City Brevities and Local Ads Chronicle Busy Shops
A string of brief notices and ads from Tatom's, U C Rader, Teutsch's, and Sharon & Eddings feature sunny weather, goods like confections and oranges, new shirts and shopping baskets, and bargains at McLaughlin & Co. and The Feoples Warehouse. Also listed are room rentals, a large timber cut in Clark county now at Vancouver for reduction, and a bustling department store embroidery sale at Alexander Department Store with locals attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon & Eddings
Howard's Cigar
Teutsch’s
Nolf's
St. George
Cooper
Portland
Feoples
McLaugh-lin & Co
Cottonwood Street
Court
Leathers & Nichol’s
Gritman's Cigar Store
Clark County
Washington
Vancouver
Piring Up A Locomotive For The Road
The piece explains how a locomotive is prepared for movement. A fireman builds a fire using about 200 pounds of coal, lays blocks of old railroad wood, oils the firebox, and lights the blaze. After reaching a good bed of flames, forced draft and careful coal layering produce heat sufficient to generate steam and move the locomotive.
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Round House
Personal mentions fill Helix to Milton and Baker City
Huson of Helix and T Gootwin of Milton are in the city on business. A P Nobiett, former editor of the Freewater Times, leaves tonight for Southern California. C M Rader, Walla Walla attorney, is here on legal business and is M A Rader’s brother. Nellie Coleman of Mound City, Kansas, visits Mrs J A Smith and plans to stay awhile. Colonel KR Judson, in Echo yesterday, passes through to Baker City to view alfalfa work by George Wright and hopes Baker County will plant more dry land alfalfa in two or three years.
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Huson
Helix
T. Gootwin
Milton
A. P. Nobiett
The
Freewater Times
Southern
California
C. M. Rader
Walla Walla
M. A Rader
Nellie Coleman
Mound City
Kan
J. A. Smith
KR. C. Judson
Echo
Baker City
George Wright
Judson
Baker County
Blue Mountain Creamery Keeps Sweet Cream and Buttermilk
Sweet cream and buttermilk will be kept constantly on hand at Blue Mountain Creamery, located at the rear of the plant.
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Blue Mountain
Birth Announcement for Adams Family Son at Bingham Springs
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ber Adams of Bingham Springs on April 5.
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Bingham Springs
Mrs. Ber, Adams
Ireland potato crop suffers as famine areas face transport costs
The United States Crop Reporter notes Ireland's 1904 potato crop fell mainly in Galway Sligo Mayo and Clare while overall output surpassed 1903. High transport costs and long distances hindered relief for famine districts though Ireland’s total yield still rose. The report lists global potato acreages for 1903 with Ireland at 1 240 347 acres producing about 120 005 000 bushels. Emigration to America followed the 1847 famine era drop.
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Ireland
United States
Galway
Sligo
Mayo
Clare
Russia
Europe
Fong
Germany
Sesssee
Crotia- Slavonia
America
Arena April: Essays on Democracy and Reform
The April Arena issue sketches civic righteousness and democratic themes with essays by Randolph Blankenburg on Tian Mak ere Who Shame the Republic ex Mayor Wolatun R. Grown on Municipal Ownership and more. It highlights portraits of Brown Colby Emerson and cartoonist Ryan Walker amid a frontispiece Ralph Waldo Emerson and sepia India tint prints.
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Tian Makere
Republic
Trndolph Blankenburg
Wolatun R. Grown
Pide
N.S
Orest
Britain
Clin Bewith Colby
Switverkind
Dirver Legiela
O. KK. Hewes
E. P. Powell
Edwin Maxey
Charles F. Holder
LL. C
Emerson
Brahma
Diety
A. W. Peck
Ryan Walker
Mayor Brown
Clara Bewick Colby
Ryan Waller
Footprints on the Sands of Time and Modern Motors
The verse contrasts great men of past with the present era of speed and machines. It notes today’s people leave marks through cars and "auto" achievements. A witty line mentions a girl judged by the company she keeps and the number she uses.
China's Untold Wealth and the Hidden Riches of Chin a
Professor J. Monighan argues China is the richest country on earth beside ours noting vast coal resources far surpassing Europe and America. He says the Chinese interior is largely unknown and hints of Russia seeking influence amid tensions with Japan and European interest.
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China
J. Monighan
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
America
Chita
Great Britain
France
Germany
United States
Africa
Ila
Thussia
Japan
Burgia
Ching
Murderer White writes book from King County Jail
Kid White alias Alice William Whiting the Seattle balloon keeper Lou Conway is to be hanged for murder. While awaiting sentence in King County jail he writes a confession tracing his crimes and implicating himself in Conway's killing. He expresses sorrow for the life ending at the state penitentiary and admits the Conway murder.
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Kid" White
Alice William Whiting
Lou Con- Way
Seattle
King County
Walla Willa
White
State Penitentiary
Conway
Hints to Publishers and a Widow’s Long Life
A fragment notes hints to publishers on book binding and writing craft. It mentions Mrs Mary Ann Burgy aged 79 who died in Vancouver Washington near where she had lived 63 years. The wording is abbreviated and gravity centers on the obituary detail.
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Mary Ann Burgy
Vancouver
Washot
Near
Beware the boom to be selling Palouse irrigation scheme
The Washington Palouse irrigation project is unassured and false real estate booms push land prices near Pasco and Connell. Investors fear losses as banks and officials discuss routes for the stalled Palouse plan while engineers study water retention and a Yakima alternative to safeguard funds if the project fails.
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Palouse
Washington
Pasco
Wash
Connell
Wallin WalJia
Canwell
Sks
Spokane Gas Plant to Start by September First
Spokane will open a $200,000 gas plant, the first of its kind in the city, expected in operation by September first. The project moves ahead as officials confirm funding and construction timelines.
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Spokane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lee Teutsch’s Department Store
Tatom's
Sunny
McAdams
Bunker Hill
Teutsch's
Teutsch
East Webb Street
McLaughlin & Co
the Fashionable Tailors
Peoples Warehouse
wWermnen
Alexander Department Store
Ellet Oregonian
L. Hunziker
Main Street
Huyler'’s
Lowney's
Gunther's
Palm
Koeppen & Brothers
H Tan Ee
the Peoples Warehouse Clothiers AN
Golden Gate
Health and Happiness
J. A. Folger @ Co
San Francisco
Paris Green
London
Brock & McComas Company Druggists
Phone Maen
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alt Street, CO
Polite Court House
the State Hotel
Rudolph Martin
Webb and
Cottonwood Streets
Paradise Soda
Pendleton
Clark & Rees
Despain & Clark
Pendleton Planing Mills
Robert. Forster
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