Trusts Angle Sam Spokane Postmaster Tale of Money Orders
Spokane Postmaster Millard T. Aartsen recounted a local man holding $25,000 in post office money orders payable to himself. He explains fears if money orders replace cash, notes that the post office must keep sufficient coin or currency to redeem. The story notes about $46,000 in orders outstanding and daily stamp sales near $1,000 as of that time.
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Spokane
Madle
Post Office
Millard T. Aartson
Sound
United States
Coffee versus steak: value in a grocery mix
A cheeky note compares coffee and steak quality with cost in mind. The grocer offers a money-back guarantee if a customer is not satisfied, promising to pay Mike Schilling's beat line.
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Mike Schilling
Cash represented in clearing house certificates remark
A brief note states that only a small proportion of cash is represented by clearing house certificates. It emphasizes limited use of such certificates in converting cash holdings and hints at broader implications for liquidity in financial operations.
Turkey Needs Flour as American samples urged for Smyrna markets
Consul Harris reports Turkey faces wheat famine disrupting regional flour supply. Smyrna mills exhaust stock, forcing anticipated imports. Sample No 1 recently sold at 6.14 dollars per oke, others at 8.05 and 7.27 cents. American mills urged to send 165 pound sacks of flour to Emyrna or New York port. Daily need about 2000 sacks for city and archipelago. Constantinople has reduced duties on imported wheat and flour. similar tariff cuts planned for provinces.
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RE. L. Harris
Smyrna
Turkey
Littoral
Kodol Digestive Remedy Promises Relief
An advertisement proclaims Kodol as a scientific preparation of natural digestants with vegetable acids, containing the same stomach juices found in a healthy stomach. It guarantees relief and pleasant use, claiming it will make you feel fine by digesting what you eat, sold by Tallman & Co.
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Tallman & Co
Passenger Train Taken Off Puget Sound Limited
The Northern Pacific will withdraw trains Nos. 13 and 14 known as the Puget Sound Limited starting next Tuesday due to winter traffic. Service resumes after winter months. The change will not affect mail service but cities on the line, which relied on the Puget Sound Limited for afternoon papers, will lose the day's news at the supper table.
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Northern Pacific
Puget Sound Limited
Portland
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Offer Quick Relief
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills claim rapid relief for kidney and bladder troubles. A week's treatment is priced at 25 cents and sold by Tallman & Co.
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DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Herr Seeks Water to Start Nursery Near Touchet
H A Herr of Freewater inspected the Wallula country last week and marveled at the level land under the Columbia canal. He applied for 40 inches of water and plans to locate there to engage in a nursery business.
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H. A. Herr
Freewater
Wallula
Columbia Canal
Touchet
In tir Baat Or nine it's so
The phrase appears as a cryptic line noting a count or tally. It lacks clear named entities or events, offering no concrete action or outcome to summarize as a standalone news item. More readable context is needed to produce a valid summary.
Minister Takes Willie to Heaven in Hen Family Tale
A New York Tribune excerpt narrates a macabre fable where a Mother Hen counsels her brood on duty to Willie, the lone boy. Willie meets death by an ax during a quarrel. the hens learn of the minister’s visit and debate news for their mother. The ending notes Willie’s entry into the ministry.
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Willie
Mother Fen
New York Tribune
The Slow Pattering Gordon Setter in Decline
The Gordon setter once beloved by hunters fades as speed and range rise. Ed F. Haberlein notes it is the largest and slowest of bird dogs, excels near cover with a strong nose, and makes a steady retriever, but modern demand favors quicker, wider-ranging breeds.
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Gordon
Ed F. Haberlein
Bootes With a Drawback
An army officer in a native district in South Africa gave a Kaffir boy a pair of heavily nailed ammunition boots. The boy wore them proudly for days but soon wore them around his neck, explaining they were too large and slowed him. He kept them for bed rather than walking or running.
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South Africa
Chums
Bis Master
Kaffir
Commutations Slash Death Sentences In Mexico Action
Acting Governor Sendex of Mexico commuted the death sentences of Dr. C. H. Harle, Willan Mitchell and C.T. Richardson to 20 years imprisonment, altering the fate of three convicted individuals.
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Sendex
Mexico
C. H. Harle
Willan Mitchell
CT. Richardson
Bay Shore cut-off spurs California towns growth
The completion of the Bay Shore cut-off by the Southern Pacific pushed peninsula towns toward San Francisco, doubling populations in 18 months. Three hundred houses were built in the last year at $1.5 million, with $7 million in improvements boosting real estate values. San Mateo sees a $360,000 hotel and a Crocker mansion rising as Oakland Berkeley and Alameda also boom amid electrification plans. Central Fruitvale station underway as power hub.
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San Francisco
Bay Shore
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Mateo
Burlingame
Southern Pacific
William H. Crocker
Bay
Oakland
Berkeley
Alameda
Uhe
Central Station
Fruitvale
Bank Deposits Rise Across United States in 1907 Gains
The comptroller of the currency reports a strong showing for bank deposits. Individual deposits rose 7.29 percent in the current year, with Western states leading growth and South Dakota New Mexico Oklahoma and Indian Territory posting double digit gains. Per capita deposits climbed from 65 in 1896 to 152 by 1907, marking steady growth in national banking.
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United States
South Dakota
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Hufyel Arrivals List From Various Cities
A long roster of names and homelocations shows arrivals and departures across multiple towns. Included are individuals and couples from St George Baker City Portland Hermiston Spokane New York and more with ties to hotels and businesses across Oregon Washington and Illinois.
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St. George
Mrv. Rest
Baker City
H. R. Gramer
Cecil
Ore
R. R. Wood
Portland
J. G. Callison
Myrick
E. A. Wolfe
St. Louis
C .L. Morgan
Hermiston
I. H. Dunlap
Cascade Locks
H. R. Betz
Wife
Chicago
F. l L. Holmes
N. A. Nellaon
John Clancy
R. Shephard
Spokane
N. Brownell
Sam Lee
J.T. Lang
L. BE. Pound
R. &. Matteson
Portand
P. FR. Shepherd
Cleveland
G. W. Knuckman
Alleel
J. A. Loundogill
Waltaburg
T. D. Scharff
New York
H. A. Vincent
P. Hueband
Weston
Ine T. Whistler
Peter van Datta
J. J. Hogan
W. R. McMahon
W. L. Reddig
J. Moore
CG. A. Berkeley
J. AH. Breeding
McClure s Por 1008 Promises Up year for 2008
McClure's announces a strong 2008 lineup led by a November feature series on real American fortunes by Burton J. Hendricks. The narrative covers industrial growth across a virgin continent, with romance, adventure, and profiles of figures shaping politics, finance, and industry. Other features include Carl Schurz reminiscences, Frend Terry Memoirs, Mary Baker Eddy, and The Wayfarers.
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McClure's
Burton J. Hendricks
Carl Schurz
Frend Terry
Mary Baker Eddy
Valuable tapestries ruined in hotel exhibit room
In Los Angeles on December 14, thieves ruined tapestries valued at about 30,900 dollars in the oriental exhibit room of the Hotel Alexandria. The incident occurred early this morning and police are investigating the mutivation.
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Hobbers
Los Angeles
Alexandria
Robbers Foiled After Jamestown Exhibition Heist
Thieves tore down the plunder and wrapped it, but fled before escaping with most of the exhibit from the Jamestown exposition.
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Jamestown Exposition
Kidney health warning boosts Pendleton sales pitch
An old two paragraph testimonialurges readers to trust Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney disease relief. It cites F A Morris of Park Avenue Pendleton, recounting years of backache and improved health after using the product bought at Pendleton Drug Co. Doan's pills are advertised as the sole effective remedy, priced at 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co New York as agents.
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Dow
Pendleton
F. A. Morris
Park Avenue
Rockford
Dean'sa
Pendleton Drug Co
Frice
Foster-Milburn Co
New York
United States
Doan
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