A Resume of Events in the Northwest
News gathered from towns across neighboring states notes improvement in all industries in Oregon. Wild pigeons fly along the Cape river as gunners pursue them. Six carloads of wheat from Eugene to Portland last week. Douglas county hopyards bustle with activity and few yards may be uncultivated. Bones found in a Warm Rim well include Greek remains. locals sent money home to aid Turkey. Grapevt county liabilities exceed assets in a March statement. Mongolian pheasants released in Virginia to aid propagation. Upper Coquille government work firm plans to begin on improved routes near Myrtle Point. Hood River strawberry acreage doubles this spring with a 750 ton projected next year. Dairying in Curry county grows, butter output may lag last year. Tillamook Lumbering Co builds 24 miles of pipe for Kalama water, using 86000 feet of lumber. Union county butchers fear cattle supply tightens as demand rises for steers and dry cows.
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Cape River
Eugene
Portland
Douglas County
George Senafffy
Astoria
Turkey
Grapvt
Oregon
Rockbridge
Virginia
Coquille
Robert's Landing
Rackleff’s Mill
Myrtle Point
Hood River
Dalles Chronicle
Curry County
Tillamook Lumbering Company
Kalama
Washington
Harrison
Union County
Washington Hints of Growth Amid Valley Markets and Farm Grants
Potatoes in Kittitas valley sell for $9 a ton as Washington farmers eye new projects. Snohomish pushes for a hospital, Ellensburg hosts a farmers institute in early June, and a fundraiser starts in Oakesdale for Greek relief. Frank Terry slated as Indian agent for Crows at Puyallup. Klickitat county ships bacon to Rossland. a sailor drowns near Blaine. mills shift to British Columbia. Public notices include county house injunctions and new annual fees for corporations. Wheat, flour, and produce prices listed for Portland and Seattle markets with forecasts for winter crops in a mixed outlook.
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Kittitas Valley
Snohomish
Farmers’ Institute
Ellensburg
Klickitat County
Dalles
Rossland
Mate Jenner
Pemiahmoo Bay
Blaine
Mevens County
British Columbia
Seexroothly
Spokane Public Schools
Asotin
Tekoa Ia
Las
Snohomish County
Mare Everett
Washeon
Barge
North
Yakima
Monfans
Hoyt
Cooperative scheme eyed by Chicago unemployed
Chicago labor groups push a march to Utah to form a cooperative commonwealth. Led by Debs supporters, the movement envisions a self supplied, egalitarian society with shared production and distribution and no city councils. Thousands unemployed in Chicago are eyed as potential marchers.
Speed blamed in Portland streetcar tragedy verdict
A coroner's jury in Portland finds the East Morrison Street streetcar crash was mainly caused by excessive speed of car No 52. The verdict cites a possible broken forward axle on the front track near a reverse curve and notes most witnesses say the car was faster than city ordinances allowed. One witness says the motorman controlled the car until the curve.
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Portland, Or
Catherine Baillie
Newton Hansen
W. W. Blanchard
M. C. Benninger
East Morrison Street
Philip Floyd
Binek
Gta
Wth Street
Eshe
Covewell
Confederate Monument Unveiled in Dallas
Dallas May 8 The Confederate monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in Dallas was unveiled this morning. The Texas granite shaft rises fifty feet with a private at the top. four pedestals hold statues of Jefferson Davis R E Lee Stonewall Jackson and Sidney Johnston. Jefferson Davis Jr pulled the cord for his grandfather’s statue, Lucy Hayes for Robert E Lee, and a Jackson granddaughter for Jackson and Johnston. John H Reagan delivered the eulogy for President Davis.
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Dallas
Tex
Daughters of the Confederacy
Texas
Jefferson Davis
R. E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Sidney Johnston
Jefferson Davis, Jr
Lucy Hays
Robert Lee
Stonewall Jackeon
Jackeon
Johnston
John H. Reagan
Davis
Train wreck near Warrenton leaves crew injured
At Went Through Bridge near Warrenton Ohio on May 4 an engine and freight car derailed from the Wheeling and Lake Erie line and plunged into a creek. Conductor Janes Garletter is dead while Fireman Edward Mann and brakeman C E Keyser are seriously injured.
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Warrenton, O
Wheeling
Tally
E.coneer
Janes Garletter
Edward Mann
Breakemas
C.E. Keyser
Rossman’s Narrow Escapes From Death in Denver
A Denver woman Miss Rossman repeatedly escaped fatal danger during night walks near Cherry Creek and Curtis Street. Rescue by a policeman saved her from drowning after stepping near a water-filled bank. Doctors blame her condition on sluggish nerve function and a long history of semiambulism linked to cold weather and distress.
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Denver
Cherry Creek
Miss Kossman
Howe
Curtis Street
Kneckid Lowe
Luton Raiway
Kossamar
Mize Koxsmin
Mira Rossman
Exsey
Annie Rossavan to be cared for at Arpee County Hospitalite
A troubled young woman named Annie Rossavan is treated at Arpee County Hospital after repeated sleepwalking episodes. Doctors report she has escaped restraint, wandered Denver streets at night, and behaved in ways resembling a conjurer's escape artistry before being confined and monitored.
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Annie Rossavan
Arpee County
Denver
Shehia
Unclear fragmentary notes on a horse scene and names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Canrae Sry Blonde fore ag and a horse scene with Mr. Bunde L and Mrs. Wruy. It references a black buree and bits Watched bletas and a hue horse related to Usinke Home Jovroal.
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Canrae
Cates
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Frank Terry
The
Crows
Puyallup Indian Reservation
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Company
Review of Trade
Maine
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Kansas
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France
Russia
Greece
Bulgaria
Serbia
Roumania
Montenegro
Salem
Cascidi
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla
Valley
Young America
Seattle
Wash
Dakota
Puget Sound
Levis
Chicago
Utah
Mar Am
Gener
Coxey
Cnen
Cern Gyelly
Jone
Ata
American Railway Union
E. W. Debs
Cooperative Commonwealth
Railroad Organization
Jeferson Davis
Rossman
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