Women’s Christian convention to begin in La Grande
Two day session opens tomorrow at the Baptist church in La Grande with county officers leading planning for the event. Notable speakers include Mrs Silbaugh from Hillsboro and state president Mrs Ada Wallace Unrah. The program features prayers, papers on social purity suffrage and liquor laws, and songs and recitations.
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Healoctean’h
Calon County
Silbaugh
la Grande
Ada Wallace Unrah
Hilsboro
Sheppard
Salt Lake
Two Greeks Held After Depot Street Greek Restaurant Theft
Three hundred fifty dollars vanished from a wooden box at a Depot Street Greek restaurant. Police jailed two Greeks after a break in at 2:30 am. owners planned to bank funds. Investigators doubt strong evidence against suspects.
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Depot Street
L. Schleris
Luncheon and Adjournment With Reports and Addresses
Adjournment noted with luncheon for all. Thursday program includes prayer led by Mrs. Para Thornon and papers by Mrs. A McGee on Single Standard. Superintendents named, temperance work and Sunday School recitation by Edith Gehler. Evening session features Christian Bible reading led by Rev. Ford Ells and address by Hon. I.3 Glass.
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Para Thornon
Ford Ells
Gillian
Glass
High School Building Progress Update
The roof will be on in two weeks if weather allows and terra cotta work nears completion. Architect Gauntt predicts the structure ready by late November or early December, with decisions still pending on moving in before holidays. furniture for labs and libraries will be manufactured during construction to cut furnishing costs.
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Gauntt 6
Frenzied Finance and the Wall Street Traction Trust
An exposé outlines the Metropolitan Securities case tied to the looting of New York surface railways. It details refunds paid to receivers and the key figures involved, including Thomas F. Ryan and other financiers, with sums reaching about $1.4 million to $1.8 million.
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Wall Street
New York City
Samuel
Metropolitan Securities Company
Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries
Thomas F. Ryan
Traction Trust
Interborough- Metropolitan
Ladd
P. A. B. Widener
Interborough
Senate inquiry opens into Lorimer bribery case in Chicago
Chicago on September 20 reports the senatorial inquiry into alleged bribes linked to Lorimer’s election to the Senate. Committee members not present include Frazier Tenna Turkney of Connecticut, three en route. An executive session at Congress Hotel set procedures. Lorimer attended but did not meet the panel. The real hearing commences tomorrow.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Senate
Frazier
Tenna
Turkney
Connecticut
Congress Hotel
Tomorr
New Instructors Added to University Teaching Force
University of Oregon in Eugene announces new instructors joining the teaching staff today. This September 20 update notes additions to the faculty and highlights ongoing academic expansion.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
State University Enrollment Expected To Rise This Year
State University opens registration for the new school year with advance applications signaling higher attendance than last year. Last year’s total enrollment across all departments was 1 031, and the Board of Regents added four instructors and several assistants to support growth. In Trenton delegates nominate a Republican gubernatorial candidate in a lengthy convention with Vivian M. Lewis, Frelinghuysen, Wakelee, and Gilbert Collins among those mentioned.
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Board of Regents
C. J. C. Bennett
State Normal School
Fairmount
West Virginia
Benjamin Hawthorne
Carnegie
Arthur J. Collier
U. S. Geological Survey
Thomas Condon
Geo. Lunsky
Concordia College
Bloomington High School
Illinois
E. J. Kempthorne
University of Wisconsin
Trenton
N. J
Taylor Opera House
Vivian M. Lewis
Paterson
Banking and Insurance
Frelinghuy- Sen
State Senate
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wakelee
Gilbert Collins
Jersey City
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M. Montgomery
A. Lawrence
Olive Bolton
E. ©. Moore
Grace FeAllster
Geneva Alden
Frank Gray
W. Seeman
Jackson Silbaugh
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Lidzie Willis
Thompson
R. L. Mathews
Rachel Worstell
Rosa Glass
Tinin
Oohe
City
Merrapetiiin
Opanielieg
Berwind
Interborough- Sertrenabien
Thomas Dolan
Elkins
Whitney
Paul D. Cravath
Ladd Mortimer L. Schiff
Thomas P. Fowler
H. H. Vreeland
Neenle
Thomas Fataw
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