Independent Candidate Seeks Vote in Coquille Oregon
A biography of E. H. Kern of Coquille Oregon detailing 14 years locating and building railroads with major lines and 10 years in irrigation and mining engineering. He is a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College class of 1884 and a member of the Oregon State Society of Engineers. He asks voters for support at the polls.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Mo. Pac
A. T
S. F. Ry
Oregon State Society of Engineers
E. H. Kern
Coquille
Oregon
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised for Kidney Health
Myrtle Point readers learn the kidney duty and the benefit of Doan's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy. Mrs. Ward of Roseburg reports relief from kidney trouble and back pain after using the product, priced 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y supplies the pills.
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Myrtle Point
Kache
Dean
M. E. Ward
Harvard St. W. Roseburg
Ore
Doan
Sidney
Cooperative effort to raise farm profits in Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College and the U S Department of Agriculture plan a bureau of farm organization and markets at Corvallis. President Kerr authorizes a program to help farmers gain profitable markets by gathering, sorting, manufacturing, and shipping farm products with reports, photographs, blueprints, bulletins, lectures, and demonstrations.
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Oregon Agricultural ‘College
Corvallis
Ore
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon Agricultural College
Kerr
Board of Regents
Agricultural College
Bureau of Farm Organization
Germany dominates drug supply as war tightens U S access
A traveling drug firm representative warns that Germany remains the main producer of key drugs including carbolic acid and quinine. With war closing German commerce American supplies dwindle as prices surge. aspirin citric acid tartaric acid and cream of tartar have all risen sharply and fears grow that some lines may become unavailable.
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Germany
United States
See America First movement mocked by verse and civic call
E O McCormick of the Southern Pacific cites a Leslie’s verse lampooning the See America First idea. The piece contrasts travel abroad with patriotic duty and warns towns prosper from public investment, while frugal communities fall behind.
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America First
E. O. McCormick
Southern Pacific Company
Leslie
Oregon City to Build Municipal Elevator After Litigation
After two years of legal battles the Oregon City council approves plans to construct a new municipal elevator. The project clears court challenges and moves toward municipal financing and construction timelines.
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Oregon City
Woman's weapons and home life reflections in The Home Circle
A scattered column from The Home Circle discusses war era women's weapons of tears and smiles, moral living, and the value of health and character. It contrasts beauty with inner virtue, urges practical home conduct, and offers advice to young women on choosing husbands by observing in-laws.
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Europe
Salem Dry Rule Hurts Businesses Across City
Ex Salem official argues that the dry decision decimated saloons and payrolls while leaving buildings vacant and rents fallen. He cites fewer building permits and bank deposits, reduced school enrollment, and weaker carnival turnout, contrasting with proclamations that business is fine in dry towns.
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Oregon
Salem
Oregon City
Springfield
John D. Turner
State Street
Boston
Empty tills plague Oregon City and Clackamas County
Oregon City faces possible receivership as creditors discuss action and a special November vote seeks 250000 in 5 percent bonds and an eight mill tax levy increase. Clackamas County reports an empty treasury for the first time in six years amid delinquent taxes and unpaid warrants.
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Oregon City
Clackamas
Campbell
Clackamas County
Morning Enterprise
Tufts
Main Street
Corder
Moss Street
Third Street
John W. Loder
Enterprise Printing Office
Springfield Dry Towns Mocked as Fine Business
A paid advertisement from the Taxpayers & Wage Earners' League of Oregon mocks Springfield's dry policy nine months after prohibition began. It contrasts vanished prosperity with a deficit of 3,200 dollars, empty Main Street, and receiverships at local stores while asserting dry towns claim “business is fine.”
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Springfield
Salem
Main Street
Southern Pacific
la France
O. W. Johnson
A. J. Henderson
Oregon City
Taxpayers & Wage Earners’ League of Oregon
Portland
Oregon
Prohi Speaker Fined in Seaside Jail
Seaside authorities fined J A Adams five dollars for violating street speaking ordinances. Adams boastfully notes 44 prior arrests and 14 jail sentences and says jail time boosts notoriety and audience draw. He completed the term and left town promptly.
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Seaside
J. A. Adams
Adams
The Ideal Life and Kind Words for All
A reflection on compassion and neighborly acts. Emphasizes kindness costs nothing and should be practiced toward others, urging subscription to the paper as a community good. The piece extols loving, steady affection and goodwill as life's supreme aim for both women and men.
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Tom Hall
Democratic
Coos County
U. S
R. A. Booth
W. C. Hawley
James Withycomb
Thos. B. Kay
Supreme Court
Henry J. Bean
Lawrence T. Harris
Thomas McBride
Henry L. Benson
Charles L. McNary
George M. Brown
Public Instruction
J. A. Churchill
John H. Lewis
C. P. Hoff
Frank J. Miller
James T. Chinnock
Charles R. Barrow
S. P. Pierce
James Watson
Alfred Johnson, JR
Robt. R. Watson
T. M. Dimmick
C. S. McCulloch
F. E. Wilson
Geo. J. Armstrong
Coquille River
C.E
Dad
Leige
Staten Island
Manhattan
America
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