First Wagon Into Oregon Immigration of 1843 described
Immigrants led by Marcus Whitman crossed the Blue Mountains in December 1843 to reach the Willamette Valley. About 875 men, women, and children with 1000 cattle traveled via Burnt River and Waiilatpu, facing winter dangers, Cayuse interactions, horse theft, and hardship before dividing toward the Willamette Valley.
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Blue Mountains
Umatilla County
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Marcus Whitman
Washington
Bancroft
Fort Hall
Idaho
Whitman
Peter Remeau
Ft. Hall
Whitman Mission
Walla Walla River
Remeau
Union County
Union
East Oregonian
Burnt River
Grand Ronde Valley
Runner
Mia
Spalding
Lapwal
Sticcas
Whit Man
Sticcase
Breen
Umatilla Hills
Waiilatpu
Grand Ronde
Umatilla
Cayuse
Strecas
Ratner
Tresbury
Whitman's
Mission
Kaiser
Waillatpa
Wigon
Bomt
New York Christmas Shops Amid Religious School Tensions
New York City shoppers crowd stores as Christmas buys surge despite high prices yet a clash over religious phrases in schools sparks protests. The Jewish rabbinic push to remove sectarian references prompts bans on Christmas terms and carols, signaling broader tensions with a growing urban immigrant population. Several books on banking and finance surge at libraries as residents seek explanations for current troubles. Sunday in New York shows a city of 0.2 million worshippers with 687 churches and uneven religious participation.
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Roovsvelt
Board of Education
Santa Clause
New York
John Law
Mississippi
Manhattan
Bronx
Automobiles and machines offered at set cash prices
For the next days will sell either Standard Grand or any of the latest improved 6drawer automation left full ball bearing White for 40.00 cash. These are the only machines in the market with all late improvements, also others for 20 and 25 drop head fully warranted and better than many so called first class machines.
Government's Blue Book to curb municipal graft and charges
The government is preparing a blue book by the Department of Commerce and Labor to compare municipal expenditures on utilities and necessities in large U.S. cities. It will aid city officials by showing costs like electricity across cities, aiming to curb excessive charges and graft, a first-time compilation with nationwide data collection underway.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
River of salt water flows inland on Cephalonia
A Cephalonia coast anomaly features a seasonal inland saltwater stream that begins at four tidal entry points and combines into a river that disappears into limestone. For centuries it has resisted evaporation and underground routes are speculated, possibly returning water to the sea via subsurface channels.
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Cephalonia
Greece
New York Sun
Exodus of Aliens From Northwest Rail Lines
Railroads report a large emigration of laboring foreigners from the northwest with hundreds leaving daily. Portland alone last week saw nearly 500 departures as work stoppages fuel departures nationwide. Rival lines east of Chicago have slashed second class fares to New York, cutting transport costs to about half. The current fare is $10 down from $16.
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Northwest
Old Country
Portland
United States
Chicago
New York
Ring's Little Liver Pills advert promotes health cure
An old newspaper ad touts Ring's Little Liver Pills to wake the liver, cleanse the system, and clear the skin. It claims relief for biliousness and headache with a 26 cent price, sold by A. C. Koeppen and Bros.
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Ring
A. C. Koeppen and Bros
Eminent financiers and elastic consciences
A clipped, wry remark notes that if more financiers had less elastic consciences the world might require less elastic currency. The line suggests a critique of financial ethics and monetary fragility in economic discourse.
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Oregon Territory
Snowclad
New York Letter
Jesse Failing
Artis
Okd County
Frida
MM. A. Rader
the Home Furnisher
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