Freeze-Out at the Judith Gap Saloon
In a cattle range tale set before railroads in Montana, Bill Anderson risks a freezing shift to drive a herd after a stage line arrives with a note from Campbell. The range rider battles a blizzard while mares and punchers contend with credit, cold, and looming danger, ending with a fatal sleep.
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Judith Gap
Atage
Montana
America
Gant
Mtervale
Missouri
States
Montana Prairie
Mike
Tariff Debate Rules Set Five Day Window in House
Washington March 22 The house adopts special rules to extend tariff debate five days with night sessions and five minute amendments then reports the tariff bill with pend ing amendments. Dingley and McMillin clash over printing limits as party lines hold firm. Senate calendar includes Pacific railroad bills and Addicks petition while executive session discusses the arbitration treaty.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Dingley
Dalsell
Pacific Railroad
Turpie
Edward Addicks
Delaware
Addicks
Burrows
Michigan
Chandler
W. P. Lord
Oregon
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Finance Committee
Gear
Pettigrew
Pacific Railroads
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Weekly Market Letrep Markets Show Firm Yet Shifting Wheat Tone
The market closed with a firm tone though sometimes easy, supported by recent buyins from influential interests. Analysts note shrinking visible wheat supplies in the U S and abroad, with Bellas estimating the first week of May stock around 29 498 000 bushels versus 55 458 000 last year, signaling a likely continued decline as shipments begin.
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Tors
Thomas Bellas
Ohio
Bellas
Type Are Slightly Theses Than One Inch In Length
A reader notes that some types described as slightly less than an inch long may be misread as longer. The brief suggests checking ruler measurements and alignment for accuracy in display.
Twenty Years Gone Then Return of Lost Husband in Vineland
In Vineland New Jersey the tale recalls Captain Moses Lucas who vanished twenty years earlier leaving a wife and daughter. He returns in a carriage and is welcomed by his wife in a reunion said to reveal the man as now wealthy. The text also lists dated Seattle market prices for grains fruits and meats with varied per ton or per pound figures.
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Jack
Mike
O. H. Home Ranch
Bill Anderson
Vineland
N. J
Moses Lucas
Lucas
Mrs. Lucas
Market quotations from Portland Oregon 1897 price list
A local market sheet lists prices for flour wheat hay barley butter potatoes onions poultry cheese wool hops beef and mutton in Portland Oregon. Items include flour varieties at 4.25 to 4.95 per barrel and various grains and livestock prices by region and weight.
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Seattle
Wash
Dakota
Puget Sound
Washington
Portland
Salem
Cascadia
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
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Bill
Campbell
O. H. Home
Casclens Creek
Downing, Hopkine & Company
Review of Trade
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