Various Odd News Tidbits From The Era
A German patent for a pen with a small electric lamp to prevent shadows while writing. Chileans bow before entering or leaving any public vehicle. A Brighton youth killed himself after scorn over kissing a servant girl. Earthquakes have claimed about 13 million lives since history began. Crows have at least 27 distinct cries. Chinamen in Amoy earn $5 a month, 10 percent above regional wages. Ung Q Tow, Santa Ana merchant, first Chinaman to offer service as a soldier in the current war. Termite nests are among the largest structures relative to builders. A London manuscript by Cowper includes variations from his Iliad translation. Italian doctor Tomasoli uses artificial serum of salt and baking soda for extensive burns. Liquid air with charcoal forms a dynamite-like explosive triggerable by detonator. Catarrh, once deemed incurable, is argued to be constitutional and treated with Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co. Niagara Gorge erosion time estimates range from 7,000 to 85,000 years. French army surgeon cites advantages of compressed paper bullets with polished slaminum for cleaner wounds.
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Germany
Brighton
England
Ung Q. Tow
Santa Ana
California
Seld
London
William Cowper
Tomasoli
Ills of Women Promises Cure With Vegetable Compound
Letters from Mrs. Many Dorwhorn and Mrs. Mesny Dour praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief and cure of uterine and abdominal ailments after failed medical care. They cite lasting improvement, renewed strength, and gratitude toward Pinkham's remedies and Sunative Wash.
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Many Dorwhorn
Marianna St
Chicago
Mesny Dour
Findley St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Makham
Electric Dentistry Promises Painless Tooth Treatments
Dr. Thomas H. White at 271 Morrison Street claims electricity can render sensitive teeth pain free in 10 to 20 minutes and allow painless fillings and extractions. He notes the newer bridge method by his brother markedly improves on plates, highlighting electricity as a boon to dentistry.
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Thomas H. White
Morrison Street
Fourth
Enid
White
State Legislature Adopts Resolutions and Introduces Bills
The Oregon legislature adjourned briefly to attend the state fair after morning sessions in which 44 Senate and 20 House bills and resolutions were introduced. Key measures include (1) 90 copies of the Oregon code, (2) prayer to open sessions, (3) display of the American flag on schoolhouses, and (4) various acts on municipal land sales and convict labor. The House and Senate approved Philippine islands retention resolutions, and reports on state audits continued with committees named for the insane asylum and state penitentiary examinations. The governor urged rebuilding Mechanical Hall at Oregon Agricultural College.
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Senate
House
Dufur
Congent
Koykendall
Driver
Haseltine
Looney
Ly Daly
Benton
Taylor
Pendleton
Dofur
Kuykendall
Cascade Locks
Oregon Insane Asylum
Chonge
Atate
Kelly
Patterson
Howe
Carter
McCulloch
Withhell
Mooly
Oregon
Stillman
Umatilla County
Rows
City of
New York
Flagg
Marion County
J. Bowersox
Lafayette
Secretary of State
Fulton
Congress
Philippine Islands
Daly of Lake
Daly
Mulkey
Office of State Printer
State Board of Equalization
Lake
Portland
Reed
Bates
Larmon
Philippine
Morrow
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Agricultural Committee
Baker City
Ross
Grace
Thompson
Moody
State Printing Office
Young
Multnomah
Myers
Curtis
Farrell
Morton
Butte
Hill
Justice of the Peace of
Standley
Portland Measure Introduced in State Senate
A Portland charter bill introduced in the state senate by Haseltine proposes major city reforms. It cuts mayoral salary from 5000 to 3000 and city attorney from 8000 to 2400 after current terms. The city surveyor's office would be abolished and a police court created with a police judge salary of 1500 and clerk 1200. Municipal Judge Hennessey’s term would end three days after enactment, with the mayor naming a successor. later, the police judge would be elected by voters. The board of public works would be to continue or be redefined under the new framework.
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Portland
Senate
Haseltine
Hennessy
Board of Public Works
House Resolutions Introduced in Tuesday Session
Multiple resolutions introduced in the house include a three member house committee to audit insane asylum accounts, printing 1000 copies of the governor's message, and joint resolutions urging Congress to fund Columbia River improvements. Other measures call for investigations into the land board secretary of state’s office and the penitentiary, plus fiscal estimates deadlines and probes of the state treasury and military board.
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House
Myers
Young
Roberts
Congress
Columbia River
Cascade Locks
Vessela
Land Board
Secretary of State
Senate
Overworked Kemper Cures With Pink Pills After Ill Health
Ernest Kemper of Pierceton Indiana endured months of illness from pneumonia catarrh and mental strain from teaching and study. After exhausting other doctors he found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People taking nine boxes and regaining strength and weight. An affidavit verifies the cure.
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Ernest Kemper
Pierceton
Kemper
Hia
Catarth
Colorado
Land-Crabe of Cuba and Pirate Conch March Across Islands
Land crabs invade Matanzas in dense columnar migrations blocking roads and entering homes as they move seasonally from one coast to the other. A conch species called pirates detaches from its shell then reenters another shell, tail first, to keep possession. The Pony Express timeline shows eight to ten days per run, Lincoln’s inaugural address in seven days, and a peak rider speed of 14.7 mph. Navy timekeepers at a U S observatory use a temperature linked chronometer room to maintain daily mean comparisons and quarterly rate calculations.
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Matanzas
Pony Express
Lincoln
Smith's Creek
Fort Churchill
United States Naval Observatory
Navy
New York Sun
Bicycle price reductions and medical nostrums promoted
The notice runs advertisements claiming a plan for a large bicycle firm to offer first class wheels at $10. It also promotes How totter's Stomach Bitters as affordable remedy, Kilner nerve restorer, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and various curiosities about arctic snow and tuberculosis prevalence.
A Sable Hat with Wings Pendant Accent
A sable lined hat with sheer black net trimming and a striking finish of vivid wings poised at the front. The dark somber style frames the eye, using the hat’s background to highlight the dramatic accessory.
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Hood
America
Arsaparilla
Amoy
China
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Druggliats
Niagara
Schilling
State Legislature
The
A. D. Griffin
Portland New Age
State Senate
Beach
Bayer
Committee On
Maasingill
Military Board
Pierceton, Ind
Cleveland
Dr. Williams
R. P. Watt
W. F. Bailey
the Pony Express
St. Joseph
San Francisco
United States
Pacific Coast
Old
Havana
Jesse Moore
Seymour Keyes
Manheim
N. Y
Holland
Persia
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Business College
Portland Business College
A. P. Aue
Stona
Anceeatul
Horton
California Fig Syrup CO
Moore
Remendy
Fom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
Will & Finck US
Will & Finck CO
Market Street
Cal
NP. N.C
ATLAS
Cawston & Co
H. P. Gregory & Co
First St
Portland, Or
First Ave
Seattle, Wash
Willamet Iron Works
John T. Noye
Huntley & Co
Front and
Everett Sts
J.C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
R. LeRoy
Milady
Dr. Kilne
Vuo Arch Street
Philadelphia
Dpiso
J. Th. Palmer
Wash
Sweden
Europe
Leyden
Nasini
Mount
Vesuvius
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