Protests Over Tariff and Trusts in Silver State Commentary
A regional editorial harshly criticizes tariff protection for salt, paper, liquors, and tobacco trusts. It argues presidents and congress failed to fight trusts, preferring tax cuts that harmed consumers while farm surpluses prop up an illusion of national prosperity. It cites wheat cotton and corn as evidence of broad harvest wealth.
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Congress
Oregonian
McKinley
Roosevelt
The Protected Trusts and the Road to Prosperity
A critic questions Congress protected trusts and the assault on common welfare. The piece argues that declaring and enforcing laws against commercial combinations is essential to stop producers from losing their livelihood amid election rhetoric and rovians.
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Congress
New Jersey Frontage Dispute Settled After Prolonged Suit
A New Jersey coast case over inches of city frontage ends after more than a decade in litigation. The judge and both parties died during the suit, their children continuing the fight to a finish as depicted in Dickens like fashion.
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New Jersey
Portland man seeks minister to Japan after past Se Asia posts
John Barrett of Portland presses for a new diplomatic role as minister to Japan, following earlier removal from Asiatic St Louis Ex position and prior campaigns for other Asian appointments. He seeks steady newspaper backing again to advance the Japanese ministerial appointment.
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John Barrett
Portland
Japan
Sugar price jump fuels refinery profits
The note claims sugar rose forty cents per hundredweight due to refiners’ market control, a move described as generating millions in profit for the sugar trust. It presents a critical view of market manipulation by dominant refiners.
After Baby Comes and Nursing Difficulties
A distressed mother explains that weakness after childbirth impairs nursing and affect mother and baby. The letter describes using Pierce's Favorite Prescription, noting improvements in health and baby’s well-being, urging mothers to seek strength to ensure the child’s care and happiness.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V Pierce
Huilalo
Joaquin Miller at Washington
Washington Post reports Joaquin Miller the Californian dismisses the title Poet of the Sierras. Dressed in old-fashioned broadcloth with a white lock and long beard, he moves through a Washington hotel lobby, recalling his former Meridan Hill cabin and five acres near Oakland. He praises Washington but prefers his California home by the ocean where his 86-year-old mother resides.
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The
Sierras
Joaquin Miller
Miller
Locke
Washington
Meridan
Mount Pleasant
Oakland
San Francico
Abominable to Shut Doors Let Snow Cover Us
A fragment urges openness and resilience, arguing against closing doors and preferring exposure to hardship over confinement. The speaker insists that living with closed doors is detestable and that allowing snow to enter is preferable to perpetual sheltering.
Hops contract owner sued for possession in San Francisco
A Josephine County shopgrove who bought forty thousand pounds of hops for twelve and a half cents a pound and arranged delivery to a warehouse in San Francisco is being sued for possession. If the buyer recovers, he stands to gain five thousand dollars. The text hints the hops might have minor issues if the price hadfallen below contract level.
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Josephine County
San Francisco
Portland Baptists, pulp mills turn to oil fuel clash
Portland Baptists confront a town scandal as one congregation bears the brunt while other churches seek to end the dispute. In Oregon City, the paper mills install oil burning plants and sign oil wells from Southern California to obtain four hundred barrels daily, citing lower costs and transport efficiency.
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Portland
Oregon
Oregon City
California
Oregon Odd Fellowship marks semi centennial in Salem
Old Fellowship celebrates its fifty year milestone in Salem at Chemeketa Lodge No 1, tracing back to its 1852 establishment in Oregon. The piece lauds the vast philanthropic impact of the fraternal order on individuals and society across half a century.
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Old Fellowship
Oregon
Salem
Chemeketa Lodge
Odd Fellowship
Levi Ankeny Declares Rich Men Make Good Senators
Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla runs for Washington senator claiming rich men are better suited. He asserts there is little chance a poor man becomes a senator, noting many elected are millionaires.
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Levi Ankeny
Walla Walls
Washington
Ankeny Yearich
Chicago man sentenced for life in wife murder case
A Chicago man who killed his wife for marrying again while he served a penitentiary term has been sentenced to life in prison. The court deemed the act a severe crime and the man’s conduct warranted a harsh punishment.
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Chicago
Boy Defaces Rural Mail Box Near Portland
A youth faces trouble after using a rural mail delivery box as a target. Authorities warn that Uncle Sam protects mail property and prompt delivery, urging boys and men to respect postal infrastructure.
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Portland
Uncle Sam
West Virginia man cites cigarette keg incident
A West Virginia man who dropped a lighted cigarette into a keg of powder is cited to vindicate public opinion that cigarettes are not a health food.
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West Virginia
Two Lightly Building Lots for Sale on College Hill
Two corner building lots offered for sale along the old street railway near College Hill. Slight slope to street and town with about twenty feet elevation above the business district. Adjacent to the end of a plank walk, across from a residence pair, with a clean access path and city sidewalk. Property fronts a corporation line. contact JR Campbell for details.
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College Hill
Atherton
Ying and Bulding
Ats Nocity
Oily Corporation Line
JR Campbell
Local figures visit Cottage Grove and Grove game
A flurry of local residents travel to Cottage Grove for games and events. Geo Kelly returns from Portland while Geo M Miller and Geo McLean attend a Cottage Grove outing. A large high school student delegation, chaperoned by teachers and Professor A E Budden, arrives for the game and anticipates victory.
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Geo M Miller
Geo McLean
Cottage Grove
M Jackson
Portland
Kev J J Handsaker
Haleey
Matlock
Matlock Twill
Mineee Lela
Jennie Jennings
Mary Jennings
Minnie Edwards
One Markley
R Chrisman
Chester Chrisman
Mises Kerne
Logan
Prof A E Bueeden
Reform Wave Sweeps Seattle Clean of Immorality
A reform wave cleans Seattle of dissolute men and women, leaving Portland to absorb many of the resulting unwanted in migrants. The gain for Seattle is said to be the loss for Oregon's metropolis as the movement shifts population and activity southward.
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Seattle
Portland
Sound City
Oregon
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