Wealth and politics mix in a wide 1905 editorial
A scattered column discusses Samuel Johnson on wealth and usefulness, attacks on President Roosevelt, Alaska's future wealth, and New York's rejection of women as officials. It cites opinions on immigration, Armenian atrocities, Idaho senator Heyburn, Oregon forest policy, and public health dangers from contaminated meat.
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New York Immigration Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Taiegraphinya Lehi
Grant
Oregon
Severe meat unfit for Portland prompts health chief interview
Dr Woods Hutchinson, secretary of the state board of health, asserts that fully one third of meat sold in Portland is unfit for consumption. He warns that many butchers operate as human vultures, indicating widespread market danger.
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Hutchinson
United States
Woods Hutchinson
State Board of Health
Portland
Impoverished effort to save sequoias sparks millionaire appeal
The New York World argues California must raise 125000 to save the giant sequoias in the Vala Veras grove from lumbermen. It decries the trees as priceless, dating back 5000 years, likening them to surviving buffalo and appealing to benevolent capitalists to prevent their destruction.
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California
United States
Valaveras Grove
Romulus
Sierras
Rhine
Rome
Greece
New York
Wise Words of Mayor on Sermon and Labor Tug-of-War
Mayor Williams praises Rev Hill for a First Presbyterian Church sermon on labor entanglement calling it careful and truthful. He warns the public moves quickly to one side and urges weighing justice before forming conclusions amid the labor dispute.
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Williams
E PF Hill
First Presbyterian Church
Wiliams
Oregon Daily Journal
Memorial to Western Land Tribute Poem by Bert Huffman Pendleton
A verse tribute honoring Western expansion and Native guides. It recalls Lewis and Clark, the guiding Shoshone woman, and the frontier spirit. The poem elevates a barefoot patron saint figure who channels fate, opens gates, and leads explorers toward the setting sun and sea.
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Faumie
Railroads urged to improve power and cars or face calls for government ownership
Seven years ago lines faced a 45 percent freight rise while motive power grew by only a small percent and car capacity by 14 percent. The Telegram argues the nation has treated railroads well and now demands more engines and cars to handle business, else protests against private ownership may grow.
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Charlee H. Parkhurst
Roosevelt
Parkhurst
Alaska
Gove
Russia
Senator Heyburp
Idaho
Sacajawea
Rising Sur
Traverse
Lewis
Clark
Yonder
Bert Huffman Pendleton
Rihorn & Swaggart
Taylor’ S Hardware Store
Lantz Bros
Court and
Thompson Streets
Baker & Folsom
Postoffice
the Best Manufacturing Company
Combined Harvesters
McCormick
the &T
Pendleton
Tempie & Wilcox
Temple & Wilcox
Humane Harne
Io County
J. A. Smith
Harness
Court Street
Neagle Srotherm
The
Blacksmilie
ALWAS
Ig World
Hartford Fire
Val Alliance Assurance Co
London & Lancashir Insurance
Morte British & Mercamtil
Royal Insurance Co
Furvisiel al Harvesting
Rigby -Clove Halt
East Alte Baltemore
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