22 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
1
Portland dispatch reports businessman travelers depart for Oregon with news items and commentary on commerce and regional developments. The column notes local merchants and civic figures involved in travel and exchanges shaping state commerce.
Portland businessmen rally behind the Western Oregon Business Men's Excursion to visit thirty sites in daylight over four days. Oregon river development talks run alongside plans for the Albany Paseo meetings and the April 26 dedication of the national capital building with speakers including Taft and Elhio Root. Oregon agriculture forecasts a record fruit crop for 1910 amid active immigration prospects and a statewide normal school initiative gains traction with Polk county solicitations.
Prof T J J Lee cites comets as airy gaseous bodies with tiny solid cores and vast tails, noting Earth impacts are extremely rare and usually local if they occur. Edison unveils a storage battery streetcar claiming 150 miles per charge and a penny per mile, potentially ending trolly and gasoline cars.
Probate actions for Robert Howe Henry Flickenger and Susan Macken list executors appointees and hearings. Guardianship for Robert Farley minors seeks order of sale with kin notice on Monday June 6. Real estate and personal property sales and deeds scheduled. various farm and land transfers noted with amounts and locations.
Mrs Chapman mezzo soprano, renowned since 1906 07 in Berlin, will perform the second and last number of the course Friday April 29. She has soloed with major orchestras including the Thomas Orchestra in Chicago and studied with Prof Lamperti. Seats may be reserved at the Book Store starting next Tuesday.
Polk County High School Baseball League announces a county championship series with officers W I Ford president and B W Teats secretary. Rules committee includes H C Seymour A L Clark J E Dunton. Prize is a handsome cap from M W Walker of Independence. Schedule lists seven games from April 28 to May 28 across Independence Monmouth Dallas Falls City.
Peter Cook of Rickreall, Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, Frank Masterson visiting relatives, Brunk family from Kola, and others are noted in town. Local activities include church and lodge events, school staff changes, and a project to build a reinforced concrete high school with asbestos shingles on eight acres downtown.
W. T. Grice, manager of Falls City Lumber Company, was badly injured when his buggy ran away west of Falls City. He was thrown from the rig, broke an ankle bone, and sustained other bruises. he is reported resting comfortably at home. Pol k County Observer.
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