Fires, sales and social notes in a small town paper
July 3 1902 items cover farm loans fireworks vegetables and meats at local stores. Promotions include furniture, groceries, beer, ice cream and lunch specials. Listings note real estate, rent, lodging at The White and Meacham excursion cancellation due to weather.
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Teutsch's
Gretz’s
Withee
Court St
Domestic
Davis
Rihorn & Cook
Taylor
Meacham
White Lodging House
South Main St
Meacham excursion canceled by rain and local happenings
Clothes ordered from N Joerger and Teutsch's items advertise shoe laces and underwear. Hawley Bros offer fresh raspberries and old potatoes at Standard Grocery. Fourth of July Meacham trip canceled by rain. Free Sunday picnic at Kines grove with dancing at 3. Helix band travels to Bingham Springs for tomorrow's picnic. Baker City hires Joe Mahaffey and brother Lou from Portland league. Dan Downey of the scouring mill suffers two mashed fingers and will miss days.
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Hawley Broa
Meacham
Kine's Grove
Kirkman’s Orchestra
Dan Downey
The Mischievous Bluejay’s Feathered Pranks
A bluejay ranks as a persistent prankster in the bird world. He hides among leaves near where small birds gather and erupts with hawk-like cries to scatter them, then laughs. He also steals eggs and injures young, provoking collective defense and occasional raids to drive him away.
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Bluejay
Rascal
Herbert Spencer and Billiards at the Atheneum Club
In a letter from London Youmans recounts playing billiards with Herbert Spencer at the Atheneum club. Spencer skillfully competes as the narrator notes, with Spencer giving him thirty while he often nets fifty, claiming constant fluking that astonishes Spencer.
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Herbert Spencer
Atheneum Club
Youmans
London
Spencer
Sewanee Review
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve touted for thirty years of cures
A testimonial touts Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as superior to other salves and salves from alleged healers. It claims thirty years of marvelous cures for piles burns boils corns felons ulcers cuts scalds bruises and skin eruptions. Available at Tallman & Co. drug store for 26 cents.
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Bucklin
Tallman & Co
O. R. N. Ticket Sale to Minneapolis and Chicago
On July 2 3 and 4 the O R N will sell tickets to Minneapolis and return and to Missouri river points and return at $44.50 Chicago and return on above dates $64.50. A chance of a lifetime to travel back east at a low fare.
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Minneapolis
Missouri River
Chicago
Markley arraigned in Champoeg murder case
John F. Markley accused of murdering John D. Fain at Champoeg was arraigned Tuesday in Balem before District Judge Burnett. He was granted until next Monday to enter a plea.
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John F. Markley
John D. Fain
Champoeg
Balem
Burnett
District Court
John Cox Shows Slow Post-Op Improvement
Since his operation Tuesday afternoon John Cox has gradually improved though chances remain against him. He continues to recover with a possibility of eventual full recovery if his condition holds steady.
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John Cox
Snowfall Reported Around Alba
Word from Pendleton indicates one to two inches of snow fell in and around Alba Tuesday night into Wednesday, with snow continuing into the day. Weather observers note accumulation across the area and caution for slick roads.
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Pendleton
Alba
Discovery of dynamite by Alfred Nobel
The Westminster Review summarizes Nobel's experiments from 1848 in France and Hamburg, noting nitroglycerin powder, safer handling with earth, and the later gelatinous cellulose nitroglycerin mix. It explains how dissolving nitrocellulose in nitroglycerin created a more stable, slower burning substance and the initial fuse challenge.
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Alfred Nobel
France
Hamburg
Nobel
Westminster Review
Dehorning Cattle Advice In Cold Weather
It is not advisable to dehorn cattle in extremely cold weather and avoid days when temperatures fall far below freezing. Properly performed with clean instruments and suitable stalls, adults are not harmed. Use a daily remedy of equal parts tar product disinfectant pine tar and melted tallow or lard, and cover excessive bleeding with oakum.
Douglas Shoe Ad Sells Comfort and Volume
The advance styles of the Famous W L Douglas Shoe have arrived. Our stock is complete and you will have no trouble finding your size and style. Over four and one half million pairs were sold last year. They are union made, crafted by skilled workers under sanitary conditions.
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W. L. Douglas
After All No Place to Trade Like Nolfs Ad
A compact sale listing features heavy Japanese napkins 19%¢, Ladies and Men's bicycles at 14.95, rubber rattles dolls and babies items, shelf paper 18 sheets, wrist purses, crepe and decorate rolls, and sticky fly paper priced 5¢ to 98¢ with assorted rolls and papers.
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Lee Teutsch
Herrah For
EE Teutsch
Cleaver Bros. Dry Goods Company
Fursday
Maloy's
Martin’s
Frazier’s
Hawley Bros
Gratz’s
Teutsch’s. Old's
Rule
Schlitz Beer
Silas H. Soule
Soule Bros
Portland
Tall- Drug Store
Martin's
Fast Black
Teutsch’s
Dutton
Taylor Building
The
Delta
Phillip
Tallman’s Drug Store
UT Glass Sale
Koeppen
Main St
Court House
N. Joerger
Alta House
Helix
Bingham Springs
Baker City
Joe Mahaffey
Lou
Joker
OUR
Ind
Boston
Nolf
Frederick Nolf
Gus LA Fontaine
Beck
Jesse
Peter Suivi
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