Roosevelt appoints Gorham as mint melter refiners
California man Charles Gorham is named melter and refiner of the San Francisco mint. Doorkeeper Glenn of the House in Washington dies of lung inflammation. The steamer City of Providence sinks near Davis Bend, Miss, with 17 deaths. Brunswick-Balke-Collender building in Chicago burns, $175,000 loss. Pope urges reconciliation with Americans in talks with Monsignor Sbaretti before Philippines departure. Congress committee backs Hepburn canal bill for trans Isthmus via Managua route. Allis-Chalmers to raise wages 5 percent from April 1, with Saturday half holiday for 1500 workers. Wells Fargo marks 50th anniversary March 15 with silver medals for long-serving employees. Thompson, ex-supreme finance-keeper, arrested on embezzlement counts totaling $57,000 in a nine-count warrant.
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Roosevelt
Charles Gorham
California
San Francisco
Glenn
House of Representatives
Washington
City of Providence
Davis Beni
Miss
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
Chicago
Committee of Congress On
Wells-Fargo Company
Siiver
Charlies D. Thompson
Supreme Finance
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Maccabees
Port Huron
Thompson
Northwest News Briefs: Smallpox, Finances, and Disputes
Eight smallpox cases reported among QO R and N workers in St. Johns near Portland. Resimond reports 1901 Oregon University football receipts 2022.80, expenditures 1752.40, balance 271.40. Oregon Coast Navigation Co. formed with 125.40 capital to run steamers Portland to Coos Bay. Messenger shoots Cotton in Ashland mill dispute. Cotton fatally wounded. Messenger in custody. Stackpole sues Northern Pacific for 26000 in a Montana collision near Garrison. Spokane land district holds 625000 acres surveyed, 1700000 unsurveyed government land. districts include Spokane Stevens Ferry Lincoln Adams and part Whitman.
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Charles A. Resimond
Oregon University
R. E. Wilson
E. Jefart
R. A. Giltner
Spokane Land Office District
Spokane
Stevens, Ferry
Lincoln
Adams
Whitman
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Entire Cure
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claimed to be constitutional and effective when taken internally. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
Ohio
Five Indians Return From Washington With Land Sale Claims
Five prominent Coeur d Alene Indians in northern Idaho report that the president urged them to sell their land in Washington. The plan allegedly aims to drive off half breeds on the reserve and then sell the land to the government to be opened, with proceeds going to 400 or 500 full blooded Indians.
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Coeur d'Alene Reservation
Idaho
Washington
Fruit crop outlook as frost threat looms locally
Horticulturists in Pendleton and Umatilla county debate potential fruit loss from upcoming cold snaps. Buds are swelling early with apples expected to fare best while peaches and cherries show varying damage. Orchardists prepare spraying for worms amid debates on enforcement of fruit- grower laws.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Fireman George Spere Visits After Wreck Burns
George Spere, a fireman injured in the September wreck one mile east of The Dalles, has just left Portland hospital and is visiting friends in town. He walked from the wreck scene to seek relief, after suffering severe facial burns when the double header gravel train derailed. Two engineers died instantly. Spere had been with the O R and N Company only 13 hours. He is the son of J J Spere, a well known Umatilla County farmer, and many locals are glad he is out and about again.
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George Spere
Spere
Dalles
Portland
Tom Harland
Ed Rees
Montana
J. J. Spere
Umatilla County
Dr Bingham Lectures At Whitman College
Dr J E Bingham of this city addressed Whitman college friends and students on The Profession of Medicine. He warned that practicing medicine is a serious calling, noting physicians lose many lives yearly and comparing medicine to other careers.
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Whitman College
J. E. Bingham
Bingham
Whitman
Kam
Bing
Mediele
Ele
Fife
Advertising Idea Aimed at Attracting Settlers
A Walla Walla Union interview with a homeseeker urges sending daily Walla Walla newspaper copies to eastern and midwestern sections. He argues newspapers best convey a community’s standing and advertise advantages, more effectively than any folder advertising.
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Walla Walla Union
Walla Walla
East
Middle West
Dr Kings New Life Pills Sell Well At Tallman Co
The splendid work of Dr King's New Life Pills is daily coming to light. No such grand remedy for Liver and Howel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing constipation, sick headache, biliousness, jaundice and indigestion. Try them. 25c at Tallman & Co.'s drug store.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Notice to Contractors for Erection of Athe na Brick Building
Sealed proposals must be received at Baker and Oge's by noon March 20 1902 for a one story brick building at Athe na Oregon Plans and specifications are available at Baker and Oge's The right to reject any and all bids is reserved H L Swaggart March 11 1902 Pendleton Oregon
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Baker & Oge’s
Athena
Oregon
Baker & Oge's
H. L. Swaggart
Pendleton
Cure a Cold in One Day Promises Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement claims a single day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refund offered if not effective, with W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 20. The wording suggests a historic patent medicine style promising rapid relief and money-back guarantees.
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I Eragrics
W. Grove
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Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters
Frkast
Gregan
General News
Monsignor Sbaretti
Philippines
The
W. H. Farle
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J. F. Walker
Memphis
Daniel Sully
Augusta True
J. de Grignon
F. Wieden
William M. Gleson
the Dalles
Rosenbladt
A. S&s. Heatfield
C. Roffner
Seattle
G. S. Youngman
R. B. Coman
E. J. Ferris
Kansas City
Mrs. Ferris
Lee Hirsch
New York
Wiliam Maher
M. Smith
HH. C Paulin
Camden
Ward T. Smith
Tacoma
J. B. Bache
George W. Gaines
Philadelphia
J. Burmanger J. B. Crosfield
L. B. Mandel
B. Pearl
J. W. Sawyer
George M. Halloway
H. R. Jackson
Thomas Kerney
J. M. Rice
George W. Bryans
Pullman
Mrs. Evans
Meyer Abraham
J. E. Froome
E. J .Flynn
B. F. Davies
Milton
J. B. Stoddart
Salt Lake
J. H. Reed
H. H. Williams
Leadville
Joseph McCabe
J. R .Candish
Hunts
Miss Evans
J. A .Nelson
W. H. H. Scott
J. L. Jones
Helen Nelson
Christie Miller
Sam Lee
A. E. McBreen
William Huston
City
Frank Hansen
H. C. Rogers
John G. Griffin
Robert Blaylock
W. Hess
J. Caughlin
L. Downer
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Heck
W. F. Kohman
G. W. Bradley
Conners
C. J. Freese
D. H
Nelson City
G .H. Greer
Beatrice
A. C. Hemphill
Pilot Rock
Cc. V. Dyment
Pacific Northwest News
St. John's
H. C. Messinger
J. P. Cotton
Cotton
Ashland
Messenger
Maury A. Stackpole
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Garrison
Deer Lodge
Inei Fcal Inet
Eherif
Supreme Court
DR. Bingham
Younger
Order of
F.S. Younger & Son
BIG Boston
Cromwell
Boston
Youn
Timothy
Brone
Alfalfa
Thompson Hardware Company
Iit
Jesse
C. Sett
Polydore Moons
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