Arbor Day legacy and local politics in Oregon
A 1920s Oregon column celebrates J Sterling Morton and tree culture, urging more trees for moisture and progress. It notes Colonel W F Butcher of Baker City as a strong, independent Democrat candidate for Congress, praising his voice and stance while noting long odds.
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J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Nebraska
Great Plains
United States
Oregon
W. F. Butcher
Baker City
Colonel Butcher
Butcher
Butte Through Mary McLane's Eye On A Crowded City
Mary McLane's diary extracts portray Butte as a melting pot of Irish and Cornish communities, diverse nationalities, and fringes of society. The piece catalogs colorful residents from miners and widows to gamblers and gossiping neighbors, painting a vivid, blunt social panorama of urban life in Butte.
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Mary McLane
Butte
Stitton
Caseys
Meaderville
Boulevard Addition
Ireland
Dublin Gulch
Yeast Army
Dog Town
Chicken Flats
Bunterville
Butchertown
Hateland
Cormehbman
Fife
Star of the state would rise in national halls
The snippet portrays a political figure backed by Colonel Butcher in Congress, predicting the Star of the state would rise and casting him as a breezy picturesque presence in national legislative chambers.
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Butcher
Congress
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription lauded for women health
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for backache headaches and other womanly ailments. It claims to restore regularity heal inflammation and strengthen the female system and encourages readers to write for confidential letters from users. Also touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as a reliable laxative for delicate women.
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Addo
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis
Miller
Pioneer Sampson McConnel Dies at Roseburg Home
Sampson McConnel, longtime Lane County pioneer, died at the Soldiers Home in Roseburg a few days ago. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1862 and leaves a wife two sons and many relatives.
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Sampson McConnel
Lane County
Roseburg
Plains
Oregon
State Republican Ticket and District Candidates
State Republican ticket listings include Governor J. Furnish of Umatilla Supreme Judge R Bean Lane County Secretary of State L Dunbar Clatsop County State Treasurer C Moors Kinamath County Superintendent H Ackerman Multnomah Attorney General A Crawford Douglas State Printer J R Whitney Linn County Second Congressional District For Congressman J N Williamson Crook County Legislative District Ticket For Joint Senator J W Scribner Union County For Joint Representative G W Phelps Morrow County
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J. W. Scriber
Union County
G W. Phelps
Morrow County
Ees E Altnomah
D. W
T. Henry
A. J. Hunsaker
N. A. Davis
Umatilla
T. S. McDaniel
Mal County
R. W. Kelocyy
Yamhill
W. W. Brooks
C. J. Bright
Wasco
T. H. Goyne
Hiram Gould
Yambill
F. R. Spaulding
Was
Umatilca County Republican ticket list
State Senator F. W. Vincent of Pendleton leads a slate with Representatives Henry Adams of Weston and C. E. Macomber of Pendleton, Sheriff M. J. Carney, Clerk F. O. Rogers of Athena, Recorder W. H. Folsom of Pilot Rock, Treasurer E. J. Sommerville of Pendleton, Assessor George Buzan of Pendleton, Commissioner T. P. Gilliland of Ukiah, Surveyor J. W. Kimbrell of Pendleton, Coroner W. G. Cole of Pendleton, Justice of the Peace Thomas Fitzgerald Pendleton, Constable A J Gibson of Pendleton.
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Umatilca County
F. W. Vincent
Pendleton
Henry Adams
Weston
C. E. Macomber
M. J. Carney
F. O. Rogers
Athena Recorder
W. H. Folsom
Pilot Rock
E. J. Sommerville
George Buzan
T. P. Gilliland
Ukiah
J. W. Kimbrell
W. G. Cole
Thomas Fitzgerald
A J. Gibson
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Havie
Greenman
Mary M'Lane
Fescue
Joseph Ell
Republican
J. N. Williamson
Crook County
Messenger
J. C. Spoonemore
Court Street
Golden Rule
Telephone
Addree
J.C. Spoonemore
Court St
PeLeton
Peoples
Pema
Pendleton Planing Lumber Yar
Robert Forster
J. Smith
WM. Blaklet
Edwin A. Resh
T. D Taylor
W. D. Chamberly
C. H. Marsh
W. D. Hansfor
James Nele
G. W. Rigby
Pend
J. W. Berry
Freecaldt
S. Paris
M. B. Scott
C Jeri
G. W. Ingle
Mitee
W. G. Hopson
Mii
Thomas Chandler
H. L. Frazier
R. Re Beck
Atbes
R. A. Copple
Ett
Representa
J. J. Adeine
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