Roosevelt Sparks Insurgent Rally At County Fair
A 1910 Oregon column notes Roosevelt’s push for reform as major papers oppose him, while county fairs spark agricultural pride. It highlights Hood River apple sales, Fort Walla Walla’s decline, and Oregon irrigation prospects with Army Engineers evaluating 60,000 acres for extension. Primary race talk centers on Dimick and Wilson, with Roosevelt reviving Sherman’s memory in New York political circles.
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Oregon Fruit
Hood River Fruit Growere
New York Commission
Steinhardt & Kelly
Hood River District
Ors
Reclamation Service Officals
San Francisco’s Grand Promise Of Fifty Million Show
San Francisco pledges a fifty million dollar spectacle claiming it will be the greatest in history if the opportunity is secured. Opponents do not doubt the likelihood of fulfillment, noting no fair failure in the West yet.
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Agricultural Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
San Francisco
Harriman lines plan depot beautification with Chace
W C Chace named official landscape architect as Harriman lines plan Oregon railroad station beautification. Eugene leads state in modern depot landscaping and other cities are expected to follow.
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Oregon
Harriman Lines
W. C. Chace
Eugene
The Hired Applause Behind Rachel's Open Night
A theater tradesman recounts financing and directing hired applause for Rachel's opening night. He describes multiple claps, laughs, and dramatic bursts to boost reaction, then admits curtailing the performance for the second show to spare his weary crew. Exchange letter notes deep admiration and regret.
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Rachel
Mademoiselle
la Porte
Talking in Figures Significance of Telegraphers Code
A veteran notes that telegraph code numbers carry hidden meanings. Numbers such as 30 mark end of story or good night, 31 signals repeating train signals, or train orders to be signed. Other codes include 19 for unsigned orders, 24 with road-specific meaning, 5 as an interrogation, 13 asking understanding, 25 for busy, 73 for best regards, and 28 meaning skiddoo or go away.
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New York Herald
Governor's Quick Wit On Prisons And Religion
An English tourist recalls a sight in another state where 208 inmates at a state prison include 196 who attend prison chapel services twice each Sunday. The governor notes Illinois lacks such participation and quips that in Illinois most respectable people do not come to prison.
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Miinoix
Illinois
Lippincott's
Sign Language In A Fun Deaf Joke
Brown and Jones walk with Robinson and his wife. Brown notes Mrs Robinson spoke not a word. Jones confirms she is deaf and dumb and wonders if she can sign. Robinson lacks hair on his head, making humor about his marriage.
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Brown
Jones
Robinson
Settlement Work Occupies Fortune Heir
A Houston Post item notes a man who has recently come into a large fortune and turned his attention to settlement work. The brief quips imply ongoing debts were settled and public interest in his new charitable activity persists.
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Houston Post
Jarman
His Night Work
A fragment from the Baltimore American features dialogue about who guards daily duties in a busy workplace. A baby is jokingly pressed as boss while the mother acts as superintendent, revealing a floor walker role through a weary confession.
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Baltimore American
Jewelry Galore and Frivolous Nonsense in Patchy Text
A garbled newspaper snippet mentions jewelry and a playful remark about Mrs. Toyle and Mrs. Doyle. The fragment hints at confusion between mineral and animal life and notes care fees and a radiance or glare, but the meaning remains unclear.
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Toyle
Doyle
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the Athena Press
F.B. Boyp
Pustisuer
Athena
Congress
Roosevelt
New York World
Portland Oregonian
Daga
LaFollette
Beveridge
Cum
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Board of Army Engineers
Umatilla
Oregon & Western Colonization Company
Big Cascade Wagon Road
Karl L. Marvin
Idaho
Dimick
Wilson
Teddy
Sherman
United States
New York
Jarman’s
Weston
Groc
Eries
Jarmans Dept Store
Main Street
Miller’s
Main St
Rex
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