Umatilla Plan Seeks State Aid to Guarantee Six Months School
Salem reports the Umatilla county plan to secure relief for school funding. The state teachers association endorses using the irreducible state school fund and unappropriated water powers plus inheritance tax to ensure six months of schooling per district. Proposals include temporary yearly relief, permanent funding via water powers, and a fund apportionment shift based on teachers and attendance. The plan targets Josephine Lane Marion and Wheeler counties for testing.
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Firs
Salem
Umatilla
Stitt Teachers’ Association
Alan
Echo
Ache
Jimephine
Lane, Marlon
Wirelin
Recall motion eyed for Portland city council members
Portland Sept 16 Four members of the Portland city council are eligible for recall petitions aimed at the removal of Ray.
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Cnvince True Wilson
Wilaya
Portland
The
Methodist Church
Salem
Dee Wilson
Emall
Wilson
Coffee for those who won't pay for good coffee
A brief ad style note claims Schilling's Best offers cheap coffee for those who refuse to pay for quality and promises money back if the product is not taken.
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Schilling
Dozes Sick With Jokes Bedsides Entertainer
New York reports a vaudeville artist George Sitwell advertising bedside entertainment for the sick. He offers comic songs recitations and mind pictures to “cheer them up” for six dollars per hour, claiming to ease insomnia and low mood without artificial aids.
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New York
George Sitwell
Dolar Ourloue
Yaudeville
London
Sillwell
George Silwell
San Francisco Sunday road builders fix Horner addition
Cleanliness first. Horner addition residents on Sunday sprang into action to build a road. Every man woman and child joined with pick and shovel to finish the street by night. They refuse to hire labor by contract, planning more Sundays road work to come.
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San Francisco
Horner
Wanted Janitor Work for Pendleton College Scholarship
Job listing seeks a student to perform janitor duties at Pendleton Business College in exchange for a scholarship in bookkeeping or stenography. Apply at the college for details and eligibility.
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Pendleton Business College
Willamette Football Coach Position in Doubt
Salem Sept 15 Its doubtful from the present outlook if Willamette University will have a football coach for the coming season. Work to secure a competent coach is at a standstill while the board of trustees reviews proposals. Athletic manager Glen Unrult has curtailed authority, leaving decisions to President Homan who is away at a conference in Wisconsin.
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Salem
Wilhiamette University
Glen Unrult
Athletic Coundel
Homan
Wenmitenec
Brill Devens Honored by Grand Exalted Ruler
Baker City notes W. Levins district attorney and prominent Elk receives appointment as district deputy for Obregon. Letter from R L Holland confirms the trust and requests a wire reply on acceptance of the commission.
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Brill Devens
Baker City
W. &. Levens
Oregon
Obregon
William S&s Levis
Levene
Rere
R. L. Holland
Will Sow on Snow Forest Reforestation Plan
Spokane telegraph dispatch reports Coeur d Alene forest rangers have orders to broadcast seeds of tamarack and pine on snow in areas lacking trees. The method aims to reforest hundreds of thousands of acres in northern Idaho reserves and could yield timber in 30 to 40 years, boosting state wealth and sustaining the lumber industry.
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Spokane
Wash
Coeur d'Alere
Idaho
Washington
Tdsho
World’s largest clock rises on Jersey shore opposite New York
The massive timepiece on the Jersey coast features a dial 08 feet across and a minute hand 28 feet long, weighing 700 pounds with counterweights. Its tip travels 23 inches per minute, about half a mile daily, and the hands and numerals will be outlined in bright colors so distant viewers can tell the time.
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Jersey Shore
New York
Join the Fraternal Brotherhood In surance Ad
An insurance appeal urges readers to insure life against death with urgency. It frames life insurance as a duty and compares it to insuring a home against fire.
Crows Corn Silage On Summer Fallow Land
Walla Walla Sept 1 A farmer W P Reser built a silo on his farm south of town to ensile corn from 160 acres. The silo capacity is 160 tons and uses corn grown on land set as summer fallow to provide stock food for cattle hogs and other herd stock through winter.
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Walla Watli
W. PL Reser
Vliy
Makiizehaluige
Mr Reser
Reser
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Kidney Healing
Health claim touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases. It asserts to strengthen organs and prevent Bright's disease or diabetes, recommended for purchase at Pendleton Drug Co.
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Foley
Bright
Pendleton Drug Co
Notice to debtors of Alta House following fire
Debtors who acknowledge owing money to Alta House or Alta Howse Peed Barna are asked to settle accounts. Requests should call LL Gondwin at 70a Bart Webbatrvet Coutta or Huys, room 12, John Schmidt building, or contact Mr Bittner who was last seen heavily affected by the September 2 fire.
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Alta House
Alta Howse
Barna
Hh. Ll. Gondwin
Bart Webbatrvet
Coutta
Huys
John Schmidt
Mr. Bittner
Deception at Sea: Husband Bluffs About Self-Improvement
A man jeers at his wife calling her “better half” while exposing his own inability to develop himself for the shipboard life. The remark underscores a bluff in a wary, tense discourse aboard.
Special meeting to settle issues in Electrical Workers
In St Louis a special meeting of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was held to address disputes between national officers. Hopes were expressed that the difficulties would be resolved.
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St. Louis
International Brotherhood of Eleetring Workers
Ree's Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisement Claim
Ree s Laxative Cough Syrup promises quick relief for coughs colds hoarseness whooping cough and bronchial throat trouble. Mothers especially recommend it for children. Pleasant to take and gently laxative. A C Koeppen & Bros.
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Ree
A. C. Koeppen & Rros
Haet Mandiy Workingmen Clutch at Each Other
A fragmentary line suggests a tense period as workers brace for conflict within two months, with leanings toward collective action and potential clashes over positions and influence.
President Diaz Heads 78th Birthday Observance in Mexico
Mexico honors veteran statesman Porfirio Diaz on his 78th birthday amid nationwide celebrations. The aging president, praised for vigor and leadership, has steered the nation through recent tensions and upheavals while hinting at retirement at the end of his term. The article notes Mexico’s relative peace and progress under his long tenure.
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City of Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mexican Republic
Foray
Republic
Catarrh Cure Claim and Reward Advertisement
A vintage advertisement promises a $100 reward for Catarrh Cure claims and extolls Patent Medicine Brand claims. The notice asserts a standard cure for catarrh and touts internal consumption as the cure, with contact details and a Toledo address. It also includes a separate line promoting Halle Family Pills for constipation.
Connecticut State Fair Opens Under Agricultural Society
Berlin and Cann report the Connecticut Agricultural Society opened a state fair of considerable magnitude today marking the first such exposition since 1896 when Meridian hosted a similar event.
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Berlin
Cann
Connexticut Agricultural Society
Teliay
Alince
Meridian
ManZan Pile Remedy Promises Fast Relief
An ad states ManZan Pile Remedy will bring relief with the first application. The offer is guaranteed, with price listed as 0¢ at Koeppen & Bros.
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ManZan Pile Remedy
Koeppen & Bros
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de Wilson
Necall
Portland Council
Willamette
Diaz
Mexico
Dina
Ding
Gener Diez
Conitiry
Fiatl
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Halle
Connecticut
Pendleton
J. Glenn Miller
Northern Pacific Railway
W. Adams
A. D. Charlton
Pass
Portland, Oregon
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