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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
5
Crowded notes report visits and movements of residents and guests in Madras and vicinity. Names include Osborn Culver Campbell Hunter and families from Bend Portland Shaniko and Lamonta with several trips to towns, a diphtheria case closing a school, and plans for religious services and five year land proofs.
John C. Tucker, about 86, died Sunday at the home of Lee Peck in Opal Prairie after typhoid relapse. A Civil War veteran, he lived in Kansas before moving to Crook County Oregon in 1902. He married Louisa C. Hackler in 1870 and is survived by three daughters Martha Mortimore Laura Peck and Francis Peck. Interment was at Hale Aweenty Sunday December 26.
Miss Ethel Cowherd and C Kyle Loucks were married December 7 1810 at 2 p m at the bride’s parents home with 36 relatives attending The Free Methodist minister A S Wright performed the ceremony The bride from Madras and the groom a pine farmer will reside on the groom’s farm just south of town
Misa Rosa Nissen and Osie Barton were married in Prineville on Friday December 23 1910 by C P Bailey. The couple formerly lived near Methodist Hill and will reside in Madras after the ceremony.
In this note from Crook County Abstract Co. the ad argues warranty deeds offer no real protection if the grantor is dead or insolvent. It urges buyers to demand an abstract instead and cautions against relying on warranties as a safeguard in real estate transactions.
New Year’s Day closure notices from Madras Trading Co and Central Oregon Mercantile Co. Read to January Sunset Margarine and Homeland ads for The Spell by C N Williamson. California romance updates appear in a four color illustrated feature and a new newsstand listing.
A large throng of Madras residents attended the masque ball last Friday evening. Prizes were awarded for best sustained character and best waltzers, with Walter Sayre and Mrs. Ben Baker honored as top characters and Mr Beckwith with Miss Stella Baker as best dancers. The Xmas baby born to the wife of Jack W. Jones on Sunday morning adds a family note to the festive events.
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