Local Notes Roundup and Community Snippets
Dad Griffin shows spring fishing fever while Karl Beach of Lexington circulates a road petition for the County Court. Fred Mankin visits the Independent office as humor and gossip circulate. A Bristow & Johnson ad changes this week as the Doreus Society plans a Congregational silver tea. Susan Liebig, a former local student and teacher, recovers from diphtheria while Scholes nurses a hand injury from a failed stopping attempt. For sale 12 tons of mixed alfalfa and barley. Heat kills mont bacteria but they remain real.
Lexington Echoes Celebrate Birthdays and Anniversary
The Congregational ladies hosted an aid-room event in Lexington on Wednesday with travel games word making contests and an invited guest of honor. A two course lunch complemented the afternoon of social pleasure. Benny and Willie White arrived from Maryville Missouri to visit their uncle Charles Gray and noted Phoenix Arizona as a booming town on their southern route.
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Sadie Lewis
Limer Slocum
Edward Keller
Nathaniel Shaw
Benny
Willie White
Lexington
Marynville
Chas
Gray
Phoenix
Arizona
American Legion Sets 1926 Membership Goal
The national goal is 1,000,000 members for 1926 with Oregon aiming for 12,000. Starting from 9,200 members in 1925, department offices express confidence the target can be reached.
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American Legion
Oregon
Announcement of Candidacy for State Superintendent
A candidate announces seeking the Republican nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction to succeed J A Churchill who resigned. The speaker cites rural school experience in the state and in Washington, a background as principal and superintendent, and notes age forty two with four children. The article also mentions related local notices about births, a tourist launch on Lake Josephine, and an estray horse mule.
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Wash
Lexingtonington County
Stationery and pharmacy ad note rounds up local items
Stationery new and nifty at Bullard's Pharmacy. Also mentions school district consolidation election and a for sale violin with case. A four room apartment over the printing office is for rent at ten dollars monthly with water and electric connections.
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Bullard’s Pharmacy
Bullard’s
Legion Hall Theatre Presents Community Pictures
Weather and local notices blend with theater listings as Lone Oregon townsfolk anticipate films contracted for Legion Hall Theatre. Households discuss the water project, a January to March schedule, and a pledge to support adhesion to oaths amid ongoing public notices and local ads.
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Dad Griffin
Karl L. Beach
Fred Mankin
Independent Office
J. P. Loay
Shorty Campbell
John
Bristow & Johnson
Doreus Society of the ‘Congregational Church
Susan Liebeg
Liebig
North
Scholes
Campbell
Terra Firma
C. C. Sargent
Esnpanio
McCall's Magazine
Iste
Bank OF Ione
Ione Oregon
W. A.wirts
Branch Yards
Ralph Jackson
Hillsborough, Oregon
Marcella May
Mrs
Emma Bryant
Lake Josephine
Rockies
Glacier National Park
Wilia
Lane
Iver Nelson
Legion Hall Theatre
R. E. Harbison
Lexing Kon
Lone Hi
Lone
The
Legion Theatre
Consu
Ione
Housewives Council Inc
Border Legion
Iland
Mar
Devils
Air Mail
U. S. Senate
Jed
Vicinity
Lee Howell
American Legion Lone
John Deer
Bristow & Johnsons
Bert Mason
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