Saloon Riot Sparks Pendleton Editorial Clash
An editorial in the Laker City Herald criticizes Pendleton saloon owners led by Fr. Dodd of the Pendleton Tribune and Baker City Herald for backing Sunday closures. The piece mocks “kiddie” saloon supporters, praises open business, and argues residents should have access to alcohol Sunday, noting the council sided with saloon interests and the town was effectively closed.
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Peshipton
Laker City
Westerday
Thin City
Dodd
Penidipton Tribune
Baker City Herald
Herald
Imioon
Pendleton
Turin
Sunda
No Inquest Into Libe rty Tudlan Death
Coroner’s inquest deemed unnecessary after Liberty Tudlan’s death near Adams. An official investigation noted the Indian died from chronic bronchitis after a night of intoxication. Liberty was found near Adams on Sunday and later at Licoure’s, dying Monday evening. The reservation authorities will bury him in the Indian cemetery.
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Elcourd
Licoure
Boise Saloons to Close Under Sunday Ordinance
Residents back a moderate Sunday closing ordinance keeping Boise saloons shut after election. A petition from business leaders urged keeping the measure in effect, while opponents sought repeal. The attorney general ordered enforcement, ensuring saloons will close hereafter in the city.
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Boise
Snfelltie
Yat
Public Sertinme ad Plsewhere in Pendieton Sanday
The Dillon Chronicle reports a Sunday closed day policy with all businesses shuttered except hotels, cellars, and drug stores. The mood aims to enforce abstinence, urging men to avoid liquor while continuing work and commerce in warm weather.
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Pendieton
Sanday
Joe
Dillon Chronicle
Woolgrowers Meet Set for September in Portland
Oregon Woolgrowers association will hold its annual meeting September 12 at the American Inn, Portland, beginning at 10 a m, with a full attendance urged by President Douglas Betts of Pilot Rock. Business includes selecting a new secretary to replace James H Gwinn, who now serves as secretary of the National Livestock Association. No candidates are yet named.
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Portland
Oreron Woolgrowers Association
Exposition Gronds
Douglas Betts
Pilot Ronk
Thie
James H. Gwinn
National Livestock Association
Musk Rat Hunting on Wight Creek by Moonlight
The Baltimore Sun describes three methods to capture musk rats at Wight Creek shooting trapping and spearing. Nighttime action is favored with a skimming boat and headlight when clear skies allow moonlight or starlight for guiding the hunter. The sport relies on stealth and patience, with careful handling and salting of the catch.
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Wight
Monkey as an Unusual Gift Disrupts New York Home
A friend returns from the tropics with a pet monkey for a New York woman. The lively monkey causes chaos, snatching chicken from the kitchen and making a mess. The cook discovers the animal in the family sitting room, sitting on the washtubs and pecking at the chicken, prompting shocked laughter.
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New York
Tropics
Joon
Lerving
Old National Road and early overland travel noted
The panic of 1837 slowed work on the Old National Road in Illinois. Two years earlier a line of stages and post routes began Cumberland Maryland to Terre Haute Indiana with triweekly service to Springfield. Passengers and freight traveled in four-horse coaches with fifty pounds baggage at ten cents per mile. Clay and Lincoln are cited as frequent passengers.
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Illinois
Cumberland
Maryland
Terre Haute
Ludiens
Mall
Springfield
Easel
Weet
Clay
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Evolution of the Canary Crested canaries through history
The piece traces the canary's evolution from ancient garden origins in hedgerows to modern varieties with striking head plumage. It contrasts today’s crested canary with earlier forms from orange groves in the Isles, noting speculation on future size growth to the scale of a song thrush.
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Canary
Canaries
Stamp missing from letter sparks post office dispute
A stamp collector found a foreign letter with the postage stamp removed during transit. The post office replied no inquiry could be made, stating the stamp, once affixed as payment, is the property of the postmaster general, leaving neither sender nor addressee with a claim. A second snippet notes a train seating quip between Mrs Suburbs and her husband about two seats.
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Portage
Poatmiaster General
Kansas City Independent
Suburbs
Detroit Free Press
Mischplice Beets and Chickens In Mrs Norris Tale
A fragmentary newspaper-style passage depicts Mrs Norris scolding Robby and a boy who notes the chickens flock to their mother hen. An aside on overindulgence suggests many invalids arise from overeat and appetite after hunger ends, referencing a curious aside about Bow Invalides.
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Robby
Fragments Hint Domestic Life Conversation
In a rough dialogue Mrs. Burnem recalls preferring to cook at home because her husband eats far less than when they used a full-time cook. The exchange includes Mrs. Micsal and Mrs. Burnem noting prior dining arrangements and appetite.
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Noone Micsal
Bweet
Burnem
Refused suitor cites income and taste in marriage plea
A terse exchange centers on financial limits and marital expectations. The speaker rejects a proposal, insisting they cannot marry someone with luxurious tastes, while noting it is easy to seek fame in the spotlight.
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Papa
German Baby Swaddling a Pride of European Practice
An excerpt from Strand Magazine compares European baby care, claiming German mothers master swaddling and padding, using a marrow pillow to wrap infants tightly with ribbons. It notes the baby as a decorative object in homes and even appears in German picture books and shops during Easter preparations.
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Europe
Gary Bine
la Jorge
Eaeter
Strand
The Uncomfortable Collar
A dialogue from the New York Press features Simarthoy and a barruan seller debating collar fits and buttoning order. The adviser insists the right side should be fastened first to ensure proper alignment and avoid trouble.
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Ollie
Dake Simarthoy
Aabaruan
New York Press
Frank Wogliah Servants in London Ads Reveal Flaws
English servants advertise openly about weaknesses in employment notices. One applicant confesses to drink temptation but not drunkenness, another is faithful but plain of speech, a fourth seeks work described vaguely, and a seventeen year old with an dishonest eye. A rough coster girl may offer to train for domestic service.
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Frank Wogliah
London
Lighting London In 1716 A Town Crisis in Late Night Illumination
The 1715 repeal settled the heating issue and prompted a city law for street lighting. Housekeepers must display burning cotton wicks from 6 PM to 11 PM on dark nights from the second to the seventh day after each full moon or face penalties.
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London
Good Horse Good Rider and Other Witty Lines
A digest of humorous quips about betting, insurance offices, and paternal advice. Notable lines include a famed actor’s betting bravado about a filly and a desk clerk’s retort to an insurance inquiry, plus playful exchanges on marriage costs and youth.
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Arthur J. Smythe
William Terriss
Eny
Tommy
London Telegraph
Beanie Quotation Reflections and Proverb Meditations
A fragmentary reflection discusses the paradox of feeding enemies and aiding family, with a Hindustani proverb on happiness tied to yesterday's regrets. The speaker muses on the irony of undermining one’s own mind while aiding an adversary, and the idea of helping one’s brother’s boat to reach safety.
Protect the Dead Along Snake River Graves
Lewiston Tribune reports tribal leaders seek to protect ancestral graves along the Snake River from desecration. Two Native men tracked a rival intruder, captured him, and forced him to reveal plunder, sparing his life after promising future visits beyond Nez Perce lands. The tale notes relics including elk teeth and a Lewis and Clark medal tied to local graves and a recent decline in work at Black Cloud mine due to low water.
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Lewinton Yeateriny
Snake River
Law
Lewston Tribune
Sooke
Tik
Nee Perce
Wbaue
Geome
Aesset Bho
Potlatch
Potlateh Junction
Cape Tives
Newt Perce
Ann
Spokane
Nez Perce
Elk Lodge
Clearwater
Potlatch Junction
Lewis Wid Clark
Northern Pacific
Jesse
Ford's Creek
Orofine
Black Cloud
Pittsburg
Ning Mile Creek
Rex
Thin Roaran
Wallace Engle
Manic incident leads to asylum transfer in Blackfoot
Ed Locklin, a Mackay sheepherder, was brought up Wednesday last and after examination ordered to the Blackfoot asylum. He attempted suicide with a pocketknife, stabbing his throat, then collapsed, muttering he intended to kill a mutton for supper.
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Ed Locklin
Mackay
Blackfoot
Chalite
Mesaengor
Hyomel Claim as Catarrh Remedy by Physicians
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a non patent remedy prescribed by reputable physicians. It claims air inhaler benefits, antiseptic liquids, and a money back guarantee from Tallman and Co. The complete outfit costs $1 with extra bottles available.
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Tallman & Co
Tallman
Pendleton Resident Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
Henry Williams, a retired Pendleton resident, describes years of dull back and kidney pain improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy as essential for backache and disordered kidneys and notes others also benefited. Sold by Brock & McComas Co. with Foster Milburn Co. as U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Pendleton
Henry Williams
Dean
Brock & McComas Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalos
N. Y
United States
Doan
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