Warship disaster blamed on discipline laxity and powder mishap
The Missouri disaster inquiry blames weak general order and supervision aboard for the loss of 31 Americans, with powder ignition after a rapid fire smoke as the cause. The piece also critiques President Roosevelt's handling of Captain Cowles amid a separate Missouri Texas collision and previews a likely Democratic convention split over Hearst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Cowles
Texas
Roosevelt
Calls for Check on Corruption in Government
The piece condemns systemic corruption spotted in the Postal service and calls for a balancing power to curb one party rule. It profiles a fractured political climate and criticizes selfish aggrandizement while urging reform and accountability across state affairs. It also recounts a sobering tale of a widow seeking her husband amid a street flirtation gone wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tig Poplarity
Pvature
Ohio
Cleanly Woman and Dandruff Cure Claim
An advertisement debunks the idea that scalp washing cures dandruff and promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the only method believed to kill the dandruff germ. It claims the product removes dandruff by destroying its cause and offers samples by mail from The Herpicide Co. in Detroit with agent F W Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Bend
Herpleide Co
Detroit
Mich
F. W. Schmidt
Questionable Ownership and Automobiles in Law and Life
The passage discusses socialist ideas by giving stock to workers to feel ownership, argues improvements rely on laws for opportunity, and raises if automobiles are hacks or animals. It cites a dubious court case on vehicle nature and ends with a San Francisco lineman killed by shock after a live wire incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. €. Kohler
San Francisco
Grip Convalescence After the Grip Emulsion Adverts
Convalescents are urged to use Scott's Emulsion to rebuild strength after fever and grip. The ad claims the product supplies rich blood and nourishment to restore nerves and vitality, offering free samples from Scott & Howe at Pearl Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Howne
Pearl Street
New York
Chattel Mortgage Sale Notice in Umatilla County
Notice of sale under two chattel mortgages on dairy cows, 40 head from 1902 and 14 head from 1904, branded W, in Umatilla County Oregon. Sheriff I T Taylor, agent for Madison Jones, will sell 50 cows at Dutch Henry Feed Yard Pendleton on April 23, 1904 to satisfy 866 dollars plus interest and costs, with attorneys fees and care costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Woodby
Jane Woodby
Madison Jones
Umatila
Oregon
Edwin Wooley
Jane Wooddy
Umatilla County
Orewton
Edwin Wooddy
I. T. K. Taylor
Dutch Henry
West Alla Street
Pendleton
State of
T. Taylor
Umatillo Hs Oregon
Manson Jones
BAN & Perry
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Gregorian
The
East Oregonian Publishing Company
Pendleton Poatulice
Fleces
Frederick Nolf & Co
Robert Burns
Indies
Democratic Nations
Hearst
W. C. Minnis
Newman
Jones
Supreme Court of the
United States
Salem Staenman
Sel
Northwest
Wadhams &Kerr Bros
Portland, OR
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