Weston and Adams Local News Items From Our Sister Towns
West on and Adams items report steam breathing outfit moved to thresh grain. typhoid cases in Weston. J M O Harra threshing outfit ran 35 days. Orchard damage from wind storm. Cogan stays in Weston. pipe for water works arrived. Sim Culley shows electric show. Mrs Cynthia A Turner dies at 72. Tarver family history and Weston residence noted.
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George Ferguson
Pendleton
Lee Teutsch Department Store
Brownsville Woolen Mills
J. M. O'Harra
Edwin Simpson
Wildhorse Creek
Adams Advance News in Alberta and Portland Visitors
John McIntyre returns from Alberta with reports of large grain crops. A McKouxie and family plan several days at the exposition in Portland. Rev W M Spoor confirms another year at his pastorate after M E conference. Ming Elen Kimberk to California for winter study. Wilbur of Wilbur station eyes lumber trade return. A Pennick heads to Idaho homestead with KH Swish ee. The Brown couple from Red Janda California enjoy local visits and home life.
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John McIntyre
Alberta
A. McKouxie
Mise Aguas
Robert
Portland
W. M. Spoor
M. E
Ming Elen Kimberk
Vancouver
California
Wilbur
Wilbur Station
Bak
Mra. C. Brown
Red Janda
Anda
Paleo
Ntil
Carpenter Builds Cottage On East Side Of Main Street
T J Price is erecting a neat cottage on the east side of Mia street for his own occupancy not for rent. He notes if others have no houses to rent he will not rent his either. The local grain in the county is in the sack with about 325 000 bushels to be handled through warehouses. roughly half has sold at an average 60 cents per bushel, the rest held for a higher price. W J Turner, who left Adams for a Birch creek homestead, reports 1600 sacks of wheat from 80 acres at 130 pounds per sack, about 43 1 3 bushels per acre, a good yield for a region once deemed worthless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Price
Carpenters Buay
Miia Street
W. J. Turner
Adams
Birch Creel
Pendleton
Umatilla County Exceeds at Lewis and Clark Agricultural Show
Umatilla County receives high praise from President Jefferson Myers state commission head after careful review of the agricultural exhibits at the Lewis and Clark fair. He calls the Umatilla booth among the best, noting fine peaches plums watermelons grapes and musk melons on display. Residents are urged to send fruit grain or vegetables to S. H. Forshaw Pendleton or G. A. Hobbs Milton for proper labeling and shipment to the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
Jefferson Myers
State Commission
S. H. Forshaw
Pendleton
G. A. Hobbs
Milton
There is nothing like it for a beautiful complexion
An advertisement from Pioneer drug store touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant and certain cure for headache constipation and related woes. The copy promises guaranteed results and targets women with a claim to improve complexion while selling the product for 25 cents at McBride s drug store and 5e per Ten or Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
McBride
Pioneer Drug Store
Fragmented Quote Reflects Torment of Consumption Death
A fragment describes the agony of dying from consumption, likening famine torment to the suffering of consumption. The text traces the progress of the disease from its onset to its final stage, noting the immense torture endured by the victim.
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Jong
Fire sweeps Portland docks and lumberyard plants
A noon Friday blaze destroyed the Oregon Railway and Navigation dock and the Pacific Coast Elevator warehouse in Lower Albina, Portland. The fire spread across the river burning the Eastern Western Lumber dry kiln. Earlier St Johns Lumber plant, Ore ogn Pir mill, and Peninsula Wood yard suffered losses. About 100 freight cars in Lower Albina and 25 more were wrecked, loaded with wheat, lumber and freight. Estimated losses near $200,000 with insurance covering much. Major items include the elevator dock and contents $80,000, Albina dock $80,000, 600 tons of wheat, freight cars worth $20,000, and a dry kiln $83,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finmen Keay
Willamette
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
Lower Albina
Portland
Eastern Western Lumber Company
St. Johns
Albina
Fires Widespread in Willamette Valley Reported
Reports indicate heavy damage from forest fires across the Willamette Valley with Albany area farms and timber hit hard. North and west of Kugese fires threaten additional losses if not controlled soon while Grants Pass district fires remain minor, confined to brush and second growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wismette Valley
Albany
Nar
Kugese
Grants Pass
Mrs Jone Parr Dead at 26 After Illness
Mrs Jone Parr wife of Eli Parr died Saturday after months of illness from consumption. She was 26. Services were held at the Mission on the reservation. The Lewis and Clark fair rates from Athena to Portland announced by O K H N Co. Tickets on sale May 29 to Oct 15 with 80 day return limit, fare $7.40, half fare for children, call M W Smith agent Athena for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tone
Eli Parr
Paner
KH & N. Co
Athena
Portland
M. W. Smith
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Weston
W. W. Garlisle
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G. DeGraw
Way Gerking
Mixa Lucy Jenkins
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J. B. Cogan
Town
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0. M. Richmond
Olympia
Eure
Sim J. Culley
Wyberg
Cynthia A. Turner
Turner
Ripley
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Iowa
Ilinois
Cynthia A. Tohna
Samer Tarver March
Montana
Oregon
A. Pennick
Idaho
KH. Swishee
Peauick
Adana
Umatilla County Exposition
Foley
County Fair Association
FANGY
Thos. H. Brents
B. B. Caswell
A. H. Luna
King's Baro
Main Street
Wright
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. K. Froome
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Mach
Troy Laundry
Walla Walla
Elmer Lane
T. L. Terhune
Prompt & Reliable Servion A. L. Jones
Charles Gay
Willamette Valley
Jone Parr
Lewis and Clark Bates
C. A. Barrett & Comp’y Incorporat
Pianios of Worth
Reed & Sons
Henry F. Miller
Boston
Sieger
Whitman College
Dwesley Herrick Music Co
East Main Street
Bridge
Waite Walla
Washington
Barrett
Timates
New Lumber Yard
King Brothers Rp
Parker & Lane’s
Athena, Ore
ORAN
Union Pacific
Genata
Ubieago
Kanna City
Pallinwa
Chirag
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