Pittsburg Tube Transmission Company Seeks Charter
C R Moore F J Rubly O E Hallam C G Peters and John J Fitzgerald applied to Governor Pennypacker for a charter to form the Pittsburg Tube Transmission Company. Backed by Chicago and Pittsburgh businessmen the plan aims to build a pneumatic relay tube system to link freight depots stores and offices with a first 56 inch diameter tube from East End to downtown. The inventors promise bonds to prove practicality and economy with strong carrying capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippa News Association
Pittsburg
C. R. Moore
F. J. Rubly
O. E. Hallam
C. GC. Peters
John J. Fitzgerald
Puget Sound Naval Dock Plans Advance in Bremerton
Washington Aug 23 The Bureau of Yards and Docks outlines plans for a major dry dock at Bremerton near the existing facility. At 750 feet long and 37 feet deep it will be among the world’s largest. The project aims to support returning Pacific and Asiatic vessels and boost Puget Sound shipyard activity while raising concerns over potential work shifts from Mare to Bremerton.
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Scripps News Association
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Congress
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Bremerton Establishment
Mare Navy Yard
Wallace
Bremerton
Seneca Falls Declares Seneca Falls Day Parade Opens Old Home Week
Seneca Falls N Y Aug 28 Today is Seneca Falls Day the principal day of Old Home week in the village A big parade is planned and several thousand visitors have already arrived to take part in the celebration
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Boripps News Association
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Oregon State Fair Fare Deal From Portland to Salem
The Oregon State Fair in Salem September 10 to 16 offers a one and one third fare plus 2.25 dollars via O R and N. Sale dates are September 6 8 and 13 with continuous passage in each direction until September 17. Stopovers are not allowed and children half fare apply. Tickets must be validated for return at Salem or fair grounds by a Southern Pacific agent.
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Oregon
Salem
O.r.&n
Portland
Southern Pacific
Fair Grounds
Walla Walla Fair Secures Big Tent for Exhibit Display
The Walla Walla Fair association has secured a 75 by 150 foot tent to accompany the new exhibition building for showcasing fruits and vegetables. The note references generosity with the line live and let my brothers live and a donation to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla Fair Association
Beereae NewLine Gcompany
Tragic finish cited in diary of a leaky dyke event
A historical notice recalls a dyke breach in Holland caused by a leak that ruined a province, likening it to a near tragedy in Maine where Kenneth McIver avoided a fatal cold with Dr Kings New Discovery. The ad promotes the cough and cold remedy from Newlin Drug Co with trial bottle offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Holland
Kenneth McIver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
Dr. Kings
Ordinance authorizes La Grande lights contract with Grande Ronde
Ordinance 339 authorizes mayor and recorder to contract with Grande Ronde Electric Co for furnishing thirty arc lights to La Grande at not more than 8 dollars per light per month. Lights to be 1200 candlepower in lieu of existing lighting. Published in La Grande Evening Observer. in effect August 26 1906. Passed August 5 1906 with five votes for. Attest recorder Snoox. Approved August 20 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
la Grande
Grande Ronde Electric Co
Grande Ronde Electric Company
State of
Oregon
la Grande Evenivo Opseiver
Thankful Anyway Weather Verse From The Dalles Chronicle
A reflective item notes rain last evening and the county saving a imagined million if it had fallen six weeks earlier. It muses on changing seasons and contentment despite hardships and contrasts with life in Chile or Russia. The piece closes with optimism for upcoming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Russia
Dalles Chronicle
Young Couple Wed in Pendleton Face Statutory Charge
Harry A. Chandler aged 18 and Sylvia B. Battezore aged 14 married in Pendleton at parental request. District attorney Phelps says the marriage will not halt the statutory crime prosecution and a warrant is sworn out against Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Chandler
Sylvia B. Battezore
Citation in Ruckman estate sale request in Union Oregon
In the County Court of Union County Oregon a citation requires E H Ruckman and Martha J Ruckman to appear September 6 1906 in La Grande to show cause why an order of sale should not be issued for Lots 1 2 5 4 19 20 in Block 2 Town of Imbler Union County to pay estate debts. The judge is J C Henry with court seal dated August 7 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Ruckman
Martha J. Ruckman
Creeting
State of
Oregon
County of Union
la Grande
County of
Union
Imbler
Union County
J. C. Henry
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Seattle
Lawson Bros
Julius R
Brewery Oesch
Complete Machine Shops
Fitzgerald
Grandy & Russell
Sers
Krouse Bros Prep
J. Bull
Geddes Bros
Selder, the, Candy
Puget Sound Naval Dock
Oregon State Fair
I. Kk
Snoox
Smiths
Cleveland Bicycles
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Daus Company
J. L Mars
R. D. Ruckman
G. W. O’neil
Washiashington Avenue
B. W. Noyes
John Hall
MVECC
Hamilton Building
PHONE
la Grenie
Av.oliver Slater
Jefferson Ave
Main
Grande Ronde Lumber Co
Perry, Oregon
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