Scattered 1900s Dispatches Report Crimes and Political Edicts
General jealousy drives a Baltimore widow to murder amid sensational crime reports. The Prussian Diet opened in White Hall as Prince von Buelow gave the opening address. Edward Landman of Kansas City was killed by a striped assailant who fled after a store robbery. Meat and provisions prices in Chicago promise sweeping cuts by week’s end. Eva Tanguay canceled engagements to travel to New York for an operation. A Chicago restaurant robbery ends in capture after a chase. Adams trial costs rise to 6529.05. A man near Castle Rock Oregon faces a crisis over laudanum. Hops prices hit a low, while silverton’s crop moves quickly. A Kalama saw mill burned, losses around 10000. Miss Jessie Akin dies in Great Falls after a singing engagement. Whitman county jury finds Outman not guilty of legal voting after 20 minutes deliberation.
Maine Woodmen Harvesting Christmas Trees for Holiday Trade
In Bangor Maine on November 27 officials note the Maine Christmas tree industry is in peak season. Nearly 4,000,000 trees are in demand annually and workers have been selecting and cutting trees for shipment to big cities across the country, marking the trade as a major state industry.
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Maine
Bangor
Maine Trees Commerce Boosts Farm and Woodsmen Profits
The central and northern Maine forests now ship large trees on flat cars to eastern and mid western cities. Previously small trees dominated sales but demand shifted to larger specimens used by churches, societies, and organizations. The trade yields thousands of dollars for local farmers and woodsmen each year.
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East
Middle West
Maine
Prominent Drug Ad Promotes New Life Pills
An abusive headline-like ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as safe gentle cleansers and invigourators for headaches biliousness malaria and jaundice. Tallman & Co. drug store 26 is advertised as the outlet.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Co
No Carols in Schools in New York Prohibits Christmas References
New York, Nov 26 A board of education order bans singing any hymn or carol in public schools that mentions Christ or Christmas. Frank R. Rix directed teachers to remove religious content from songs and revise song books to strip sectarian references. The move follows a Jewish agitation a year earlier and was approved by the elementary schools committee led by Abraham Stern.
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New York
Board of Education
Frank R. Rix
Abraham Stern
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Ad
A sure cure you can depend upon Hickory Bark Cough Remedy. A minute cure and its pure Use it for lingering trouble coughs colds hoarse voice and sore throat For sale by any druggist and first class dealers everywhere Pendleton Drug Co.
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Pandleton Drag Ce
Firemen's Grand Benefit Ball Tonight at Eagle Hall
Firemen hold a grand benefit ball tonight at Eagle Hall with a grand march at 9 oclock. Johnson's Orchestra provides music. Firemen's lunch will be served. The event promotes firemen and features local dining at Ly man's market with phone Malin 79 for details.
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Firemen
Johnson
Eagle Hall
Lyman's Market
Phone Malin
Recall of Republican history and convention milestones
Washington notes recall of the Republican party history from its first national convention in Philadelphia to the upcoming fourteenth convention in June. It recounts delegate changes, key candidates, and landmark platforms, plus a brief aside on the word morse from Scott's Monastery and its etymology.
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Washington
D. C
Navy
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Union
John C. Fremont
California
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Cuba
Ostend
United States
Philippines
Porto Ribo
Vesta No 4 Coal Mine Tracks Move Tons Of Coal
The Vesta No 4 coal mine in California Pennsylvania features six miles of stationary railroad track underground where 28 electric locomotives haul trains of 100 steel cars to the surface. Each car carries three tons of coal and twenty four miles of additional track can be moved to suit worker locations.
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California
Two stenographers' tale on Market Street car
Two young women discuss impressing employers while riding a Market Street car. The smaller recalls copying a misspelled letter into a corrected second copy and receiving the reaction that followed. The anecdote, attributed to the Philadelphia Record, ends with the punchline that the employer tried her.
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Philadelphia Record
Hold Their Own
A regiment of regulars marches across the Montana prairie in heat and thirst. Repeated queries about the next town yield two miles each time, and a weary sergeant concludes with the upbeat line we’re holding our own.
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Montana
Indian rights rally in Washington and a tale of fortune
Chitto Harjo pleads for Native American mobility and self direction in Washington, arguing against reliance on fortune. He recalls the Indian school instructress of 1807 who hid a horseshoe under her pillow with false teeth, swapping them in the morning and provoking shock at breakfast.
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Chitto Harto
Washington
Chitto Harts
Chitto Harjo
When Oregon Was In the Batanos
A note on the forty ninth parallel as the Canada United States boundary and the fate of Oregon. The account cites Captain Temple's report to the admiralty praising the region as not worth a cuss because the galmon would not take a fly. Historical perspective from the Manchester Chronicle.
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Oregon
Batanos
Canada
United States
Pacific
Temple
Lord Palmerston
Admiralty
Manchester Chronicle
Pioneer James Blakely Nearing Ninety Six as News Comes in
The Oregon Daily Journal notes pioneer James Blakely will turn 96 on November 26 and is in Portland en route home to Brownsville after visiting son George at The Dalles. A lifelong Democrat, he recalls voting for Polk and recalls Oregon’s growth since 1846 while his sons hold county and state offices. He remains mentally sharp, with only partial hearing loss, and a family reunion was postponed due to illness in some branches.
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Oregon Daily Journal Sagn
James Blakely
William
Joe Blakely
Oregon
Portland
Browneville
Linn County
George Blakely
Dalles
The
Journal
Blakely
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
Iona County
George
Jameasa
Wallowa County
Presbyterian Church
Brownsville
Cough Remedy Ad From Hickory Bark Co
An advertisement offers Hickory Bark Cough Remedy from the Hickory Bark Cough Remedy company of Salen Ore guaranteed to cure cough or refund. It promises to make a friend of you and is sold by all druggists and first-class dealers nationwide with Pendleton Drug Co listed.
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Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Company
Salen
Ore
Pendleton Drug Co
Caring for 30 Babies Figures in Need of Aid
The Telegram notes the Baby Home cares for nearly 30 infants and young children under 3 to 10 years old. It seeks money clothing food and household necessities as illness has raised expenses and charitable citizens are urged to help.
The Only Way to Manage Two Women
A Birmingham Post excerpt captures a terse exchange where Tara drafts an article titled Tie Way to Manage 2 Woman, prompting banter over its length. The male character insists the piece will be brief, declaring it will be two words: Don't try.
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Tara
Birmingham Post
Grandfather’s Quirky Riddle About Time Aged
A humorous exchange centers on a grandfather who claims to be eighty eeven years old and notes his granddaughter was born eighty years before him. The playful mishmash of numbers conveys a long wait and a warm family moment about time and reunion.
Conversation Reveals Strained Marital Claims
In a terse exchange, Grigge and Brigge spar over domestic pride and spousal remarks. Grigge accuses Brigge of boasting about his wife saying she “made a man of you,” while Brigge retorts he never hears such praise from his wife, but recalls her telling his wife that she “did her beet.”
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Grigge
Brigge
Canvas Prep for Pilot Ary Iunerative Trade
Readable fragments describe groundwork for canvas preparation tied to an aviation related trade venture. The note outlines primary tasks, materials, and sequencing to ready the canvas for pilot era applications and potential manufacturing steps.
One Man’s Good as Another Inspires Quip
In a witty exchange a spinster ponders who first used the line One man’s as good as another. A lively young niece retorts the phrase belongs to an old maid in a humorous dialogue highlighting aging and wit.
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Kalama
Jessie Akin
R. G. Akin
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Morse
St. James' Gazette
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the Alexander Department Store
Schilling
E. J. Murphy
E. Court Black
ST. Joseph’s Academy
Pendleton, Oregon
Sisters of St. Francis
Henry
Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Company
Henneman's Cigar Store
Hohbach’s
Oyster House
Court St
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Henning's Cigar Store
Peoples Warehouse
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