Counterfeit Gold Coins Sighted In Portland Alert Issued
A Portland warning reports a skilled gang passing 1901 coinage along the coast from San Francisco to Seattle. The bogus $5 and $10 gold pieces have appeared in The Dalles and Portland venues, with victims in lodging houses and saloons. Secret service operatives, led by Steve Connell, estimate about $200 in circulation. The group is said to travel toward Pendleton and eastern Oregon, with officers on alert.
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Pendinton
Oregon
Dalles
Sheriffs Office
Umatilla
Oregonian
Portland
Steve Connell
Secret Service
San Francisco
Seattle
Soldier Blocks Death Plot and Kings Visit Report
A Civil War veteran from Rep. Tex. describes thwarting a death plot linked to illness, praising Dr. King's New Discovery for restoring health. Separate dispatch from Madrid notes King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to receive royal greetings, with Alfonso and Victoria planning banquets and excursions as a British squadron and French, German fleets prepare for escort duties.
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J. A. Stone
Rep. Tex
Dr. King
Talimen & Co
Pendleton
Oregon
Edward
Spain
Madrid
Queen Alexandra
Villegarcia
Victoria and Albert
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Coretegada
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial readable details about a local public sale with names of local officials and action but lacking full context or dates.
Public sale of rare Brooks collection at Sothebys London
London, Feb 15 One of England s largest book and pamphlet collections from Lord Polwarth s library went to public sale at Sotheby s today continuing through tomorrow The collection covers sixteenth to eighteenth centuries with civil war newspapers and Americana including Behop s New England Judged Mayor Robert Roger s Concise Account of North America and a manuscript copy of William Penn s Laws for Pennsylvania government made for the first assembly.
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London
England
Lord Polwarth
Sotheby's
Tare Mors
Behop
New Ineland
Rhobert Roger
North America
William Pen
Pennsylvania
First Assembly
Penn
Ocean Yacht Race Opens From Melbourne To Hobart
An ocean yacht race the second in Australian waters began at Queen's Cliff Victoria, bound for Hobart Tasmania, covering 42 nautical miles. Under Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania flag, boats cross Bass Strait and Bank Strait, along the island's east coast. It is the longest Australian waters race, surpassing last year's Geelong to Launceston at 220 miles.
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Melbourne
Queen's Clif
Victoria
Hobart
Tasmania
Royal Yacht Club of
Bass Strait
Bank Strait
Geelong
Launceston
Fight on White Plague Opens Tuberculosis Exhibit
Kansas City Missouri February fifteenth marks the start of a national tuberculosis exhibit and congress aimed at arousing the southwest to precautions. Eminent physicians will give addresses as the two week event unfolds and a tuberculosis related death rate in Kansas City is noted to emphasize the danger. Chess Masters to Compete in St Petersburg tournament opens with twenty masters from Europe including Lasker and other notable players.
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Kansas City
Southwest
St. Petersburg
Europe
E. Lasker
Burn
Liverpool
Duras
Prague
Marco
Vienne
Mieses
Leipsic
Teichmann
Altenberg
Leonhardt
Stockholm
Rubenstein
Salve
Lodz
O. $. Bernstein
Nenarkoff
Moscow
Das-Chotomirski
Warsaw
Snoskoe Borowski
Fight for Mine Control At Daly West Meeting
In Denver on February 16, Daly West Mining Company faces a likely power clash at its annual meeting as Ohio and New England stockholders allegedly seek to oust President Bamberger. Reports claim the company’s seven year surplus averaged 200000 dollars annually with no interest paid on it. A separate note recalls Washington’s recovery from a spider bite with Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing deep leg sores, and mentions eczema burns and piles treated by Tallman & Co. in Pendleton Oregon.
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Denver
Colo
Daly-West Mining Company
Ohio
New England
Bamberger
Washington
Bucklen
John Washington
Bosqueville
Tex
Eczema, Bolls, Burns and Pileq
Tallman & Co
Pendleton
Oregon
Papers Boost Price in Trenton Newspapers
Trenton New Jersey February 14 under an agreement by all local newspapers the price per copy rose from one cent to two cents. Increased white paper costs and higher production expenses are cited as the reasons for the change.
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Trenton
N. J
Hardware Dealers Meet in Rochester NY Convention
Hardware dealers from New York state gather in Rochester for their annual convention and exhibition starting February 16 and continuing for several days. The event brings together industry professionals, vendors, and exhibitors from across the state.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York State
Oregon Facts Spread by Letters to Millions
Portland readers receive a leaflet praising Oregon as a land for growth and investment. It cites timber reserves, irrigation efforts, dairy, fruit, poultry, water power, and mining, with optimistic notes on land values and production, urging immigration and settlement. The East Oregonian also notes Pendleton W O W camp last dance on February 15 at Engle Woodmen hall, inviting all.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Pendleton Camp No. 41
Engie-Woodmen Hall
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Spurious
TY Dragon
Pondieton
Tal 1On
Diviziona
al& Expeuttel
Mr Pumpuee
Ieee Elle
Alexander’s Dep
T. Store
United States
Uncle Sam
United States Reclamation Fund
Sovere Sens
The
East Oregonian
Orpheum
Gether
NEW
Redwood & Gordon
D. C. Graybear
Main Street
Crete
D. A. May
Sunny San Luis Valley
Colorado
Liberal Commission
St. Louis
San Luis
Fas
Reggran
Pendleton Roller Mills
W. S. Byers
Prop
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