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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
5
A long Independence column records hop picking activity, local visits, state fair travel, business changes, and family notes. It mentions Lee, Cherm, Judge Chon Gregory, Sheridan residents, hop market discussions, and multiple Salem and Portland trips with numerous named residents and firms.
Doris Miatt a lifelong resident of Bein Oregon died at the Tay lor farm five miles south of the city Tuesday morning from cholera. The family were taken to the hospital for treatment and prepared for burial and shipment to Atlanta for interment, which occurred on Wednesday.
A band of about forty armed raiders near Point Roberts Wa y oil in a launch seized rock salmon valued at $10 000 from Pacific American Fisheries Company traps. They looted 40 000 to 60 000 salmon and fled toward the boundary with a fish buyer aboard. Pinkerton guards to be hired. $1000 reward for pirates caught.
Local merchants advertise goods and services including reading glasses fountain pens and sewing supplies. Listings mention milk cows cattle for sale wood and prescriptions at Williams Drug Co with contact details and hours.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on independence, mindsets, social status, charity, and self perception. It touches on attire, humility, mirror reflections, and the idea of moral temperance as guiding behavior amid everyday life.
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