Opening of Presidential Campaign
New York August 1 The republican campaign opened with national headquarters in New York Taft is to be elected and Wall Street financing is rejected The piece contrasts funding shifts from Wall Street to public contributions and notes the hopeful outlook for the campaign despite costs It includes a humorous anecdote about an umpire and a horse on Chestnut Street as a surprise tease from a Philadelphia telegraph.
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Glen B. Guernsey
New York
Taft
Hitchcock
Battle Creek
Mich
White House
Atlanta
Duke
Wallatréet
Wall Street
Washington
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia ‘Telegraph
Goodman Hardware Co Special Prices Annonce
See our line of hammocks gasoline oil stoves and freezers before purchasing elsewhere Goodman Hardware Co offers special prices to buyers seeking bargains on home goods and hardware items in a local sale or advertisement style notice.
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Goodman Hardware Co
A Washing Mission in the New York Sun
A housekeeper described in the New York Sun recounts washing a sick woman in bed four children, doing the washing, scrubbing two floors, washing dishes, and washing windows. The entry suggests she cleaned almost everything in the house while the fate of the household head is left unstated, perhaps indicating no head at all.
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New York Sun
Smugglers Helped by Free Tobacco in England’s Prisons
In Broadmoor and Perth, England, criminal lunatics enjoy a free supply of fine pipe tobacco cigars and cigarettes funded by confiscated smuggled goods. The smugglers pay for the smoking of the criminal insane, supplying tobacco to Perth and Broadmoor from seized consignments.
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Broadmoor
Perth
England
Labour union co operative store planned in New Westminster
The labor union enthusiasts of New Westminster British Columbia have formed a cooperative society and will open a cooperative store in August. Shares cost six dollars each with two shares needed for membership.
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New Westminster
B. C
Morrow County Wheat Market Opens With 40 fold Trial
Market opened at 70 cents for club and 74 cents for Blutstein buyers in the Morrow county wheat district. A prominent buyer estimates the season output at 960000 bushels. 40 fold variety praised for earlier maturity and higher milling quality, though shattering remains a handicap. Harvest under way nationwide. Heppner warehousemen note strong sack demand this season.
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Blutstein
Mield Marly
Morrow County
Gazette
Good Hope
Heppner
Heppner Gazette
Foley's Honey and Tar marketed for asthma relief
Pendleton Drug Company promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as an immediate relief for asthma and throat and lung troubles claiming cures where other treatments failed. The remedy contains no harmful drugs and is pitched as the best cough and cold cure.
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Foley
Pendleton Drug Company
Bennett Family In Pendleton For Poultry, Fair Prep
Bennett and staff from Irrigon Irrigator travel to Pendleton for personal poultry ranch business and to arrange fair accommodation. He plans to market fruit vegetables lecture baby show judging, while meeting postmaster duties. Also notes product ad clash with counterfeit salve and light dialogue between Miss Goodley and Miss Knox.
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Bennett
A. Bennett
Addison Bennett
Irrigon Irrigator
Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Female Ailments
An 19th century style notice touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for a wide range of female symptoms including headaches backache faint spells and pelvic distress. It warns not all symptoms appear together and discourages miracles while suggesting the remedy strengthens and regulates the system and may avoid surgery.
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Pierce
Adorld
Dy V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo
Plarce
Pape
East Oregonian Carrier Pricing Note
Early East Oregonian column notes a delivery rate of 15 cents per week for carrier service. The brief item emphasizes the inexpensive weekly fee and asks readers to confirm or adjust subscription terms with the newspaper office.
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Schilling
Co-operative
Morrow
DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Mita Goodley
Miss Hustle
Miss Knox
Miss Goodley
Catholic Standard and Times
Alexander
Alexander Dep't Store
Sorosis and Walk-Over Shoe Store
St.George
Salade A
l’Espagnole
Pommes
Sauter
Printaniere
Roquefort
Brents Wafers Cafe Noir
Hidaway Springs
WM. Scott
The
Great Mountain Resort
Oregon
Pendleton
Blue Mountains
Win
Scott, Hidaway
Via
Albee
Ore
Demott & Co
Tallman’s
Pilot Rock
Locksley Hall
Seaside, Obe
Bell Medicine
S Incorporated
Watertown
South Dakota
F. Colesworthy
V. Stroble
Court Street
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