Multiple incidents mark a busy news day in 1900s Burlington
Fire destroys an American hotel in Burlington amid other disasters and events. Reports note cremation of Mrs. Frank Conrad, beet growers in Colorado pressing for a flat 85 per ton price, and a Wyoming man’s suicide after unrequited love. Maritime wreck, tunnel progress on Lookout Mountain, rail and streetcar system updates, and a string of incidents from Alaska to Mexico and the Salton Sea project. Senator Flint introduces funding for canal work.
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Burlington
Frank Conrad
Colorado
Wyo
L. A. Olson
Olson
Wyoming
Masistique
Bay- Tield
Wis
Southern Railway
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Sedalia
Springfield
Topeka
Wichita
Hutchinson
State Department
United States
Mexico
Imperial Canal
Flint
California
Congress
Women and Kidney Trouble Offer a Remedy
Women as well as men suffer from kidney and bladder trouble, affecting mind, ambition, and vigor. Swamp-Root, presented by Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York, is advertised as a quick remedy with sample bottles available by mail.
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Otee
Neamphoet
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Northwest News brings mixed incidents from Stevens valley and beyond
Snow storm of December left eight inches in Tekoa and surrounding country. A Northern Pacific train hit five horses in Yakima canyon. Giovanni Marra was shot and killed in Spokane. the assailant cousin was stabbed. A new city well at Garfield yielded pine in dry sand. Poker marathon in Wallace ended with Ben Snkard and associates losing. Portland bowling records include a 300 by B C Case, and two other perfect scores this season. A Portland streetcar conductor died from gas heater asphyxia. George Keethley of Colville is missing with thousands in real estate proceeds. A $100 reward for catarrh cure is offered by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
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Stevens County
Wash
Tekoa
Northern Pacific
Yakima Canyon
Bpokane
Giovanni Marra
Dei
Eo Diprato
New City
Garfield
Wallace
L. L. Sweet
Ben Skennard
Charlie
Missoula
Portland
B. C. Case
Reo
Case
C. J. McMenamy
J.T. Hamilton
Tom Darnielle
North Twenty-Sixth Street
Dannielle
Oregon athletes eye Northwest stars for Norfolk meet
The San Francisco Olympic Club will send a team to the Jamestown exposition track meet at Norfolk Virginia next year. The move aims to lift Northwest college athletics and Oregon University, with Bert Kerrigan and Dan Kelly among key figures. Snedigar and Kelly clash over the 100 yard dash record as Oregon and California athletes seek world honors.
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Oregon
Olympic Club of
San Francisco
A. A. UL
Norfolk
Northwest
University of Oregon
Bert Kerrigan
Utah
California
Albert Munn
Oakland
An Mith
Lick High School
BI Hayward
Dan Kally
Kelly
Snedigar
Dan Kelly
University of Cregon
Ollie Snedigar
University of California
Baker Sullivan dissolve partial partnership notice
Baker and Sullivan announce a partial dissolution of the partnership. A L Baker takes over bottling works duties and will pay all bills and collect debts for that business. J P Sullivan will collect all debts due the saloon and has settled all debt.
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Baker & Sullivan
A. L. Baker
J. P. Sullivan
Billie
Potlatch Corn and Bean Crop Trio Boosts Yields
The Potlatch country near Kendrick reports 2000 acres of corn planted and harvested at about 40 bushels per acre, with 2000 hogs and 500 cattle fattened on this corn. Beans cover 2200 acres yielding about 1100 pounds per acre at 28.4 cents a pound, producing profits after costs. Farmers praise cultivating crops in place of summer fallow, noting land worth $20 to $39 more per acre than traditional wheat land and steady yields without long fallow periods.
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G. Evans
Kendrick
Lewiston Tribune
Famous Old Stockman Dead in Seattle Died Today
Benjamin E F Snipes pioneer of the northwest dies at 11:90 in Seattle aged about 0 years. Funeral at 2:00 Friday from Seattle home, burial in The Dalles Ore. Ben Brilpes known by old timers in Oregon and Washington, once cattle king with 200000 head. He moved to Seattle in 1890 after earlier life in The Dalles and Ellensburg banks that failed in 1890s, leaving widow and a drowned son named Benjamin.
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Benjamin Ef, Snipes
Northwest
Seattle
Saya
Yakima Republic
Dalles
Ore
Ben” Brilpes
Oregon
Washington
Yakima Valley
Tower Valley
Henry H. Allen
Yakima
Bnipescie
Tennembe
Beattle
Ellensburg
Roslyn
Abraham
Kittitas County
Allen
Thin Plaice
Snipes
Benjamin
Baker City Abandons Paid Fire Department Plan
Residents protest a costly fire protection scheme saying it will not lower insurance rates. The Baker City council plans to eliminate the extra mill and a half from the taxation budget after the protest and study of the proposal.
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Pali
Baker City
Long Tennessee Fight
For twenty years W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee fought nasal catarrh. He writes that swelling and soreness in the side of his nose were fearful until applying Puckton's Armen Salve to the bore surface. This caused the soreness and swelling to disappear never to return. Best salve in existence two dollars at Tallman & Co's druggists.
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Tennessee
W. L. Rawls
Bells,Tonn
Puckton
Tallman & Co
Young Jacks for Sale by Heppner Trader in City
P F Swaggart of Heppner visits the city with a batch of excellent young jacks from the Eastern Oregon Jack farm. He will stay several days to place the stock before local stockmen. Jacks are well bred, acclimated to eastern Oregon, offering good potential progeny at reasonable prices. Stockmen invited to inspect. Bee’s Laxative Cough Syrup with honey and tar advertised for children, no opiates, aligns with national pure food standards. Sold by A G Koeppen & Bros. drug store.
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P. F. Swaggart
Heppner
Oregon
Oreton
Pure Food and Drug Inn
A. G. Koeppen & Bros
Glassware at Cost at Clark's Grocery Store
A local sale advertises wholesale glassware including a water set priced at 9.16 with claims of savings versus other stores, a berry dish set marked as a Christmas bargain, and placement near the East Oregonian building. Also promotes ManZan Pile Remedy in collapsible tubes sold by A. C. Koep pen & Bros. drug store with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
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Clark’s
East Oregonian
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Indians Likely First Oklahoma Senators Named
Esther Pleasant Porter, Creek chief of McCurtain, and Chectawe Hoth, both full bloods and wealthy, are nearly certain to be among Oklahoma’s first two U.S. senators from the new state.
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United States
Oklahoma
Esther Pleasant Porter
McCurtain
Puzzle Solved Come There and We Will Save the Christmas Gift Worry
A local notice promises to ease holiday shopping with a plan to save shoppers from the bother of selecting gifts. It emphasizes a service or location where assistance is offered to streamline Christmas purchases.
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Chicago
Joseph Tomil
Delagus
Cal
Tomic
Austria
Eupreme Court
Wilson
Edward H. McKendree
Kentucky
Bank of Waliden
Stelin Hotel
Valdez Bank & Mercantile
Valdez Alaska
Wan Ooy
Northwest News
George Keethiey
Colville
Mse of Realty
Keethley
Loe Hall
Cheney & CO
PF. Chaser
ALD NG
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Hall
KFLLY
Ron
Jamestown
Dieolution Nodler
Idano
Yakima Vetere
Peoples Warehouse
Pendleton, Oregon
Guiotte
Agudwin No
Cornet
Chesire
Call of the Wild
C. S. Chesire
Ing
Alauxka
Seatile
F. J. Donaldson
Red Cross Pharmacy
Jominson's
Pendleton
North West
Polydore Moons Proprietor
Main St
Phone Malin
Walters’ Flouring Mills
Blue Rapids
Kansas
Pendleton Planing Mills
R. Forster
Times
Walla Walla
Frazier’s Book Store
HOTEL
H. O. Bowers
Cartier
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