Harmony Road Men Make Concession
Oregon governor West s harmony roads committee proposes a compromise granting the state grange control over highway policy while maintaining a state aid bond plan. The plan slashes the bond issue to 1 million annually, limits debt to 2 percent of assessed values, and allocates funds among counties and districts with a state board overseeing residual funds. C. E. Spence opposes state aid, Roseburg meeting May 14 will decide.
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Portland
Ore
State Grange
West
Harmony Good Roads Committee
C. E. Spence
Grange
Roseburg
Orange
W. B. Ayer
W. K. Newell
C. T Prall
Bernard Daly
The
Harmony Committee
Ita
State Board
Multnomah County
Wood
Lakeview
Morgan Swindled Over Coptic Manuscripts Purchase
Berlin report says J Pierpont Morgan was swindled out of 40000 dollars in a Cairo dispatch for Coptic manuscripts. The texts, long on the market cheaply, were bought by a clever dealer who hatched a profitable scheme.
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Berlin
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cairo
Sleeping Boy Shot by Brother in Bed
Francis Monroe an 11 year old in Walla Walla was accidentally shot by his older brother Jesse as he woke and handled a pistol taken to bed for self protection. The ball struck his side above the hip and he was rushed to Walla Walla Hospital in serious condition while their mother and father were away.
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Walla Walla
Francis Monroe
Jesse
Walla Walla Hospital
Horem Hound Syrup Promoted For Lung Ailments
An old newspaper note promotes APALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP as a remedy for heavy lung colds and dangerous respiratory disorders. It claims frequent doses check progression and aid natural healing, offered at 25¢ 50c and 1.00 per bottle and sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Concrete Age Emerges As Railroads Embrace Cement
Railroad magnate James J. Hill visited a cement show at the Coliseum and predicted that soon railroads and major structures will be built with concrete. He warned wood is vanishing and urged extensive cement use to conserve forests, noting his early advocacy for forest conservation.
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Coliseum
Chicago
Jamcs J. Hil
United States
Hill
Concrete roads to link Minneapolis and Seattle project plan
A proposal outlines using concrete for the Northern Pacific railway from Minneapolis to Seattle. The plan envisions a solid roadbed with concrete telegraph poles bridges track elevations and tunnels as part of the modernization effort.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis
Seattle
Chance Bluff Catches Man in Suspected Burglary
George Reno, an engineer for Union Electric Light and Power, halted a man at 408 North Tenth Street after shouting Hold up your hands. Patrolman Lake from Carr Street station arrived. the suspect, Mike Cavanaugh, was taken into custody amid burglary and larceny charges.
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St. Louis
George Reno
Union Electric Light and Power Company
North Tenth Street
Reno
Lake
Carr Street
Mike Cavanaugh
Judge Upholds A Cussers Coffee Spill Case
In St Joseph Missouri Dudley L Purkaple a Denver man swore in a restaurant after spilling hot coffee on his trousers. Police Judge J T Allee dismissed the case stating the man suffered enough.
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Denver
St. Joseph
Dudley L. Purkaple
J. T. Allee
Purkaple
Ballard's Snow Liniment Sold by Koeppen Bros
A household remedy note promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for cuts and wounds, noting slow healing without care. Bottles priced 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar, with A C Koeppen & Bros as retailers.
Typists in Spokane mull union after eight hour ruling
Spokane typists and office workers consider forming a union after Judge Chapman in Pierce county ruled that a typist is not a mechanic under the eight hour law. Organizers discuss an eight hour office workers federation with branches in Seattle Spokane Tacoma and central Washington to lobby for law changes.
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Spokane
Wash
Chapman
Pierce County Superior Court
Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
Eight hour workday law challenged in Spokane case
Judge Chapman held an office separate from manufacturing is not a manufacturing establishment so Louis Bean did not violate the law by employing a stenographer beyond eight hours. The ruling hinges on whether the service was rendered in a mechanical establishment.
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Spokane
Miner in Wedding Attack Shocks Jersey City Church
A man dressed as a miner with a blue shirt overalls and lamped cap rushed the Church of Our Lady of Coenstockowa on Sussex Street as Rev Constant Ferdyn prepared to bind a couple in marriage. The intruder interrupted the ceremony and caused a disturbance before being restrained.
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Jersey City
N. J
Church of Our Lady of Coenstockowa
Sussex Street
Constant Ferdyn
Initiatives and Referendum Focus in Oregon
The remarks center on Oregon measures including Initiative and Referendum processes and how Statement No 1 guides civic actions in the state. It notes public engagement and procedural aspects impacting ballot measures and political participation.
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Oregon
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Deafness Claim Advertisement
An 19th or early 20th century style medical ad claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts constitutional cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers $100 for cures of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by the remedy. It promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo, Ohio as the source.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drogeiete
East Oregonian
Oregon
Portland
Umatilla County
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