Independence Folks Enjoy a Wild Day at Krebs Hop Grounds
One o clock yesterday morning a rattling window escape after bricks from a staged game brings Tom Fitting to the office. A crowd of 1500 gathers for a ringer baseball match from McMinnville with spectacles by Sida Walker and Perle Hedges troupe, Buck and Wing dancers, and comic sketches.
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Tom
McMinnville
McMinavillé
Street & Walker
Yambill Sports
Portland Ringers
St. Paul
Yambill
Aasou
Independence
Sida Walker
Buck
Wing
Mattison
Walker
Owen
Kreb
Hop Yard
Hank Mattison
Hirschberg
Dallas
The
Star
Diplomacy and a Sugar Ailment Drama
A London Express item recalls a tense scene in a parlor where a beautiful girl scolds a young man for not coming, blaming him for deception. He claims dyspepsia and doctor orders to avoid sweets, prompting her wrath as he sits on the sofa.
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Tureday
London Express
Little Wille Defies His Mother’s Call in Comic Snippet
A German town boy named Willie ignores a neighbor’s scolding claiming his mother is busy with company. The exchange ends with the girl noting the mother would not whip him and would say the boy is deaf since measles.
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Wille
Willie
Raymond’s Excitement Over Praises At Sunday School
A five year old boy Raymond returns from Sunday school in high spirits, telling his mother the superintendent praised him in prayer this morning. The anecdote highlights childlike mishearing of a blessing, with Raymond convinced it was a compliment to him.
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Raymond
The Laziest Man in the World and Pain Relief
A promotional note urges action against rheumatism and aches. It touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a fast remedy and claims immediate relief for any trouble. Williams Drug Co. is listed as the seller.
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Ballard
Williams Drug Co
Wilt Enlarge Prison Located on McNell's Island
R V LaDow, superintendent of United States prisons, says in Seattle that one of the three large federal prisons planned by Congress will be built on McNell's Island in Puget Sound near Tacoma. He notes the existing federal prison there is far too small for current government needs.
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Wilt Enlarge
Seattle
R. V. LaDow
United States
Congress
McNell’s Island
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Think Child Kidnaped. Three cities search for Mildred Waldorf
Portland officers and police from three cities hunt 5 year old Mildred Waldorf of Astoria Oregon who vanished after being entrusted to H E Halleck to take her to her Boise Idaho grandmother. The mother reported the child missing after they left Astoria more than a month ago.
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Portland
Mildred Waldorf
Astoria
Idaho
H. E. Halleck
Boise
Sore eyes cured by Chamberlains salve
Martin Boyd of Henrietta recalls a twenty year struggle with granulated sore eyes. In February 1903 a gentleman urged him to try Chamberlains salve, he bought one box used two thirds and his eyes have been trouble free since. Sold by P. M. Kirkland.
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Martin Boyd
Henrietta, By
Chamberlain
P. M. Kirkland
Wanted Mill and Yard Hands for $2 Daily
Help wanted in Willamette lumber yard for mill and yard hands paid two dollars per day. Applicants urged to apply at the lumber company office in Diles, Orem.
Monmouth readers clash over council spending and critics
An unsigned letter to the editor defends a $760 stall engine purchase by Monmouth council amid taxpayer complaints. It accuses critics of bias and slander, likening them to historical adversaries and praising supporters as defending the town. The piece references a bitter public dispute and compares critics to zealots in a broad-daylight critique.
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Council of Monmouth
Herah
Monmouth
Pitbh
Shylock
Darius Green
Cholera Infantum Remedy Proves Fast Cure
A parent recalls using Chamber's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea remedy to treat infant cholera infantum. The medicine reportedly relieved symptoms in fifteen minutes and led to a full recovery, with the product advertised as for sale by P. M. Kirkland.
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J. F. Dempsey
Dempscy
AIA
Elder Bros. & Carter
Elder
Jain
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Haney County
Krebs
Tabby
Little Willie
Monmouth, Oregim
Monmoth
Just
Buster Brown
Whitehouse
P.H. Drexler
the Grocer
Main and
Monmouth Streets
Independence, Ore
Northwest
Prefane
W. J. Staley
Salem, Oregon
Oregon
Beaver Siste Merchant al of
Wenkers Merchant Mutual
Forest Greve
H, Bichel
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Oyt
Jayid I
O.a.kreamer
Independence, Oregon
Sloper Bros
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