Strawberry Day Draws Big Crowd in Milton
Milton Ore June 9 Over six thousand attended the third annual strawberry festival and horse show in Milton. Despite Interurban service problems many visitors from Walla Walla Pendleton Dayton Prescott Weston Athena and surrounding areas filled Nicholas grove. First prize strawberries grown by Clarence O Bert were shown, to be served to visiting Chicago business men. The horse show and stock parade drew praise as the most successful yet in Milton with strong advertising value for homeseekers.
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Milton
Chicago
Walla Walla
Ore
Walla Walla Valley
Pendleton
Dayton
Prescott
Weston
Athena
Freewater
Garden City
Nicholas Grove
E. Meacham
Electric Bitters Promote Health and Beauty
Attractive women envy those with health and beauty, while a weak woman may suffer nerves and skin flaws from kidney poisons. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood improve nerves eyes breath skin and complexion. Sold at Tall & Co and Pendleton Drug Co.
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Tall & Co
Pendleton Drug Co
Wisconsin Moves To Curb Election Evils
Chicago report says the Wisconsin senatorial investigation committee introduced four bills in Madison to curb election abuses. Proposed measures require clear spending purposes for candidates, mandate newspapers print under a caption, publish stockholders names, bar legislature candidates from contributing to party funds, and demand weekly expense reports with jail penalties for violations.
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Chicago
Senatorial Investigation Committee
Senate
Saya
Madison
Wis
Instant relief from dread catarrh in days
An advertise promising instant relief from catarrh with Hyomei, claiming it kills germs and provides rapid relief. The copy touts an inhaler outfit for $1 and refills for 50 cents, citing testimonials and a money back guarantee for catarrh, asthma, croup, and bronchitis.
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Australia
Ada Hopkins
Cutter Avenue
Coldwater
Mich
Washington sermon links Johnson title to success
In New York, Booker T. Washington told the Negro Men's Business League that John Johnson's heavyweight title fight illustrates success regardless of race. He urged blacks to gain commercial and economic footing, arguing commerce and production determine prominence beyond color.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Booker T. Washington
Negro Men's Business League of
Australia
High Prices Paid for Valley Wool in Willamette Valley
Oregon City Manufacturing Co purchases 4000 fleeces at 21.81 cents per pound at Selo Linn county auction. Highest Willamette Valley price this year. Company, a major Western wool mill, competed with eastern and local buyers, expanding its standing as a leading wool buying factory.
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Oregon City
Selo
Linn County
Willamette Valley
Oregon City Manufacturing Company
Dr King’s New Life Pills Boost Appetite and Vigor
A letter-style testimonial notes relief from stomach trouble after using Dr King's New Life Pills. The remedy supposedly banishes dyspepsia and indigestion, improving appetite, nerves, vigor as stomach, liver and kidneys function better. Available for 25 cents at Tallman & Co. and the Pendleton Drug Co.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Pendleton Drug Co
What the Reclamation Act Has Accomplished
Spokane, Wash. The 17th session of the National Irrigation Congress will discuss the 1902 Reclamation Act. R Insinger notes 600,000,000 acres in 14 states could feed 60,000,000 people. By 1911 about 2,000,000 acres will be reclaimed at $70,000,000. Irrigation funds further development from land sales. The desert is becoming a garden and empire, yet the congress work remains in its infancy.
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Spokane
Wash
National Irrigation Congress
R. Insinger
Board of Council
Reclamation Service
Irrigation Congress
Wellman readies polar airship for voyage
Paris reports Walter Wellman and engineer Melvin Vaniman prepare for another north pole balloon expedition. Upgrades include movable propellers sun compass and Arctic navigation curves. They plan to depart Splitbergen in a fortnight with an expected August pole start.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Melvin Vaniman
Splitzbergen
Pole
Horse Jumping Into Car Stuns Centralia Witnesses
A horse driven by Samuel Agnew frightened and reared in Centralia on Saturday, leaped with two front feet into a motor car driven by C. A. Fowler. The vehicle and animal were freed without injury to either party or the car, and no damage occurred.
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Centralia
Waah
C. A. Fowler
Samuel Agnew
Floral vistas line Alaska Exposition avenue at Palace of Manufactures
A April 15 photo shows a short avenue leading to the Forestry building and the ornate music pavilion. Lumber on the sidewalk relates to unfinished exhibit booths inside the Palace of Manufactures. Bright flower beds and herb plantings fill the avenue, creating a vivid, fragrant beauty spot.
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Forestry
Palace of Manufactures
Fts
Portland Alive With Pickpockets Ahead of Rose Festival
Portland police warn crowds to guard pockets as pickpockets flood the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition area. Electrician J C Naylor reports his wallet with $150, plus $40 to $50 in smaller bills, stolen at the post office by a four-man gang connected to recent Seattle-Northern Pacific train thefts. Detectives link the robbery to the same roaming gang rendering months of savings to his sister and mother in Utah.
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Portland
The
Journal
J. C Naylor
Grant Street
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Naylor
Addie Naylor
Utah
Morrison Street
Mother
Sister
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Eczema Druggist Reports From Wintergreen Treatments
Druggist McAllister of this city answers eczema sufferers about reports from patients using wintergreen liquids in D. D. D. Prescription. The item notes treatments seen this winter and urges consultation for skin care.
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McAllister
Oregon Lumber Yard Slabwood Sale Claims 4 ft Lengths
Slabwood disposal notice offers cars converted into four foot lengths. Oregon Lumber Yard invites inquiries for pricing by quantity and location not stated.
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Oregon Lumber Yard
Pendleton Auto Co Gasoline At 25 Cents A Gallon
A Pendleton Auto Company advertisement notes gasoline priced at 25 cents per gallon. The offer highlights fuel costs for motorists and reflects era pricing and local retail promotion.
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Pendleton Auto Co
Ivory Soap uses distant vegetable oils for quality
The article notes Ivory Soap brands source vegetable oils from far away, claiming Cuba and South America offer decent quality but the company chooses oils from 10,000 miles farther for higher quality and better payback, stating cost is the main reason.
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Cuba
South America
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Wellman
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Freewater, Oregon
Ice
Pendleton Ice & Gold Storage Co
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