Oregon Notes of General Interest Sparks and Setbacks
A dense summary of Oregon developments reports Aineye sightings in Portland the Albany death of Killian age sixty with forty years in Albany the Formere On Carlton plant plans and a murder case in Corvallis. Northwest Railway changes at Mansfield and Watth Corvallis notes. Oregon penitentiary restoration set for December. prison pardons and local farm progress in Marion and Clatsop counties. War impact items include Arbor Day law changes, highway and river projects, and flood of accident reports. automotive road proposals through Grand Ronde and spruce region development. Oregon State Federation convention in Astoria. Police and postal notes cover a Portland pilot(pub) and mail carrier wage claims. Transportation Bureau and shipbuilding mentions. extensive county-level public works and education updates across Oregon.
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Carlton
H. Wend
Manfield
Small
Turner Merbert Munn
Wiehway Fir Hiner
Hagiocete
Portland
Oregon
Myette
Lund
Enrner
Marion County
Eransony
Oregon Hormal School Department
Maral Education
Newell
Reahers
Laver
Astoria
Harry Welker
St Vincent's Hospital
Roy Hunville
Newbore
City
Chamberlain
Bowttle
Anne
Lumen Milin
Edie
Antorin Haya
Ttin
Agente
George J. Mulin
Western Front
J. Mt. Shelley
Camcade Range
Tillamook County
State Highway Commission
Grand Ronde Indian Reservation
State Industrial Accident Commission
Jack Astonias
A. 1
Bresdon
Ankit Yocum
Sheridan
Trree
Forest Grove
Methodist
Christian
Congregational
Portland executives plan militia and union drive in Oregon
An executive outlined steps to mobilize a new Oregon militia like force and distribute funds for organization across Portland. The plan includes forming a party tied to labor groups and a commission chaired by CK Spence and Hector Macpherson to study affiliation with the National Partisan League. A food price policy aims at boosting pork output with a 2 cent minimum price under federal guidance.
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Portland
Oregon Muilitia Party
Inai
Partionn
Etweed
Tote Federation
The
Grange
Farmers’ Vnion
Lewere
North Dakota
Jean van Felt
CK Spence
Te Grange
Hector Macpherson
Oregon Agricultural College
EJ. Black
Atate Federation of Labor
J. A. Smith
Farmers’ Union
L. McKenna
Porthind
Federal Food Commissioner
California
Food Administration
Chicago
Hog prices on Pacific coast fixed by packers
San Francisco reports a voluntary agreement among over 20 packers across California Oregon and Washington with the U S Food Administration setting a minimum hog price for the Pacific coast states. The move aims to stabilize markets and ensure steady supplies amid wartime demand.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
United Stats Food Administration
Roosevelt in Senate Sparks Partisan Clash Over War Conduct
Senator Stone accuses Republicans of politicizing war policy and brands Theodore Roosevelt as the most seditious man of consequence in America. The two hour session sees interruptions as Republicans defend criticism of government actions. Roosevelt arrives in Washington amid fanfare to confront political fray. In London, British forces sink Turkish cruiser Midulla and beach the Sultan Selim near the Dardanelles.
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Stone
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Penro
Lodge
New
Bowls
Kirby
Roosevelt
Washington
Capital
Donnybrook Benator Stone
Senate
Cnlonel
London
Dardanelles
Midulla
Breslay
Sultan Yanus Selim
Goeben
Austria Hopes to End War Amid General Strikes
Zurich reports widespread protests as Austria Hungary pleads for peace. Scattered scenes of unrest unfold nationwide with hidden sentiments and uncertain loyalties shaping public mood during a tense period. Some quoted voices hint at private family tensions and personal opinions amid broader upheaval.
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Austria
Zurich
Hungary
Brief War News From The Front And Home Front
Submarine crews clash near Kiel on January seven and Brest-Litovsk talks suspended. Trotsky returns to Petrograd as German political scene shifts. Austria faces cabinet resignation amid war weariness and push near the Piave. Italian defense holds. Two ships sunk in the Mediterranean: 718 lives lost. Eighteen thousand temporary lieutenants to be promoted to first lieutenants in the national army.
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Great
Ielislo
David Lioyd George
Kiel
Itinaich
Geneva
Brest-Linveh
Piave
Venier
Adriatic
Rowan
Austria
Fond
Prare
Punmary
London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
McNamara
Washington
Regular Army
National Army
War Department
Markets in Portland and Seattle Prices and Poultry Notes
Portland markets list oats barley corn hay and dairy and produce prices per ton or dozen. Potatoes priced per hundred with a 14 dollar per 125 unit note. Poultry and geese ducks and turkeys include bare price figures and weights. Seattle shows butter per dozen and potatoes per ton with dressed poultry and broilers priced.
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Portland
Seattle
Strikes Sweep Austria as War Weariness Grows
London reports a mass strike across the dual empire including Galicia with over a million workers. News is censored, and German papers are barred from detailing Austria's crisis. The unrest blends war weariness, hunger, and anti German sentiment, with demonstrations spreading through Germany.
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London
Galicia
Austria
Hungary
Dual Monarchy
Bolsheviks Dissolve Russian Assembly in Petrograd
Petrograd reports the dissolution of Russia's constituent assembly by the executive committee of the congress of workmen's and soldiers' delegates early Sunday. The move follows Bolshevik defeats as they failed to seize control amid Lenin’s decree. Meanwhile A.L. Shingaroff and Professor F.F. Kokoshkine were murdered in their beds at the Marine Hospital.
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Petrograd
Russia
Constituent Assembly
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Congress
Lenine
A. L Shingaroff
Kerensky
F. F. Kokoshkine
Marine Hospital
Heatless Monday closes eastern retail stores
The eastern United States observes the first of ten heatless Mondays to conserve coal and ease rail congestion. Government order bans heating fuel in all retail establishments except food and drug stores, with food stores allowed limited daytime hours under a special dispensation.
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Washington
United States
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Oater
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Supreme Court of the Plate
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France
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