Postage Reduced by International Postal Congress
Rome dispatch reports the Postal Union cut heavy letter rates and raised weight unit from 15 to 20 grams while reducing postage from 25 to 15 centimes for the first 4 grams after June. Britain and Japan failed to push 24 centimes, New Zealand backed universal postage in part, and new reply coupons as postal orders ease stamp exchange worldwide.
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International Postal Congress
Rome
Postal Union Congress
New Zealand
Picture Post
Permieton Wee
Beavers Two Circle wild horses roundup ends in Beaver County
In Beaver county northwest Oklahoma a roundup recovered 15 horses after a settler lost a horse to wild mustangs. Perry Brite and Con Jackson organized the chase over a week, roping and hobbling the herd until eight wild mustangs and seven branded horses were captured and corraled at Jackson's ranch marking the end of the wild horse activity in the county.
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Oklahoma
Inet
Beaver County
Kania City
Perry Brite
Con" Jackson
Favorite Prescription touted as alcohol free and doctor endorsed
An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claims it is non alcoholic and transparently labeled with its ingredients. It emphasizes medical endorsement for women's ailments and promises free literature upon request, portraying the remedy as a legitimate non patent medicine from a licensed physician.
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Dr. Pierce
Pr. Pleres
Pierce
Buffalo
Peepee Ats
Oll
Benoit
Br Pierce
Flonaant Pellew
Sheep Market Rises Strongly in Chicago Trade
The Chicago Livestock World reports an extremely brisk sheep market with varied results. High grades held firm or rose, Colorado clipped lambs reached $7.40, spring lambs scarce at $5.15, and top figures near $7.75. Buyers paid well for quality, feeders in demand, and overall market showed strong demand for high-grade sheep despite mixed activity in mid and low grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock World
Colorado
Ohio River
Thusere
Loulaville
Pay Taxes but Cannot Vote In Baker Malheur Corner
Residents in a land corner between Baker and Malheur counties lack road or school districts and have not voted or paid taxes for years. An overlap in county lines left 1400 acres of Eastern Oregon Land Co. land taxed to Baker County since 1900, while timbermen locate there but cannot vote in either county. A separate trial notes FE Mondan, a San Francisco confectioner, paying $200 in peace court after abusing Winnie Nolan, a 15 year old clerk, with remarks of habitual unwanted attention.
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Cyneer
Baker County
Malheur County
Malheur
Faker County
Windom
Aamestor
Forter
Eastern Oregon Land Company
Taker
FE. Mondan
San Francisco
Winnie Nolan
Mandan
Lawsuit Over Photographs Sparks New York Case
A New York suit revolves around photograph rights with 940 dealers facing $10,000 penalties each. The dispute pits the New York Phonograph Company against the National Phonograph Company as a broader fight over rights unfolds. In Oregon a land fraud case implicates prominent Los Angeles figures and heads to federal court with Judge William H Hunt presiding in Portland.
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New York State
New York Phonograph Company
National Phonograph Company
Comfort
Texas
Joseph Reichardt
Mise Ernesting Kutter
Reinhardt
Misa Kuter
A. H. Hedderly
D. M.goodwin
W. D. Gould
G. L. Stearns
L. R. Myera
Richard Hynes
Warren Gibelen
R. W. Keeney
Los Angeles
Oregon
W. W. Vandyke
United States
William HH. Hunt
Butte
Portland
Gilbert
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hunt
Northwest Insanity and River Rescue Rumors in 1906
In Multnomah county up to June 27, thirty persons have been declared insane this month, a 100 percent rise from June 1905. May saw nineteen insanity declarations. Early in the morning two drunken men attempted to cross the Columbia from Arlington to the north bank on a log raft. no survivor or raft sighted, with drowning suspected. A Bend doctor’s residence and contents were destroyed by fire last Monday, likely from an overheated stove, resulting in total loss of valuables and no insurance. A local salve ad promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as effective for burns, eczema, piles, and more, sold by Tallman & Co.
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Multnomah County
Columbua
Arlington
Oowin
Dr. Coons
Bend
Hotel Arrivals Mostly From Pacific Northwest and New York
A list of hotel arrivals features F. J. Gardiner of Portland and J. Poxner of Bon Francisc or J. H. Dunlop among many others from Seattle, Walla Walla, Prosser, Tacoma, San Francisco, and New York. The item ends by promoting Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup sold by Tallman, touting its claimed opiate-free formula.
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F. J. Gardiner
Portland
J. Poxner
Bon Francisc
J. H. Dunlop
Cascade
J. C. Currie
Walla Walla
J. T. Johnson
Dale
Carlos
Wilcox
Mixelexippl
Mir M. K. Hunt
Wt. Ave
J. A. Mendenhall
Seattle
W. H. Toptin
Prosser
W. D. Ailend
J. L. Wolfe
Wallin Walle
Kennedy
Tallman
Hood River Brock Orchard Yields 22,000 in 12,000 Boxes
One Mood River Orchard at Hood River, the Brock orchard, produced a strong crop totaling 22,000 dollars from 12,000 boxes averaging 116 each. The Flow River brand is well known, and no fruit shipped bears that name unless it meets standards boosting buyer confidence.
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Mood River
Hood River
Homn River
Hagd Piver News-Seiior
Senator Meyburn Opposes Same State Senator Election Plan
Senator Meyburn of Idaho denounces a plan for direct voter selection of a U S senator while preserving a legislature chosen winner. He calls it usurpation of a function of the legislature under the U S Constitution and rejects nominating a candidate via the state convention.
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Meyburn
Tdaho
Pan Ple
United States
Typhoid cases largely originate outside town
Physicians report fever cases mostly malarial or bilious, with only five to six genuine typhoid in town. Most patients contracted illness in country or other towns. Officials urge boiling water multiple times daily and note flood fears did not hit any specific area harder. The steam schooner Delhi, completed at Seattle for 145000, is the coast’s largest lumber craft and will carry 1 0 0 feet.
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D. J. McFaul
Clarence Allen
Echo
Young Horne
Cole
Delhi
Seattle
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Cure for All
The ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. It promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and directs readers to send for testimonials. Addressed to Toledo Ohio and distributed via the East Oregonian.
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Thin Paaper
Hall
Catarro Nelng
Adiirena
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Halls
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Pendleton
the Fair Store
Oklahewye
Colorado Lambs Roweh
Irving
Bright
Sairman & Co
Main St
Ore
Northwest News
DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Hotel
St. George
Pendieton
F. Welden
J. Fitemantrick
FE. S. Leedy
C. F. Brune
D. FR. Brockbank
T. Bo Klin
T. Nester
A. L. Schultz
W. C. Kalb
L. C. Misz
A. §. Danner
F. J. Kingsbury
Pomeroy
TD. P. Smythe
G. Stevens
Wale
E. True
KE. True
G. H. Furhouse
Walteburg
W.G. Gleeson
Baker City
Ely
Henle
Aly
Warren Street
New Yorks
Koeppen Bros
Special Agents
Walter
Rend the
East Oregonian
Pendleton Planing Mills
Forster
Alek
Telephone
Alexander
Mne
Eney
Graham Furniture Co
C. EF. Bowlsby
J Hardwick
Nils
Bowman
Railroad Street
Maney
E. Bowlsby
Harley
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Court House
Frank B. Clapton
London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
North Britisah & Mercantile Insurance Co
Royal Insurance Co
New York
Alliance Assurance Co
Indy
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