Saloons Renew Licenses With Little Effect on Business
Pendleton saloons renewals proceed with $450 payments due by December 1 granting licenses from December 1 to June 1. Twenty licenses granted and others expected, total city revenue from six months to be $11,250 aiding the council. A labor commissioner reports widespread violations of a law restricting female work hours across counties, warning strict enforcement ahead.
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Pendleton
Ume
J. P. Medernach
A. Schneiter
John Gagen
Thomas Murrell
Jesu Sellers & Co
George Darveau
Paul Hemmelgarn
Anton Nolte
W. W. Hoch
Henry Schultz
Hansen & Olsen
RK. Strahorn
Bogart & Keegan
E. L. Matlock
Stricker & Co
C. Bonetti
Olaf & D
Salem Statesman
Hoff
Eastern Oregon praises in labor official’s trip report
Commissioner of Labor O. P. Hoff has returned from an extended tour through Umatilla Union and Baker counties praising Eastern Oregon progress and regional efforts.
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Oregon
O. P. Hoff
Umatilla
Union
Baker
Coffee grocers pledge goodwill and quick refunds
A dated grocer notice from Schilling's Best promises good will and no trouble over complaints. It states if you return money or misweft items, the grocer will refund or replace promptly, with a guarantee that money is ready for the customer.
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Schilling
Spokane Clearing House issued near four hundred thousand in house currency
Spokane's Clearing House association has issued just under 400000 in its own currency since the agreement to do so. The plan aims to replace checks with cashier's notes, with safeguards and secret marks to deter counterfeiting. Banks report fewer deposits fears and a calmer, steadier circulation.
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Clearing House Association of
Spokane
Spokane Chronicle
Clearng House
Imit
Goodbye COD FISH Charity Quote Reference
The piece notes codfish, once a staple in boarding houses and a joke target, will become scarce and costly as a charity item. It cites the familiar image of codfish as captured by Peck's Bad Boy and reflects on its rising value and effort required to obtain.
Codfish ban hits Salem grocers under pure food law
Interviews with grocerymen in Salem reveal codfish largely out of stock as the pure food inspection law bars preservatives. Without additives the fish spoils quickly, turning red and unfit for sale, raising prices amid a monetary stringency noted by grocers.
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Salem Statesman
Remarkable Rapid Growth Tale From 1720 French Academy
The tale describes a six year old boy who reached five feet six inches, his voice changing at five, beard at six, appearing thirty, strong enough to lift 200 pound bags. His decline mirrored his rise with gray hair at eight, palsy by ten, and death at twelve.
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French Academy
Clubwoman plans birthday surprise with cigars
A clubwoman jokes about her husband’s birthday and reveals she has collected a hundred cigars to give as a present. Laughter interrupts as she explains the daily habit of taking cigars from a case for three months.
Cash Over Time As Visitor Chooses Cash Offer
A brief exchange shows a capitalist valuing time at $100 an hour while offering ten minutes. The visitor prefers cash, highlighting a humorous clash of priorities in a compact vignette.
Humorous Exchange on Aristocracy and In-laws
An American boasts of lacking titled aristocracy while a foreigner counters with many titled sons in law. An old lady quips that some believe all humans will be saved, but she hopes for better.
Northern Pacific earnings and assets reveal vast railroad wealth
The 1907 Northern Pacific report to the Washington railroad commission shows Washington operations earnings of 19 869 056 with passenger 6 110 216 and freight 13 313 430 after refunds. It lists storage demurrage wharfage and other income 444 400, Nashville expands and maintenance costs, accident figures, stock and bond holdings, and substantial bank interest.
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Northwest
Northern Pacific
Washington Railroad Commission
Olympia
Washington
State Railroad Commission
Washington Central
Glan
Northwestern Improvement Company
Northweater, Tovestment Company
Bank Balafioes
Dr Kings New Life Pills Trim Health Woes
A column touts Dr. Kings New Life Pills as safe gentle cleaners and purgatives to combat headaches biliousness malaria and jaundice. The ad claims guaranteed relief and directs readers to Tallman & Mo. drug store for purchase.
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Dr. King
New Life
Tallman & Mo
Adventists May Build College In Suburban Timberland Plan
A Commercial club meeting discusses a Seventh Day Adventist proposal to establish a school. The plan asks for 20 acres of donated ground to secure a contract, with Jack Walker donating 10 acres, the church 10, and citizens 20 more acres, totaling 40 acres near the city and the experimental farm. The secretary will report later.
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Commercial Club
Seventh Day Adventists
Saya
Caldwell
Jack Walker
Gets Good Whale Catch On Bowhead At Dutch Harbor
The steam whaler Bowhead under Captain Tilton has reached Dutch Harbor amid a gale. After a short Arctic cruise of months she captured nine whales, marking a fine season with whale bone valued around 90,000 dollars. About two thirds of the value goes to owners and one third to officers and crew, with only bone saved as oil-trying costs outweigh the product.
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Tilton
Dutch Harbor
Seattle
Arctic
Inland Empire agent nets record Hayden Lake trout
Charley E. Plagg publicity agent for the Inland Empire system returned from a Hayden lake fishing trip reporting a remarkable catch. He brought in a basketful of trout including two of the largest caught this year measuring 19 and 20 inches.
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Charley E. Plagg
Inland Empire System
Hayden Lake
Spokane Chronicle
Flagg
Sending Pets to Alaska Debate for Judge Pick
Protesters warn against sending U S men to fill Alaska appoint ments and predict Roosevelt will name an eastern lawyer as successor to Judge Wickersham. Seward Gateway notes push for a local Alaska choice faces political hurdles amid a history of patronage in judicial appointments.
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Wickersham
Seward
Alaska
Roosevelt
Thia
Alleghanies
Curious Frost Effects on Produce and Storage
Frost causes eggs to crack as they expand when frozen, while apples contract so a barrel may shrink with the top layer several inches below the chime. When slowly warmed they return to normal size. Apples survive transport at 20 degrees below zero, but frost damaged potatoes are ruined.
President of this road walks the line to inspect it
A corner seat passenger describes the railroad president as an old fashioned railroader who began as a brakeman and prefers walking the line to inspecting it rather than using a private car The remark is reported by the Cleveland Press on the first trip testimony of a newcomer to the line
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Cleveland Presa
A Lagting Impression
A humorous exchange recalls Berttta meeting Mr. Cooke yesterday. The impression rests on his actions rather than words, as he accidentally spilled tea onto her new white silk dress, leaving a memorable mark.
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Berttta
Succeeded, She married him to reform him
A quip from the Houston Post contrasts marriage as reform with the result, noting the husband’s former spendthrift ways and current lack of spending money. The joke implies marital reform did not yield financial improvement.
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Houston Post
Noted Troubled Peace Amid Fashionable Menswear Sales
The passage argues universal peace is distant while Moorish tensions trouble France. It then pivots to a flashy sales pitch for high grade gentlemen's clothing, claiming superior suits at pleasing prices. The author humorously asserts that if every man wore their correct suit, universal peace would follow.
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France
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