Helena von Rita's perilous eastbound trek from Oregon
The narrator recounts a perilous 1845 journey seeking to overtake Helena von Rita claimed to travel east from Oregon. He details delays, a slow march across the South Pass, a winter at Fort Laramie, and Meek's sprint ahead with a small party and new horses, racing toward Washington while polities and annexation headlines mingle with personal peril.
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Oregon
Helena von Rita
Fort Hall
Fort Bridger
Helena von Rits
Meek
Polk
Bridger
South Pass
Joe Meek
Texas
Senate
House
Tyler
Calhoun
Congress
Northwestern Mutual Fire Association shows strong Seattle report
The Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle reports an annual record with over 750000 saved versus other rates, 1275 losses totaling above 000 paid in three days on average, and cash resources one third higher than the ten largest US stock companies. It notes non assessable policies and cash dividends averaging around 40 percent, with 18 percent of premium income added to cash surplus or profits.
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Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of
Seattle
United States
New York City
New York
Northwestern Mutugh Fire Association
Herpes flareups tied to winter and skin cure claim
An old advertisement touts Poslam as a quick remedy for herpes and eczema noting winter recurrences at the same spot. It claims rapid relief after first application and offers 50 cent trial packs and $2 jars through Quaker Drug Co and other druggists with samples by mail from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Quaker Drug Co
Weat Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Gold supply rise may push prices up 50 percent
New York, Feb. 4 Byron W Holt an American expert on gold says high prices stem from increasing gold output He predicts commodities will rise by about 50 percent in years as gold production climbs to 450 million dollars annually He notes wages lag price gains as gold supply expands comparing price movement to an elevator and wages to a stairway.
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Hy United Trea
New York
Byron W. Holt
Facta
Enya
Famed Hermit English Jack Nearing End in White Mountains
United Press reports English Jack, the hermit of the White Mountains near Portland, is very ill and his mind failing. Once a British merchant marine captain in the Crimean War, he was a longtime friend of Josh Billings and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and hosted Beecher during Beecher's White Hills visits at his home known as The house that Jack built.
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United Press
Portland
English Jack
The
White Mountains
Joah Billings
Henry Ward Beecher
White Hilla
Hagiiwh
Jack
Jack Butt
Captain Keay Dies at Sea and Dreamland Dance Night
The report notes Captain Keay, once driven into hermitage by the death of a fiancée, died of heart failure aboard the steamer Joan near Vancouver. It also mentions Captain G. D. mantor of the reanal collapsing on the same voyage. A dreamland dance tonight offers free admission.
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G. D. Mantor
Diapepain Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Trouble
An advertisement extols Diapepain as a safe remedy for indigestion heartburn gas and stomach headaches. It claims digestion improves in five minutes and offers relief from sour stomach foul breath and associated symptoms. The copy urges readers to ask their pharmacist for the formula and to try Diapepain for universal family use.
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Emerson Hough
Mississippi
the Bobbba-Merrill Ca
Richard Whately
Old Fort Laramie
Laramie
Missouri
Great Plains
Society of Indiana
Washington
Fort Leavenworth
Pacific Coast
Kohler & Chase
Courmore
England
White Hill
Captain Keay
Vancouver, B. G
Nanaimo
Joan
Dreamland
the Public Market
Pike Place
Atten
Burson
White Box
Ecu
Europe
Ising
Ae Bece
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