Railroads and government ownership gain support in senate
The Nevada senator Newlands endorsed government ownership of railroads and urged national incorporation in the railroad rate bill. The piece argues government operation could reduce rates, curtail monopoly power, and extend to coal mines and communications, framing public ownership as the national solution against trusts. William Randolph Hearst cited as rallying figure for the cause.
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Smiter Newlands
Nevada
Yea Tentay
Senate
Railway Trust
Rues
Kiter
William BR. Hearst
Hearst
Roosevelt
Poem Reflection On Timeless Love From Frank Sherman
A fragmentary poem asks if a modern poet can craft a simple love song to outlast time. It speaks of a lyric jewel kept bright by memory, music soaring like a bird, and the hope that one perfect song endures love beyond fading voices.
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Frank Demster Sherman
Lowell and the People Salem Journal tribute to Judge Lowell
The Salem Journal praises Judge Stephen A. Lowell Pendleton as a favorable campaign speaker in Salem. Republicans praise his stand against grafters while critics complain he is not welcome. Lowell vows to champion reform and speak to the people, challenging patronage politics in the senate race.
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Salem Journal
Stephen A. Lowell
United States Senate
Pendleton
Salem
Jwople
Casidiante
Lowell
Roosevelt
Vi & Tah
United States
Senate
Demetrius
Poor Old Depew
The Memphis News Scimitar portrays Senator Chauncey M Depew as a pitied hermit on a country estate. It notes his frailty and diminished recuperative powers after recent revelations, suggesting he cannot rebound or return to the senate.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Memphis News-Scimitar
Senate
Mnke
The Wreck of a Life Devoted to Mammon
A brief lament on a life spent in pursuit of wealth. The speaker notes the man’s health declined and, although given many chances to build a noble legacy, the resulting ruin is far from magnificent. Even as he departs, Mammon will not mourn his passing.
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Mammon
State Treasurer Grasped by Graft Fear and Reform
The article condemns the state treasurer race for proposed distribution of water funds to counties where state money originates, criticizing past graft and misuses of funds. It credits the press and public indignation for driving demand to end corrupt practices and to ensure state funds benefit the public rather than favored banks or officials.
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Tate
Cing
Country Press
Longworth Meets Samuel Longfellow Before Alice Roosevelt Wedding
Congressman Longworth, moments before his marriage to Alice Roosevelt, meets Samuel Longfellow, a brother of the pool, in a modest reception. Longworth, flustered by the publicity, blurts out that their names are similar. Longfellow retorts that worth makes the man and lack of it the fellow with a gracious smile.
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Alice Roosevelt
Congressman Longworth
Samuel Longfellow
Longworth
Mr. Longfellow
The Chinook Wind Poem Describes Spring’s Return
Hert Huffman presents in Pacific Monthly April a lyrical meditation on a cold white Oregon landscape transforming with a Chinook’s warmth. The verse contrasts frozen hills and silent streams with a springal awakening and the wind’s gate from the West bringing life, joy, and renewal.
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Oregon Hills
Durant
Huffman
Pacific Monthly
Oregon church and wool sale dates listed
A schedule lists multiple events from April to July across Oregon and Washington. It includes Pacific Coast Baptist conference in Portland, a primary nominating election in Oregon, Mid-Columbia association at Pendleton, the twenty first annual Oregon Sunday school convention in Portland, and regional Epworth League and Pioneer reunions. Wool sale dates are set by the Oregon Woolgrowers association for Pendleton Heppner Condon Shaniko Baker City Elgin and other towns with specific days in May June and July.
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Pacific Coast Baptist Conference
Portland
State of Oregon
Mid-Columbia Association Congregational Church
Pendleton
Oregon
Oregon Woolgrowers’ Association
Heppnear
Condon
Shaniko—Juny
Baker City
Elgin
TRY IT YOURSELF A FRANK FERVOR ON WRITING
The piece urges the reader to try writing and imagine witty jingles, while confessing a wobbling sadness. The writer, seemingly Francisco Call, questions the value of criticism and the ease of producing elegant prose.
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Weu
Francisco Call
Death of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore J Eckerson at Portland
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore J Eckerson is dead at Portland aged 86. He served in the regular army from his 19th year, retiring by age. He fought in the Seminole, Mexican, Civil, and many Indian wars, including service in Oregon in 1849. A daughter to the wife of Lieutenant O Connor of the 14th Cavalry at Walla Walla and a son survive in Portland.
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Theodore J. Eckerson
Portland
Oregon
O'Connor
14Th Cavalry
Walla Walls
Ives
Population figures and a fatal beating in Chicago
Census data show New York City and Brooklyn totals for 1900 and 1906 with combined populations. A Chicago barber, George Brown, aged 41, was beaten to death in a debt dispute, with two suspects Bernard Comiskey and James O'Shea under arrest and two others at large.
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New York City
Brooklyn
George Brown
Chicago
Bernard Comiskey
James O'Shea
Brown
Comiskey
Invention of Gunpowder and Civilizatio n's Rise
A historic meditation on gunpowder credited to Roger Bacon debates its true inventor and argues the discovery spurred civilization. The piece credits gunpowder with transforming society from war and theology to science and arts, citing Buckle and Gregory, and closes with a reflective poem by Roy Farrel Green.
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Buckle
Thomas B. Gregory
Child's Trial Recount From Harper's Weekly Note
A 10 year old girl recalls a trial scene. The judge addressed a jury of twelve, then sent them to a dark room to develop film as part of the proceedings. The incident is described in a fragment attributed to Harper's Weekly.
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Purt
Harper's Weekly
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Depew
Grapy
Longworth and Longfellow
Fraxler's
Frazier’s Book Store
Price Baking Powder Co., Omicago
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Francolecion
Aries
Roy Farrel
Green
Cametia
Frazer Theatre
Murray Mack
Pendleton Drug Co
Ian
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
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Materity
Telephe Main
Sandletoy
Neagle
Ciliy
Fairbanksa-Morse
Planta
Bee Neagle Bros
Colteswonthy
Henry Kopit Tke Dutch Hevry
Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Company
J. L. Vaughan
Enat
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