Subscriptions and a violent editorial mix in Oregon page
The article lists stale subscription rates for daily and weekly papers and then shifts to a harsh editorial section condemning a seduction and murder case in East Oregonian coverage. It decries crime on trains, rails, and greed, and critiques the Good Roads association leaders calling them colonels while urging accountability for public safety.
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National Good Roads Association
Portland
Associaton
George A. Hartman
Good Roads
Hartman
Oregon
Tom
Harry
Rest the Brain Food Stands Out Among Life Remedies
The weary traveler on the upgrade called Life is urged to seek Rest as the essential brain food amid Vim, Force, Health Flakes, Rush, Crush, and Lost. The signboard promises rest as the true remedy for strife in a reflective, promotional tone.
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Life
Con Shea in Literature and Martin Murder Coverage
The piece criticizes newspapers for mocking Cornelius P. Shea’s literary tastes while noting his arrest and potential role as a literature professor. It also defends the Athens Press and East Oregonian for fair Martin murder coverage, contrasting it with biased reporting from the Morning Tribune and calling for a stricter view of the verdict.
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Con Shea
Cornelius BP. Shea
Teameters
Chicago
Examiner
Shea
John Bun
England
Edward Bellamy
Sheale
Chicago University
Triges
Miss Muffet
John Bunyan
Cook County
Bunyan
Morning Tribune
Moritsa
East Oregonian
Martin
The Lesson of the River from Atlanta Constitution
A reflective poem urging appreciation of daily light and love, contrasting sorrow with spring and sun. The speaker invites readers to greet each morning, quit dwelling on clouds, and notice the river’s quiet witness while life holds hopeful ritual within a hallelujah tone.
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Jordan
Love
Atlanta
Coin Dies Destroyed at End of Mint Year
The Treasury controls three mints that destroy dies yearly by grinding engravings into pulp to prevent counterfeiting. Old dies were defaced with chisels but were found to be smoothed and reused. Philadelphia handles die design with skilled experts and requires a fine blue tempering color. US dies yield 60,000 to 150,000 impressions. one San Francisco die reached 700,000. Britain averages under 26,000, as low as 17,000 impressions. Indicating American mint superiority.
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Treasury Department
Philadelphia
United States
San Francisco
Los
Old West Gone Bridge to Science Ends Road Agent Echoes
From Sites Oklahoma a tale emerges of the decline of rail road era brigands as science delivers a final blow to the daredevil knights of the old West once led by Bride Big Nose George Black Bart and their notable crew.
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Science
Bride
George
Black Bart
Sites
Oklahoma
Knights of the
Robbed train money escapes by auto ride to Ponca bank
A $40,000 shipment was moved from a Sunday train money count to a doctor’s automobile to avoid a planned heist by six armed desperadoes. The car, pursued by riders, outran the gang and reached Ponca, depositing the cash in a bank vault with no injuries. The only damage was a shattered speed regulator.
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Miller Ranch
Thomas
Cowskin Creek
Biles
Ponca
Rapid rise in New York heart disease deaths in early 1900s
Between 1868 and 1904 New York City saw the death rate from heart disease and Bright's disease grow from 14.06 to 29.69 per 1000. In 1903 to 1904 deaths rose 42 per 1000, while 125 people died last week from organic heart disease against 66 in 1904’s week. Physicians cite rapid urban living and business stress as a factor, with a recent check showing 9 of 100 having stomach trouble.
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New York City
New York
No Bachelora Among Savages
Delia Austrian in the Chicago Tribune argues bachelors and bachelor girls are unknown among savages and barbarians while western civilization encourages marriage as soon as possible, noting this trend is strongest among less cultured peoples.
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Delia Austrian
Chicago Tribune
Spokane and Seattle to be connected by direct telephone
For the first time this summer Spokane and Seattle will be directly linked by telephone. The project aims to shorten communication times between the two Pacific Northwest cities and improve regional coordination.
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Spokane
Seattle
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East Oregonian Publishing
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Scrippa-McRae News Association
B. B. Rich's
Hotel
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Fourth Street
Security
Ae Db, Co
Pendleton
Preston
California
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Athens Press
Penddleton
Aldea
The
Newbro’s
Herpicide
Rbro's
Newtro
Una
Newbro
Newhro
Wash
Oreex Cornelius
Vancouver
W. A. Enright
Herpicite Co
Detroit
Mich
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Sherwin-Williams
Murphy
St. Anthony’s
Aleo Maternity Department
Mick
Stroble
East Court Street
C. B. Sampson
BE. O0
L. K. Korbaugh
Tribune
F. J. Donaldson
Main Street
Rockford
Winslow Bros., Jewelers, Opticians
P.O. Block
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alta Street
Court House
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City Brewery
R. FF. Payne
Payne
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Deamarais
Dalles
Ore
Rock Spring
Lantz Bros
DEPOT
Bonner N. B
Gus LaFontaine
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