Willwe Edges to Hire 1300 Men for Lewiston Riparia Line
Lewiston and Riparia railroad work will employ about 1500 men as river conditions improve to permit boat operations. Contractor Peterson and engineer Brandon plan to recruit daily from Seattle and Portland bureaus, with crews arriving in 20 man gangs until staffing is complete. Peterson, visiting from California, will oversee progress and assist in building the Lewiston Clearwater bridge, returning to Portland for further work inspections with Chief Engineer Boschke of the O R N.
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Lewiston
Riparia Beavel
O. Tt
Portland
Lewiston-Riparia
Anon
Peterson
Erickson & Peterson
Brandon
Seattle
California
Lewiston-Clearwater
Bosch‘ke
La Grande sees tax levy shift raise more dollars
The La Grande school district credits a levy shift from 22 mills to 16 mills with higher property valuations, producing more revenue this year at $1,629.41 than last year's 22 mills. Taxable property values rose from $755,181 to $1,125,720, with mill totals and city tax amounts outlined across 1904 to 1906 in the La Grande Observer.
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cSepee
la Grande
la Grande Observer
Immigrant Families Separated Over Trachoma Case
In San Francisco on January 1 a U S immigration officer split two Russian families to enforce national law. Anna Kapkov and N Dobrev aboard a steamer were found to have trachoma by an immigration physician. They were detained for days then ordered to return to their port of embarkation. Kapkov, a four member wife with three children. Deliver recently married. Lamentations noted as they faced removal to Panama.
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California
Anna Kapkov
N. Dobrev
Anna Kopkov
Deliver
Panama
Buckjen Arnica Salve Restores Beauty After Skin Trouble
Harriet Howard of West Thirty fourth street New York describes years of salt rheum and erermna until Buckjen Arnica Salve cured sores cuts and skin trouble. Sold for 25 cents at Tallman & Co.'s and Brock & McComas Co.'s drug stores.
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Harriet Howard
West Thirtyfourth Street
New York
Tallman & Co
Brock & McComas Co
Ten Leading Circles of Women of Woodcraft in 1903
The monthly report lists leading circles by name number and location including Violet Circle No 1 Leadville California 1003. Pomai Circle No 66 Seattle Washington 779. Harmony Circle No 22 Denver Colorado 618. Silver State Circle No 7 Denver 609. Laurastinus Circle No 83 Los Angeles 612. Carnation Circle No 24 Pueblo Colorado Gil Helena Circle No 691 Helena Montana 493. Bonner Circle No 4 Pueblo Colorado 417. El Paso Circle No F149 Colorado Boringmn Colorado 416. Palm.
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Violet
Leadville
Cal
Order of the Women of Woodcraft
Panifice
Poaim
Seattle
Wash
Harmony Circle
Denver
Silver State
Laurastinus
Los Angeles
Pueblo
Col. Gil
Helena
Mont
Bonner
Col
el Paso
Colorado
Palm
California Prune Wafers Patent Tonic Cathartic
Ad promotes California Prune Wafers as a great tonic cathartic and cure for malaria constipation nervousness catarrh stomach stoma itch and breath issues. Marketed by Talla & Co. at 622 Main Street Pendleton Oregon offering 100 wafers for 25 cents.
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California
Talla & Co
Malin St
Pendleton
Ore
The Cruel Plant and Cruel Canadian Flora
A Canadian plant named the cruel plant Physlanthus albens is blamed for the death of a tethered butterfly. Butterflies swarm the flower in August to sip honey as a pair of vegetable pinchers trap the insect, leading to its death. A Brasilian origin is suggested, while another Canadian plant Caf eus discolor is also accused of cruelty for secreting a viscous gland that stupefies and poisons insects.
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Brasil
Colossal Avellan harp of Basel inventor unveiled
M Verlinn, provost of Burkill near Basel, built the gigantic meteorological Avellan harp in 1787. The 320 foot long instrument used fifteen iron wires stretched between two poles, angled to the horizon, sounding with weather changes and producing sounds resembling water hiss, a harmonicon, distant chimes, or an organ.
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M. Verlinn
Burkill
Basel
The First Hats and the History of Hat Use
An antiquary discusses hat origins from decoration to protection. Early signs include hair adornment in Greek culture, with birds and beasts influencing crests and ornaments. Ceremonial wear marks rank in eastern traditions, Buddhist depictions show elaborate hats, and Korea shows a peak with fifty hat forms indicating social status.
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Korea
The Horse's Hoof in Modern Horse Design
The beat of a horse is described as the most perfect instrument of support for a large swift animal. The hoof structure is redesigned to blend solidity with elasticity, allowing it to strike earth with force without harm. This enables the horse to carry greater weight at higher speeds than any comparable animal.
Hatter Explains Tricks Behind Hat Trade
A New York clubman recalls a hatter who reveals many dodges used in selling hats. He notes that aggressive selling practices and promotions are meant to keep hats moving, since hats would last too long otherwise.
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New York
The Last Word In Impertinent Conversation
A humorous exchange centers on who has the final word in a chat. Mr Meekton claims the last word comes from a courteous reply while Henrietta Interida conveys her message. The man lingers on a doorstep, remarks on the dreamlike moment, and then vanishes.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta Interida
He Knew Her Bat Dilemma Sparks Season Latent Choice
A domestic scene unfolds with a wife debating whether to take the bat, calling it the dearest thing she has seen this season, while the husband responds with a sardonic remark that if it is so dear she will certainly take it.
Fragmentary Review of Ideas and Lyrics
A terse, fragmented cut from the Cleveland Leader notes a dialogue on belief in original sin and a line about tunes. It shifts to a line mentioning a skylark and a man, with stray words like heat and singing, reflecting terse, incomplete OCR text from a newspaper page segment.
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Cleveland
Finances Of City Pendleton January 1905 Balance Report
City finances show general fund receipts total 41 004 71 with licenses fines taxes and sewer revenues. Expenditures cover streets police fire and public works while betterments include fire apparatus and sewer system. Excess receipts over expenditures 3048 59 and 1908 balance shows general fund at 3008 05 with bonds and liabilities totalling 254 402 00.
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Council
Fite Gerald
Pendleton
Aldewilka
Police
Elty Miehting
Rexport of
Fingles
Jevee
City of
Lightning Drills Rock, Vitrifies Stone in Experiments
An English observer notes lightning can drill hard rock and vitrify it. In Cumberland Channels rocks thirty feet deep and two to four inches wide show glazed interiors where soil melted by flashes. Artificial tests indicate a strong battery spark vitrifies powdered gines but not feldspar or quartz.
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Cumberland
Man's Pockets Show Tools and Odd Items
A Clay Center Kansas Times item notes a well equipped gentleman with pockets filled by items such as a jackknife match box cigar cutter and other odds. Women wonder what he keeps, while the list includes a hoodkerchief keys pen lewd pencils sharpener eyeglasses notebook watch old letters and papers. The only spared pocket is the nightshirt pocket described as too sweet.
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Hls
Compass by a Watch Method for Angles
The text explains using a watch to find compass directions and measure angles. It instructs aligning hour hand toward the sun, then aiming south to the midpoint, and using two overlapping paper edges on a watch face to read angles by minutes. This method claims two to three degree accuracy.
Why Sie Head Didn’t Ringe
Two Scotsmen turning a corner collide. One says his hat is ringing and jokes his held is ringing. The piece then ridicules long words and letters, promoting Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tor for coughs. It notes Endicott, Washington fire damage and brick rebuilding progress.
Northerly Ja va provinces devastated by famine
Famine stricken regions in the far north of Ja va report about 21,057 directly affected with many already dead. In Holyoke Col, Mim Gertle Haast was found dead shot through the head with life insured for 9 000 in favor of her brother in law. Virginia delegate John H. Atkinson dies at 68 in New Cumberland W Va. Southern railway places freight car order worth over 5 million dollars. Miss Claribel David named assistant attorney in San Francisco after UC and Hastings study. Faust chorus of 150 girls strike at Metropolitan New York over wage raises causing two nights without a chorus. Denver man Emanuel Williams collapses while trying to support his sick wife and resorts to drastic acts to fund care.
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Java
Thoussaide
Holyoke
Col
Mim Gertle Haast
Gernhardt J. van Wyck
John H. Atkinson
Virginia
New Quimberland
W. Va
The
Southern Railway Company
Southern States
Claribel David Haw
San Francisco
David
University of California
Hastinges Law School
Northwest immigration to Chewelah colony. multiple local incidents
In Chewelah near the Dunkard settlement, a large influx of settlers from David City Nebraska is planned. Portland reports Dan May under arrest for beating his wife and vowing to endure whipping rather than long confinement. In Moscow Idaho a shellac kettle explosion badly burns Strat Witte son and his mother but both are expected to recover. Parsons report a prominent businessman Davin Sith has died after paralysis. L. Shook, 60, fled with Mrs. Charles McPhee, wife of five, under a warrant. a large financial mortgage plan is set by Alaska Central Railway and Western Trust to issue 10 million in five percent bonds. John Walla and Senyila Walla, both elderly, plan to marry under Idaho law for probate purposes, amid Indian rites.
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Dan May
Portland
Moscow
Idaho
Strat, Witteson
Cop. T. Smith
Davin, Sith
Tacomi
Gi. L. Shook
Seward
Darby
Mont
Charles McPhee
Western Trust & Savinge Taank
Chickiee
Frites
Saloon abrió in Nez Perce country sparks debate
Lewiston Evening Teller reports reaction to the Supreme Court ruling opening the Nez Perce reservation to saloons. It notes 14 sanctioned saloons now operate under state control, replacing illicit joints and bootlegging, with licenses from $600 to $100 and expected revenue growth for the county and improved order in the reservation area. Local readers weigh potential impacts if the decision is reversed.
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Lewiston
Nez Peres
Supremae Court
Hernary
Busines
Supreme Court
Culdesac
Nex Perce
Mohler
Greer
Fletcher
Kippen
Lapwal
Feck
Orofino
Kodol Dyspopala Cure Promises Digestive Relief
An advertising fragment claims Kodol Dyspopala Cure overcomes indigestion by digesting what you eat. It asserts the remedy aids stomach recovery, relieves sour stomach and heartburn, and helps digestive organs transform foods into rich red blood. Sold by Taliman & Co.
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Taliman & Co
Colfax Ferry Incident Ends in Man Overboard
At Colfax Washington a Dane named Christ Anderson, aboard a ferry at Central Ferry, suddenly went insane and leapt into the river. Bevan fled the scene and was later taken in.
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Colfax
Wash
Christ, Anderson
Central Ferry
Bevan
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