Electric power lights farm and drives machinery on Scotch estate
An electric system generates power from a turbine wheel and dynamo about 1000 yards from a farm. Ground wires run to the house and farm with start batteries supplying lighting and motive power when machinery stops. The mansion is fully illuminated, and a motor pumps water. Smut machines and a dryer have begun operation at Tacoma, boosting grain handling and market position for Northwest wheat.
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Hare
Tacoma Ns
Local News Tidbits Mix Grins and Grim News
Local items report births and deaths among Pendleton and Pilot Rock families while infrastructure and commerce advance. Adrian Gillis plans additions to a residence. roads near Thorn Hollow get a bridge. C. A. Barrett Co offers discounted drills and seeds. deputy marshal Beatie arrests alcohol suppliers. bicycle and wagon mishaps, illness, and small-town social notes fill the week’s pages.
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Crawford
Ed Morgan
Pendleton
A. M. Gillis
Edington
Arin Jock
Ation Ranch
Lewis Ray
Pilot Rock
Simmons
Walter M. Pierce
Max Lewin
Misa Levy
Union
Gibbon
Wednesay
Portland
Hamilton & Rourke
Thorn Hollow
Umatilla
C. A. Barrett Co
U. S
Beatie
Las Mantes
M.E
Mex
Gillis
Aes Aid
Gheleon
Ador Armstrong
Youia
H & Co
Ladie
Tim
A Letter From Scribbler Keeps Town Cackling
A typed column from Arena dated Oct 25 1893 features a mock letter from Scribbler musing on quitting work and renting a room near Main Street. It mocks local officials manure on Main Street and quips about a bicycle club and urban life. The piece blends prose and verse with town characters, a railroad commission critique, and harvest notes.
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Bprrons Priss
Main Street
Hollis
Oregon Needs Population and Immigrant Spark
The Dalles Chronicle reports on Franklin J. Atwood of Omaha urging rapid immigration to Oregon, citing Nebraska growth from 250,000 to over a million and predicting Oregon could hold up to 5,000,000 with irrigation and western farmers. He calls for clear, state-regulated information on homes and livelihoods to attract newcomers. A separate Portland concert by an mandolin club drew a large audience with praise for the performance.
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Comenanoiag Gepineaday
Union Pagitic
Portland
Oregon
F. J. Atwood
Omaha
Nebraska
Eas
Towa
Independence
Albany
Tacoma
Dalles
Fragmented Tale of a Convict in a Fiery Furnace
A garbled passage describes an editor at a Me site, patches and bells, a sulphurous crater, and an elevator to furnace 16. A political bribery sign and a subscriber figure appear. the narrator seeks to hide his ib a while implying a show is drawn to an end in a puzzling scene.
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Furnace 16
Ilde
The Weaton A. O. U. W. Honors Elijah Fenton Death
A Good Recon reports the death of Elijah Fenton a member of the Weaton lodge A. O. U. W. His family received the full 2000 certificate payment on September 28 after his death on September 17. The notice praises the order as honorable and protective for families at cost.
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Weaton
Lodge
Elijah Fenton
Union Investment Co. Buys Banger Mine From Bradley Co
The Oregon Scout reports that W. J. Townley joined Union Investment Co to purchase the C. T. Bradley Mining Co property at Banger for 100000. The deal was previously uncertain but has now been completed at the stated price.
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Lewis
Elmer Brown
W.J. Townley
C. T. Bradley Mining Co
Banger
the Union Investment Co
Wr. Townley
Oregon Scout
Pigs and Market Fetch in Corvallis Timely Sale
In Corvallis the Lee Henkle herd sold eight pigs from a breeding stock of 23 and the original stock. After feeding on 45-cent wheat, two pigs brought $84.85 at market on Monday. The note questions whether hog raising pays, given farm conditions in Oregon.
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Lee Henkle
Oregon
Corvallis
Mass meeting at Pullman Idaho urges 12 month debt extension
About 1000 farmers at Pullman Washington discussed financial stringency and low wheat prices worsened by heavy rains. Resolutions call for extending credit by 12 months, protecting debtors, and urging creditors to avoid mortgage foreclosures. Also notes fruit land for sale, a bank messenger cash loss incident, Spokane timetable changes, a new Pacific Packing Company in Portland, and a note on delinquent subscribers.
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Pullman
Waeh
Latah County
Idaho
Whitman County
Washington
Prison Escape Attempt Sparks Guard Discovery at Penitentiary
Two convicts John Kelley of Spokane and Wright of Seattle allegedly tunneled beneath a brick-yard wall, were spotted by guards, and jailed in a dark cell. A separate Walla Walla incident left Mrs Harper fatally injured when a hack team crashed, throwing her from the wagon near a telephone pole. Mrs Harger, a 50-year-old war nurse, is noted among the injured.
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John Kelley
Spokane
Wright
Seattle
Walla Walla
Sherman Yeend
Mra. Harper
What He Knew About It
A Klamath Falls teacher discusses work as hard for a 15 year old boy and notes how labor, fatigue, and family strain shape life. The piece condemns prejudice against foreigners while highlighting the toil of rural life and schooling. The author frames work as a constant burden and moral test. The second note reports President Higginbotham saying the World’s Fair will stay open into winter to accommodate visitors despite financial end.
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Organi Toga Bicycle Club
Gillisland
Ligely
Barrett
Richardson
Maloney
Parker
Reeder
Thiele
Ert Young
Claus Peath
Klamath Falls
Tim Burk
Klamath Star
Higginbotham
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Strent
New York
DR. G
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Sures. Y
Amena
Aloropeltina
Wash
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Amethermen
C& Foster
Athena
The
Pures
Scott Richey
Milton
Jacobs
Port
Buttercreek
C. B. Leatherman
Weston
Wisconsin
Will Clark
Prof. Story
Coinnpieaibners
U. P
John Gillis
Linkton
Blue Mountains
Trving McQuary
Minnie Isley
M. Isley
Son of Temperance
Eagle
Andry
Elorle
McRae & So
San Jose
California
Willis Young
Bartlett House
Pennsylvania
Methodist
Gray
Tor
Frank Ae
Burrell
Sanyday
Cederise
Srevena
Mr. Burrell
Miss Nettie Connell
Mill Citie Cong Ap
Dry Creek Hill
Campanth
Murval Watts
Miss Connell
Mr. Watts
Bill
Kr P. Page
Scarmaien
Sanger
Palouse Farmer
Alders
Alder
Inez
Tidle
Union Pacific
Spokana
Spokane Specie
Walla Walle
Comipany
Endleton
Walla
Union Parific
Dayton
Pacific Packing Company
Hive Ae
Port+ land
Northwest
J. Shhaefer
J. Selling
P. Conrad
Columbia River
Vancouver Ferry
Aden
Lth
Bucoda
Hin Foo
Nile Yi
Wallah
Walt
Ani
Simoes
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