Portage Railway Facts and the Central Navigation Case
In a Times leader the Portage railway project is defended against critics calling the Central Navigation and Construction Company bluffers. The piece details vast earthworks at Big Eddy, a long rock cut, a major fill, a tall timber trestle, and heavy labor costs. It notes contracts totaling 786000 and branch line plans valued at 950000 while promising freight rates below current levels and early regional impact by mid summer.
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Portage Railway
Times
Portage Railway Company
Central Navigation & Construction Company
Big Eddy
Dalles
Parsons
Columbus
Pacific Northwest
End of Charivari Custom Follows Tragic Watonga Incident
An anti charivari piece notes a brutal shooting during a rural serenade near Watonga Oklahoma where bride Mrs Nay Higgins died and groom was wounded. The account recalls charivari origins in France and Germany and traces its medieval suppression attempts while urging abolition.
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United States
Watonga
O. T
Nay Higgins
France
Germany
England
Council
Old World shivaree custom faces crackdown in America
The article traces shivaree origins to French and Dutch settlers in North America and describes the raucous charivari ritual with tin pans horns and blank gunfire. It warns of violence and calls for communities to stamp out the practice as a remnant of semi barbarous times.
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Louisiana
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
America
United States
Oklahoma
N. Y
Pure blood and digestion claim beauty and health
A collage of doctor ads and product pitches citing Clover root Tea for digestion and liver health, Rockefeller funding to Chicago University, One Minute Cough Cure for pneumonia, and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin issues.
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Karl
C. Wells & CO
Leroy
N.Y
L. O. Janeck
Standard Oil Co
Rockefeller
Chicago University
DeWitt
Janeck
Five Doctors Fail to Help Mrs Sales Before Foley Cure
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Iowa says years of kidney trouble vanished after three bottles of Foley s Kidney Cure. North Yakima Drug Store A D Sloan proprietor reports the cure. Also notes Helena Montana votes for municipal water works and electric plant January 11. Wallace Idaho pondering spring election issue. Mentions Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonial from George Barbe Mendota Va and Janeck s Drug Store.
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Frances L. Sales
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Helena
Mont
Wallace
Idaho State Tribune
George Barbe
Mendota
Janeck
Municipal abattoir planned for Rochdale
A municipal abattoir is to be built in Rochdale, England, costing 40 000 dollars. It will replace 37 private and unsanitary slaughter houses as the picnic season approaches.
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Rochdale
England
MANAGER POSITION AD OFFERS $65 MONTHLY
One person sought to travel for a large house. Salary starts at $65 monthly with expenses and future increase. Permanent position. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Apply to MANAGER 830 Caxton Building Chicago 161.
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Caxton
Chicago
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North Yakim
Price Co
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Fincus
Ferry
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit, Mich
Bos
Tee
Cotoxrd
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
Oregon
Europe
A. B. Cline
E. E. Ellis
First Avenue
Seattle
Wash
H. Hurlburt
Portland, Ore
Portage Railway Facts
Yakima
Wm. Orr
Newark
Steed
Xtra
Ent
Reis Bros. Fine Pipes
Frank Nagler
Yakima Ave
Frout
City of North Yakima
Central Washington Nursery
Northwest
Charles S. Simpson
Fair Grounds
Bpokane
Helena Butte
Minneapolis ST. Paul
Points
Tacoma
Portland
Alaska
G. A. Graham
Agt
A. D. Chariton
A.G.P.A
North
OAK
Atlantic Mail
Pacific Mail
Pullman
G. T. Aumiller
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
Superior Court of the
State of Washington
County of Yakima
J. E. Shannon
F. Sinclair
Thomas Harvey
Sinclair & Harvey
Arthur Coffin
Lester Coffin
Stanley Coffin
Arthur Coffin & Bros
B F. Briggs
Roland H. Denny
J. R Andrews
Philip H. Lewis
E. J. Bowen
Walter J. Reed
Citizens National Bank of Tacoma
William Athe
E. P. Sanford
W. L. Steinweg
Said Sanford
W. F. Morrison
Yakima County
A. D
J. E
Lam
Washington
Court House
H. L. Tucker
J. W. Sindall
Snyder & Preble
Werner Company
Akron
Ohio
County of
First National Bank of
Daniel R. Fish
A. D. Eglin
New York Security and Trust Company
J. A. Bruce
O. L. Gardner
Ida Glazier
Ida Weikel
Eva Ferrell
Eva Weikel
Ada Weikel
Roy Weikel
J. H. Hubbard
Jesse W. Fish
D. R. Fish
George Weikel
Superior Court
R. Fish
State of
Willamette Meridian
East Willamette
Hll
Tucker
Graves & Englehart
Plaintiff
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