A Fake Tramp, Theatrical Manager Duped by Ventriloquist
Harry Sanderson of Tony Pastor fame, living in Cranford New Jersey, missed a day at home when a tramp asked for a meal. He was lured into a shed with a pretend saw and fed, only to discover later the trickster was a ventriloquist heading back to New York from Easton Pennsylvania. The tale illustrates a simple deception in rural hospitality.
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Harry Sanderson
Tony Pastor
Cranford
N. J
Sanderson
New York
Easton
New York Times
Restless reminiscence and a tale of old farm life
A letter from son Henry at college recalls his happiest moment when he rode on Tee Ladle Silas as a barefoot boy in the old days on the farm. Aunt Martha tears up at memories of the farm and kin. An unrelated line shows a man seeking ruin and admitting money is invested in an inebriates' cure.
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Tooting
Charlie
Henry
Martha
Kate
Marthy
Indianapolis Sun
Yonkers Herald
Crippled Centiped and Housekeeper Exchange
A humorous exchange features a centiped reacting to a dishcloth from a housekeeper. The fly chimes in with sympathy as the centiped laments losing many feet, boasting it could be fifty or sixty. The brief, oddball moment appears in the Boston Herald.
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Boston Herald
Resigned. A street sprinker and a religious meeting joke
A collection of old newspaper quips and a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The items include a resignation quote about a legislator and a joke about a street sprinker at a religious meeting, followed by a testimonial from Mrs. M. I. Bawford praising the remedy for croup and noting its availability through Slocum DrugCo.
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Chamberlain
M. I. Bawford
Poolyiile
Garland
Groupe
Slocum DrugCo
Church Services and Court Suit Notice 1904 Oregon
Multiple church notices invite congregants to Sunday services and Sunday school across Christian, Baptist, and Methodist churches with pastors named. A circuit court summons in Morrow County requires defendants to answer by March 1 1904 regarding a mortgage and debt of 406 dollars plus interest, attorney fees, and foreclosure on Lots 4 and 5 in Block 5 of Jones addition Heppner Oregon.
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J.P. Williams
Hermine Abrahamsick
Antone Abrahamsick
Elsie Meyrs
William Berger
Johanna Abrahamsick
State of
Oregon
Jennie Hooker
Jones
Heppner
W RB. Ellis
6Th Judicial District of
Pendleton
G. W. Puatts
Notice of Final Settlement in Oregon Estate Case
In Morrow County Oregon the county court will hear the executor’s final report for the estate of James Jones deceased. The court has set Saturday the ith day of March 1904 at 1 o'clock p.m. in the county courtroom for the settlement of the account.
Estate of L P Jones final account hearing set
In the matter of the estate of L P Jones deceased the undersigned Oregon for Morrow county hies final report as administrator. Saturday the 5th day of March 1904 at 10 o'clock am is appointed by the court for settlement of the account in the County Court rooms of Morrow County Oregon. M. Astman administrator.
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State of
Oregon
Morrow County
L. P. Jones
Cald
Contests Filed Over Homestead Entry No. 10367 At The Dalles
The United States Land Office in The Dalles announces an interiot contest by James T. Downing against homestead entry No. 10367 filed February 12 for the SW and NW quarters of sections 1 and 2 in Township 50, Range EB. James F. Furlong is contestee. The notice cites alleged nonresidence and abandonment of the land, with hearings scheduled for February 27 at 10 a.m. before County Clerk Vawter Crawford in Heppner, and a final hearing March 5 at 10 a.m. before the Register and Receiver at The Dalles land office. Due to lack of personal service, publication notice is ordered. Micki T. NoLay, Register.
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James T. Downing
Range
James F. Furlong
Ald Jamon F. Furlong
Seine
Morrow County
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Vawter Crawford
Heppner
Oregon
Register
United States Land Office
Dalles
Micki T, NoLay
Radium Free Offer Promises Rapid Cures
Nationwide claim touts radium as greatest remedy for all diseases and offers a written contract to guarantee cures. Readers invited to mail blank with their ailment to receive return information worth hundreds of dollars, with reference to banks confirming responsibility.
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Metropolitian
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Atlanta Constitution
New York Herald
Chicago Post
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Baptist Church
J. W. Mount
M. E
H. L. Binecuror
M. E. Church
South
All
F. C. Adkins
Young Peoples
Pastor Mount
Odd Fellows Hall
All Saints Episcopal Mission
John Warren
Circuit Court
State of Oregon
J. A. Thompson
James Jones
Féma
M, Astmaran
A. R. Kane
Baxter Springs
Kanaas
Slocum Drug Co
Department of the Interiot
the Dalles
Radium
Phila. Firm
Drexel
Philadelphia
Sira
Dievase
Transconti
Nental
Omaha
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Portland
Third St. Portland
Schilling
Rhea & Welch
Portland City Property
Stewart Park
Poet
Notson & Hicks
Lexington
E. Notbon
A. J, Hicks
Hix
Times Office
Feed & Sale
Stewart & Kirk
First National Bank
OF Heppner
C.A. Ratrat
A. Rhea
GEO W Conservice
KE. L. Freeland
Liberty Meat Market
Guy Boyd
Prop
Advertio
Phas Aldo
Yeane
the Times
Oregonian
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