Accident and community notes from Wixpom and KLONDIKE region
Wixpom reports E E Bright suffered a bad accident when a tree struck him as his horse moved on. The column recalls Absalom and adds local praise for resilience, noting Mrs. Allison’s illness, mining activity in St Helens, and weathering conditions. Local residents discussed money, land, and improvements to mail service between Centralia and Gleneden with a door delivery idea for nearby sufferers.
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Wixpom
E. E. Bright
Chicamagna
Andersonville
Washington
Absolom
David
Israel
Jacob
Temple
Allison
St. Helens
Lewis County
Gertie Shultz
Knab
Jacksonville
Haslet
Cedar Creek
Moltith
W. E. Goodrich
Jas. van Eaton
Rochester
P. I
Colfax
Klondike
Repairs Begin After Pleasant Visit
A brief note records Mr. Miles starting repairs following a pleasant visit last week. Mrs. Onn returned home Monday from a visit to Tacoma.
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Miles Control
Onn
Tacoma
Wheat flood overwhelms mill as bins overflow
Farmers rush wheat to the mill with day and night operations. Sides of a bin failed and 1500 bushels spilled, delaying work all night while crews straighten the mess. Local trades note new deals, visits, and job moves across Toled o and Ac. Tincola Creek area reports cattle purchases and gear movement amid ongoing timber and shingle activity.
Pe Ell Examiner Notes and Local Happenings
C S Hungerford starts as a teacher in school district No 97 near Boistfort road. A house on W L Baxer's farm burned with no occupants. apples and tools ruined. Rumor of Joe Shields fatal accident circulated. a Spokane death involved a man found with a letter to Shields. George Bloomhardt reports Mr McCabe believes Gray's Harbor jetty rock will come from a Pe Ell quarry. Gov engineers doubt a Columbia river quarry option. project may hire 80 to 100 men for four to five years.
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C. S. Hungerford
Boistfort Road
W. L. Baxer
Solon Allen
Joe Shields
Spokane
J. Shields
Joe
Yakima
George Bloomhardt
Tacoma
Pe Elon
South Bend
Joseph McCabe
McCabe
Gray’s Harbor
Pe Ell
Columbia River
Threshing Finished and Local News from Eagleton
Threshing is over and roads are good for this season. A. Page’s health has improved. he visited neighbors last Sunday. Mrs. Magee returned from Tacoma. H. A. Banker and E. Peterson reported the largest crops, over 1000 bushels each. A daily train to South Bend lets readers access Lewis county papers earlier. Miss Abbie Bunker wed G. E. Garrett at J. E. Bunker’s home on Oct. 12.
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Eagleton
Eaguleton
A. Page
Lewis County
Chicago
J. E. Bunker
Abbie Bunker
G. E. Garrett
Local notices from Winlock area October events
Holy Cross visitor from Winlock returns home. Born October 9 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thiee Christiansen. October 13 a son to Mr and Mrs Netter. J C Cantwell and daughter visit Castle Rock. Fred Aldrich visits Chehalis. Bud Holycross ill. Mrs Chas Nicholson visiting mother. Died October 9, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter St Germain. Wm Nicholson ill in Chehalis. Family of Jno Sea from Missouri moving to town. Mr Carpenter sick again. Mr Nelson injured in Dryad shingle mill accident. School teacher bicycled to Chehalis and walked home. Geo H Shearer rode to Chehalis in 2:15 for fastest time.
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Little Fairg
Holycross
Winlock
Thiee
Christiansen
No Netter
J.C. Cantwell
Castle Rock
Fred Aldrich
Chehalis
Bud Holycross
Chas
Nicholson
Peter St. Germain
Wm. Nicholson
Jno
Missouri
Torer
Dryad
Darran
Carpenter
Nelson
Luedinghaus
Chehalie
Geo. H. Shearer
Boistfort News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Probing and sowing of grain continues. F J Griffin loses horse to colic. Mr Vliet sick. Arthur White family convalescent. Mrs E Smith visiting relatives in Chehalis. Mr Nolen rents McGee place. Adarney who wandered to South Boistfort breaks into C Grove's house and steals food.
Winlock School Opens With Strong Attendance And Faculty
Winlock opens Monday with good attendance and a corps of teachers led by Prof. Tiffany, Miss Mand Metz, Nellie Bunker, and Clara Warne. Fred Schlittler reports a curiosity on his farm a four legged chicken with well developed limbs that do not bother the owner.
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Winlock
Prof
Tiffany
Mand Metz
Nellie Bunker
Clara Warne
Fred Schlittler
Immigrant Labor and Speeding Horse Legends Highlight Oregon Page
A reflective piece argues immigration from eastern Europe sharpens labor divides and fuels capitalist arbitrariness toward unskilled workers. It cites 52 percent of two years’ arrivals from Austria Hungary Italy Poland and Russia with high illiteracy and low-skilled jobs. Separate notes celebrate Chehalis two mile pacer’s Salem performance and lineage, praising Altamont Tecora and progeny as rapid, healthy performers.
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Europe
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Poland
Russia
Great
Britaan
Ireland
France
Germany
Scandinavia
Tve
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Chehalis
Smasher
Northwest
Chehalia
Salem
Perente
Altamont
Oregon
Sifes
Tecora
del. Norte
Touchet
Tening
Chetialis
del Norte
Éachi
Walter Q
Amaballis
Oregonian
An Inspired Editor Inspired by the Silver Dollar
A Troy Times passage laments delinquent subscribers and rhapsodizes about the old silver dollar. It praises the liberty head coin and its national symbols, recalling the coin of our fathers with pride and amusement.
Fusion Shortcomings in State Legislation Critique
The Kent Journal laments last legislature for stupidity and demagogism. It argues the exemption law makes debt collection nearly impossible and mortgage foreclosure provisions trap the indebted while deterring renewal as moneyed people seek more favorable laws with demagogic power not in ascendency.
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Kent Journal
Raw hides rise in India famine linked to Dingley law
The Toledo Tidings notes a 30 percent jump in raw hides imports to India amid famine and ties it to the Dingley law. It suggests famine drives the increased consumption and questions populist explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Toledo
County Commissioners Convene in Regular Session
The board met Monday October 4 at 9 am with all members present and ordered tax rebates and full payments on specified parcels. Bills for road labor and materials across districts 2 4 11 27 33 41 31 27 were allowed, along with salaries and pauper care costs. Resignations of F L Ingalls and Dr Heffley were accepted and new supervisors appointed to fill unexpired terms.
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Board of County Commissioners
Centralia
Erickson
Wards Acre
Chaires Ipe
L. M. Derby
Sidney Reaves
C. Green
Wm. M. Kaing
Geo. Mills
E.R. Zimmer
Wm. Eaton
D Calderwood
Mike McGinty
Chas. Feye
Dist
C M Labarow
Lafayette Howell
J J McElfresh
Walter Eshom
E R Zimmer
Charles Narmoor
H Martin Lumber Co
Palmer
SE Dexter
J Duffy
G Koeier
J F Campbell
H M Johnson
J J Keasling
John Rooney
W D Richardson
F Parker
Robt Carrol
W W Miller
Mark Smaby
J Martin
Jesse Martin
ER Zimmer
Birge
Joseph Shannon
Lloyd Chandler
G H Shearer
OC Delna
John Foeter
John Kelly
Dill
Jas Howsg
sNs Wakefield
Hines
E Degeler
Shay
C G Waldron
George Dysart
Olympia
State Board of Equalization
J C Thomas
T McMahan
J C Thomes
Diet
R B Henderson
T <. Snow
Geo Brown
R H McGill
John Roe
J B Snow
FD Barnes
J Brammerman
Wm . Cunanghem
WC Carnes
O Carnes
A Brows
Stoner
G Yates
H Hefley
Stover
G Shearer
A Brown
J Maurine
Collett
W Hammill
Osman
T Crawford
J Borgolt
E Sage
County Board Approves Roads and Bills in October Session
County board approves road petitions for John Rue et al and Hovland route, inspects and lays out surveys with ET M Ingraham and Schuyler Davis. Various road and general fund bills authorized including bridges, hardware, livery, and pauper care. taxes adjusted and rebates ordered to Jacob Buesch.
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Earl
S Sage
JM Meyer
DV Thrash
Smith
M Shields
A E Thrash
C B Cole
G Waldron
John Rue
Billy Z
N Ferrier
R A Nason
W Bowers
C W Hovland
Hovland
ET M Ingraham
Schuyler Davis
Centralia
Stine
Drew's Creek
Walter Eshom
M Mayer & Co
Ward & Ruggles Livery Hire
Soad
C Jakieh
Lee Rhodes
P V Grove
W Roundtree
T Roundtree
Larson
Ed Eastman
Wm Murphy
Maynard Everett & Co Hardware
Diet
M A Harlan
C Smith
Martin Mayer
Sage
H W Weller
R Rasmussen
J Rose
C Carson
J M Mayer
Geo Gross
J Miller
Borgett
D Manerman
J H Meyer
W CO Yeomans
John Yoki
G _ Power
Phos Nalewja
Maynard Everett & Co. Hardware al
Jacob Buesch
Ostover
Amusing anecdote from Judge Langhorne about a hog prize
Judge Langhorne recalls a Florida fair tale from years past featuring an Ohio farmer with two large white Chester hogs. The prize goes to a razorback keeper, arguing prizes must weigh size plus suitability to locality and running ability, with a racist remark from the committee.
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Langhorne
Orlando
Fla
Ohio
Ohioan
State of
Florida
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Promises Change for Women
The ad urges husbands to persuade wives to take Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims a thirty year track record with hundreds cured after doctors failed. It presents internal female health derangements as common and as a guaranteed remedy.
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Reason David
Beathart
THE
Cash Grocer
Murphy & Stuchell
Ron
Luck Bress
Sc, New Worth Sc
OUR Great Shoe Department
Hartuan & Naruan
Big Dept
Market St
Glottdren
Werth
Bens Tailor
H. M. Blogk & Bro
W. Brunswig
Totepo
Ward
Portland
Frank Lyons
Dobson
Frank Miller
W. A. Arnold
Mamie Scales
Newaukum
Carl Motter
Denny
Tincola Creek
Guearpex
Wm. Wheakion
Amor Stephens
F. L. Ingalls
Herbert Lord
St. Paul Lumber Company
Wm. Parks
Plank Road
Steiger
Waunch
Chas. Naffer
Belt
Mongana
Pre
Boistfort
Poveigh
Turner
le Raigoki
Terner
Tany
Unite States
Turners Seat
British Columbia
Seta Somersoy Rogers Mast
Astoria
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