Postal Savings Banks Proposed by Carter Bill
Senator Carter introduces a postal savings bill to create banks under the postmaster general with deposits up to 2000 monthly, $1 opening, 2 percent interest, exemptions from detention and taxes, and designated national banks for fund placement, plus extra compensation for postmasters. The measure awaits further committee action after hearings.
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Carter
Committee On Post Office and Post Roads
Post Office Department
Committee On
Postoffice and Post Roads
Postal Savings Funds
United States
Congress
Rogue River Valley Grapes Prosper in Sunny Oregon
A Grant's Pass letter to the Chicago Packer details Tokay grape enthusiasm in the Rogue River valley. Vineyards expand as climate and red soil suit growth. W. B. Sherman vineyards report 100,000 Tokay slips from Lodi with plans to plant 120 acres this spring and 200 next year. Growers also cultivate tomatoes and fruit with strong local and hotel interest. Grant's Pass climate described as a favorable middle ground between dry California heat and colder northern rain, earning the nickname Sunny Oregon.
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Grant's Pass
Chicago Packer
Rogue River Valley
Italy
America
W. B. Sherman
Lodi
Cal
Mr. Sherman
Packer
Sherman
Ality
California
Oregon
Grand Easter Ball Hosted by Scandinavian Club
Don’t fail to attend the Easter ball given by the Scandinavian club in Bagies hall Wednesday evening April 15. Tickets are $1 per couple and include refreshments. Invitations must be shown at the door.
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Bagies’ Hall
Petition Listings Printed for East Oregonian Readers
Petition of Candidate and Elector's Nominating Petition blanks for both parties are now printed and on sale at the East Oregonian office.
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East Oregonian
Risky Speculation and a Slave’s Dangerous Path to Freedom
A historically rooted tale from the Washington Herald recounts Jack, a enslaved man saving for freedom with his master's money oversight. After a fatal train encounter and the death of his companion, Jack returns to demand his saved funds. He rejects risking more money, citing distrust of enslavers and uncertainty in freedom.
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Jack
Mars’ Henry
Bill Jes
Washington Herald
Grieg as a Schoolboy Pranks and Birch Lesson
The St James Gazette recalls Grieg as a mischievous schoolboy who dodged class by standing under dripping roofs to get soaked, then returning home for fresh clothes. His repeated pranks led to suspicion and eventually a birching, highlighting a youthful, tempestuous temperament.
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Grieg
St. James
Dickens Defends Sick Singer at Dinner
A Peculiar Cold reports Sims Reeves missing a small public dinner presided by Dickens due to throat trouble. Dickens exposes Reeves regrets his engagement owing to an unfortunate amusing and highly facetious cause, sparking a sharp retort as he defends the artist.
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Sims Reeves
Dickens
Sims
Reeves
Large Doings on Long Island Fox Hunt and Witty Lines
A long-ago Long Island fox hunt spans three days with a joke about a fox killed by twenty men. The piece cites witty lines from unknown authors and quotes humorous exchanges from Harper's Weekly and other papers. It also includes comic exchanges about listening by ear and social snobbery regarding inferiors.
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Long Island
Catherine Schuyler
Notice to Public from Fred Weber
Public notice announces the disposal of an implement store in the city and calls all debtors to settle accounts owed to Fred Weber. The brief item preserves the name and action without extra details.
For rent wheat land near Helix and Echo
Two parcels offered for rent. One 640 acres of wheat land seven miles northeast of Helix. The other 600 acres of wheat land five miles northeast of Echo. Enquire this office.
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Helix
Echo
Farm Bargains No 24 Splendid 700 Acre Wheat and Stock Ranch
Farm list details multiple Milton area parcels including a 700 acre wheat and stock ranch on foot hills seven miles from Milton with 410 acres rich black soil yielding over 50 bushels per acre, plus 290 acres pasture, good improvements and water, priced at 25450 with half cash terms. Additional tracts include 160, 400, 480 and 250 acres near Milton with irrigation water, barns, and town proximity. Agent note promises more bargains in farms, ranches, and town property.
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Milton
Walla Walla River
Forgiveness as Noble as Perfection, George Sand Quote
A brief note on forgiveness cites George Sand's idea that forgiving faults in others is more sublime than remaining faultless oneself, framing moral wisdom in a concise adage.
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George Sand
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Marthy
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Radley
Miss Utting
Howard Whiting
Mr. Whiting
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Whiting
Peo
Fred Weber
The
First National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
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Cro’p
Church
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Manela & CO
Milton, Oregon
Guernsey Music
Slofe
SRN
Rock Springs
Bridger
Lumber Yard
Neagle Bros
Alfred Schneiter
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Main
Union
Pendleton
State Saloon
R. Strahan
Gentleman's Resort
Paul Hemmelgarn
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