La Grande Booster Funds Stir Pendleton Debate
The piece surveys booster efforts in Pendleton and La Grande, contrasting local response to publicity campaigns. It cites editorials from the Pendleton East Oregonian and remarks from Tom Richardson's tour, arguing Pendleton’s prosperity delays public funding for growth and attracts broader attention to regional booster programs.
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LA Grande
Northwest
Pendleton
Tom Richardson
Pendleton East Oregonian
Umatilla County
Tom Rchardson
Court House
Salem
Supreme Court rules all gambling illegal in public or private
The Supreme Court in the Charlies Preston case from Walla Walla holds that any game conducted for gain, whether private or public, is unlawful under state gambling laws. Preston operated a roulette wheel in a basement, arguing private venue spared felony charges, but the court rejected this, upholding gambling as punishable.
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Supreme Court
Charlies Preston
Walla Walla
Superior Court
Preston
mAlcon
Missionaries Busy in Conference at Union
The Grande Ronde Presbyterian Missionary society gathered in Union on April 20 at 2 PM for a two day program. Readings and papers by La Grande members covered home and foreign missions, fundraising, devotional services, musical numbers, and committee reports. The schedule includes addresses by Rev. F Hayden Baker City and various members leading discussions and round tables.
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Cusick
Loyd
Townley
J. K. Wright
Missiona
Ramacy
Young Ladies’ Chorus
Haskell Boowvseeacee
Cco
Bater
F. Hayden
Three Men Injured As Niagara Falls Plant Burst
A Niagara Falls hydraulic power plant generating unit burst today causing $80,000 in property damage and injuring three men. The incident occurred in Niagara Falls New Jersey on April 29.
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Niagara Falls
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Guild Rummage Sale Slated in Slater Building
St. Peter's Guild announces a spring rummage sale in the Slater building on Friday and Saturday. Volunteers with items to donate should notify Mrs. Mac Wood.
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St. Peter's Guild
Slater
Mac Wood
Book Review Highlights Western Tales and Romance
A catalog of novels including The Shepherd of the Hills by Herold Bell Wright and The Barrier by Rex Beach, plus The Lady of the Mount by Frederic Isham and Ewing's Lulu by Harry Leon Wilson. Newlin Drug Co. offers these titles for sale and notes dramatic plots, romantic intrigue, and frontier adventure set in Alaska and Colorado.
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Herold Bell Wright
Newlin Drug Co
Rex Beach
Necia
Old Gale
Lieut. Burrell
Alaska
Outekirta
Frederic 8. Isham
Isham
Btrollera
France
Ewing
Lulu
Harry Leon Wilson
Colorado
S & Young
New York
Max
Newlin Drug Co Promotes Multiple Bespoke Novels
List of new book offerings sold by Newlin Drug Co includes The Great Secret by Oppenheim EK Phillipa Old Wives for New by David Graham Phillips The Metropolis by Upton Sinclair Caele William by Jeanette Lee The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance Rosalind at Red Gate by Meredith Nicholson The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Weavers by Gilbert Parker highlighting deluxe editions and sales locations.
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Phillipa
London Standard
David Graham Phillips
Newlin Drug Co
Upton Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
New York City
Caele William
Jeanette Lee
Nova Scotia
Louis Joseph Vance
England
Rosalind
Red Gate
Meredith Nicholson
Frances Hodgson Burnett
America
Mrs. Burnett
the Weavers
Gilbert Parker
Orient
Egypt
The
Newlin's
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Round Table
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ACME
Fir Street
F. BD
Haisten
Adams Ave
Ada Roush
Bohnenkamp Building
Cnenn Catiidnay
Saiukvat
Adcook & Fritts
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