Sheep ranches of Falkland Islands
Consul J B Bowen details Falkland Islands industry focusing on sheep ranching and ship repair. The 6000 square mile territory hosts thirty ranches with over 702,696 sheep and 1906 wool output of 4,324,215 pounds valued about 726,722 dollars. Ranch labor pays 24 to 30 dollars monthly. navvies 24. Horses and gear are costly. ranches employ carpenters, masons, and horse breakers at five dollars daily. Ship repair is run by Falkland Island Company with sail makers, blacksmiths, and carpenters. night work pays 24 cents per hour. Whale and sealing industries are waning. only 248 hair seal and 77 fur seal skins exported in 1906.
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Falkland Islands
Falklands
Falkland
Chile
Argentina
Falkland Island
Cape Horn
Port Stanley
Coffee vs steak taste test by Mike Schilling’s Best
A diet note weighs taste against cost in a grocer’s test. Middling steak and first-rate coffee are compared with first-rate steak and middling coffee. The grocer refunds customers if the model isn’t met.
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Con
Mike Schilling
Spokane City Cuts Jobs in Engineer Office
Spokane city moves to trim expenses as city council orders lowest notch in new work and staffing. In the engineer's office the board of public works approved the plan. Seven engineers twelve chairmen and five draftsmen were dismissed. Sixteen sidewalk and street inspectors were released last Saturday with four more to depart tomorrow.
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Board of Public Works
Spokane
City Officials Cite Winter as Reason to Trim Inspectors
Comptroller Robert Fairley warned city departments that budgets are exhausted or nearly so. Inspection funds are $2436 overdrawn with $2000 expected soon from streetcar firms for track relaying supervision. Health and other departments run close to limits as six month appropriations near year end.
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Robert Fairley
Health Department
Judiciary Department
Council
Pilot Rock Sees Umatilla Central Road Fast Progress
On November 15 Pilot Rock residents welcomed the rapid completion of the Umatilla Central road into town. Farmers in the area remain optimistic about regional welfare and report no financial downturn affecting the community.
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Pilot Rock
Umatilla Central
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Sold by Dealers
The grandmothers of Western Pennsylvania Dutch Dunkard families created Hickory Bark Cough Remedy and now it is sold by druggists and dealers nationwide. The product claims purity and effectiveness to stop coughs, branding it a heat cough remedy. Pendleton Drug Co. advertises the medicine for general sale.
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Pennsylvania
Pendleton Drug Co
Texas and Oklahoma to Build Their Own Railroads
Enid Oklahoma November 14 In connection with the adoption of the Oklahoma constitution one of the wests most gigantic railroad projects has been evolved It is proposed a state railroad be built traversing the state east and west and north and south with branches to principal cities Stock would be held by the state and counties A Texas plan would link Galveston with Red River to connect with Oklahoma The plan includes cotton transit to the Gulf at not more than 50 cents per bale Each county would vote on taking 100000 in stock to fund construction State supervision would run the operation.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Texas
Galveston
Red River
Gulf
Tax liens on personal property up for court test
A Washington law declaring a personal tax becomes a lien on the debtor’s real estate is sustained by Judge Brents in the Thompson v. Walla Walla County case. The ruling could affect titles to millions of dollars in Washington real estate if upheld by the supreme court. The decision centers on a 1903 statute and involves Ulysses S. Grant’s tax debt and a 1906 tax receipt dispute, with parties including Farmers' Saving Bank, Dean-McLean Abstract Co., and attorneys Calin, Harepool, Rupp, and McDonald.
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Oregon
Washington
Walla Walla Bulletin
East Oregonian
Brents
Harvey B. Thompson
Walla Walla County
Supreme Court
Dean-McLean Abstract Company
Thompson
Farmers’ Saving Bank
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Calin
Harepool
Rupp & McDonald
Watch Your Tongue Warns After Night’s Overindulgence
A vintage ad-style warning promotes Mi o na stomach tablets as a remedy for morning after discomfort. It describes coated tongue signals, headaches, dulling of the senses, and stomach distress, urging early use to strengthen stomach muscles and aid digestion, with Tallman & Co. guaranteeing satisfaction.
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Newburgh
Miona
Tallman & Co
Realty deaths and transfers in Oregon parcels
Livermore and Bickers compile recent realty death notices and property transfers. O L Fields et al convey to M F Hubba for 2075 dollars, property in section 30 township 6 north range 36. M M Holman et al to PF J Johnson for 700 dollars, Lot 17 block 63 Freewater. Alta Rogers et al to Fred Loren gen for 1000 dollars, Lots 11 12 block 11 Wrights addition Milton. Harry KR Newport et al to Newport Land Construction for 2000 dollars, Lots 3 Hermiston and 22 feet off south end of lots 7 8 block 11.
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Livermore and Bickers
O. L. Fields
M. F. Hubba
M. M. Holman
PF. J. Johnson
Block
Freewater
Beethoven Oddities and Habits
Beethoven kept odd rituals in his study. He used snuffers as a toothpick and barred servants from the room to preserve its perfect condition. He counted seventeen beans for breakfast and poured cold water on his hands while composing, causing water to soak through to those below.
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Beethoven
Mistaken Plans Cloud Young Couple's Courtship
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows Miriam being pressed by her mother about marriage. Miriam quips that Stapletons should curb lavish gifts and save money, while her mother records the subtle tension in their betrothal talk. The exchange hints at differing expectations about finances and commitment.
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Miriam
Early Beginnings of Money and Marriage Roles
The dialogue contrasts ancient human habits of women seeking money from husbands with the idea that money did not exist in early humanity. Eve’s reference to “bone from Adam” is used to illustrate primitive exchanges, suggesting money or wealth as a social construct evolving over time.
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Eve
Adam
Physical Culture. Police Surgeon Quips About Proportions
A humorous item cites a police surgeon remarking on a man’s right arm being disproportionately developed. The quip blends slang and a cartoonish echo of Italian phrases, then pivots to a snappy punchline about fruit and peanuts.
Universal peace and fashion in one page moment
A fragment noting that universal peace remains distant while Moors trouble France and a clothing shop boasts selling high grade gentlemen's attire at pleasing prices. The text combines geopolitics with a sales pitch, mentioning correct suits and tie dollars to doughnuts as a playful assurance of contentment.
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France
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Walla Walla
Hermiston
Ore
Eugene Belts
John P. McManus
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Mer Valentine
Betty
Valentine
Mr. Blonsom
Sorosis
Alexander Department Store
Oregonian
Bond Brothers
Pendleton
Rexall
The
Main St
Raders
Northwestern Gas & Electric Co
Matlock Building
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