Northwest Notes of Shopping and Robberies in Oregon and Idaho
A Northwest notes itemizes incidents from Tacoma to Roseburg. A Montesano woman misplaces about 1000 in jewels. a Moscow motorman is injured after contact with train current. Prineville records its coldest December in a decade. a miner is shot after a drink dispute in Lumpier. a Portland Jew tries suicide by strangulation. Roseburg fraud victims lose 2.98 each to prize fakers. in Oregon City a tramp is shot at after robbing a resident.
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Montesano
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Rober Fern
Imperial Mine
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Capitol Hotel
Fern
Bunnington
Roseburg
Oregon City Man Arrested for Attempted Murder of Wife
Charles Sutton of 2666 Alder Street Portland was arrested by Clackamas county deputies at his Island Station home on a drunken attempt to kill his wife. Sutton and his wife, divorced two years, remarried last March. the wife filed the complaint.
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Oregon City
Ore
Charles & Sutton
Rogers Barber Shop
Alder Street
Portland
Clackamas
Island Station
Sutton
Religion Is Not Of Divine Origin, Says University Scholar
Chicago professor George B. Foster of the University of Chicago Divinity School argues against divine origin for religion. He says religion arose from human needs, created gods to aid defense and fear, and that people increasingly view religion as a product of human effort rather than a divine gift.
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Chicago
George B. Foster
University of Chicago Divinity School
N. Y. World
Stork in Central Park Zoo Receives Christmas Letter
A New York Central Park Zoo stork poked neck through bars and picked up a note addressed to Mr Stork. The letter asked the bird to bring a little brother or sister by Christmas and to deliver one to Elsie Climan at 1980 Seventh Avenue. The back listed Emanuel Well as a name.
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Storks
Central Park Zoo
Horton
Mr. Stork
Stork
Forty Second Street
Elsie Climan
Seventh Avenue
Emanuel Well
Future Status of Vladivostok Might Move Free Port
A telegram from Japan consul in Vladivostok reports the duma is likely to propose withdrawing Vladivostok’s free port privilege at session start. If adopted the change could take effect around next April. German merchants asked Russia to publicize the date two to three months ahead due to its financial impact.
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Foreign Department
Nomura
Duma
Kobe Herald
Good stenographer and bookkeeper wanted for permanent position
East Oregonian office invites applicants for a permanent stenographer and bookkeeper role. Right party preferred. Apply in person at the East Oregonian office.
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East Oregonian
Great Oregon Holiday Trade Sets Stage for 1906 Travel boom
Portland shoppers exceed sixty thousand on Christmas Eve as downtown streets and stores buzz with activity. Pacific Monthly launches a travel and homeseeker drive for Oregon in 1906, urging producers to send practical data to attract settlers. Gilliam County plans a big progress convention to push aggressive advertising, while Cornell president Jacob Gould Schurman tours the nation. Roseburg prepares to dedicate new club rooms January 12 with statewide representation.
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Acton
Portland
Pacific Monthly
Ore
Oregon
Insane Woman Confined in Windmill Tower Mystery
Elizabeth Logg, 70, was confined in a windmill tower on her brother’s farm near Amboy, then moved to Watertown state hospital for the insane after a sheriff raid. Neighbors had petitioned, saying she had been kept in the tower for over a year, feeding on cucumbers without peeling and making escape attempts.
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Dixon
Elizabeth Logg
State Hospital For the
Watertown
A. T. Tournlott
Har- Triton
Amboy
Lite
Lowe
Louis
Historians Attend Major American Association Sessions
Iilstoriana in Session Washington December 25. Washington hosts educators from top universities for meetings of the American Historical Association the American Political Science Association the Bibliographical Society of America and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Many visitors will travel to Richmond and Baltimore with a University of Virginia excursion featured on the convention’s closing day.
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D. C
United States
American Historical Association
American Political Science Association
The
Bibliographical Society of America
Mississppi Valley Historical Association
Richmond
Baltimore
University of Virginia
Fresh Shellfish Lot At The Quelle In Town
Gus La Fontaine receives a fresh lot of crawfish crab and oysters in the shell at the Quelle market. The delivery emphasizes shellfish quality and local seafood offerings.
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Gus la Fontaine
Quelle
Lands Uninjured After 40-Foot Fall From Porch
Leo Connelly eleven month old son of Mrs Bridget Connelly of 2609 Cass avenue survived a 40 foot fall from a third story porch during carpenters work. He landed on a lumber pile and bounced after hitting a telephone wire. He remained conscious and suffered only a small scalp cut and slight bruise. Dr W A Dillon of 2605 Cass avenue reported no fracture or concussion. Annie, the baby’s 13 year old sister, held him at the moment and watched him tumble.
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St. Louis
Leo Connelly
Bridget Connelly
Cass Avenue
W. A. Dillion
Leo
Annie
Dillon
Louis Post-Disatch
Corpse Asks For Cigar After Train Shock
W H Shock a 34 year old Wilkittburg butcher was struck by an express train and placed in a baggage car. He sat up and asked for a cigar before dying. physicians declared him dead and he was to be taken to the morgue, but he later went home seemingly uninjured.
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Pittsburg
W. H. Shock
Wilkittburg
Shock
Philadelphia Press
Beware of Mercury in Ointments for Catarrh
Caution against catarrh ointments containing mercury due to harmful effects. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Advises purchasing genuine product and notes availability via druggists and fallible patent cures.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fall
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