Oregon Information Bureau report highlights visitor stats
The Oregon Information Bureau of Portland reports 1904 visitor totals, literature distribution, and literature distribution totals along with staff expenses. It notes broad statewide representation, 12,600 registered visitors to date, and 489 permanent relocations influenced by the bureau. It also mentions literature mailings, inquiries, and coordination with Lewis and Clark Centennial boards and local clubs while praising ongoing efforts to attract newcomers and showcase state products.
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Re- Kon Information Bureau
Portland
Burema
Oregon
Evangelist Smith Holds Pentecostal Meetings at Thompson Street
Dr. Joseph H. R. Smith led fourteenth sessions at the Methodist church, drawing capacity crowds for sermons on the Rich Young Ruler and urging a second salvation call. A dozen conversions reported after afternoon and evening services, with a workers’ band being organized by Rev. Warner to assist in post meetings.
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Thompson Street
Joseph HR. Smith
Dr. Smith
Christ
Earth
Robert Warner
Colored Evangelist Swackhammer Highlights Genesee Visit
David Swackhammer, calling himself the Colored Evangelist, spent Saturday to Wednesday in Genesee delivering lectures at the Methodist church. His talks, noted by Genesee News as bold yet ignorant in tone, ended Wednesday with a trip to Uniontown where he was not killed. He was slated to speak in Colton the following night. In Milton he has appeared on various occasions but church authorities there were not impressed enough to host a meeting.
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David Swackhammer
Genesee
Methodist
Uniontown
Colton
Genesee News
Swackhammer
Milton
Gna
Milton Engle
Ditte
Jp Pendleton
Payette Lumber to Build Largest Northwest Mill
Directors of Payette Lumber and Manufacturing vote to erect a new mill with capacity between 75,000,000 and 166,000,000 feet per year along the Payette River. Henry Turnish F H Thatcher and BE M Hoover to select the site, likely near Payette or Emmett, after a multi week planning session.
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Payette River
Payette Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Sonna Block
Bolxe Capital News
Henry Turnish
F. H. Thatcher
BE. M. Hoover
Payette
Emmett
Northwest
Barber Company
Coming Events and Anniversaries Outline
A rough list of February events includes Western Lumber men's Association in Spokane from February 7 to 3, and Walla Walla Poultry Show from February 6 to 11. Also noted is the 100th anniversary birth event for Sacajewea's baby at Fort Mandan with explorers Lewis and Clark, plus June 1, 1905 opening of the Lewis and Clark exposition. Additional items mention the National War suffrage association in Portland and an American Medical Association meeting in Portland July 11 to 14.
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Western Lumbermen's Association
Spokane
Walla Walla
Sacajewea
Fort Mandan
Newis
Fashion and health clash in witty snatches from era chatter
A collage of quips on clothes, health, and microbes contrasts high fashion with medicine. Mer la Mode is lampooned as a health priestess while Mayfair and Belgravian bacilli fear a fashion butterfly more than a doctor. Humorous exchanges recall muddy walks and domestic curiosities, with a note on a large shoe venture at Teutechs.
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Ankle
Mer la Mode
Belgravia
Delegates Gather for Southern Cotton Conference in New Orleans
Delegates from all cotton producing states gather in New Orleans for a major Southern cotton industry convention. The meeting aims to unite agricultural groups, discuss a warehouse loan plan, establish state cotton exchanges, and promote reduced acreage with a uniform warehousing system.
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New Orleans
National Poultry Fanciers Show Opens in Chicago Coliseum
The ninth annual exhibition of the National Fanciers and Breeders association opens in the Coliseum with the largest bird display in the event's history. All Middle West states are represented as exhibitors vie for top prizes among chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks, while galleries showcase incubators and poultry supplies. A separate note cites a Toledo area business card and a testimonial about Hall's Catarrh Cure, dated 1880.
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Middle West
Chicago
National Fanciers and Breeders Association
Coliseum
No Reason for It Pendleton Citizens Urge Cure
Pendleton citizens promote Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief from back pain and urinary troubles with a patient testimonial from Mrs. C. C. Hendricks. She reports long kidney pain eased after using the pills bought at Brock & McComas Co. and recommends them to others, noting no lasting cure yet but no return of trouble. Pills priced 69 cents per box, Foster-Moburn Co. as national agents in Buffalo.
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Pendleton
Oger
C. C. Hendricks
Hying
West Court Street
Dean
Paina
Brock & McComas Co
Foster-Moburn Co
Buffalo
Gale
United States
Women Find Help In Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
An advertisement-like piece urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve menstrual irregularities headaches backaches and nervous exhaustion. A testimonial from Chas F. Brown of Springs Arkansas claims renewed love and improved health after using the product. The text promotes restoration to strength through the remedy and cites female health issues such as uterine and ovarian troubles along with general weakness.
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Lydia B Pinkham
Chas. F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Springs
Ark
Pinkham
Osteopathy and modesty in treatment urged
The article argues against embarrassment in osteopathic care for women, outlining that practitioners avoid bare skin and use gowns or wrappers. It describes the standard setup with seated patients and tables, noting no exposure occurs. A forthcoming piece by Dr Holsington is promised to address the topic further.
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Manseur
Dre Holsington
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