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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1889
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text references a county clerk and a date in Hagprer, Oregon, with mentions of a public notice deadline and a potential county sale. No clear names, places, or events are resolvable from the readable portions.
An ornate ad praises the Burlington Route from Denver to St Louis and Chicago via Cheyenne and the Mississippi River, highlighting scenic views and comfortable reclining cars. It urges readers to contact AO Sheldon of Portland for further information and lists a Portland street address.
The twentieth number of the American Grocer highlights price shifts since 1880s. Sugar, pork, butter, lard, and petroleum show dramatic changes while tea and beans reveal tariff effects. The piece credits machinery and transport advances for cheaper goods and cites higher earnings enabling common luxuries today.
A Los Angeles laborer recounts a brutal Missouri tale linking the Bender family of Kansas to a decade of murders. He claims to have helped track and expose the gang, describing exhumations, killings along Dann creek and at Towler tavern, and vigilante justice spanning 1872. The account also notes police skepticism and a dramatic arrest in New York, with quotes implicating authorities as slow and ineffective.
The defendant admits to robbing the Milan Kee and Northern tram six months ago and killing Bunker Fleist in Holehity while expanding on travels from Wisconsin to Washington Territory. He explains carrying a pistol for protection, says he forgot the prior motive, and claims self defense while recounting the journey across several states before arrest.
A man confronts Inspector Byrnes alleging a delayed arrest in a robbery at Richard Goeller’s stall in Tortine. The incident, dated Nov 14, follows Goeller’s claim of an aerport head’s involvement and a disguise during pursuit.
A Lake Lary based report from Rann North Carolina notes investigators in Montgomery County probe alleged gold wealth claims. Prominent statements claim veins of gold discovered with high purity, yet locals suspect misrepresentation as rumors spread of ore removal and feverish searches for wealth.
A private cable from Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil may see a revolution replacing the current ministry. Dispatches confirm talks of a provisional government and widespread doubt about the royalist hold, with leaders in several cities signaling changes and the possibility of a new republic.
The garbled OCR reads like a court or crime snippet with names such as Athang and Alber, a complainant and witnesses in a convoluted dispute. Laments of a legal wife, private detunitive wart, and vigilantes appear, though much is unintelligible.
A Mayence report states Germany plans to import 900 fat oxen from Illinois within two months, marking the first import of live U S cattle. Prices for meat in Germany remain favorable, with cattle sold at a 10 to 15 percent premium.
Reports from Chicago Nov 16 describe six cars of nil sitter arriving at 4 pm after departing New York at 8 pm. The new timetable, approved by Superintendent Bell, promises a San Francisco run in about twelve days and forty five minutes from New York, reducing travel time by roughly one day.
In New Mexico near Thai city two large flocks of sheep are sold to buyers in the frontier area. The first lot, about 17 000 head, is contracted for transport toward the Kansoa Pacific railroad with inspectors expected next week. A second herd of 70 head will reach the same point by the 20th. The wool and sheep trade shows a rising, steady flow, with local ranchers aiding movement over two years.
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