Enterprising Eugene boosts woolen mill plan
Eugene boosters push a $5000 bonus to attract Wagnon’s woolen mill. A citizen committee canvassed for the incentive, signaling firm action to locate the mill in Eugene. Officials expect Wagnon to visit and start construction, promising jobs and further growth for the city. The piece praises local enterprise and road projects aiding prosperity.
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Selem Statesman
Eugene Guard
Eugene
Wagnon
Ommit
Blue River
Dstrict
de Ora
Pendleton E
President Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving Day November 28
Theodore Roosevelt designates Thursday November 28 as a general day of thanksgiving. He urges Americans to pause from work, attend worship, and honor blessings of national life, noting the nation’s peace and plenty despite recent sorrow for President McKinley. Secretary Joan Hay signs the proclamation in Washington on November 2, 1901.
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Wasuincron
Roosevelt
McKinley
Helf
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Invent a potato masher and call it American nation
A fragment quotes an English manufacturer dismissing a Birmingham invention as pointless. He says a potato masher would fail, while branding an American nation as something improvable but hard to pin down by sales figures. The remark highlights currency of national pride versus market practicality.
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Mark Hopkins
Birmingham
Salmon Spawn On Elk And Yaquina Rivers At Elk City
A Corvallis Times report describes the annual Chinook salmon spawning along riffles above Elk City on the Elk and Yaquina rivers. Males dig nest holes, deposit fertilized eggs, and cover them with sand as pairs migrate upstream. Eggs hatch next spring, producing young salmon that head to the sea and return years later to spawn. President Jordan of Stanford notes may not return to the ocean, yet thousands die in upper waters, leaving decaying remains after fall freshets.
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Elk
Yaquina
Elk City
Paire
Jordan
Stanford University
Alsea
New York City Mayoral Race Sparks Tammany Independent Clash
Eastern elections unfold with a fierce mayoral contest in New York City. Tammany Hall faces an independent ticket backed by Republican supporters, drawing intense local attention and publicity.
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New York City
Tammany
Repubs
Drowned and Burned Figures in Siusian River Tragedy
The Guard reports Voltaire Gurney and son Robert drowned in the Siusian Monday. An accident above Mapleton left Robert dead after they built a raft with Jesse Nicolle and Milton Nicolle. Arthur Walton saw Robert fall. Jose Nicolle and others attempted rescue, but the boy drowned. Robert Gurney, about 17, was born near Reveburg and moved to the Siason with his father.
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Voltaire Gurney
Bie
Robert
Siusian
Plorence West
Mapleton
Robert Gurney
Minalaw
Arthur Walton
Jesse Nicolle
Lester Place
Jose Nicolle
Jesse
Milton Nicolle
Aken
Mrant
Reveburg
Douglas County
Accident injures boy near Eugene prompting amputation
Daily Guard reports a 12-year-old boy, Joe Willis, near Eugene, was brought to town for emergency care after a tree fall accident at his father Wi Willis's place. His brother struck the tree with an axe, severing the last two fingers and part of the right hand. Doctors Dra Paine and Kuy Kendall performed the treatment.
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Joe
Wi Wills
Eugene
Dra Paine & Kuykendall
Local Nuptials Tie the Knot for Two Pioneers
This afternoon at 2 o'clock in Lave County at the bride's West Fourth and Lawrence streets home Rev JC Richardson joined Mrs Jane Barger and Isaac Zumwalt in marriage. The couple, well known old pioneers, marry as widow and prosperous farmer, with only immediate relatives present. They plan to reside on Mr Zumwalt's Irving-area farm, and receive many warm wishes from friends.
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Jane Barger
Isaac Zumwalt
West Fourth
Lawrence Streets
JC Richardson
Lave County
James Barger
Mra Zumwalt
Mr Zumwalt
Farrow real estate lists farms and city property in Eugene area
C S Farrow Real Estate Agency in Eugene Oregon advertises one to 1200 acre farms and fruit lands in Lane County with city lots and improved properties. He also offers farm land for city property trade, business openings, Moline plows beams and discs, sawmills engines, loans and insurance, and storage space.
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Lane County
Oregon
Deaths: Mrs Jennie Withers in Eugene
Mrs Jennie Withers wife of Alex Withers died at the family home on North Madison street Eugene Sunday morning at 3 from paralysis after illness began Saturday afternoon. A longtime Eugene resident she leaves her husband a son Edgar and five stepchildren in the East. She belonged to Rich Mountain Circle Ladies of the GAR and was respected by all. Funeral held this afternoon from the residence to Masonic Cemetery with Rev ML Rove conducting.
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Mra
Jennie Withers
Alex Withers
North
Madison Street
Eugene
Edgar Withers
Rich Mountain Circle
Ladies of the
GAR
Masonic Cemetery
ML Rove
Prunes and Hops Sold Amid Blue River Mining News
Creswell grower Dr L D Scarborough sold 140000 pounds of prunes to a New York firm in Eugene. Lawrence Edmanson of Goshen sold 145 bales of hops to Frank Page. Blue River mines report Fred Sharkey and partners near Calapoia river agitating ore findings and plans for a new stamp mill in the district as development continues.
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Prunes
Dr L D Scarbrough
Creswell
Eugene Toda
New York
Lawrence Edmanson
Goshen
Frank Page
Browneville
Blue River
Fred Sharkey
Lucky Boy
Calapaoia
Hemlock Bark Wanted for 500 Cords at $10 Each
WwaH Co seeks hemlock bark. Offer: five hundred cords wanted at ten dollars per cord. Inquire at the tannery for details.
Fort Stevens Workman Uncovers 1 28 Old Slugs
A Fort Stevens workman unearthed a 50 denomination slug and reports say several similar gold pieces were found earlier at Fort Stevens and Fort Columbia. The source mentions Captain Scarboro tied to buried wealth and suggests settlers buried the finds.
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Fort Stevens
Fort Columbia
Scarboro
Hop sales at Woodburn for November fourth
Faber and Nets report hop purchases at ten cents per pound from Kutsche 12 bales Alcher bales Johnson Bros 53 bales Yergeo Bros 8% bales. Several growers hold out with expectation of a rise to 15 cents, though doubt remains.
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Woodburn
Faber & Nets
Kutsche
Alcher
Johnson Bros
Yergeo Bros
Early Clackamas Hatchery Dam Undermined Herd Escapes
A fragment notes that in the hatchery’s early days workers undermined a dam causing the penned herd to break free, letting the animals escape into the surrounding area. The reference frames the incident as a notable event in hatchery history.
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Clackamas
Bridge work on Sacramento River line noted at Springfield
Civil engineer recently returned from California reports the IP company is removing an iron bridge for the Sacramento River crossing at Springfield. The bridge will join the main road to the Willamette Valley line and is due to arrive and be set by springtime.
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California
IP Company
Zerc
Sacramento River
Springfield
Wotburn
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