New Shade Trees Donated for City Park by Ladies Auxiliary
Ornamental trees arrived from Washington Nursery, aided by H. H. Hill as local agent and a $4.90 contribution from the Ladies Auxiliary of the Commercial Association. Plants include Carolina Poplar Linden Sugar Maple Elm Chestnut Birch and more to be planted in the City Park to replace aging cottonwoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Nursery Company
H. H. Hill
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Commercial Association
Hill
Northwest
Meneley Quartet Closes Athena Lyceum Season
El Paso Journal notes the Meneley Quartet delivers an exquisite program in Athena to conclude the lyceum course on Saturday April 6. The group has earned a national reputation, captivating crowds at all past chantangan events and drawing large audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meneley
Athena
el Paso
Adventurous Cruise of the La Ventora Prompts Lecture Series
A. Mackenzie Meldrum delivered his famed lecture The Adventurous Cruise of the La Ventora at the church on Wednesday to a large audience. The noted lecturer, praised regionally, is set to appear next week before Pendleton and Weston crowds. He later visited Holaman to preach two sermons and administer baptism to two candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mackenzie Meldrum
la Ventora
Nature's Laundry Pranks in Yellowstone Park
An exchange note recounts a Yellowstone tale where a washing bag left in a geyser basin was hurled into the air by the Old Giant, shredding garments and scattering them as visitors wandered away. It contrasts varied island washing practices with a northern park's dramatic wash-day mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Isles
Nature
Yellowstone National Park
Chinese Rubbings and Tortoise Shell Topics From Old China
The article surveys Chinese rubbing practices from stone tablets and monuments including the Nestorian and Mohamedan tablets and Confucian temple rubbings, notes government limits on robbings, and mentions materials and methods used in tortoise shell production and a police examination anecdote from Chicago.
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Lig Li Chang
Peking
China
Sinufu
Shensi
Confucius
Chefoo
Shantung
New York Sun
Dealer in mining stocks sells chickens before eggs
A visitor asks if you count chickens before hatched. The dealer boasts he counts them early and sells them before eggs. The quip is framed by Judge's Library with a note on sympathy and ignorance in intellect and heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge's Library
Watts Contemplates Circuit Judge Run Courier Style
Friends urge attorney Hower I. Watts to run as Republican for circuit judge in this district challenging incumbent Judge Phelps. Watts weighs the race across Morton and Umatilla counties with support from Republicans and Democrats amid his farming and law practice interests.
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Hower I. Watts
Watts
Morrow
Ans
Phelps
Morton County
Umatilla County
Bis
Athena Band to Appear in Public Concert at Opera House
The Athena Band under Prof Edgar Smith will perform tomorrow evening at the Athena Opera House. The program includes piano and violin solos, vocal numbers, and band pieces such as Napoleon's Last Charge and Alexander's Ragtime Band. Also noted are court cases, local business notices, and a city warrant call as part of the day’s items.
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Athena
Opera House
Edgar Smith
Baud Bay
Clossion Productions
Iron King Band
Thos
H. Northup
Katherine Froom
Hazel Parker
Kerry
Molloy
Mia
Newsom
E. I. Pant
Ethel Johnson
Soldiers Life
Keller Bela
Owen Rosie
Ziguenerwelsen
Sarasnte
Joba Braden
Monzkoroski
McCaughy
Tharp
Athens
Grego
Wintor C. Barke
Teeaaorer
Weston
Athena Opera House
Nuspiaca
Epworth League
League
Gol
Clark
Jerry
Pig
McBride
Matthew Two
Zane Lansdale
James Blackburn
Jack Worthington
Claud Price
Donia Barnes
Mrs. Lee
Claudia Kelly Bey
France
Sadie Te
Mins Ton Blomgren
Weston Opera
Henety
King of the Asps: The Echis carinata of India
A Harper's excerpt describes the Echis carinata, a venomous Indian snake about eighteen inches long. It details its aggressive, fearless nature, deadly potential, and distinctive warning display with a looping figure eight and rasping hiss, underscoring its fearsome reputation.
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India
Ife
Echiseminata
Harper's
Two Hats Scheme and a District Leader's Payment
A political borrower borrows fifty dollars for five minutes and uses a district leader to pay for two hats with a forged order. The officer flashes a fifty and the clerk accepts it, leading to two genuine purchases. The piece also traces the word steppmother from its Anglo Saxon roots. A British report explains Japanese landowners own surface and products, not minerals, which belong to the government.
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Nix
Japan
Jin
Motion Claimed To Force Sudden Disbandment
Pittsburgh Press reports quotes describing a motion to disband a group amid confusion. The dialogue includes phrases about taking action and a believed motion resembling reaching for a razor, highlighting tense moments during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Properly Placed
Humorous quotation from Judge's Library about a drunk husband returning home late and a wife reproving him. The printer laughs it off claiming he will be put into the "too late" department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
League Moguls In Session Here In 1913
Pendleton leads a multi town meeting forming the Blas Movotain League with delegates from Walla Walla Milton Freewater Athena Weston and Pendleton. Clark Wood elected president and secretary treasurer as league details set salaries game splits and umpire rules for the season opening April 6.
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Clark Wood
Weston
Athena
Blue Mountain League
Maree Watts
Boyd
Tate Water
Tate
Walla Walla
Milton-Freewater
Pendleton
Estes
Pendleton East Orogohian
Sny Club
Athena-Weston
Welle Walla
Milton- Freewater
Y M C A Branch Planned in Pendleton
A Pendleton mass meeting led by Judge J. W. Maloney organized a new Y M C A branch. Committees were named to carry forward the work and establish plans for the movement.
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B. Wilson
H. Koepke
le Grow
BE. A. Zerba
Ass’t
F. Wilson
Ferguson M. L. Watts
First National Bank
Athena Capital
H.a.bundy, Athena
THE
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Oregon
D. H. Mansfield
Ladies Auxiliary of
Com
Mercial Association
Meneley Concert Company
Dell Brothers
Indian Archipelago
Florida
Scientific American
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
May
Athena Band
St. Clair
Ralph McBain
Homer J. Watts
William H. McBain
Wilson
Lew Moorehouse
Jane
Milliken
B. OH. Milliken
Comtomera
Mark G. Harrin
Procom
King OF
ASPS
Chicago Post
Johnson
Mealy
London Chronicle
Boy Hart
Joe Garrett
John Bannister
Weaton
Garrett
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