Network of Roads for Washington Plans Five Transstate Highways
A Chehalis meeting on August 22 will discuss building five state trunk roads linking Seattle, Vancouver, and eastern Washington. State Highway Commissioner Joseph M. Snow will present routes from Blaine to Wallula and a north south spine from Seattle to Vancouver. The plan aims to connect major regions without tax increases and to win legislative support for the system.
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Wishington
Chehalis
Seattle
Jozeph M. Snow
of Washington
Seattle-Bpokane
Blaine
The
Sound
Pellingham
Everett
Tacoma
Vancouver
Coffee Grocer Promises Return If You Do Not Like Schilling's Beat
A local grocer urges customers to try Schilling's Beat coffee and offers a money-back guarantee if the product does not suit them, promising a prompt refund and continued quality.
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Ike Schilling
Quote dialogue on marriage from the era
A clipped exchange questions if a woman was an old maid and answers that she never had more than one husband. The remark reflects period attitudes toward marriage and spinsterhood.
Northwestern Cuts the Grazing Charges
Secretary Walker of the National Wool Growers Association announces a drop in grazing charges for sheep in transit to one cent per head at feeding stations east of Chicago and Omaha. The Chicago and Northwestern leads the cut, expected to prompt similar reductions by other lines, saving Wyoming sheepmen hundreds of dollars and potentially thousands annually for shippers.
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Walker
National Wool Growers
Nascochthon
Thinsit
Chimet & Northwestern
Chicago
Cheymye Tribune
Pricq
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha
Northwestern
Central
Wyoming
Jones Shows Off New Fatherhood Attitude
A cynical remark questions Jones’s pride in fatherhood and mocks his sense of superiority from knowing which end of a baby to hold, framing him as condescending toward others. The exchange highlights social tension and perceived self-importance.
Wanted at once Good cleanings market price paid
East Oregonian office seeks applicants or workers with cleaning skills for immediate hire. Market price paid and prompt payment offered.
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East Oregonian Office
Uniform Bills of Lading Debate at Seattle Meeting
Commercial leaders and state delegates gathered in Seattle to press for a uniform bill of lading form amid concerns of fraud and credit risk. The Interstate Commerce Commission may lack power to enforce changes, but the plan seeks swift congressional action. A second note promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for asthma relief, sold by Pendleton Drug Company.
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Seattle
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission On Uniform Laws
Interstate
Ecommerce Commission
Lowe
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for Woman’s Aches
A historical ad describes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as relief for pelvic organ weaknesses and related symptoms. It claims alcohol free glyceric herbal extracts and declares ingredients are known and oath tested. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original Little Liver Pills, sugar-coated and easy to take.
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Pierce
Cerebeal Sciences
Gratefus
Atv
Dr. Pierce
Judge Scott Starts Good Roads Tour Across Oregon
Judge Scott begins a campaign tour to promote good road building. He will travel by the itinerary set by the Willamette Clearing Development League, visiting Corvallis Albany Cottage Grove Eugene and other communities to discuss road improvements and contracting plans. The Salem Statesman reports the session in Portland last week connected with the conference on highway development.
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Ponmer
Tole
Scott
Tle
Edius Sation Updin
Ford
Portland
Saya
Salem Statesman
Willarnette Gling Development League
Corvallis
al- Ininy
Cottage Grove
Eugene and
Road speaker plans tour from Roseburg to Astoria
Judge Scott will deliver talks on permanent road building in Roseburg then travel through Coos Bay Marshfield Tillamook Bay Ocean vessels north to Astoria. He aims to spread the gospel of good road construction across regional towns during the county fair period and may be away several weeks. In North Yakima a hunter named Childers was shot in the leg by a man who believed he was a bird.
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Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Oregon
Yakima
Childers
Kidney Remedy Ad and Artillery March Tale
An advertisement for Foley's Kidney Remedy claims to stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder troubles. Separately, three troops of the first field artillery led by Captain Albert Falkener begin a 240 mile march from Prealdio to Ascidera to join annual turret practice at the camp.
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San Francisco
First Field Artillery
Albert Falkener
Ascidera
Foley's Kidney Remedy Advertised Cure All Kidney Bladder Troubles
Foley's Kidney Remedy proclaims it will cure any kidney or bladder trouble within reach of medicine. It asserts no medicine can do more. Pendleton rug Company.
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Foley
Pendleton Drug Company
Pendleton Rug Company
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Pendleton
Button
Washington
Cowlitz Pass
Pullman
South Bend
Centralia
Montesano
Hoquiam
Quinsault Lake
Walla Walla
Goldendale
Cascades
Treamaway
Snoqualmie Pass
Ebensburg
Cowlitz
Yakima River
Prosser
National
Asso
Ciation
Jones
Wash
Iriterature Commercy coOmmission Ayneynieed
Sippers
Lief
Coneignes
Jendere
Oregon Builders
Denver
Kansas St. Loui
Louisville
Cincinnati
Cleveland
New York
F. J. Quinlan
Ore
Wm. McMurray
Judge Scott
Orecon
Robert Fenner
Saltair Palace
Salt Lake
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
W. & Byers, Proprietor
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