Flood irrigation on Umatilla reservation urged for development
Appeals in the Indian Appropriation bill urge a survey and storage plan for flood irrigation on the Umatilla Reservation. The aim is to boost production, settle more land, protect local mills, and secure support from Pendleton residents while noting broader irrigation potential and national funding. John L. Sullivan Contrasts old-time baseball with present players and cites general optimism in markets and politics amid union and suffrage discussions.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Oregon
Senate
John L. Sullivan
Corbett
Jefferies
Jack Johnson
Sullivan
Champ Clark and the tolls repeal debate
In a congressional debate on tolls repeal, Champ Clark remained measured and avoided personal attacks on the president. Observers noted his restraint may have helped preserve the 87 vote majority for repeal and kept unity within the government team. The article contrasts Clark’s conduct with expectations of partisan combat and recalls a historic lamp-lighting anecdote about early gas ventures and a speculative prospectus from a German promoter.
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Champ Clark
Clark
Grumpy's Grudge Leaves Lovers in a Quandary
Cyril Maude headlines a dramatic scene from Grumpy as a former sweethearts pair clash over a visit to the father's home. A business call leads to cool dismissal and a tense Q and A ends with the maiden asking who called at last.
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Cyril Maude
Montreal Horse Meat Scandal Linked to Tariff Prices
The Providence Journal reports in Montreal that a new tariff drove meat prices up making horse flesh a cheaper food. Horses were slaughtered outside government inspection, sold as plain beef, and served in restaurants and hotels. Health inspectors claimed they could not distinguish horse from beef after bone removal.
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Providence Journal
Canada
Montreal
Board of Health
Scattered notes on crafts and caste from London Chronicle
The London Chronicle discusses a carpenter linked to a great-grandfather's craft, a Kent family of four centuries as innkeepers, and Grant Duff's diary noting a Madras punkah puller's reply to a suggestion of social improvement. The text reflects on caste and ancestral labor across regions and eras.
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London Chronicle
Lamberhurst
Kent
Grant Duff
Madras
Memsahib
10000 Roses Ready for Immediate Delivery in Heppner
Harry Cummings of Heppner Oregon advertises 10000 roses grown in open ground on own roots with 170 varieties. Customers may let him select colors or exchange equal value, with ten extra roses donated as forfeit for order errors. J L Vaughan electrician can vouch for their merit, Vaughan owning over 60 of the roses.
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Heppner
J. L Vaughan
Mr. Vaughan
Harry Cummings
Street Gas Lighting Began in Pall Mall in 1807
A dated report notes on January 28, 1807 Pall Mall in London became the world’s first lit street by gas. The account, drawn from a caricature by Rowlandson, places Pall Mall as a pioneering urban gas lamp street.
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Pall Mall
London
Rowland
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Western Land & Irrigation Co
Buttercreek
Furnish
Paradise
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Ulster
John Bull
Villa
William Murdock
Redrith
Walter Scott
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Crescent Saloon
Walla Walla
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Main Street
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East Oregonian
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