[2] Oregon writer Homer Davenport described approaching the Mercury when he arrived in Portland as a young man, and being sent to New Orleans to cover and draw pictures of the Fitzsimmons-Dempsey fight.
[3] The Mercury was best known for being the subject of an 1893 libel lawsuit[4] involving attorney and writer C.E.S.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled against O. P. Mason and B. P. Watson, and the newspaper itself was turned over to receiver A.
A November 19, 1893 Oregonian editorial praised the actions against a publication "insidiously demoralizing as well as unspeakably offensive.
"[5] The paper continued into the 20th century, with C. H. Clute[6] and William J. Swope in charge.