Weston neighborhood notes on illness and land deals
The East Oregonian draws from the Weston Leader with notes on James Kirkland's throat cancer prognosis and expected homecoming, Scarlet fever in George Hansell's family near Freewater, and Miss Efe McBroom visiting Pilot Rock. It recounts two land sales in Athena and local farming moves in Franklin county, plus a Weston egg mystery and Chester Caplinger’s industrious year teaching and quilting.
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East Oregonian
Weston
George Hansell
Freewater
Efe McBroom
Pilot Rock
Monroe Hicks
Kesie
Rush
Helix
Athena Prees
T. J. Kirk
Ran
Sam Morgan
Jamerad
Turner
Franklin County
Jim Elgin
Colonel Wood
Leader
W. H. Benefiel
Sam R. Caplinger
Chester
Ant
Chinatown Noise Complaints Grow Over Night Music
Residents near Chinatown allege ongoing nightly disturbances from Chinese quarters during and after New Year celebrations. Neighbors report loud discordant music and say authorities tolerate the noise, prompting growing frustration and potential formal complaints if the racket continues.
Barbed Wire Phones Sweep Northwest Demand Rises
The Northwest sees an unprecedented demand for telephone supplies as Walla Walla reports surging orders for phones, receivers, and transmitters from all sections. The Pacific States Telephone Company does not sell private-use supplies through its offices.
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Northwest
Co Geat
Walla Walla Valley
Union
Walla Walla
Pacific States Telephone Company
Wnt
Barbed wire line network eyed for telephone service
Farmers in the Dixie vicinity and Kaureka Flat race to assemble lines to form a regional barbed wire telephone network. Plans call for connections from Waltsburg to Clyde with links to Prescott and Waitsbur e, plus potential lines from Umatilla County. A Walla Walla supply route was attempted but searches continue.
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Dixie Vicinity
Wallum
Walla Walla
Kaureka Flat
Crace
Prescott-Waitsbure
Waltsburg
Clyde
Prescott
Umatilla County
Charles Baker Leads Mining Supply Caravan
Charles Baker left town this morning with six horses and two wagons loaded with 10 000 rounds of iron piping bound for the Oriental mine on the north fork of the John Day river. The piping will equip new machinery at the mine, which is to start up once all is in place. The trip covers about 65 miles and Baker expects 15 days to reach the destination, with several trips from Alba due to unloading and road conditions that are described as very bad and sometimes impassable.
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Charles Baker
Oriental
Mr. Baker
Alba
John Day Country
Baker County clerk shows bold money making streak
Deputy County Clerk George Aiken boasted of earning large sums from forged warrants. He claimed to have created 81 county warrants, with 20 for 1000 dollars and others totaling 751 dollars, payable to Union county. The warrants, tied to Union county indebtedness adopted when the Panhandle joined, were described as nearly as good as gold.
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George Aiken
Baker City
Klondike
George
Union County
Baker County
Panhandle
Weston Mountain Strawberries Put To 10 Acre Plan
C O Jeffrey, a Weston mountains farmer, says the Leader contemplates planting a 10 acre strawberry patch this spring. He argues that Weston mountain berries are among the finest in the world and wider cultivation would boost local farmers’ incomes and benefit the community. Jeffrey urges every mountain farmer to plant at least five acres to build a better shipping market. Currently the mountain crop is sold locally at about $1.50 per crate, ripening after Hood River and Walla Walla finishes, with strong demand for their large flavorful fruit.
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C. O. Jeffrey
Weston Mountains
Weston Mountain
Mr. Jeffrey
Hood River
Walla Wala
How Did Senator Clark Make His Money
A constituent questions Senator Clark in the marble room. He takes him to the gallery to show Clark at his desk writing, blotting, and tucking a pen behind his ear. The senator claims to work long hours, claiming to handle more enterprises than any other member who ever sat in the body.
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Senator Clark
Senate
Partnership Books and Broken Contract Notice
A notice files partnership ledgers between John Sebert and the author for a tailor shop once housed in Wheeler's photograph studio space. It also references a broken contract signed by John Sebert for sale. Submitted to A BCHWARZ.
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John Sebert
Myself
Wheeler
John Selbert
A. Bchwarz
True. The occasional ad is one of the very methods
A terse note states that occasional advertisements serve as a key method. It emphasizes ads as a practical tool for outreach or funding, highlighting their role alongside other communication forms.
Interest to Cattle Men Urges Action on Food, Livestock Bills
Charles F. Martin of the National Livestock Association releases a bulletin urging stockmen to press Congress on H R 6565 to curb shoddy wool, H R 2688 to improve horse breeding, H R 10805 for a permanent census bureau and livestock data, and other measures including arid land reclamation and statehood for New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma. The alert calls members to write to their reps and senators, promising five minutes and a small donation can influence millions dependent on prompt action.
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Charles F. Martin
National Livestock Association
Congress
Conareseman Grosvenor
Ohto
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
West
Trrtention
Commission
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Statehood
Henry Obeama
Bulletin
Penrose
Two Oregon Apples From Ohio Men Drive Broomcorn Planters
Eighteen by arriving Thursday in Portland among Northern Pacific passengers are 17 Ohio men who will move to Yamhill county to grow broomcorn. They praise the soil’s suitability and recount an Omaha Exposition memory involving an apple gift that inspired them to seek Oregon land for cultivation.
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Portland
Northern Pacific
Ohio
Yamhill County
Oregon
Omaha
Settler Describes Move After Apples Gifted to Him
The speaker says he arrived last fall and was impressed enough with Neha lem valley section to settle there. He travels with 16 others, all brought by a gift of two apples to him.
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Nehalem Valley
Oil as a New Lung Remedy Promises Sudden Cure
Claims from Branham Texas clergyman Rev BH Harmon that crude Beaumont oil cures bronchial and lung ailments. Bernard Brenham resident Eugene Bilred reports improvement from oil use. Hemstead and other Texas communities adopt the oil with rising popularity. Dosing is 15 to 20 drops on sugar three times daily. Physicians warn of injurious oil properties while praising its low cost. The sulphur content is said to drive the claimed healing effects.
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Beaumont
BH. Harmon
Branham
Texas
Eugene BiLdred
Brenham
Hemstead
Columbia Valley Melons Boost Expectation for Patch Expansion
The Columbia river belt will grow more watermelons than ever this season with larger patches along the Walla Walla river and below Old Town. Plans include direct shipments from seed stations to Montana markets, with Spokane Walla Walla and Pendleton as major buyers. A large potato crop is also anticipated on the hills.
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Columbia River
Walla Walla River
Columbia
Old Town
Montana
Spokane
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Coliseum Club Eyes $20000 Purse For Joeffries Fitzsimmons Fight
The Coliseum Athletic Club of Denver plans a bout between Joeffries and Fitzsimmons offering a $20000 purse or 5 percent of gross receipts. They consider holding at Ariington Park and will build an amphitheater to seat 20000 spectators.
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Coliseum Athletic Club
Denver
Joeffries-Fitzsimmons
Omidiala
Ariington Park
General Dewet and Steyn Cross Main River Line Raid
It is reported that General Dewet and ex-President Steyn crossed the main river line during the night of March, four miles north of Wolvehoek, going west.
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Dewet
Steyn
Wolvehoek
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