Franchises Debate in Eugene Council Meeting
Eugene council indefinitely postponed Chambers franchise for electric light system citing five year construction time and lack of immediate installation evidence. It also examined rock quarry rental, street improvements approvals, private water system ties, and a costly water bond attorney bill as the May circus visit looms with Norris & Rowe announcing Kon the dog wolf exhibit.
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Chambers
Eugene
Garrett
Warren Construction Company
Butte
Willamette Valley Company
Construction Company
Wilaamette Valley Company
Paving Company
Sald
Skinner's Butte
Couneil
Warren
Counell
Monroe Street
Fourth
Third
Third Street
Monroe West
Clair
Pennington
Courellman Koach
Agate Avenue
East Thirteenth Street
Collier Street
Eighteenth
Twenty Third Street
East Twentieth Street
Twenty-first Street
Fairmount Boulevard
West Eighth
West Thirteenth Streets
Fair Grounds
Tenth Street
Monroe
Kelsay
Shout
Fairmount
H. F E. Morrin
Lincoln Streets
Wwer
Famous Buck the Wolfhound Returns in Circus Act
The article recalls Jack London’s Call of the Wild hero Buck, a dog who escapes captivity and leads ferocious wolf packs in the frozen north. It notes Buck’s rise as the head of his pack and hints at a dramatic final glimpse, now reimagined in a circus setting.
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Jack London
Buck
Anther
London
Giraffe Roams Redwood Forest Outback in California Park
Nosey the giraffe from the Norris and Rowe menagerie escaped captivity and wandered six days through Redwood National Park in the California Santa Cruz mountains. Despite roaming freely, the long-necked animal could not reach the treetop foliage, and keepers finally corralled and recaptured him on the seventh night, returning him to headquarters.
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North America
Redwood
California Santa Cruz Mountains
Norris & Rowe
Newey
Norris & Rowe Circus
Norey
Nosey
Twenty-Two Dead in Mexican Riot at Valadrena
Report from Valadrena details Saturday rioting escalating Tuesday with seven shot, total 22 killed. An American mercantile firm’s arms and liquors looted. manager to inform Washington. Sheriff handed county $18,000, part of $380,000 collected to date toward $433,009 tax roll. county operates on cash basis.
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Torreon
Mex
Valadrena
State Department
Washington
Mayor to Erect Three Story Concrete Block on West Eighth
Mayor J D Matlock plans a three story reinforced concrete block on West Eighth street this summer replacing an old wooden building. Tenants must vacate by May if possible. The block will be 50 feet by 24 feet with ground floor stores and two upper floors lodging. It will adjoin his lodging house and include two or three flats for family use. Heating will rely on gas already used in the adjacent brick block.
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J. D. Matlock
Brock
West Eighth Street
Aitlock
Aleo
Wanted To Run Away And Get Married
Isabelle Doolittle 15 fled with Ernest Hickson 22 from Cottage Grove to Montana for marriage. Authorities traced them to Springfield where they registered under true names. Sheriff Bawa detained Hickson and released him on promise to leave town. the girl agreed to return home with her father after admitting she erred but loved her sweetheart.
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Daily Guard
Isabelle Doolittle
Elmer Doolittle
Cottage Grove
Ernest Hickson
Montana
Springfield
Sheriff Bawa
Ciy
Hyomei Antiseptic Air Promises Quick Catarrh Cure
Claiming to kill catarrh germs and alleviate soreness in five minutes Hyomei is marketed as a forest scented antiseptic inhaler remedy from Red Cross Drug Company. The complete outfit costs one dollar with refills at fifty cents, sold by leading druggists.
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Eucalyptus
Australia
Hyome
Red Cross Drug Company
Southern Pacific to inaugurate 27 hour Portland San Francisco fiver
The Southern Pacific announced a Sunday April 5 inauguration for the 27 hour fiver between Portland and San Francisco. It will likely stop six to eight times on the Oregon division from Portland to Ashland while local business handling was arranged. A court demurrer in Houston v. Junction City argues lack of jurisdiction and improper joinder of causes of action in the recall election case. Thompson &Mar: the city and the
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General Passenger Department
Southern Pacific
Portland
San Francisco
Oregon
Ashland
C. P. Houston
Junction City
Thompson & Mar
Woodmen Initiate 137 Members Across Western Oregon Camps
Seven hundred Woodmen of the World from nine Western Oregon camps initiated 137 new members at Woodmen hall on Eighth Street. F B Tichenor said about fifty members were turned away for lack of room. Members came from Eugene Oakland Drain Yoncalla Cottage Grove Walterville Springfield Creswell Shedd. A banquet followed. leaders from multiple districts attended as officers conducted the initiation. A big jog rolling is planned in Siliverton with a Salem excursion. over 109 tickets already sold.
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Woodmen of
Western Oregon
Woodmen’s Hall
Eighth Street
F. B. Tiehenor
Eugene
Oakland
Drain
Yonealla
Cottage Grove
Walterville
Springfield
Creswell
Counsul
Eugene Forest
I. I. Baak
A. Walker
P. E. Snod
J. I. Bank
P. E. Snodgrass
F. B. Tichenor
Siliverton
Salem
Power of Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Hope Hopeless Case
Springfield N C merchant George E Blevens says a doctors diagnosis of consumption doomed his son until Dr King’s New Discovery proved transformative after three weeks. He praises its effect, calls it invaluable, and notes a guarantee with trial bottle offer.
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George E. Blevens
Springfield
N. C
Dr King
Mr. Blevens
Death Comes While Kneeling At Prayer
In Walterville Abel Trotter died Thursday night around 10 at his daughter Mrs Ed Craig after a revival near Camp Creek. He leaves two sons Walter Walden and two daughters Mrs Craig and Mrs Hileman. Also Easter Sunday saw the death of pioneer Frank Storment born 1842 in Jefferson County LL. He came to Oregon in 1853 and was among the oldest settlers. Arbor Day at local school taught by Miss Belle Millican and Miss Susan Irvin. Mrs Ruth Kenery and Mrs Laura Denison visited Mrs Cooley. Mrs Cooley attended F Storment’s funeral and visited relatives.
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Walterville
Camp Creek
Abel Trotter
Ed Craig
Springfield
Trotter
Walter
Walden
Craig
Hileman
Frank Storment
Lane County
McKenzie Valley
Mr. Storment
Jefferson County
Oregon
Marion Brubaker
Portland
Brubaker
Millican
Ruth Kenery
Laura Denison
Cooley
Kemery
Sodaville
F. Storment
Frank Post
8. Garner
Belle Millican
Susan Irvin
S. Owen
Spencer Creek
Pendleton men buy land near Calgary in Alberta region
A company of Pendleton men has purchased nine sections of land near Calgary, Alberta, indicating expansion into western Canadian allotments.
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Pendleton
Calgary
Alberta
Kemp's Balsam Cough Cure Ad Promises Relief
An old advertisement urges readers not to be misled by minor coughs and promotes Kemp's Balsam as the best cough cure. It claims a cough can cause back pain and sleeplessness and notes the product is sold by druggists for 25 cents.
Somerville Man on Trial for Brutal Wife Murder
Chester S. Jordan of Somerville faces trial in Middlesex Superior Court after confessing to killing his wife Honorah and dismembering her body. The case outlines a plan to throw parts overboard and claim she left him, aided by a mounting defense tied to temporary insanity and support from Jesse R. Livermore's fortune.
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Boston
Mass
Chester
Jordan
Somerville
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Jesse R. Livermore
New York
Livermore
Massachusetts
Honorah Jordan
Lice
Bank Heist Fails as Robber Fires at Secretary in Seattle
In Seattle on April 17 an unidentified man attempted a bold robbery at the American Savings Bank and Trust Co. He ordered Arthur Drew to hand over money, Drew hid, and Harry Welty narrowly escaped a bullet as the robber fired. The assailant fled amid the confusion.
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Seattle
American Savings Bank and Trust Co
Arthur Drew
Drew
Harry Welty
Welty
Twelve year old boy fed baby to hogs in New Orleans
Incensed over neglect, Tom Godfrey twelve is accused of feeding the youngest step siblings to hogs and later fatally wounded another with an axe. Neighbors found the child’s hands and feet eaten. The boy is jailed as siblings endure critical injuries. A separate report notes a Klamath county farmer yielded 700 bushels per acre from a potato patch last year.
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New Orleans
Here
Tom Godfrey
Klamath County
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