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Newspaper
Vancouver Register
Location
Vancouver, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1868
Page
2
The Bancoubert Register faces new ownership and plans to publish for the county and city. Editors urge readers to subscribe, discuss district show taxes, and advocate public schools and more responsible governance, urging election of wiser lawmakers to boost education and development.
A 1660 fire spurred citizens to organize a Fire Department. Private subscriptions topped $1,000, the Common Council funded $1,000, and leaders sent William II. Troup to San Francisco for No. 1 gear. The drive included a ball, aid from Portland, and Col. I. C. Hodges who delivered an engine. Vigilance Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 formed, the city built cisterns, and the Council supported debt relief. The piece urges borrowing to build two cisterns, with certificates of indebtedness to be repaid within a year. It then shifts to farming, urging farmers to attend fairs, seize mineral ores, and promote agriculture as a noble, profitable path for young men.
A discussion argues that clanishness breeds vice and selfishness while unity across classes promotes humane action. It lauds varied unions for public welfare, condemns sectarian and vicious cliques, and urges California youth to practice frugality and civic virtue to strengthen character and communities.
The editorial appeals to Clarke county readers to renew or pay arrears, offering produce in trade and promising more agricultural coverage to keep the paper afloat amid sparse subscriptions. It laments half the business community’s lack of advertising and urges communal support to avoid the paper’s collapse.
The advertisement claims chills fevers and malaria stem from one cause and inflamed bile. It promotes Bristol's Sarcaparilia and Pile as the surest and safest liver and stomach correctors and invigorrators and asserts they are a certain cure for malarial diseases.
The document argues the Northern Pacific line holds more favorable construction facilities than the Central route. It cites fourteen navigable points from Lake Superior to Puget Sound enabling supply access by water, and claims the Northern path could be built seven times faster. It highlights abundant timber coal and water, and Montana’s vast agricultural potential as advantages for the Northern route.
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