Centennial Hotel Adopts New Management and Rates
An old advertisement notes Centennial Hotel at 1417 Adams Ave with new management by Mrs. W. E. Murchison. Weekly board and room cost five dollars with meals at 26 cents. Special monthly rates offered. contact via phone 116. Dated June 31 1908. Also includes a testimonial for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Ton 35 cents.
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Cts
Adams Ave
W. E. Murchison
N. B. Taith
St. Paul
Mississippi
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Newun Devs Co
Large Lumber Deal Sets Record for Portland
Robert Smith of Stanley-Smith Lumber Co. sold 16,000,000 feet of lumber to C R N and Rio Grande Railway Cos for ties. The Hood River mill will cut the stock, destined for railroads this year. The firm turns 500,000 feet daily, employs 200 men, with demand rising amid vast Northwest forests.
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Portland
Robert Smith
Stanley-Smith Lumber Company
C. Ro& N
Rio Grande
Hood River
Stanley-Smith Company
Northwest
Smith
Lumber Company
Old man on streetcar laments distant father of country
An elderly man on a streetcar weeps over Washington and the tomb of the father of his country as fellow passengers try to comfort him. He confesses sorrow at the idea of Washington’s death long ago and compares biblical and historical figures to sports plays in a flurry of humor and misheard names.
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Waal
Noap
Mount Vernon
Washington
Jerusna
Washington Post
Quite a Fund Prompts Oregon Fish Committee Debate
A committee from the Oregon Fish and Game Commission disputes Secretary Dunbar’s view that unused gun license funds totaling over 10,000 should return to the state general fund. The issue concerns law conditions that funds be spent on deputy enforcement. quarterly county clerk reports delay access and threaten enforcement ahead of the upland bird season.
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Oregon Fish
Dunbar
Association
Ula
Identified Herself All Right in Bank Encounter
A woman who presented a check at a bank refuses to identify the cashier and declares herself the neighbor described as a “red readed olf virago.” She taunts the cashier with threats of domestic scandal, while the cashier hands her the money and coughs, in Chicago Tribune narrative tone.
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Moraly
Olf Virago
Reveniu
Henry
Chicago Tribune
Huckleberry Finn of the Senate Gets Praised
The Springfield Republican likens Senat or Tillman to Huckleberry Finn for his untutored frankness picturesque verbiage and disregard for conventions. It argues such a figure would not make a successful government.
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Springfield Republican
Tillman
Huckleberry Finn
Senate
Ben Klimvans
Huckleberry Finis
Oakland
Cal
Tribune
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted as Safe Cough Remedy
An ad touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as the only non opiate safe cough medicine for children. It claims effectiveness for croup whooping cough and post measles coughing. A Champlain Michigan resident testimonial credits the product with curing a year long hacking cough and avoiding consumption.
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Foley
C. Unger
Maple St
Champlagn
Poley
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Tal Teyourette
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Rohr & Company
J. L Mars
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Foley House
Have Smith
C. L. Smith Creamery Building
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C.tool Prep
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Oxford
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Oregon
SHORT
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Li Grande
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Dense
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Omate
Kanjee City
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Walla
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