Waitress Becomes Rich After Miner Trek Discovery
Miss Samona Guerra, a Bodie and Goldfield hotel waitress, saved three years wages, backed a prospector who staked a mine at Wonder which sold for 486000. She arrived in Reno with 60000, sent money to parents in Independence, aided 12 siblings, bought a Stockton ranch for the family, and plans to secure life independence for relatives.
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Bodie and
Goldfield
Samona Guerra
Wonder
Mise Guwerm
Reno
Mine Guermh
Independence
Stockton
Cal
Miss Guerra
Young Mother Proclaims Potent Electric Bitters Victory
Mrs W L Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine says twenty years of dyspepsia vanished after six months on Electric Bitters. She credits the tonic with restoring strength, stomach, liver and kidneys, and curing malaria and weakness. Sold by Tallman & Co at 50 cents.
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W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
Tallman & Co
BUILD CORVALLIS LINE GAPS TO BE CLOSed BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC
The Junction City Development league met Tuesday to push Southern Pacific to complete a 27 mile gap between Junction and Corvallis. Survey completed 25 years ago and right of way secured, league to urge action to build and equip the line led by Pete Uons.
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Junction City Development League
Junction
Corvallis
Southern Pacific
Pete Uons
Clir
Road proposal favors easy Benton County corridor
The notice discusses a proposed southern Benton county route emphasizing its easy construction due to level ground and proximity to rail lines. It argues the project would benefit the northern part of the county and urges action or surrender of the territory to progress the road.
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Benton County
Cough Remedy Ad Promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cure for obstinate coughs and warns against imitation products. It urges insisting on the genuine yellow package available at Koep pon drug store.
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Foley
Koeppon Drug Store
Nahum Wing Disappears After Visit to Point Loma Theosophy
Denver reports Nahum Wing local SP Railway solicitor vanished from his Columbine Street home on September 4. Authorities suspect he joined Katherine Tingley’s Theosophical Institution at Point Loma California. A former Theosophist in the city recalls his test of faith, marriage, fatherhood, and eventual return to Point Loma. The notice urges search by authorities and notes local drugstore advertising.
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Denver
Nahum Wing
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Columbine Street
Katherine Tingley
Theosophical
Point Lomi
San Diego
Cal
Point Loma
Sott le
Old Mexico Letter Appeals to Sells-Floto Circus
A letter from Punch Wheeler passes along the Sells-Floto circus arrival in Mexico City. He touts a new million-dollar hotel, theaters, and a grand Hippodrome, noting cheaper entertainment and a liberal government. He also mentions conditions around Guadalajara and the stalled railroad contest over land rights and a temporary restraining order in court.
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City of Max
Icco
Sin Praneisen
City of Mexico
New York
Harriman and Hill Fight over Intercity Route
A Chehalis dispatch reports Union Pacific seeks an injunction to block the Hill line from securing land owned by Weyerhaeuser Timber southwest of Chehalis. The UP says it located a permanent right of way around June 30 and that Hill agents knew this, while UP has been negotiating for rights of way since.
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Hill Company
Par- Howlingand
Union Pacific
Innis
Inmgston
Harriman Grid Hill
Intercote
Chehalls
Hill Line
Weyerhauser Timber Company
Chehalin
Sheep Transit Suffers From Poor Rail Service
Western shippers complain of inadequate allroad service for sheep shipments. A 24 hour law amendment aimed at easing costs is seen as flawed. Experts warn poorer transport worsens losses from dehydration and shrinkage as trains run slow and handling doubles unloading.
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Shepherde Bulletin
Chicago
Rulroad
Vinol praised by Pittsburg man for wife’s recovery
A Pittsburg man claims Vinol cured his wife’s chronic stomach trouble and nervousness after doctors failed. He reports she regained health, gained 86 pounds, and now trusts Vinol over physicians. Pendleton Drug Co endorses Vinol with a money-back guarantee and notes wide availability.
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Robert Whiteley
Pittsburg
Vinci
Pendeton Drug Company
Miye
Pendleton Drug Company
Pendleton
Vinci Agency
Dont Speculate With Pianos Dont Speculate With Pianos
If you are contemplating the purchase of a piano it will pay you to deal with an established company one that makes no rash promises and then fails to live up to them one who establishes a branch office only when the business of that section justifies and when they are established in a city are a permanent institution one of the citys business houses always there to deal with the people and not a come by day and gone by night experimental firm In dealing with Eilers Piano House you do the most celebrated pianos always at your very door so that if you wish to step in and examine 2 different styles and makes
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Eilers Piano House
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Eum
Bond Brothers
Pti
Corvallis Line
Faust
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Nmivosophist
Koeppens
The
East Oregonian
Punch Wheeler
Old
Mexico
the Republic
el Grandioso Circo
Guadalajara
Republic
Oteus Howie
Koeppen
Harriman
Hill
Shippers
Munsing Union
Alexander
Bose
Munelne
Northwest
Main Street
Adams County
Wash
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court. St
Ore
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alta St
Deack
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