Will Be 376 Feet High Finest Newspaper Office in New York
The New York Times plans a 875 foot long towered building on Long Acre Square between Broadway and 43rd Street with a six story editorial tower and a basement several levels deep. The project will place the Times among the world’s tallest offices with extensive rental space and a media focus.
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New York
New York Times
Long Acre Square
Broadway
7Th Avenue
Park Row
Keene’s Rise and Fall in Wall Street Speculation
The article chronicles Jim Keene a famed broker who endured extreme market swings losing millions in six months after previously amassing wealth in California. It notes his 1884 suspension of payment and rapid rise from San Francisco to New York prosperity before a dramatic decline.
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New York
Wth
Jay Gould
Western Union
Atlantic
Pacific Telegraph
Gould
Keene
Jersey
Keener
Chicago
Jersy Central
Fortune
Northern
Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Management
Jim Keene
Wall Street
San Francisco
California
Paris Underground Station Three Levels Beneath Opera
A municipal project in Paris will close Place de Opera for about a year to construct an underground metropolitan railway station with three intersecting lines on multiple levels. Metallic flooring will separate lines and support roadways. The deepest line reaches twenty-one meters, with water encountered at ten meters, and much of the work uses compressed air chambers sized eight by twenty-five meters.
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Paris
Place de Opera
Prune Growers Plan Mutual Insurance for Dryers
In Salem a meeting of prune growers started a plan to organize a mutual insurance company for prune dryers. Leaders named include John Puntbartex, W. S. Wright, Augustus High, A Shiber, H. S. Gile, H. Zur cher and others. The group aims to enroll growers across Oregon and Washington and provide general dryer and waste insurance without linking to existing prune grower associations.
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Prune Growers
Bfe
Peli
Salem
John Puntbartex
Rosedale
Wright
Roseburg
Augustus High
Vancouver
A. Shiber
Philomath
Mr. Blanchard
Gile
H. J. Zurcher
Liberty
Insurance Association
Oregon
Washington
Prunegrowers’ Associations
Watering of Klamath Area Explored by Oregon Expert
Prof F L Kent of Oregon Agricultural College returns to Corvallis after a month touring irrigated regions of Klamath county. He studied methods of irrigation, crop types, and the irrigable extent. Engineers estimate 2 percent of the 6300 square mile county can be permanently irrigated for satisfactory crops with potential for some additional grass land use.
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F. L. Kent
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Klamath County
Massachusetts
Northwest Indian agencies summer event listings
A condensed schedule lists multiple public gatherings across Oregon and nearby towns from August to October. Events include baseball tournaments, encampments, pioneer reunions, and numerous county fairs in Newport Rainier Westport Ashland Portland Roseburg Oregon City Salem Eugene Burns Antelope The Dalles Klamath Falls Prineville and Toledo with dates spanning August 1 through October 29.
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Rainier
Westport
Southern Oregon
Ashland
Portland
Oregon National Guard
Gearhart Park
Beaside
Roseburg
Clackamas County
Oregon City
Salem
Eugene
Burns
Antelope
The
Dalles
Klamath County
Klamath Falls
Prineville
Toledo
Incorporations Filed In Secretary of State Office
Last week filed articles show New Virtue Corporation Baker City Falls City Mercantile Company Falls City with 5000 Mission Mining Company Medford 24000 American Investment Company Portland 5000 Oregon Lumber Land and Mining Company Baker City 250000 Medford Business College Company Medford 300 5 an Mining Company Baker City 500000 Listering Manufacturing Company Salem 10000 Foley Imhaus and Company La Grande 5000 Humbolt Sash and Door Company Portland 50000 Oregon and Eureka Railroad Company Portland 126000
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New Virtue Corporation
Baker City
Falls City Mercantile Company
Falls City
Mission Mining Company
Medford
American Investment Company
Portland
Oregon Lumber, Land and Mining Company
Medford Business College Company
An Mining Company
Listering Manufacturing Company
Salem
Foley, Im
Board of Trade Formed Sparks Jacksonville Revival
A revived Jacksonville economy shows three major timbering mills feeding a town plant, planning mill, and box factory. The completion of a general gas plant and other improvements renew businessman confidence as a new board of trade forms under favorable auspices.
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Jacksonville
Board of Trade
Oregon City Woolen Mill Rebuild Bids Sought After Fire
The Oregon City manufacturing firm invites bids to reconstruct buildings at its woolen mill plant to replace those burned last month. Project cost about $30,000 with mostly single story structures connected to the main building. Operations expected to resume by October 15 and a $10,000 automatic water sprinkler device will be installed to fight fires.
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Oregon City Manufacturing Company
Frank Curtis Named Warden of Oregon Penitentiary
Superintendent James appoints Frank Curtis to succeed E A McPherson as warden. Curtis, a Democrat from Multnomah County who ran for the legislature in 1902, has served as a guard at the prison.
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Frank Curtis
James
Oregon Penitentiary
E. A. McPherson
Curtis
Multnomah County
Pulp Mill Closes Station A at Willamette River
Willamette Pulp & Paper at Oregon City closes down Station A due to extremely low Willamette River stage. The east side plant, used for pulp preparation feeding west side mills, will suspend operations but the main mills will continue with on hand pulp supply for several weeks.
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Willamette River
Willamette Pulp & Paper Mills
Oregon City
Portland Enlivens Fall Carnival Under Multnomah Club
Portland hosts a major fall carnival from September 14 to 26 under the auspices of the Multnomah Athletic Club. The event promises games, rides, and community festivities throughout the city.
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Portland
Multnomah Athletic Club
Union Creamery Expands Operations In State
The Union creamery has become firmly established and is doing a large manufacturing business supplying towns in the region. A skimming station operates at Cove and a second station will be set up at Springs, 20 miles east of Union.
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Union Creamery
Cove
Ae Springs
Nion
Hops Pickers Price Set At Forty Cents A Box
Local hop growers meeting in Salem last week agreed on a ruling price of 40 cents per box for hoppicking. Several yards advertise for pickers and large yards report their lists nearly complete.
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Salem
Willamette prune association reports large season total
The Willamette Valley prune association held its annual stockholders meeting last Saturday. The secretary reported the group handled 3,750,000 pounds of prunes last season and projected that quantity control would rise this year.
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Willamette Valley Prume Association
Portland markets list mixed prices for grains, livestock and dairy
Wheat ranges from 77 to 82 cents per bushel with blue stem and valley varieties. Flour and bran prices appear. barley and linseed dairy foods listed. Livestock quotes include beef grose and dressed prices, veal, mutton, lambs, hogs and poultry with per pound, per dozen, or per sack figures. Wool prices vary by region from 17 to 19 cents.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Lees
Oregon
Wool — Valley
Stuffed Turnips with Veal and Truffles in Broth
Prepare turnips using mire directed for sparrote Pas. Boil in salted water until half done. Trim bottoms to stand, scoop centers, and fill with minced veal onion parsley and a few mushrooms. Tie tops, simmer in broth with butter and pepper until tender, thicken sauce with egg yolk, and serve hot.
Pultana Cake Recipe Steps and Icing Option
Prepare three quarters of a pound of flour sieved with baking powder and salt. Beat five ounces of fat with five ounces of castor sugar and brandy with spice. Fold in six ounces of pickled sultanas and three ounces candied peel. Mix in three eggs, bake in a tin for 90 minutes to 2 hours, then cover with almond paste and ice if desired.
Cherry Shortcake with Rich Paste and Whipped Cream
A historical recipe instructs making five or six plates of rich paste using one pound of butter and one quart of flour with ice water and repeated rolling and buttering. After baking and cooling the pastry, cherries are layered with the paste and fruit, then topped with whipped cream.
Cold Peach Pudding and Tomato Toasted Crumbs Recipe
A vintage cooking note lists Cold Peach Pudding with rice cooked in salted lemon-spiced water, peach pulp, almond extract, cream baked in a buttered mould then chilled with whipped cream. It also outlines a tomato dish mixing tomato pulp with buttered cracker crumbs, seasoned and baked in a granite pan until brown and served hot.
Mutton Pie Recipe Weighs On Potatoes And Meat
A traditional pie method uses lined pastry with boiled mutton and a seasoned onion note. The recipe colors toward potato paste, mixing one cup mashed potatoes with one beaten egg and salt, then rolling thin and doubling for large pies.
Delmonico Hash Potatoes Instruction
A cooking method instructs to dice raw potatoes, soak in ice water for thirty minutes, drain, bake in milk with salt pepper and butter for forty five minutes in a dish. This yields a creamy baked potato side dish with seasoned flavors.
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Delmonico
Potato Puffs From Simple Meat Pastry
A brief recipe describes using cold meats with seasonings. Roll out paste, cut rounds, layer meat on one half, fold, seal, and fry until brown for a crisp potato puff.
Cleaning and sewing tips for home care
Practical notes describe knife washing with a flat blade, using bluing water to whiten clothes, turning garments inside out to reduce ironing, and a fig and apple jelly cake filling. It also suggests knitting silk into stocking heels to strengthen them and spraying crevices with alum solution to deter ants.
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Aunt Mary
Chicago Tribune
NEW York Times Building
Klamath
Summer Association of the Northwest Indian Agencies
Newport
Portland Markets
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