Sermon At Presbyterian Church Delights Large Congregation
At the Presbyterian church Rev. O. O. Weller delivered a fine morning sermon to a large audience. In the evening Rev. Walter Hays, former pastor, spoke to friends and guests. The church was filled to capacity and praised as of the highest order. A duet by Mesdames Hammer and Weller pleased all, and Mr. Hays departs this week for Missoula to serve as pastor there.
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Presbyterian Church
Lund
O. O. Weller
Walter Hays
Mesdames Hammer
Weller
Hays
Missoula
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Auction At O O D Store
The United States buys Cas carets Candy Cathartic at two million boxes yearly and expect three million before New Year. Drugists offer 100 250 500 box sizes with guarantee. An auction runs daily from 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM except Sundays, starting tomorrow for two weeks.
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United States
Weekly Rock Island Excursions From Portland to Denver Chicago Boston
Rock Island Personally Conducted tourist excursions depart Portland each Tuesday February 1 1898 and weekly thereafter to Denver Chicago and Boston. Cars are modern sleepers with experienced conductors and a porter aboard for ladies and children traveling without escorts. Through service to Chicago and Boston with no change. See agent for details. Also Merlen Hotel opening set for Friday February 11 with reception by Gov Robert B Smith and Chief Justice Pemberton. A grand ball and banquet will follow dancing at 9 o'clock public invited.
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Rock Island
Portland
Denver
Chicago
Boston
Polman Porter
O. R.N
O. Big Rgew Derg
URE PB
BR. B
Merlen
Dillon
Robert B. Smith
Helena
Pemberton
Butte
Jos. C. Metlen
Mesdames Howard
Fyhrie
Hodgens
How Do I Look The Secret To Youthful Charm
A column asserts women seek lasting charm and youth and credit Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription with preventing ill health and restoring vigor. It claims the medicine soothes nerves heals ulcers and stops draining symptoms while preserving youthfulness. Testimony from readers supports its merits.
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Pierce
Turley Elected U S Senator in Silver Debate Fallout
In Washington and Memphis reports, the senate race concluded after five hours of debate on silver currency. Turley won the joint convention vote 46 to 43 with Taylor dropping out, and the term runs to March 4, 1901. Turley, 63, Memphis lawyer and former Confederate soldier, is described as a strong free silver Democrat.
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Eee
Turley
McMillin
Taylor
Senator Turley
Capitol
Memphis
Crop statistics for 1897 acreage and value by crop
Final estimates from the agriculture department show 1897 crops with corn 80,095,101 acres producing 1,802,967,948 bushels valued at 501,072,952 dollars. Wheat 89,465,066 acres yielding 680,149,168 bushels valued 438,547,121 dollars. Oats 25,780,875 acres 698,767,409 bushels valued 147,974,719 dollars. Potatoes 2,684,577 acres 164,015,964 bushels valued 80,648,059 dollars. Hay 42,426,770 acres 60,664,876 tons valued 401,890,728 dollars.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Portia Arrives After Arctic Pack Ice Standoff
Red Cross steamship Portia arrives four days overdue from St Johns and Halifax after a desperate clash with Newfoundland pack ice. Hundreds of fishermen, women, and children faced exposure and starvation while relief vessels struggled to reach destitute coast towns. The Portia escaped amid peril, with other relief ships forced to retreat to St Johns.
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Newfoundland
New York
Red Cross Line
Portia
St. Johns
N. F
Halfax
New Foundland
Powder Pool Trust Ties East and West Explosives Trade
After the Powder Pool in San Francisco the World Pool binds eastern and western hemispheres in a trust that controls explosives trade. California powder makers are named as participants and the attorney general is urged to seek an injunction similar to that used against local coal companies by Judge Morrow in a related case.
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San Francisco
World Pool
California
United States
Morrow
Klondikedispatches justify relief effort from Seattle
General Merriam under Meiklejohn opened in Seattle the dispatches from Captain Ray, Klondike special representative, via Wells. The department forwarded an abstract. the report allegedly justifies Secretary Alger and Meiklejohn’s actions under congressional authority to relieve the Klondike situation.
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Nelles
Dawson
Washieton
Merriam
Meiklejohn
Seattle
Wells
Ray
Department
Klondike
Alger
Congress
Rose restaurant fire injures six at Farnam street
Six men narrowly escaped death when the Rose restaurant at 1804 Farnam Street burned early this morning. Three were severely burned and taken to St. Joseph's hospital. the others escaped with minor injuries.
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Omana
Rose Restaurant
Farnam Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Corbett Reproaches Fitzsimmons Over Class Claim
A fragmented report notes an interview with Julian and Fitzsimmons in which Fitzsimmons said Corbett was not yet in Fitzsimmons' class and would not be until he had defeated another fighter.
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Ity
Gi Ren
Lacov
Julian
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Peddler Chris Merry Sentenced to Hang for Murder
Chris Merry, a peddler, was convicted of beating and choking his wife Pauline Merry to death. Judge Horton sentences Merry to be hanged on February 18, just over three months after the crime.
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Merry
Cxroano
Chris Merry
Pauline Merry
Horton
Ice adrift near Cleveland saves water works keeper
Nicholas Backus keeper of the Cleveland water works crib started to walk ashore on drifting ice when a shift sent the ice out into the lake. A wave of wind moved the ice leaving him on a twelve foot square floe. Two fishermen sighted him and he was rescued about a mile and a half from shore.
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Cleveland
Nicholas Backus
Water Works Crib
Backus
Firemen Elect Officers at National Convention
The National Firemen's association meeting closed with officers elected. President E A Wood of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Secretary E W Barkman of Decatur Illinois. Treasurer H B Sailsbury of Whitewater Wisconsin. One vice president chosen from each represented state.
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Chcaco
Jan
National Firemen’s Association
E. A. Wood
Cedar Rapids
E. W. Barkman
Decatur
Ils
Sailsbury
Whitewater
Wis
Resignation Call for Senator Lindsay Moves Through Kentucky Senate
In Frankfort Kentucky the House passed a resolution yesterday urging the immediate resignation of United States Senator Lindsay. The Kentucky Senate adopted the measure today by a 26 to 10 vote. In Omana on February 2 Judge Keyser dismissed the contempt of court case against Gilbert M Hitchcock president of World Herald Publishing.
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Washieton
House of Representatives
Teller
United States
Linney
N.C
White
N. C
House
McAleer
Elliott
D.C
Reed
Dingley
Bailey
Gage
Rhea
Hades
Lindsay
Frankfort
Kentucky Senate
Senate
Hitchcock
Omana
Keyser Today
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
World-Herald Publishing Company
Scarcity of Coniferous Wood Pulp Warns Paper Supply
Forestry officials in Washington say only six years of coniferous wood remain at current consumption. Dealers doubt the estimate, noting rising prices and expanding demand. Vast Canadian timberlands remain untouched, area data cited as a factor in future supply concerns.
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Forestry Department
Washington
Erinee
Canada
Forest Timber Value Per Acre and Penobscot Spruce Stumpage
An analysis cites 400 to 600 spruce per acre in New England as valuing between 5 and 12 dollars per acre, with 400 trees worth about two to eight cents each. It notes lumbermen pay around 2.50 dollars per thousand feet stumpage on the Penobscot River, averaging 200 cents per tree, plus 40 to 60 cents per tree for cutting and hauling. The piece reflects on forest growth costs and regional harvesting economics.
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Hs Mill
New England
Nature
Penobscot River
New York Times
Bar Harbor Fence Feud Echoes a Quiet Retort
A Bar Harbor man builds a high board fence along Mrs. Oscar Stevens yard. She declines retaliation and suggests mirroring the height for symmetry, lamenting the view blocked by the fence and noting the scene may yield circus posters. She jokes about a forlorn sitter on top, not a lunatic, but a neighborly inconvenience.
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Bar Harbor
Oscar Stevens
Mt. Desert Street
London cab drivers resist bicycle dominance rainstorm tale
A London season report portrays cabmen bemused by bicycles as rain drenches a couple in fine clothes. The distressed wife seeks shelter, her husband offers a bribe to a passing four-wheeled driver, who coldly refuses and taunts them amid the shower.
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London
Paris
Meta
Christmas Hearth Weave Wreaths at Silent Snow
A poetic fragment recalls weaving holly at the Christmas hearth while silent snow covers the earth, evoking a tranquil seasonal scene.
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