New York Letter Highlights Rockefeller Finances and Irish Day Plans
Glenn Guernsey notes the Standard Oil of New Jersey pays a quarterly dividend of 15 per cent, enriching John D. Rockefeller to about 15 million annually, while Irish celebrations loom in New York with St Patrick's Day events and a notable banquet. Abe Hummel returns to public life after earlier Thaw trial notoriety, and a Madison Square Garden circus arrives as a major city event. The piece blends finance, civic notes, legal history, and entertainment, reflecting New York life and priorities of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
New Jersey Corporation
Rockefeller
Rome
Athens
Publin
Sons of the Emerald
Pean
Scendly Sons of
St. Patrick
Hughes
Taft
Johnson
Minnesota
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Hummel
Europe
Madison Square Garden
Metropolis
Coffee vs steak moral in cost choice debate
A brief kitchen thought weighs tastes and value, arguing middling steak and first-rate coffee can beat a menu swap. It suggests consider cost and money constraints when choosing between comparable meals.
Best Healer in the World says Rev Starbird hail
Rev F Starbird of East Raymond Maine reports long use of Bucklen Arnica Salve on an old army wound and other phatinate sores noting it the best healer. He also uses it in his veterinary business. Price 25c at Tallman Co. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Starbird
East Raymond
Maine
Tallman & Co
Wedded in Red Light District Bride Reunites with Rector
Rev Floyd Swearer, rector of a fashionable Episcopal church, weds Grace Henry in Chicago. The couple plans a honeymoon to Pittsburg where Grace had been living apart after a romance and separation that ended with her rescue from a notorious red light district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Kelly
Methodist Church
Twenty-second Street
Red Light District
Floyd Swearer
Pittsburg
Grace Henry
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Red Light
Hickory Fork Cough Remedy Offered by Pendleton Drug Co
The text promotes Hickory Fork Cough Remedy as a century old family product from western Pennsylvania Dutch Dunkard grandmothers. Advertises its availability through Pendleton Drug Co and general druggists everywhere, urging readers to ask for and use it as a pure, the best cough remedy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkard Familes
Pennsylvania
Pendleton Drug Co
Demand for Farm Hands Rises in Spokane Area
Spokane Chronicle reports rising demand for farm hands and related labor as employment offices note more openings versus a year ago. Wages for railroad construction remain buoyant with machine operators earning 3.60 to 3.75 dollars daily while common laborers fetch 2.50 to 2.75. Foreign workers are paid about 2 dollars daily. many idle men wait for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane Chronicle
Widgea
C. R. Hansen
Hansen Employment Company
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Endorsed by Pennsylvania Dutch Dunk
The old Pennsylvania Dutch Dunk endorses Hickory Bark Cough Remedy made from shell bark or white hickory bark. Guaranteed to cure your cough and pure. Sold by druggists and dealers nationwide, Pendleton Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Dutch Dunkars
Pendleton Drug Co
Teacher Moves Boy Seats, Tim Misses Spelling
A first grade pupil who had weeks of perfect spelling suddenly began missing five to six words out of ten. The boy blamed the teacher, saying it was her fault because she moved the classmate who sat beside him. The anecdote appears in Lippincott's.
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Lippincott’s
DeWitt's Corbelized Withh Ha xel Salve-it for piles
Tallman & Co sells DeWitt's Corbelized Withh Ha xel Salve-it as a remedy for piles. The ad notes availability through the Tallman firm and promotes its use for relief.
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DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Coxey Army Captured Freight Train Near Portland in 1894
A Portland dispatch recounts the Coxey Army episode of 1894 in Oregon. About 1000 men seized a freight car near Portland, forcing pursuit toward Washington, and were intercepted near Arlington by U S troops and a marshal. The captured group was taken to Portland and disbanded.
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Portland
Arlington
Oregon
United States
Jather Coxey
Wallington
Cleveland
Columbia
Debs
Coxeyites
Porvand
Washington
Dalles
Walla Walla
Harry Grady
Cupid on Elgin Train Marries Della Hixon in La Grande
Earl Bushnell and Della Hixon secretly wed in La Grande after her 18th birthday and her father’s objections. Hixon family staged a late escape to California, then postponed plans as the marriage proceeded.
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Earl Bushnell
Della Hixon
Hixon
Elgin
la Grande
Rey
California
Della
Bushnell
Real Estate Transfers Recorded In Local Deeds Registry
Daniel K E Combe sells to Fred Shrier property described as multiple fractional sections in town ship 6 south range a1 EW for 1800 dollars. M Auos L Demarla et al transfer to FR W Walter et al property in section 28 township 6 north range 16 east, totaling 280 acres, with a detailed path from the southwest corner to Cache Hollow road and back to the section line as described.
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Daniel KE. Combe
Fred Shrier
EW. M Auos L. Demarla Et Ax
FR. W. Walter
Witd
Cache Hollow
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
A 19th century ad promises one hundred dollars reward for curing catarrh and extols Hall's Family Pills. It presents F J Cheney and Co of Toledo as trustworthy and notes an internal remedy claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. It lists testimonials and capacity to carry obligations, urging readers to buy through local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.J. Chesney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Inet
Bitalnens
Walding, Kinnin & Marvin
Wholesale Drugelats
Halla Catardi
Hall
Wife argues for early marriage for daughter
A wife insists her 20 year old daughter should marry soon, while her husband argues she has time. The wife declares she will not wait for the right man, asserting she will act now. The dialogue reflects competing views on marriage timing.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Pendleton Testimony
Residents of Pendleton repeatedly praise Doan's Kidney Pills for permanent relief from back and kidney pain. Mrs. C Oliver of 612 Maple Street details a lasting cure after six months of severe symptoms, crediting the remedy for stabilizing her condition and noting many others also cured. Public list of endorsers and dealers follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Pendleton
Doan
C. Oliver
Maple Street
Ore
Pendleton Drug Co
Conan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Cornucopia Miners Strike Declared Against Union
A message from J A Peterson secretary of Cornucopia camp No 186 Western Federation of Miners says a strike has been declared against the Union and the Companion mines owned by Cornucopia Mines of Oregon. It warns miners not to go to the camp. the Baker Clay Democrat notes wage dispute may be the cause.
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The
Democrat
J. A. Peterson
Cornucopia Camp No
Western Federation of Miners
Cornucopia Mines
Oregon
Baker Clay Democrat
McCourt Nominated for Western Oregon U S Attorney
The Union Republican notes that three weeks ago a solid search failed to find a suitable western Oregon candidate. The president and Oregon delegation have been urged to consider eastern attorneys, and they have approved Attorney McCourt of Pendleton for confirmation as United States attorney in western Oregon.
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United States
Oregon
McCourt
Pendleton
Union Republican
Fire destroys Meyers hop house and 34 bales of hops
A burning hop vine carried by the wind lodged in the hophouse of Joseph Meyers near Aurora, Ctc. The fire caused a loss of several hundred dollars, destroying the hop house and 34 bales of hops.
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Joseph Meyers
Aurora
Ctc
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Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes
New York Letter
Glenn Guernsey
Abe Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Little Abe
Church
Tenderloin
North
Tim
Goxey
Cupid
Howl St. George
C. A. Carlisle
C. A. Brown
A. J. Franels
St. Louis
F. Boyd
Athena
J. ¢. Martin
Weston
Milas Rollo
Mr. Alexander and Wife
T. &. Shannon
I. D. Cole
McKinley
V. Vannander Milton
J. C. Eulberg
P. Vunditta
L. Rathburn
M. H
Seattle
M. J. Shilelde
Moscow
Ida
N. H. Dunn
Walla Willi
M. B. McGowan
Spokane
8. Davidson
Denver
F. J. Wadley
Detroit
K. Shorur
FF. A. Emerson
Boston
W. Shefrer
D. C
GG. L. Richardson
C. A. Barrett
L. L. Mann
Republican Party
C. W. Steen
Sixth Judicial District
G. W. Phelps
T. D. Taylor
Cornucopia
Union
Watchmaker
C. A
Pendleton, Oregon
Empire
BLOOK
Wear Webb Street
Frank Saling
Geo. W. Bradley
Horace Walker
A. H. Sunderman
Frank K. Welles
Recorder OF Conveyances
Fred W. Hendley
Chas. E. Macomber
Por County
Ralph Folsom
State Saloon
R. Strahan
the Club
T. W. Murrell
Cor. Court and Cottonwood
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