Oregon Militia Expenditure Report and Indian War Claims
Adjutant General W. E. Pinger reported the Oregon state militia encampments cost this year 15 875 86 with the federal war department paying transportation 2 110 33 and other charges. Last year’s encampment cost 20 750 36. Total state fund disbursement totaled 16 765 53, a decrease of 3 984 89. General Finzer audited Indian War veterans claims totaling 142 850 22 with 190 00 paid and 850 held as suspended. The report notes good condition of equipment and discipline and highlights state military finances.
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Salem
W. E. Pinger
Ceater
State Military Board
War Department
Washington
Third Infantry
Ceres
Ner
Eci
Finzer Alen
Young Seattle men launch municipal reform movement
A group of over twenty young business and professional men met in the Chamber of Commerce in Seattle to organize a municipal reform movement modeled after Chicago's Voters' league and Cleveland's Municipal association. The organizers aim to shape Seattle politics as a prominent future factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Voters’ League of Chicago
Cleve
NEW HOTEL TIED UP IN SEATTLE LABOR STRIKE
Seattle workers at the Butler hotel walkout after the new management refuses to hire union waiters and bartenders. The barricaded building allows entry only through a guarded hole. The strike, ordered by the Western Central Labor Union and the Building Trades Assembly, involves carpenters, painters, paper hangers, electricians, and decorators, about 75 workers.
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Seattle
Dew
Butler
Second Avenue
James Street
E. F. Sweeney
Seattle Brewing and Malting Company
Schufeldts of
Chicago
Western Central Labor Union
Dnliding Trades Assembly
Geed for Children Cough Cure Adverts
An advertisement touts one minute cough cure as safe for children and effective against cough croup and la grippe. It claims immediate relief by acting at the source, reducing inflammation, and aiding lung healing with purer blood and tissues. Dr Armstrong of Delia Texas endorses it as best, sold by Tollman Co.
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Gov G. W Atkinson
W. Va
Sali
Tollman & Co
Armatrong
Delia
Tex
Nevada land theft exposed in irrigation critique
Guy E. Mitchell argues the federal irrigation program harms Nevada by converting public domain to private stockman holdings. He says 2.9 million acres were privatized, leaving Nevada with vast lands yet no room for homesteads, while new schemes threaten further public lands under timber and other laws. He urges Congress to curb such transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Ata
Tadlany
National Geographics Society
Washington
Frederick H. Newell
Abott G’eart
West End
James
Sinateag
Mt Yeile
Coudithyna of
Internal Trade and Commerce
Ma’ Ic
Federal
Strifdiien
Navila Ton
Unun
Eioene
Walter Hole
Nevoce Tolay
Nevain
Guy E. Mitchell
Widows Wanted in City Matrimonial Bureau Notice
A Seattle Star item reports a Gold Bar logger applied for a widow and child through the civil service, seeking a wife willing to relocate. Mayor Humes notes a shortage of men in the matrimonial market, with many applications for husbands and few for wives. The note mentions travel by train to Gold Bar and a widow's fare of 1.85 dollars, plus lodging options and schooling.
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Gold Bar
Bamley
Seattly
Great Northern Railway
Civil Service Commission
Grout
Seattle Star
Groat
Humes
Graut
L L. B. Jenkins
Nashier
Mary
One Hundred Dollars a Box for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
H A Tisdale of Bummerton South Carolina offers one hundred dollars for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claiming it cured his twenty year piles after other doctors and medicines failed. The salve blends Witch Hazel with antiseptics and emollients to relieve and cure piles and skin conditions. Sold by Tollman & Co.
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H. A. Tisdale
Bummerton
S.C
DeWitt
Tollman & Ca
Strayed horse from Howman's ranch near Meacham
A notice from October reports three head of horsee from Howman's ranch on McKay creek seven miles from Meacham. A 1-year-old roan branded Q on left hip, a 7-year-old bay branded Q on left hip, and a 2-year-old bay filly branded Q on left hip. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery, addressed to W Brummett, Meacham, Oregon.
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Howman
McKay Creek
Meacham
Horsey
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Oregon
Vice
Momiorkt Nf
Queen Anne Improvement Chlt
Will Mary
Great Northern Depo
Helvetia
Cher
Cardus Babies
Cardus
Puldiepen
Symptonma
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Teohemr
Toha
Bolef
Hbrvawr
Lisaielos
Cardui
Fannie Hudon
Beck
Plu Court Street
Underwood
Pendleton
Edison
Kees, Ndleton, Oregon
Kjent
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