Wide Range of Early 1900s News From Cotton to Colorado Courts
On July 3 Theodore H. Price cleared 31 million on the New York cotton exchange as cotton rose 100 points. Cincinnati man William Garder, briefly insane, killed his wife and three others before shooting himself. Henry Heine and his 14-year-old daughter died from gas in San Francisco, with his wife reacting violently. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland seeks the 1908 Democratic presidential nomination with a public ownership plank. A New York auto crash killed a boy. the driver Sarteri escaped injury. Eastern railroads into Denver suffer from heavy rains. Peary’s pole expedition lacks 40,000 for provisions but expects funds. Colorado Supreme Court upholds the corporate tax, boosting state revenue. Phoenix recluse Philip Neville, rumored Baron of Laurier, inherits a fortune with an initial payment forthcoming.
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New York
Theodore H. Price
William Garder
Cincinnati
William Applegate
Curry Smith
Policeman Worth
Henry Heine
San Francisco
Heine
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
An & Government
Public Utilities
Paul Sartori
Malloran
Sarteri
Denver
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Peary Forth Pole
Kune
Peary
Colorado Supreme Court Haa
Flint Tax
American Smelting & Refining Company
Philip EB
Neville
Phoenix
Ariz
Fey
Baron of
Laurier
Laurie
Northwest News Highlights From the Pacific Northwest
An 1 room hotel to be built at Dardena near Touchet costing 2500 dollars. At Grand Forks Maho Jesse Jacque drowned after cramps in bathing. At Wallace Idaho a falling rock killed miner Arthur Campbell. Foresters of America to build a Spokane temple after purchasing a site worth 11000. Stockraisers around Waverly Washington report animals poisoned by grain meant for squirrels. Great Northern Mill at Anacortes destroyed by fire. loans 40000 dollars only partially insured. J D C Theissen wool clip warehoused at Lewiston for price rise. 100000 pounds in clip. Contracts set for 11 miles more grading for Spokane Inland electric road into Waverly. Dorothy Teape of Sandpoint Idaho drowned at 13 on July 4. Jeme H Rom contracted to build electric road from North Yakima through Naches Ahtanum and Moxee by January 1907. Opium joint burned at Lewiston destroying opium and belongings of a dozen Chinamen. several narrow escapes.
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Dardena
Touchet
Grand Forks
Maho
Jesse Jacque
Wallace
Idaho
Arthur Campbell
Foresters of America
Spokane
Waverly
Waah
Great Northern Mill Company
Anacortes
J. D. C. Theissen
Lewiston
Inland Electric
Dorothy
FE. E. Teape
Sandpoint
Pendleton Man Invents Hospital Stretcher Lif er Dream to Patent
F M Oliver a Pendleton grocer turned inventor claims a dream inspired hospital stretcher or lifter will aid lifting and moving patients. The seven by six foot frame, weighing under 60 pounds, uses a pulley system and casters to slide under the patient and lift without jar or pain. Oliver also notes his earlier automatic car coupler twenty years ago, once impractical, became law but failed to spark immediate adoption.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Oliver
Pendleton
F. M. Oliver
Hospital
Theody
Dhy
Mr. Oliver
Lmg
Penitentiary Guards Nabbed on Perjury Warrants
Walla Walla July 6 allegations claim guards and Captain Charles B Woods falsified residency in registering for the upcoming election. Warrants served after noon Saturday on Captain Woods and seven guards at the penitentiary. complaints by John H McDonald and Oscar Cain. warrants placed with Sheriff Palmer.
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T. F. Donoghue
C. L. King
Fred Scott
D. H. Woolery
H. Kinsman
R. R. Haszeltine
W. H. Dixon
Charles B. Wood
State Penitentiary
Valdez Tina Floods Destroy Part of Alaskan Town
Floods have destroyed a large section of Valdez Alaska after a glacier stream overflowed and washed away 40 cabins and a mile of telegraph poles. Snowfall and late spring this year caused rapid snowmelt swelling the streams, raising fears of further inland damage.
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Seattle
Valdez
Alaska
Glassford
Valdex
Seaside Resort Train Fare Advertises Stopover Option
A brief travel notice lists seaside destinations like Long Beach Breakers Ocean Park Ocean Side Sea View and Clatsop Beach served via C R N with a $15.15 fare and a Portland stopover permit. Contact EB C Smith, Agent, C BR and N for details. A proverb notes a father's example can outweigh a mother's advice.
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Long Beach
Breakers
Ocean Park
Ocean Side
Sea View
Clatsop Beach
Portland
EB. C. Smith
Hotel Arrivals List From Golden Rule Era Hotel Chain
A long roster of guests checked into hotels across Oregon and Washington territories, including Julia A Crahen in Grand Rapids and J H Row in Eugene. Names span Port Collins Portland Spokane Pendleton Walla Walla and Yakima City with travelers from Echo Milton Beah and Seattle, reflecting a bustling guest ledger.
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Golden Rale
Julia A. Crahen
Grand Rapids
Norma Swindle
J. 8. McConnell
Chuck
T. Flah
Eugene
John H. Row
Eucene
J. M. Bentley
Ofty
J. BL Bentley
Bonora
J. N. Stone
Milton
Mra
J. BR. Norton
Boise
Lea
Arehart
Echo
Frank Arehart
G. L. McBroom
Eity
A. F. Applegate
Portland
L. Lambert
H. Anderson
J. C. Stuart
Spokane
Eather Bellinger
Pendleton
Alftkn Whiffle
Bolas
Arthur Menna
Frank Fugit
Tracey Foun
Glen Storle
Frank Bean
Archie McFarland
Dude An Orsdall
Cecil Cole
Eorge Carney
Elroy Morrin
Tom Hl
Yakima City
Avis Weed
Seattle
BH. Anderson
Umatilla
E. L. McBroom
D. Teel
Beha
Splen
City
B. Mackey
Colfax
Louis Scholl, Jr
Ed Gelaver
Hall
Weston
Jerry Stone
Athena
Joe Chaney
Efficiency in the Navy Secures Vital Personnel Fitness
An American medical view lauds Britain’s naval policy that prioritizes personnel efficiency over other aims. It describes retirement rules based on age and rank to dismiss unfit officers, claiming a vigorous officer corps and high costs but essential survival of the fittest for national strength.
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England
Oregon Has No Kick Buckles In Miles Lee’s Dipping Ahead of Shipments
Miles Lee, Baker county pioneer sheepman, finishes shearing his flocks by machinery and dipping bands for shipment. He prepared 7000 head for the cars, with 8000 more ready after the Fourth of July, according to the Baker City Democrat.
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Wam
Miles Lee
Baker County
Baker City
Eastern Oregon poised for record crops in 1905
The piece notes Oregon mutton and lambs fetching top prices in Chicago New York and Boston. It cites buninean derer Mr Lee praising cattle and wool traffic. farmers hold cash in banks with large crops ahead. The Burlington agent Bob Wilkon expects Eastern Oregon to advance with a big harvest in 1905.
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Lee
Oregon
Chicago
New York
Boston
Australia
Bingland
South Africa
Bob” Wilkon
Burlington
Oreton
Oregon Daily Journal backs saloon box ban under Mayor Lane
Mayor Lane pushes enforcement of a saloon box ban via Chief Hunt. The measure targets private boxes in restaurants selling liquor, outlawing alcoves or separate entrances. About 12 eateries and a quarter of city saloons are affected. violations carry up to 100 fine or 20 days imprisonment.
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Oregon Daily Journal
Lane
Inatruer Chiet
Police Hunt
Hunt
Salogne
Ordihanes
Deceptive backache relief from Doan's kidney pills
A Pendleton case cites H. A. Thompson retired on Stonewall Jackson street reporting backache spells for 10 years. After trying medicines without relief, he used Doan's Kidney Pills from Brock & McComas Co. and found permanent relief. Doan's sold for 60 cents by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
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Doun
Pendleton
H. A. Thompson
Stonewall Jackson Street
Dean
Brock & McComas Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United Stazos
Doan
Supreme Court upholds local option liquor law
A Salem dispatch reports the Oregon Supreme Court sustains the validity of the local option liquor law adopted by voters in June 1904 ruling no constitutional bar to local effect by district vote. The decision in Fouts v Hood River concerns prepaid saloon license fees and the city’s refusal to reimburse. Ada Rehan makes a swift recovery from appendicitis without operation.
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Salem
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McKinley Music
Frederick Nolf & Co
General News
Northwest News
Jeme H. Rom
Yakima
Natches
Ahtanum
Moxee
K. T. Wade & Son
Pendleton, Or
Pendleton Man
Valdez Tina Flood
J.C. Lindsey
Fowin J. Burke
Halton
Charles H. Green
Jor McCabe
Walla Walla
James C. James
T. Bindley
Paul W. HE
Taylor
St. Owls
Max Stiefel
L. Charles
HL Caston
A. W. Robinson
J. F Nylander
A. Ades
W. D. Marks
G. 8. Youngman
Porthaund
T. B. Killien
J. Melcher
Starbuck
A. Loesch
BH. W. Stout
M. & Kotha
HL Briggs
San Francimengo
H. W. Clonduk
Twin Falls
J. J. Hamley
Mrs . Tompkin
Springfield
Charles Gould
J. L. Kingsbury
F.C. True
J. W. Lennox
W. RR
Glendenning
G. D. Galley
W, Madden
Joe Planer
Hoxes
Supreme Court
Ada Rehan
Arer
Goodman-Thompson Co
Alta House
C. Bittner
Cor
Alta and
Mill Streets
Oregon Lumber Yard
Phone Main
Alta Street
The
Taylor Hardware Co
T. C. Taylor
Main Street
Mont Oregonian
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