65 OSe Se 980 35¢ 15e
A compact OCR fragment lists numbers and symbols: 65 and 980 with price 35 cents. No clear event or names emerge. The readable bits resemble catalog or ledger notation rather than a full article.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1905
Page
6
A compact OCR fragment lists numbers and symbols: 65 and 980 with price 35 cents. No clear event or names emerge. The readable bits resemble catalog or ledger notation rather than a full article.
John Malcolm Graham wins the $100 Lewis and Clark fair prize for best poem on The Trail. Judges, led by Plechner, hide his identity. 300 to 400 submissions from across the United States were judged. The pen name Ruth is suspected. A separate note reports apprentice Joseph Thorn Scott of the torpedo boat Preble setting a Navy mark by hitting a target at 1000 yards 19 times out of 21 as Preble steamed at 10 knots.
Portland reports a joint Harriman lines plan with O R N and Northern Pacific to construct 176 miles from Riparia to Lewiston and to Grangeville, spending about 4.6 million. Agreement aims to route Clearwater basin traffic to Portland, with work to begin within ten days and contractors already in Portland. Details kept secret by Harriman officials.
Caldwell News reports new city officials act on mayor Madden’s slogan A clean esty both morally and contrarily They order slot machines closed and move red light district residents out by June 1 Marshal Maxey issues over 200 notices in 10 days to improve yards alleys and streets The reform aims for a neater saner town and draws national interest Onlookers compare progress with other towns and praise the administration
A waterspout hit the Bal mon river area southwest of Grangeville damaging the Roberts gulch road for five miles. Travel by wagon will not resume for an estimated three weeks. The storm, centered on Roberta and Long gulches, left gullies ten to twenty feet deep and forced stage drivers to abandon wagons. Mail was brought to Grangeville by pack horses. Only fences and roads were damaged beyond reconstruction needs.
Canton Ohio May 20 Welsh singing societies from Ohio and western Pennsylvania gather for the Eleteddfod. Governor Herrick delivers the opening address and several notable men attend. Prizes totaling several thousand dollars will be awarded for singing and literary contests.
All persons indebted to me will please call and settle at once as I have sold my butcher business and need the money. This alert serves as a settlement request from Conrad Platzorder.
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