Shriners Parade Dazzles Eugene on Holiday Day
Shriners from Portland, Cottage Grove, Roseburg and beyond filled Eugene streets for a grand parade and celebration. Arab Patrol, Chinese Band, and a camel pageant led a crowd thronged along Willamette Street toward the armory, with a festive display of banners, electric lights, and shop windows showcasing desert themes and Shriner emblems through the afternoon.
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Eugene
Cottage Grove
Roseburg
Grants Pase
Ashland
Portland
Eugene Military Band
Arab Patrol
Mercer
D. A. Paine
L. L. Whitson
D. Bristow
C. B. Willoughby
H. Friendly
T. C. Wheeler
Oliver Veatch
Andrew Brand
Chris Christensen
J. H. Chambers
F. C. Wheeler
B. Lurch
Roseburg Shriners
Frank E. Alley
O. P. Coshow
Sam Josephson
K. Willetts
Ralph D. Robinson
Ashland Shriners
W. F. Osburn
Hoffman House
Armory
Ah Ling
Sing Chwang
Hip Yang
Ah Ying
Che Fat
Sing Lee
Colonel Mercer
Willamette Street
A. S
Areen Pasia
Dunn
Otto
Schwarzschild
Morris Schwarenchild
Gilbert Art
Gilbert
Chumber
Luckey
Faton
Hull
Shriners
Hop Fields in Harrisburg See Strong Harvest
Special correspondence from Harrisburg reports heavy activity in the hop fields with the Fugies harvested and sold this week.
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Harrisburg
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Scrofula Cure
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier for scrofula and related childhood ailments, claiming slow onset may lead to dyspepsia catarrh and consumption tendencies, and offering liquid or Sarsatabs form at 100 doses for $1.
Oregon hop market and local social notes recap
The report covers hop growers selling seven cents per pound with Boggs Brothers at one cent for late vines, and a local harvesting plan where the buyer bears picking and bale costs. It notes good grain yields, low cultivation costs, cautious optimism for profits, and suggests Oregon’s prospects. Social items include Harrisburg entertainment by J. H. Hearde stock company, visits by W. N. Bucknum and family, and local residents seen with neighbors.
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Boggs
Oregon
Harrisburg
J. H. Hearde
Opera House
W. N. Bucknum
W. C. Wright
Veterans Reunion Moves to September Dates
Lane County Veterans Association officers met at the office of R. Williams and set the annual reunion for September 23, 24 and 25. Historically held in June, the event is moved to September due to busy summer schedules for veterans across Lane County. Usually two to three hundred former soldiers attend from across the county.
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Lane County Veterans’ Association
8. R. Williams
Lane County
Immigration Chief Frank P. Sargent Dies in Washington
Washington reports the death of Frank P. Sargent, longtime commissioner of immigration for the department of commerce and labor, from stomach trouble. He served seventeen years as Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and was a thirty-second degree Mason. Appointed by President McKinley, he left a legacy in public service. A. G. Magers of Salem is in the city.
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Department of Commerce and Labor
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
McKinley
Wright Airship Makes Successful Flight in France
Lemans France Sept 5 Wilbur Wright the aeroplane ist of Dayton Ohio made a magnificent flight here today. His machine was in the air almost 20 minutes covering fifteen miles in a remarkable series of evolutions. Wright was overwhelmed with congratulations upon alighting.
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Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Aeroplanist
Dayton
Wright
Harriman Tours Eugene in Brief Stop on Special Train
E H Harriman known as the Wizard of Wall Street visited Eugene for just over an hour on a southbound special train. A Roseburg Marshfield committee interviewed him about the Dram-Cool Bay line while he toured East Eleventh street and the University. He praised Eugene, planned a Skinner's Butte view, and promised to advance Coos Bay and Central Oregon railroad work if terms were met. John Muir and Northwest Line officials accompanied Harriman on the trip.
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E. H. Harriman
Wall Street
Eugene
Commercial Club
Board of Governors
Trustees
Southern Oregon
W. O. Williams
Eugene Auto Co
Railroad
East Eleventh Street
University
Harriman
Skinner's Butte
O'Brien
Butte
Pelican Bay
Willamette Street
Dprain
Oregon
Columbia
Klamath Falls
John Muir
W. W. Cotton
Calvin
Friendly Sells Five Acres for 85000
S H Friendly yesterday sold his five acre tract on the east slope of College Hill just north of the General hospital to a newly formed local capitalists corporation. The Hill Crest Co formed by M J Duryea A C Dixon and E O Potter filed articles with the county clerk this morning. They plan to lay out city lots with streets sidewalks curbing water pipes for 26 lots and improve the property before selling. It is described as a sightly residence site.
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S. H. Friendly
College Hill
General Hospital
M. J. Duryea
Fredericktown
A. C. Dixon
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
E. 0. Potter
Hill Crest Co
Hillsboro inaugurates first electric railway line
On September 4 Hillsboro saw the first electric railway as 1500 townspeople attended the unveiling. A purse raised by locals helped fund refreshments for the 104 man construction crew.
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Hillsboro
Rogue River and Oregon Southern Railway Incorporated
Articles of incorporation filed to build a railroad from Grants Pass on the Southern Pacific main line to Waldo in Josephine county. The 50 mile line would pass Rogue River valley, access timber near Waldo, with O S Blanchard Glenville A Collins and H B Buddenberg of Grants Pass as incorporators and $1,000,000 capital. Office to be in Grants Pass, principal business office in Seattle.
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Salem
Grants Pass
Southern Pacific
Waldo
Josephine County
Siskiyou Mountains
Rogue River
Oregon Southern Railway Company
Corporation Department
Secretary of State
Rogue River Valley
Blanchard
Glenville A. Collins
H. B. Buddenberg
Seattle
Grand Army Vets Favor Salt Lake Encampment
Toledo Sept 4 Salt Lake City wins next Grand Army of the Republic encampment by a large majority over Washington as voters react to the choice in the local paper.
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Grand Army
Salt, Lake
Toledo
Salt Lake
Washington
Japan Prepares to Welcome Fleet
Tokio reports the official program for fleet hospitality, including dinners by the emperor and prime minister, a luncheon by Baron Terauchi, a garden party by Admiral Togo, free theatres, excursions, ballgames, free hotel lodging, and free train passes for officers and men.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Foreign Affairs and Marine
Baron Terauchi
Togo
Two Pittsburg Banks Closed by State Authority
Pittsburg reports the Mount Washington Savings Trust Company was closed today by the Pennsylvania Banking Commission, while the Cosmopolitan National Bank of Pittsburgh suspended operations by order of the controller. The Cosmopolitan bank, a sizable institution, has liabilities and resources near two million.
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Pittsburg
Mount Washington Savings Trust Company
Pennsylvania Banking Commission
Cosmopolitan National Bank of
Cosmopolitan Bank
Four Trainmen Die After Northern Pacific Collision
Missoula, Mont. Four trainmen all residents of Missoula died in a head on crash between westbound passenger train No. 5 and a freight train near Paradise on the Northern Pacific today. Firesmen and engineers Munson Valentine Robinson Herrick died. A brakeman and a tramp were seriously injured. Four more tramp bodies later found in wreckage.
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Missoula
Mont
Paradise
Northern Pacific
Munson and Valentine
Robinson and
Herrick
Franklin Union Trade School opens in Boston town
In Boston on September 3, Franklin's $5,000 bequest, to be managed by town selectmen with church ministers, grew with additions from Andrew Carnegie to create Franklin Union a four story brick stone trades school at Borey and Abitam streets. The $30,099 building offers laboratories for stationary engineers, drafting, and mechanics, with a 1000 seat lecture hall and extensive drawing rooms for evening classes in various trades.
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Boston
Mass
Benjamin Franklin
Franklins
Franklin
America
Andrew Carnegie
Anther
Borey
Abitam
Franklin Union
Apy
Carnegie
France
WIM
Oldest Mason in Country Celebrates 107th Birthday
Mount Sunapee New Hampshire September 5 James Fellows Mc Gregor, the oldest white man in the country, celebrated his 107th birthday. He can read ordinary print without glasses and is described as hale and hearty.
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Country
Hale and Hearty
Mount Sunapee
N. H
James Fellows McGregor
Harriman Plans Major Westward Railroad Push This Year
Albany Oregon September 5 Harriman responding to a remark about moving to Oregon for senate service said he will be busy with extensive railroad building this year. He promised to extend across the mountains but had no definite plans yet. He was greeted by the mayor and hundreds of citizens and urged cooperation.
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Albany
HarriMan
Oregon
Senate
Corvallis & Eastern
Killed Wife to Get Her Money
Oakland report says Captain Peterson doubts Donohue murder case will clear. Daniel Donohue, husband of Alice Donohue, who was murdered and buried in Emeryville, shot himself after failing to prove marriage and to face a subpoena in the inquest into the death. Gustave Ahlstedt alias Arkell detained on suspicion.
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Oakland
Peterson
Donohue
Daniel Donohue
Gustave Ahlstedt
Arkell
Cal
Alice Donohue
Emeryville
Flood
Donahue
Namesake Bryan Travis Receives Bryan Autograph Letter
Attorney Lee M. Travis of this city reports a letter from William Jennings Bryan dated August 31 1908 in St Paul Minnesota acknowledging the arrival of his namesake son and thanking Mr Travis for using the name. The letter is signed W J Bryan and includes C L Kelsey of Klamath Falls.
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Bryan Proud
William Jennings Bryan Travis
Lee M. Travis
St. Paul
Minn
L. M. Travis
Eugene
Oregon
Mr. Travis
W. J. Bryan
C. L. Kelsey
Klamath Falls
The Kind You Have Always Eigeavere on DL Trts
A fragmentary OCR item notes a phrase about a cherished thing or person tied to a person or event, with unclear context. The readable words hint at a familiar line or quotation and a possible tribute or notice.
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John O. C. Adams
J. A. Annand
A. Avery
K. L. Jernard
M. C. Banfield
F. A. Ballin
8. Beal
J. H. Burgard
E. W. Brown
G. L. Baker
J. J. Birchbor
B. Barr
J. W. Brown
A. M Brown
M. Billings
O. B
J. R. Hanson
G. H. Hull
W. Herman
Hamlin
C. L. Hosmer
W. J. Holman
Edw. Holman
N. J. Hoff
W. Harreschou
F. Heilbron
R. D. Inman
G. W. Ibbotson
EB. G. Jones
Fred Jacobs
H. Jenkins
BE. D. Jorgenson
Fred Jennings
H. J. Keeney
K. V. Lively
B. Leach
J. C. Langdon
A. H. Lea
Sigmund Lipman
W. Y. Mnsters
J. H. McKenzie
Fred Muller
Phil Mctachan, Jr
al Mendenhall
Charles F. Baker
A. L. Ball
Lark Bilgwel
I. H. Bingham
B. H. Batley
L. FE. Bean
F. L. Chambers
C. H. Cannon
D. T. Cartmell
F. BE. Dunn
F. M. Day
Geo
O'R. DeBar
Freeland
J. A. Maurer
W. G. Mercer
M. Montgomery
W. F. Wburn
W. M. Preston
T. L. Page
J. F. Robinson
L. N. Rosey
O. FE. Smith
W. L. Souders
Spencer
L. M. Travia
G. D. Wall
M. O
T. W. Harris
D. L. Cartmell
Geo Wall
Wm. Preston
M. F. Griggs
J. L. Page
F. E. Dunn
J. D. Mat
Edward H. Harriman
A. G. Magers
City
Friendly
Railroad News OF
Oregon Land
Japan
DDR
Joseph D. Bryant
Grover Cleveland
Este
Primar
Kansas
Mary
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