Gravel drives Newberg voters to back road work
Newberg graphic notes graveling roads as a public good and urges support for road improvements in the region. It cites state expenses for insane asylum and convict conveyance in 1895 96 and mentions Oregon politics with Senator Mitchells term expiring March 8 and a 1805 state canvass listing 110 602 legal voters and a population of 962 573 including 62 000 in Multnomah County.
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State of
Oregon
Multahomas County
Legislature Hold-Up Ends in Speaker and Senator Names
Bourne must be speaker Simon bows and Mitchell senator, shaping state politics amid a dis graceful legislative hold-up and its political fallout in the capital.
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Bourne
Simon
Mitchell
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1895 and 1890
The report details the secretary of state’s office activities in a bound 420 page volume. For the year ending June 30 1808 a civil service exam shows 31270 examined with 20470 passing and 5084 total appointments, about one fourth of eligibles.
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Iain
Morrison RR. Kincaid
State Secretary
Civil Service Commission
Oregon Senate Deadlock Over Oath Delays Legislature
The Oregon Statesman reports a plan that would force two thirds of both chambers to share a single political faith before sessions can convene. Eleven senators could block all legislation by refusing to take the oath of office under the Fimon-Tourne scheme.
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Hollup
Senate
House
Oregon
Oregon Statesman
Private postal bill would let individuals make cards
If the private postal bill passes the senate, individuals may manufacture postal cards under limits. Cards must match government weight and be of low quality with optional designs. Each card requires a one cent stamp, reflecting Europe’s ecards popularity and suggesting government revenue from mixed postal costs and stamp sales.
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Senate
Europe
Arbitral Failure Warned In Prince Bismark Opinion
Prince Bismark argues in a recent opinion that private agreements lack enforceable force without a sovereign authority. He contends arbitration cannot replace war when national fate relies on public support and powerful states ignore such pacts.
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Prince Bismark
Law
Law Court
Proent Tracle on Wherty Sparks Cuban Independence Echo
The piece notes a history of rebellion against English rule and praises Cuban independence efforts. It highlights 7000 Cabane workers, mainly in Tampa cigar factories, who weekly donate a day’s wages to a revolutionary fund with Sundays also worked during urgent funding demands.
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England
Spain
Tampa Fla
Revolutionary Fund
Untitled Patriotism Note Seems To Rally Civilians
A woman and child are highlighted earning their day’s wages, signaling a patriotic effort praised for its appeal to the civilized world. The piece suggests enduring sympathy and support for such acts and frames them as a moral beacon.
Sugar beet trial gains traction in Ventura valley
The Pacific Rural Press excerpt describes a Ventura county effort where thirty farmers tested sugar beets. Seeds were distributed, detailed planting steps given, and by September experts from the Cline factory graded the crop. Average saccharine content reached 18.21 percent with 53.68 percent purity, yielding about 17 tons per acre and an estimated price around 4.75 dollars per ton.
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Pacific Rural Press
Albert Gerberding
3. PF. Produce Exchange
Ventura County
Cline
China
California
Woman’s Demand Delays Train Despite Schedule Rules
A Southern railroad engineer recalls a woman at a junction who asked him to hold the train five minutes for her daughter. He refused, though the proverb says what must be done can be done. The tale highlights the clash between punctual schedules and urgent personal requests.
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Chicago
Old Woman on Track Delays Train and Steals Final Farewell
A train near a station is halted when an elderly woman sits on the track blocking the engine. Her daughter boards the car after kissing her mother goodbye, while the conductor warns of force if she remains. The woman finally rises and waves as the train departs, joking about teaching politeness. The passage blends a dramatic anecdote with magazine notes on The Delineator’s March issue and literary pieces.
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Mary Aon
Mary Ann
Fabrica
New York
Ellen Onley Kirk
Mitropolia
Mary Cadwelder Jones
Grace Peckham-Murray
Maude C. Mireau Miller
E. C. Vick
Ilarry Adams
Real Karate Transfers and County Abstract Notices
Real estate transfer notices and abstracts filed with Yamhill County records. Transfers include AK Wright to Marscardt Johnson and others with varied parcel interests and payments. owners and heirs listed, amounts shown, and adjacent entries noted.
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Yamhill County Abstract Company
McMinnyle
Oregon
Yamhill County
Ferguson & Rogers
AK Wright
Marscardt Johnson
Henry Sheriff
Spencer
Aki
Edson
Strohn
Wright
Model locomotive short model inspires a public moral
In a factory tour a superintendent shows a tiny locomotive on ten inch track as a model that does nothing but be looked at and copied. The tale prompts a reflection heard at a Chanctian convention. Also a medical notice extols Wilbur's Cough Cure for bronchitis with a price of fifty cents.
Blood Purifier and Remedies in Odd Advertisement Snippets
A crop of 19th century ads tout blood purifiers and cures for skin ailments with claims of pureness and panacea like “Wilbur's Blood Purifier” at $1.00 a bottle and “DeWitt's Little Early Risers” for digestive help. Also notes about New Scotland Yard, silk industry figures, and a humorous exchange on grammar.
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Wilbur
Bananas from West Indies Shipments Shine in US Trade
Shipping data shows annual West Indies banana exports to the United States totaling about 13 to 14 million bunches worth over 20 million dollars. The record notes the high volume and value of this Caribbean fruit trade.
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West Indies
United States
One Minute Cough Cure and Local Notices Featured
An array of brief items includes advertisements for 50 cent bottles of S and S B Cough Cure and DeWitt’s products, plus a Portland letter praising One Minute Cough Cure for ministers and singers. It notes dressmaker employment in the UK and a joke about a boarder and his wife.
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Aleon W. Steers
Portland, Or
San Francisco
S&s
J. H. Crozier
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