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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
6
Official city paper issue from Cantrafia dated Friday June 19 1908 likely listing railroad notices and local matters with scarce readable details.
Mae ot Earl Freeman recalls a perilous period in Peru May 9 1908 during a rebellion in Cerro de Pasco and Oroya. The account describes revolters seizing a Central Railway engine at Oroya, a telegraph shutdown, and brave acts by Americans including Mr Reid and Mr Guth who used force to compel an engineer to move the train toward Cerro de Pasco. A telegraph operator and two railway workers are noted as dead or missing amid clashes near Campalcas paintos.
A critical setback to William Jennings Bryan’s presidential candidacy. The piece argues Bryan lacks proven statesmanship, relies on expedient phrases like free silver, and fails to offer lasting, concrete policies. It contrasts Roosevelt’s enduring principles with Bryan’s shifting, self-serving drives and questions the electorate’s trust in any new paramount issue.
The fair committee canvassed the town and raised over $2000 for the project but decided to declare it off for the present. Business leaders suggest waiting a year or two to clean up current improvements before resuming the agricultural fair, hoping for united town and county support.
Chewmalis bleary mention and lumber market notes reflect a slow regional market, with Wisconsin and Chehalle Tambor Co. of Jillell noted as strong players. Local industry faces financial strain amid broader economic difficulties, while health ads tout Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Eyewitness Earl Freeman reports revolutionary attacks near Oroys and along the Central Line. Fighters attacked a stone station, took baggage cars, and a wreck occurred on the Central Line while Carro de Pasco trains fared better. Bridgelines were destroyed, several leaders captured, and overall casualties described as eight or ten killed with unknown wounded. Freight service faces uncertainty while passengers endure peril and delays.
A Centralia resident recounts her wife’s two year struggle with kidney and back pains. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Red Goose Pharmacy, she reportedly recovered fully. The ad, priced at 60 cents, touts Doan's as the trusted remedy from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole US agents.
A sermon outlined the view that spiritual truth outlasts scientific truth, then debated whether alcoholic wine should be used in communion. The speaker argued fermented wine contradicts Christ's example, citing Leviticus and gospel accounts, while opposing sides pressed for adherence to unfermented wine and caution about temptation.
Cleveland announces the National Superintendent of the Department of Unfermented Wine at Sacrament. The appointment reflects a formal organizational shift in the oversight of non alcoholic beverage production and regulation.
At an adjourned Chenalis city council meeting the decision to locate a Carnegie library with a $10000 gift was discussed. The council approved a resolution to provide an annual maintenance fund equal to 10 percent of Carnegie’s donation and designate land in Chehalis for the library. The plan aims to erect the free public library this summer with city support to cover maintenance.
Kwart Bow reports introducing Chamberlain's Catlo Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to Narconsed Texas after a stranger in El Paso credited it with saving a life. The family, rooted in Towa, expands with mercantile ventures and promotes the medicine's growing favor locally.
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