Murder chase spurs from Pendleton to San Francisco
French newspaper men Lola AveneI and Gustave Laurent were in Pendleton for a world tour when attacked on a Northern California freight train. Laurent was killed. Avenel vows to hunt the killer, tracing leads through Redding, Millwood and San Francisco as detectives question a lumber camp worker with an alibi.
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Lola Avene
California
Laurent
Avenel
Lous Avenel
Tang Addy Detroiter
Pollen Neadgadhers
Total
Contamlnitis
James Welch
Wiss
Donald Wale
Marcellin Catice
Fourth Street
Welle
Ble
Redding
Getower
Portland
Rebber
City
Coleman
Aguirre
Welch
HAG
Millwood
Shasta County
Avenet
Status of Kittitas Schema Irrigation Effort Faces Funding Hurdle
A Washington dispatch reports that Ellensburg citizens pressed for an irrigation project in Kittitas County. Engineers found 39,000 to 680,000 acres may need irrigation, with a preliminary report favoring study when funds become available. No further work is planned next quarter, and lack of funds is seen as the main obstacle. The note closes with an unrelated medical ad for Ely's Cream Balm.
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Pout
Washington
Ellensburg
Kitti‘wee County
Reclamation Service
Board of Engineers
Tte
Transcontinental Freight Plans Raise Car Loading Rules
The Transcontinental Freight committee outlines radical increases in minimum car loadings from Pacific coast points to the east. The changes apply to dried fruit, meat, canned goods, and other freight with figures ranging from 24,000 to 86,000 units. The circular signals a likely adoption by railroads, amid labor unions and a Seattle convention planning a city ticket with George Cotterill possibly as mayoral candidate. Municipal ownership is the central issue, with opposition mainly from Republicans.
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Transcontinental Freight Committee of the Railroads
Pacific Coast
Transcontinental Freight Committee
Ward
Iabor
Noctalleta
Seattle
George Cotterill
California Prune Wafers Advertisement Claim
Purely vegetable prune wafers marketed as nature’s reduct and a cure for concupation and digestive disorders. Promoted by Tullman & Co at 632 Main St Pendleton Oregon with unclear quantities in the product listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Tullman& Co
Main St
Pendleton
Oregon
Lost Arts Not So Much Lost as They Are Discarded
A scientist notes that while ancient quarrying and stone shaping were once essential, modern tools and trends deem pyramids and large monoliths unnecessary. Yet examples from Maine show stones moved to sea and erected across the Atlantic, with some writers doubting even Damascus blades' toughness versus modern steel.
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Egypt
Maine
England
France
America
Striking Quotes About Newspapers From Great Men
A Chicago Journal collection presents remarks on the press by Bryant Parton Jefferson and Cardinal Gibbons. It notes Bryant’s view of the press as a mill and warns of danger when the hopper is fed poorly. Parton calls the press the people’s university and Jefferson argues for newspapers as essential to government. Cardinal Gibbons warns the public press deters graft by exposing truth.
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Bryant
I.t
James Parton
People's University
Christendom
Jefferson Call
Cardinal Gibbons
Cbeago Journal
On Dutch Waters and the Sights Along a Rotterdam Canal
A travel snippet recalls a peaceful Holland canal voyage past farms and windmills with Rembrandt era imagery. It contrasts Paris jewelers with London seasons and wry exchanges on marriage, smoking, and money in a collage of quotes from Harper's Weekly, London Leader, and Houston Post.
Tortoise Shell Imitation Piece Warns Buyers
A 19th century trade circular notes that cellulold mimics tortoise shell well but has telltale drawbacks. It warns buyers that heat affects the imitation, elasticity differs from real shell, and some makers mislabel products. Experts say only long experience reveals differences and some products may discolor or crack over time.
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White Cellu
A Japanese Legend of the Girl Wish at Choshi Shrine
A Chicago News report relays a Japanese legend from Choshi where a rich man’s daughter loves a traveler who rejects her. She drowns herself but is transformed into a fish by a god. Fishermen see the fish near shore and pray at a hill shrine to appease the fish god for luck and safety at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choshi
Japan
Chicago News
PANTS AND VESTS Difference and Origins of Terms
A reader’s note explores the linguistic origins of pants trousers and vest waistcoat. It traces English and French roots, cites Byron and Holmes, and discusses usage, noting that pants is considered vulgar while pantaloons and vest have trade acceptance.
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Byron
St Mark's
Venice
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Early Bargain Sulee and the Slave Mart Auction
In the New York Gazette of December 24, 1767 a large slave holder advertises three German servants for sale. A baker, a butcher, and a laborer are described as industrious and honest, to be disposed of on reasonable terms. inquiries via the printer.
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Wall Street
New York
Trade and romance mix in a dry goods tale
A milliner refuses a marriage proposal from a dry goods store owner warning of a split trade alliance. In another quelled exchange a prisoner admits involvement in counterfeiting, arguing the genuine note shortage explains the act. The scene echoes a Chicago Tribune style from The Nessa.
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Chicago Tribune
Steamer George W. Simona Beached After Collision
A Cascades message reports the steamer George W. Simona struck and was beached Thursday evening. The vessel remains in the same condition below the rapids as a wrecking boat is held in reserve to work on her.
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Cascades
George W. Simona
Rock
Dalles Chronicle
Demands of printers granted by Funk & Wag nabe
A general news item reports that Funk & Wagnall es publishers of New York granted eight hour workdays to printers with a cloned shop. The piece also touches on a Kansas Supreme Court decision about inheritance by murderers, rail disruptions near Carrizo, Texas, a San Francisco suicide confessing to a 17 year old AmEx robbery, and other varied incidents including a slave shipment reaching Georgia in 1960.
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Funk & Wagnabe, Publishers
New York
Kite
Kansas State Supreme Court
Rock Island
Carriozso
Texas
Traine
Aloysius Jaeker
San Francisco
American Express Co
Sioux City
Chicka#o
Widespread 1906 dividends and timber bridge talk in west
The Bunker All & Sullivan company paid 3,435,000 in dividends in 1906 and 5,706,000 to date. Dominion Parliament considers a bridge proposal linking Seymour Narrows with the Vancouver Island mainland. At Post Falls Sheriff Dost Contiv seized and burned three slot machines after smashing them. A cashier was robbed in Walla Walla, losing a watch and 1.50 cash. Penitentiary jute shipments from Calcutta total three hundred bales. 2,000 grain sacks output expected with 300 workers. Jersey cows of HLW Eldred logged 1905 yields. milk 24,450 pounds, butter 1,692 pounds, income 4,555.61, net per cow 43.02 after feed.
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Bunker All & Sullivan (Co
Eiver-Lend
Wardner
Idaho
Post Falle
Titel
Rheriff
Contiv
Amax
Mies
Selewal
Willa Walla
Calcutta
HL W. Eldred
Ellensburg
Wiel
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Poe
Peniosion
Kittitas
Miserica
Ely
Fly Bros
Warren Street
Rotterdam
Harlingen
Friealand
Mirrow
Rembrandt
Paris
Londes
Harper's Weekly
Avenue de Opera
Bond Street
London
Lonjax Bendall
Cleve
Houston Post
St. Koicker
Becker
Harper
Basar
Nessa
General News
Union Murleluns
Ohio
Mileinie & Row
National Guard
United State Army Bande
William Youngblood
Alabama
Georgia
Savannah
Augusta
Southwest News
Dominion
Talon
Seymour Narrows
Vancouver Island
Mainland
Vernon Fouter
Walla Walla
O Marble Works
Schillings
Wintiss
R. Alexander
Fishman & Pelors
Oregon Lumber Yarn
Court
Pendle
Malin F
Frank B. Clopton
Frank DB. Clopton
T. C. Taylor
Vincent
Mark Mooimouse
Seceo
FW. Matloor
Clectric
W.D. Fletcher
Court Street
Roslyn
U. S
Roslyn Wood & Odoal OD
Main
J. L. Vaughan
Malin
West Court
Court Atrest
Golden Rule Hotel
B. F. Beck
West End School
Maple St
Birch Creek
McKay Creek
Athena
Jane Street
Sore
Penleton
Hartman
Bentley
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