March history notes highlight key deaths and events
On March 7 entries recall Antonius Pius, Roman emperor, and William Longeworth, first Earl of Salisbury. Highlights include the Boston Port Bill of 1774 closing Boston Harbor, the transfer of customs to Marblehead, and Salem’s colonial government. Also noted are Millard Fillmore’s death, Hyde Clarke the chemist, and Nelson B. Sweetzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonius Pius
William Longeworth
Earl of Salisbury
Heaton
Boston
Board of Customs
Marblehead
Salem
Millard Fillmore
Buffalo
Hyde Clarke
London
Nelson B. Sweetzer
U. S
Open questions on money, sprinklers, and reform
A mixed column questions the whereabouts of mill funds in Athens, notes smallpox insurance profits, and discusses London’s reform movements. It criticizes Captain McCook’s alleged misdeeds, praises sprinkling wagons for Pendleton, and comments on a Chicago women’s club debate about admitting men to membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
England
Empire
Atlantic
London
Debate on Women Voting and Man Dor The Tea Tables
A heated discussion on women joining clubs reveals mixed views. Some advocate admitting men to participate in dues and tea arrangements but denying voting rights. One man is elected to membership, signaling whether this will curb or encourage further male inclusion. The piece also surveys international affairs, including the Anglo Japanese treaty, Russia’s Far East aims, and Britain’s global position, with reflections on Cuba, Spain, and American politics and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Newark
N. J
Henry C. Potter
Bishop Potter
Poor Man's Club
Collier's Weekly
England
Japan
Far East
China
Liao Tung Peninsula
Russia
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Amur
Siberian
Asia
Vladivostock
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Pacific
Corea
Corean
Liverpool
Lord Rosebery
Salisbury
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Great Britain
India
Indus
Nile
Congress
Senor Estrada Palma
Cuba
Louisiana
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East
Gregonard
Manchuria
Pendleton
East Oregonian
McCook
Army Connection
Princon
The
Chicago
House of Representatives
United States
Wheeler
Kentucky
Prince Henry
Prussia
Grosvenor
Ohio
LaFayette
France
George Washington
Capitol
Continental Army
Continental Congress
Charles X
Lever
M. Matson
Lapes
Mich
Jobee Polhill
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Neagle Brothers Water
Main
Oreger
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alta Bt
Court House
Pendleton Planing Mill
Tennilses Yard
R. Forster
Pasco
Byers
N. Berkeley
Real Estate Man Savings Bank Building
Pendleton, Qe
Laurel Alain
Lw.harpe Kentucky Whiskey
John S6uhmidt
Louvre
Oregon
Aia Alli
Newbro
Lyseey
Coroinahts &c
Monte
Newedealern
UNH & Co
Pendhey
J. F. Robinson
Prop
Billias
J. E. Platter
Pilsner Beer
John Wanamaker
Earth
East Os
Tel
Oregonian
Tele
Pendleton, Oregon
Fred Walters
Propriet
Capecity
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