Roosevelt Hopeful Guest At Irrigation Congress
Officials of the Eighteenth National Irrigation Congress in Pueblo Colorado anticipate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt may attend next September. A cordial invitation was sent by the board of control and officials nationwide are responding with interest. Counties and states plan exhibits and advertising privileges, boosting irrigation interests and Colorado’s prominence in the event.
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Pueblo
Colo
Eighteenth
National Irrigation Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Dugan
Board of Control
Roosevelt
Irrigation Congress
Congress
Union
United States
Colorado
Lion fondles a child in Pittsburg zoo cage incident
A child’s hand advances to a lion in a Pittsburg zoo cage leading to a savage incident. The report warns of dangers to children from illnesses and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery with testimonials and pricing. Trial bottle offered by Tall man & Co.
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Lion
Pittsburg
Tallman & Co
Big merger seals western theater rights and tours
A major alliance unites Pelageo Mayer of the Alcazar San Francisco and Alcazar Touring, Oliver Morosco of Burban and Majestic Los Angeles, and George Baker of Portland controlling theaters from Portland to Spokane. The pact grips western stock rights and enables simultaneous touring in the West with New York productions. Within 24 hours Belasco Hager paid 10000 for western rights to Willard Holcombe’s St Elmo, to be staged May 8 in Pendleton by the Alcazar touring company under Frederick Pelasca.
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Belasco
Pendleton
Pelageo and
Mayer
San Francisco
Alcazar Touring Company
New York
Oliver Morosco
Majestic
Los Angeles
George Baker
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Missouri
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Belasco & Hager
Willard Holcombe
St. Elmo
East
Alcaxar
Frederick Pelasca
Regular Tom Boy Susie Scouts Trails and Scrapes Cured
A lively girl named Susie scouted trees fences and ditches with many scratches cuts sprains and bruises daily. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed the ailments, easing sores and piles. Product ad from Taliman and Co. offering 260 at the store.
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Susie
Cora
Taliman & Co
Cemetery wall construction offered for graves
Notices invite all who want concrete walls built around graves at the cemetery before decoration date. Contact Frank Diprat at Red 2627 for details. Also includes unrelated fragmented text about digestion and a dance master.
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Red
Frank Diprat
Hermiston to Have Ast Class Hotel Planned Opposite Oregon Hotel
Hermiston plans a modern stone hotel to replace a frame building opposite the Oregon Hotel. J. W. Weld of Jefferson, owner of the Talley Block, Pitts-Weld Lumber, and about eighty acres of project land, aims to start construction by September. Mrs. J. G. Wagner and daughter arrived from La Grande to make Hermiston their future home. W. L. Thompson of Pendleton attended the Orchard Development company's annual meeting.
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Hermiston
Ore
Hermieston
J. W. Weld
Jefferson
Oregon
Oregon Hotel
Weld
Pitts-Weld Lumber Company
J. G. Wagner
la Grande
Wagner
W. L. Thompson
Pendleton
Orchard Development Company
Notable shoemaker Marysville man credited to presidents
Marysville's 94 year old Joseph Cooper, a lifelong shoemaker for over seventy five years, earned fame for crafting boots and shoes for Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and John Tyler, plus generals Scott and Lee and others. Born in 1816 in Virginia, he learned the trade with his father, served by forebears in wars, and remains in good health with plans to garden and read daily papers.
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Marysville
Joseph Cooper
Cooper
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Winfield Scott
Stonewall Jackson
John Lichter
Edward Lee
Sam Houston
Mr. Cooper
Lexington
Rockbridge County
Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Mary Beverly
Chillicothe
Oregon homesteader faces trial for forest fire
Edward G. Gardner, after a 127 mile journey on foot from Curry county to Grants Pass, surrendered in U S court on a charge of wilfully setting a forest fire in August last year. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance. No bond or marshal expedition was required. His attorney was C M Idleman. Gardner suggested he had knocked his pipe against a tree, denying serious damage. He heard there may be a secret indictment via underground rumors.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Curry County
Grant's Pass
Edward G. Gardner
United States
Gardner
C. M. Idleman
United States Marshal’s Office
A Smile Is Hard To Accomplish When You're Blue
Advertisement promotes Ballard's Herbine as a mild yet effective cure for stomach and liver complaints including constipation and dyspepsia. Priced at 60 cents per bottle, sold by A C Koeppen & Bros.
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Ballard
Koeppen & Bros
Oklahoma to Reinstate Old Blueback Spelling Book
Reston reports Oklahoma state officials plan to reinstate the old blueback spelling book in county schools. State Superintendent D Cameron and J W Wilkinson push a state wide spelling contest movement. North Dakota has held similar events with champions receiving gold prizes.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
D. Cameron
Cameron
Asalatani
J. W. Wilkinson
North Dakota
Blamark
Boys Will Be Boys Seaside Scrapes Instructed Care
A brief health notice advises immediate treatment for minor injuries from seaside activities. Use Ballard's Snow Liniment per directions to relieve pain and aid healing. Price five cents to one dollar. A. C. Koeppen & Bro.
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Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Broa
Census Counting Tactics In A Rustling Town
A Rustling town faces questions about how population counts are gathered as estimates hinge on the methods used to tally residents. Officials note counting practices influence final figures and can affect resource allocation and planning.
Gurdane May Notes From Valley Residents
Gurdane May notes report Earl Norton of Echo visiting to regain strength after typhoid fever. Various locals including Twig Teel, J D French party, Miss Mable Simpson, Roy Montgomery and Mrs Ray travel to Pendleton for a funeral. Charles Ely moves ewes and lambs to Big Pot, marking 104 percent. farmers near completion of spring work. Continuous updates on illnesses and visits round out the week.
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Gurdane
James Hall
Emma Wachter
Willow Springs
John Ogle
J.D. French
Butter Creek
Frank Jones
W. Corleys
His Last Dollar comes to Oregon tonight stage play
Theatergoers recall David Higgins in His Last Dollar and will welcome a repeat in his celebrated racing play. The Kentucky girl Eleanor Downs comes to Long Island to sell her horse, enters him in the Great Futurity, and Joe Braxton wins to regain fortune and win her. The company is large, strong, with new costumes.
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David Higgins
Oregon
York State
Piney Ridge
Burr Oak
Eleanor Downs
Long Island
Joe Braxton
Value of Proprietary Medicines in American Drugstores
The article argues proprietary medicines show high physician prescription rates, noting Latin names hide this fact. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longstanding standard and asserts such remedies would not be prescribed if better formulas existed, urging their place in every family medicine chest.
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America
Lydia B. Pinkham
Chantecler waistcoats and ties for men trend
London fashion notes announce Chantecler waistcoats and neckties for men with bold colors and needlework rooster motifs. The style aims to heighten color schemes, with mauve brown green and rose shades and a distinctive cock design worn near the knot. Also mentions Ely's Cream Balm as a nasal remedy.
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London
Outfitters
Reform Bill in Danger in Berlin
Reform in Berlin faces peril as the Herrenhaus approves an amendment to the Prussian electoral reform bill. It orders voting in elites and towns to be grouped into larger than election precinct classes, pleasing Chancellor von B othmann Hollweg but provoking clericals who threaten to oppose the full bill. The split risks killing the suffrage reform's prospects.
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Berlin
Herrenhaus
von Bothmann-Hollweg
Cure Skin Diseases by Purifying the Blood
An ad explaining that skin diseases arise from tainted blood and purifying the blood with S. S. S. cures eczema tetter salt rheum acne pimples boils and other eruptions. It warns topical applications only soothe temporarily and promotes a book on Skin Diseases and free medical advice from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA.
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S.5.s
S.S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
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Teddy
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OLD Bluebacks
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Ely Bros
Warren Street
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REOK
Freedom St
Albance
Ohio
Chas. J. JR
Second St
St. Louis
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Hotel
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