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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
7
A brief item notes that Willte paper baskets, priced to move, are showcased at Makers Supplies with three units available. The report highlights price as the key selling factor and mentions the supplier.
Fragmentary note describes ladies stationery including pauper paper, envelopes, and matching sheets. Mentions five tench paper and ry lest atook, with emphasis on proper envelopes and matching items.
A small notice promotes a circulating library offering. The deal: buy a first book for 10 cents and trade it back in good condition for another for 5 cents. Readers pay about 4 cents per book to read through the library. Includes a reference to a “Ruther Tips” book at 10 cents.
An advert promotes picture envelopes from a leading U.S. manufacturer. It guarantees first class delivery and undamaged handling. Prices listed include 2 for a small fee and bulk options like 3 for a larger count. Includes Kee Complete for public schools.
From our stock only one picture album remains. It originally retailed at 225 dollars but is offered for 1.00.
Local shop advertises a Cigar Department with beet lines priced from five to fifteen cents each and notes reading brands available. The copy emphasizes value and variety for cigar buyers in a small retail setting.
A line promoting a complete stock of plug and smoking tobacco notes very low prices. The seller asserts the offerings include both plug and smoking varieties and emphasizes the affordability of the selection.
A fragment from a Oregon town column notes February happenings. Mentions people traveling to Salem and Hall, a broken rock quarry incident, new ferry boosting commerce, garden work and chickens, a Washington Lincoln birthday observance, a library update with 482 books, and local advertising for Chamberlain remedies via Kirkland Drug Co.
A compiled list of legislative items includes measures for the execution of death sentences, regulation of carriage of sheep, theft of bicycles as grand larceny, health boards, livestock rules in Marion County, indecent literature prohibition, crematory associations, forest fire protection, transfer of inmates to asylums, transportation of children to country schools, consolidation of country schools, convict labor on roads, funding for the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and the Oregon Historical Society, medical licensing, peddler licensing, state building fire insurance, private property appropriations for cities and counties, location of county seats, and guidance on expenses for the Jackson County school superintendent.
A long list of proposed acts covers child labor, county seat moves, tax and levy rules, school funding, highway and road projects, portage railways, city and county governance, and multiple new and amended charters. Notables include incorporations for Nyssa, Falls City, and Forest Grove, and salary provisions for officials. Prof Hutchinson visits. Burrus Estes plans a Walla Walla move with farming ahead.
Falls City notes F A Lucas has shifted part of his carpenter crew from the new store to the planet grounds to frame the large mill building. A sizable workforce is at various tasks on the grounds and progress will reveal the project’s scale. J red Lanway returns from Washington to his 7 8 claim and joins T L Dunsmore on their claims. Engineering by F J Holman switches the Bryan Lucas mill phone to the town line for quick reporting via pocket instruments. M A Ward and Frank Harris win the 20 000 hop pole job for the Gardner yard near town under Kirkpatrick and Williams of Dallas.
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