Northwest notes and local labor shifts in Lane county
Lane county registers 6596 voters after revised figures from County Clerk Led. Previous total before the primary was 4944, with about 1942 new registrations since then. In Grays Harbor county all logging camps will shut down within 40 days, affecting hundreds of workers, while Chehalis county reports 16 camps already ceasing operations due to lumber market woes. A boyish woodlot tale recounts Harry Reynolds harvesting Ben Davis apples after fending off yellow jackets for a week. Also described is a new fog signaling system on the District Line rail route with detonators and fifty cartridges per machine, designed to warn trains when danger signals are active.
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Lane
Eugene
Otte
Lane County
Aberdeen
Wash
Grays Harbor
Chehalis County
Wal Walla
Yellow Jackets
Harry Reynolds
Ben Davis
Mr. Reynolds
Yellow Jacket
Second unit of Tieton project to supply 9600 acres
Water distribution ready for 9000 acres in North Yakima area as second Tieton unit nears completion. Canals and laterals will feed every farm unit uprine area between Cowiche canyon and Summit View road. The system includes 16 miles of main laterals and 40 miles of sub laterals to reach the highest point in each 40 acre block.
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North
Yakima
Wash
Cowiche Canyon
Summit View Road
Indian Farm Lands Too High
Spokane residents led by Olive E B Lender petition the federal government to drop Spokane Indian reservation homestead land price to 65 dollars an acre after reports of price cuts on a nearby Coeur d Alene reserve. Lender says settlers from across the nation are faring well as Ira B Jones and wife Mabel D McNickle of Chicago start a bungalow on Jones ranch, with Jones in work clothes preparing the land and Mrs McNickle hoping for reconciliation with her daughter.
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Spokane
Wash
Olive EB
Lender
Chicago
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Miss Lender
United States
Ira B Jones
Boston
Mabel D. McNickle
Farmer in Washington Propagates Unknown Hard Wheat
J L Harper of Waltsburg Washington reports producing seed from an unknown wheat variety that could sow one and a half acres. The grain resembles club wheat but is harder and reputedly very hardy, with experts unable to classify it yet predicting it could become a heavy producer.
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Waltsburg
Wash
J. L. Harper
Northwest
State of Washington College
Pacific
Harper
Wattsburg
United States
Canada
Dr King’s New Life Pills Tames Appendicitis Fear
A historical ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a preventive cure for appendicitis by stimulating digestion. It claims relief from constipation headache chills and a promise to kill a murderer's grip through stomach liver and bowels stimulation. Available for 126 cents at Koeppen Bros.
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Dr. King
Koeppen Bros
London fogmen become obsolete by new rail warning gun
London railway officials unveil a self loading device that warns trains and replaces fogmen. The innovation aims to improve safety by signaling oncoming trains and reducing the need for manual fogman signaling on the tracks.
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Joba
London
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup Promises Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement for Ballard’s Horehound Syrup claims immediate relief from coughing and restoration of lungs to health, urging early treatment. The notice is attributed to A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
C Koeppen & Bros
Lipton Escorts Prince Leopold to Ceylon
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton aboard the Erin in the Mediterranean will take Prince Leopold of Battenberg to Ceylon for treatment as the young prince is said to be delicate and consumptive. Lipton has long friendship with the Battenbergs despite a quarrel with the late king. Mrs. George Keppel plans a stay at Lipton’s Ceylon estate and will visit Paris before the railway strike, intending eight weeks abroad with her children and relatives in Japan or China.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Mediterranean
Prince Leopold of Battenberg
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Spain
Thomas
Ceylon
Lipton
Battenbergs
George Keppel
Paris
Earl
Countess of
Ilchester
Keppel
Sir Archibald Edmonstone
Japan
China
Tutor Miss Anna Waugh Seeks Pupils in Local Schools
Miss Anna Waugh offers tutoring for both grade and high school subjects. A Cornell College graduate and University of Chicago alumna, she has rural and high school teaching experience and years of tutoring in her hometown with strong math results. Contact via Mrs Flora Harper 3008 Main St.
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Anna Waugh
Misa Waugh
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
University of Chicago
Flora Harper
Main St
Cleveland's Baking Powder Price Across Grocers
The speaker notes waste in buying ordinary baking powder. Grocers uniformly price Cleveland's at 1 pound 45 cents, 3 pounds 1 dollar, and 6 pounds 1 dollar 65 cents.
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Cleveland
Worthington Named Acting Postmaster at Athena
Special Correspondence from Athena Oregon reports that bondsmen elected Mrs Mary J Worthington as acting postmaster after the death of L A Githens. The list of bondsmen includes Henry Schmitt W R Taylor A B McEwen George Bannister D H Sanders Robert Coppock and Ed Potts Fred Gross Sr was named noting postmaster but unable to serve due to ill health. The permanent postmaster position remains open with several applicants.
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Athen
Ore
L. A. Githens
Mary J. Worthington
Henry Schmitt
W. R. Taylor
A. B. McEwen
George Bannister
D.H. Sanders
Robert Coppock
Ed Potts
Fred Gross, Sr
Slightly Colder With Snow Forecast
Weather note warns rheumatism weather is near and urges readers to prepare with Ballard's Snow Liniment. Ad highlights it as remedy for rheumatism chilblains frost bite sore and stiff joints muscles aches. Available at A C Koeppen & Bros in prices 6e 80e and 1 a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
A. C. Koeppen &Bros
Mrs Hamilton Paine to Wed Duke de Choiseul
London reports Mrs. Hamilton Paine widow of Boston copper magnate Hamilton Paine will marry the Duke de Choiseul of a prominent French family after a second court hearing in Tours. She has long defended herself against fraud involving paintings sold by H Dalby of London and faced threatening letters, which her lawyer says were forged.
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London
Hamilton Paine
Avenue
Dubois
H. Dalby
Count D'Aulby
Paine
Boston
Tours
Duke de Choiseul
France
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms for rent in East Oregonian building
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms available for rent in the East Oregonian building. Modern conveniences noted. inquire at B, O, office for details and availability.
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East Oregonian
Oswald West Addresses Voters in Oregon City
Oswald West shows voters the real issue in Oregon City as he campaigns against Bowerman and the corporate plan to control state government. About 400 to 500 attendees hear West defend mileage records, denounce corruption claims as unfounded, and argue for direct primary and initiative reform. He outlines assembly manipulation, critiques Bowerman, and meets mills workers and farmers after the talk.
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Oregon City
Clackamas County
OsWald West
Oregon
Jay Bowerman
Main Street
West
Bowerman
Washington
Herriman
Republican Assembly
Senate
Mariner UI
Assembly
Flowerman
Clackamas
Seneon C Beach
Job B. Hedges
Aleq
Hugh M'Loan
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Digestive Cure
A vintage ad asserts that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures dyspepsia and relieves belching and nausea between meals. It claims to strengthen the stomach and digestive organs for proper function and encourages taking Hood's.
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Hood
Watermelon debt paid after thirty years in Atlanta
A laborer, 30 years after taking a watermelon from the estate of S. P. Marbut & J. J. Marbut, paid 16 cents to ex Police Commissioner Arthur Marbut as restitution. Marbut recounted that he accepted the coin in a bid to grant the man mental rest, noting his late father's commission business and the long-ago sale.
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Atlanta
Atlantsa Commission
Arthur Marbut
Marbutenye
Marbut
Mr. Marbut
8. P. Marbut
J. J. Marbut
Decateur and
Ivy Streets
East Atlania
Blood Poison Cure Promoted By Plant Based Remedy S S
An advertisement extols Constitutional Blood Poison as a dangerous blood disease starting with a small sore and spreading with symptoms like ulcers and hair loss. It claims mineral medicines fail and promotes S. S. as a safe plant based blood cleanser that removes germs, builds up the body, and offers free home treatment information from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta Georgia.
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S. S
Switt Specific CO
Atlanta
Germanys new lance aims to halt foes four inches deep
Berlin report says the German war office will rearm cavalry with a ball lance. The device embeds a ball four inches below the point to stop penetration and ease withdrawal, improving handling. Regiments are being supplied experimentally as most mounted troops already carry lances.
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Berlin
German War Office
King’s New Discovery Cures Lung Trouble at Home
Dr King’s New Discovery promises a home cure for coughs and lung troubles. A user, W R Nelson of Calaminen Ark, claims it cured his lung trouble and helped him gain weight. The ad touts relief from coughs colds influenza asthma and other throat and lung issues. Trial bottle offered free at Koeppen Bros.
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Dr. King
W. R. Nelson
Calaminen, Ark
Koeppen Bros
Housekeeping Rooms for Rent in East Oregonian Office
Rooms for rent with steam heat electric lights and hot and cold bath recently renovated inquire at East Oregonian office for details and availability.
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East Oregonian
Nation to Public call to settle accounts by November
All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me will kindly call and settle their accounts by November. H. M. Sloan, blacksmith.
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H. M. Sloan
Signs of Distress Readiness for Kidney Help Promoted
Sick kidneys show signals of distress including dark secretions and backaches. Dean's Kidney Pills claimed to cure kidney disorders and urinary symptoms. Pendleton resident L Greenawald praised the remedy after one box. price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY, sale agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Pendleton
L. Greenawald
Lincoln Street
Ore
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
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Johnston-Murphy
Lewis Underwear
Sir Thomas Lipton
Prince
MRS
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NEW Athena P.M
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