Wall Street Loss Debate Shows No Real Wealth Drop
Baker City Democrat argues that stock promoter schemes created artificial value, not real wealth, noting 300 million dollars cited as loss belongs to promoters and public gains nothing. It blames no national wealth drop and cites steady wages, strong harvests, and continued money supply despite stock turmoil.
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Baker City
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Saya
Great West
Hot Springs and Cold Water Railway
Cyclone Aerial Navigation Company
Bing
TEA Not 1 in 1000 who buy Schilling's Best wants the money
A fragmented notice or ad fragment references Schilling's Best and a money-back offer. The text is garbled but implies a survey or guarantee about refunds if money is not wanted, mentioning Mike Schilling and a grocer.
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Schilling
Mike Schilling
Freight overload tests railroads and public trust
Railroads cannot handle the freight offered and the public mourns its loss. Promoter hosts and stockholders part with wealth as the market refuses to be led further. The public grows wary of the promoter and the scheme as it collapses.
Land Rush Ends at Lakeview With 200 Claimants
October 30 Lakeview Oregon reports 200 landseekers lined up to file on lands opened September 28 in Klamath county. Entrymen stayed in line for weeks to preserve places with two daily roll calls. The surge, the last Oregon will see, features marriages among entrants and potential clashes over timber, stone, homestead, and squatters' claims.
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Lakeview
Klamath County
Oregon
Used Watermelons Scare Passengers on Express Train
Police and railroad detectives seek the youths behind a midday watermelon attack near Stevens station Burlington New Jersey on an express bound for Philadelphia. From an embankment atop a cut the culprits hurled hulls and large melons front window splinters showering passengers and filling the car with fragments as the train sped.
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Burlington
N. J
Philadelphia
Stevens’ Station
Bush
Wealthy Yakima pear trees yield big dollars
A Yakima grower near Old Town reports 24 nine year old Winter Nellis pear trees on under a quarter acre produced 456 this year about 18 per tree. Over three years the 24 trees have paid 1062. One Yellow Newton apple tree yielded 18 boxes at 2.25 and five boxes of culls at 1, total 47.75.
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A. Chandler
Old Town
Nellis
Yakima Republic
Chandler
Olympia Time Checks upheld against Chehalis Furniture
In Olympia Washington October 30 the state appeals court affirmed Lewis County Superior Court ruling sustaining a demurrer to the information against Chehalis Furniture company for using time checks with employees. The Supreme Court held the checks payable in each case were valid and did not violate the statute, thereby sustaining the lower court.
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Olympia
Wash
State of Washington
Appellent
Chehalis Furniture Company
Superior Court
Lewis County
Semurrad
Supreme Court
Walla Walla Fair projects $7000 surplus to cover debt
The Walla Walla Fair association reports a remaining $7000 above expenses to be applied to outstanding indebtedness this year, outlining a plan to reduce the debt burden and balance the association’s books.
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Walla Walla Fair Association
Panic on Wall Street Through the Ages Panics Compared
A historical look traces plagues of market fear from 1849 to 1873 and 1901. It recalls Black Friday and Rinck Friday, noting how panics triggered widespread failures and forced closures, then contrasts past declines with last week's dip amid a cautious public.
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Rinck
Fisk-Gould
Lockwood & Co
Gold Exchange Bank
Jeelines
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Rock Taland
Erie
Huidleon River
Lake Shore
Milwaukee & St. Paul
New York Central
Ohio & Mischssippi
Western Union
Pacific Mall
Grub Stake Case Relives Alaska Mining Dispute
In San Francisco Judge De Hoven ruled H Cascaden gains a one third share in mining claims found for George F Dunbar Charles Scott and J Bennett in Alaska. Cascaden located three valuable claims on Cleary creek and turned them over to the backers who failed to record timely. The case centers on grub staking and claimed ownership after the backers later recorded under their own names.
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San Francisco
de Hoven
H. Cascaden
Alasky
Wurnbrar
Scott and
Bennett
Bears Disrupt Ranchers With Pie and Poultry Feasts
Obnoxious bears at Laerin area persist in dining on local ranchers pies geese and chickens. One rancher reportedly lost poultry in ongoing depredations as described by Enterprising News Record.
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Iver Alove Laerin
Tacoma arrest report on Tyna Malin and missing girl
Police in Tacoma arrest Tyna Malin amid charges of theft and a search for a four year old girl, with officials noting the suspect’s unclear relation and ongoing investigation into the incident.
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Tyna Malin
Tacoma
Sterling
The Man With the Wooden Hat
A young Scotsman visits a great engineer in Birmingham wearing a peculiar wooden hat that falls and draws astonished interest. The engineer, William Murdoch, hires him for responsible work after impressed by the idea. He is later sent to Cornwall to help light his master’s premises with gas.
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Birmingham
Boulton
William Murdock
Cornwall
St. James’ Garatte
Good Manners and Civilities Across Society
A friend defines good breeding as the result of good sense and nature, with self denial for others to gain their indulgence. The piece argues manners vary by person and place but are universally sane, serving as societal cement along with laws for morals and civility.
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Chesterfield
Made For Fat Men Arch Widening at Columbia Chapel
A curious tale from Columbia University describes a fat visitor wedging into a narrow gallery arch. To prevent future jams while preserving structure, builders widened the arch sacrificing symmetry, noting the arch could bear the alteration without strength loss on one side.
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Columbia
New York Globe
Horned Caribou: Female horns smaller but more branched
The article notes that less than ten percent of female caribou have horns, which are smaller than bull horns but more branched. Cows keep horns longer, observed in April, while old bulls shed from November into February, with younger bulls retaining horns longer.
Mountain of the Sacred Footprint at Adam’s Peak
The Island of Ceylon hosts Mount Sam rugged known as the Mountain of the Sacred Footprint. In a rocky basin a blue granite print shows a gigantic human foot five and a half feet long and two and a half feet wide. Brahmans link it to Adam, Buddhists insist only Buddha could have made it.
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Adam's Peak
Mount
Sam
Veylon
Orient
Buddha
Water Needles Penetrate Cast Iron Limits
Early hydraulic rack notes water pressure so strong that only special cast iron remains tight. Water issued so forcefully it pierced through metal, and a water needle could penetrate an unwary finger as readily as a steel one.
Women and men should not get credit, cash is cure
The London Opinion argues that neither gender should be extended credit and suggests cash as the solution. It contends that tradesmen may face a rough period of six to twelve months, and many women would have to lower themselves, but ultimately trade and money would benefit both sides and women would buy dresses at far less cost.
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France
London
Dooley on the Vice Presidency Disgrace
Mr Dooley muses that the vice presidency is the next after the highest office and the lowest, not a crime yet a disgrace, noting the strange nature of the office in a humorous critique from Dissertations by Mr. Dooley.
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Mr. Dooley
Judge Grants Final Request In Barber Death Verdict
A court sentence handed down for a barber condemns him to death. The defendant requests a last wish, and the judge indicates the court will consider it. The prosecutor and defense interact over the final statements as the case closes.
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Barber
Ghid
Mitnivh Jiwend
Fragmented Notice of Local Event
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a local event with unclear details and missing names or dates. Readable terms hint at a community notice or schedule but lack concrete action, place, or time.
Farmers in Nez Perce Idaho form grain price pool
Farmers at Nez Perce Idaho organize a cooperative pool to control grain prices. The move aims to stabilize income for corn and wheat producers amid fluctuating markets and regional harvests. Local farmers association names involved and sets initial targets.
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Nez Perce
Idaho
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