Athena district grows southward boosting land value
A petition expanded Umatilla county school district No. 29 Athena by four miles adding hundreds of acres of prime Umatilla county wheat land. The district’s taxable property increases by over one hundred thousand dollars. Farmers busy with spring work reseed late fall seeding frozen out. plowing underway. wheat looks healthy with abundant moisture promising a bumper crop.
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Athena
Ore
Umatilla County
Oregon
Umatilla Reservation
Women Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement claims kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men, urging Swamp Root as the remedy. It promises sample bottles by mail, a pamphlet, and testimonials, with Dr Kilmer and Co at Binghamton N Y as the source.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
J. Kilmer
Siskiyou state movement discussed at Yreka convention
A Yreka California March 15 dispatch describes a push for a new state named Siskiyou formed from southern Oregon and northern California. Medford likely capital. leaders claim neglect by larger districts and plan amicable secession. The piece recalls a prior Lincoln-style secession attempt in the region. Ballard's Snow Liniment ad follows.
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Oregon
California
Yreka
Cal
Sisk
Siskiyou
Medford
Ore
Washington
Idaho
Lincoln
Corsets and perfumery for inmates of asylum
Iowa county faces a statewide probe over years of asylum spending in Dodgeville Wisconsin styled as inmate care. A special committee found purchases such as perfumes gloves shoes and other items totaling about 4990 more than proper over the last four years. The superintendent EB Perkins was not accused of misusing funds. State control staff say inmates are not in good physical condition compared with other asylums in the state.
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Dodgeville
Wis
Wisconsin
County Board
Iowa County
J Perkins
State Board of Control
Russia actions spark concern at state department
Washington reports warn that European unrest grows from Russia’s far eastern policy and Japan’s rising Manchurian aggression. The United States may need to protest Japan’s stance or abandon its open door policy in China as Britain’s position appears approving of Russia and Japan’s moves.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
Far East
Japan
State Department
United States
China
Knox
Manchuria
England
Patent Laxative Quinine Tablets Claim Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a money refund if not effective and bears the signature of W. Groves.
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W. Groves
New Hospital Treats Wide Range of Zoo Animals
London reports a newly opened Zoo hospital in the Gardens treating elephants with toothache bears with sore heads and white mice with frostbitten toes. The facility offers operating theater care for emergencies, artificial light to aid nocturnal feeding, and cod liver oil and powder for recovery. Bears are noted as impatient patients and a rhinoceros once cured followed a keeper like a dog.
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London
Zoo Magiol Gardens
Zoo Hospital
Zoo
Monkey House
Washington coal output shows increase of 21 percent
Washington coal production for 1909 rose 21 percent from 1908, reaching 49,590,639 tons. Total shipped 49,261,227 tons with 209,619 tons used for power. Mine value about 7,325,341 dollars. Klilitas county led production, followed by King and Lewis. Coke output up 11 percent to 42,295 tons. Industry employed 6,725, up 454 from 1908. 136 injuries occurred, leaving 22 widows and 61 orphans.
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Spokane
D. C. Dotting
Washington
Klititas County
King County
Lewis County
Fisk Jubilee Quartet Concert To Aid Fisk University
Sing for Alma Mater reports a public concert in Mendelssohn Hall this evening by Fisk University’s famed Jubilee quartet to raise funds for the Nashville institution. Fisk’s early supporters formed the first company of singers and raised 180000 dollars over several years to build Jubilee Hall and acquire the present campus.
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New York
Fisk University of Nashville
Tenn
Jubilee
Mendelesohn Hall
Fisk
Jubilee Hall
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as universal fix for disease
Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for failures. Includes testimonials and cautions readers to prepare for advance monthly payments to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. starting April 1 1910 with bills due by the 10th at Matlock Building office.
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Hall
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Matlock Building
If Women Vote Message Shapes Family Partnerships
A short editorial line argues that women's voting would transform marriage dynamics by linking husbands and wives through shared political action, implying major changes in domestic partnership and social balance.
Burglar risks freedom to save woman in tub
New York report says James Ferrick, while robbing the Cassello home, stopped to rescue Mrs Anseline Cassello who fainted in a bath. He drained the tub to prevent drowning, then fled but was caught by an officer thanks to soap suds on his sleeve. The item blends crime and a dramatic act of mercy with a public notice-style aside about rheumatism remedies.
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New York
Anseline Cassello
James
Ferrick
Cassello
Oregon Lumber Yard Advertising Offer
Abstood. Those who have used ours say it is the best they ever saw. We make three carloads each day at our mill. If you will contract your supply for the coming season now to be delivered by August 1, we will make you attractive prices. Oregon Lumber Yard, Phone Main 8.
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Abstood
Oregon Lumber Yard
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Deomee
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