The Wiser Signal Sees Gold Yield and Shifting Work
A broad reading notes twenty million in gold produced across the Northwest and allied regions with a per capita amount of about 25 cents for U S citizens. The piece links a booming gold output to broader business growth and hints at shifting labor and political implications. It also mentions San Francisco undertakers eyeing prosperity from recent elections and references the Philippines as a long war still ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Northwest Territory
British Columbia
Alaska
United States
Salt Lake Tribune
San Francisco
Philippines
Golden Gate
Bunker Mul
Pulpit Backing McKinley Leads to Sermon Verdict
Win BE Curtis of the Chicago Record recounts Rev Brother Lee of Vermont Avenue Baptist Church delivering an election sermon in Washington. He denounces Bryan and declares any church member who votes for him will not return to the pulpit, branding Bryan as wanting in honesty and judgment.
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Win BE
Curtis
Chicago Record
Washington, D. C
Brother Lee
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
Hite
Maryland
McKinley
Bryan
Lee
Ryan
Idaho Advancing to the World: A Call to Work and Prosperity
A public exhortation urges Americans to embrace state progress, urging Idaho and Washington County to showcase resources and resilience. It champions industrious effort, unity, and the pursuit of common interests amid hardship, announcing a push to develop Idaho and spread its wonders to a global audience despite past policy failings.
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United States
Republic
Idaho
Washington County
Vague political plea urges restraint on hiring and taxes
Fragmented remarks warn against swelling federal payrolls and rising property taxes, urging citizens to scrutinize national policies and demand accountability before the next presidential term. The speaker calls for limited government expansion in Idaho and hints at longer-term fiscal restraint.
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Bens
Tatlin
Tle
Idaho
County urged to favor home suppliers for regional development
The leader notes that development profits must stay with local people who labor at railways and other enterprises. It cites shortfalls in home grown vegetables and farm products for railroad camps, urging Washington county producers to supply cabbage, turnips, carrots, onions and more, to boost local commerce and wages. A Boston owner runs a 18000 acre Cuban plantation with 500 workers, a sugar factory, forts, and a river trade, highlighted as a contrasting large scale operation.
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Washington County
PL & M N
K.P. Atkins
Boston
Cuba
Bergus
Tiree
Spokesman Review
Wanted Work to Feed or Herd Sheep This Winter
Help wanted by Geo. W. Wiseman seeking winter and next summer work tending sheep. Inquiries at Blue Front Grocery or drop card in Willcox at Weiser.
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Blue Front Grovery
Willce
Weiser
Geo. W. Wiseman
Fragmented Mythic Tale Of A Troubled Family Life
An OCR fragment describes a troubled marriage and family decay with references to a wife and partner, growing into an unstable household. The voice hints at tension, loss, and a bleak domestic arc centered on a father figure and a deteriorating relationship.
Thoroughfare gap siege scene from Civil War battle
A vivid Civil War account describes Lee guarding Thoroughfare Gap with a skeleton regiment of 600 Confederates blocking a rock wall at a narrow mountain pass. Federal assaults fail repeatedly under grape, canister, and artillery fire as blue troops press for a breakthrough amid heavy casualties and a long, tense siege.
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Akeleton
Lee
Potomac
Dorp
Devis
The Last Stand at Thoroughfare Gap Ends With Lee’s Retreat
A Civil War clash near Thoroughfare Gap features a Confederate brigadier leading a doomed assault against three stone walls. After hours of heavy losses and a final, lone charge, Union forces finally breach the gap, forcing Lee’s army toward Pennsylvania as dawn reveals an undefended wall and the retreat begins.
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Lee
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Potomac
Gap
Thoroughfare Gap
Leo
Hell
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Ator
B. Lewis
Seside
Leggin
M. E. Sommercamp. & CO
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New
China
Cordelle
Weiser, Idaho
OPP & Davis
Ishmr
Harris & Dean
W. P. Barris
Dlery Trade
Council
Davis Drug Co
E. T
E. J. Davis
SM. Atchison & Go., CO
Catholic Church
Ingram Press
Hune
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