Indictments Returned in Seattle Murder Case Involving Chinamen
Portland, Feb. 10. Indictments were returned to the grand jury here against Wong Si Sam and Lew Soon in the murder of Seth Bing. Mrs Ung Goey of Pendleton, an important state witness, was held. The two men are Hop Sing Tong members, with Lew Soong once San Francisco president and Wong Si Sam a former river steamer cook. Bing was killed October 19 in a room at Fourth and Everett. his body was dismembered and sent to Seattle.
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Portland
Gre
Grand
Wong Si Sam
Lew Soon
Seid Bing
Sen
Ung Goey
Pendleton
Hop Sing Tong
Lew Soong
San Francisco
Sarah Dixon
Seth Bing
Fourth
Everett
Sestile
Geese Race Train Near Clarksville In Wild Duck Chase
A flock of geese and wild ducks raced a Louisville & Nashville passenger train ten miles west of Clarksville. The geese led early, the birds joined by ducks midway, and the chase continued over miles until the Cumberland area as the train neared final stops.
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Clarkavile
Louisville & Nashville
Clarksville
Hematite and Steel's Springs
Cumberland
Truthful Advertising Basis of Success in Peruana Remedy
Columbus Ohio reports Perunea leading household remedy ingredients made public Cadron seed Cubebs stone root and goldenseal listed as mucous membrane tonic and nerve aid.
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Columbus
Ocho
YORK & YORK Chinese Medicine Ad Promises Cures
York and York advertise compounded remedies from Tiara miless roots and herbs for numerous ailments including stomach lung heart rheumatism arthritis fever cancer and private diseases. They claim hundreds of testimonials and offer free consultations with symptom blanks and circulars, address 22 W Alder St Walla Walla Washington.
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York & York
River Bridge Pause in City Approach
A fragment notes the travelers paused and changed direction when sighting the city near a river bridge, suggesting a turning point or detour in their path.
Era of $1000 Cow Prompts Dairymen Debate
Hartford Connecticut reports the Connecticut dairymen convention where EK Davis of Norwich predicts the era of the $1000 cow. He cites drought reducing last year's crop and urges more clover and alfalfa. Professor Cooley of Amherst says the $1000 cow is now feasible and notes she will be worth it.
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Professor Cooley
Hartford
Conn
EK. C. Davis
Norwich
Connecticut
Amhert
Mass
Van Kills Horses On Ice On Media Hill
A Continental Storage company van drawn by four horses slid on a steep Media hill. The near horse slipped, the van toppled onto two shaft horses pinning them. One horse kicked off a leg before dying. Herbert Nutter and a helper were slightly hurt. driver Lee Jones escaped injury.
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Media
Continental Storage Company
Philadelphia
Media Hill
Jlarge
Herbert Nutter
Lee Jones
Connecticut Couple Hidden Marriage for 50 Years
Samuel McEvoy age 70 and Jane Plimpton age 73 reveal they wed February 12 1862 in Thompsonville Connecticut. The ceremony was led by a minister who later left for the Union Army in the south, returning two years later to reside on the same street. After a quarrel they were never seen together and offered no explanation.
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Connecticut
Thompsonville
Conn
Samuel
McEvoy
Jane Plimpton
Mclvey
Postmaster General Hitchcork Receives Leap Year Proposal
A Houston woman writes to Postmaster General Hitchcock, noting newspaper reports he as a bachelor忙 and proposing a short correspondence with a woman who would be very interested. The Missive arrives from Houston, Texas and references leap year chatter.
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Poaymeester-General
Rom Fouston
Washington
Hitchcork
Willin
Houston
Tex
One Chicken Feeds Forty In Missouri Club Meal
Forty members of the Kirksville Girls Home Economic club proved one chicken can feed a group at the Missouri Home Makers conference. They prepared chicken bouton chicken salad beaten biscuits and pumpkin pie with total cost of 1.65. Miss Allee Kinney, club president, led the meal preparation and serving.
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Columbia
Kirsksville Girls Home Economic Club
Missouri Home Makers
Allee Kinney
State Survey for John Day Project in Oregon
State Engineer reports requests for topographic surveys of the John Day irrigation district along the river and nearby areas in Sherman Gillam and Morrow counties to assess feasibility. Surveys may be conducted this year despite current funds tied to federal appropriations. Also mentions Hood River district survey requests and Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertisement.
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Salem
Ore
Sherman
Gillam
Morrow
Hood River
Lewis
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering a $100 reward for a deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall’s Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It promotes a medical remedy and urges readers to buy pills for constipation, with address for F. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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F. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Attorney General Crawford Eyes Oregon Governor Post
Salem reports Attorney General Crawford may run for governor in two years. He won a record third term as attorney general and would not seek another AG term, while hinting at a Portland law practice. Friends urge a gubernatorial bid, and observers expect a nomination and election if he enters the race.
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Salem
Ore
Crawford
Portland
Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised for burns and cuts
An advertisement promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment as a ready remedy for scalds burns and severe cuts with bottles priced 26¢ 50¢ and 1.00. Sold by A Koeppen & Bros, highlighting on‑hand preparedness for accidents.
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Ballard
A. Koeppen & Bros
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Howard
Taylor Hardware Company
Pucks
York & York, Chinese Medicine Company
W. Alder
Walla Walla, Wn
Van
Pops
Hitchcock
John Day Project
Chamberlain
Dealera
Vesare
Hotens Incubator Go
Troy
Troy Steam Laundry
Paine Bros
Phone
All Dealora
Marvel
Radio Marvel CO
Pacific Power & Light Company
Mark Moorhouse CO
F. Court Street
Ford
Torpedo Road
STER
Eagle-Woodmen
Ford Motor Car Agency
Joseph N. Bohl
Prop
East Court ST
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