Manasse Dead After Operation at Walla Walla
Edward Manasse Athena merchant died at St Marys hospital Walla Walla after a third operation within a year. His wife and daughter were with him. The Odd Fellow was a longtime trader, former Athena city council member and known for charity. Funeral in Walla Walla this afternoon.
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Athena
Edward Manasse
Athena Merchant
Walla Walla
St. Mary's Hospital
Manasse
Herbert
Edward Manasae
Germany
California
Gertrude Cohen
Manasso
Athens
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Death of Fred Williams near Albina and local notes
Fred Williams died at his home near Albina Washington on Sunday afternoon from pneumonia after a period of poor health. He had worked land and operated a steam threshing outfit before settling east of Athena, later moving to Washington to raise wheat. He leaves a wife and several children. Governor Chamberlain vetoed the Smith normal school bill, arguing the legislature must decide and cannot delegate. Milton census official A E Troyer reports Milton population at 1900, up from 1075 three years earlier. Supervisor Davis of Indian Affairs visits Umatilla agency regarding land holdings. Northwestern corporation finalizes organization to absorb Northwest Gas and Electric.
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Fred Williams
Albina Washington
Williams
Mr. Williams
Athena
Reader
Washington
Christian Church
Milton
Eagle
A. E. Troyer
Davis
Government Remant of Indian Affairs
Umatilla
Night ride over chasms on railroad bicycle thrill
A Seattle man J. W. Leslie and Dr. O. W. Croup from Walla Walla rode a railroad bicycle across treacherous tracks with 60 foot chasms and washed out sections from Eureka Junction toward Walla Walla. They warned by officials but endured seven washouts and a raging torrent beneath the suspended rails before safely completing the crossing and signaling their OK. Oregon teachers’ salaries rise under house bill 165, increasing state per capita school tax from 6 to 7 dollars and adding one dollar per child to district funding, passed Senate and awaiting governor’s signature.
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J. W. Leslie
Seattle
O. W. Croup
Walla Walla
Eureka Junction
Leslie
Dr. Croup
Lamar
Awang
Oregon
Senate
House
Cattle shipments rise as Echo country sends stock south
The Aberdeen Washington Oregonian notes 3000 cattle and many hundreds of sheep shipped from the Echo area in recent weeks, with cattle held by buyers awaiting cars. As traffic improves, cattle cars are arriving and Pendleton’s Northwest League team plans draw attention to the season. Clark Walter is seriously ill in Walla Walla but rallied yesterday.
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Echo Country
Batter Creek
Meadows
Enat
Oregonian
Aberdeen
Pendleton
Clark Walter
Lark Walter
Walla Walla
Bison John
Athena
Mr. Walter
Motive in Letter Destruction Tuts Hermann Land Fraud Links
District Attorney Baker seeks to introduce testimony on land frauds in Oregon and California to show Hermann had motive to destroy letter press copy books containing official General Land Office correspondence. Key witnesses include Dr. Harry Reiger, Hermann’s former stenographer, and Albert Hermann, son of Binger Hermann, with trial arguments pending to determine admissibility of letters as evidence.
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Baker
Hermann Cage
Hermann
General Land Office
Washington
Adkina
A. S. Worthington
Oregon
Albert Hermann
Binger Hermann
Roseburg
Harry 8. Reiger
Reiger
Baker Frat
Territorial Justice 16 Dead In Washington Territory Loss
Former territorial justice James K. Kennedy of Washington died at his Walla Walla home aged over eighty after a long career that began in Ireland and included service as a government official in Port Townsend. He leaves a frail wife and had lived in Walla Walla for four decades. Judge Bean grants three divorces including Jenny Collier and Emma Reed cases and Sadie Rhodes custody ruling, while W S Boel advertises as Athena agent for V medicines at Current Street residence.
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James K. Kennedy
Washington Territory
Walla Walla
Mer. Kennedy
Northwest
Port Townsend
Washington
Judge Bean
Bean
Jobn Collier
Jennie Collier
Emma Reed
Arthur D. Reed
Sadie Rhodes
Albert Rhodes
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Athena’s
Justin
H. G. Adams
T. J. Kirk
le Grow
Osabier
LM. Kemp
Asst
Cashier
O. Adams
D. H. Preston
P. E. Oulbern
EG Manasse
Inland Empire
Isaac W. Anderson
RB. F. Brackell
Thomas Mickelson
A. K. Dice
8. A. Scott
Otto M. Frank
Robert M. Breese
Carey M. Rader
Robert E. Allen
Anderson
Hermiston
Umatius
Bobo
Harrows
C. A. Barrett & CO
Dell Brothers
Fred. Wills
Albina, , Wash
Chamberlain
North‘western Corporation
Territorial Justice
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