Public debate over bank guarantees and prohibition fuels policy clash
The passage notes bankers opposing bank guarantee laws and postal saving banks while voters in several states back one approach or another. It contemplates future political issues and mentions joy riding as a public nuisance, questioning whether ending automobiles or alcohol would be safer. Portland records two deaths linked to the issue, with other cities seeing similar trends.
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Hamlet
Portland
Aviation advances make practical use seem near
The article notes rapid progress in heavier than air machines. It cites Louis Paulham's record flight of over ten miles in just over three minutes as evidence that air travel is moving from experiment toward practical use, with rising flight times and endurance suggesting a near future of routine aerial travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Myrtle Point
Louis Paulham
Old Portland Letters Mixed with Forest Fire Talks
Reading notes mix gossip and local updates with Oregon forestry gains. Portland letters detail lower risk timber seasons and fire wardens, while coast towns report marriages, colonist travel plans, and church appointments.
Twine Ball Room Grows as Local Collector Proclaims Savings
Lysander John boasts of thrift that funded a special room for his twine ball, built two years ago and soon to be doubled in size. He challenges other women in town to reveal their own economical achievements and join the display.
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Lysander John Appleton
Lysander John
Wood For Sale and Local Transportation Developments
Classified ads list fir wood delivery at 1.75 per tier and a young work mare with two Bonaparte yearling colts. G O Lowe of Norway 640 inquiries. C M Spencer retires as Bandon boats agent, replaced by J H Johnston for A F Estabrook Co. Firfield voyage to San Francisco costs 10, including Coquille valley rail fare, boosting Coos Bay shipping with three regular San Francisco boats. West Oregonian 1890 copy shows regional subsidy totals and farm value gains from railroad progress, highlighting Marshfield to Myrtle Point rail construction and its broader regional impact.
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Forestry’ Service
State Board of Forestry
Oregon
Portland
Cottage Grove
R. H. Pierson
Myrtle Point
North Bend
J. Holliday
Coquille
R. H. Allen
Bandon
H. I. Rutledge
Marshfield
Mr. Pierson
Eastern
David E. Norcross
Alice Lehnherr
Miss Lehnherr
Coquille Valley
W. T. Lehnherr
Mr. Norcross
Eugene
Lowe
Norway
C. M.spencer
J. H. Johnston
A. F. Estabrook ‘Company
Firfield
Coos Bay
San Francisco
Bay
Coquille River
West Oregonian
Orvil Dodge
Roseburgh
Druggists Endorse Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy
Portsmouth Virginia druggist Frank C. Hanrahan praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after six years of selling it. He notes it is the surest cure among patent medicines and that customers value his recommendation. available at all good druggists.
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Chamberlain
Frank C. Hanrahan
Portsmouth
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Hhiyrtle Point Enterprise
L.C. Bargelt
Roberts
Heaven
Coos
Curry
Presbyterian
Coquille Bar
Cody Mill
Fifield
D. Miller
Levi Strauss &Co
Flanagan & & Bennett Bank
Ahr Tle Point
The
Flanagan & Nunett Bank
Marshfield, Ore
Henry G. Ploeger
Henry
Occiden & Kerr
Wm. Volkmar
California and
Oregon Coast
S. S. Cos
Alliance
ER. D. Parsons
T. B. James
W. T. Ramsey
Price
George W. Bryant
Beaver Hill Coal
George W.bryant
M. Carver
Ries
RosEsura
West Meple St
R. E. James
Haines Music Co
A. H. Bender
Myrtle Point Livery and Feed Stable
Fourth and
Maple Streets
Laird & Weekly
Greene’s Billiard Hall
Breuer
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