Building costs fall as workers flood Walla Walla scene
Walla Walla sees cheaper building material and softer wages drawing carpenters, bricklayers, and mechanics from Portland Seattle and Spokane. permits rise for dwellings while stock numbers recede, with a growing local labor market and more clerks in the Blue Mountain forest district office. Hickory Bark Cough Remedy advertised.
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Walla Walla
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Mecca
Department of Labor
Metz
Wailea Walla
Healing cure story from Mound City patient in 1900s ad
Mrs. B. TD. Clapp reports her son, near death from lung and throat trouble, was saved by Dr. King's New Discovery after exhausting coughs. The product promises relief for coughs colds throat and lung issues, offered by Tallman & Co. with 60 cent and 1 dollar prices and a free trial bottle.
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South Dakota
Mound City
Tallman & Co
First White House Christmas Dinner in 1800 Recalled
Washington historians recall President John Adams and Abigail Adams hosting the first White House Christmas dinner in 1800. Venison, not turkey, was served from a gift haunch. The capital then was a wilderness with a new house, few brick residences, and early hardships.
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Washington
White House
John Adams
Abigail
Roosevelt
Adams
Whehington
Capitol
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed by Local Merchant
Le Raysville merchant Woolever praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and reports a cure twenty years ago. The product, guaranteed for sores wounds burns and abrasions, costs 25 cents at Tullman & Co.’s drug store.
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Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Tullman & Co
FEVER SHEEP TO BE GRAZED IN HEPPNER FOREST
Forester Chisey and Ranger Wright returned from Lone Rock Spray Monument and Hardman with grazing permit applications for 1908. They report falling numbers of cattle and sheep on range lands and have gathered about 100 applications for grazing permits in the Heppner national forest.
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Chidsey
Chisey
Heppner National Forest
Sylvanus Wright
Lone Rock
Spray
Monument
Hardman
Heppner Gazette
Doan's Kidney Pills Showcase Proven Local Merit
Pendleton residents extol Doan's Kidney Pills as highly effective for back and kidney pain. Mrs H Swaggert reports long term relief for husband and herself after using the remedy from Pendleton Drug Co. with continued praise in 1907. Foster-Milburn Co. sells nationwide at 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Pendleton
Dean
H. Swaggert
Garden Street
Ore
Conan
Swaggert
Doan
Pendleton Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Sawmill Reopens After Weeks Shut at Vancouver
The Pittock and Leadbetter Lumber Company sawmill resumed operations in Vancouver Washington yesterday after a several week shutdown. The restart marks a return to work for mill workers and supports local lumber production.
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Pittock and Leadbetter Lumber Company
Vancouver
Wash
New Sternwheel Steamer Planned For Pend d Oreille
Pend d Oreille Navigation Co under W H Irving plans a 180 by 26 foot sternwheel steamer with less than two foot draft for Pend d Oreille River service. Newport Washington officials seek bids from local shipbuilders to build a 200 passenger excursion craft costing about 40000 dollars. The vessel aims for speed and efficiency with emphasis on performance in inland waters.
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W. H. Irving
Pend
Stockmen Near Finish Round Up In Southern Oregon
Southern Oregonian notes fall cattle roundup in Siskiyou and Cascade ranges nearly complete. Cattle in market condition but beef prices drop may delay sales as stockmen stall feed and plan later marketing. High butter prices push several herds from beef toward dairy conversion, though the shift is not yet final.
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Oregon
Siskiyou
Cascade Mountain Ranges
Southern
Oregonian
Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Offer Quick Relief
Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills promise rapid relief for kidney and bladder troubles with a week’s course priced at 26 cents. Sold by Tall man and Co.
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Dewitt
Tallman & Co
Sexine Pills Pitch From Pendleton Drug Co
An advertisement promises sleep aid and mental clarity with Sexine Pills at a dollar to five dollars. It claims no risk and urges readers to purchase from Pendleton Drug Co, asserting it sells the principal remedies without substitutions.
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Pendleton Drug Co
Real estate dealer W H Mills missing from Klamath Falls
W H Mills a real estate dealer of Klamath Falls is missing since November after visiting his old home in California. He left California on November 8 and has not been heard from since, causing concern among relatives.
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W. H. Mills
Klamath Falls
California
Hyomel advertised as universal catarrh cure with guarantee
Tallman & Co promotes Hyomel as a complete, science backed cure for catarrh noting a money back guarantee if it fails. The formula is public to physicians and the product is sold for one dollar with a promise to refund if not effective. It claims rapid healing by delivering medicine to air passages.
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Pendleton
Tallman & Co
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