Federated Labor Convention Opens With Big Agenda
The 25th annual American Federation of Labor session began in Pittsburg on Nov 14 with Samuel Gompers presiding. About 600 delegates from unions, central bodies, and federations join in debate over Mongolian and Chinese labor exclusion, eight hour day for printers, farmer union affiliation, and immigration controls, plus wider labor issues including child labor and federal injunctions. A separate note reports Western Insurance Commissioners meeting in New York to study Eastern insurers, with results to state governments.
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Pilteburg
American Federation of Labor
Aitver
Samuel Gompera
Farmere
Tt Te
Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Corsane
New York
Western Insurance Commissioners
New York Insurance
Senator Hutson Sees Spokane Route Grading Start
Senator Charles T Hutson reported from Connell that contractors will start grading immediately on the Spokane and Columbia River Navigation line. The right of way from Connell to Spokane is nearly secured, enabling operation from Spokane through the wheat belt in Adams County to Connell and toward the Snake River near Fishhook ferry.
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Snake River
Portland
Hutson
Connell
Charles T. Hutson
Spokane & Columbia River Navigation Company
Walla Walla Vialon
Spokane
Spokane Dowt
Adame County
Fixhhood Ferry
Reed-Alexander concert at Frazer Theatre benefits gym fund
Pendleton’s Reed and Alexander headline a winter concert at the Frazer on Wednesday night November 15. Proceeds go to the Commercial association gymnasium fund. Reed is a leading state singer and Alexander a high-ability tenor.
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Real-Alexander
Reed-Alexander
Frazer
Pendleton
Commercial Association Gymnasium Fund
Reed
Alexander
Cotton Market Trends Amid Russian Crisis
New York buyers and Liverpool mills report firmer cotton prices as Russia shifts to constitutional rule. Miller & Co note improved sentiment, crop estimates by A J Buston of Liverpool suggest ample supply while domestic markets rally. Growing Wallish sentiment could attract outside buyers if a strong leader emerges.
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New York
Miller & Co
Flussia
Russia
A. J. Buston
Liverpool
Irrigation Ditch Proposed by Wasco Men at Trout Lake
A local group in Trout Lake forms a corporation to build an irrigating ditch from Lost Creek extending eleven miles west. The project aims to irrigate a new dairy country in the upper White Salmon valley. The line follows natural waterways reducing costs with an estimated expense around 3600 dollars. Plenty of water is expected to reach all lands under the ditch.
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Wasco
Trout Lake
Lost Creek
White Salmon
Chronicle
Notice to Public on Sale of Grocery Business
Notice to the public that D Kemler and Bon have sold their grocery business and plan to leave town in 0 days. All persons indebted are asked to call and settle accounts. The sellers may be found at the old stand.
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Imate
D, Kemler & Bon
Hieton Project Not Endorsed by Secretary Hitchcock
Secretary Hitchcock refuses to approve the Tieton and Okanogan irrigation projects in Washington citing a projected reclamation cost around 1.5 million dollars. He warns the fund would be too depleted to meet emergencies and to aid distressed homesteaders, while a Sunnyside canal sale in Yakima Valley looms as a private transaction to reclaim about 49 000 acres at an estimated total cost of 1 00 million.
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Washinton
Iim
Hitcchcock
Hitchcock
Washington
Tieton
Okanogan
Wheelington
Sunnyside
Yokina Valley
Mow Have Boren Waggoner Involved In Tragic Train Incident
Cambridge News reports an unknown man killed while stowing away on a Short Gine train near Wel cer. The incident is linked to Mr. Waggoner, builder of the Midvale Hotel, amid rumors of his family troubles and disappearance since that time.
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Welcer
Cure For The Blues Owe Medicine That Has Never Failed
A cheerful woman falls into deep blues, with headaches nerves and despondency during menstrual periods. The ad urges Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure, citing Rosa Adams of Louisville as a testimonial and urging readers not to wait until despair.
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Shayane
Emya
Lydia
Pinkham
Mra
Rosa Adama
12Th Street
Loulaville
Roger Hanson
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Come
Rall
Golden Gate
J. A. FOLGER @ CO
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Meri
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Fraser
Mary Tudor
Roselle Knott
Mary
Stady
Upwank
Hieton Project
Hiltbcovk
Canary
Yakina
Wheeler County
Fred Hunt
Gilman-French Company
Clay Shawn
Mr. McCullough
Boho
J. H. Putnam
Millville
Soray
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Eilzabeth
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Donovan Pashaw
Grey Cloak
Brewster's Millions
Bohemia
Graustark
Baskersville
Mortune
Cook
Perry
Court Street
Noles Old
Northwestern Gas & Electric Co
Polleh
Chicago
Baker & Folsom
Burnisive
Pondleton
O8thraoor Mattries
REX
Winona
Neagle Bros. Blacksmiths
Rock Spring
W. C. Minnis
Mennings
Peoples Ware- Thorn
Phone
C.F. Colesworthy
East Alita Street
Chas. A. Hill
Alta St
Taylor Hardware Company
Main Street
Wood & Coal
Roslyn Oal
U. S
Discount
Roslyn Wood & Coal Co
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