Merchants Target Subscriptions for Irrigation Stock
Local businessmen gathered at the commercial club as Currey leads a canvass to sell shares in the irrigation proposition. The plan aims to secure enough stock within days. exact subscriptions are withheld for now, but organizers expect a successful outcome within a fortnight.
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Reading
Commercial Club
Currey
J. D. MccKennon
Fred Gelbel
W. M. Pierce
Wm. Miller
Mac Wood
J. K. Wright
John Collier
F. B. Currey
Committee on the run all day long
The committee stayed in motion throughout the day with only a brief rest for lunch, maintaining a relentless schedule and focus on the task at hand.
Protest Meeting On Payne Bill Tax On Women's Wear
New York April 2. City federation of women’s clubs plans mass meeting Thursday at Hotel Astor to oppose the Payne bill increasing taxes on kid gloves hosiery and other women’s apparel. Officials say the measure harms lower priced necessities.
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City Federation of Woman's Club
Hotel Astor
Sixty One Per Acre at Baker Line Through District
Money deposited at Salem to guarantee a preliminary survey under the Carey Act sets the price at 61 dollars per acre. The line through Baker district will be offered at this rate.
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Baker
Salem
Guar
Roosevelt at Gibraltar Today and Civilian Ventures
Roosevelts arrival in Gibraltar as a guest of British authorities for two hours is reported alongside local notes on a Powder River Valley reclamation survey. O C Finkelnbure deposited 10000 to back the Evans Admiral Land Co project, planning surveys within six months and a potential 6101 per acre reclamation contract for 30 000 to 50 000 acres.
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Gibralter
Col. Roosevelt
Hamburg
Salem
O. C. Finkelnbure
Evans Admiral Land Co
State Land Board
Powder River Valley
Evans Admiral Company
Tridar
Carey
Evans
Reading the Payne tariff bill tainted by odd names and fears
Washington special reports intense opposition to the Payne tariff bill amid mentions of rare chemicals and imported substances. The piece notes sections allowing duty-free entries for items like Balm of Gilead and manj eet while warning of heated floor debates over numerous arcane terms and candidates.
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United States
Hanging in Kalispell Ends With Dash for Boots
Frederick Lebeau was hanged in the county jail yard amid a dramatic scene as he kicked off his shoes and shouted I am no murderer and will not be with my boots on. About 250 witnesses watched guards pacify him before the execution proceeded.
Idaho Oregon Development Congress to Meet in La Grande
Delegates from Idaho and Oregon gather April 26 and 27 for the last La Grande session of the Oregon Idaho Development Congress with Col Wood and Col Hofer expected to attend. About 150 delegates, including Judge Lowell and Portland's C B S Wood, plan to discuss railroads highways and self help transport.
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la Grande
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress
William Miller
Mac Wood
Ted Rinehart
Congress
Ontario
Boise
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Wallowa County
Lowell
Portland
C. B. 8. Wood
Hofer
Salem Capitol Journal
Former Senator Fulton linked to fake seance exposure plan
In Los Angeles on April 2 a suit claims former Oregon Senator C W Fulton was duped by a fake spiritualist and helped organize a bogus seance to gain glory as the exposer. Bishop Garrison testifies he sought to expose spiritualism after prior swindle, recalling Astoria meeting with Fulton and others.
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Los Angeles
U. S
C. W. Fultom
Oregon
Bishop Garrison
Garrison
Robert C. Smith
Dora Bennett
Wichita Kas
Astoria
Fulton
Dr. Fulton
Angus Gore
Peculiar Instrument Lays in Recorder Office for Nine Years
George Lamoreau holds a curious instrument entered in the Connecticut recorder’s records nine years ago. A reverse stamp, never cancelled, was affixed to the instrument, yet its value is noted as one dollar.
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George Lamoreau
Recorder
Wurteage
Connecticut
King Edward III Suffered Stroke, German Dispatch States
Berlin report cites Frankfurter Gazette saying King Edward III of England is recovering from a slight paralytic stroke. The April dispatch notes the monarch’s health and treatment in progress.
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King of England
Berlin
Frankfurter Gazette
Edward
England
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