Pilot Rock rail line seen advancing for new regional link
The Pilot Rock branch road gains momentum as J W Morrow reaches out for right of way with Harriman interests. Pilot Rock residents, led by A J Sturtevant, donate depot grounds and require two miles of track bed grading within three months and full completion within one year, signaling strong progress for the district's farming and stock-raising economy. Weston normal notes rising enrollment and growing student satisfaction as 130 plus learners populate the normal department amid positive faculty relations.
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Pilot Rock Branch
J. W. Morrow
Harriman
Pilot Rock
A. J. Sturtevant
Sheridan’s Gift of Time Turns on Three Dollars
An orator famed for quick retorts, General Sheridan faced a heckler claiming a three dollar debt. Sheridan revealed the chairman had lent seven dollars of ten requested, turning the interruption into a humorous showcase of wit and earning the crowd’s roar as the chairman whispered that Sheridan had saved him as a genius.
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Apellbinder
New York
O'Brien
Sheridan
General Sheridan
Doling
Mr. O’brien
Mr. O'Brien
Willow Springs Indian fight described by East Oregonian editor
Describes a descriptive piece by 8. B. Aldrich city editor of the East Oregonian about Willow Springs battle, originally in the Spokane Spokesman-Review October 14. The article uses Moorehouse photographs and draws on Athena residents who participated in the engagement between the Upland settlers and the attacking faction.
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B. Aldrich
East Oregonian
Willow Springs
Spokane
Spokesman- Review
Moorehouse Pictures
Aldrich
Athena
A Good Fellow's Fate
Weston Leader outlines the tragic decline of a once popular Pendleton railroad conductor who rose from humble beginnings. His social excesses and drinking led to lost wages and poor choices, ending in a lonely death in a Walla Walla cell with no mourners or support.
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Weston
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Downward Spiral From Glory to Drunkard’s Grave
A biographical lament traces a man once rising high as a spotter now slipping into inferior jobs. His drinking grows insatiable, consuming body and soul. Labeled a good fellow then a bum, he questions whether those fleeting pleasures were worth the cost.
Irish Immigration Shapes American Population Trends
A Philadelphia Chronicle piece reviews Irish migration to the United States from 1840 onward, noting about 6 million by 1880 and a steady 500,000 per decade since. It highlights concentration in 12 farming states, urban shifts, and potential future dominance in eastern cities, with New York and Chicago nearing German parity. It also includes contemporaneous notes on political figures, militia anecdotes, and local advertisements for salves and tonics.
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Philadelphia Recorder
America
Ocean
United States
Great Republic
Sewa
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Iinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
North Atlantic
New England
New York City
Chicago
Is Disease a Crime Aine tea Jone neo
Opinionated text discusses disease as a violation of natural laws and debates labeling ill poor as criminal while condemning harsh treatment of housewives. It promotes Dr. Pierce remedies and medical advice, urging moderate exercise and avoiding excessive work, with pledge of confidential correspondence and free medical pamphlets.
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Piarce
Heine
Pierce
St. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Best Pianos Displayed at Stanley Piano House
If no piano is in the house buy or hire one from Stanley Piano House on Main Street in Walla Walla Washington. The instruments represent peak mechanical workmanship and unmatched sweetness and richness of tone.
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Stanley Piano House
Main Street
Walla Walla, Wash
Five Room House for Sale on Hunt Avenue
For sale a good five room house with three lots on Hunt Avenue two blocks from Mill. Includes electric lights water works a good cellar and wood shed with a picket fence and shade trees. Price 800 and terms are easy. For particulars inquire of Malt Johnson Athena Oregon.
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Hunt Avenue
Mill
Johnson
Athena
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