Independence Celebration Planned as Largest Polk County Event
Independence readies its most elaborate Fourth of July festival with a noon parade, a keynote by Lawrence T. Harris, and a barbecue featuring two beef roasts and six hogs. Officials include Hon. F. A. Patterson as president of the day and Rev. E. C. Wigmore as chaplain, with logistics from Main and B streets to Florence Baynett.
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Independence
Polk County
Lawrence T. Harris
Oregon
Airlie
Here
Salem
F. A. Patterson
E. C. Wigmore
BE. M. Smith
L. Damon
Eugene
Main
Tooth
Monmouth
Independence Day Festivities Spark Polk County Event
A large community gathering in Polk county features a baseball game, foot and bicycle races, hose races, egg toss, and a dance in the evening. Trains from Dallas bring visitors to the grove for morning exercises and a noon dinner break. J E Kirkland and spouse lead the grand march as Damon oversees the event, with a Goddess of Liberty contest tallying votes already reaching into the thousands.
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Polk County
J. E. Kirkland
Damon
Goddess of Liberty
Kramer
Edith Owen
May Kennedy
Florence Burton
Ruby Kelso
Monmouth Band Delights Town With Holiday Concert
The town gathered at the post office corner Saturday for a holiday concert by the Monmouth band. They opened with Hiawatha and followed with the Scandalous Coins, all numbers well received. The performance was a success and organizers urged more concerts.
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Monmouth
Independence mourns Mrs Hodgins as flood toll rises
The article notes the death of Mrs. Hodgins a widow of 56 found among flood drifts near town, formerly of Independence where she ran a boarding house. It details council actions including deputy marshal appointment, saloon bond approval, and an ordinance regulating privy drainage and nuisance, plus a Fourth of July civic-page message urging rural support and good-will.
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G. DeBord
Slough
Brookshire & Phillipp
City of Independence
Whiteaker
Jasperson
Geo. Fisher
Dallas executes W. P. Peacock for Kerr murder
An adjourned Dallas court Friday gave W. P. Peacock the death sentence for the May 18 1903 murder of Alexander Kerr. A motion for new trial was overruled and the execution date set for August 7 1903 at Salem. Peacock plans an appeal to the supreme court citing insanity evidence. If carried out, it would be the penitentiary’s first execution under the new law. The condemned man remains quiet and isolated. Her dead body found.
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Dallas
W. P. Peacock
Alexander Kerr
Burnett
Ford
Salem
Supreme Court
Peacock
Mrs J Hodgins a Victim of the Heppner Deluge
A press dispatch reports Mrs J Hodgins as a victim in the Heppner flood with the Sunday update noting she was the last recipient of a recoy. The brief item confirms the disaster impact on residents and ongoing local reporting.
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J. Hodgins
Fourth of July Suggestions from Airlie
Special from Airlie notes most locals anticipate a full Fourth of July program with no country visitor complaints. It urges residents to ensure a welcoming, lengthy celebration and to avoid cityfolk centering the festivities for country guests.
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Airlie
Perrydale School closes with rose decorated church ceremony
Miss Rosa E Smith of Monmouth closed Perrydale School with exercises at the Christian church on June 19. The decorated arch, pink and green roses, and evergreens framed the graduating class as C C Poling gave an instructional address. Supt L Starr presented eighth grade diplomas to Pearl Range Carrie Flannery and Ben J Werner.
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Rosa E. Smith
Monmouth
Perrydale
Christian Church
C. C. Poling
L. Starr
Pearl Range
Carrie Flannery
Ben J. Wer
Message of thanks from German agriculturists to Independence
A letter dated June 15 from Milwaukee Wisconsin expresses gratitude to the City Mayor of Independence Oregon for hospitality extended to German agriculturists. Wa Fionce signs the note.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Independence
Oregon
Nebraska Weather Through Storms Reach Oregon Visit
Mrs. Frye and granddaughter Dora Park report heavy Nebraska rain and cyclones since June 2 with a house blown down near Lincoln and fatalities. They discuss extended travel plans to spend summer and possibly winter in Oregon. Frye is described as a pleasant lady.
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Frye
Dora Park
P. T. Peterson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Misa Wettie Masterson Attends Baptist College Commencement
Misa Wettie Masterson traveled to McMinnville on Tuesday to attend the commencement exercises of the Baptist college, marking a ceremonial conclusion to a period of study.
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Misa Wettie Masterson
McMinnville
The
Baptist College
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Florence Baynett
Eva Mutkey
Goldie Irvine
Jeesie Hartiman
Mabel Wheelock
Babbitt
Main and
C Streets
Council
William Peacock
Glose
Perrydale School
Parker
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