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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
4
Independence residents face a pivotal call to fund and start street improvements. The piece urges united action to boost property values, improve appearance, and attract growth, citing examples from Eugene and Hood River where publicity and hospitality drew new residents and capital.
Merchants across western Oregon advocate Red Cross Seals for Christmas shoppers to raise funds for the White Plague fight. Portland Astoria and Eugene lead sales with Pendleton pushing strong eastern totals as small towns join in. Seals sell for one cent each and every stamp used aids the cause, with proceeds likely reaching thousands of dollars.
The office expresses gratitude to friends supporters and subscribers for tokens of encouragement during the past week. Advertisers paid visits and offered best wishes while correspondents contributed to filling columns with local news.
A town faces a five dollar shortfall in basketball receipts against expenses. The writer urges strong local backing for high school athletics to honor the school and city, calling for attendance or at least contributing admission to a relief fund to boost future efforts.
Pendleton merchants and boosters push to attract a new breakfast food factory to eastern Oregon. The town highlights its strong reputation for seizing worthwhile opportunities and believes its eastern location offers favorable access for the project.
A reader notes that while other states face storms and cold, Willamette Valley businesspeople wear soft shirts and smiles. The letter playfully claims there is no place like home and pokes fun at nationwide climate advertising.
Report notes that a Christmas football game on a dry sunlit field is unusually favorable with mild temperatures and no need for heavy sweaters between quarters. The write up indicates local teams may enjoy the best possible weather conditions for the game.
English women compelled hotel managers to grant women the privilege to smoke anywhere on the premises, marking another step for women’s rights as two leading San Francisco hotels now allow smoking by women.
The Hood River commercial club ships applications to Siberia and plans broader advertising. They may seize occasional chances to boost, but so far no one has recalled that time or succeeded in doing so.
James J. Hill visited Oregon and outlined rail expansions including extensions of the Oregon Trunk line from its proposed terminus at Dend south through the state. He urged United Railways westward toward Tillamook and proposed an independent Hill passenger station in Portland.
In Hood River local debate centers on paving the shete project affecting streets and traffic. Mayor-elect Hartwig voices concerns about cost and neighborhood disruption while residents weigh alternatives, including potential use of apples as a symbolic gesture.
Mrs Word Butler and Mrs Johonie Hiltebrand visited Salem Thursday while Everett Gentry from Camas Washington and Mrs Homer Finch from Portland spent the holidays with local friends. The public library will close Saturday afternoon for Christmas and reopen Monday morning. New strings from Geo C Will Salem music dealer promise fresh tones and lasting quality.
Modern up to date house on fifth street invites inquiries to J J Williams Independence phone Farmers 659. Sold as listed in local sale column.
An Independence Oregon testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble relief. Mrs A J Cooper credits the remedy with great relief and recommends Doan's Kidney Pills to others at fifty cents a box, Foster Milburn Co. sole US agents.
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