04 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
1
A flood of discharged soldiers in New York face poverty with no money or housing. Many sleep rough and await jobs as days of muster out continue. Two ex soldiers commit suicide. Clerks and porters, lured by promises of reemployment after the war, left stable jobs only to find no return.
The legislature passed a bill regulating barber business, while Hanson’s bill to raise caroon licenses to 1000 dollars died. A Iowa congressman proposes a nondiscrimination measure. Yukon ice travel records set by mounted police deliver mail from Dawson to Skagway in nine days ten hours. Prospecting notes report 30 tons of ore with 68 000 dollars in gold and a three foot ledge in Oregon. Douglas county homestead claims may be canceled. land department probes non-resident filings. Fordney of Iowa introduces a notary based marriage bill aimed at cigarette abstinence. Klamath Falls Express reports 160 beef and 600 sheep sent to Montague, feeding grounds expanding, and looming drought-driven hay prices.
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