| home Historical Newspapers chronological with keywords Roseburg Plaindealer Roseburg, OR. JAN 5 - JUNE 28, 1894 RP | 1870-83 1890-93 | 1894-pt2, pt3 1895 to newspaper menu JANUARY Jan 5, 1894 Fullerton Rpa 33 January [illegible; should be Jan 5], 1894 Judge Fullerton is holding court this week in Lincoln county. politic Rpa 33 January [illegible; should be Jan 5], 1894 [lists] Gov Pennoyer. airship locale Rpa 33 January [illegible; should be Jan 5], 1894 Jackson county has an inventor of an air ship that will soon become famous. That man is A. C. Speer of Woodville, who will soon have his air ship ready for exhibition at the midwinter fair. The cigar-shaped spheroid, 65 feet long and 18 in diameter is made of aluminum, and the car underneath is made of bamboo rods. In one compartment is the battery and the machinery which directs the moving of the propellors; in the other room for passengers to the weight of 1000 pounds more. In the compartment in which passengers are to travel he proposes to store a number of weights equal to 1000 pounds in all. When passengers enter the car certain weights will be placed on terra firma and the ship will then be thrown out ballast to ascend above obstacles such as trees and hills, [as I typed it] for a deflection of the shaft of one of the. propellors will cause the ship to rise. And so in descending it will not be necessary to allow gas to escape, the upward bend of the propellor doing the work. Stations will be arranged at different points at which the airship [in print, now one word] will stop and at these places weights will be kept. As passengers leave the car these will be placed on board, so that at all times a perfect equipoise will be maintained. The inventor claims that the aluminum vessel is perfectly air tight and that it is impossible for any gas to escape. The motors are of a design upon which Mr. Speer has bestowed great care. One is placed at each end of the air ship, and they resemble as much as anything the fans which are placed in the walls of buildings, and , operated by electricity, force air currents through the edifice. These propellors work upon moveable shafts, that is they can be turned so as to force the vessel up, down, to the right or to the left, ahead or astern. The motive power is electricity carried in storage batteries. It can be propelled in any direction either with or against the wind, and the speed will be rapider than railroad trains. --Ash1and Record. [as typed.] + Jan 11 Tax-value? Rpa 33 January 11, 1894. Bd of equalization gave totals on real and personal property. Coos Co.. 3,996,355 for county and 3,898,869 for state. [M. this can’t be right unless the county assesses the same figure diff than state for real and personal property7 Or??] Health Tot-Roseburg? Rpa 33 Jan 11, 1894 Dr. Strange is just as busy as ever, which only goes to show his work is as it should be, first class. Taylor and Wilson block. = crime mail road Rpa 34 Jan 11, 1894 No trace has been discovered of the lone highwayman who robbed the mail carrier near Myrtle Point on the Coos Bay route. + climate RR-accid (Rpa34) Jan 11, 1894. Trains on the Coos Bay railroad are again running to Myrtle Point. The damage caused by the late flood are not nearly so great as reported, and repairs were completed last week. + Gap FEBRUARY Feb 1 Hermann tariff wool saying Rpa 34 Feb 1, 1894 Hermann on tariff. Speech on tariff debate as reported in Congressional. Record of Jan. 27. [vy long article] Mr. Chairman, there is little inspiration to an advocate in a case where informed in advance by the court that a judgment ~ has already been entered against him, therefore we as protectionists have not much occasion for enthusiasm on this side, when it is known in advance what will be the fate of this measure. skip. [Supporting opposition to this tariff] It is some consolation to know that an opportunity is offered us now and here, through this house and to the American people to enter our earnest protest against the injury which is about to be inflicted upon so large a portion of our own people, and upon such an immense proportion of their wealth. [skip vy long] [Argument was necessary to have wool tariff to protect against the foreign.] I want to call particularly to this point the attention of gentlemen upon the other side who are assuming to be especial champions of the poor consumer, and who have magnified the cost imposed upon him by protection without at the same time reminding him of the innumerable advantages conferred upon him by the protection policy. And while deceiving the people in this way, assurances have been given to the laborers of the country, and to the operatives in the woolen factories of our country that whatever might be the fate of wool, whether it went up or down but especially if it went down by reduced duties there should be no diminuition in their wages. I want that particularly to go out in the country, and let the workingmen take the one proposition with the other. The very most that can be expected in the way of reduction in the price of a superior suit of woolen clothes is ninety cents and that “all wool and a yard wide.” + fruit Rpa 34 Feb 1, 1894 [article saying a man] returned from Chico ,Cal and is convinced tt oranges could be successfully grown in Douglas county. not quote. Feb 8 Health Rpa 34 Feb 8, 1894. Dr. Strange Feb 15 Farm prices conditions misc-word Rpa 34 Feb 15, 1894 The farmer will be interested to know that binding twine and jute grain bags will be on the free list after the passage of the Wilson bill. That will reduce the price one-half probably. [sic; should be comma] since nearly the entire supply, especially of bags, is imported. -- Review. What has the farmer for grain sacks in these degenerate times? + = Wool free-trade/tariff misc-saying Rpa 35 February 15, 1894 So far as the wool grower and his dependents are concerned the argument that the removal of protection from the wool he raises, is a blessing in disguise to them, and lessens the cost of woolen goods they wear, is mental trash. Will we ever have a rest from the rusty old platitude, the greatest good to the greatest number as appropriated by the democrats. Thieves and beggars are not benefitted by the view of our industry. + Judge-Fullerton other-RR/Tots paper misc-saying Rpa 35 February 15, 1894 Probably the most amusing thing the Salem Journal has said in a long time appeared in its columns last Thursday. It stated that the purpose of a letter written by Judge Burnett of Corvallis ostensibly in defense of Judge Fullerton's action in regard to the Oregon Pacific, was in reality to "libel, blacken and defame the editor of the Journal.” If a brick wall would fall upon Bro. Hofer it is possible that he would remain in an upright position. Feb 22 fair SP-RR prices Rpa 35 Feb 22, 1894 not quote. Round trip tickets to Midwinter fair at SF, by SP. Tickets good for 30 day; $21 rate includes train fare and 5 admissions to the fair. [cp] Other mining Rpa 35 Feb 22, 1894 [more on] Bohemia mines Interest cosmic Rpa 35 Feb 22, 1894 head] The grand old planet Venus. Venus and Jupiter are going to be so close together they will look like one star. The Rutgers College in New Brunswick gives the statistics for such phenomenon, occurs at intervals of 8 yrs whenever the planet is at or nearest its greatest north latitude and about 4 or 5 wks before inferior conjunction at which Venus is between us and the sun. [as typed] MARCH Mar 1, 1894 cosmic outside-Tot? Rpa 35 March 1, 1894 The most brilliant display of aurora borealis seen from Portland in years occurred last night between dusk and the rising of the moon. From 7 o'clock until 8 the exhibition was at its best. It was first noticed as a dim red glow just above the northern horizon. This gradually increased to a bright ruby light through which the stars could but faintly be seen, then the light spread over the sky in rainbow shape, reaching almost to the zenith and bordered at the lower edge by pale blue many shades lighter than the southern sky. The intensity of the aurora traveled from the northwest to the northeast and then back again, finally fading from sight. When it was brightest its light was reflected by houses and the snow covered hills. At times rays of white and yellow light shot up from the horizon, glimmered a moment and then went out. One streak of white as bright as a sun ray appeared due north and extended far below the rosy colored belt. Auroreal [as I typed it] displays are seldom observed in the western portions of Washington and Oregon owing to almost constant cloudiness. + [except punctuation] [Not sure whether #s are spelled or numeric.] [more] [Doesn't say whether also seen Rsbg, or only Portland.] = Cosmic-indir health misc-word Rpa 36 March 1, 1894. 2,000,000 stars can be seen with a powerful telescope. The number is vast, but so are the hours of suffering of every woman who belongs to the overworked, worn out, run down, debilitated class. + [ ad for] Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Mar 8 Fair SF Rpa 36 March 8,1894. [lengthy artic1e abt] midwinter fair at San Francisco, its features, buildings. Has a manufacturers and Liberal Arts bldg, Agricultural and Horticultural hall, an administration bldg, evidences of every industry of art, plus special state and county buildings. Mar 15 World-Fair-prize Oregon-boomer silk Kanematz women-home-business outlook-condit Rpa 36 March 15, 1894. It is probably not generally known that Oregon was awarded the first prize at the World's fair for the best specimen of raw silk produced in the United States, notwithstanding that in both California and New Jersey silk culture has reached considerable development, says the Oregonian. This does not mean that the silk industry has reached considerable proportions in this state, nor even that culture of the silk-worm and manufacture of silk have become a regular business here. It simply means that the best raw American silk displayed at Chicago came from the state of Oregon; but this is a great deal. It indicates that the climate of Oregon is excellently adapted to culture of the silk-worm and the food upon which it thrives, and that there is someone here who understands the business. This ought to mean a great deal for this state. We are casting about us to see where we can find various modes of employment and new products for cultivation, so that we may be relieved of the tyranny of a single crop, and avoid the disaster that follows a failure of that crop or a low market. If to the various things to which we are turning attention we can add silk culture, we will be so much better off. The practicability of doing this has been fully demonstrated by J. S. Kanematz, an experienced silk-culturist, who has established an experimental station on the Coquille river. Through his own exertions, covering a series of years, Mr. Kanematz has proven the special adaptabi1ty of the soil and climate of Oregon to the culture of silk. It was silk grown by him in Coos county that took the prize at Chicago. He also made a small but fine, display at the state fair and the Portland Exposition last fall, in neither of which places was it given sufficient prominence to attract the attention it deserves. Mr. Kanematz has issued a little pamphlet, entitled “A Book on Silk Culture," which gives full directions for the culture of the silk-worm. Silk culture is peculiarly an employment for women. It offers them an opportunity to do something toward the family support without going away from home. A lady can easily attend to enough worms to make quite an addition to the family income without much labor or loss of time. There is no reason why the culture of the silk-worm might not become quite general in this state. A factory here is unnecessary, as the cocoons can be shipped to market. With the ability to produce the best silk in America , we would indeed be negligent of our opportunities if we did not seize upon this means of adding to our income. [all +] = RR-extension outlook-conditions Lhc Misc-word [vexatious work] Rpa 37 March 15, 1894 Marshfield Mail: It is a matter of vital interest in this county that the railroad should be extended to Roseburg, and the managers of the institution are making every effort to accomplish that result. No one will for a moment dispute the fact that in view of the depression in business and the stringency in the money market, the promoters of the enterprise have displayed heroic perseverance in attaining the results already achieved, and the question of right-of-way alone stands in the way of resuming work in the spring. The company has done well so far in procuring rights-of-way, but these have already cost a considerable sum above the money subscribed for that purpose. It now looks as if the right-of-way from Myrtle Point to Roseburg will cost about $75,--- and this is more than the company can pay. There is no fund subscribed to meet this expense beyond Myrtle Point, and parties along the line seem to act as if they believe the building of the line assured and are disposed to ask exorbitant sums for the right-of-way to pass over their lands. The managers who have struggled with this enterprise have been sorely tempted to relinquish it, [sic; should be a period.] They have put large sums of money into it and a great patience and vexatious work. Other roads which fear the completion of this line have already made offers to buy the line with a view to stop the completion of the enterprise and the gentleman [in print] who have done so much and invested so heavily can sell for enough to repay their expenditures and give them a handsome sum for their trouble. This would mean the suspension of the work and a portion of the road built would be used for coal purposes as no other portion of the road could be made to pay. They are not disposed to relinquish their original purpose but are straining every nerve to complete the line. Their efforts should be seconded by all property owners along the line. The building of the road will greatly enhance the value of property all along the route, and the majority of people who want large sums for right-of-way would not like to see the work stopped. This matter must be determined at once. The money needed to construct the road has been secured but the expense of right-of-way is not included and the promoters have shouldered every dollar they can carry. It seems that the only question about the progress of work is this question of right-of-way and the next 90 days will determine whether this can be provided for and the work completed or the road turned over to another company which does not wish it completed. + [cp] [M. 2001. One wonders what the source is for these surmisals!] Hermann tariff crop paper misc-saying Rpa 37, 38 March 15, 1894. Not long ago the Review, in noting that Mr. Hermann was endeavoring to have the duty on hops retained, regarded the fact as quite a joke and likened it in effect to laboring a duty on wheat. Evidently it was considered a dainty opportunity for sarcasm. If any deduction whatever could have been made from the "fresh, crisp and reliable" article, it was that hops needed no protection and that Mr. Hermann had committed an absurdity. The facts as now presented add to the correctness of the proposition that a little learning can be a dangerous thing. They present to those most interested something to think of. We quote from the speech of Mr. Hermann delivered in the house of representatives on the Wilson bill: “In the face of a duty of 15 cents per pound on the foreign hop import there was imported to this country last year 12,000 bales of foreign hops and 15,000 bales the year previous. For the three years previous to the McKinley bill 20 cents was the average price per pound of American hops; while for three years following the passage of that bill the average price per pound was 26 2/3 cents. Before the McKinley bill went into effect the duty or tariff was 8 cents a pound, and after the McKinley bill passed the tariff was 15 cents per pound. Thus endeth the first lesson. [M 2004.should there be quote here?] politic misc-word-saying Rpa 38 March 15, 1894. “Fusion, bah! How it smells; the very thought of it leaves a bad taste in one's mouth,” remarks the Marshfield Sun regarding Coos county affairs. When the poss fuse with the dems on state nominations it will doubtless be a very pleasant pill for the Sun to swallow. Law entertain? Rpa 38 Mar 15, 1894 The game of crokinole, where prizes are awarded, has been held by the courts to be a game of chance and as such is controlled by the same laws as other games. RR-extension Lhc other-coal conditions-hard times tariff Rpa 38, 38a Mar 15, 1897. [head:] Wages Are Going Down. [Sub-Head:] The Reduction Has Struck Coos Bay Coal Miners. Mail: The reduction of wages of coal miners has Coos bay. [M is something left out?] Only last week the Mail predicted this and it required no prophetic foresight to foretell this result. But it should be entirely satisfactory to the large majority of the miners. They have wished it, worked for it and voted for it. Only 11 of the one hundred voters at last election in Newport precinct voted for protection. They foresaw the result of free trade and wished to avert it; the balance wanted free trade. They are told it meant reduced wages but they contended that if wages were reduced that the purchasing power of a dollar would be proportionately increased. Free trade has won. The purchasing power of a dollar has increased. A man can buy more flour, more meat, more potatoes, more land, more clothes, with a dollar than he could two years ago. Truly things are coming the way of the free trader, and it is nothing more than right that wages should be reduced. But some of the miners seem to be dissatisfied and it is reported that they have appointed a committee to go to San Francisco and plead with the company not to reduce wages. This is a strange move and strikes an observer as rather ludicrous. Two years ago the mill and mine owners begged these voters not to destroy the tariff. They told them they could not pay the wages and carry on business if free trade should be inaugurated. Their arguments were laughed at and in face of all their intrigues the miners voted “Down with the tariff,” “Give us free trade.” They voted for reduction in wages and now when they have won will they have the gall to ask the company not to reduce wages? Can they expect to be heard? They have knocked off the company’s profits and now will they ask the company to pay out of their profits, some of which will go into the campaign fund to support Rork and others to fight the tariff? Surely they can’t expect to be heard on such an argument. They have done this thing of their own free will and the manly thing is to accept it. Skip The Mail has always fought against the wages of the working man. It has mourned to see everything tending to produce this result and has worked to avoid it, but the people would have it otherwise. They have increased the purchasing power of the dollar; wheat has never been so cheap; potatoes are a drug on the market; apples are sold for a song. A dollar will buy more than in 1892, and does the American working man need as many dollars as two years ago? Skip The mines are reducing wages everywhere. Many of them are shutting down. The Oregon Coal and Navigation Co. has telegraphed up that there is so much coal in the bunker that there is danger of its heating and burning. The results foretold have been achieved by free traders and the Mail still believes the move a mistake. + [cp] = Mar 22 other-mining Lhc? Rpa 39 mar 22, 1894 [Leigh Harnett has lengthy article about Oregon mines (gold).] Politic Gage Schroeder people Rpa39 March 22, 1894. Following is the Coos county ticket nominated at the Populist convention; representative, Thomas Buckman; joint representative, E. A. Stewart; Sheriff, W.W. Gage [cp] ; Judge, J. H. Schroeder; Clerk, D.F.Dean. Commissioner, B F. Ross. Surveyor. W H Hamilton. Assessor, K H Hanson ; treasurer, W W Hayes; coroner , J. Hodgson. Hermann Tot-MP Srh-subtle name Rpa39 March 22, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hermann arrived here by boat Wednesday evening, says the Myrtle Point West Oregonian. Mr. Hermann has rented Mrs. Majory’s house and the young couple will settle down to housekeeping at once. + Mar 29 Lhc Population Rsbg (Rpa39) March 29, 1894 [describes] population Rsbg 3000. APRIL Apr 5, 1894 Hard times wage-conditions misc Rpa39) Apr 5, 1894. There is but one industry in the United States that is running full time and that is the reduction of wages. Not full quote. [cp] Hermann paper politic interest (Rpa 39) Apr 5, 1894 The Review is bitterly opposed to the re-nomination of Representative Hermann, and the fight that paper is now waging against him makes his nomination all the more sure. When a democratic paper attempts to say who shall or who shall not be nominated by the republican party it at once creates the impression that its motives are not pure, and savors strongly of the political trickster. + Apr 12 other mining (Rpa 39) Apr 12, 1894 Bohemia mines; an old miner describes the past. Srh-indir Parker-Tot conditions timber mills (Rpa39, 40) April 15, 1894 In an interview with the Coos Bay News man, Capt. Parker says: The redwood men have combined and raised the price of redwood, and the mill owners interested in pine are endeavoring to do likewise. But it is doubtful if they will be successful, owing to the immense number of mills on the coast, the owners of some of which are all the time cutting prices. + = Apr 15 Other-mining climate (Rpa40-42) Apr 15, 1894 The party tt went in to look for a party of lost men down in Bohemia mine says it can’t find any trace of them. Presumed buried under snows. not quote. condit (Rpa 40-42 ) Apr 15, 1894 [discussions of] yes the dollar buys more now, but you don’t make as much now. (ie, you can buy more flour for a dollar than you used to, but the wages are smaller than they were so it is not really beneficial.) not quote [cp] Hermann politic name (Rpa40-42) Apr 15, 1894 Salem, April 10. -- As was expected, the Hon. Binger Hermann has again been nominated as a member of congress from this first congressional district of Oregon. Mr. Tongue of Wash. co was also proposed. When nominated declined to allow name to be used against Hermann. Politic Rpa 40-42 Apr 15, 1894 Gov. Lord is going to be governor of Oregon. Paper politic Hermann? (Rpa 40-42) Apr 15, 1894 [this paper has background info of the nominees. Gov. Lord and etc. evidently after primary. Not after state election.. M note, doubt if this is true. Believe they held primary not till June, So this would be before that.] [M.2004. might there be info on Hermann?]. Blacklock politic (Rpa 40-42 ) Apr 15, 1894 Salem Statesman" Blacklock, the Consul General of the United States in Samoa, is an Oregon boy. He was several years ago a resident of Coos county, well known in Southern Oregon. At several periods while he has represented his government in Samoa his office has become an important one. [M. longer; tape breaks up and isn’t readable.] [this...office has become.. owing to the international... from the covetous eyes cast... that group. Just now...] [M. 2005. Is Blacklock Point (near Floras Lake) named for him?] Apr 19 fair paper-clubbing photo (Rpa 40-42) April 19, 1894 We are perfecting arrangements with the San Francisco Examiner whereby we will be able to furnish subscribers [break up in tape] with "Monarchs Souvenir [no quote on this end] of the Midwinter Fair. Competent judges say that the photographs are better and the reproductions finer than any of the portfolios yet put on the market. + Apr 26 politic Hermann Dolph Srh tariff (Rpa40-42) April 26 1894. Representatives Hermann and Ellis will not come to Oregon to take part in the campaign. ...senators Dolph and Mitchell. In the house the river and harbor bill may come up any time, needing the representatives’ attention and the tariff in the Senate will hold the senators in Washington. + = Name-Sehlbrede Hermann politic Rpa43 Apr 26, 1894 [article abt man named ] C.A Sehlbrede, Roseburg. It was his motion that gave Hon. Binger Hermann his...congress, by acclamation. [apparently means nomination to congress [breakup in tape.] His voice announced the first second to the nomination for governor, etc. not full quote. Apr 30 Health other-RR disaster? RR-bicycle (Rpa43) Apr 30, 1894 Dr. Bradley and J. B. McCurdy [brief skip -- break up in tape] in an accident a few days since which resulted rather disasterously for the latter. They were going out to Dillard on a railroad bicycle, and the pesky thing jumped the track. At the time of the accident they were traveling at a high rate of speed, and when they struck the ground "B" [tape break up] the bicycle and on top of which was the doctor. The only injury sustained was a severe strain of one of his ankles, which has confined him to the house ever since the accident. Graham & RR (Rpa43) Apr 30, 1894. R.A. Graham and S. [2nd initial breaks up. In tape] Earle, of the Coos Bay- Roseburg railroad, were in Roseburg Saturday on their way to San Francisco. + [cp] Baines RR (RPa 43) Apr 30, 1894 W. E. Baines, formerly secretary of the Coos Bay-Roseburg railroad, has gone to Los Angeles, Cal., where he [is involved in?] railroad construction work. + [cp] Road animal (Rpa 43) Apr 30, 1894 Commencing tomorrow the Idaho Stage Co. will put their fine coaches and four-horse [stock??] on the Bay stage line. [M. I believe there's a brief break up in tape.] The coaches have been thoroughly overhauled and repainted, and every thing is in first class condition for summer travel. No pains will be spared to make this the popular route to the coast. Road (Rpa 43) Apr 30, 1894 The stages on the Coos Bay line [breaks up] present a fine appearance, and remind one of the days when stages were run from here to Redding. + fruit agric-indir item RR-haul interest (Rpa 43) Apr 30, 1894 Fifty carloads of Mason fruit jars will be shipped to Oregon this season. The shipment will be made in two solid trains and the cars will be handsomely decorated with flags and banners. + Judges Fullerton, Bellinger (Rpa 43) Apr 30, 1894. [M. note. Judge Fullerton still in news as a judge. Judge Bellinger also gets in news at times. Never says which courts they are with.] Politic (Rpa43) Apr 30, 1894 [more on profile of Gov. Lord.] Other mining (Rpa43) Apr 30, 1894 [articles abt] possibility of building road to Bohemia mines. MAY May 3, 1894 paper (Rpa43) May 3, 1894 The Plaindealer will be sent free to any person residing in Douglas County from now until after the June election. We take this method of introducing the Plaindealer into some of the families of Douglas county hoping thereby to increase its circulation. No charg [sic] whatever will be made for the paper during that time. + [All caps.]. Road locale (Rpa 43) May 3, 1894 Stages are now run to the old sheep ranch on the Coos bay route. The road is being worked and will be opened to through travel next week. + Judge politic? RR-suits-indir (Rpa 43) May 3, 1894. Hon. J.C. Fullerton started for Coos county yesterday, where he goes to hold the regular May term of circuit court for that county, which convenes next Monday. + [cp] [M. note. Judge Bellinger always seems to be one to hear the RR cases, to see whether rr owes money, or whatever.] May 7 items misc (Rpa 43, 44) May 7, 1894 The common Nottingham curtains have had their day and are fast being relegated to ice cream saloons and barbershop windows. The sheer white muslins, of scrim and other soft draperies are far preferable and can be well laundered at home, thereby saving the expense of sending them out. The cheapest kind of curtains -- for instance, cheesecloth, if clean -- are far better than none, as they serve to give a finished and cozy appearance to almost any room. In winter colored curtains can be hung over the white with but little expense. They give a look of warmth and comfort to a room. + [cp] road name climate RR-extension-indir (Rpa 44) May 7, 1894. Thos. Blain a leading citizen of Coos County, was in Roseburg. He came by way of the Coos Bay wagon road and reports it in bad condition. Logs have fallen across the road. Washouts and slides make it impassible to wagons and teams. However, work will soon be commenced and will be opened up for summer travel in a short time. Not quote. [M. one reason for need for RR extension.] May 10 Hermann misc-bimetalism misc-word (Rpa44) May 10, 1894 Binger Hermann delivered an address in opposition to the Sherman Law, [M. 2004. I don't know if this is headline, or first sentence.] Believing, sir, in the bimetallic system and favoring the fullest use of gold and silver upon equal terms, it is my opinion that the repeal of the Sherman law will produce evils of incalculable extant unless free coinage is substituted. We must not forget that our population is increasing; that our commerce is enlarging; that our demands are more diversified. More money is needed rather than less in this country. [Skip] Let us, then, maintain the double standard; for it is true, sir, that gold and silver countries possess more average wealth and happiness4 among the people than any single standard nation. [more] May 14 war-indir Tot-Roseburg Rpa 44 May 14, 1894 Dedication of Oregon Soldiers' Home at Roseburg. [called a] "great day for Roseburg." Mail road name locales? (Rpa 44) May 14, 1894 E. Parr, who secured the contract for carrying the mail on the Roseburg-Coos bay route, has sublet it to three different parties. Geo. Laingor has taken the contract for carrying mail from Roseburg to Myrtle Point, while Mr. May will carry it from Myrtle Point to Coquille City, and from Coquille City to Empire Chas Metlin will carry it. Mr. Laingor has bought the stages, horses, etc., used by the Idaho Stage Co. from Roseburg to Coos bay, and will take possession June 1. + Misc (Rpa 44) May 14, 1894 The Southern Pole. Revival of Interest in the Antarctic. The Seas to be invaded. Dr. Cook professes to make important observations, at least.. May 17 bicycle road climate fish pursuit- sports (Rpa 44) May 17, 1894 Ed Patterson and Aaron Rose went over to Coquille, rode their bicycles to the mountain and then went afoot over to the fishing grounds. Didn’t catch much and on their return heavy rain commenced and they had to walk nearly all the way home. not quote. Judge Fullerton politic? (Rpa44) May 17, 1894 Judge Fullerton is judge of 2nd Judicial Dist. [cp] [M. must be large district, as includes Lane co, Eugene, [Douglas, Coos, etc. M2004 I think one ref even said Lincoln co.] Politic Rpa 44 May 17, 1894 [a great deal in papers about politics. Republican platforms and committeemen. People's, Popular, Democrat.] Misc outside-locale timber-forests outside-laws Rpa44 May 17, 1894 In Europe the governments protect their timber. Have laws forbidding destruction of timber and govts have supervision over private as well as other forests. 1/3 of forest owned by govt in Germany and private owners can do what they want except there are some regulations. not full quote. = Item-price Camera paper paper-cut (Rpa45) May 17, 1894 Premium Camera [ M. paper-cut looks like a little black box with a strap]. size 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 in. nq The Premium camera is the latest and most wonderful invention in photography. With this camera any man, woman or child can take pictures of anybody or any thing equal to the work of any $25.00 Camera in the world. + No dark room or practice is necessary, as the Camera can be loaded in broad daylight by merely dropping in a light-proof film cartridge, and these cartridges can be sent by mail to the factory or taken to any photo goods dealer or photographer to have the pictures finished, or you can finish them .yourself. + [incl . testimonials about it, but doesn’t say where you buy it. In with several other add; sounds like it and several other things are premiums given for a subscription to paper. Plaindealer. Also says it has fruit dryers, guns, etc. And now is the time to subscribe.] name politic Rpa 45 May 17, 1894 [lists both an Upton and a McEwen having something to do with the former legislature. Doesn't give first names. McEwan is spelled here with an "a". M, Have no idea whether it might be our Coos people,] Politic paper-attitude misc-words (Rpa45 ) May 17, 1894 The democratic party have a faculty of accrediting to the republicans the passage of certain bills during the last legislature which they now denounce in most vigorous language, not full quote. [skip] This idea of shifting on to the republicans the responsibility of every bill that does not now meet with general approval is a very nice dodge, but to say the least, is very deceptive, since their own party supported these measures almost unimously [as typed]. Governor Pennoyer, with all his bombast about economy and republicans’ extravagance, vetoed one of these bills. As a public looter, Upton, the Populist leader, did not take a back seat, and he and McEwen made themselves both notorious by stealing the extra mileage home by way of San Francisco. Recently Upton attempted to condone the offense by giving the money, which rightfu1ly belongs to the state, to Coos county. This is one way of getting out of it, but usually when men steal from their neighbors and are found out, they do not avoid punishment by merely donating to the county in which they live the stolen goods. [As typed] So far as the extravagance of the last legislature is concerned, the democratic party, Pennoyer, the populists, are all estopped from denouncing the republicans for the enactment of laws which they themselves were also instrumental in passing. If the democrats would reconvene in a convention and pass a resolution condemning the democratic and populist parties for their part in the matter it would be strictly in order. -- Corvallis Gazette. Fruit Tot-Riddle climate (Rpa 45) May 17, 1894 Riddle Items. We have had the most glorious rain up this way. It is worth thousands of dollars to the fruit growers and farmers. + road Rpa 45 May 17, 1894. The Idaho Stage Co. will soon be a corporation of the past. O. J. Salisbury, the president of the company, has been engaged in the stage business for a quarter of a century, and thinks he has had enough of it. He is now having his affairs closed up and will retire from the business. + Fair Rpa 45 May 17, 1894 [still advertising special fares to Midwinter Fair in S.F. ] = May 28 Politic Hermann agric forest paper-attitude land-laws interest Lhc? [Rpa46] May 28,1894. Every voter in Lane county should remember that Binger Hermann was the servant of the Portland dudes and the lieu [or lien?] land ring, which placed fifty townships of our valuable agricultural, and timber mineral land into a so- called “Forest Reservation". For what purpose? Again, the law provided that the reserve was to be only 25 miles in width, while in this county the territory converted by the damnable ring for the benefit of their own pockets is 45 miles wide. Still, Hermann advocated and pushed the measure into being a law. --Eugene Guard. + The above strictures of the Guard are false in toto. The facts are that Mr. Hermann opposed this measure and pointed out the impropriety of including in this reservation agricultural and valuable mineral lands. Subsequent to the passing of the act Mr. Hermann has secured from the attorney general an opinion as to these lands being exempted from the reservation. That opinion is that those lands may be exempted, and thus armed Mr. Hermann has induced the land department to restore all such lands to settlement or development as mineral lands upon proclamation of the president which will doubtless be made in due time. But should the president refuse to do so it will not be on account of proper effort of Mr. Hermann to exclude these lands from this forest, reservation, or to have them restored by proper authority. The Guard is hard pushed for arguments, when it resorts to such a disregard to the truth in this particular matter. + Hermann other-mining-indir land-law Rpa46 May 28, 1894 The following dispatch dated Washington, May 24th, has been reserved [as typed ] by the Oregon State Journal: Please deny Weatherford’s assertion that I favored the Cascade reserve. I only favored reserving Mount Hood and Crater Lake. I protested to President Harrison and prevented him from issuing his proclamation. I earnestly oppose Cleveland’s proclamation [sic; should have a period] Last week I had the Bohemia restored, as can be any other lands improperly withdrawn. BINGER HERMANN. + Health prices Rpa46 May 28, 1894 You will never get this offer again in Oregon. A first class set of teeth for five dollars. Only for a short time now. I guarantee the teeth to be of the best material and no humbug. Dr. Davis. Tot-Riddle-Wilbur church Rpa46 may 28, 1894 Ridd1e Items. Rev. M. O. Brink, former M. E. pastor of this circuit, now of Wilbur, was in our midst a few days this week, and Friday evening delivered a sermon which was highly appreciated by his old friends. JUNE June 4, 1894 Silk conditions Rpa 46 June 4, 1894 In England the number of persons formerly interested in the silk trade of that country and its allied branches was nearly a million. According to the last census returns, the number at present employed is 51,427. The reason of this decrease in the manufacture and the throwing out of employment of something like 950,000 men and women is that the silk industry was not closely protected. The protection was taken away, and after that Switzerland and France took up the silk industry and revived it in those countries, and solely because of the low wages paid upon the continent they have been able to manufacture and undersell the Englishman in his own market, and there are hundreds of looms in England which are now idle. + fruit health Rpa46, 47 June 4, 1894 The skins of fruit should never be eaten, not because they are not palatable or digestible or are unhealthy in themselves, but on account of the dangers arising from microbes which have penetrated into the covering of the fruit. Everybody has noticed that at times, a slight scratch will create a considerable sore on the human body. It is generally ascribed to an unhealthy condition of the blood, but a close microscopial [as typed ] examination will show that it is due to the presence of microbes thus introduced to the system. So with an apple, a peach, a pear, or a grape. The fruit may be perfectly sound and healthy, but on the skin or covering may be microbes, which, introduced into the human system, will breed disease. These germs are not uncommon; neither are they always present. It is possible to eat this covering without injury, but the danger is such that it is best not to incur the risk. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch. + Fair racing Rpa47 June 4, 1894. [Descr. of kinds of purses to be given at St. fair for racing.] AHB farming enterprise Rpa 47 June 4, 1894. A.H. Black, of the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., last week sold to Henderer & Bender of Elkton a new J.I. Case threshing outfit. The outfit includes the new Ironsides agitator, the work of which is not excelled by that of any other make in the market. The enterprise of Messrs. Henderer & Bender in purchasing the outfit will be greatly appreciated by the farmers of their vicinity generally. The crops in that section will be excellent this year, and Henderer & Bender will have all they can do to accommodate those desiring them to do their threshing. It is a well known fact that J.I. Case machinery of all kinds is not excelled by that of any other make, and that is especially true of threshing machinery. + [cp] Health Tot-Roseburg Rpa 47 June 4, 1894 [Dr. Strange advertised in Rsbg.] Govt timber lands forest preserve Rpa47 June 4, 1894 [tells abt the] land reserved fm public timber lands for sale and disposal and to set aside for forestry purposes. not quote The Cascade forest reserve in Oregon 4.492.800 acres Tot-Roseburg food health misc-word RP (Rpa 47) June 4, 1894. Bitzer, Roseburg’s pioneer butcher, has just put in a refrigerating room in his market which will be greatly appreciated by his many customers. It was manufactured in San Francisco, by the Gurney Refrigerating Co., and was built especially for Mr. Bitzer. It is a well known fact that meat kept in cold storage is not only of better flavor but also more wholesome, and this action on the part of Mr. Bitzer will be pleasant news to Roseburg epicures. + [M. note. There was an initial at first of this; I couldn’t tell whether it was A., or J., Bitzer.] [M.2004 handwritten note says Bitzner, but that may be accidental.] Fruit agric prices Rpa 47 June 4, 1897 The McFarlin brothers of Empire City, Coos county, have made a success of cranberry culture in that locality. They have about thirty acres of cranberry bog, and the annual product is from 300 to 400 boxes of berries. The boxes hold about one bushel each. The fruit sells in this market at from $2 to $3 a box to the trade. McFarlin Bros. planted their bog with vines from Cape Cod. The berries they grow are of medium size and of good flavor. Their enterprise is said to have been profitable. --San Francisco Bulletin. + June 7 Health Rpa47 June 7, 1894. An oculist protests against using a candle for night reading light. Finds it quite a custom for sleepless to keep a candle by beds and rely on it for light during wakeful hours as they read. As the flame flickers with the slightest current the light is uncertain and trying to the eyes. A small reading lamp takes a few seconds longer to light but is preferred. not direct quote. invention Srh? photo Rpa 47, 47a June 7, 1894 Submarine photography. Louis Bouton went diving in the Mediterranean in the coast off France in divers costume and wished he could photograph. Made watertight apparatus.. for shallow water; enough light coming through to sensitize plates. As it deepened the clearness was diminished so he invented underwater apparatus with magnesium. barrel filled with oxygen and surmounted by glass bell containing an alcohol lamp. On the flame of the lamp by means of a mechanical contrivance, powdered magnesium is thrown, f1aring as often as a view is taken. The barrel is pierced with ho1es on the lower side in such manner that as the oxygen diminishes the sea water enters, so preserving the equilibrium between externa1 and internal pressure. Has already made great progress and is likely to confer permanent. benefits to science. not direct quote. = Health misc Rpa 48 June 7, 1894 [same item also June 11, 1894] Hoods Sarsparilla is supposed to have a cured a young woman who was poisoned by ivy when a young woman and for 8 years was troubled again every season with the breaking out. [M. It doesn't say she even touched it again; just that she broke out every year.] She tried everything. Now she took Hood's Sarsparilla and is well and hardy and in perfect health. Politic Rpa48 June 7, 1894 Republican victory. Entire republican state ticket elected by large pluralities. Lord's plurality will probably be 18,000. In county the republicans elect every man on their ticket. Grand ratification tomorrow night. not full quote. [M. Wasn't near as much in the papers about their election as about their campaigning.] Church entertainment Rpa 48 June 7, 1894 The Brownies to be produced at the entertainment to be given by the Presbyterian choir on Friday evening, on June 15, are now in Roseburg and the work of preparation goes bravely on. It is there [as typed] intention to give a complete and laughable history of their trip around the f world, particularly of the trip through Germany and China. They added to their number recruits from Germany and China, all of whom are now here. + [M. Doesn't explain whether this is local group or touring group fm outside.] Misc mail-Postage-stamp Rpa48 June 7, 1894 The postage stamp is not much more than half a century old. On the sixth day of May, 1894, it celebrated its 54th anniversary. + June 11 Misc airship Rpa 48 June 11, 1894 [Long article abt invention of flying machines ]. [Complaining that] the U.S. Patent Office practically destroys all claims for flying machines because now it must be perfected until flying before can get a patent. It is barely possible that such a stand as this in regard to certain inventions would not be amiss since there are [more?] impractible [as typed] ideas patented than the world at large has any idea of. While it may be considered as a hardship by flying machine inventors that they are debarred from the protection of the patent office, yet until they have actually produced something which will accomplish the results claimed, they certainly have no right to overlap the claim of protection on the patent office. --Aeronautics. + Misc Typewriter Invention Rpa48 June 11, 1894 typewriter. Highest speed ever attained 200 wpm; person making tt record maintained the speed for only 4 consecutive minutes and has never been able to exceed it. Assuming the words averaged 6 letters apiece, 1200 letters/minute written. To make each letter fingers have to rise 2 inches and descend 2 inches. A very rapid writing speed is 75 wpm, which is too fast for comfort. Practical work is 10 pgs legal paper in one hour, each page containing 300 wds. 6 hours steady writing can be regarded as an entire day's work; at a speed of 50 wpm writer during day would write 60 pages or 1800 wds, fingers would travel vertically 432,000 inches; assuming also travel horizontally, total sum 576,000 inches or 48,000 ft or 9 mi. a day. not quote June 18 election Rpa 48 June 18 1894. [M. note, all the votes in but they haven't had the congressional race. also believe I read something about those being appointed. See next pg.] Srh misc Cascade Locks Rpa 48 June 18 1894. In building and strengthening the bulkhead at the Cascade Locks 3000 barrels of cement were used, which, of course, is a dead loss. It costs $2.50 per barrel, making this one item of the expense $7500. When the labor and other expenses are figured up, the cost of protecting the locks will reach the neighborhood of $80,000. = Name Rpa49 June 18, 1894. [M. note. Thos. Drain died. Was Drain named for him?] other RR interest Rpa 49 June 18, 1894. Peruvian Central railroad has discovered they have to have special people who are able to get along at rarified altitude to work on their railroad. Above l0,000 and under 12,000 each man’s performance fell fm 1/4 to l/3. At 13,000 to 15,000, 100 men could do no more work than 50 would do at sea level. not quote. [also in interest] Courthouse-indir name utility Rpa49 June 18, 1894 G. [as typed] Micelli an officer in the Rose Hose Co. No. 2 [fire dept] not quote. politic Dolph Hermann misc-word senatorship Srh Rpa 49 June 18, 1894 A paragraph appeared in the Washington News Thursday saying that Senator Dolph was not going to be allowed to make the race for the senate uninhindered [as typed], that representative Hermann had many friends in the legislature who would push his claims. The article was very complimentary to Hermann, eulogizing his work in congress. Dolph says he don’t in print] know whether Hermann is a candidate or not and Hermann says he knows nothing about it, that he has given no consideration to the senatorship... There is a possibility of Hermann being chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors in the next congress and while he might not want to throw the senatorship over his shoulder, still he would be well fixed in the house. + Misc novocom-chemicals Rpa 49 June 18, 1894 [article descr. Sulphur and carbon.] Under certain circumstances they will form a colorless liquid called sulfide of carbon which must be handled with much precaution on account of its explosive property. The soluble property of sulfide of carbon renders it valuable to take spots off garments. Can also make your own snow with this. Fill a small vial with sulfide of carbon, taking great care to do it far from all flame or heated stove, then close the bottle with a cork stopper through which you have previously bored a small hole. In this hole place a piece of blotting paper made up into a small roll. The paper must reach to the bottom of the bottle and about an inch above the cork. Within fifteen minutes you will see the outside of this paper covered with snow, the quantity of which gradually increases. The liquid has risen through the pores of the paper as the oil of a lamp through the wick. When it gets to the open air it evaporates, and the water contained in the surrounding atmosphere being brought to a temperature below 32 degrees has been frozen. If you divide the paper outside of the bottle into several pieces you obtain flowers and most charming effects. You may make the experiment in summer and in the full rays of the sun. The result will be obtained then more promptly. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [ + except punctuation.] June 21 politic nationality-racism-attitude Rpa 49 June 21 1894 [A lengthy article signed WFB.] Who Should Vote. Complaining abt foreign coming in and getting naturalized and then voting. All foreigners should be required to pay $500 tax and not be allowed to vote until 10 yrs after they declare intention to become citizen, pay property tax all that time, and 10 yrs after they learn to read and write English language because otherwise they bring all their own strange doctrines with them. not quote. [M. note: wonder who he thinks were the foreigners of the generation before and what they would have thought of that?] Baines-RR log-raft Srh (Rpa 49) June 21, 1894 W.E. Baines, ex-secretary of the Roseburg, Coos Bay & Eastern railroad, is preparing to let a contract for 6000 piles, says the Marshfield dispatch. He intends to construct a raft there this summer, and tow it to San Francisco. Captain Robertson, patentee of the Leary cigar-shaped raft is interested in the enterprise with Mr. Baines. + [M. note: later articles told of break up of huge log raft; I didn’t associate at time as being same one. ] = fruit prices Rpa 50 June 21. 1894 Strawberries are quoted in Oregonian at from 1 1/2 cents to 2 cents per pound. + AHB crops Rpa 50 June 21, 1894 A.H. Black Tuesday night returned from a trip to Jackson and Josephine counties. He reports the outlook very favorable for good crops in that section. + School outside-Tot Rpa 50 June 21, 1894 The commencement exercises of the Normal school at Drain are well attended. + Misc Cosmic misc-word Rpa50 June 21, 1894 The velocity with which solar storms move is very great, and they sometimes extend over a space several times as large as the whole of the earth’s surface. In common parlance they are called “sun spots”, but as they are known to have a rotary motion exactly similar to terrestrial cyclones they may be regarded as true solar storms. It has been computed by emminent astronomers that these sun storms move with the astonishing velocity of 120 miles per second, and we can best form an adequate conception of what the force of such a storm must be by comparing it to an earth storm moving at 100 miles an hour, which is indeed a terrible hurricane. + CarIington and Hodgson, the English astronomers, describe a sun storm which traveled 35,000 miles in five minutes, and in 1871 Professor Young of Cincinnati witnessed one that traveled 766 miles [M. may be 166; hard to read] per second for 45 minutes and constantly threw sheets of flame and fiery matter to a height of not less than 200,000 miles above the sun’s disturbed surface! --St. Louis Republic. + Cosmic utility-indir Rpa50, 50q, 51 June 25, 1894 [Head:] Mars Ringing Us Up. [Sub Heads.] Communication may be established. So scientists believe. Strange noises have been heard. [M. then there is a dotted line across to separate, and then:] Wonderful developments are expected shortly. Can we open up electric communication with the inhabitants of Mars? That is a question recently considered at a meeting of the society of arts in London, where Mr. W. H. Preece, engineer to the telegraphs department of the British postoffice, read a paper on “Electric Signaling without Wires.” [ skip] Mr. Preece then went on to say that “strange, mysterious sounds are heard on all long telephone lines when the earth is used as a return, especially in the calm stillness of the night. "Earth currents," said he, "are found in telegraph circuits, and the aurora borealis lights up our northern sky when the sun’s photosphere is disturbed by spots. The sun’s surface must at such times be violently disturbed by electrical storms, and if oscillations are set up and radiated through -space in sympathy with those required to affect telephones it is not a wild dream to say that we might hear on this earth a thunderstorm in the sun." [skip ] Preece said: "If any of those planets be populated with beings like ourselves, having the gift of language and the knowledge to adapt the great -forces of’ nature to their wants, then if they could oscillate immense stores of electrical energy to and fro in telegraphic order, it would be possible for us to communicate by telephone with the people of Mars." These mysterious sounds which so puzzle Mr. Preece seem to correspond with those noticed by Thomas A. Edison, who has turned Ogden mountain in New Jersey into a great rnagnet and coiled miles of wire about it. At the time of the last opposition of Mars he noticed an increase of the seismic mutterings, which have recently been so violent. Mr. Edison and Mr. Preece are only two of the scientists who are now experimenting along those lines, arid the whole scientific world is watching the. progress made. Neither Mr. Edison nor Mr. Preece has been so bold as. to say that the strange sounds referred to are messages sent by the inhabitants of Mars to those on earth, but they have not otherwise explained them. On the other, hand, there are many scientists firm in the belief that the next few years will witness the opening up of communication between the people of the two planets. This conviction has been enormously strengthened by the strange 1ights seen at the Lick Observatory when Mars was under observation during its opposition over a year ago. The three lights were arranged in a triangle. [M 2004. I seem to have a period here but not sure it belongs; as also the one after heaven] nightly as the great red orb rose from her ocean bed to the vault of heaven. the lights flashed out as soon as darkness had set in, and in the immense lens of the Lick telescope they glowed with steady and continued effulgence. Was this an effort of the inhabitants of Mars to attract the attention of those on earth? Such had been the opinion of Flammarion [as typed], who had argued in favor of earth signaling back with. a. triangle of lights 30 miles across. It was shown that the conditions of Mars were more nearly those of earth than of any other planet. Both of the snow caps could be plainly seen and it may be seen now in any first class telescope, for Mars is now to be observed in the morning about 30 degrees west and 14 degrees south from Venus in the constellation Capricorn. The well defined atmosphere of Mars is also plainly visible, and astronomers can tell by the increase or decrease of its snow caps and its position in regard to the sun the progress of its seasons and whether or not the Martians are having a cold winter. The canal theory of Schiaparelli has likewise many believers, who assert that the strange straight lines on Mars are canals built by its highly civilized inhabitants. Mr. Preece says he has kept a record of the strange, mysterious sounds which have attracted his attention while Edison has done likewise. Those will require much study to decide if they are messages from Mars. The Preece discovery, on the other hand, puts it in the power of the people on earth to send direct electrical currents to Mars, whose inhabitants are so much in advance of ourselves that they may be able to help up out in the work of opening up converse. [as I typed it] A pantomimic electrical interchange will be necessary for some time, but what will be the emotions of the scientific world when the message is sent out that communication has been established? There are those who firmly assert that this is an experience of the immediate future, that electricity is the universal force and the one whereby the planets will come in to communication with each other, if they ever do. The mystery of electricity is the strange fluctuation it undergoes. If it were an earth property solely, it would be steady, as it would be, were it in common to all the universe and not interfered with. But its strange goings and comings, its apparent relations to the sun, and yet its unknown sympathy with other heavenly bodies, seem to show that somebody somewhere is fooling with the dynamo and cutting off and turning on the current. --New York World. + Climate labor-conditions? Outside-Tot Rpa 51 June 25, 1894 Work of cleaning up Portland since the flood is giving employment to a great many men. Misc mail? stamps interest Rpa 51 June 25, 1894 The rage for accumulating old and worthless postage stamps is evidently on the increase and any man having a large correspondence, by accumulating stamps , may enrich his grandchildren. The older the stamps are the more they are worth, as a rule. Every business house in Roseburg is visited daily by boys who collect the canceled stamps from envelopes and file them away, for what purpose the writer knows not. + June 28 Ad souvenir/item paper other-metal-silver Rpa 51 June 28, 1894 [ad for] National Souvenir Spoons each spoon gold-lined; made of nickel silver and heavily plated with sterling silver. Engraved. You can get a set free if you send in 3 new paid up subscriptions. [M. apparently to this paper.] not full quote. Govt prices blacksmith novelty-wood Srh other-coal condit? Rpa 51 June 28, 1894 [head?] U S Navy pay .not quote. The new Navy as it grows will need an increasing number of men in special classes. There are nearly as [many] new ships building as there are wooden ships now on the active list and every new iron steam propelled monster that is added to the Navy creates an increased demand for the skilled and highly paid classes of enlisted men. + [barring typos] Already there are some scores of machinists at $70 per month, boiler makers at $60, blacksmiths at $50, plumbers at $45, water tenders, oilers, firemen and printers at $30 to $40 per month, to say nothing of coopersmiths, shipwrights and coal passers at wages varying from [M. not sure if this is full quote] $50 a month down to $22. The Navy still ships seamen at wages ranging from $15 to $24 a month. It also ships a host of artificers, mechanics firemen and whatnot at wages that sometimes exceed $70 a month. not full quote. Politics nationality-attitude condit Rpa 52 June 28,1894. [article by someone else denouncing article last week] [M see Rpa 49, June 21, 1894] about stringency of voters. Says would you go back to Europe a long time ago where only aristocracy could vote. ] Misc Rpa52 June 28 1894 Painter’s pickle is used for removing old paint. 1 1/2 lb. stone potash, 1 1/2 - 2 lb soft soap and 1/2 lb washing soda. Stir in gallon of water and boil until potash is melted. Apply w/brush, let stand several hrs. Must be washed thoroughly afterwards using strong, hot soda water using no soap. Great care must be taken in handling; discolors the nails and takes the color out of anything it touches. not quote. fm Boston Herald. Church Rpa 52 June 28, 1894 Roseburg conference of ME church = home 1870-83 1890-93 | 1894-2 1894-3 1895 to newspaper menu |