Portland Commercial Club Prize Circular for Oregon Writings
The Portland Commercial Club invites entries for a statewide writing contest offering cash prizes and medals. Rules limit eligibility to residents of Oregon, outside Portland for certain awards, and prohibit the word Webfoot in any submission. Entries must be original, concise, and become property of the Club upon submission, with a closing date of October 1, 1904.
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Commercial Club of Portland
Portland Commercial Club
Oregon
Portland
Tee
United States
Canada
Mexico
Pacific
Trail of beer bottles marks march in Cuba
An observant writer notes the visible trail of empty beer bottles along a march in Cuba during the war era. The reflection links discarded bottles to movement and the urban streets observed in the campaign.
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American Growing Company
Spain
Cuba
Necro Young People's Congress Opens Week in Natchez
Congress of Negroes in Natchez Mississippi begins a weeklong session today, continuing a two year old effort started in At lasia with 1500 attendees. The group follows Booker T. Washington ideals, urging youths to pursue right living socially morally religiously and industrially.
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Congress of Negroes
Natchez, Miss
Necro Young People's Christian Educational Congress
Atlasia
Ciy
Booker Washington
Bridges in Korea Travel Narrative Voices Simple Bridge Types
A traveler describes Korean bridges as first class planks walling together across a river, a scarce sight. a second class bridge of isolated stones to hop between. and a third class invisible bridge marked by posts, allowing safe wading with water unlikely to rise much above chest level.
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Korea
Cannon of 1812 heard miles from battle site
The article notes that cannon from Perry's squadron in the 1812 conflict were heard by settlers up to thirty five miles east of Cleveland, about a hundred air miles from the Niagara Falls battle that helped shape control of the Northwest for the United States.
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Ohie
Perry
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
Northwest
United States
All Here Troubles
A brief whimsical exchange notes money anxieties across social classes. One says all worry about money, another suggests the rich fear losing wealth while the poor have trouble obtaining it. The comment reflects common financial stress in society.
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Philadelphia
Doctor describes patient eye injury in plain English
In plain English the doctor notes an abrasion of the cuticle, swelling, and no skin damage to surrounding tissue. The judge asks if it was a black eye and the doctor confirms yes.
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Louth
Logan's march to the fight near Hull Run tale told
An anecdote recounts General Logan departing Washington to join a battle at Hull Run. He wore a drawn coat and stood firm amid rout, then returned to the capitol at dawn, describing the scene to fellow congressmen. The New Yorker questions the tale while Logan asserts his presence and notes Virginia’s conditions.
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Logan
Congress
Washington
Hull Run
Capitol
New York
Virginia
Anecdote of Handel in a Forge and a Rainy Tune
An anecdote describes Handel seeking shelter in Macksmith's forge during a shower of coins. A brecksmith forges while Handel frowns at the hammering, and the rhythm inspires a bass accompaniment. Handel later recalls the moment and writes a tune, humorously linked to a shower and a song.
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Handel
Macksmith
Flandel
Brecksmith
Wartime Memory of a Confederate Soldier
The fragment recalls brutal combat and a moment when a Confederate infantryman rushed the narrator’s position. The speaker, surprised by the enemy’s appearance, describes emotions as he fired and reflected on the war’s terrible costs and possibleities of empathy across enemy lines.
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Tim
West
Jovet
Toutlis
Marble from Slonte Sagro Quarry Fuels Renaissance Works
The article notes the Slonte Sagro quarry near Car rara yielded 1,700 Roman tiroes of marble used in Trajan's Column at Rowe. It mentions Natello’s Neck carved into St George and Michaelangelo's Moses, and a block tied to Cellini's memoirs that fed Ammanati's Neptune in the Signoria fountain in Florence.
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Slonte Sagro
Carrara
Soll Marie
Pollactio
Rowe
de Natello
St. George
Michael Angelo
Moses
Bnce
Benvenuto Cellius
Neptune
Ammanati
Florence
Volcanic eruption in Central America noted as Agua Volcane event
The report details a major eruption near a Central American volcano about twenty five miles from the capital, with lava and torrents of water, causing widespread destruction in the northern valley and a village on the peak’s side. A separate proverb comments on a man’s claim about his wife.
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Central America
Gintemaly
Aloul
Liquozone Promises Remarkable Health Claims
A public promotion extols Liquozone as a powerful oxygen tonic surpassing all medicines. It claims to purify the body, kill germs, and cure diseases medicine cannot, presenting it as essential to vitality and human health. It markets the product as a scientific breakthrough with extraordinary value.
Rich Russian fur rookeries face Japanese raid threat
Soviet era threat looms as Japanese fleets prepare to raid Okhotsk and Kamchatka seabird and otter rookeries. Up to 200 vessels may join a drive cashing in on fur seals and sea otters worth millions, jeopardizing Imperial Russian crown treasures and triggering renewed naval patrols.
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Okhotek Sea
Kamechatka
New London
Conn
Loniton
Japan
Otsie
Bentle Mwimir
Jahanade
Boider
Hess
Petropaulski
Vladivortok
Russia
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Saghallen
Okhotak Sea
Kamenchatka
Copper
Bering Islands
Notice to Contractors for Pendleton Show Houses
Notice to Contractors bids due September 2 for erection of three brick show houses in Pendleton Oregon. Bid blanks from architect office 32 Judd building. A $500 certified check to John Hailey Jr clerk of school board accompanies each bid and is forfeited if the winner fails to enter bonds within two days. Board may reject all bids. Plans and specs at architect office. Also notices about special excursions to St Louis October 5 6 and rest of dates with reduced fares on Denver and Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific.
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Pendleton
Oregon
John Halley
Judd Building
John Hailey, JR
Troutman c. E
St. Louis
St. Louis Fair
Denver
Rio Grande
Missori Pacific
Portland
W. C. Oe Paneenl
Bover & Rio Grande
Absconding cashier speaks of talk after disappearance
A fragment shows a cashier telling a friend that there was much talk about his escape, the friend replying there had been no mention of the weather for two. The exchange hints at a past disappearance and public interest surrounding it.
Helping Out the Supply in Court Transcript
A magistrate questions a prisoner about counterfeiting. The prisoner admits involvement and jokes about supply of genuine money being scarce while discussing the counterfeit process and mischief. The exchange highlights the tension between law and illicit profit.
Excursion rates to St Louis and Chicago announced
Excursion rates offered for trips to St Louis and Chicago for the Worlds Fair. Promotions include various routes via St Paul Billings and stops, with half fare for children. Tickets on sale May 1 13 June dates and August 10 with ten day and multiple day return validity. Stopovers allowed within limits. agent Walter Adams and G A Calderhead listed. Walla Walla as the agent location.
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St. Louis
Ae On
Walter Adame
B. Calderhead
Walla Walla
Waab
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Philippines
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Quba
American Brewing Company of
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Lice
Aeaknasie
Bradfield Regulator
Webb An Thetonwood Streets
Kingers
St. Lows
Louis
Colorado
Tillery March
Mrs. Sipps
Miesummer
Queen A Hearig
Coon
Whitney-Warner
Pioneer Reg
Majestic
Scott & Gordon Piano House
Court Street
Modern School of Commerc
Siz
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Roosevalt’s
St. On
The
Washington & Columbia Railway
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