Western States Stock Loss and National News Tidbits
Stockmen estimate 51 million head of cattle killed across Western Kansas Oklahoma and the Texas Pan handle by a public calamity. A Boise jury returns a murder verdict in a case involving Frederick Pond and others. William Cowper Prime former editor at the New York Journal and Princeton art history professor dies at 60. Senator Elkins criticizes appropriation measures noting a treasury deficit near 350 million after the current session. An automobile collision injures Mrs T E Jefferson near Pusdena Gila with serious injuries. The Wilson administration bill on medical examiners gains support. The United States has 75 thousand fire stations and 560 thousand miles of postal routes with travel of 590 million miles annually. Service costs exceed 150 million dollars and receipts nearly match expenditures.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Boise
Fred Pond
Chas
Rely
Bond
Daly
William Cowper Prime
New York
Elkins
Treasury
T. E. Jefferson
Garordan
Shearer
Pusdena
Jeffens
Wilson Senate
Mate Board of Medical Examiers
Washington
House
United States
Portland News Summary Of City And Regional Events
Southwest News reports Seattle city hall destroyed many important documents and disarray in city administration. It notes Oregon area bridges and port activity with counts of openings and shipments, plus rail car and grain figures for Portland. It also mentions a revival, local jail incident, a watch theft, and a suicide by carbolic acid.
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Hueta
Seattle
Sniem
Pierce
Bima
Wash
Charlies Johnson
Farm for sale near Peporton on Umatilla river
360 acres on the Umatilla river with 100 acres on level ground and subject to irrigation. So nod soil suitable for alfalfa. Includes improvements such as a farm implement and 60 cords of wood. Located four miles from Peporton. Price 4500 dollars. Seller T. Wade on. Office E. O. Building.
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Umatilla
Peo@eton
OHAH'S NEW ENVOY ARRIVES IN AMERICA
General Mortem Khan styled Momtsz Of Molk arrives as Persia’s new minister to the United States. A bachelor from a noble line, he aims to promote trade relations, importing Persian art and textiles to Washington and expanding cultural ties while he and a small Persian retinue settle in New York.
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Mortem Khan
Momtsz of Molk
Parsia
United States
New York
Hadi Mirza Djerad Khan
Tend Th
Morteza Khan
Ropa
Imperial School
Dar-el-Funwun
Paris
Persia
State Department
Meriess Khan
Caucasus
Tiflis
Ruma
Foreign Office
South America
France
Holland
Italy
Miniter Morteza
Teheran
Persis
North McKay Items Brief Social and Weather Notes
North McKay Feb 17 news item reports J W Wilkinkson of Walla Walla visiting daughter Mrs George B Kidder. A basket social and dance led by Adrian Brotherton occurred Feb 11 despite cold. Mrs Kidder confined by grippe. Ice enjoys by amaI begy and comrades. Severe cold damaged gardens early vegetables. Hay prices $10 to $12 per ton with no rise foreseen. Arch Porter to host social and dance Feb 18. Mr and Mrs Reuben French visiting sister Mrs J Wheeler.
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North McKay
J. W. Wilkinkson
Walla Walla
George B. Kidder
Adrian Brotherton
Mercury
George RB. Kidder
Ama! Bey
Seres
Archie Porter
Reuben French
Spineless cactus promises fodder for livestock prospects
In a 1905 notable note Luther Burbank reports a spineless cactus bred as livestock feed. It claims half the nutrition of alfalfa and desert adaptability, seen as a potential boon for arid West stock men and waste land use. Also mentions a notice to debtors from D Emmler & Bon.
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Luther Burbank
California
The Western Mother and Home Scene Reflections
Fragmentary prose and poetry fragments praise the Western mother and home life. The text references poetical lines on wifely strength, aging, and memory, with a testimonial for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and a note about Richard Croker being the sole heir of his late father Frank, killed in auto races at Ormond.
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Richard Croker
Frank
Ormond
Croker
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Trouele
THE
POST
Frederick
General News
Southwest News
Burnside Street
Portland
Umee
Madison Treet
Dember
Ip Normia
Ilinem
T. Wade
OHAH
Ot Teheran
Heard Prese
Fall
India
Dresden
Peoples Warehouse
Pendleton
Timatilla County
Mitton
Order of
National Woman's Suffrage Association
American Medical Association
D, Eemler & Bon
Treas
Will Chamberlain
National Magasine
Agunising
Barna
Bucklen
Arnica Salve
K. Rivenbark, Jr
Norfolk
Tallman & Co
Booser
Shay
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