Newberg Graphic Aims to Rest Oregon Legislators
The issue notes an upcoming extra session of Congress around March 15 called by the new president. It jokes about Oregon legislators elected in 1896 and criticizes political machines. Lyman J. Gage is praised as secretary of the treasury choice. Senator Squire’s Washington race is described as a setback for supporters.
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Oregon
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McKinley
Michigan Governor backs licensing for lobbyists and badges
The piece notes a proposed license and badge for lobbyists in Michigan and imagines a badge factory in Salem Oregon. It also recalls political rivalries in Portland and Salem, futures trading, and McKinley proposing an extra session to fix revenues. A Roseburg railroad hold-up barely stirs public concern.
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Oregon
Salem
Legislative musings and social reform notes from history
A collection of moral and political commentary notes from an era, touching on bicycle laws, Texas crime lore, prize fighting plans in Nevada, presidential duties, and a Swiss unemployment insurance experiment. It includes a quip about Anglo, French, and American manners and a Connecticut will law proposal to limit posthumous will challenges.
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Texas
Nevada
Connecticut
Lawyer fee cuts urged amid estate controveries
A Globe Democrat note argues for reduced attorney fees as lawyers still claim large shares of estates amid ongoing disputes and controversies.
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Globe Democrat
Moody on women's role and motherhood as noble work
Dwight L. Moody argues in Demorest's Magazine that a woman's supreme duty is rearing a family and shaping character. He praises motherhood as the noblest work, notes both great strength and weakness in women, and urges men to support women in pursuing their true destiny while acknowledging gender in business matters.
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Resolution Honors Louisa J. Stanley and Compliments Local Church Support
Members of Burr Oak Grove No 138 Woodmen Circle mourn the death of Louisa J. Stanley wife of Calvin Stanley and extend sympathy to her family. The group also thanks the Methodist church for allowing use of its building and public meeting space without rent as part of their cooperative community effort.
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Burr Oak Grove
Calvin Stanley
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Iba Terrell
EuMa Stratton
Ly Pn Tallman
Methodist Church
Woc T. U
Tribune
Weekly
Lessons From a Belgian Mine Strike Chambers of Explanation
The article reviews how the Mariemont & Ascoup Coal Mining Company reduced conflicts by creating nine trade committees and a central body to improve employer worker communication. It cites a 1876 strike as a lesson and describes meetings aimed at preventing misunderstandings that lead to costly stoppages and wages loss.
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Mariemont & Ascoup
Belgium
Leopard
Little Kingdom
Belgian wage reform guarded by chambers of explanation
The Belgian experiment replaces fines with a system where workers and management join a council of conciliation and arbitration. Chambers of explanation address minor grievances while the council settles larger disputes, with work continuing under the original conditions during deliberations. The approach reduces production costs and aims to prevent strikes through dialogue and mutual good faith.
Yamhill County Horticultural Society Forms Cooperative Fruit Sale
At a Tuesday meeting, leaders discussed a cooperative plan for selling fruit via a joint stock company. Articles of incorporation were adopted with bylaws. nine directors will appoint three managers and stock subscriptions were signed by many leading fruit growers.
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Yamhill County Horticultural Society
ASC
Churchill
Local partnership formed for Bettman Warren grocery business
A copartnership between L Bettman and W L Warren forms last Monday to run the Bettman grocery. The Bettman stand will be enlarged by connecting an additional room in the same building. John Fletcher returns from California after seeking work and notes the Spreckles beet sugar factory will not be ready this year. He observed beet culture relies on Chinese and Japanese workers and enjoys the Maylike California spring.
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W. L. Warren
Bettman
Dimensons
Mr. Warren
John Fletcher
California
Salinas
Watsonville
Forever Place
Fletcher
Oregon
Blood Purifier and Cures From the Past
Advertisements praise Wilbur's Blood Purifier and DeWitts products for skin diseases coughs and throat issues. The mock dialog bits present quips about medicines, cures and endorsements. Mentions Druggists and 50 cents to 1.00 price points from the era.
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