Poor Quality Cattle Market Drives Prices Down at Portland Stockyards
Cattle trade shows poor quality dominating sales with prices about 36 cents lower than prior. Cows sold around 4.36 and 4.35 at Stockdale as buyers pull back on inferior stock while good lots slip in price. Hog prices fall 25 cents per 100 pounds with bulls, sheep, and calves showing limited activity and mixed values. Local shippers from Idaho and Oregon markets report varied shipments as buyers monitor eastern price pressures and pacific packer costs.
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Portland Union Stockyards
Stockdale
Portland
North Pacific
Mr. Leudke
Mount Hebron
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Mount Angel
J. T. Rhea
J. A. Gerwick
Welser
Wheat market opens lower but recovers losses evolving markets
Chicago January 27 wheat prices firmed after an early drop with Liverpool and Berlin closing higher. Cash demand supported by a firmer cash market and improved milling demand. May prices saw premiums on shipped ears and Argentine shipments reported at 9600000 bushels versus last week. Prices for No 2 red and other grades quoted with varying ranges.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Berlin
Omaha
Minneapolis
Northern
Epitaphia curiosities and jokes from a Victorian era
A column recounts quaint epitaphs and wry inscriptions from diverse locales. It recalls Grimaldi's quip on cure and the amusing line Here Lies Thorpe's Corpse, plus brief tombstone bon mots about wives and missionaries, ending with a Westminster Gazette note on Mary Blewitt.
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Ernest KR. Suilling
Grimaldi
Welaochella
Thorpe
Douglas Jerrold
Charlies Knight
Knight
Jerrold
Ulverston
Lancashire
A Very Queer Bird Tale About Mark Twain
An amusing anecdote recounts Mark Twain arranging a hoax for Hannibal ornithologists by swapping crow tail feathers with those of a barnyard rooster. Twain’s father, famed as a local ornithologist, and other enthusiasts gather to evaluate a bird they deem mysterious. A single feather proves the ruse and Twain departs to reveal himself later.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Gentienin
Hannibal
Mr. Clemens
Samuel
The Commons and the Roman Tribune Origin
The passage discusses the Commons as a second chamber and traces its origins to the Roman tribunate. It credits tribunes with creating the earliest form of a popular chamber that could veto proposals from separate authorities, framing it as representing the people against an aristocratic minority. The quote attributes this view to the New York American.
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Commons
Popular Assembly
House of Representatives
Ronman Pleba
New York American
Tommy’s Defense and the Quarrel Parable
A dialogue from Chicago News and Yonkers Statesman contrasts a boy’s bruised appearance after a fight with his mother’s scolding and a girl’s patience. The boy explains fighting relieves anger, while a girl notes quarrels arise when people unite.
A Russian Prisoner in Siberian Convict Mines
In Sehlucaselburg prison David Soskice recounts Schedrin, condemned to hard labor in Siberia, chained to a wheelbarrow. He was moved on a convoy with the wheelbarrow trailing, across Siberia, until six weeks in Schlues selburg granted him freedom within his cell. He recalls the joy of unchaining and valuing movement after long confinement.
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McClure
David Soskice
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Schedrin
Bsiberia
Ip 88
Peter and
Paulie
Schluesselburg
Henry Cavendish the Reclusive Natural Philosopher
Henry Cavendish an eminent natural philosopher and chemist of aristocratic birth lived as a recluse at Hampstead. He valued solitude and books, dismissed any domestic who appeared, and left daily dinner notes on a ball table. At his death in 1810 he left nearly a million pounds and a lasting scientific reputation.
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Henry Cavendish
England
Charles Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Hampstead
Cavendiah
Cavendish
London
Telegraph
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted in Baltimore Ad
An old Baltimore advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female complaints. It claims life improving results after four years of misery from irregularities, nervousness, and bearing-down sensations. The notice urges readers to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice in Massachusetts and to write for free health guidance.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. m
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Pendleton Oregon
Pendleton resident Beale of 300 Aura Street reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved long standing back pain and frequent nighttime kidney secretions. The ad claims improved kidney function and urges others with similar symptoms to buy the product from The Pendleton Drug Co and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents under the Doan's brand.
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Doan
Pendleton
C. Beale
Aura Street
Ore
Dean
Pendleton Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Chrysanthemums and quirky lore greet spring in a jumbled note
The article blends notes on chrysanthemums with brief vignettes about European history of the flower, a Scottish lord advocate golfing quip, and cross cultural wedding welcome customs in Australia and America. It also references a joke from the Washington Star about a tomfoolery greeting.
Notice of Bids for Street Sweeping Pendleton 1910
Bids will be received by the common council of Pendleton Oregon for one year to sweep hose haul refuse and sprinkle before sweeping keep drainage open and city to furnish sprinkler bids due February 2 1910 at 5 p m with sealed filings at the city recorder council may reject any bids dated Pendleton January 20 1910
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City of
Pendleton
City Recorder
Common Council
Oregon
Nehalem valley hosts railroad meeting at Mist
Report from Mist records a Nehalem valley audience gathering for a railroad meeting. The item notes a local discussion on transportation and regional infrastructure without further details.
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Nehalem Valley
Mist
Call For Bids For Steel Bridges In Umatilla County
Umatilla County Oregon invites bids for four steel bridges across the Walla Walla river at McCoy's ranch Dry creek at Blue Mountain station Butter creek near its mouth and the Walla Walla river at Milton. Plans available January 20 1910 bids opened February 3 1910 5 percent certified check required court may reject any bids Frank Saling county clerk
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Umatilla County
Oregon
Hide
Walla Walla River
McCoy's Ranch
Dry Creek
Blue Mountain Station
Butter Creek
Milton
Frank Saling
Make Money From Home Mail Order Biz Says Ad
An advertisement promises a home mail order business with no canvassing and a chance to earn money by corresponding for newspapers. It directs readers to request a free booklet from Hancock at 2708 Lockport Street and in Portland to visit the Plaza at 21 1 2 Third Street for cheap rooms and considerate landlady service.
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Antone
Hancock
Lockport
N. Y
Portland
Plaza
Third Street
Press Syndicate
Lockport, N
For Sale 5 Acre Ranch and 16 Acre Wheat Farm in Oregon
For sale a 5 acre ranch with rich sub irrigated bottom and 16 acres of wheat land plus 3 acres timber 17 acres alfalfa and additional ground. Features a 16 room house a large barn various outbuildings and a $1000 pumping plant with a 12 hp gasoline engine and a centrifugal pump. Includes station phone line P O and school nearby. Location favorable price 37500 half cash balance easy terms. Contact O F Breele Nelin Ore.
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P.O
O. F. Breele
Nelin
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