Notable Visitors and Local Appointments in City Briefs
B F Smith arrives from Joseph for a few days. Mrs Henry Spence of Wallowa visits the city. Mr Levy Union druggist spent Sunday in La Grande. John Stevenson of Boise on business in town. J S McDonald Imnaha stockman at Foley house. Thos Burke Observer synotype man visited Baker City. Greasy Bill Lindsey W P Fuller traveler in city. E P Dodd former Pendleton Tribune editor visiting friends staying at the Foley.
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Thos, Burke
Observer Synotype
Baker City
E.P. Dodd
The
Pendleton Tribunte
Foley
Travelers and locals visit La Grande and nearby towns
A stream of visitors passes through La Grande and nearby areas including Misses Theo and Bather Schwaeger of North Platte Nebraska visiting Mrs. E. Polack for a month. Henry Patten of Henney Buggey visits local agents. George Beaumont of Standard Oil calls on La Grande. Dr M K Hall attends to Wm Porter who was shot last Friday. Aledo bound Editor H A Galloway and son Robert travel after telegram about his mother's illness. Charles Moore and C H Plager inspect Bell Telephone work. Nan Heaton arrives for appendicitis surgery led by Drs Ault and Hocket.
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Theo
Bather Schwaeger
North Platte, Neb
E. Polack
H. A. Galloway
Robert
Aledo, Il
Notable Visitors and Local Tradesmen in Joseph Area
Attorney T. H. Crawford travels to Los Angeles to visit his son. BR. H. Archard, a leading Joseph capitalist, stays in Foley Hotel. A. J. Scott and A. J. Douglass of Seattle lodged at the Savoy. D. B. Crowe of Crowe and Jol ly visits and may settle locally. Local drivers Burnett and Stultz return from mountain firefighting duty reporting dense smoke and spirited effort. Nate Zwelffe visits from Wallowa. his firm plumbs a new church and remods a bank in Elgin. Wallace G. Trill plans Bend or Enterprise relocation but will move to Enterprise. Hall, Dunn, and Church tour Yellowstone, covering 1250 miles by auto with side trips, including Jackson Hole.
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Nate Zwelffe
Wallowa
Bank
Elgin
M. K. Hall
I. B. Dunn
Will Church
la Grande
Union
Baker City
Yellowstone Park
Jackson Hole
Sunday visitors and travelers across Oregon scenes
Hugh Blew from Baker City was a Sunday guest in La Grande. Local residents camped at Blackflat near Hilgard before returning to the city. Notables including Mrs. Hugg of Enterprise and Miss Hale of Boston stayed at the Savoy over the weekend. Mrs. Hutchinson and Miss McKennon planned a trip to Head of the Lake, Joseph, for a week. The group, including Frank Conners, returned home from travels in Portland and Willamette valleys. The Stoddards returned from California where George Stoddard oversaw lumbering. The campers planned to stay about a week.
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Hugh Blew
Baker City
la Grande
B. M. Hutchinson
Ethel McKennon
Joseph
George Stoddard
California
Mr. Stoddard
Grande Ronde Lumber Company
Alaska Coast Region Forest Stands Detailed
The Alaska coast region has a mild climate similar to Puget Sound. Dense stands cover large areas at 26 000 feet per acre. Sitka spruce makes up about 20 percent and western hemlock about 75 percent. Hemlock is most abundant but not as large as spruce or western red cedar, with some cedars reaching three to four feet diameter. A spruce can reach six feet diameter and 150 feet high.
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Alaska
Puget Sound
Blue Mountain Liver Pills Ad Endorsed by Red Cross Drug Store
An advertisement promotes Blue Mountain liver pills claiming they offer relief for dizziness. The copy urges readers to purchase at the Red Cross Drug Store, touting the product as the best on earth.
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Blue Mountain
Red Cross Drug Store
Jester-Poor Oil Trades and Barrel Prices Rise
The source notes economic trouble for a character named Jester and discusses rising barrel prices as he makes substantial money from barrels. It emphasizes the tension between earnings and cost increases affecting trade and wealth.
Reflections On Happiness From Johnson Quote
The quote notes happiness arises not from self contemplation but from perception reflected by others. It emphasizes interpersonal insight as the source of true happiness.
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Johnson
Those Questions
A humorous exchange recounted by the Chicago Record-Herald quoting Wadsworth asking to speak with Mr. Hammersley and then jokingly saying he wants to kiss him. The item captures a playful society moment in a telephone conversation snippet.
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Wadsworth
Eod
Mr. Hammersley
Chicago Record-Herald
Keeping His Word Despite Retirement Pledge
Mr Dustin Stax reportedly retires with a fortune and keeps his word by placing his wallet and checkbook under his pillow each night, a habit noted by the Washington Star. The anecdote highlights thrift and unconventional retirement planning attributed to the individual.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Man's Inhumanity to Man Reflected in Widespread Imitation
An editorial line quotes Life noting that cruelty breeds cruelty across society, arguing that brutal acts ripple through communities and shape public behavior and norms.
Black Bart the Stage Robber Howled to Fame
Charles B Bolles known as Black Bart terrorized Northern California from 1876 to 1883. He committed twenty seven solo stage robberies, eluding identification until a laundry cuff marker betrayed him. Captured in San Francisco, the slight quiet man aged fifty one surprised detectives.
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Black Bart
Charles B. Bolles
Black Best
California
Wells Fargo
San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco
What is it the druggist asked at the night window
A terse nocturnal exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger has a man ringing a drug store night bell and asking to view the city direct while the druggist, sleepy at his bedroom window, confirms the store and asks what he wants.
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Phielphia Ledger
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Hesis
B. F. Smith
Henry Spence
City
Mr. Levy
John Stevenson
Boise
J. S. McDonald
Imnaha
Foley House
Bill” Lindsey
W. P. Fuller & Co
Jack Patten
Henney Buggey Company
Bolton- Bodmer Company
James B. Trumbull
Franklin Fire Insurance Co
Seattle
George Beaumont
Standard Oil
Egin
Wm. Porter
H. A. Sonne
J. R. Moore
Laurelhurst
Catherine Creek
Charles Moore
C. H. Plager
Bell Telephone Company
D. Kimball
Nan Heaton
Snow Heaton
Enterprise News- Record
C. A. Ault
C. T. Hocket
C O'Neil
T. H. Crawford
Los Angeles
BR. H. Archard
A. J. Scott and
A. J. Douglass
Savoy
Crowe
Crowe and Jolly
James Burnett
Dad Stultz
McCarthy Livery Barn
Wallace G. Trill
Bend
Oregon
Eberhard
Enterprise
M. P. Mendlessohn
Kryptok
Adams Ave
Dr. Mendelssohn
Portland
New Fall Goods
Jessie
Jess
the Golden Rule CO
Hugg
McGee
Hamilton
G. Ralston
Boston
Miss Hale
Ed Rumble
Wallowa County
Frank Conners
N. K. West
Potland
Willamette Valley
Fred Bock
Ruth Bush
Stevenson
Mill Creek
Berger
Allowa
Wallowa Lake
Joseph, Ore
Jester
Olf
Jimson
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