Sunset Magazine graft quoted in booster funds critique
The Editorial condemns a proposed deal with Sunset Magazine for advertising space, arguing the cost is high and benefits unclear. It cites Oregon towns losing booster funds to Southern Pacific Co. and warns against coercion or blacklisting by the railroad’s ads.
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Commercial Club
Sunset Magazine
Southern Pacific Company
Hartog
Oregon
Southern Pacific Co
Northwest
The Guard Popular Voting Contest Returns
The Guard announces its annual popular voting contest with prizes including travel, scholarships, and trips. Candidates and friends rally, drawing broader readership for Lane County publisher, who guarantees fairness and prize distribution under published rules.
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Guard
Los Angeles
Seattle
British Columbia
the Guard
Lane County
The
The Woman Faithful and the Convicted Husband
The article portrays Mrs Morse as a loyal wife who sacrificed her property to aid her husband, Charlies F. Morse, the convict. It notes her intention to follow him to Atlanta prison, highlighting her steadfast support amid his criminal trial and its public scrutiny.
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Charlies F. Morse
Cc Tiust
Atlanta
Morse
Year of Great Philanthropy in 1909 Noted for Massive Giving
The Chicago Record-Herald reports 1909 charitable gifts will exceed 142 million dollars, a new record beyond 1906. Subtractions include one giver’s 50 million, leaving 90 million in occasional donations. Regular charity, education, and humane giving far exceed this total, with state aid excluded. The federal pension list alone is 150 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
New York
Bell trust to pay 1909 dividends of 150 million dollars
Eugene residents seek improved service and relief from Bell system profits. Commercial Club discussions reveal calls to bring in Home Telephone Company face opposition. Local exchanges send hundreds monthly to headquarters, funded by high rates and tight wages, with managers bound by higher directives.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell Trust Concern
Eugene
Home Telephone Company
Kern and Garrard clash over Indiana vote bribery claim
Indiana politics sparks a dispute as John W. Kern accuses eight Democratic lawmakers of selling votes to brewery interests after losing a senate race. Representative James Garrard demands names to clear the party, while Kern refuses to respond.
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John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mr. Shiveley
James Garrard
Vincennes
Fair Alice
Cape to Cairo link celebrates Congo railway opening
A ceremony at Katanga marks the completion of another Cape to Cairo railway link. The British and Congolese sections join, signaling peaceful penetration of Central Africa. The Rhodesia Katanga line covers 131 miles from Broken Hill to the border, built with British capital from Robert Williams & Company and Paulings.
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Katanga
Cairo
Egypt
Cape
Messrs
Robert Williams & Company
Messrs. Paulings
Wannamaker Signs Record Five Year NY Evening Post Ad Deal
John Wannamaker contracts with the New York Evening Post for a daily full page ad space for five years. Critics question advertising's profitability, but Wannamaker argues it pays like his other ventures through reach and impact.
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John Wannamaker
New York Evening Post
Fry
New York
Bank Robbery Attempt Ends With Fatal Shootout in Oklahoma
A failed bank robbery in Harrah, Oklahoma led to two suspects killed and one wounded after officers, tipped off, pursued them. The incident reveals one of the deceased was actually the decoy who had signaled the crime, highlighting the unpredictable fate of events.
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Harrah
Okla
Odd Bits of Wit and Warning From the Era
A collection of quips and observations on marriage money truth and politics. The notes lampoon social norms and public affairs with lines about kinship credit and the whiskey tax highlighting the era’s humor and concerns.
G A R and W R C Hold Joint Installation Ceremony
G A R Post N7 and W R C Geary Corps No4 held a joint installation Saturday night in January. Officers were installed for both groups with post commander L P Tallman and Ella F Lash as leaders. The ceremony included a banquet and a watch fob gift to former post commander W Taylor engraved G A R presented by W.
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J. W. Geary
L. P. Tallman
W. M. Sherman
J. V
G. E. Kress
Freak Bowers
O. D
H. V. Darling
Cecilia Fish
Alice Shephard
Dora Paxton
Hopsy Watts
Goare Louise Bowen
Flora Drew
Morell
Margaret Barker
Alice Photteplace
Susaneh Bowers
Marie Williams
Abbie Haskell
Lucy Ludford
W. Taylor
Eugene the Largest Small City on Earth
E. E. McClanhan formerly of Eugene writes from Los Angeles praising Eugene as the largest small city on earth after a year of progress. He says Eugene stands out among towns from Seattle to Los Angeles and urges continued progress.
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Eugene
Earth
E. E. McClanhan
The
Guard
Los Angeles
Seattle
Alderman Endorsed for State Superintendent
Harney County News reports that Prof. L. R. Alderman, who assisted at the Burns teachers Institute last fall, has been favored by a large majority of state school teachers who prefer him as the candidate for state superintendent of public instruction.
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Harney County
L. R. Alderman
Burns
Teachers Institute
Not Sisters Now and Again You See Similar Women
An ad describes women who look alike and asserts that many suffer female weakness. It promotes Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure, claiming it restores vigor and complexion, with confidential mail order to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Nurlely
N.Y
Harvard and University of Oregon Compared
Harvard has distinct leadership and strong departments while Oregon emphasizes unity in the student body. The piece contrasts campus life, costs, facilities, coeducation, and social life between Harvard and the University of Oregon, noting Harvard's prestige, intensive workload, and centralized instruction versus Oregon's collective campus spirit and practical opportunities.
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Harvard University
University of Oregon
Harvard
America
Law
Oregon
Eugene
United St Tes
Starvard
Prui Dent Lowell
Shooting Hobo Bound Over On Assault Charge
Jamen Mes oy, a hobo, bound over to circuit court by Justice Bryson Gill for assault with a dangerous weapon after a train confrontation on a freight run through Bucene. Brakeman Arthur Conolly reported a struggle, a face scratched and bruised, and a shot fired as the hobo fled. Bail set at $500, but he remains jailed until the March term as he cannot value the amount.
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Jamen Mes Oy
Circuit Court
Justice of the Peace
Bryson Gill
McAvoy
Bu«cene
Arthur Conolly
Conolly
Connolly
Reilley
Boothe + Pacific Co
Hrakeman Conoly
The
Marriage Granted to Hirth and Liebard in Lower Siuslaw
Yesterday afternoon August Hirth and Misa Ernestine Liebard of the Lower Siuslaw received a marriage license. The ceremony was approved by local authorities and their union is recorded in the county registry.
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August Hirth
Misa Ernestine Liebard
Lower
Siuslaw
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Simmons
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Emerson
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