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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
6
The excerpt presents a deathbed poem written by Mrs. Rose Leonard for her husband F F Leonard. She expresses longing, faith, and farewell as she awaits the river boatman to carry her to rest. Read aloud by Mr. Leonard at a Monday service titled Story of My Life.
Paul Allen of Plain Dealing La touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best selling cough syrup for eight years. He highlights its safety for babies and children and says it cures coughs colds and croup while being pleasant to take, sold by P M Kirkland.
James K. Sears of McCoy Oregon complains to the state railroad commission about an overcharge by the Southern Pacific for transporting twenty tons of land plaster from Portland to McCoy in March 1909. He paid $51.51 at thirteen cents per hundred pounds, though he notes the former rate from Portland to McCoy and Perrydale was eight cents and the rate to McMinnville seven cents. The McCoy agent and SP officials reportedly admitted the thirteen-cent rate was excessive but argued the car’s thirty-ton capacity justified the higher charge.
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