Deadwood Closed Open Town Sees Gambling Ban Hit
The Deadwood mining town, famed for open gambling, faces a reform move closing saloons and gaming tables. City officials, businessmen, and outside prospectors weigh immediate impacts on jobs, revenue, and tourism as 74 gamblers lose $64 daily each and city revenues shift with the ban.
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Himel Giamlemal Boosters
Trave
Lead
Deadwood
Denver
Sunioon
Black Hills
Campe
Banka
Councelle
Owyhee Irrigation Project Plans Revealed
W H Schenck of Caldwell reports to state officials a large irrigation enterprise in Owyhee county. The scheme would irrigate 20 000 to 36 000 acres along the Snake River using three reservoirs with a 9 foot lower dam near 1200 acres to hold 30 000 acre feet of water. Estimated total cost 162 000.
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W. H. Schenck
Caldwell
Owyhee County
Snake River
Boise Statesman
John Bruce
Schenck
Mr. Schenck
Schenk
Echenk
Maerooire
Succer Creek
Oregon
Blood Purifier S S S touted in 1903 testimonial
Springfeld Ohio and Wheeling West Virginia period notices praise S S S blood purifier as a tonic and purifier. Letters claim improved appetite headaches indigestion and liver trouble easing after multiple bottles. Notes emphasize springtime impurities, skin eruptions, and overall health restoration through vegetable ingredients.
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Springfeld
Ohio
George Wiegel
E. Main St
S.S.S
S. S.S
SWIFT
Atlanta, GA
The Pros of Mexico and Its Peon Labor System
A historic piece describes Mexican laborers as the backbone of the republic, detailing farm toil, diets of beans and peppers, and the pervasive subservience of Indian field hands. It notes holidays, low wages, and the harsh social order that reduces workers to beasts of burden, with child labor starting young and women toiling alongside men in the fields.
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Republic
Michoacan
Quereiere
Smoke Good Cigars From Pendleton Factory at Model Bakery
A local note announces a full line of Pendleton Cigar Factory products, including 19 different brands sold at Model Bakery on Court Street. The announcement highlights quality and variety available to customers passing by the bakery shop.
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Pendleton Cigar Factory
Model Bakery
Court Street
New York Letter Highlights Island Chapel and Skyscraper Plans
Governor's Island plans a military chapel costing about 850000 to be funded by Trinity Corporation, replacing the 1841 St Cornelius' Chapel, with clergy chosen by the rector and war department. Also details a tallest-tower project for Madison Square site by Metropolitan Life, and Patrolman Jefferson Morrell's retirement after 35 years, noted for morgue work including the Slocum disaster. Insurance leaders vow crackdown on fake accidents and hired witnesses nationwide.
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New York
Governor’s Island
Trinity Corporation
Buttermilk Channel
United Starter
St. Cornelius
Bay
War Department
Regular Army
Philadelphia City Hall
Cheops
Jefferson Morrell
Morrell
Tie
Slocum
26Th Street Docks
Morgue
Department of Public Charities
Alice
Lehman Springs Opens Under James Lehman Management
Lehman Springs, a cool healthful summer resort, opens with James Lehman as proprietor. Rates include $1 per day for room and board and thirty modern cottages for rent from $1 to $3 per week. Mr and Mrs W R Frey have returned from New Zealand and are at Portland for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Lehman Springs
James Lehman
W. R. Frey
New Zealand
United States
Portland
Oregon
Hotel St. George Declared Oregon's Modern Model Hotel
European plan rooms en suite with bath, large new sample rooms, modern conveniences, steam heat throughout. The Hotel St George offers telephone and fire alarm connections to the office in all rooms.
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St. George
Oregon
The Golden Rule Hotel Remodeled and Refurnished
The Golden Rule Hotel presents remodeled rooms with steam heat and electric light. Clean, neat, and up to date with best cuisine and prompt service. W. Parker is proprietor.
Railroad and river timetable notices for Portland and Spokane
Eastbound and westbound train numbers with arrival and departure times listed for Chicago Portland Spokane Wall a Wall a branch and connections to No 2. Ocean and river schedule from Portland notes sailing dates and five day San Francisco trips. Snake River service from Riparia to Lewiston shows daily and selective departures. B C Smith agent Pendleton.
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Chicago
Mall & Express
Portland
Mall &Express
Spokane
Pandleton
No. T
No. 42
San Francisco
Snake River
Riparia
Lewiston
Friany
Schedule Details For Walla Walla Routes
The notice lists travel times with arrivals on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 12 16 p m and on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 10 15 a m Departures are at 6 p m daily From Walla Walla the return is 6 15 p m and arrives 9 00 a m Information on rates and accommodations is requested from B Calderhead G P Walla Walla Washington.
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Walla Walla
Boa May
Meckgeek
Tras
B. Calderhead
G. P
Washington
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Stein
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Kanes
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Gil Reome
Inet Hertee
Leent
Utalie
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Royal Insurance Co
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