Walla Walla Labor Shortage and Grain Market Outlook
News from Walla Walla reports farmers face labor shortages at harvest as police curb vagrancy and crews drift through town. Wheat activity is muted with slow sales and a 90 cent price, while a new club of 3 cents attracted 7000 bushels. An accidental shooting in Roseburg killed SP brakeman R L Sears during a fishing trip, details noting the weapon discharged by a brother-in-law and Sears died at MercyHospital after being transported by northbound train. Sears had written to kin before the incident.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Young
Louis
Two youths drown at Dow Bay near Oreos Island
In Bulday evening at Dow Bay, Hollinghaim Washington Julius Jacobson, 16, and Joseph Benneth, 19, drowned when a stall boat sank off Oreos Island across Bel Within Bay. The launch crew rescued 14 year old Andrew Tweit who was brought ashore unconscious and resuscitated. The two youths' bodies were not recovered, swept out to sea.
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Hoye
Hollinghaim
Julius Jaccobsin
Joseph Benneth
Dow Bay
Oreos Island
Bel- Within Bay
Bulday
Andrew Tweit
Slides Down Mt Hood, Hood River climber injured
Dr. W. H. Nichol of Hood River was ascending Mount Hood on Sunday when he lost footing and toppled. He suffered injuries requiring aid at the scene, with others assisting until rescue services arrived.
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Mt. Hood
Hood River
W. 8. Nichol
Mount Hood
Indices Gather for Summer Berry Harvest at Trout Lake
Husum Washington hosts a caravan of Nitneriuse Indians en route to fields west of Trout Lake. They travel on horseback and in hacks with pack horses to haul berries back to market. Dressed in gaudy beads ribbons and bright costumes, they look forward to two months of races powwows and festivities as up to 1500 Indians from Yakima and Umatilla reservations visit Werry Melis season.
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Luckieterry Fields
Trout Lake
KimMos
Yakima
Umatilla
Opium Drop Knocks Out Hotel Cook in Idaho
A Chinese hotel cook died last week in McGall after stepping outside a door to buy meat at a butcher shop. Witnesses say he collapsed and died before aid could reach him. Police suspect opium poisoning as the cause.
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Roseberry
Idaho
McGall
Kony
Crops Rise Above Reports Says Agriculture Official
D E Stephens executive assistant in grain investigation tours the west reporting crops are better than official notes. He cites Montana Kansas and the Gallatin valley and notes dry farming in humid districts yields 30 to 50 bushels per acre. He discusses rail access soil tillage and the Dry Farming congress in Spokane and promotes the northwestern and Pacific state program.
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Spokane, Wahrh
D. E. Stephens
Oselstan
Department of Agriculture
Spokane
Washington
D. C
Idaho
Oregon
California
Texas
Northwestern
Pacific
Montana
Stephen Cauld
Gallatin Valley
Pudith
Minnesota
Stephens
John T. Burns
Dry Farming Congress
Spokaine
Pacific States
Hay Sale Sets Record at Walla Walla
Walla Walla Wash thirteen hundred tons of alfalfa hay pooled from Gardena and Touchet farmers sold for sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars, the largest deal and best price yet this season. The year’s crop is estimated at about fifteen thousand tons, with potential for near two hundred six thousand dollars in value if the rest of the cuttings yield well.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Gardena and
Touchet
Faby Morphine Flenda Baby Medicines Cited
An 19th century claim describes soothing syrups and baby medicines containing opium and narcotics and contrasts McGee's Baby Elixir as free of injurious drugs. It touts a remedy for disordered stomachs bowels and teething infants by A. C. Koeppen & Bro.
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McGee
A. C. Koeppen & Broa
Women join British racing as Lady Suffolk plans new stable
London reports Joyner to train for H F Whitney's horses now set to race under Lady Suffolk in Newmarket. The youngest daughter of Levi Z Lester, married to Lord Suffolk, aims to own a racing string next year with Miss Sadder Jackson and Lady de Bathe among her supporters. The era of women backing racing grows as Lady Suffolk prepares to race in her own colors. Strive to impress on your children that honest work should not be disgraceful.
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London
Joyner
H. FP
Lady Suffolk
Tittle
Adams Farmers Finish Harvest and Local News From Adams Ore
Special correspondence from Adams Oregon notes harvests by F Curl and M Butler with W M Holdman selling wheat for 75 cents a bushel to Pacific Elevator. Several locals travel to Pendleton and Weston. visitors from Walla Walla and Athena also noted. A long paragraph covers a maritime wreck salvage tale and a public notice about Hall's Catarrh remedies.
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Adams
Ore
W. M. Holdman
Pacific Elevator Company
F. Curl
M. Butler
McKenzie Brothers
Rena Green
L. Rogers
Weston
Chas. Banan
Portland
Merle R. Cheeseman
Pendleton East
Big Bend
A. M. Coffy
Adame
Pendleton
John Winn
J. Brian
Athena
Fred Blake
Walla Walla
Book
Jack
Society Quits London After Cowes Week West End Drains
London society chronicles the season’s end as West End shutters rise after Cowes week. Mrs Miller Graham hosts a 41 guest dinner at Grosvenor Square followed by a concert with Mordkin and Pavlova. New Yorkers and Americans such as Widener, Gary, Fisher, and Brooke are listed among attendees and visitors.
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West End
London
Social Swim
Britain
Miller Graham
Grosvenor Square
Great London
Graham
Lord Nunburnholme
Anthony Drexel
Newhouse
Ronalds
Frank Mackay
Miss Fisher
David F. Manning
E. B. Springs
B. S. Castles
William T Hardy
B. R. Baldwin
H. R. Gray
George R. Palmer
BR. Raynolds
Hoge Patterson
Philadelphia
Sidney S. Conrad
Boston
Edward L. Brooke
Cincinnati
E. M. Kemp
Chicago
L. Barnlett
M. Rhodes
Frank H. Stewart
Joseph Rose
San Francisco
George Whittell
Charles F. Landis
Lancaster
Vac
John J. Forland
William Thayer
East Orange
N. J
Henry van Bell
B. van Bell
Alfred Madoux
Edward HH. Keen
Treasured Ship Sinks After Terrible Gale near Orne Rocks
The Hornby Castle, a Liverpool bound cargo ship from Liverpany to Rio de Janeiro, was blown off course during a great gale and wrecked on the Great Orne rocks. All but one sailor were saved after a miraculous escape, with cargo including bulven. The search for Valunii continues in the Atlante Hotland area and broader seas.
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Valunii
Liverpool
Tregeyre Hiuthong
Atlante
Zuyder Zee Sealand
Tobernowrs Tay
Wales
Liverpany
Rio de Janeiro
Great Orne
Harvest Failure Hurts Baltic Shipping Trade
Harvest failure depresses British and international trade with hundreds of tramp steamers anchored at ports waiting for cargoes. Fall in freight and coal shortages worsen mood as Argentine demand shifts and trade declines ripple through shipping and port activity.
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London
Tre Telog
Argentina
Mercy Woven Veil Foretells Futurity
A reflective proverb notes that the future remains hidden behind a veil formed by mercy. It emphasizes benevolence as the shaping influence on what lies ahead, suggesting compassion guides what is to come.
Fort St James land sale offers near railways in Oregon
Canadian Northern Land Company promotes lots and 40 acre farms near Fort St James in British Columbia with prices from 8.50 per acre. Purchasers may pay 52.00 cash and balance monthly or annual installments. No citizen requirement, no residence or improvement needed. Offices listed in Lewin Building Portland Oregon.
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Portland
British Columbia
Thoss
Fort St. James Townette
lLake Stuart
Grand Trunk Pacific
Alaska Yukon
Canadian Northern
APPLY
Canadian Northern Land Company
Lewin
Oregon
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Lord and Taylor
Pungaon Oxfords
Oxfords
Sorosis
Electa
Royal Club
News OF the Northwest
Kinsman
Roseburg
Agriculture Department
DD. E. Stephens
Chamberlain
Whitney
Peeress’ Stables
Adams Farmers
State of Ohio
Toledo
Coun
J. Cheney
Het Cenlor
Che the
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleabon
Bea
Tolble
Smith
John Gibney
Society
Treasure Hent Poptlar
Cass Matlock
Court and Garden Star
Fort St. James
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