A. E. Reames Born in Jacksonville Oregon in 1862
A. E. Reames Democratic nominee for congress in the first district is described as born in Jacksonville Oregon in 1862. The piece outlines his family background from Kentucky and Missouri, education at Jacksonville public schools, University of the Pacific, University of Oregon, and Washington and Lee University where he earned a law degree in 1890. It covers his early law practice in Jacksonville and Eugene, later moves to Portland and back to Jacksonville, marriage to Edith Tongue in 1906, and his roles with the Oregon Native Sons and Masonic orders.
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A. E. Reames
Jacksonville
Oregon
Thomas G. Reames
Kentucky
Missouri
Evan Reames
University of the Pacific
San Jose
California
University of Oregon
Reames
Lexington
Law Department
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Institution
E. R. Skipworth
Eugene
Portland
C. M. Idleman
William M. Colvig
Edith Tongue
Mr. Reames
Oregon Native Sons’ Cabin
The
Native Sons of Oregon
Red Men
Bb. P
Elica
Reames urged by indirection in Oregon race
The Portland Telegram suggests backing Democrat Evan Reames in the First District race would be futile, praising Republican Mr. Hermann as a trusted protector of Oregon’s interests while noting Reames’ likable but unlikely bid for Congress. The piece implies Hermann remains the preferable choice for sustained representation.
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Portland
E. A. Reames
Congress
Oregon
Evan Reames
Hermann
Washington
British Army Abolishes Lance As Medieval Relic
The British War Office has abolished the lance for use in the army, deeming it a relic of medieval warfare and no longer part of British military practice.
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British War Office
Steam wringer cylinders explode in San Francisco laundry
The machines operating at seventeen hundred revolutions per minute burst Monday in a San Francisco laundry. The accident injured a starcher and maimed two others for life.
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San Francisco
New Jersey Tax Policy Targets Corporations
New Jersey applies a capital stock tax that can effectively dissolve corporations under its liberal law. If a company misses annual tax payments, the state can terminate its existence, eliminating the business through tax delinquency.
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New Jersey
Supreme Court rules Kansas lodges illegal saloons dissolves 200
The Kansas Supreme Court declared about two hundred lodges with sixty five thousand members as illegal saloons. Members allegedly obtain alcoholic liquor in the lodge room in violation of state prohibition law, effectively dissolving the organizations.
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Supreme Court of
Crown Prince of Saxony to Remarry Next Week
The Crown Prince of Saxony is to wed his wife again next week, recalling her earlier elopement from Dresden with her children's tutor. The dispatch says they pledged not to discuss the past, a pledge the wife may enforce more than the husband, given the potential impact on domestic harmony.
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Saxony
Dresden
Oregonian Pleasantry on A B E Reames and Hermann
The Oregonian editorial voices support for A B E Reames a Democratic hopeful in Jackson County for Congress First District and urges backing the Roosevelt administration. It argues Hermann should be sent back to Washington and ridicules the editorial stance, urging readers to speak plainly about party leadership and ambition.
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A. BE. Reames
Jackson County
Roosevelt
Hermann
Washington
Oregonian
Land Commissioner’s Office
Mr. Hermann
From the cradle to the grave a coffin trust rises
A brief note reflects on the rise of coffin trusts and the idea that man is beset by trusts from birth to death, signaling commentary on inflation and control of funeral costs. It frames the coffin trust as a growing concern for ordinary people.
President moves in Yellowstone and Reames greeted at home
The narrative notes the President shifts to another Yellowstone Park area while Reames arrives in Jacksonville to a rousing reception. It contrasts his fresh leadership with Binger Hermann past office holders and mentions social questions surrounding long tenure. The Paris craze features petite lanterns from a speculative maker bought at a Neuilly fair.
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Reames
Jacksonville
Binger Hermann
Paris
Petites Lanterna
Neuilly
Wella Fargo Express Moves Head Office to New York
Pacific Coast readers have trusted the Wella Fargo Express Company for decades. The head office, based in San Francisco since the company's founding over fifty years ago, will relocate to New York next month.
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Pacific Coast
Wella, Fargo Express Company
San Francisco
New York
Pictures of Geo Raper and Sheriff Storeys Dog Show Photos
The Oregonian features Geo Raper the English dog judge and Sheriff Storeys St Bernard beside the dog show judge. The piece questions which is the proudest and notes the prevalence of head portraits in the dog and horse photo spreads.
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Oregonian
Geo. Raper
Portland
Sheriff Storey
St. Bernard
Raper
Vallance the lighting calculator dies in New Jersey
The article recalls Vallance, famed for instant multiplications, dying young in New Jersey from a mental strain as prodigies often falter early. It also mentions Paul Murphy, blindfolded, playing many chess games at once before dying in a mental institution, illustrating extraordinary memory beyond ordinary minds.
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Vallance
New Jersey
Duke of Cambridge celebrates eighty four years old
Londbit correspondence notes the Duke of Cambridge marking his eighty fourth birthday as the last Crimean War general officer still living. He commanded at Alma and Chiards and held the longest office of commander in chief for thirty nine years though aging. He remains active and popular across ranks despite age and feeble years.
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Duke of Cambridge
Debatle
Alma Mic
Speaker Cannon’s Fourth Congress Entertains Startle
The physio Star notes Uncle Joe Cannon may make his Speakership memorable in the next congress. On March Fourth he presided an hour, reconfiguring the desk paraphernalia. He used the left hand to swing the gavel, shifted glasses and inkstand, and beckoned with the gavel handle. He signaled recognition by pointing or extending an arm, and gesticulated with both hands, sometimes setting the gavel aside to explain.
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Non
Cannon
Mountain lion invades cabin in California fight ends in death
A hungry mountain lion attacked James Moore and Oscar Chambers in their cabin in Red Ding California on April 14. Moore killed the beast with a knife after Chambers was seized by the throat. Both men suffered deep claw injuries. Mrs Jones mourns her husband’s death and hair turning black again, as noted in Brooklyn Life.
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James Moore
Oscar Chambers
Minera
Chambers
Moore
Brooklyn
Impatient Heir Ends Life After Estate Delay
Nick Tanper tehein a German cooper of Portland not yet heirs to an estate of about ten thousand dollars in Germany. Slowness in settlement led him to receive a notice that his portion would be delayed three weeks. He then took a revolver from a friend's trunk and killed himself.
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Nick Tanpertehein
Portland
Nick
Germany
Marning
Roosevelt backs tariff revision stance in Milwaukee speech
In a Milwaukee address President Roosevelt retreated from tariff revision as a cure for the trust question. The piece notes the shift from earlier views and accuses his vice president of compromising his beliefs to gain trust support, diminishing public respect for his candor.
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Roosevelt
She Knew Something
A fragment records dialogue between a husband and wife with strong conflict. The husband expresses a desire for a final smoke while the wife retorts and asserts time after death. The line includes dialogue by a child addressing Mam.
Yet They Were Friends
Ella and Stella exchange witty lines about engagements, revealing tension and humor between old friends as they discuss a surprising engagement to Fred.
The Race is Not Always to the Swift
A youth asks about the saying and a wise father explains that in life the fastest do not always prevail. The dialogue frames perseverance over speed as the path to success.
Eloping Couple Sparks Plea From Stern Parent
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News recounts a tense scene as a stern parent insists on not taking back the eloping partner while the young mother in the automobile pleads for reconciliation. The terse dialogue hints at a family rift surrounding a runaway romance.
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Stern
Stara Pesania
Chicago Daily News
Lyons Hangings Jury and Sheriff Attend Hanging
The official jury comprising Fred Bellman R McMurphey L N Roney Jno Stewart Michael Schneider J M Stafford J B Me Hi A Vincent J P Inman H B Underwood H M Millorn M F Casteel and the sheriffs attending were Kader Huston Burnett Parrott Brown and Ross with J M Shelley the lone ex sheriff present. Sheriff Fred Fisk oversaw the execution guarding every route and reporting no escape. Lyons was hanged within a minute on the scaffold and his body buried in the I.O.C.F. cemetery with Rev John Handsaker conducting the grave services. Fisk refused further invitations to public office and defended his conduct in the matter.
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Fred Bellman
R. McMurphey
L. N. Roney
Jno
Stewart
Michael Schneider
J. M. Stafford
J. BR. Me
Hi. A. Vincent
J. P. Inman
H. BE. Underwood
H. M. Millorn
M .F. Casteel
Kader
Jackson
Huston
Linn
Burnett
Benton
Parrott
Douglas
Brown
Union
Ross
Lincoln
Lane County
J. M. Shelley
B. Hakie
J. M. Sloan
A. J. Johnson
J. E. Noland
J. KR. Campbell
Fisk
W. W. Withers
Fred Fisk
Lyons
John Handsaker
Doughty
Fred
Writings on marriage and perception from New York Press
The piece analyzes wifehood and widowhood, noting imagination as key to grand deeds and criticizing being dismissed as talkworthy. It argues women are stirred by attention to someone they wish were speaking to them, and suggests men's actions tied to perceived beauty influence offense.
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New York Press
Wireless telegraphy to reach major cities within sixty days
The American De Forest Wireless Telegraph company plans to extend commercial wireless telegraphy from Chicago to all principal U.S. cities within sixty days. Beloit Wisconsin, with about eighteen thousand people, hosts 3,000 workers in its manufacturing plants. The Perlin Machine Works there employs 700 skilled mechanics. Jules Simon, famed French statesman of the second empire, is to be commemorated by a monument. The Indiana legislature passes a law governing auditor and treasurer legal fees and newspaper notices.
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Chicago
United States
American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Beloit
Wisconsin
Perlin Machine Works
Jules Simon
France
Simon
Napoleon TH
Sorbonne
Injury in Railway Explosion Injures A. Alford
A. Alford, a brakeman on a strabo in Drain, was injured when a torpedo carried in his pocket exploded between two freight car bumpers at 6 this morning. His hand was torn and he was rescued, placed on a stretcher, and transported to Portland for treatment in hospital care.
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Alford
Strafo
Drain
Portland
Real estate transfers and mining notices listed in courthouse records
Courthouse items show multiple real estate transfers including Mills to Mills, Woodard 160 acres, Carey to Young, Canfield to Field, Van Scholack to Barnett, Windham to Windham and others with prices. Also land pages and patent notices, plus mining location filings for Tip Top and Viola claims in Bohemia district. Names include J. Gowdy, Ambose L. Woodard, George Midgley, Elizabeth Whattam estate, Booth Kelly Lumber, Zumwalt, Maxwell, Hangen, Ostrander, Seehenider, Armitage, Bennett, Wall, and Parsons. Witnesses listed for several statements.
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Robert D
Ellen Mills
Clara E. Mills
Acme
J. W. Gowdy
Ambose L. Woodard
Malesia
Carey
J. E. Young
Frances V. Canfield
Elsa van Scholack
Barnett
John Duifek
Fairmount
J. A
C. A. Perkins
Mary B. Ostrander
U.S
E. G. Seehenider
Ella V
Robert M
Henderson
Frank L. Armitage
Frank L
Ada D. Armitage
Granville M. Bennett
Geo, N
Emily F. Wall
William H. Young
Grosa
Blair
First National Bank of
Eugene
W. H. Goasler
Mulligan
Goddler
Chas
Harvey M Wallace
W. Parsons
Bohemia
Cottage Grove sawmill company announces new plant
A Lane County backed organization forms with President Jack Powell and others to build a large sawmill between Cottage Grove and London on the Cost Fork. The plant will handle 35,000 to 50,000 feet with timber holdings near 100,000,000 feet, aiming to fill orders by June 1 and later add a shingle mill.
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Lane County
Cottage Grove
Stint Place
Bert McBee
Levi Geer
Béar Creek
Some Reflections on Married Life and Budgets
A witty reflection notes that mothers and fathers can be fooled alike by a boy, Eve worries about moths, and Adam regrets fig leaf days. It quips that a man can drink away house money yet still have drinks, and cites two moments when a married man contemplates bachelor days.
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Adam
New York
Indians and Doctors and the Hat Creek Massacre
The Ashland Tribune reports a violent incident as Hat Creek Indians killed Lily Thomas early Monday, then mutilated the body by removing and desecrating the head, an act described as driving the devil from the man. The piece reflects old tribal beliefs and harsh frontier justice in a troubling 19th century tone.
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Ashland Tribune
Hat Creek
Lily Thomas
Ring Standard Introduces Colon W. F. Body in Show
Ring Standard presents Colon W. F. Body of Buffalo Dill as host with a magnificent pin studded with diamonds, highlighting his formal attire and pageant style.
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Colon W. F. Body
Dangerous bridge and a woman’s escape under fire
A timid woman faces danger as a prairie fire sweeps over homes and crops. She crosses a planked creek bridge to reach safety, illustrating how fear and peril push people to seek help and health. The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a trusted remedy for female weakness and related illnesses, citing testimonials and urging readers to seek private consultations.
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Nurr
Note and Comment on Lipton Yacht and Bank Statement
A fragmented note discusses Sir Thomas Lipton with his mast and rigging overboard and questions whether yacht insurance is desirable. It recalls the First National Bank statement, noting an initial figure of four million and a misprint removing “quarter of a million” in the past. The item references Lyons and a religious remark about forgiveness and a Vatican style line.
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Thomas Lipton
Life A Visur
First National Bank
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