Settlement of Pilot Rock Origin in 1862 Gold Finding
Nev. EK War Angton and Mixes Grace Gilliam recount the birth of Pilot Rock Idaho? Oregon’s Pilot Rock from the 1862 Granite Creek gold discovery. Miners and pack trains converged on East and West Birch Creek, where a basalt bluff supplied water and shelter. By year’s end a hotel and store opened, the settlement named Alta.
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Nev. EK. W. War Angton
Pilot Rock
Umatilla County
Willamette Valley
Umatilla
Oregon
San Francisco
Burke
Birch Creek
Forks
Alta
St Jacobs Oil advertised for backache relief
A vintage advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as quick relief for backache lumbago sciatica and strains. It claims the paste is harmless and doesn’t burn the skin and urges readers to rub on a small trial bottle for instant feel good results.
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Reb
Id St. Jacobs Ol
St Jacobs
St. Jacobs
Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
Indigestion gas sour stomach is described as quickly corrected by Pape's Diapepsin. The ad claims five minute relief from heartburn and undigested food, asserts safety and offers a money back guarantee with a fifty cent case. It urges households to keep it handy for day or night stomach upset.
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Pape
Pilot Rock and the frontier era on Birch Creek
The 1864 rival store at Pilot Rock grew into a settlement by 1876 when A J Sturtevant moved his village between East and West Birch Creeks. The era saw the 1876 Snake War and a vigilante movement, with battles near Willow Springs and Beasley Mountain, followed by rustling suppression and exodus from the region.
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A. J. Sturtevant
Birch Creek
Forks
Pilot Rock
A. J. Sturtevant Tought
Wm. M. Knott
Birch Creeks
J. M. Sylvester
Alta
Blue Mountains
J. J. Sperry
Pendleton
Willow Springs
Egon
O. Howard
Indiana
Beasley Mountain
Battle Mountain
Pine Mountains
Umatilla County
Kidney Remedy Proves Healer in Texas Letter
A Texas man H C Griffith of Mexia reports long kidney illness improving after using Kilmer Swamp Root. He credits the remedy for his return to work and says his wife was cured as well, with a notary public witness dated April 8, 1913.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for You Ad
A letter to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York promotes Swamp Root with a sample bottle offered for ten cents. The ad claims it will convince anyone and includes a booklet about kidneys and bladder. It notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles sold at drug stores and asks readers to mention Pendleton Daily East Oregonian.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Pendleton Daily
East Oregonian
Protest Against Torturing Exiles at Petersburg
March 25 report from Petersburg details a Duma labor group protest to the Interior Minister over exiles in Narym facing starvation. A police commissary allegedly dispersed an exile gathering and Mme Solovyoff was jailed in a punishment cell with her child for teaching the child to read.
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Petersburg
Narym
Duma
Mme. Solovyoff
Pilot Rock Memorial of the Golden West
Recalls the stormy frontier era and the pioneers miners and packers who paved the way to progress. Their deeds of bravery and endurance are remembered as a monument on the fertile plains of Pilot Rock, linking past sacrifice to a hopeful future.
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Golden West
Pilot Rock
Spring Blood and System Cleanser Ad Card
An early spring tonic claims Electric Bitters cleanses the blood and purifies kidneys liver and bowels to cure fatigue and spring fever. It advertises four weeks of treatment with promises of renewed health and energy and lists prices 59 cents and 1 dollar with Bucklen Co. as distributors in Philadelphia or St Louis.
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H. E. Buckien & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Ady
Mrs. Timmons Wins Patent Through Hawley Aid
Washington reports that a homestead patent was awarded to Mrs. F. M. Timmons, formerly Lillian Snell, for a Florence Lane County claim after efforts by Representative Hawley. A Line ad promotes BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT for back and side pain with relief claims and pricing.
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Timmons
Washington
Hawley
F. M. Timmons
Lillian Snell
Florence
Lane County
Fireman Dies in Unnamed Philadelphia Fire
Uniontown news reports Fireman O. Le Claire believed killed after falling through a skylight into a burning building as a blaze threatened a major business block. The item describes medical remedies promoted in an advertisement.
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Uniontown
le Claire
Pricipal
Leach Cross to fight Freddie Welsh in 20 rounds
Promoter McCarey has arranged a 20 round bout at Vernon on April 23 featuring Leach Cross of New York and Freddie Welsh. The announcement comes as details for the boxing card are finalized.
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Los Angeles
Leach Cross
New York
Freddie Welsh
Vernon
McCarey
Internal Revenue Notice Under Tax Regulations
A brief notice references instructions received by Internal Revenue Collector M. A. Miller regarding applying tax regulations. The item notes official guidance or action linked to Miller's office and the regulatory framework in effect.
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Internal Revenue
M. A. Miller
Adams Couple Married In Walla Walla Ceremony
Frank Kirby and Celia Simonton, two prominent Adams residents, wed in Walla Walla on Saturday and return to live on the Kirby ranch. A wide roster of Adams social and business figures visit or travel between Adams Pendleton Milton and Athena. A baseball score shows Adams 4 Athena 3. Ballard's Snow Liniment advertises outside treatment for sore throats.
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Adams
Ore
Frank Kirby
Celia Simonton
Walla Walla
Kirby
L. L. Lieuallen
Doris
Dena
Miss Simons
Pendleton
John Whiteley
Laura Martin
Milton
The
Standards Company
G. H. Tullenider
Portland
Simonton
Celia
Jenny Winder
Commercial Hotel
Athena
Otis Lievallen
Weston
Miss Nelson
B. Kirby
Inland Mercantile Company
McDaniel
Rena Hale
Eddie
Ruth Chittenden
Frank Moore
Dr. McKenny
Helix
Lew Murray
Mrs. Lorty
Across seal plight to be abandoned and expo plans fall
Toledo March 24. On advice from aviator Harry N. Atwood, officials of the Panama-Pacific exposition in charge of the event decide that part of the race route round the works recroplane deckle ocean portion would prove too hazardous.
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Deckle Ocean
Toledo
Ohio
Harry N. Atwood
California Syrup of Figs Family Laxative Ad
A vintage ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe, gentle laxative for all ages from baby to grandpa. It promises relief from constipation, headaches, and digestive distress with a single nightly dose, urging readers to buy the genuine product with clear directions on the bottle.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Round the World Flight Route Changes Planned
The contest abandons the Atlantic and Pacific crossing plan. From San Francisco the flotilla will head to El Paso Kansas City Chicago and Toledo to meet Atwood who will fly with them over the Great Lakes to Buffalo. The machines go to New York then London by ocean liner then to Berlin or Paris and on to St Petersburg. Staging posts 300 miles apart through Russia and Siberia are arranged. Airships will be shipped to an Alaskan station and proceed to San Francisco.
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Pacific
Exposition Grounds
San Francisco
el Paso
Kansas City
Chicago
Toledo
Rocky Mountains
Atwood
Great Lakes
Buffalo
New York
London
Berlin
Paris
St. Petersburg
Russia
Siberia
Alaskan
Telephone lines planned for Siuslaw forest reserves
Eugene March 24. Hugh M. Rankin, supervisor of the Siuslaw National Forest, announced plans to construct a number of telephone lines within the reserves this year, extending from Waldport in the north to North Bend.
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Eugene
Ore
Hugh M. Rankin
Siuslaw National Forest
Waldport
North Bend
Forest lookout network linked to main communication lines
Plans call for interconnecting all lookout stations in the forest and linking them to external points with direct communication to Eugene, forming a unified regional network. The initiative aims to improve emergency response and coordination across the area.
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Eugene
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