Oregon Notes on Apple Boom and Missing Persons
Hood River Valley seeks status as Pacific coast apple country with 3000 acres cultivated and 40000 more to tame. Portland reports 20 missing since September amid ages 10 to 60, with ten located. Oregon considers a state fruit inspector, salary 1500, but no willing appointee. legislature may fund next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood River Valley
Pacific Coast
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Vanderbilt-Morgan
Portland
Oregon
State Board of Horticulture
Causes of Lockjaw in 19th Century Text
The article explains tetanus arising from bacilli in street dirt that become active when subcutaneously exposed via wounds from percussion caps or nails. It notes dirt exposure, air contact, and ash removal as factors that awaken the germ to produce a virulent toxin.
Port Arthur Fight Deepens as Crisis Gathers Speed
Oct 19 dispatch from Tokio reports Field Marshal Oyama see the enemy thinning on the right wing while assaults on the central front fail to break Russian positions. Russians retreat in good order aided by maps and improvised barriers as Japanese cavalry crosses the Hun River to blunt a Russian flanking move.
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Tokio
Oyama
Bonishu
Hun
Best Gun and New World Rifle Performance
The U S Regular Army will soon adopt the best rifle in the world. Tests show 23 aimed shots in one minute as a single loader and 25 with magazine fire. Hip firing yields 27 shots, and 36 with a magazine. At 50 feet the rifle drove 245 inches into white pine and penetrated a half inch steel plate. The bullet has a lead tin core in supranickel jacket and with service charge yields 2800 feet per second.
Tailored Garments Arrive at Breakwater Mill Co
Full line of ladies skirts and jackets arriving next Breakwater. Mill Co has just received an elegant range of underskirts overskirts kimonos and dressing lacques with prices from 50 cents to 10 dollars. Shirt waists and umbrellas also offered with fit guaranteed. Orders taken for tailored made clothing at 83B Hermann.
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Mill Co
Hermann
Wild storm and mining activity on Sixes area
Heavy rains last week swelled rivers and boosted water power at the Commander Co mine. The company plans flume work and a sawmill restart while Harrison Bros prepare to mill quartz from the Wild Man claim. Wm T Esterberg is due from the East to join operations as wintering at Sixes and Johnson Creek mines begins.
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Wm T Esterberg
Commander Co
Hoe
Sixes
Johnson Creek
Harrison Bros
Oil Prospects Near North Bend Confirmed
Oil was found near the conden sery at North Bend after an expert drilling near the factory detailed a spray of black mud and oil. A group formed to secure option on the mud flat opposite Porter and plans to bore deeper to locate a main oil channel, projecting Coos Bay as a potential extensive field.
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North Bend
Arge
Porter
Coos Bay
Ana
Advertising Journal Promises Better Business for West Coast Firms
A self help style ad block promotes Pacific Coast Advertising as the leading Western advertising journal. It touts practical business plans from Japanese business methods, offers subscriptions and single copies, and advertises township land maps for sale along with contact details for a land writs abstractor in Roseburg Oregon. It also mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills offered by Perkins' drug store as a cure for stomach and liver issues.
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Pacific Coast
Lea Ling
Journal of
MM Austin
Winchester
Tod
Dr King
Perkins’ Drug Store
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Port Arthur
Toxic
Thegelding
Frank E Alley
Roseburg
Endourage
Bucinees
Actes
Hermann Brick Block
Flotr
TRE
Studebaker Bro's Wagons
McCormick Harvesting Co
Myrtle Point
Orecon
Gatchell's Store
Croceries & Provisions
WM. Jenkins & Son, General Merchandise
Ut. Cage
Avner Cobb
Kl. EK. FP
Varde’s
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