Portland's urban growth and reform demands urged
A Portland diary page urges forward movement and urban improvements to host visitors. It lauds Oregon Daily Journal’s stance on voting rights for city marshal and recorder, warning against self-serving elements within the community seeking personal gain, and calling for citizens to hear the petitioners in a lawful, government-backed reform effort.
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Portland
Ovreren
Herwell
Oregon Daily Journal
Ouriest
Workingmen’s rights mirrored in Pendleton petition drive
A distrusting tone toward petition critics argues that laborers deserve equal voice in charter changes. The piece defends working class legitimacy, warns against mercenary motives, and urges citizens to unite for fair government reform without letting self serving interests hijack the cause. It likens labor voting to a patriotic pledge and stresses civic duty to strengthen weak spots in government.
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Pendleton
New Irrigation Laws Aid Settlers Against Large Companies
Legislature may back reform proposed by the State Irrigations association committee. The bill would curb land control by irrigation firms by allowing settlers to possess unused contracted lands, permit land payments in ten yearly installments, and require actual residence and cultivation to secure title, favoring bona fide settlers over large grabbers.
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State Irrigations Association
Legislative Committee
Bona Fide
Soulless Corporations and the Union Editorial Critique
The leading Union editorial attacks tariff fosters and warns that the republic’s prosperity harms workers, condemning the era’s corporate power. It contrasts editorials from the Walla Walla Statesman with critiques of clergy, government spending, and clerical load in the 1890s legislature. It notes excessive clerk hires and high costs, calling the clerks’ expansion a public scandal, while another item praises Senator Mason for rapid post office appropriation passage.
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Wearth Democrat
Union This
Walla Walla Statesman
William E. Mason
Post Office
Senate
Ostrich Logic and the Dangers Seen and Hidden
A quoted riff on ostrich logic warns that unseen enemies like microbes pose the greatest risk to humanity. The text touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and curative, sharing a testimonial from Mira James Moss of New Stanly County, North Carolina, claiming recovery after a winter illness with various treatments.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical di
Mira James R. Moss
New Bstanly Co
N.C
Dr. Gaye
None Better Put Up Anywhere
Fragmentary line notes confidence in quality and control by the speaker or group. It implies exclusive handling and superiority without specific names, dates, or events.
Rabbit Metal Bar Offer at East Oregonian Office
Rabbit Metal tops world list in bars with price set at 81 per bar, available at the East Oregonian Office.
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East Oregonian
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