General Appropriation Bill Trimmed in Senate and House
The senate spent Friday in committee of the whole reducing the general appropriation bill by about 45000, with House amendments cutting pay for 40 days to five. Several claims and appropriations were pared or struck, and the night session ended with passage of the bill as reported. The House moved to indefinitely postpone Mackay's pilotage measure, and routine committee reports and minor measures passed or were tabled.
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House
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Ashland Normal School
Capitol
Brownell
Kincaid
J. P. Robertson
Oregon Soldiers’ Home
Wil-liameon
Special Committee On State Printing
George T. Meyers
Oregon Commission
Ilon
N. L. Butler
Polk County
John Mallan
F. W. Drake
John Hall
Simon
W. T. Wright
Fulton
Smith and
Taylor
Haynes
Kelley
Driver
Mackay
Curtis
Secretary of State
George T. Myers
Clackamas
Polk
Sixth Judicial District
Congress
Sodaville
Whalley
Mulkey
Monmouth
Michell
Committee On Penal, Reformatory and Charitable Institutions
Ella R. Hays
KR. R. Hays
Benson House
Massingill
Bayer
Stillman
Flagg
Adam
Committee On Education
Stanley
Board of Railroad Commissioners
John Mullan
Howe
Topping
Oregon Legislature Ends Special Session With Compromised Budget
The Oregon legislature adjourned sine die after a conference committee reconciled differences in the general appropriation bill. The final bill totals about 1.222 million dollars, including 3,810 added for sundry items and 632,237.75 cut. Senate actions included resignations, appointments, and various bills on boundaries, prisons, and education. The session featured a sugar beet bounty delay, charter approvals, and resolutions praising staff, with adjournment followed by committee appointments for future inquiries.
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Oregon
Legislative session seals broad Oregon reforms and bills
The session achieved key goals including selecting a U S senator and passing the general appropriation bill while dissolving several commissions. Dozens of measures passed both houses, from court term changes and county property actions to tax reimbursements and public works, with many bills signed by the governor.
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Equalization Board
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Moody
Multnomah
Oregon
Young
Clatsop
Whitney
Linn
Toping
Coose
Coos County
Freeland
Morrow
Umatilla
Marsh
Washington
Columbia
Davia
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Maxwell
Tillamook
Whalley
Fordney
Wallowa
Myers
Multnomah County
Nichola
Benton
Oregon Agricultural College
Portland
Dafur
Wasco
Seventh Judicial District
Daly
Benton County
Willamette River
Corvallia
Lake
Smith
Baker
Dufur
Taylor
State Board of Equalization
Adams
Marion
Reed
Douglas
Columbia River
Porter
Clackamas
Kuykendall
Lane
Brownell
Fulton
Noth Houses
Grace
Baker City
Hill of
Stanley
Union
Sherwin
Jackson
Ashland
Haweon
Gilliam
Condon
Wade
Elgin
Gray
Beach
St Jacobs Oil cures many ailments and costs of naval actions
St Jacobs Oil is advertised as a remedy for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica soreness stiffness backache muscular aches and bruises according to the ad. Separately figures show Admiral Dewey spent about 45000 on powder and shell to sink the Spanish fleet at Manila and 90000 to 100000 disposing of Admiral Cervera's fleet off Santiago experts call the figures surprisingly low.
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St. Jacobs
Dewey
Manila
Cervera
Santiago
Hood's Sarsaparilla and a Oklahoma widow farmer story
Do You Like Boils Do You Like Boils If you do not, you should take Hood's Sarsaparilla and it will purify your blood cure your boils and keep your system free from the poisons which cause them. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. The Prosperous Woman Farmer Mrs Jane Cromm near Calumet Oklahoma after her husband died has cultivated 20 acres and raised over 5000 bushels of wheat this year while paying debts.
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Hood
America
Oklahoma
Jane Cromm
Calumet
Women Share Healing Fame of Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Letters from Mrs A W Surra Lexington and Mrs Mevissa Politics Biddeford recount relief from female health ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related products. A note on a luxury wool shawl given to the Russian empress as a wedding gift, described as 10 yards square and finely woven from Orenburg wool.
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A. W. Surra
Summer St
Biddeford
Lydia E Pinkham
Russia
Orenburg
Empire
Abroad news and world notes from the era
A collection of foreign observations reports England banning smoking in railway carriages after 1846 and Norway using coin substitutes. European royalties total 27 families. It notes Poland Pope era lore, Rome sand carts, and Coal Strike losses to Great Western railway. Additional items cover Russian edicts, imperial population estimates, Berlin beer consumption, German vaccination, and Greek war casualties.
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England
Norway
Europe
Alexander Pope
Rome
South Wales
Great Western Railway
St. Petersburg
British Empire
Germany
Berlin
Women and the Wheel in Delaware Ohio
Healthful outdoor exercise for women is debated by physicians and reformers. A case of Miss Bertha Reed shows that excessive cycling may lead to weakness, while moderation is praised as beneficial. The piece also cites obscure medical tips and advertisements typical of the era, including patent medicines and consumer tonics.
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the Gazette
Delaware
Ohio
Bertha Reed
J. R. Reed
Lake Street
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Roseburg
Maswell
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Liverpool
Figland
Mevissa
Lexington
Ind
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Ienren
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Tenn
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Turkey
Thessaly
Women and the Wheel
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Poerberg
Sweden
Sudid
Ap. Zeitung
Arabia
Jesse Moore
Boston
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Williams
Bertha
Spain
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Dean Bprron
American Woolen Mills CO
Chicago
Hall
F.j.cheney & CO
Toledo
Bya Hee Hull
China
Scotland
John Poole
Morrison Street
Piso
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley
J. B. Murphy
Walter Baker
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Portland, Ove
Finn Ealth
Grand Falla
Labrador
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Brooklyn
Tush Street
Chas. Montgomery
Schilling
Venice
California Fig Syrup CO
NAP
Buy Direct
Woolen Mills
Middlevan
Wheaton
Weal Ee
Will & Finck
S20
Market
San Franciaro
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
Rotbra
P. Vette
Cerny
WEN
Willamet Iron Works
Eh — i
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Front and
Everett Sts
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Portland, OR
Cawston & Co
To. P. Gregory & Co
St. Portland, Or
First Ave. S
Seattle, Wash
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