Marram and Hirst Purchase of Fia Froud Hie WT Eighties Rail Plot
A fragmented excerpt recalls Harriman’s early railroad ambitions in New York State from Lake Ontario to Stanley. It notes a grain elevator plan, a $200,000 check, and his claim that opponents “saw it as soon as I showed it.” The passage also glances at manners books and an Italian cavalry feat, with brief notes on dining etiquette and horse riding prowess.
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Sodus Bersoit Southern
Lake Ontario
Stanley
N. Y
Smumetger
Anid & Wan
Harriman
Pennsylvania Railroad
McClure
The Soup Plate Seventeenth Century Cookbook Telle Why It Was Invented
A valet of Louly SEV explains in a seventeenth century cookbook that hollow soup plates were invented so diners could sip soup without passing spoons, reducing the need to spoonful by spoonful amid crowding and competition.
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Louly Sev
Mrs MacLachlin Sets Boundaries With American Boarder
Mrs MacLachlin showed kindness to her American boarder yet refused to let her overstep a boarder’s privileges. On Sunday evening the boarder Weary electine was found at the Tremont with limited access, prompting scrutiny of conduct and the house rules.
Fresh Air Custom Sparks Family Discussion
In a Scots dialogue excerpt a girl complains about a stuffy room after leaving it ajar and asks for fresh air. Her guardian Scot dismisses the concern, insisting the house is kept airy and that the Monday Sabbath air flows through the home as a matter of custom.
Too Strong for an Office Boy
The widow of a late office worker complains that her son was discharged for being too strong. A merchant counters that the boy was too strong for the job, breaking roles and some furniture during his two days of work.
Fishermen's Exchange on Fevered Fishing Plans
A fragmentary dialogue shows Pa and his son discussing travel for fishing as illness and fever affect plans. Mr Snatler contributes a garbled remark about catching mackerel, trout, and sprat.
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Snatler
Couregs Coursee War and duty amid constitutional tension
A fragmented excerpt argues that courage in wartime grows from duty and personal acts, though inconsistent behavior mars the sense of unity. The text attributes these reflections to Addison and notes the strain between responsibility and formality in a war context.
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Addison
Self Made Women Highlighted By Philadelphia Record
In the Philadelphia Record a debate note contrasts self made men with self made women. It asks how a woman's fate can be tied to her fortune and discusses the idea that a man who owes all to his wife seldom repays.
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Hersalf
Crolom
Philadelphi Tecord
Seldor
Kyte Liquid Cream Balm Aids Nasal Catarrh Relief
Do you use an atomizer in treating Nasal Catarrh If so you will appreciate Kyte Liquid Cream Balm the quickest and surest remedy for this disease In all curative properties It is identical with the solid Cream which is so famous and so successful in overcoming Catarrh Hay Fever and Cold in the head There is relief in the first dash of spray upon the heated sensitive air passages All druggists The, including spraying wb, or mailed by Ely Brow 66 Warren Linet New York.
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Ely Brow
Warren Linet
New York
Better buy one good book for the family than cheap papers
A suggestion that families choose quality literature over multiple low value paperbacks. It decries loafers and frothy reads, urging readers to seek instruction from great thinkers rather than constant trendy news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hove
Society of Loafers
News of the Northwest: Grande merchant jailed on wife beating
Grande Grande Merchant W. Berry, owner of a bakery goods store, was jailed this week on charges of beating his wife. Inability to secure funds led to detention. In North Yakima, Etta Lawrence, a Belvo teacher, sues W. Goddell for 625 damages over injuries she claims were caused by a vicious horse. In Moscow Idaho, an Idaho venture camping received 250 50 payment guarantees for a harvester shipment to Southern Idaho farmers, but the cash was unsettled.
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North
Yakima
Wash
Etta Lawrence
Belvo
Navices City
W. Goddeell
Goddsell
Seudis
Moscow
Idaho
Tinal Tarventer Camping
Milia
Nowince
Guarintes
Power project to wire Milton districts and build lines
Milton districts to receive electricity as Oreo Alston brings power to the marshalling yard near Freewater. Two new lines will run along the east bank of the Walla Walla River and another west of Sunnyside. City Electrician L FB Coyle oversees the work.
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Milton
Oreo
Alston
Weet
Freewater
Walla Walla River
Sunnyside
City Flectrician L
Coyle
Ferndale Preewater School Board Eyes New Rooms
Ferndale Preewater district officials considered expanding facilities this week. The school board discussed adding a tenth grade class and hiring an additional high school teacher for next year as part of planned expansion.
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Ferndale
Preewater
Ore
Peril to Religious Papers Sparks Postage Protest
A Mont-Till Sliver Bow County Sunday school group wired Mantina’s congressional delegation protesting a proposed postage increase. They argue higher costs burden religious periodicals and faith-based publications. In Elgin Oregon Elgin ice men report thick ice and ongoing loading for a Palmers Junction plant. An unidentified man killed by a train near Sprague Washington left no clues for identification. inquest concludes death from train strike.
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Butt
Mont
Bow County Sunday School Association
Mantina
Elgin
Ore
North Power
Palmers Junction
Anirham
Longest timber flagpole to rise in La Grande
In La Grande Oregon a six by five and a half foot base timber, measured in inches, rooted in George Palmer Lumber Company lands, will be erected before the main office as a flagpole. It is touted as the county’s longest trimmed flagpole. In Pasco Washington Overton Brothers of Corvallis hold a sidewalk contract for 100,000 feet of sidewalk and 16,000 feet of curbing. Excavation of about 4000 yards precedes laying. Six married workers with families will move to Pasco. In Langley Reverend J A Regus faces arrest for alleged violation of compulsory education law to keep his son from attending Langley public schools. he cites sanitary and moral concerns at the school.
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la Grande
la dGirande
Ore
George Palmer Lumber Copany
Pasco
Wash
Frank Overton
Overton Brothers
Corvallis
Yester
Lax
Leap Frog
Everett
Tlansley
Wildby
Ida
J. A. Regus
Friends’ Church
Langley
Coupeville
Regum
Elgin Opera House Condemned After Adjourned Meeting
The Elgin city meeting condemned the Condemn Eilein Oper House leaving the town without a playhouse. Henry Rader's dance hall was scanned. A committee to investigate public buildings was appointed and the city clerk ordered to notify property owners on Front Street to obtain land for street straightening.
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Eilein Oper House
Elgin
Ore
Rotort Einmetetein
Henry Rader
Nwoem
Gat
Front Street
Rancher in Serious Condition After Poison Mistake
A rancher named Charles Kaney, also known as Tater, is seriously ill after drinking what he believed was cough medicine. He shared a hotel room with another rancher Thursday night and, before bed, left the cough medicine on a dresser. Believing the bottle held his medicine, he drank a large swallow of a poisonous preparation from the dresser.
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Charles Kaney
Passage of J F P Anderson to Pasco and land purchase
J F P Anderson traveled over 1000 miles from Hodger Minnesota and reached Pasco after a day in Spokane. He bought a 10 acre tract from the Pasco Reclamation Company and began clearing and planting immediately, recounting his return after two decades away.
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Pasco
J. FP Anderson
Hodger
Minn
Flor
Mr. Anderson
Snow and Wheat Prospects Amid Winter Weather Update
The report notes four inches of snow in Wilbur Washington and moderating temperatures. It contrasts 1909 drought and 1910 spring winds with low ground moisture, and states conditions for a good wheat crop have not been better in four years. Anton Schmidt, a German landscape gardener, plans to tackle big trees in White Salmon Washington to start an orchard. Local curiosity follows him, with a remark about adopting a small, light-hearted note from Saltie Nuvims.
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Big Bend
Wilbur
Wash
Anton Schmidt
Anton
Germany
Khe
Anton Lehmildt
Lindidia
Saltie Nuvimps
Portland man dies from self inflicted throat wound
Robert MacCarmack of Spokane, aged 67, died after a self inflicted throat wound suffered Wednesday night in Portland Oregon. Detectives concluded an earlier claim of an attempted murder was unfounded and that MacCarmack had squandered money borrowed to send his wife to Spokane. Franklin J. Cheney Co. of Toledo offers a cash reward for evidence of catarrh cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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Portland
Ore
Robert MacCarmack
Spokans
MacCarmack
Alphenor and
Howell
A Crazy Spall Opera Trovatore Song Parody
Fragmented text reports a spoof about the opera Trovatore with garbled names and stray quotes. It includes references to a soprano Sophronia and a judge’s library, with odd pricing and advice lines about falling hair and a quizzical telecast note. The piece reads as a collage of misprints and stray interjections with no clear narrative.
Strengthen Kidneys and Skin with Hoo g Sarsaparilla
Claim that weak kidneys cause pimply blotchy skin and that Hoo g Sarsaparilla purifies blood to strengthen kidneys and clear blemishes, with Wexion cited as a purifier leading to good health.
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Ethu
Spring Garden Almanac on Seeds and Crops
Practical farm tips from March Farm Journal on sowing clover in two waves, early vegetables like onions beets and lettuce, and rotating crops to prevent pests. Advice stresses dryness for work, manure and bonemeal use, and moving crops to avoid disease, with a playful warning against chasing easy money.
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More & Tan
Mirch Farm Journal
REF BOOK ON PILES PROMISES FREE BOOKLET CURE MEMFORT
A sales item advertises a booklet by Dr J Leonhardt on the causes of piles and their permanent cure. It promotes Memfort as the remedy sold with a guarantee for $1 per large bottle, available by mail from Dr Leonhardt Co Station B Buffalo NY or at Pendleton Drug Co and other druggists.
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Hall
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Fia Froud
Cys
East Oregonian
News OF the Northwest
Sprague, Wash
Corannr Oo
L. Adae
UN- Kiewh Min
Northern Pacific
Columbia
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Tiemore
Teriethy
Sophronia Ceechmneklcher
Judge's Library
Ford
Wardington
John
Youngstown
Pastime Theatre
Sunny South
Rose City
George Williams
Clark
Billie the Alligator
Dan
Armour Goff & Tebow
Rube Albert Scottie
Edna Walker
Billie Clark
Comedian
Armour
Goff
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