Pendleton Pushes Underground Wires To End Free Street Privileges
Pendleton urges Pacific Power & Light to bury wires, arguing current setup taxes residents to subsidize Walla Walla’s lower charges. City criticizes franchise terms, noting Pendleton pays for street lights while the company enjoys free street use. Local civic club calls for improvements to the town’s appearance.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
Oost
Walla Walla
Walla Wille
Pendleton
Pandijeten
Electric
Cltiz
Overhead Wires Debate Sparks Pendleton Civic Tension
In Pendleton discussions about electric wires, residents criticise councilmen and the electric company while women from the civic club press for safety improvements. They accuse officials of siding with the utility, calling it a poor response to residents’ concerns and noting the need for public service. The exchange highlights local governance strains and civic activism.
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Pendleton
Civié Club
East Oregonian
Electric Company
Farming at Uma-Hila Agency Shows Promise for Indians
Agricultural department reports 60 fruit trees planted on the bluff near the agency with all but two thriving despite no irrigation. Hog raising expands, with 0 hogs fattened on dried feed. Last year’s farming yielded about $7000, funding school expenses and superintendent salary. Demonstrations aim to teach intensified farming and promote thrifty smallholder livelihoods among Indians on the reservation.
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Uma- Hila
Agricultural Department
Agency
E. S. Swartslander
Agricultural Department of the Agency
Woman Surrenders Over Bigamy Allegation
The Huker woman admits guilt in a bigamy case and seeks penitentiary. She first bore a child by a nonauthoritative partner, then remarried and faced pursuit by her first husband. Observers question justice in her possible punishment and reflect on local crime notes and water supply concerns.
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Lio
Grain fires hit insurers as suffering falls on them
Grain fires cause damage and economic hardship, but the burden falls mainly on insurance companies. The statement notes that losses from such fires are absorbed by insurers rather than farmers. The gist emphasizes the financial impact on insurers within grain-related disasters.
Rise and fall of Castro in Venezuelan rule
The fragment recounts Castro's ascent as provisional president of Venezuela on October 24, 1590, his band of followers overthrowing government forces, his harsh policies against the wealthy, and his later downfall and return seeking restored power. It portrays him as swarthy and volatile, viewed by many as deceitful, but now enjoying a semblance of victory.
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Andrade
Castro
Venezuela
Castro Gilorstved
Fifty-One Year Old Castro Returns to Power Ambitions
Cipriano Castro, longtime Venezuelan exile, returns home at fifty-one amid renewed hopes of restoration. He won early Senate influence, earned a reputation for style, and now gathers backing from factions that once ousted him, signaling a potentially pivotal reentry after years of political upheaval.
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Castro
Senate
Battle and peace notes across 19th century pages
Fragmentary OCR item references the 1861 battle at Bull Run and Greeley Concord correspondence on peace at Niagara Falls. Mentions Mills tariff bill passage in Congress, Irish royal visit and land act vote, antiwar riots in Madrid, and major forest fires across North America destroying four towns. Also notes Roque Saeng as a fictional or garbled name associated with Argentina.
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Horace Greeley
Comtedesey
Niagara Falls
Mills
Ibi
Edward
Moxtindra
Ireland
Houses of Commons
Madrid
Spain
Manitoba
Ontario
Montana
Washington
Michigan
Wiecensin
Roque Saeng- Penn
Prockilmert
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