Official Directory Entry Highlights Early Government Roles
The excerpt lists individuals in various 19th century U S government posts including President Benjamin Harrison and Vice President Levi Morton. It names secretaries of state treasury interior war and navy, attorney general and other officials with scattered misspellings and formatting quirks.
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Benjamin Harrison
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Morton
James G, Haine
Treasury
Windom
Interior
W P Noble
Lehl Froetor
Navy
J. F. Timey
John Wanamaker
Wol BE Miller
Jeremiah Husk
A. H. Pope
Dallas
Texas
Departments
State
Justice
War
Church Services and Meetings Schedule in Local Congregations
Multiple churches publish their service times and meeting dates. The Presbyterian, Friends, Evangelical, and Union churches list Sunday and midweek services, Sabbath schools, and quarterly or monthly gatherings with locations such as Jones Hall and Newberg schoolhouse.
Community clubs schedule and meeting times
The note lists devotional services by the M C A each Sunday evening with a request for young men to attend. I C C F holds Saturday evening sessions above Moore’s Lig store. Y W C T A meets for a business session on the second Saturday each month. G A R holds meetings on the first and third Thursday evenings. W W C T U hosts a business meeting on the third Saturday afternoon monthly.
Newberg City Business Directory Listing Numerous Shops
A historical Newberg city directory fragment lists many businesses and services along Main Street and nearby streets. Entrants include tile mill, drug store, meat market, grocers, livery stable, hotel, blacksmith, millinery, real estate, laundry, bakery, furniture, and various professional offices with street corners and landmarks noted.
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Deppeer
W. V
Main Street
Firet
Garvin
Dayton Road
Iemy
Reese & Hunt
Peer
E. H. Woodward
de “A. C. Hald Ver Gooda and Grocerias
Main
Carter
Pioneer Liver
First
Meridian Streets
St. Smith J
BA. Moore
Center
Third
Arlington Hotel
P. & W. V. Railway
John Atkinson
Smith & Myers
Center Streets
Morris, Miles & Co
Main Streets
Jones
Nowbessee
C. Wright
Sam Kee
Evangelical
Rev
Heaumoot
Harber
Center Eta
Luther Hill
Mualn
Jones Brothers
Center Street
Austin & Wilson
Firetnd
Parker & Nicholson
Daree-Picot Street
P. F. Bradford
A. M. Hoskins
George Grayson
Board of Immigrtion
Aria
Moore's Drug Store
A. F. Moore
Pipeenr
Deyton
Cooper & Brick Seed
Third Street
James Hammett
Firat and
Mein Streets
Joseph Everesteat
Jones’ Hall
Death of Jefferson Davis and Last Words
Eastern items report Jefferson Davis died painlessly during unconsciousness. The piece notes other events: Dolph bill ideas, Ingalls as Senate president pro tempore, and a large 1800s political, military, and legal news mix from Boston, Chicago, and Washington.
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Jefferson Davis
Senate
Ingalla
Jeff Davis
West End Scandal and the Threat to Monarchy
Dec. 15 report claims the West End scandals could overthrow the monarchy and topple the aristocracy. It ties Prince Albert Victor to the scandals and predicts upheaval, potentially depriving him of succession or ending Queen Victoria’s reign to yield a republic.
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House of Lords
Albert Victor
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert Victor
Victoria
Great Britain
Improvements Proposed for Oregon Route Mail Service
Postmaster general restores Dilley Oregon post office with William M. McLeod as postmaster. Officials mull Hermann backed plan for tri weekly Buxton to Vernonia mail and speedier St Helens to Vernonia and Greenville to Vernonia routes to deliver same day mail from all terminal offices.
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Hermann
Dilley
Washington County
William M. McLeod
Columbia County
Buxton
Vernonia
St. Helens
Greenville
Columbia River
Jail Break At Olympia Prison Break Exposes Escaped Inmates
Last Sunday morning four prisoners escaped from the county jail in Olympia. All but one fled. George T. Smith, recently held on extradition from San Francisco, refused to go and will stand trial next month. The inmates tunneled through a wall with a poker after removing wooden lining. Sheriff Billings and a posse pursue the fugitives.
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Olympia
George T. Smith
San Francisco
Sheriff Billings
Port Townsend Seen As Key Point In National Shipping
The Northwest gains congressional strength with new states and aims to restore America’s shipping interests. Port Townsend, cited by a Port Townsend customs report, is projected as the Asiatic and Alaska trade rendezvous and a future mail service hub, amid subsidy debates.
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Northwest
America
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
China
Japan
Pacific Coast
Port Townsend
Congress
Alaska
Sugar mill collapse near Prague kills many
A sugar mill in Swalencewec near Prague collapsed following the incident. About 1500 tons of sugar were involved and many people were killed or injured in the disaster.
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Swalencewec
Prague
Wich
Senator Fair Plans Two Additional Stories for Lick House
Senator Fair intends adding two stories to the Lick house in San Francisco at a cost of 20000 dollars. Walls of the hotel were built broad enough to support the extra stories, indicating structural readiness for expansion.
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Monongahela
Pitta
Manderson
Inmeet
Senator Fair
Lick House
San Francisco
Olympia
Jonathan Young
Los Angeles
Norcrogs
Victoria
Liverpool
Yreka
Val
Palmer & Rey Lands Three Big San Francisco Contracts
The Chronicle Sacramento Bee and the state printing office awarded Palmer & Rey three major type contracts in San Francisco last week. Prices were made public.
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San Francisco
Chronicle
Sacramento Bee
Palmer & Rey
Bloody murder at Vancouver shocks Pacific Coast scene
A dramatic Pacific Coast summary lists a bloody murder in Vancouver Washington, a sensational sedan of crimes and trials, political quakes and civic growth. It notes suicides in Spokane and San Francisco, a fatal railway accident near Yreka, and political bills with large appropriations while Portland and Seattle push infrastructure and schooling. The report blends crime, governance, and expansion with scattered names like Judge Seneca Smith, Maud Cook, and Moran.
Stanley settles questions on African geography voyage
Stanley's latest letters shed light on Africa geography disputes. He refutes Baker on Lake Albert Nyanza and notes the true sources of the Nile Congo and Lonware lie in unknown inland lakes.
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Stanley
Baker
Lake Albert Nyanza
Blue Mountaine
Nile
Congo
Lonware
Africa
When It Comes to Asking Questions Women Take the Cake
Zenas Dane quotes a humorous era exchange in Puck about patient confusion over medicine instructions. A doctor named Dr. Bismuth explains dosage as a woman frets and asks repeated questions, revealing common miscommunication in medical care of the period.
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Dr. Bismuth
Bismuth
Zenas Dane
Puck
What to Put In and What to Leave Out Hints For Pedestrians
A travel guidance piece advises light packing for walkers noting six to eight days of wear with a knapsack under twelve pounds. It lists items such as shirts socks soap toothbrush and a small book alongside optional medicines and personal gear while cautioning against heavy loads and unnecessary items like a mackintosh or brandy flask.
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Arnica
London
Agasiaa
Clergyman’s Marriage Sign Sparks Business Brilliance
Chicago clergyman hung a marriage sign drawing crowds and about three couples daily to wed. Some brothers initially balked at the idea but later praised his business head as the sign proved fruitful.
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Chicago
Detroit
Weekly Market Report highlights strong yearend frame trade
The market notes high December activity despite a tight money market and a favorable future outlook. It lists Agricultural Implements and supplies, farm tools, wagons, and various goods including seeds, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, poultry, grains, flour, seed oats and timothy, lumber, and salt with prices and availability reflected in the week’s movements.
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Peretdis
Geneusavags
Osborne
California
Sicily
Oregon
America
Portland
Salem
Dayton
McMinnville
Rape
Lee
Rustle
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