Fruitgrowers Plan Three Story Packing and Cold Storage
Milton and Weston news report a joint plan by the Milton Fruitgrowers union and the Freewater Horticultural society to build a three story fruit packing and cold storage facility. A committee was formed to arrange construction. Also noted are a birth in Milton, deaths and illnesses, and various local business and farming updates including wheat sales and potato markets.
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Sam Beamer
Freewater
Milton Fruitgrowers' Union
Freewater Horticultural Society
Saari Beamer
Lee Berry
California
Joseph Walters
Twin Falla
Milton
Bergman sues Rev H C Senne over church membership refusal
Topeka on March 6. Martin Bergman files a lawsuit against Rev. H C Senne alleging his salvation is jeopardized by the minister not accepting him as a church member. Bergman seeks damages of $5000.
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Topeka
Kan
H. C. Senne
Martin Bergman
Ranch Sold Near Weeton Through Coutts Trade
Through a trade by Coutts Bitner & Hayes a 180 acre ranch near Weeton belonging to Melstrom was sold to John Blom. The price is said to have been 900 dollars.
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Coutts
Bitner & Hayes
Weeton
Melstrom
John Blom
First wreck on north bank near Lyle halts train
The Dalles Chronicle reports the first wreck on the north bank since trains began running between Pasco and Lyle occurred Wednesday when the mixed train on the down run collided with a bull about two miles beyond Lyle. The engine was derailed into a ditch but suffered no serious damage. The bull was killed and the engineer sustained only slight head injuries as the train traveled at a moderate speed.
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Pasco
Lyle
Dalles
Train wreck ends with uninjured crew amid river and cliff risk
A railway collision left the engine thrown from the track as a bull obstructed the line near a river with no escape route. No passengers were hurt, only the engineer sustained injuries not severe enough to affect work.
Mulligan Stew Story From Seward Literary Society
In Seward Alaska a winter gathering of about 15 people, including women and children, boiled stew over a log fire beneath three feet of snow. The event, described as warm and comforting, sparked a proposal to make mulligan stew part of the society's regular program with future stews to be announced.
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Seward
It Was Cok in 1893 Marginal Annotation Quoting Cold Record
A La Grande paper recalls a margin note from 1883 by county clerk W. T. Wright. It cites Union as the then county seat with a February 3 reading of 30 below zero and reports 62 below at North Powder. The next day North Powder logged 0 below.
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Court House
W. T. Wright
Union
North Powder
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Sold By Pendleton Drug Co
The grandmothers of old Dutch Dunkard families in western Pennsylvania used and made Hickory Bark Cough Remedy for a century. The ad urges buyers to ask for it, claiming it is pure and the best cough remedy today. For sale by any druggist and all dealers, Pendleton Drug Co.
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Dunkard Familes
Pennsylvania
Pendleton Drug Co
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Sold by Tallman Co
Advertising copy notes small safe sure liver pills named DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and states they are sold by Tallman & Co. The item presents a compact product promotion for a patent medicine in a 19th century style newspaper snippet.
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DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Shamrock Ball to Be Held at Hermiston Hall
Hermiston officials announce a Shamrock ball on March 17 at Hermiston hall under the Modern Woodmen. Supper will be served. Engineers on the East Umatilla project report progress on the dam and irrigation plans. Water tests show successful redirection toward the reservoir and irrigation is expected this season, enabling extensive potato and alfalfa crops. Many visitors have recently toured the area.
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Hermiston
Hermiston Hall
East Umatilla
Echo progresses on Furnish and Hinkle projects near Echo
Echo reports bustling activity as crews clear land for the Furnish project and improvements on the Cleaver Brothers Hinkle property. Many settlers are expected to move in this season with irrigation expanding in the west end. J. Taylor buys seven acres near Echo from Ben Gillette at 200 dollars per acre.
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Echo
Mar
Furnish
Cleaver Brothers
Hinkle
J. ®. Taylor
Ben Gillette
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Weston
Martha B. Stanton
Mar. G
B. Stanton
Umattila County
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
J. .A. Baddeley
Westin Mountain
Weston, Mar
Dwight Gore
Myrtle Duncan
A. Barnes
J. A. Badderly
C. A. Winn
Weston Mountain District
Weston Mountain
Oregon
Washington
Mae McKinnon
Dick Gerberding
Smar Ranch
Jerome
North Bank
Farmere
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Ric
Hale I
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