Milton Light and Power Plant Extension Victory
Milton voters approve bonds for a $15,000 extension of the city light and power plant by a 148 to 4 margin, after a near unanimous earlier vote. D. Wood buys a 10 acre tract north of Milton, worth future profit. Council hires P. N. Stevens, approves street grading for greater Columbia college grounds, and pays $5,000 for plant extension costs. Treasure hunters head to Spokane while Milton schools at Vincent celebrate a successful year with a Grange hall program. The Pastime theater reports more moving pictures than any other venue in town.
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Milton
Milton City
Wood
Frank McQueen
P. N. Stevens
Rev. Shangle
West Park
Second Streets
Greater Columbia College
Mr. Barnes
Milton Nursery
Spokane
Fall City
Barnes
Vincent
McDaniel
Wilson
Phillips
Grange Hall
Detail of Exposition Gardens at Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds showcase rhododendrons the state flower, the cactus dahlia as official bloom, and lush native Douglass fir and Washington fern. The fair’s landscaping is noted for beauty near the European and Oriental Exhibits buildings with impressive flowering shrub displays across Cascades.
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Washington
Cascades
Pacific Northwest
America
Washucton
Silverton Class Rivalry Sparks School Board Crisis
In Silverton Oregon a clash over suspending nine students after County Superintendent Smith endorsed the board’s authority has sparked protests. Board member W Bowser and director G A Book resigned. a special election set for June 4 to fill two seats while a June 21 vote may oust the high school.
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Silverton
Ore
Smith
Salem
Board of Education
Ray
Rauch and Seitz
W. Bowser
G. A. Book
Bowser
Whooping Cough Danger Highlighted By Testimony
This article notes whooping cough is more deadly than often thought and can lead to pneumonia. It cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective in many epidemics, with a testimonial from Delbert McKelg of Harlan Iowa praising its results for his nine month old son. The ad concludes with a sale invitation for the remedy.
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Ronnie
Kilmer
Weil Gece
Feoutina
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Delbert McKelg
Harlan
Iowa
Woman to Fly First Monoplane Trial in County
Mrs. A. C. Hillman, wife of aeronaut A. C. Hillman, is named to attempt the first flight in the Beach Hillman monoplane. The craft uses wing lift rather than propellers, with a Schorte motor, and is a joint product of Stanley Beach and Hillman.
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New York
A. C. Hillman
Schorte
Beach-Hillman
Stanley Y. Beach
Scientific American
Hillman
Hillteat
Led Stevens
Hillman Wis
Fitzhugh Lee
Mr Hillman
Mousie
le Little Winck
Ulin Dog
Oregon Lumber Yard Slows Cedar Car Lengths to Four Feet
Stabrwood firm offers cedar cars cut to four foot lengths. Inquiries invited for pricing by soy quantity.
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Cevera
Orndgon Lumber Yard
Julia Ward Howe Ninety Years Old
Julia Ward Howe celebrated reaching age 90 with a national Day of petitions for women’s suffrage. The effort organizes by profession, led by figures like David Starr Jordan and Minnie J. Reynolds, linking Howe’s legacy to ongoing abolition and reform work. Howe, born May 27, 1819, co edited abolition journals and wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic, amid other works.
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Julia Ward Howe
America
Suffrage League
Congress
Boston
Howe
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Minnie J. Reynolds
Jessie Ashley
Boston Commonwealth
Washington
New Moderator Named for Pacific Coast Brotherhood Conventions
Dr. William Hiram Foulkes reports Rev. James M. Barkley of Detroit will assume moderator duties after the general assembly and address coast brotherhood conventions in Portland June 8 to 9. Officials expect eastern commissioners to attend. Rose Festival rates aid travel.
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Portland
William Hiram Foulkes
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Pacific Coast
General Assembly
James M. Barkley
Detroit
Foulkes
Denver
Portland Commercial Club
Robert Livingstone
Wallace McCamant
Charles & Holt
Chicago
Presbyterian Brotherhood of America
Ira Landrith
D. D
Nashville
J. R. Wilson
Portland Academy
Home Missions
J. Ernest McAfee
New York
Board of Home Missions
Holt
William Hirm Foulkes
Pacific Presbyterian Brotherhood
Landrith
First Presbyterian Church
Oregon
Foley's Honey and Tar refund guarantee card
A printed claim certifies druggists will refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It asserts the product stops coughs heals lungs prevents pneumonia and consumption and notes no opiates. Genuine version sold in a yellow package by Koeppen Bros. Also cites a French pari mutuel tax yield of $929,839.25 last year.
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Foley
Koeppen Bros
France
Simple Liquid Cures Eczema Says Medical Authorities
A pamphlet claims eczema is a skin germ disease and not blood related. It promotes D. D. D Prescription a penetrating liquid mixed with oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine, said to stop itching within a minute and produce lasting cures, with D. D. D Soap recommended alongside. Pendleton Drug Co.
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Pendleton Drug Co
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Frank B. Clopton & CO
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Umatilla
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Barrett Bldg
Walla Walla, Wash
Umatilla Meadows
Fox Realty Co
Wenaha Springs
Gibbon
J. A. Borie
City Dye Works
Haves & Pinney
Main Street
Phote Main
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