreakers nationwide.
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System Federation
Harriman Lines
Minole Central Railroad
Santo Pennilroad
New Orleans
Middle West
Far West
Systema
Harriman Ied
Ilinoia Central
United States
New Orleana
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F. Wilson
H. Koepke
le Grow
E. A. Zerba
Ras’t. Cashier
A. B. Mewen
M. L. Watts
First National Bank
Athena Capital
Baksav
Bundy
Christian
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Alfred Peats & Go.’S
HIC AG
Eecs
Dell Brothers
York
Evra
Merce Commission
Jackson County
Larrey
Borodino
Beresina
Russia
Zayonchek
Vilna
Harold Russell
Russell
William Dean Mowells
Shelley
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Stephen Crane
Mr. Howells
Aluce
Toledo Blade
Oregon Lane
E. F. Ayers
Wenatchee
Northwest
Watson
Tekoa
Calibe
O.W. K&n
Harriman
Minols Central
Walter A. Wood
G. W
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