Oregon Politics Shift Through Reform Waves
The piece notes Oregon politics under a Republican governor and a Democratic House, highlighting massive GOP gains in re election while Democrats and Populists recede. It discusses Theodore Roosevelt and Bryan era reforms like initiative wand referendum direct nomination primary law popular election of U S senators and local option law.
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House of Representatives
Oregon
Howwe
Theodore Noorevelt
Bryan
United States
Oreton
Aims of Self Salvation in Life’s Work
Henry F Cope reflects on personal salvation and character as each person must pursue their own path through life’s toil and joy. The excerpt urges self reliance and inner growth as the soul seeks its own way to salvation amid diverse experiences.
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Henry F
Cope
Umatilla County Wins Mixed Senate and House Committee Posts
Umatilla fared better in the senate than the house on committee appointments. House picks include Slusher on agriculture and rules, Barrett on education, Steer on irrigation, Shisher on Insurance, Parrett as chairman of reformatories, Steen on roads, and Barrett on ways and means. Senate seats assign Smith to banking and education chair, Cole on several panels including irrigation and medicine, with Umatilla holding education and medicine chairs plus spots on banking, irrigation, resolutions, and Ways and Means. but no seats in assessment and taxation or railways and transportation. Despite peaceful legislature formation, locals say one or two leading committee chairs would have been fitting for Umatilla.
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Umatilla County
Senate
House
Davey
Umatilla
Slusher
Agriculture
Barrett
Steer
Shisher
Parrett
Reformatory and Charitable Institutions
Steen
Barrets
Smith
Cole
Bryan in Oregon Faces Complex Political Landscape
William Jennings Bryan arrives in Salem tomorrow to address Oregon legislators on national issues. The state, which supported Theodore Roosevelt with a 40,000 vote plurality, presents a notably intricate political scene as Bryan engages Democratic efforts amid evolving local dynamics.
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William Jennings Bryan
Legislative Halls
Oregon
Salem
Theodore Roosevelt
Gotham's Tax Dodgers and Wealth in New York
A critique of wealth and tax avoidance in New York City. The New York World reports on top taxpayers and real fortunes, naming Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and others with their assessed amounts, while noting the perception of excess and favoritism in tax practices. It also includes a note from Umatilla County urging removal of livestock crossing taxes at the reservation.
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New York City
New York World
New York
Mr. Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Sirs
Russell Sage
Aliee G. Vanderbil
William K. Vanderbilt
Wiliam Rockefeller
H. A. Rogers
August Belmont
Hannah Filius
Oliver H. P. Belmont
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
D. Willis James
Jacob H. Schiff
James Stillman
Umatilla County
C. J. Smith
Senate
Umatilla
Congress
Trade With Brazil Cuts Duties for Several Goods
Brazil last year enacted a preferential 20 percent duty reduction on imports from the United States including flour condensed ink rubber watches inks varnishes typewriters refrigerators windmills and pianos as a goodwill gesture and reciprocal trade measure.
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United States
Brazil
Trade treaty extension and reciprocity critique
The passage notes an extension of a treaty for another year and inclusion of cash registers and pyotypes in the first agreement. It asserts there is no reciprocity treaty between the United States and Hamall and accuses the Cleveland administration of abutting a favorable 1890 arrangement from Harrison without reason, suggesting Democrats opposed reciprocity with American neighbors even if beneficial.
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United States
Hamall
Harrison
Cleveland
Chicago Record-Herald
Cattle Spraying Pumps Featured for South Africa
Consul General Julius G Lay of Cape Town notes articles in South African agricultural pubs praise spraying cattle to kill insects notably ticks. He discusses American spray pumps and the two sided Douglas style pump, noting current prices and the need for improvements for widespread cattle spraying adoption.
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Julius G. Lay
Cape Town
United States
Arthur Douglass
Cape Colony
C. P. Lounsbury
Cape
Massachusetts
Evading Taxes and the Sage Estate Valuation
A San Francisco Star reprint notes New York tax assessors value Mrs Sage at 50 million while he claimed 2 million yearly. The piece argues overvaluation or false yearly declarations by Russell Sage and others. It highlights perceived systemic tax evasion by the rich and reports Dr Seth Low paying taxes honestly, provoking discussion in New York papers.
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New York City
Mra. Sage
Russell Sage
New York
Seth Low
San Francisco Star
A British Isle for Sale in Kerry Coast Property
A small Irish island named Dinish in Kenmare estuary Kerry is on the market for 46 acres. It offers rich pasturage and sub tropical vegetation and is marketed by Mesra Lumleys of St James House London. The sale aims to attract a new lord and master for the Herbert family domain.
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British Isles
London
Dinish
Kenmore
County Kerry
Herbert
Lumleys
St. James House
St. James Street
Pullman Passes In Style With Legislative Gifts
Memphis News-Scimitar notes that firms seek favors from lawmakers amid state talk of culling rates. It questions generosity as appropriate reform, while a separate item reports thirty Japanese workers from Grand Ronde beet fields now cutting wood at Kamela, amid unusual tone about their wellbeing.
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Pullman
Vveran
Texas
Memphis News-Scimitar
Kamela
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted to Prevent Operations
Article argues many hospital surgeries are for women with organic female troubles and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a preventative cure. Includes patient testimonials and claims of extensive cures, urging women to seek the remedy before considering operations.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydis
Pinkham
Lydia Enkhem
Mrs Pinkham Invites Women for Health Advice at Lyon
Mrs Pinkham invites women suffering from female weaknesses to write for guidance from Lyon Massachusetts. With her vast experience in female treatment she offers free confidential advice. The message emphasizes practical help and reassurance for women seeking recovery. The text also touts hotel amenities at the Hotel St George in the Northwest with modern comforts and services.
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