Historic Oregon dairy and farm ads near Portland
A fragmented real estate notice lists a dairy farm eight miles east of Portland with 259 acres or cords, a 10 room house, barn, creamery, and spring water. price $18,000 with cash options. Also advertised is the Tite Rw 9-City Real Estate for Sale at $9,000 with 15 acres, buildings, water, and cream route.
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Beattie
Liberty Honda
Cumisn Company Lakes
Akon
Wash
ARMY
Portland
Cash & Morrow
Phoenix Iron Worka
Wanted sales agents and dealers for motor and fuel products
Classified notice ad offers multiple opportunities for sales agents and distributors in various states. Positions include door to door and store sales for fuel conservation items, novelty aerial balloons, automobile fuel products, and related services. Provides addresses and contact names, plus commission offers and sample pricing.
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Himples Manufacturing
Beattie
Kample Te. H. Marul & Co
Broadway
New York
A. Haliwey
F. Louleville
Ervick Fieg
Newton
Iowa
Telephone Operatives Wanted for Training School
Wanted young ladies for telephone operating no previous experience necessary 900 dollars per week paid while learning rapid advancement in salary permanent positions extra pay for holidays and weekends call at telephone company operating school 1115 Fourth Ave between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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Apli
Ford
Eller
Okla
Sella
McFarland
Neb
Wiade
Kleen Instrument Co
Valentine Nidg
Toledo
Women and Girls Wanted for Seattle Factory Work
Wanted women and girls for light factory labor in Seattle’s modern plant. Good wages and steady work offered. Apply at the Employment Department, American Can Co., foot Cedar St.
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Seattle
American Can Co
Foot Cedar St
Escape from rent a plea for home ownership
A militant urge against renting urges readers to break free from tenancy. It urges saving for a down payment and buying a home, promising that Neal Metate’s Star columns will guide the way and that rent money could fund a home.
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Neal Metate
Star
Local Ads Offer Loans, Jewelry Purchases and Services
Numerous small classified items advertise used furniture purchases high prices for gold silver and old jewelry watches and teeth. Also listings include stenographer services and a piano lesson offer at the Hippodrome area with contact numbers and addresses.
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Vielet Ray
Toinee Dalton
Biter Hide Elliott
JFR
Atenzie Mfg
P. O
San Francisco
Hippodrome
Fifth and
University Elliott
Mesrif Kington
Public Markets Item List with Everyday Provisions
Public market listings show assorted goods and prices including furniture polish Minute tapioca 120 pk Colman’s mustard 49c and milk butter bread cinnamon rolls and toilet paper. The note lists quantities and prices in a casual inventory style typical of market notices.
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Colman’s
YANKS ARE THERE CASUALTY LISTS SHOWING Yankee losses
Washington reports Gen. Pershing casualty files show 174 Americans dead wounded or missing. Of these 174, 122 are identified as New England Yankees reflecting regional losses among service members in the latest two days of reporting.
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Washington
Congress to Speed Monster Army Cost Bill in relief package
United States congress moves to fast track a $15 billion army expansion bill for World War I era efforts. Ordnance and aviation demands top the list with billions requested for stores equipment armor machines and aircraft. The House Military Affairs Committee aims to finish the measure next week with General March to brief on ordnance costs.
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Wilson
House Military Affairs Committee
March
Baker Aak
War Department
Congress
Rent Hike Prompts Injustice Complaint by Seattle Workers
C Larnon of Beattie Construction committee reports rent gouging by landlords. George Smith, 1324 Sander Place, an elderly Seattle Drydock worker, faces rent jumps from $10 to $12.50 then $17.50 in two months, while caring for a gravely ill daughter and walking to work to save money.
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C. Larnon
Beattie Construction & Drydock Co
George Smith
Sander Place
Seattle Construction & Drydock Co
J. T. Sardeman
Larson
Smith
the Star
Siberian Problem Still Unsettled Says Japanese Ambassador
Ambassador Zahil told United Press that the Siberian issue remains unsettled but that Japan will act only with Allied approval. He claimed confidence from Tokyo and Washington and said he will consult with officials on the Eastern situation to form a definite policy.
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Washington
Sahti
United Press Today
Ishil
Washington Administration
Zahil
Japan
Evidence on 18 I W W in hands of Reames
Assistant United States Attorney Clarence L. Reames said Saturday that sufficient proof to warrant federal action against 18 of the men seized in the I W W raid Thursday night had been obtained. All of the men will be accused of evading the selective draft law.
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United States
Clarence L. Reames
City to Pick Power Site This Weekend
City officials discuss four potential power sites for a new plant funded by a 5 million bond issue. Skagit and Stillaguamish sites dominate discussion as council delays final decision after executive session. Bid timing tied to site choice, with bids postponed until a definite site is selected.
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Hanson
Skagit
Board of Public Works
Ross
Capital Issues Committee
Washington
Hugh M. Caldwell
Cedar River
Caldwell
Fitzgerald
Fingpee
Jansen Admits Saying Wilson Should Be Shot
Otto Jansen, manager of the Jansen Iron Works, pleaded guilty to espionage act violations. He admitted advocating that President Wilson be shot for declaring war, expressing sympathies with Germany, and saying he would not fight for the United States. He hoped every Yankee going to France to aid the Allies would be shot.
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Oakland
Cal
Otto Jansen
Jansen Iron Works
Iie
Wilson
Germany
United States
France
Twelfth Federal Reserve District Nears Third Liberty Loan Goal
The Twelfth district, covering seven states, is well past its $210 million minimum quota and expected to go over the top in the Third Liberty Loan drive. More than 1,200 honor flags have been awarded.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve District
Commandeering of steel on for war work pushes nonwar use
Washington May 4. Com mandeering of steel for war work is now going on. Until the war program, weeks behind in steel production catches up, nonwar work must wait for its steel.
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Washington
Spokane raids uncover six suspects at union park
Spokane May 4 Acting on a days old police tip new secret headquarters were raided at Union Park Four men and two women were taken into custody The item notes a desert wells fact in Western Australia but has no clear connection to the raid.
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Spokane
Western Australia
Native Doctor to Go to Palestine On Relief Mission
Dr Fuad Shatara a prominent New Jersey surgeon will lead a relief party of doctors and nurses to Palestine to relieve distress under Turkish rule. The group is scheduled to depart soon as the first native Palestinian called to return to the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
Fuad Shatara
New Jersey
Keep Flour In A Cool Place During War Time
The food administration urges households to store flour and meal in cool dry covered containers and to buy in small quantities. Sterilize flour by slow even oven heating and conserve breadstuffs amid wartime shortages. No wheat is for nonhuman use except sweepings and badly damaged flour may be sold. Manufacturers may obtain limited wheat for government material tests.
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Food Administration
Charles Hebberd
State Food Administration
Chief on Stand as Gun Expert in Graham Murder Trial
The state called Chief of Police Joel Warren as a gun expert in the trial of L. Graham for the murder of Wm. Appelstein. The gun found at Graham’s home near Auburn and shell hammer prints tied the weapon to the crime scene at the Auburn train yard. The testimony, part of a second trial, suggests the case may close Monday afternoon.
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8. L. Graham
Wm. Appelstein
Joel Warren
Graham
Auburn
Warren
Appelstein
Canada Calls 19 Year Olds to Enroll for Service
Ottawa May 4 The Canadian government called up men of 19 years for military duty. They must register at their nearest post office as with the men of class one.
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Canada
Ottawa
War aims discussed at women's clubs convention
Hot Springs Ark May 4 A general discussion of American war aims opened the session of the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention today.
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Hot Springs
Ark
America
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Jewelry Workers Dance Tuesday At Christenson Hall
The International Jewelers' Local 39 hosts an entertainment and dance Tuesday evening at Christenson's hall located at Broadway and Madison Street. The event begins at 7 50 p m and invites members and guests to enjoy music and socializing.
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The
International Jewelry Workers’ Local 39
Christenson’s Hall
Broadway
Madison St
Blue Sky Law Urged to Curb Fake Oil Stock Schemes
Prosecuting Attorney Alfred Lundin warns wildcat oil stock schemes exploit legal loopholes and cites Washington lacking a Blue Sky law. He urges legislative adoption to require state inspection before company formation or stock issuance, noting Seattle wildcat activity discussed by U. S. District Attorney Saunders.
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Alfred Lundin
Lundin
Chester
Wallingford
Washington
Wildcat
Seattle
U. S
Saunders
Wildcat Promoters Questioned in Legal Probe
The Assistant Attorney General calls wildcatting reprehensible and outlines blue sky laws. He warns stock promoters to avoid misrepresentation and says many schemes rely on easy incorporation and lax state tests. He notes investigations target misrepresentation under state law.
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German Losses in West Front Battle Double British Casualties
Washington dispatches report British casualties in the West front battle at 250000 killed wounded and missing. German losses are estimated to be at least twice that figure, with the heaviest toll on Hindenburg's forces near Ypres before the pause in fighting.
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Washington
Hindenburg
Ypres
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