Army of laborers march to Oregon and Washington railroads
The railway building boom draws an estimated 25 000 to 30 000 migrant laborers from Chicago and other centers to Oregon and Washington. At two dollars a day wages, payroll could reach 18 million dollars annually, with potential rises by sixty cents daily. St. Louis and Chicago serve as key recruiting hubs as railroads compete for scarce day laborers.
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Oregon
Washington
Inborera
Beat
Northern Pacific
North Bank Road
Whic
Canadian Pacific
Spokane
Hill Line
British Columbia
North Yakima & Valley
Joseph
Sanders Electric
Seattle
Everett
Posible
Milwaukee
Sound
Union Pacific
Portland
North Coast
Casnally
Bolow
Central
West
Northwest
Tacoma
Columbia River
St. Louis
Chicago
Cormorants, A Strong, Ancient Sea Bird of Many Lands
The piece describes the great black cormorant as a large sea bird valued for its usefulness to humans in catching prey. It notes its widespread presence from Europe to North America and even distant regions, its sturdy, heavy build, and its long-standing status as a trained helper in fishing, highlighting adaptation and endurance through ages.
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Europe
North Africa
Egypt
Asia
London Spectator
The Wiles of Beasts and Transposition Wonders
A colonial era prose piece describes a panther ambushing guanacos on the Paraguayan plains and a fox in Nova Scotia capturing a Canada goose near Fundy. It notes humans copying the fox’s hunting trick with dogs and laments a linguistic oddity about the word time and its mirrored transpositions yielding Latin and English terms.
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Patagonia
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Curious Eye Fact About Mirror Reflection
A curious fact notes the eye cannot move while watching its own reflection in a mirror even when trying to move it slightly. The eye appears fixed when one attempts to perceive motion, explaining why self observation often yields a different expression from that seen by others.
Advice From Her Lawyer and Pork Thefts
A Bristol County bar figure Timothy Coffin helped acquit an elderly Irishwoman charged with stealing a piece of pork. As she exited the courtroom she whispered asking what to do with the pork. The lawyer retorted that she did not steal it and should eat it.
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Timothy Coffin
Bristol
Onme
Ol Upon the Troubled Waters
An illustrated quip about marine art contrasts calm seas with storms. The artist notes storms vanish as he begins painting, leaving the sea peaceful as a dock pond. The exchange highlights the limits of art to capture turbulent weather.
Wholly Unnecessary Lemon Tart Repartee
A cooking school girl mocks a lemon tart joke about making lemon tarts. The other retorts that lemon tarts are unnecessary and notes lemons are already tart. The exchange showcases playful banter over dessert in a lighthearted dialog.
Dodger Quips On Pinch Penny Study Of Orenit Science
A Detroit Free Press line notes a Dodger quip about Pinch Penny's interest in orenit science to cultivate and use an ability to see a bill collector through a brick wall. The remark highlights a playful take on occult or comic tinkering.
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Detroit Free Press
Curious Exchange Sparks Search for Advice
A sentimental young man asks where to get help and guidance, while a witty response from the belrows suggests consulting a mix for insight. The playful exchange hints at themes of seeking direction and clever retorts in a social scene.
Shields and Tools of Ancient Battlecrafts
A vivid note on Mycenaean shields used by Algonquins and a comparison to large bronze blades. It also describes the fiddle drill, an ancient stonecutting tool akin to a fiddle in motion, used for fine work in crevices where chisels cannot reach.
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Canada
Champlin
Champlain
Iroquoia
Bchilemano
Agamemnon
Greece
London
The Worrying Habit and Common Sense Cure
A physician advises common sense as the cure for worrying habits. He says those lacking stock on hope cannot be helped by doctors and urges women to call on their own sense to avoid borrowed trouble. Cheerfulness, optimism, and self-resolve preserve health and beauty.
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New York Globe
Vanilla's Aztec roots and voyage to Europe
The Aztecs used vanilla in chocolate and the spice reached Europe as a perfume with Indigo and cacao years before tobacco arrived. The word derives from Spanish valna meaning pod. Trampler noted vanilla pods resemble tobacco stems and were mistaken as such by explorers.
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Mexico
America
Europe
Trampler
Chambers’ Journal
Boundary line features iron posts and artificial islands
The Canadian Line runs with iron posts at intervals and cairns earth mounds and timber posts marking the boundary. A wide clear cut through forests, and a waterway, has been prepared. Artificial islands support cairns rising about eight feet above high water, extending across the lakes.
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Canada
United States
Miser's Wish Hinting at Feudal Greed and Feasting
A mischievous tale centers on Greedylot the Miser recovering from a long illness. He asks a doctor how he survived weeks without eating and learns he was fed by the fever. He then muses that he wishes to share that endless sustenance with his servants.
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Ke Miser
Greedylot
Speaking Their Minds In Quotations From Women's Life
A quotation discussion from Women's Life critiquing people who claim they always speak their mind. The piece notes such blunt honesty often accompanies disagreeable attitudes and questions if any praise or gracious statement can precede frank remarks.
Common Road Ethics Reflected in Social Responsibility
A quotation from Jane Addams argues that true ethical standard emerges not from secluded paths but from the crowded road where people must yield and share burdens, illustrating communal accountability and empathy.
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Jane Addams
Foolishness Revealed by Six Character Flaws
The verse lists six causes by which a fool may be known anger without cause speech without profit change without motive inquiry without an object putting trust in a stranger and wanting capacity to distinguish between friend and foe The lines reflect a moral reflection on folly and human judgment.
Johnnie Questions Notice As Dogs Read Not Allowed
A brief dialogue notes a sign stating no dogs admitted while a boy wonders if dogs can read, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of a public notice. The exchange captures local whimsy over a simple posted rule.
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Johnnie
Emancipation of Women and Equality in Democracy
Judge Lowell outlines the push for women's suffrage as a rightful restoration of a historic legal heritage. He traces the evolution of rights from Magna Charta to Bill of Rights, arguing universal participation is essential to true democracy and that denying women votes contradicts justice and equality.
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East Oregonian
Stephen A. Lowell
Paul
William the Conqueror
England
New York
Yorktown
Runnymede
América
Stephen A Lowell
Carpenters Reach Amicable Agreement After Strike
Carpenters and employers settled at a union meeting in the courthouse on Monday evening. The open shop policy will prevail for an indefinite period and carpenters will be paid 3.50 dollars per day for nine hours. The item also promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds sold by Tallman & Co.
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Kenneily
Children Ukett
Tallmin & Co
Carpenters
Court House
Yakima Republic
Kennedy
Tallman & Co
Land Scrip and Military Bounty Warrants for Sale
For sale will take surveyed or unsurveyed land. Military bounty warrants bought. W D Field Overland Stock Boise Idaho.
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W. D. Field
Overland —Tock
Boise, Idaho
All Leading Grocers Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder
Clevedons Baking Powder advertised as selling at all leading grocers. John Gazen runs a family liquor store located on Court Street opposite the Golden Rule hotel.
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Cleveland
John Gazen
Court St
Golden Rule Hotel
Oregon pledge and praise for Willis Duniway
A fragment quotes a pledge to reduce office abuses if elected and a claim of integrity for Willis Duniway. The Portland Labor Press lauds Willis and Duniway as men of sterling integrity and thorough knowledge of the printing business.
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Oregon
Willis
Duniway
Willis &, Duniway
Portland Labor Press
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Mands
Imense
Atheid
Bowrty Bamender
Hayner
Haymer
Dernissy, Txov,co
Sous
Tlanta
Puget Sound
Court
Rome
Oregonian
Duntiway
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