Unverified World News Snippets From August 1902
A Viking ship 49 feet long was unearthed on Karmoe Island in Norway. The Colorado Democratic state convention will meet in Denver on September 3 and Republicans on September 4. Lucy Hoving, socialist party organizer in Utah, was killed in Ogden. Severe rains and floods have caused many deaths around the Black Sea. Oyster canning companies in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana unite with 200000 dollars capital. A 25,000 year old human fossil was found in Kansas. Scientists from across the Union head to examine it. Isaac Goldsmith, former Chicago cigar merchant, arrested for selling counterfeit union labels at 35 per 1000. An anarchist letter threatens to kill J Pierpont Morgan to end the coal strike at Pottsville. General Lucas Meyer, Boer ally in London, will be excluded from Boer councils for friendliness to Kitchener. The pope warns Europe no more consanguineous marriage dispensations to curb degeneration. Silver in Denver rises 8 cents this week with a 20,000,000 ounce sale to Mexico expected to push higher. Pacific jurisdiction Woodmen of the World head camp in Cripple Creek raises head consu l from 5000 to 6000 and head clerk from 2500 to 2000.
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Karmoe
Norway
Colorado
Denver
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kansas
Isaac Goldsmith
Chicago
Pottsville
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lucas Meyer
London
Lord Kitchener
Europe
Woodmen of the World
Cripple Creek
Col
Head Consu
Hotel Arrivals list with diverse guest names
A long hotel arrivals list records guests from Portland Spokane Spokane and cities across the region including Pendleton Pilot Rock North Yakima Walla Walla and Seattle. The notice also includes an embedded vintage advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co claiming cures with a money back offer.
Pacific Northwest News Highlights Local Scares and Commerce
Seven smallpox cases reported at Hampoeg Marion county may prompt quarantine. Whatcom sockeye run halted with total pack forecast at 40 of last year. Medford to become refrigerator car fruit crop hub. Harvesting surges near Independence. farmers seek labor. St Helens Light and Water to transfer plant to city for 3000. Twenty sixth Battery to leave Vancouver for Tillamook target practice. Astoria cannery cuts steelhead Chinook price to 2 cents. other varieties at 1 cent. Wilderville farmer Verdin killed a large brown bear in barn lot during attack on swine. Roscoe Hughes La Grande injured by pitchfork in father's barn. wound not serious.
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Hampoeg
Marion County
Whatcom
Wash
Medford
Independence
St. Helens
J. Verdin
Wilderville
Josephine County
Roscoe Hughes
la Grande
Pendleton Fans Favor Pendleton Officials for Series
A letter of recommendation from Walla Walla enthusiasts supports Messrs Martin and Cadman as assistant managers for the Pendleton series. They are authorized to aid the team and may stay past 9 PM if needed, with duties covering both professional and amateur players and staff. The note is forwarded by The Push via Turner.
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Cadman
Turner
Hopgrowers Meet to Set Picking Price in Woodburn
W H Eagan president of the Oregon Hopgrowers Association calls a meeting at Woodburn on August 14 to decide the price paid for this season s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Eagan
Oregon Hopgrowers' Association
Woodburn
Indians Fall To Sharpshooters In Tight Contest
The Indians were outplayed by the Sharpshooters who surged late, with two runs in the sixth and costly errors in the seventh and eighth. Starkells wild pitch in the ninth allowed Wilner and Hayes to score on a passed ball, ending the game. Rhea and Brown made standout plays, while Wilner and Hayes contributed late runs. Concluded on page 8.
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Starkells
Wilner
Hayes
Taylor
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Harvest
One Price Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters
Pendleton
Main Street
Ast
Grego Nan
General News
Lucy Hoving
Socialist Party
Utah
Ogden
Black Sea
Russia
Hotel
A. Nylander
Portland
S. L. Kelly
Spokane
J. W. Jarkin
H. M. Ogden
F. E. Ramsey
N. Berkley
City
J. C. van Fossen
A. H. Porter
Pilot Rock
W. Evans
A. B. Thompson
A. W. Whitomer
F. B. Wood
Doctora
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Pacific Northwest News
Port P.C. Pendleton
Baker City
Walla Walla
Litttle
Rhea
Brown
Hurlburt
F.w.schmidt & Co
JOS. Basler’s
Bargain House
For
Leasure ‘Andly Business
Winens
Hules
Main
Peadleton
Ore
The
East Oregonian
Oregon
Josephell
Ap le
Knox
Boston
Malin
Faliog
Wales
Victor Poreh
Jesse
Polydore Moons
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