First indemnity payment by China noted in 1902 report
The February 24 1902 item notes China’s government made its first indemnity payment to the United States. It also mentions Secretary Long’s resignation timing, Arthur Egan receiving a Royal Humane Society meal for saving two lives, a sugar price cut by Western Sugar Refinery, a Prince Henry luncheon planned in New York, Morgans backing suffrage, and a Chicago billiards world record by WH J Avary surpassing Wyman C McCreary.
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United States
Long
Arthur Egan
Lake Michigan
Royal Humane Society
London
England
Chi- Creo
San Francisco
Prince Henry
Sherry's
New York
Finnnes, Trade and Industry
J. Pierpont Morgat
Chicago
WH. J. Avary
Wyman C. McCreary
St. Louis
Taxpayer rebate and penalties outlined by Sheriff Blakley
Sheriff W. H. Blakley of Umatilla County Oregon issues a circular on tax payments. Taxes paid before March 19 qualify for a three percent rebate. payments from March 16 to the first Monday in April avoid penalties but no rebate. Delinquency after the first Monday in April incurs a ten percent penalty and twelve percent annual interest. Half payments have staggered deadlines, with penalties if late. Personal property and land taxes follow similar timetables, with land sales by March 1 of the following year if unpaid. Deeds go to the lowest interest bidder if not redeemed within three years.
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Blakkley
W. H. Blakley
Umatilla County
Ore
Portland News Roundup and Regional Updates
Registration in Portland tops 8000 about a third of Multnomah county votes. A starch plant will start in Portland and Oregon wheat favored for producer manufacture. Smallpox spotted at OKR&N camp near St Johns and camp quarantined. Baker City settles water plant dispute. becomes city property. A. M. Humphrey sentenced to two years for larceny by bailee in Salem warehouse case. A three story brick and stone building planned on Main in Walla Walla by Davin Brothers. longtime local papers call it a sky scraper. Mrs T A Riggs dies in Albany at 87. she crossed plains in 1846 from Missouri. Carl Steelhammer, 25, dies of typhoid at Silverton. musician at Salem Insane Asylum. Chinese cooks face hostility in Baker City as cooks union moves to replace with white workers. Doc Anders fatally injured at Booth Kelly mill logway when log teeth strike temple. dies minutes later.
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A. M. Humphrey
Salem
Wan
T. A. Riggs
Riggs
Albany
Plains
Missouri
Carl Steelhammer
Silverton
Wild Horse Road hazards prompt repair call
Adams Advance reports persistent washouts on Wild Horse creek road to Pendleton. Grades are eroded, sections forbid passing, and embankments risk lives after dark. A recent near tragedy involved a buggy overturning with a baby in arms. The paper urges widening the road or installing rails to prevent future damage suits.
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Wild Horse Creek
Pendleton
Adams
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Promote Health
Favorite Nearly Everywhere. Constipation dullness and headache are linked to poor health. De Witt's Little Early Tisers stimulate the liver open the bowels and relieve this condition. Safe speedy and thorough. They never gripe. Favorite pills Tallman & Co. and Brock & McComas Co.
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de Witt
Tallman & Co
Brock & McComas Co
Advertising gives returns when sustained by ads
The text argues that ads can squander money occasionally but continuous advertising yields ample returns for the money invested, presenting a suggestion that steady, ongoing promotion is more effective than sporadic spending.
Gotham Letter on Odell Reform Plans and Tammany
New York readers see a clash over Governor Odell’s plan to reorganize the state board of charities, trimming to five members and granting sweeping power. The piece also notes Croker’s rumored England exile and Nixon’s rise, plus Brooklyn politics around Sheriff Guden, internal revenue rulings on stock pledges, and the American Museum of Natural History annual acquisitions funded by Morris K. Jesup and others.
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New York
Odell
State Board of Charities
Encio Bir
American Museum of Natural History
Morgan
Philadelphia Mint
J. Pierpont Morgan
Briggs
George Foster Peabody
A. C. James
Frederick A. Constable
Hoffman
Hotel Arrivals at the Pendleton Hotel
A lengthy list of guests and visitors registered at the Pendleton Hotel including D. Rosenfeld of Portland and numerous others from Portland, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Wasco, Spokane, and additional cities. The roll includes couples and individuals such as A. W. Hunt, J. Bramich, Wm. Blakly, Ira Powers, lone Katleky, C. Hunt, Sykes, Fleming, Williams, McNamara, Parker, and many more with scattered hometowns and affiliations.
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Portland
Lone Katleky
San Francisco
W. Warren
Gil
Spokane
A. Pwerles
O. Atwood
Whig Southard
St. Louls
Baldwin
Chicago
Hunt
EK. Sykes
John Fleming
A. Sinsheimer
B. Sill
S. B. Martin
A. W. Williams
A. McNamara
W. Rogers
J. W. Prasser
St. Paul
Ray S. Parker
Cincinnati
L. Allehoff
Dave Erdrich
New York
W. H. Smith
E. Kasturg
Wasco
A. Gills
George Aven
W. R. Glendinning
George McGilvery
M. Monteith
O. Lakin
M Smith
F. G. Blackman
H. V. Carpenter
City
C. KH. Miller
Echo
J. W. Silver
Dave Stone
A. W. McKinzie
Horace Richards
A. Smith
G. E. Cozier
Ick
H. Burke
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Baer §& Daley
Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters
General News
Pacific Northwest News
Multnomah County
Oregon
St. Johns
Baker City
Cooks’ and Walters’ Union
E. S. Anders
Doc” Anders
Booth-Kelly
Eugeene
Wild Horse Road
Gotham
Wichard Croker
Tammany Hall
Mr. Nixon
Tammany
Brooklyn E Republicans
Guden
Schieren
Brooklyn
Timothy Woodruff
Cady
Republican Party
Wall Street
Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Department
Washington
Congress
The
F. J. Gardner
J. Tasback
la Grande
A. BE. Flower
Enterprise
Edgar Morris
W. H. Zezzer
F. P. Mimnaugh
Frank Moriarty
J. T. Hinkle
Milton
Ora Cooper
Mostow
G. D. Galley
A. Fransis
M. Biven
William J. Moore
Thomas Balding
J. C. Jones
Alsiah
A. E. McBreen
R. E. Porter
Meacham
G. W. Jones
Woaiser
W. F. Woodstock
Nolin
L. W. Keeler
P. Mitchell
L. Cunningham
Lizzie Bessett
T. B. Stout
Kalispell
Bert Carl
M. E. Shorte and
Younger & Son
F.S. Younger & Son
Martin
LaFontaine
Beauty
Main Street
Jesse Failing
Vienna
Minister of Justice
Smith
Portland Oregonian
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Third Street
L. & M. Alexander
Hoon
Bowers
Polydore Moons
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