Mixed US and world brief highlights from the era
A post office opens at Tien Tsin to handle mail for the Transvaal region. Britain may demand compensation for the Dutch railway expulsion. War depart ment talks include Lawton transport plans from Nome. Miners to be landed at Seattle. British offers for Transvaal mining rights noted. Nebraska Supreme Court refuses Standard Oil book production suit as premature. President McKinley tours daily with Mrs. McKinley amid weather notes and public works talks. A presidential tube service committee gains inspection plans in Boston and a cross country trip is outlined with a San Francisco stop on October 22.
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Netherlands
Great Britain
Traveraal
Tion
Shafter Haw
Lawton
Seattle
Landon Standard
Transvaal
William Hat
Hebl
Supreme Court of Nebraska Line
Standard Oil
McKinley
Poxtoifios
Nearrow
Boston
Wife Arrested in Crockett Murder Case Near Milton
A Milton area woman was arrested on a murder charge after police say she killed her husband in Crockett. Officers traced the revolver used to the scene at a local store and recovered the weapon from a wall. The case involved witness testimony from a young boy and his mother, with ongoing inquiries into the weapon’s origin and the lack of immediate corroboration for the suspect’s statements. The arrest followed a police investigation to locate the revolver and establish steps leading to the charge.
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Kirkland
Milton
Kiautt Han
de We Meredith
I M4
Avile & Co
Uae
Death and funeral notices from Baker City area
Ida M Javolen wife of Fred Jacobse died October 2 at a Baker City hospital from consumption. Burial plans include a funeral at Urane and a La Grande cemetery as details follow. A Neesley sale lists apples onions and potatoes at wholesale prices near Portland. Central Navigation meeting discussed creditors and payments for a factory project.
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Baker City
Ida M. Javolen
Fred Jacobse
la Chande
Hoty
Lurane
la Grande
C. W. Neesley
Nevesley
Mike Young
Portland
Oldest and Best Blood Purifier Advertisement Hails Cure Claims
The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta GA promotes a blood purifier claimed to cure cancers, scrofula, rheumatism, chronic sores and ulcers, and skin diseases. It touts rapid health improvements, a large medical correspondence, and offers free physician consultation with no charge.
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Hood
Atlanta
Father-in-Law Killed in Domestic Attack in West Virginia
W. Va. police report a fatal assault in a home where Thomas Workman attacked Dryden during a confrontation with the wife present. The incident left a man dead and a victim traumatized as investigators review evidence and motives.
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Whorling
W. Va
Thomae Workmian
Workman
Dryden
Bile
Massacre at Pietersburg Report Two Sides Clash
A fragmentary report describes a fierce fight near Pietersburg on December 4 involving Chinese and Tong Findalay forces. Chinese casualties include hundreds killed or wounded. Asian forces reportedly suffer seven dead and several wounded.
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Pietersburg
Tong Findalay
Niilen
Ambiguous Strike Report With Fuzzy Details
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a strike in a place named Hawelton Pac Ot and an early home incident where thirty men confronted someone. The text is unclear with potential references to a altercation or protest but lacks coherent facts, dates, or outcomes.
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Hawelton
Pac
Latelnier
Arly
Unclear OCR text on political settlement report
Fragmentary report describes political positions and plans around a reform measure. Mentions New York October events and generic references to parties, peace efforts, and police actions without clear names or outcomes. Overall readability is low with many garbled terms.
Roosevelt's Definition and Civic Duty in Oregon News
A dense, politically charged report references Theodore Roosevelt, civic honesty, and devotion to country. It mentions Watertown Iowa and events in Oregon with figures such as Cha rles Jones and local police, describing debates over national policy, party dynamics, and wartime labor concerns.
Excursion to Lewiston Interstate Fair Offers Low Round Trip
Readers are invited to an excursion to LewisTon for the interstate fair with low round trip rates. The Lewiston interstavntary will sell tickets at 07.95, with tickets valid from December 1 to December 20 and limited to checkout through November 21. Wamsley, Apout.
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Lewiston
H & ON. Co
Mterr
Wamsley
Apout
Prohibition Candidate Woolley Tours Lookout Mountain Visit
Georgetown reports Prohibition candidate Woolley arriving to Lookout Mountain with a morning review and an afternoon recon tour. The piece notes a campaign path and mentions DeWitt’s Little Early Rise as a popular remedy while detailing routine health ads.
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Get
Woolley
Curator Claims 10 Million Year Existence of Life
Oliver C. Farrington of the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago announces experiments on cave formations near Tae Jinna suggesting animal life on Earth for at least 10 million years and possibly double that, based on calcite growth rates in stalactites examined over about 65 years.
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Chicago
Oliver C. Farrington
Jake Park
Tae Jinna
Pendleton Day at Fair Palace War Dance Draws Crowds
A large Pendleton crowd attended a fair day in poor weather with many visitors enjoying performances. The event featured a war dance by twenty three braves and a public display of regalia and drums near Wagner's, drawing a big crowd both afternoon and evening despite rain.
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Walla Walla
Miriael
Wagner
Ion Yeatontay
Cinatilia Toduane
Iran
Pendleton
Eternate Elettort
Toro
Audienes
Peefertal
Mondieton
Amd
Pate Fae
Damaged Loch Howe Road After Fire Injures Several
A blaze near Loch Howe injured Walthaug Maw and others, forcing evacuations as responders battled the flames. The incident caused extensive damage and prompted authorities to assess at least forty thousand dollars in losses.
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Walthaug
Maw
Chit
Smn
Keweny Hroien
Loch Howe
Saat Vile Iro
Olla
Scullary Laundry Trust Dissolved Amid Debt Fallout
An archaic notice reports the Scullary Laundry company dissolving after incurring substantial debt. It notes two organizations with capital of two million and the smaller competitor failing to win its case as part of the fallout.
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Hie Laundry Trust
Chieti
Laundry Truet
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Pittsburg
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Pendleton’s Big Store
Washington & Columbia
A.C. Shaw & Co, W. J. Sewell
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J. R. Dickson
East Oregonian Building
Cma
Okant! Oragenian
Castoria
Just
Joe Basler
THE
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Opt
Tor
Erie
Siepleinie
Haondon
Ventorday
Pacific Northwest News
Dre
W. J
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Kirkeville
Thom
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Leton
Mason, Erdman Co
van Orsdall & Ross
Tipton
Dad
Het
Ipton
Tiv
Hip
Mii
Statu Aqua
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Basia
Rado
Gan- Unite
Serantod
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Roosevelt
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Ihe Lewues
Elinet
Ieee
Watertown
Iowa
Jonas
London Mall
Davis
Cheng
Chatrian Jones
Wiegwen
Wooler
Interven
Wintel White
Atria
Etiete
Whston News
Ttes
Oregonian
Aleaat
Weeton
J. KK
Athena
A Et Tate
Mr. Haling
Crewe
Walle Walia
Heo
Wieton
Wiemton
KAN
Native Party
Niondlwin
Jadper
Aliy
Japan
Harper
Georgetown
Boon
Imlictoons
Adeinelon
Miele Wit
Lookout Mountain
DeWitt
Tallman & Co
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Viroman
Ences
Cting Dise
Karl
Ted
Oraelete
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Weis
Tallman & Go
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