Premium offers replace free newspaper deal in Oregon
The Guard Printing Co. of Eugene Oregon announces price rises on paper forcing removal of free paper with cash subscriptions. Readers may choose Oregon Agriculturist American farmer or Weekly Guard plus Weekly Journal clubbing option for 75 cents extra or bundles for 2.50, including premiums like silverware sets or a mantel clock.
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American Farmer
Oregon Journal
Oregon
Guard
Journal
Oregonian
Rogers
American Cutlery Co
Address Guard Printing CO
Eugene
Reform of the typewriter girl sparks debate on modern work roles
In a sharp critique, the piece mocks a self styled man with a mission who targets women in offices as he lectures on propriety. It argues many women choose business work with dignity and independence and dismisses the stereotype of the typewriter girl as artificial or mere joke.
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Marcel
Chicago
Comedic Portrait Of A Typewriter Girl Worker
A humorous snapshot describes a typewriter girl as a model of service loyal and tireless, often unpaid, whoWorks from Atlantic to Pacific. The piece jokes about hair styling and chewing gum as small blessings praised rather than criticized, reflecting lighthearted workplace stereotypes.
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Atlantic
Pacific
No Need For the Suspension Op Railroad Work
A Boise Daily Statesman piece argues against halting railroad construction in South Idaho, noting firms hire workers from Harriman interests, while Edison promotes concrete housing as a future standard. The column defends continued Oregon and Idaho enterprise, asserts public service duties, and predicts concrete houses built rapidly across cities.
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Boise Daily Statesman
Idaho
Harriman Enterprises
Oregon
Harriman
Money Flows Westward Restoring Financial Tide
Money moves west from New York toward western crops and railroads as the panic eases. Trade remains strong, circulation is ample, despite earlier bank strain, and public works resume while funds shift to relieve credit shortages. Normal conditions are expected to return in a few days.
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New York
Wall Street
Edison’s Greatest Gift to Humanity Ford of Concrete Homes
Thomas A. Edison, famed inventor, proposes a cheap durable concrete house for workingmen. His plan includes molding a long lasting loop framed structure at a drifting cost, promising a revolution in affordable housing.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Growing West Is Mainstay Of Country
Editorials and articles across New York papers praise the West as sound, prosperous, and steady amid Wall Street flurries. They urge Wall Street to heed the contrast between prudent, productive banking and reckless speculation, urging humility and lessons from Western restraint.
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New York
West
Wall Street
Oregon
Senator Fulton to Campaign for Open Willamette River
Senator Fulton plans a campaign from Portland to secure federal funding to open the Willamette River to navigation to Eugene. He aims to obtain free locks at Oregon City and fund surveys to Eugene, with possible canal from Harrisburg to Eugene after engineers report. The move targets solving transportation issues in the Willamette Valley.
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Fulton
Portland
Washington
The
Guard
Willamette River
Eugene
Oregon City
Northwest
Harrisburg
Willamette Val
Campaign to open river from Eugene to ocean gains support
The Guard urges nonstop effort to secure a wide river corridor from Eugene to the ocean. Senator Fulton is praised for leading the charge and supported by commercial bodies, business interests, and Western Oregon producers who see open river access as a path to prosperity and population growth.
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Ley
Fulton
Guard
Oregon
Eugene
Corporate Greed Menaces the Country and Society
A historical portrait discusses Russell Sage and other magnates shaping U.S. industry. It notes Standard Oil’s huge dividends, corporate power over railroads, ships, copper, steel, and finance, and argues great wealth may threaten government. It cites fraud in scales, literacy comparisons, and a Chicago broker marriage tale.
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Russell Sage
Wall Street
Grent
Russel Sage
Standard Oi
Steel and Coal Trusts
Rockefeller
Rogera
Morgan
Harriman
Prompt payment of small obligations boosts economy
No better panic preventative and confidence tonic is known than prompt payment of small obligations. Five dollars in circulation does more good than five million hoarded. Paste this in your hat.
Former Senator Butler Advocates Farmers Alliance Warehouse Receipts
Former Senator Marion Butler proposes reviving the old Farmers' Alliance idea of government warehouse receipts as a universal remedy for financial troubles facing farmers and markets.
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Marion Butler
Old Farmers' Alliance
Quote on legislative confidence in a universal cure
The remark notes that at least one in ten senators and representatives can be counted on to produce a cure “equally as good.” It reflects a skeptical view of political optimism and the faith placed in lawmakers to deliver effective remedies.
Ladd Denies Responsibility After Tithe Guaranty Collapse
The Tithe Guaranty and Trust Company, promoted as a Ladd concern, collapses harming depositors. Mr. Ladd disclaims accountability for the bank’s dealings, while mortgage assets tied to his name emerge as evidence. Bankers face blame for depositor unrest as the crisis unfolds amid public outcry.
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Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company
Ladd
Dong So
Indifference to religion debated by Salvation Army leader
General Booth argues indifference toward religion is rising among Americans while defending the vitality of faith. He counters claims of lax practice, notes harsher Eastern finance, and suggests the Pacific coast will attract Eastern migrants. He critiques currency criticism as overly harsh and says the public seeks easier access, not radical reform.
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Booth
Salvation Army
State Treasurer Steel’s career in office questioned
The text criticizes State Treasurer Steel as influenced by Portland financiers who used state funds for speculative aims, leaving taxpayers to bear losses. It also mocks media chatter about a Hawaiian woman dubbed “Princess Kawanakon,” and ends with a boast about Eugene and Oregon’s progress if unity and effort continue.
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Steel
Portland
Gotham
Princess Kawanakon
Pope
Secretary Metcalf Seeks 125 Billion Budget For Next Year
Secretary Metcalf will ask Congress to appropriate 125,031,399.80 for the next fiscal year. Rumor says Evelyn Thaw will not testify at her husband’s trial. Distillers’ profits are praised as enough to avoid pressures on Uncle Sam amid Virginia maker cases.
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Metcalf Willl
Congress
Evelyn Thaw
Banker Jacob Behiff Critics Predicting Panic Again
Jacob Behiff, a New York banker, says that while it may be humane to say I told you so, he believes reminding the public of his January last year panic forecast serves no good, as he reflects on the financial episode and its consequences.
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Oregon
Eugene & Eastern Electric Road
Springfield- McKenzie
Southern Pacific
Eugene
O'Brien
Roosevelt
Bryan Brand
Jacob Behiff
New York
Testy army officer riding and Cincinnati city claim
A harsh note on a riding test for army officers as unfit for the ten percent expected to retire before the age limit. Galling claims arise as Hella and heirs of George Washington press courts for Cincinnati ownership. A Vanderbilt heir is mentioned with a looming fortune of 66 million dollars.
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Hella
George Washington
Cincinnati
Boss Cox
Fighting Bob Evans on the big fleet cruise
"Fighting Bob" Evans predicts the large fleet cruise will satisfy, whether it turns into a feast, a frolic, or a fight, underscoring his confident outlook on the event and its outcomes.
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Bob” Evans
Should We Send Our Fleet to the Pacific
A collection of quotes from U S representatives debating moving the North Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific. Authors include JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS MARTIN B MADDEN CYRUS A SULLOWAY JOHN F LACEY GEORGE L LILLEY LEONIDAS F LIVINGSTON WILLIAM ROURKE COCKRAN and WILLIAM RICHARDSON. They weigh training benefits costs and potential international repercussions. The discussion questions naval efficiency display of power and relation to the Panama canal.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
Panama Canal
Leonidas F. Livingston
Georgia
William Rourke Cockran
New York
William Richardson
Alabama
You Are Your Brother's Keeper in Times of Need
A call to universal charity asserts that no person lives only for self. It urges aiding the suffering, sharing wealth, and upholding social bonds across faith, color, and nationality, reminding readers that civilization hinges on mutual responsibility and fellowship.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Manhattan
Forgery boom hits San Francisco clearing house plan
Bogus certificates flood the market as forgers exploit the clearing house certificate scheme in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
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