Suits Filed Against Former Oregon Officials Over Defalcation
Attorney General Blackburn filed state suits in Multnomah and Marion counties against ex-State Treasurer Merechan ex-Governor Pennoyer ex-Secretary of State Mebride and bondsmen Geo C Kingham and E P McCornack for 90 962 05 tied to Davis defalcation. Additional actions may target ex-Governor Lord and ex-Secretary of State Kincaid as the case develops. The attorney general seeks a decisive merits ruling and minimal defenses to ensure liability is determined promptly.
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Blackburn
Io Suite
Oregon
Merechan
Pennayer
Mebride
Gio W Davis
Geo C Kingham
E P McCornack
Geof Davia
Multnomah County
Chamberlain
Marion County
Hart
Pennoyer
Davis
Lord
Kincaid
State Law Department
Investigation Committee of 1895
Fuod
Oregon timber exhibit at Buffalo Pan American Expo
The Buffalo Courier reports Oregon's two large timbers in the forestry exhibit face relocation challenges. Winches and rollers move a 34 by 74 foot sawed log and a rough log with six foot diameter along tracks to the Forestry Building, under Director-General Buchanan's directive. Oregon's Col Dosch says the largest log was not brought, but the plan succeeds with rolling and wind-powered movement.
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Buffalo Courier
Oregon
Cara
Oregon Commissioners
Buchanan
Col Dosch
Portland Vinegar Trade Cracked Down by State Official
State Food Commissioner Bailey targets Portland grocers for selling manufactured vinegar under false labels. All bottles must show true name such as pure apple cider vinegar distiller vinegar or vinegar made from grain and syrup. Bailey says shifting to genuine product could save Oregon $50,000 to $75,000 yearly from Eastern imitations.
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Bailey
Portland
Oregon
No Escape for Him Hotel Scene Uncle Wayback
A dramatic line from a humorous hotel scene shows Uncle Wayback in deshabille by a lighted gas jet with a piecard warning. The exchange hints at thwarted danger and comic resolve as the gas warns against blowing it out and the scene ends with an optimistic note.
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Uncle Wayback
Pan America Exposition in Buffalo Defined
The term Pan America comes from Greek pan meaning all, so Pan America means all of America. The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo is an exposition of the Americas.
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of America
Buffalo
A Man Killer Explosive by Hudson Maxim
A new explosive by Hudson Maxim, touted as safer than lyddite and more powerful, reportedly tested by the U S government to pierce a 12 inch Harveyized plate and explode beyond it. The piece muses on ancestral hunting methods and modern murderous spirit.
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Hudson Maxim
United States
That China raft and the raft to China tale
The Puget Sound Lumberman debunks the improbable plan of towing a raft of logs from the Columbia River to China and notes that Captain Robertson’s company never intended such a voyage. Prof Joseph Shafter contributes on Oregon public education history and a March Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society is advertised for sale through Geo H Himea in Portland for thirty five cents.
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Puget Sound
Robertson Rat Company
Columbia River
China
Robertson
Joseph Shafter
University of Oregon
The
Oregon Historical Society
Eugene
Oregon
Trade records show exports to Spain at peak but imports soar
Modern commerce ignores war years as statistical data reveal exports to Spain reaching historic highs while imports from Spain surpassed all prior records in quantity and value.
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Spain
Cubans Suspect U S Designs Against Independence
The Cubans grow wary of outside interference as their only education and experience have been with Spain, a treacherous power that never kept faith when it served its interests.
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United States
Celebrate the Fourth in Eugene Oregon Anniversary Note
A historical notice urges Eugene to celebrate the Fourth of July in the new century with pomp, devotion, and nationwide festivities. It quotes Adams on the day as a great American anniversary, urging widespread participation and triumphal observances.
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Evonens
Eugene
Athens
Oregon
Sbo Adama
Easkipworth
Card of Thanks from Bveene Oregon May 1901
Card from J W Geary Post No 7 GAR Oregon thanks supporters including school children and University Quartet Professors Strong Glen Dunn Ressler Mrs Melroy and Eugene residents for Memorial Day efforts. Corvallis Times notes returning delegates from Odd Fellows grand lodges in Baker City tell a tale involving Rev J K Bell, a drunken exchange and a puzzled response about where they met.
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Bveene
Ore
J W Geary
Department of Oregon
Gar
Grand Army
Strong
Glen
Dunn
Ressler
University Quartet
Melroy
Eugene
CharMan
G AK
Corvallis
Odd Fellows Grend
Haker City
J KR N Bell
Corvalise
Rev Bell
Eugene city notes and visitors mingle in routine day
A wide list of residents and guests visit Eugene from Drain Harrisburg Albany Cottage Grove and beyond. People travel for visits funerals concerts and health matters while others plan trips to Seattle Alaska and the East. A local monument unveiling and a community picnic with a baseball game mark notable events.
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Lee Walton
Haley Ben Larch
Cottage Grove
Miss May
Alicia Werner
Hoseburg
Eugene
Mre Mendenhall
Harrisburg
Mra Peter
A L Peter
Belle Millican
Married pairs in Portland and Crook county
Miss Daley Baker and Mr Oscar Baird were married Saturday evening in Portland. The bride is an Eugene girl and Spot graduated at the University a couple of years ago. At Crook post office Crook county May 19 1901 Mr Dick Mulholland and Miss Eugenia Millorn were united in marriage by Wallace Post J P.
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George M Miller
Portland
Seattle
Eugene
Miller
Catherine Cogewell-Thorne
Alaska
Laudis
Jesse B Eudaily
Cedar Point
Coos County
Florence
Eumene
Daley Baker
Oscar Baird
Spot
Crook Post
Crook County
Dick Mulholland
Eugenia Millorn
Wallace Post
J P
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Bomosmer
Lord and Kincaid
Castoria
Fac Sumile Signature of
New York
Oregon Timber AT Buffalo Exposition
Bears
Kelly Gosrd
Horace McKinley
Soneph Lyons
Drain
HH Fisk
Lower
Siusian
Otto Bradley
Halsey
Fred Fish
Selem
Stella Robinson
Albany
W W Haines
John O’brien
Mra
Titus
Marion
Ben Hammitt
Delta
Idaho
N P Hammutt
Albert Sheldon
Christian Church
C M Dow
Baird & Clinton
Laurine Layne
Order of Lions Inez
Howe Cemetery
Creane
H M Magness
Magness
Fred Fisk
Oregonian
Charles M Hill
Belknap Springs
E P Peach
McKenzie Stock Farm
Springfield
Pleasant Hill
Teageoe High School
Jaria
Wratarl Ils Ang
Grove
Grove’s
Soc
W. S. Moon
Snell
Snell Bicycle CO
Toledo
Ohio
Barker Gun Works
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Snell Vale Cycle Co
Oregonian Building
Oreg
New England
Valey
W. W. Martin
Prop
Parker
Olan
Julius Oldsmith
Mahccoe
State Normal School
Peares
P. L. Campbell Presidert
J. B. V. Butler
Bess
ST. Paul, Duluth
Minecapolis
Great Northern
Pacific
Great Northern Ticket Office
Trird Street
Codien Eaater
Cvery Fair
C.gotzi Anal Manufactualas
St.paul,min
NEC
Calle Greers
Mall
Richem & ‘Ee
Intun
Jackson St
O. J. Foss
Orey
Lorrici
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