04 May 1900
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
1
Fragmented OCR recalls political chatter about General Wheelie marriage rumors and presidential chances, plus a flood of letters seeking financial help. It warns voters to register before deadlines and notes postal service changes and rural delivery plans, with a tangential aside about demon lore and public notices.
A 40 ton smelter rises at Sumpter. La Grande reports six inches of snow last week. Salou-Dallas railroad grade stakes set. first Oregon strawberries in Portland market via Dill ard, Douglas county. Linn county levy 144 mills with no unpaid warrants. Portland shipped 631,068 bushels of wheat in April. Eugene sawmill burned, losses $20,000, insurance $1,000. Labanon bank suspended. real estate glut blamed. Cow Creek frost destroyed crops. Forty squatters move from Dallas to Siletz opening. A young woman Jones hanged herself at Roseburg. Con don ranchers to insulate barbed wire to join telephone system. Governor Geer doubts McKinley running mate from Oregon. Pacific coast urged. Chief Moore bans smoking in Portland weather bureau. Stayton broom maker offers free broom corn seed, $100 a ton guaranteed next fall. Survey for 36 ft irrigating canal from Deschutes to Crook county. 100,000 acres to be cultivated. Sumpter Valley Railroad to extend to Burns, 190 miles, work to start spring. Northern Pacific filed scrip on 40,000+ acres in Douglas and Lane, 50 contests noted. Over 600 land patent applications filed in Roseburg since Jan 1.
A damaged OCR shows a child outbreak of whooping cough with severe coughing. The narrator notes relief after using Chamberlain's Remed y for croup and claims improvement in the child.
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