Personal notes from Eugene and nearby towns
A roundup of local people visiting, traveling, or traveling back home. Kelly Guard and August 20 visitors. Judge Bean and wife in the East. Miss Cora Rotan visiting. Mrs Hoffian and husband home from Newport. J I Jones and wife from Cottage Grove in the city. various residents leaving for Newport, Chicago, Creston Iowa, Belknap Springs, Weet Superior Wisconsin, Portland, and other trips. Also arrivals, departures, and small movements from Coburg, Cottage Grove, Eugene, Leaburg, Florence, and Jacksonville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W H Hoffian
Newport
J I Jones
Cottage Grove
The
City
JF Schwab
Creston
Iowa
Mises Edith Hoffman Ia
Chas Vandenberg
R & Huston
Roveburg
T D Rowland
Walton
Mary Ransom
Hoffman
Prom Newport Awaits Season as Visitors Linger at Watering Place
Epiron Guarno reports crowds linger at Newport Otis Bay, as the Columbine lighthouse tender’s searchlight exhibition draws hundreds. Light scatters across Nye Creek, Yaquina, and South Beach while locals joke about the devil’s illumination. Notables from Oregon and neighboring states visit, with politicians and editors seen in town. Hotels, barber shops, and a grand opera house highlight the town’s seasonal bustle and interest in water agates rises among guests and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiron Guarno
Columbine
Nye Creek
Newport
Yaquina
South Beach
Gov Geer
Salem
Chas A Johns
Baker City
W R Bilyeu
Judge Whitney
Albany
Ellis
Chas Wilkins
Pendleton
DA Paine
Eugene
Hayter
Dallas
Renator Huston
Hillsboro
Hoefer
Col Parker
Walla Walla
Judge Long
Portland
P. di da
Threshing Accident Hurts Man Near Irving
Molly Gerd and John Bowers suffered arm injuries when Bowers fed a threshing machine and his left arm was caught in a pulley. It was a compound fracture with multiple small bones crushed. De T W Harris set the arm and the patient is recovering. Sally Goard faces bicycle trouble after a theft, with a man named Bert Pennington arrested and awaiting sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Gerd
Aggoet
John Bowers
Irving
Mr Bowers
de T W Harris
Sally Goard
Mertie
Segar to Operate Pearl Street Packing House Again
N Segar will run the Pearl street packing house this season. He has it in order with boxes and crates ready and plans to pack carloads of Italian prunes and Bartlett pears. Work to begin about two weeks from Monday with cash payments and remunerative prices expected for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T N Segar
Pearl Street
Mr Segar
Railroad work resumes on Pacific Idaho Northern line to Seven Devils
A Boise Capital News special reports full crew and grading outfit of Wilkerson Thompson resuming the 45 mile line from Council to the Seven Devils copper camps. The project aims for rapid completion and promises a booming southern Idaho, with a single mine valued at 3,000,000 dollars. A smelter is going up near Welser as the P and M construction is announced. Albany Democrat obituary notes Wm Cochran of Rowland dies at 87 after a long illness, born 1813 in Kentucky, later wealthy Linn county pioneer, brother of the late K Cochran of Lane county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowe Idaho
Boise Capital News
Wilkerson & Thompson
Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway
Council
Welser
P & Man
Idaho
Albany
Wm Cochran
Rowland
Madison County
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Oregon
Oregon City
Linn County
Lion County
Hon K. Cochran
Lane County
Baker City Hold-Up At Log Cabin Saloon
Four masked gunmen robbed the Log Cabin saloon in Baker City early this morning about 2 o clock. They forced the proprietor to open the safe and plundered gambling tables, taking about 400 dollars plus 700 in the safe, with 300 on tables overlooked. One revolver shot fired. no injuries. About fifteen people present as they fled on waiting horses. Police seek the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Cars
seeiGent
Powder Explosion Destroys Freight Cars on Southern Pacific Train
A Southern Pacific freight train with three giant powder cars exploded on a steep grade near Tunnel 7 Saturday afternoon. The emergency brake stopped the long train, the blast blew three cars to atoms, tearing track for 50 yards and damaging adjacent cars. No injuries reported though houses nearby suffered damage and the blast was heard 380 miles away in Roseburg. If the explosion had occurred inside the tunnel, the line would have been crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Iendale
Tunnel 7
Roseburg
Islander Wreck Incidents Leave Treasure Behind
Passengers on the Alaska steamer Islander fled the sinking vessel after a collision with an iceberg in northern waters. Notable losses included Mr Blomauer of Portland with 14000 in gold dust, D H Hart with 40000, M Martin of Winnipeg with 4000, and a companion with 5000. Several others escaped, but one unnamed Klondiker reportedly seized 40000 in dust and perished with the treasure as the ship went down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blomauer
Portland
D H Hart
M Martin
Winnipeg
Krondiker
Has Been Ira Campbell Returns to an Unchanged Bay
Ira Campbell, once a bachelor in Lovers Lane and at the bay resort, returns after five years to find the scene unchanged. He laments the loss of charm and beauty, now married with an heir, and marks his own tale as a has been while observing the younger generation at the old resort. A Port land morning paper proposal stirs talk as organizers seek 10 000 subscribers at 7 50 yearly for the new venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Herald
Iram Campbell
EvaEns Guakp
Newport
Ram
Gemall
Besaty
Lane
Olsenville
Emile
Ira
Portland
Metropolia
Lynching and unrest erupt after assault in Pierce City
A mob lynched Will and French Godley colored men for an assault and murder of a young woman in Pierce City Missouri. Whites drove many Negroes from their homes torching cabins as panicked residents fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Crry
Will
French Godley
Wendling Women of Woodcraft Officers Installed
Mra K George organized a Circle of Women of Woodcraft at Wendling on Saturday. Officers elected and installed include Past Guardian Neighbor Mre Lizzie Webb Guardian Neighbor Miss Bertha Holcomb Ad visor Mre R Morehead Clerk Miss Leona Holcomb Attendant Mina Barah Bryant Captsie Guards Mra McCullough Banker Mra Lavi na Kester Magician Mra Lilyboa ter Inside Sentinel O W Webb Outside Sentinel Kona Harrison Physician H F Ong Managers G Bassett M Harrison Mra Ella Farnham
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendling
Mra
K George
Mre
Lizzie Webb
Harp Lick Returns Home from Bay Trip
Ira Campbell of the Engene Guard returns home from the bay driven out by absence of ticket-quenching establishments and the dilapidated condition of lovers lane in Albany Democrat report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ira Campbell
Engene Guard
Lovers’ Lane
The Pioneer Returns to Early Home in Oregon
The Democrat notes the departure of Judge JameCoy of Martinsburg who will return to revisit Eugene and other parts of Oregon. It recalls his early 1800s overland voyage with an ox team, his status as a pioneer, and his 1581 return to care for a widowed mother. Friends wish him bon voyage and a safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitterfield
JameCoy
Martinsburg
Eugene
Oregon
Thia
Frank Dunn Big Bargains Corsets And Bonnets
Local ad notes Frank Dunn offering summer bargains on corsets reduced from 75 to 58 and 50 to 42 cents and children’s white bonnets reduced from 25 to 16 cents with display in store doorway.
All Our Cotton Skirts At Low Price Sale
All Our Cotton Skirts to go cheap with very few left. Special price 75 cents, old prices 1.00 1.25 and 1.50. Hats are a rare treat on display. See unNpERWEAR in north door two good shirts for 75 cents. Tan shoes and Oxfords offered at less than cost with new shoes just in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Door
Fall Clothing Now Here and Ready to Sell
The new fall apparel has arrived and is marked ready for sale. Shoppers will find seasonal coats, sweaters, and accessories displayed prominently. Local retailers promote early fall inventory with updated displays and extended hours.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ra Lal
Hampton Bros
Willamette Street
Eugene Cuard
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
LUARD
L Whitson
W V_ Henderson
Luckey
Woodcock
Attorney-At-Law
Othce
Chris
Evornn, Ongcon
Joshua J Walton Wy
Ate & Overton
Markley
Attorneys-At-Law
Walton Block
Evogxs
Ongoor
W. L, Cheshire
M. D
Chrisman Dg
Brown, M. D
Chrisman Block
A. G. Hovey
L. G. Hulin
H. Hovey
Aset Cashier
Chicago
San Francisco
T G Haeypetoxs
Eakis
Lem Te
P. E. Syoponass
Cashier
L. H. Porrin Assistant
Savings Bank
United States
P . Osburn
Cashler
D. A. Paine
BROWN
Odin
Kansas
Mexico
Barker Gun Works
Kelly Guard
Haines
Judge Bean
Cora Rotan
Thomas Hawthorne
Owell Robinson
Coburg
Mrs Thos Awbrey
C F Overbaugh
OR & N Co
George Smith
G F Skipworth
AC Maleau
Lee Teateh
Weet Superior
Wis
L Samuel
Weat Shore
Harry Straight
Lloyd Bellman
Belknap Springs
Carl Smith
Crook County
Frank Goodpasture
Tacoma
Erie McClanahan
Seattle
Horace Burnett
the Guard
Etta Eastland
Bkirns
Rosebury Review
E B Goodchild
Frank Kennedy
Grace Campbell
Wm Cheshire
Leaburg
Salem Journal
H W Watson
Hallie
John M Whitney
Arthur Hanoa
North Santiam
W M Miller
Walter Ross
Geo Oliver
Vero Wilson
Kitson Springs
Salem Statesman
Mra M J Petzel
State University
Jacksonville
Will Johnson
Applegate Hills
Florence
Lester Ogden
E E Marr
Norman Gray
AW Gilbert
Jerry Horn
Heceta
PROM
Central
T.n.segar
Bartlett Pearl
Faro Bank
Minnoure Mob
Papucan
Golconday
Ohio River
Elizabethown
Paducah
Pintapetruia
Point Breeze
Schwab
New York
Amalgamated Ironworkers’ Association
Colombia
Washioron
Colon
Panama
Frank Dunn
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