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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
5
A bustling Independence page lists visitors, sales, and notices. Names include Mrs. Kurre, Mr. Quiggle, J. Hon, and many residents visiting Salem, Dallas, or Albany. Local businesses Craven & Moore, Brown & Sibley, and Mereth & Wiltahiren advertise goods and services with holiday prompts and toy shipments.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions demonstrations and a list of names or tags. The readable parts reference Lowy, Mrs Meo, and Dr. Lowy showing items or materials. The overall sense points to a staged event with observers and labels but lacks clear details.
Independent school pupils have contributed numerous articles for the Boys' and Girls' Home in Portland. A box of clothing and provisions was sent Wednesday morning to aid the unfortunate little ones.
An entertainment was held Saturday evening at Central school in Monmouth by the high school students to raise money to pay last year's debt. After the program refreshments were served, with every class of the high school having no booth.
A Woodcraft Pumpkin Prep social drew strong attendance and praise. Fred Hooper won the prize for best carved lantern, judged by Knox, Kreamer, and Browne. Door receipts exceeded $20 with free pumpkin pie and a fishpond activity boosting proceeds for the event.
Sold Hop Farin Joe thobbard of this city recently sat his top farm consisting of Is les of hopa and 3b acres of Umber, wa Cook, Sun. The gird, although small, is one of the best ones in the valley and Cook Bros, being geml hop men, will undoubtedly do well with their new Helidiem. The consideration for the entire 25 eres Wee 7,000.
Independence football defeated Wabagh of Portland 20 to 0 in a well played game. The match opened with a fast start and remained free from serious incidents through the first three minutes.
Independence scored in each of the first three quarters with four touchdowns led by Henkle two and Williams two. Moon Hird and Huber from a sister city contributed effective work as Metzger, Jones, and Mattison also stood out. McAdams was out, yet the home team still pressed the win with strong team play.
L Hawkins advertises marble and granite cemetery work offering headstones grave markers and related services. Local customers are invited to inquire for constructions and installations.
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