East and South via The Shasta Route
Daily service operates along the Shasta Route heading east and south with daily departures except Sunday.
24 Jan 1896
Page 1
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1896
Page
1
Daily service operates along the Shasta Route heading east and south with daily departures except Sunday.
Immigration boards in Oregon and Washington form to attract desirable settlers as new road and rail works advance. A Snohomish log boom of about 10 million feet breaks, logs drift to sea while counties tout bonded debts and mill and canal projects proceed across the region.
Telegraphic resume notes Canada to have a naval reserve. Also reports the Pawnee Indians in Oklahoma leaving farms for ghost dancing, a Chicago family tragedy, and wealth-hunting for an old Spaniard in Los Angeles. Mentions Behring sea arbitration progress, a Los Angeles college fire, and various international and domestic affairs.
The War Department calls for bids to erect five brick buildings at Fort Assinnibone with bids to be opened February 1. A Central Illinois colony plans to settle about 400 families on Montana government lands in the spring. English capitalists hold the Boss Tweed group in the Poney mining district under option. A $1,000,000 expenditure is anticipated for the property purchase and the new milling plant. Major mining machinery firms are to submit estimates for Katie mine Basin plant, including a 500 ton concentrator and a smelting facility.
The list itemizes wholesale prices for foods and goods across regions with credits for various commodities. A separate note reports the death of the Marquis of Plaumartin who left 60,000 francs to the Paris Deaf and Dumb Institution and 4,000,000 francs to Brussels for an aged asylum.
An advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a mild laxative and tonic that cleanses the blood and strengthens the body. It claims liver regulation eliminates biliousness indigestion headaches and constipation, and positions the product as superior to pills with a red stamp on the wrapper.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues Spain bears heavy blame and Cuba may strike soon, with insurgents gaining ground as Campos fails to slow them. The piece predicts Havana’s fall is plausible if Spanish troops are not deceiving. Congressional action on recognizing the Cuban republic is expected to gain broad support from coast to coast.
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