Public ownership debate drives rail reform in Oregon
A fragment from the East Oregonian advocates public ownership of utilities and railroads, arguing for government control to lower rates and fund public benefits. It praises municipal water and electric systems as precedents and urges a nationwide reform through the General Managers' association.
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General Managers’ Association
Teading Railroad Corporation Association
United States
Tot
Jemie
East Oregonian
Daeaty
If I Knew You and You Knew Me Verse Fragment
A fragmented verse explores mutual recognition and true understanding between two people. It imagines shared insight bringing friendship and harmony, while noting life’s hidden woes and thorny paths beyond perfect familiarity. The lines echo intimate reflection on self and other.
Afraid of Chamberlain in Oregon Politics
The Portland Oregonian fears a shift in the federal judgeship that could remove George Chamberlain from state affairs. It notes Chamberlain’s respected service as attorney general and argues for his consideration to replace Judge Bellinger, while the East Oregonian also hesitates to sideline him from state politics.
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Portland Oregonian
Lssue
George Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Ladge Bellinger
Oregonian
Oregon
Portland
Feliinger
The Practical Age and Public School Progress
Superintendent Ackerman spoke at graduation on the shift in public education from theory to practicality. He noted education now aims to secure earnings and steady employment, with schools expanding curricula yet sometimes sacrificing depth in many branches to meet this demand for job readiness.
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Ackerman
Railroads mount campaign against government ownership
A organized bureau in Chicago and New York will disseminate literature opposing government ownership of railroads. Expert journalists and economists will craft high quality material to educate the public and delay nationalization efforts for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Pendleton Gambler Issue Presses City to Act
Proponents argue officials may favor closing gambling. gamblers remain in Pendleton and face demand for enforcement. Citizens weigh economic impact of expanded school funding versus moral reform as merchants fear losses, while residents insist on protecting homes and driving out licensed gambling.
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Pendleton
Hoya
Beauties of liquor traffic and a city neglect
A Seattle News report details a pitiful case of parental negligence as Wille Fred and baby Boyd aged 4 years to 4 months were taken by the Washington Children's Home Society. The children were found disheveled and cold in a city cellar, nearly starving. The parents, an intoxicated Bill Boyd and his wife, had no steady work or home, living on sporadic earnings from the mother and a newspaper boy son. Two months earlier the family had already been without a stable dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle News
Wille
Fred
Baby Boyd
Washington Children’s Home Society
Society
Bill Boyd
Women seek free home treatment by Dr Hartman
A long appeal from Mrs J P Coady and others promotes Peruna as a cure for female diseases. Dr Hartman offers to direct summer correspondence treatment to many women, with medicines and hygiene guidance provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Peruna
Bart.aati
Columbus
Dr. Hartman
Maeryr
Widow Cares For Orphaned Boyd Babies Amid Hard Times
A distressed widow living in a ruined home with two ill Boyd babies undertook to care for them after being expelled for non-payment of rent. Both the Bowl Wibles are intoxicated, leaving the mother and father unable to provide. The family’s Saturday survival remains a mystery.
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Boyd
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Offer
A newspaper ad touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promises free sample bottles and a book by mail for readers who mention this paper, with bottled product details and the address in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Bright
Kilner
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Qregorian
AK Independent Newspaper
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Delly
Maill
Mail
Mal Bemi
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Scripps-McRae News Association
B. Rich's
Hotel Perkina
San Francisco
Ee D. Co
the Women OF the
J. P. Coady
Hattie Grace
Weat 40Th St
Elizabeth Ferguson
Blst St
Brooklyn
West Brooklyn Audubon Society
Eeodine
Mas
Miss
Hattie Orace
Dr.hartman
Cua
Ferouso
Rose Campbell
Walters’ Flouring Mills
Northwestern
Gas & Electric
W. Vincent
SW. P
Onised
Sherwin-Williams
3. W
Murphy
Court Street
The
Pacific States
St. Josephs Academy
Sisters of St. Francia
Philadelphia
Lantz Bros
Malin Sruchr
Serip
H. M. Hamilton
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