Polk County Apples Start First Commercial Car Load
Ross Nelson and Dave Collins ship the first graded apples from Independence Oregon to New York this week. They use an expert packer from southern Oregon and label fruit Polk county apples. The venture aims to establish the Polk county apple industry with Wallace orchard nearby and growing orchards.
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Ross Nelson
Dave Collins
Oregon
New York
Independence
Messrs
Nelson and
Collins
Polk County
Wallace
Salem
Dr King's New Life Pills touted to prevent appendicitis
An old promotional notice claims the pills prevent appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. It lists relief for constipation headaches biliousness and chills and prices the product at 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Harbor Improvement Plans For Tillamook And Bay City
Harbor improvement projects in Tillamook and Bay City receive support from their port commissions and the national government. The effort aims to spend about 2 million dollars with 650 thousand pledged locally, and work will start as soon as feasible after a preliminary survey by Major Jay J. Morrow.
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Tillamook
Bay City
Jay J. Morrow
Remarkable telescope aids Fort Stevens lookouts
A TelArkaDie telescope installed at Fort Stevens lets stationed men detect approaching enemy ships from over twenty two miles away. It provides range to fleet targets and corrects for Earth's curvature, improving visibility beyond ordinary telescopes.
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Fort Stevens
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as perfect healer
An advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as World’s Best and infallible for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands sprains piles. Priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
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Bucklen
Wireless telegraphy offers early career for youth
Ambitious young men and women can secure good positions in wireless and railway telegraphy as hour laws take effect and wireless stations expand nationwide creating a growing demand for skilled operators.
Cure Deafness By Constitutional Remedies Hall’s Catarrh Cure
A 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous membranes and the Eustachian tube. It promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with accompanying pitches for Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Parker District News Mixed Local Happenings
Peter Peterson visited for Super Saturday while Willard MecClain prepares a new cleaner. Rev H G McCain returns to Buena Vista charge for another year and preaches Sunday amid wind storm damage. Parker School reopens with Miss Lewis. Lampitt side visitors and local families travel to Independence.
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Peter Peterson
Willard MecClain
Fred Fredericksen
Buena Vista
H. G.meccain
Ralph Davidson
Con
Nebraska
Oregon
McCain
Parker School
Miss Lewis
Ethel Lewis
Airlie
Lampitt
John Ward
Independence
Parker
P. T. Peterson
Many New Men in Congress
The sixty second congress will be almost unrecognizable with many renomination failures among prominent Republicans such as Tawney Boutell Gardner Scott Sparry Nudd Huff and others. In the senate the lineup looks equally unsettled with several leaders likely to depart and Bev eridge Dick Depew Carter among others possibly not returning.
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Man
Tawney
Minnesota
Boutell
Itinota
Gardner
Michigan
Scott
Kansas
Sparry
Connecticut
Nudd
Maryland
Huff
Pennsylvania
Unelee Lou Livingstone
Senate
Hale
Aldrich
Burrows
Flint
Pilea
Beveridge
Depew
Carter
Congress
Grand bacon ends in natural death say old lady
A friend visits an elderly woman frying bacon. The friend praises the scent, but the woman insists the pig died a natural death and dismisses any murder rumors. The exchange preserves a folksy humor about kitchen scents and the idea of natural causes.
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Nather
Lippincott's
Mrs Allin and Son Return From Portland Visit
Mrs W R Allin and her son Master William return Tuesday from Portland where they had been visiting for several weeks.
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East
T Telegraphers
National Telegraph Institute of Portland
Ore
Tn America
Polk's Gazetteer
Lor Polk & Co., Inc
Seattle
Wanh
Parker News
H. G. McCain
A. B. Lacey
Butler Produce CO
Zumwalt
Tron
Men’s Clothing Department
Our Ladies’ Suit Department
Iwegwy
Mammoth
Stockton
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