Uncertain 19th Century News Snippets From The Erie Canal Era
A miscellaneous set of brief items reports typhoid cases in water, canal traffic profits, a U S congressman in peril, Belle Haven postmaster and chamber president at 24, steel plant layoffs, the last Revolutionary son’s death, Atlantic shore fund gains, property owners warned, Killoran jailed in Massachusetts, the Wire Liner Code carrying record steerage, Archbishop Harry’s Philippines trip, Leo’s parish amid Manila poverty, a Phillipsburg man crushed by cinders, and an investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Canal
Eax
William of Bpringer
Wiinois
Washington
Poeumonta
Migs
Margaret Petts
Belle Haven
Chamber of Commerce
Anille
Bellaires, National Steel Co
Pacific Northwest News and Local Tragedies Reported
Astoria reports 20 cases of scarier fever and measles found on Thursday. Mrs A B Gore wife of a Puget Sound steamboat captain dies in Olympia. Esther, actor from Ben Hur, sued for board in Portland by a Salt Lake man. Harman Green of Oregon City celebrates golden wedding after 50 years. A shipment of 6000 fruit trees condemned by Washington horticulturalists for pests. Mrs Nat Jones drowning at Lewis and Clark bridge area. Two Willamette University students arrested near Rev Ketchum’s home amid a rival class reception.
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Astoria
A .B. Gore
Puget Sound
Olympia
Thureday Shywir
A. R. Esther
Messala
Portland
Salt Lake
Esther
Harman Green
Oregon City
Howard County
Oregon
Yakima
Washington
Nat Jones
Lewis and Clark Bridge
Columbia
Simpeonaca
Mose Averill
Willamette University
Ketchum
Presbyterian Church
Hotel Arrivals and Guests Listed Across Cities
A roster of hotel guests and arrivals across multiple cities. Names include L Bunker Asyatitia James Wright from Spokane HL Garrett Frank E Jones KB McBtide A Sinsheimer William J Ping Mre A A Miller from Walla Walla Hugo Cimmen Sin Francisco William Henry GF Sturgis Baker City Ce Row Bt fouis S A Alpe Chicako J A Kirkham Portland J A Cooke San Pritchcn & Wells Rowten A H Atherton EH Burke Portland HON Diver Tacoma A A Donough San Francisco PON Nevins LO Bell Denver GO W Ruckman Ryokine John Cromiier Mate Sarr W OF Patton Spokane AG Howard WOH Howard Bay La Grant POOR Dent Behe Golden Rule Hotel PF warner Portland THW Wayland Portland W J Moore Spokente B A Leavitt and wife Kansas City Sam Lee Spokane AJ Brown Walla Walla I F Hopper Walla Walla 5 J Mahbesger Portland W oM Donahue Kansas City A Winters Starkey W C Poster Baker City Sr A Bartlett Baker Chi Doug Heits Pilot Roon W Miller Pilot Rock
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Pendleton
L. Bunker
Asyatitia
James Wright
Spokane
N. HL
Garrett Frank E, Jones KB
McBtide
Walla Walla
A Sinsheimer
Portland
William J. Ping
Chicago
Mre
A. A Miller
Hugo Cimmen
Sin Francisco
William Henry GF Sturgis
Baker City
Fouis S A Alpe
Chicako
A. Kirkham
J. A Cooke
San
Golden Rule Hotel
Warner
Wayland
J. Moore
B. A. Leavitt
Kansas City
Sam Lee
AJ Brown
Hopper
J Mahbesger
Donahue
A. Winters
Starkey
W . C. Poster
A. Bartlett
Baker Chi
Doug Heits
Pilot
Roon W Miller
Pilot Rock
Fight Over Use of Dr King New Discovery for Consumption
Beall of Beall Mississippi urges readers to trust Dr King New Discovery for consumption claiming a wife’s rapid recovery after other remedies failed. Ad promotes Tollman Co. drug sale with price indications and assurances of guaranteed results. Parcel deals list water plant improvements, chicken house, barn, and multiple lots with housing options marketed by Bentley Hartman with payment terms.
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Pendleton
Bentley & Hartman
Deafness Cure Promised Through Constitutional Remedies
An ad and medical claim describe ear tube inflammation causing deafness. It asserts a cure by relieving Eustachian tube inflammation and mentions catarrh linked to deafness, with vague medical and home remedy language. Also included are farm and real estate listings and a beverage ad promoting Moki Tea.
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Jenn
Aarth
Toby
Muccle
Cheney Co
Toledo
Farm for Rent with 1200 Acre Tract and New House
Farm for rent in a small town with 1200 acres including 3) acres of alfalfa under Hien Pert PARTIE. New house, good fences, ruonike walter, complete ost tit See DEAN TATOM. Children' school shoes that wear to look well at Toutseh's.
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Peor Town
Toutseh's
Maine Christmas Tree Industry Booms Amid Statewide Demand
Maine tree growers report record shipments as demand shifts to larger trees twelve to twenty feet. Carloads are prepared for New York and other cities, with Maine farmers earning substantial income from holiday greenery despite a yearly cash impact around two hundred thousand dollars to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kausas City
Maine
New York
Orlore
Cithey
Co Tage Room
Churetas
Dheerenayal
Sim
Hoe Fon
Alkal Reclamation Experiments At Salt Lake Basin
The Department of Agriculture reports extensive alkalinity reclamation experiments in the Salt Lake area and at other sites. Trials remove soluble salt via drainage and flooding methods, with results showing significant reductions in alkali levels and improved land prospects for farming, including substantial costs and scale of operations.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Volley
Poole Con
le Utah Espermnent
Ball Lake
Annette Dertaken
Salt Lake City
Yale
Metite Bey Pol
Ghee Weal
Plum pudding industry thaws across the globe this Christmas
London reports a booming plum pudding trade as English factories ship thousands of tons of festive puddings worldwide. Demand grows in Hong Kong Rhodesia Australia Canada and beyond, aided by the removal of a 60 percent U.S. import duty, with thousands of puddings crossing the Atlantic to reach distant places including San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Hong Kong
Rhodesia
Australia
Canada
United States
Atlantic
Points Las
San Francisco
It Is Pleasure to Recommend TRIE Liquor Treatment
A fragmented ad notice from Seattle area shows a claim praising TRIE as a treatment to cleanse the system. It cites local agents Wilman County Co operation in Spokane and lists travel fare details for a 1902 event. Other lines promote orange drink and related goods by Anton Nolte and Olympia dealer networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallin Walla
Waah
Peter Werether
World Tallnay & Co
Wiilman County Co-Operation
Spokane
O. Ko & NS
W . Wamsley
Wood prices spike at Seattle meeting and mayor race warms
Seattle wood magnates met in the New York block and boosted stove wood to 3.25 a load, coal dealers given a so called Christmas present as prices soar. Debate over wholesale cost rise cited by boosters seeking to revert the rate. Two mayoral candidates in Ontario, Will King and J A Lachey, attract attention as campaign heats. The Empire Music Co offers mandolin and guitar incentives ahead of a new winter mandolin club. Orders for American house weaving grow rapidly in Japan, with two months of doubled orders.
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Seattle
New York
Baol
Ontario
Will King
Laa Evening
J. A. Lachey
Eltrone
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Exiwarnt Olcott
Rote SN. Y
Edaemere
L. L
Michael Killoran
Ant
Massachusetto
America
Harry
Philippines
Mio Pont
Leo
Manila
Charles Gallagher
Phillipsburg
Noah
Pacific Northwest News
E. T. Wade & Son
S. F. W. Bohmldt & Co
State OF
Anton Nolte
Pesala
PJ Hardman
Packard & Ludwig
A. L. Smith
Failings Music
Elle
Thame Pictures
Gis
Wadune
Boston
Gbeattle Wood Trust
Toland Empire Music Company
Muale Store
Sear Main Street Bridge
Mowers Owenhouse
Scott
Proprigiors
Japan
Rapid Rathn
Lode
Aoh
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