Oregon joint assembly fails to elect U S senator
The noon joint assembly failed to reach the required forty six votes as Mitchell forces could only muster forty. A evening recess yielded no change with only thirty nine present and Senator Hasletine declining to be recorded as present amid questions of illegality from the prior day.
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United States
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Reed
Brownell
House
Benson House Lake
Hasletine
Taseltine
Representative Huntington Withdraws Amid Senate Vote Delays
Was eco representative Huntington suspends further participation after declaring his withdrawal during a third joint assembly. He cites legal questions about Benson house and condemns delay tactics while a lone candidate leads the bid for a U.S. senator.
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Waseco
United States
Benson
Lake
Initiative and Referendum Provisions Head New Oregon Amendments
Senator King proposes a state constitutional shift granting voters authority to approve repeal and enact laws with a 7 percent voter threshold for new laws. The plan details petition timing, election scheduling, and emergency provisions, plus a second amendment on legislative adoption and referendum processes.
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King
Legislative Assembly
Fire destroys Scott Auerbach building on Main Street
Salt Lake reports the Scott Auerbach building fire on Main Street causing about 250000 in damage with insurance covering just over half. Electrician Vail survived a fall from the third story after hitting a live wire and a firefighter networked wires to break his fall. Miss Smith, a roamer in the building, was rescued from the roof by Assistant Chief Donovan as smoke chased her to safety.
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Salt Lake
Scott-Auerbach
Main Street
Vail
Misa Smith
Donovan
India council passes bill to curb epidemics
The India council enacted a bill to detain vessels until inspections, inspect railway passengers, and create camps and hospitals for isolating the diseased. Surgeon General lo hern would tell the Venice conference the bubonic plague is due to local conditions and not directly infectious. Five Nebraska City children ages 6 to 10 drowned after breaking ice on a pond. three boys from G W Gibson family, one from Phoenix Gibson, one from J Mollvane.
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Feb
India Council
John Woodburn
Revenue
Lohern
Venice
Nebraska City
Neb
G. W. Gibson
Phoenix Gibson
J Mollvane
Dalles Drowning of Two Indian Fishermen in Columbia
Two Indian men, John Williams and Jim Waters, drowned while sturgeon fishing in the Columbia near The Dalles at the Narrows. A boy with them survived after boats capsized by a powerful line and swift current. Bodies not recovered.
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John Williams
Jim Waters
Columbia River
Narrows
Hore
Johannesburg disturbances claim citywide attention
London reports a rumor in The Globe about serious disturbances having occurred in Johannesburg, with word of unrest spreading through the city this afternoon.
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the Globe
Johannesburg
Fire destroys block in San Jose Chinatown area
Fire this morning gutted nearly a block in Chinatown in San Jose causing about 40000 in damage. The origin is unknown but suspected linked to New Year celebrations. Buildings owned by G Heinlen were insured for six to ten thousand. Chinese merchants suffered heavy losses with little insurance. London dispatch notes plague reaching Delhi to Bangalore.
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Chinatown
G. Heinlen
Weekly Market Letter Shows Wheat Rally After Liquidation Ends
The market closes firmer in wheat as traders feel the long liquidation is done and foreign buyers return. Export sales are strong for prompt and deferred shipments while intererd milling demand improves slowly. May wheat in Chicago gains from the late decline, corn unchanged, and prices reflect abundant supply and lingering manipulation fears. Regional price lists from Portland Seattle and nearby areas outline varying values for wheat, corn, barley, oats, butter, potatoes, and meat products.
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Liverpool
Chicago
L'Ge
From Cuba to Kingsburg to Maxwell's Rise and Decline
Biography of Hon Z T Maxwell from Cuba Missouri to Kingsburg California. Ill health led him from Missouri to California where he engaged in raisin farming and held local offices before health deteriorated. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with his recovery and renewed vigor. Also includes notes on written history and road improvements.
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Cal
Z. T. Maxwell
Missouri
Pacific
Kingsburg
Fresno County
California
Cuba
Maxwell
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectudy
Schilling Teas Offer Five Flavors With Money Back Promise
A Schilling & Company promotion invites customers to try all five Schilling's Best tea flavors. If a shopper dislikes any, the grocer refunds the purchase price. The offer emphasizes a ten year tea trade value and customer satisfaction with the product line.
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Schilling
Truth and Pain Seekers in St Jacobs Oil Claim
The passage extols St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for neuralgia and nervous troubles, praising its soothing and restorative effects. It likens the product to a searchlight revealing the seat of pain and stresses patience in treatment and long-term relief. A scientist notes seventy two venomous snakes in the country.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Fortification Against Disease and Notable Astronomical News
An advertisement extols Stomach Bitters as a cure all for digestion fatigue and various ailments while noting new smokeless powder from California. It also recounts discoveries in astronomy, including Sirius and Procyon companions found this year by observers at Lick Observatory and Schaeberle.
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National Assembly
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Bessel
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Diamond Dyes and Good Roads: Economies in Style
A Ladies' Journal writer advocates home dyeing with diamond dyes to refresh old garments, promising non fading colors from ten cents per project and free instruction books. The piece also notes the good roads movement, arguing better highways benefit all, especially cyclists, and that bicycling sustains demand for road improvements.
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Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Pasay
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