Multiple Unconnected News Items From Ledger
Near Welehit I T a southbound freight struck three drunken men on the track at night and all were killed. Salvation Army leader Eva Booth is seriously ill in New York and all public engagements are canceled indefinitely. Labor bill progress reported but not calendared by committees. A violent Chicago thunderstorm toppled a large tree in Lincoln Park, killing three buffalo beneath it. About 9060 claims on the Coow reservation totaling roughly 1,500,000 acres are to be drawn. 11,000 applications filed. Maine Republicans reject resubmission of prohibition question. Yale retires Chauncey M Depew. Taft named successor by board. A dynamite car accident near Angels, Cal left two brakemen dead and others injured. Eight hundred Alaska red salmon shipments arrive at Seattle from Chatham cannery. King salmon runs predicted as strong in Alaska waters. Dialog note about a costly umbrella and vigilance.
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Welehit
Mise Eva Booth
Salvation Army
America
New York City
Cashman Gardner
House Committee On Labor
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Coow
Maine
Yale University
Chauncer M. Depew
William H. Taft
Depew
Corn Producer and Shoe Manufacturer Mystery
A quirky exchange hints that a corn producer is actually involved in shoe manufacturing. Dialog covers disguises and misinterpretations with a hint to seek fresh news from the E. O. Archive.
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Church
Gotham
Spokane School Board Refuses to Raise Teachers’ Salaries
Northwest news item notes Spokane school board opposition to salary hikes risking resignation of skilled teachers. Also reports on Navy date set for Nebraska trial trip, Milwaukee cruiser routes, Savage’s Idaho mine sale, a decomposed body found near Lowden station, Northern Pacific electric rail plans, Lewiston finances, a Winchester youth’s reform school sentence, patent medicine promotion, and warm rains boosting logging and mining in the Coeur d'Alene region.
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School Board of
Spokane
Navy Department
Nebraska
Puget Sound
Milwaukee
Gallette
T A. Savage
Sumpter
North Idaho
Savage
Lowden Station
Walla Walla County
Morris
Tulare
Cal
Cm. Levy
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Tacoma
Portland
Seattle
Farmers Organize Mass Meeting in Wasco County
Farmers in Wasco county plan a mass meeting on July 7 to discuss grain bag prices and monthly wheat sales, inspired by Inland Empire reform. Independent growers aim to buy bags cheaply in open markets, delay threshing to secure supply, and organize sales with millers and buyers, with loans possible to support wheat marketing.
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Sherman County
George N. Crossfield
Wasco
Umatilla
Dalles
Hongkong
Portland
Moro
Joan Cooney
Mongkong
A Peculiar City and The First Sapphire Tale
A traveler’s note describes Nang banu Siam as a female city with no men except the king, a walled center in Bangkok housing courts, shops, temples, theatres, and officials all women. It also recounts an Indian legend of Brahma weeping tears that formed a rare sapphire and sparked remorse.
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Nangbanu
Bangkok
High Walla
Siam
Brahma
Wondtrous Evolution in a Circus Prose
A narrator elephants ponders human evolution as curious onlookers feed it cakes and peanuts outside the ropes. The scene blends slow evolution with playful circus atmosphere and speculative musings on the origin of the proboscis in man.
The Dardanelles Fame in Ancient and Modern Crossings
The Dardanelles are celebrated for historic crossings by Xerxes in 480 BC into Europe and Alexander in 4 BC into Asia. Nearby, the young Leander swam the Hellespont nightly to visit Hero, a feat later mirrored by Lord Byron in modern times.
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Dardanelles
Xerxes
Alexander
Europ
B.C
Asia
Leander
Hellespont
Hero
Lord Byron
Making It Worse in a Heated Verse Exchange
A bantering exchange reveals an author calling out a wife for her verses while the husband inflates his own pride. The dialogue shows playful domestic rivalry as they critique clever lines delivered poorly. A humorous scene unfolds with theatrical flair.
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Air
Going! Going! Gone Frame Bargain Auction Line
The piece titled frame is praised as the highlight of a bargain. A connoisseur exclaims the frame itself is worth the price. The remark contrasts with broader quotes on time and personal leisure from Johnson and a New York Weekly blurb.
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New York Weekly
Hotel Arrivals at St George and Nearby Cities
A list of hotel guests includes Fuller Hood River Langer Chicamo M Steffel Chicago W M uffee Manchester Portland F Kk Stone Los Angeles B A Davia OWompa LL Burns and wife Los Angeles Mire FLOW Beck Colfax H W Cameron Spokane G M McEvoy Strobuck J W Smith Starbuck BE M Burke Portland P A Clancy G T Coyne Portland J He Weert Suit Take City LF Thiel Spokane I H Minkham Portland 1D No Harte Boston T T Geer Salem W Maher Portland Pendleton Hotel Frank HB Brown Portland de A George Portland 3 A Allison Portland F C Gardiner Portland H L Lyons Seattle EK C Davie Portland 1 HW Pinkham Portland L F Thiel Spokane John F Kealy Portland 1 W Auker Portland J W Harvey Spokane FE J Cooper Union B F Rockfellow New York P J Kennedy Portland P W Commis San Francisco M F Rohde Portland 4 H Eddy Portland Henry Blackman Heppner Frank Singleton Walla Walla
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Pendleton
Frank HB. Brown
Portland
de A. George
A. Allison
F. C. Gardiner
H. L. Lyons
Seattle
EK. C. Davie
Pinkham
L. F. Thiel
Spokane
John F. Kealy
1. W. Auker
J. W. Harvey
FE. J. Cooper
Union
B. F. Rockfellow
New York
P. J. Kennedy
P. W. Commis
San Francisco
M. F. Rohde
H. Eddy
Henry Blackman
Heppner
Frank Singleton
Walla - Walla
A Lemon In Health Kidney Cure Claim
An old advertisement extols a kidney cure claiming kidneys filter impurities from blood and that without it health suffers. It asserts Ley’s Kidney Cure strengthens the system and will cure kidney and bladder disease, sold at Koepens’ drug store.
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Foley
Koeppens
Lion of Babylon in ancient art endures in color and form
The lion of Babylon, among the oldest preserved pictorial works, shows remarkable preservation of outline and color after thousands of years. The figure was widely used for decorative purposes in ancient Babylon.
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Babylon
Childhood fears newborns and the nurse's departure
A reflective excerpt describes a baby’s helpless start in life and its dawning sense of self protection. The text portrays the infant’s paroxysms of fear when left alone and the gradual emergence of life saving and health-giving resilience as a perpetual miracle.
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Eimerson
How It Was Magnate Dialogue On A Medical Operation
A dramatic exchange centers on a magnate pressing a surgeon over charges for a risky operation. The surgeon flatly notes the high stakes, implying the patient’s death would ease collection from the estate, highlighting greed and life versus money in a tense moral moment.
St Anthony's Hospital Ad Prepares Pendleton Appeal
In Pendleton Oregon an advertisement touts St Anthony's Hospital facilities including private rooms, four fully equipped operating rooms and a four ward maternity department with amenities designed for patient comfort and care.
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Lalla Llealhalal
Hits the Mark in Lumber
By trading with the lumber firm that does all the finishing and handles a large complete line, you save time and money and get what you want. We furnish anything in lumber lath machines sash doors cement brick lime and tanks in round or square shapes.
Pendleton Planing Mills Ad Promotes Catarrh Cure
Local advertisement from Pendleton Planing Mills promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. The notice claims the cure works internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and offers 100 dollars reward for any case it cannot cure. Includes address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and mentions Hall’s Family Pills.
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Eclerice
Lall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Toke Hall
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the Fair Store
General News
Ancels
Hoxeland
Brown
Alaska
Chatham
Topeka
Tomkins
Gibbs
Northwest News
Lewiston Tribune
Benjamin F. Lehman
Winchester
Idaho
State Reform School
Ind
Boschee
Tallman & Co
Soeur d'Alene
S.S.S
Wascoo
Toland Empire Wheatgrower Association
Kennedy
Johnson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Nick
Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton Planing Mills
Forster
Wnatipat
Pendlet
Graham Furniture Co
C. Fe, Bowlsby
J. Hardwick
Pawnbroker
Money Loanet
Bowman Building
Railroad Street
E. Bowlsby
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Oregon
Court House
Northwestern Gas and Electric Co
Garden ST
Indy
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