Heavy settlement eyed for Umatilla project area
Hermiston Echo notes a predicted heavy settlement of Umatilla lands once irrigation water is secured. Reports cite real estate agents selling many lots, new businesses moving in, and multiple residents and visitors in town. Also covers council granting a Butter Creek Telephone franchise and local activity including farms, auctions, ditch work, potato digging, and a November Epworth League social.
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Hermiston
Butter Creek Telephone Company
Robert Bartlett
F. H. Bartlett
Charles Reed
C. M. Kellogg
Reclamation Services
Mrs. Kellogg
Minneapolis
North Yakima
Harry Straw
Holmes
Billings
Mont
R. Oldaker
E. E. Littler
Oregon
Umatilla
Wdespreas
Echo
Hays
Hinkle Ditch
League Social
Ely's Cream Balm Advertises Nose Cold Cure
Do the right thing if you have nasal catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at once. Don’t touch the catarrh powders and snuffs, for they contain cocaine. Ely's Cream Balm releases the secretions that inflame the nasal passages and the throat, whereas mercury remedies merely drive them out. The word is a real cure, not a delusion. All druggists 50c or mailed by Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Ely
All Druggista
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Trailmaking in Alaska Connects Sunrise to Seward Rail Line
Alaska trail work links mile 24 of the Alaska Central with Sunrise on Turnagain Arm. Twenty-three miles of this is road and eight miles from Six-mile to Sunrise existed as a trail widened and repaired. A Sunrise to Hope six mile trail shortens distance three miles. a Seward to Hear River roadway with a Resurrection River bridge costs 1600 dollars. Farmers funded timber cutting. road is level and ready to be a first class highway with minor clearing.
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Alaska Central
Sunrise
Turnagain Arm
Seward
Alaska
Hope
Hear River
Resurrection River
Consumer complaint about grocery refunds and Bad service
A reader laments poor handling of returns and refunds. The note accuses the grocer of failing to provide goods or money, claiming the store does not refund as promised and urging action on a named brand, Schilling's Best.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
There is more catarrh in this region than other diseases, previously deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, is claimed to be the only constitutional cure, taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers $1000 for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ledo
Ohio
F. J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Night and Day Running at Peacock and Eagle Mills
Freewater reports Peacock and Eagle mills now run continuously at night and day. In 10 days twenty five carloads shipped as a thousand ton Orient-bound order is produced. Union Christian Endeavor Society forms for youths with nearly 20 members. officers include Mrs. Roy Hadley president and Mrs. D. C. Sanderson vice president. J. B. Haynie treasurer. Mary Tanke organist. Miss T Bennett recording secretary. Miss V. Brinker corresponding secretary.
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Freewater
Peacock and Eagle Mills
Union Christian Endeavor Society
Roy Hadley
D. C. Sanderson
J. B. Haynie
Man pays fare to sit beside girl on Broadway car
A New York Mail tale recounts two young riders in a Broadway car with two empty seats opposite each other. A gallant man offers to switch so the man sits next to the woman, but each pays his own fare and the pair remain separated, provoking a collective sigh from fellow passengers.
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New York Mail
Romance of Stocking Knitter in English History
The London Chronicle recounts William Lee, who in the sixteenth century invented the knitting frame that produced stockings and waistcoats. Driven by a lover’s scorn, he aimed to ruin her livelihood but stockmakers opposed him, leading him to flee to France where he died of a broken heart.
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England
William Lee
France
London Chronicle
What Yf Spells as Franklin Wrote in His Letter
A letter read by a gentleman and his wife misreads bad spelling. They cannot decode "yf" until Betty reveals it stands for wife. The remark notes that yf offers a shorter spelling than double you ef and y f for wife. The anecdote highlights Franklin's playful wordplay on spelling.
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Brown
Betty
Madam
Benjamin Franklin
Birds Evolved From Reptiles
Birds are descended from reptiles according to fossil evidence showing intermediate forms between modern birds and ancient reptiles. Penguins are cited as an example with wings that are rudimentary and not suited for flight, yet used for propulsion in water.
Too Much For Him
A humorous exchange shows a wife requesting $100 for various needs and her husband deciding to check her extravagance while she asks him to make it payable to her order, and he collapses.
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Andrew
Ruskin on Chrysanthemums: I hate chrysanthemums
The Westminster Gazette reports Mr. Ruskin rejects chrysanthemums calling them an unhallowed artificial growth for a season when nature forbids flowers. He said he hated chrysanthemums and did not admire them.
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Ruskin
Westminster Gazette
Advice on insuring coal pile sparks a bold joke
A coal dealer asks an insurance agent about yearly costs for insuring a 150,000 franco value. The agent questions if this is the same policy as before. The coal dealer then jokes to take the advice and not insure, saying nothing could make that coal burn.
Cheerfulness as a Sign of Sanity in Public Discourse
A concise reflection defines cheerfulness as a sign of sanity and warns that a lack of laughter and fun may lead to morose tendencies and imbalance, framing mental well being as linked to a lively temperament.
Stronger Than His Income Fiancee Pale Fragile Creature
A humorous exchange from the New York Herald contrasts a romantic duo with witty lines about resilience and fragility. Tom jokes that his fiancée might break him first, while the speaker notes she appears easily broken.
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Jack
Tom
New York Herald
When Main Goes Out Looking for Ladvice
A playful note states that when Main seeks guidance he never searches in vain, implying persistent effort and fortunate results.
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Ladvice
An Unintentional Joke About Sixpences and Law
An English writer recalls earning his first sixpence from a father’s unpremeditated joke after twenty seven years of a chancery suit. The tale shows the father’s misfortune misread as gain as he points to sixpences on the breakfast table and explains the modest outcome of the legal victory.
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Great Britain
Jack
The Blacksmith's Sleeves at the Department Store
An elderly woman observes a cherished painting of a village blacksmith at his forge as crowds admire the work. She notes the sleeves are rolled out, claiming real smiths roll sleeves to keep sparks from clothing, a detail the painter overlooked.
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Indianapolis News
California quake relief cooks race to feed hungry crowds
After the California earthquake the state set up 1000 relief stations in San Francisco and Oakland. Supplies came from nearby ranches and other states but most needed cooking. A rancher delivered 300 dozen eggs already cooked, offering a quick aid to feed the long line of homeless and waiting people.
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California
San Francisco
Oakland
Earthquake Pranks Across Mug Mountains and Coastal Subsidence
The account cites 1762 Chittagong a violent quake with open earth, water and sulphurous mud, sixty square miles of coast subsiding, a Mug mountain vanishing, another sinking to a summit, Ramree island rising similarly. In 1819 Cutch reports Ajndree fort and village submerged, a new elevated mound five miles away rising fifty by sixteen miles from a flat plain.
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Hindustan
Chittagong
Ramree
Cutch
Ajndree
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Butter Creek Telephone
Umatllln
Sanis
S. R. Oldaker
Old Friced
No. 6
Roy
Ore
Willie Hoskins
L. W. Keeler
J. McCourt
Pendleton
Phelps
Justice of the Peace Gillette
Hinkle Ditch Company
Henrietta Mills
AU Echo
Co. S. Mudge
Marshfield
Coos Bay
Corporation of Marshfield
Richard Jones
J. Z. Hoskins
Gus la Fontaine
Mr. Hoskins
G. N. Love
John F. Bentley
M. A. King
Éagt Umatilla
Epworth Leage
M. E. Church
LO. Co. PF. Hall
Mke
Schilling
Union Endeavor Christian Society
the Fair Dept. Store
Pendleton, Oregon
The
East Oregonian
Hawaii
Stowe Allen & Lewis
Portland
Mechanic Cals
Regorivan
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