Hindus in Western Canada Stir Immigration Fears
A Denver Post report cites James McLennan warning that East Indian arrivals in British Columbia and western Canada threaten labor relations and border security. Mine owners seek Hindu labor to meet demand, while officials fear cultural tensions and possible rise of illegal border crossings. The piece also mentions Mrs Grover Cleveland undertaking a mountain hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Middle West
James McLennan
Seatile
Denver Post
British Columbia
Tudin
Canada
Victoria
Vancouver
Interior
Hinds
Northern Railway
China
Ancient Dog Story From a 1587 Southampton Court Record
An extracted tale from 1587 kept in a Southampton court describes a dog named Meter Quoyte with strong traits that roams stealing meat and candles, earning its master a 3 shillings 4 pence for cada offense while the dog must be tied or banished. The piece weaves in period speech and a separate aside about a women’s club and its formal talk of chairs and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
Mosty
Mungerell
Paradise Corner
Miss Lowden
Dreamlike Asia and Victorian perfumes in a fragment
An array of fragmented excerpts compares tropical skies and Grecian domes with oriental light, noting the Scented Court of Soule XV famed for perfumes. It recalls Mme Pompadour’s spending, fashion’s scent focus, and whimsical reflections on taste, wealth, and memory across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allston
Orient
Grove
Egypt
Soule XV
Europe
France
Mme. de Pompadour
Tertollet
Indictment of Standard Oil Moves Through Courts
The federal grand jury in Chicago returns 19 counts against Standard Oil for Rebates tied to Lake Shore traffic. New York grand jury brings 24 counts against Standard Oil and Pennsylvania Railroad for interstate commerce violations. Observers note penalties under the Elkins act could reach nearly $290,000 with rebates totaling about $8,500. The case tests railroad power and the law’s reach, while some press call for caution and due process before assumptions of guilt. A separate note reports Albert Johnson injured by a fork prong accident at a loading site, with medical treatment sought in Etter City. Read the East Oregonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oll Company
Tribune of Chicago
New York
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Lake Shore
New York Journal of Commerce
Thadda
Standard OM Company
New York Evening Post
The
Post
Chancellor Day
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Standart CH
Ieelf
Garfiol
United States
Tonio
Garfielf
Garfield
Grant
Albert Jotneon
Johnson
Taker City Democrat
Giant County Cattle Deals by J B Combs
J B Combs returned from Baker with cattle for the Carstein Cross of Seattle and then entered the lower John Day and Wheeler counties to add 900 head of steers and cows. He paid 22 for 2 year old steers and 90 for 3 year old, with varying prices for cows. He notes some top quality stock and is undecided on disposition possibly feeding them. Combs buys and sells, watched closely by valley growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Combs
Baker
Carstein Cros.s
Seattle
Wheeler
John Day News
Mr. Combs
Combe
Breakfast Bliss and Dyspepsia Relief Ad
A cheerful breakfast scene links a healthy stomach to better work and citizenship. The copy urges avoiding morbidities and blues, maintaining a tuned stomach for brain and body to respond. It recommends trying a Nite Kodol For Dyspepsia after meals, sold by Tallman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallman & Co
Cheney Firm Offers Catarrh Cure Promise
State of Ohio Toledo notices oath by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of Cheney & Co that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Chamberlain's Catarrh Cure. Notary public A W Gleason testifies to the oath on the 6th day of October. Druggists advertise the remedy with blood and system claims and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
O. F. A. Cheney & Co
Toten
Canll
Pilani Cheney
A.W. Gleason
Sra
P. J. OW Entry & CO
Young musician Belden slain in California killing
Wallace B Belden a young musician was shot and killed by W T Wilson in Long Beach California. Wilson charges Belden with criminally intimate with his 16 year old daughter and Belden was on his way to the Justice's office when Wilson met and shot him. Wilson was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poragead
Long Beach
Cal
Wallace B. Belden
W. T. Wilson
Wilson
Belden
Justices Office
Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar touted as nonopiate remedy
The advertisement claims Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar moves the bowels without opiates and is sold at Tallman & Co. A separate notice reports W. A. Stippler, Uniontown Washington postmaster and general store owner, arrested on a Sunday selling charge under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Tallman & Co
W. A. Stippler
Uniontown
Wash
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Mix
Grover Cleveland
Mount Worthington
New Himpahire
Weiltieday
Jaye
Marke
Neti
Honore Hoaay
Philadelphia
Tein
Evward
Denver
George
Eliot
East Oregonian
Atore
Graham Furniture Co
Northern Pacific-Burlington Railways
Omaha
Kansas
City
St. Louis, St. Joseph
Lincoln
Northern Pacific-Burlington
Walter Adams
R. Fy
Pendleton Oregon
S. B. Calderhead
R. Ry. Eile
Valla
A. D. Charlton G. PL
A. N. P. Thy
Portland
Oregon
Giant County Cattle Deals
Ingtontan
David B. Taff
the Land Man
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Sitot
J. L. Vaughan
Walters
Blue Rapids
Kanesas
Pendleton Planing Mills
Fh. Forster
Henry
Pendleton Tee & Cold Storage Company
Alu
Henneman’s
Great Eastern
Phon
Neagle Bros
Fairbanks-Morse
J. J. McAllister
Liniment
American Collection Agency
Anthony P. Wilson
Topeka, Kansas
Hendricks
Main and
Webb Streets
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