Livestock Receipts Rise With Cows Leading Market
Revelpts of livestock in the local yards show a weekly rise with cows attracting peak attention. A cow lot sold at 4.25 dollars, the season's highest price, while steers moved to 4.50 with better quality. Hogs reached 3? with firmer demand. lambs and sheep remained steady to slightly lower, total weekly run 4792 sheep and lambs, 776 hogs, and 2,? cattle at Portland yards.
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Othe
Giet
Costern
Pacific Northweet
Prohibition Data Questioned By Liquor Interests
Chicago reports from the National Chairman of the prohibition party challenge Texas Brewery Association claims that prohibition increases liquor sales. It cites Internal Revenue records showing a drop in spirits and beer production from 1907 to 1909 and implies many drinkers left saloons. Liquor representatives rebut by saying revenues rose despite alleged declines.
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Jones
Prohibition Party
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United States Internal Revenue Bureau
Texas Brewery’ Association
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President Wheeler Scores Co-eds
Berkeley August 28 President Henjamin Ide Wheeler addressed Associated Women Students at the University of California urging women to pursue teaching as a profession only if sincere and capable warning against frivolous flirting and giggling on campus while stressing serious study.
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Cal
Rand
University of California
Henjamin Ide Wheeler
Associated Women Students
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Wheeler
Giant Sea Lion Breaks Rope Endangers Horse Rig
In Rock, Oregon, a sea lion weighing over a ton dragged a buggy and horse along Allison Bay. Captor J Holgate tied the animal with a rope, and after the sea lion resisted, Holgate jumped into the water to free horse and rig. He cut the rope as the sea lion pulled toward deep water, narrowly averting disaster. Nearby visitors watched as the rope clung to the animal’s neck, drawing attention to the bay area.
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Alison Bay
J. Holgate
Holgate
Thrilling sea tale ends as shipwrecked man returns home
John Love, a 70 year old Vancouvver resident, survived 16 hours adrift after his launch leaked and hit rocks during a Gulf of Georgia cruise. He and a companion abandoned the boat at 4 AM Monday and endured 15 hours without food or water before reaching Sechel. The damaged dinghy was later picked up at Pender Harbor.
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Gulf of Georgia
Sechel
Pender Harbor
Seattle widow fed by thieves gift to robbed woman
Mrs Helen L E Bolton a Seattle dishwasher with nine children and tuberculosis afflicted family received $2 from a thief who had seen she was robbed of clothing worth 40 pounds. The letter says the thief will send more if others do not fund the poor woman. The note ends with Unfortunate.
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Seattle
Helen L. BE. Bolton
Cottle
British Battleship Hannibal Strikes Reef at Torquay
Plymouth August 20. The British battleship Hannibal scraped a reef off Torquay narrowly escaping disaster. The warship sustained bottom damage and was towed to Plymouth for possible dry docking and repairs.
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Plymouth
Torquay
Harvest yields near record in Whitman county fields
In Whitman county near Pullman harvest advances with 11 days to shock. College Hybrid No 128 wheat yields up to 69.2 bushels on 42 acres at William Walker farm. Other fields report 50 to 60 bushels per acre averages across 95 acres. Oats and barley harvests underway with barley yielding about 40 bushels per acre.
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Wash
Whitman County
William Walker
Washington State College
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Palouse
John L. Metsker
Stanley Newell
Millionaire Works For 850 A Month In Omaha Shops
In Omaha James P. Stillman, a blue jumper worker in Union Pacific shops, nets 850 dollars a month though his family fortune is vast. The 20-something heir, valued near 50 million, plans to stay in railroading as he awaits a possible land allotment after drawing a film in a Plath and Tadhin reservation lottery. He says the shop job pays 100 dollars monthly and he cannot leave it.
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Tadhin
Ignorance and neglect blamed for many blindness cases
A dated remark notes that a large share of blindness results from ignorance or neglect. It underscores the need for public awareness and preventive care to reduce vision loss among the population.
Dentists Gather for International Congress in Berlin
Dentists from around the world convened at the Reichstag for the fifth International Dental Congress. Talks cover municipal dental hospitals for children, dental care in hospitals and infirmaries, and linking dental health to overall public health and education.
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Berlin
International Dental Congress
Paris Declares War on Hatpin Dangers
Paris authorities move to regulate hatpin lengths after a surge of injuries from long hatpins used with big hats. Reports say pedestrians, shoppers, and a cab passenger have suffered serious wounds, prompting police to consider new restrictions.
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Paris
City Hall Plan Approved for Lewiston Idaho
The Lewiston city council accepted plans for a temporary city hall costing 12.5 thousand dollars and directed the contractor to begin immediately. The structure will later serve as fire hall and police station. A note places London near Mansion House as the world’s busiest spot with seven dollar vehicles passing each minute.
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Tdaho
Mansion House
London
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