Local News Highlights From Monmouth and Nearby
Community notes cover a fried chicken dinner at the Hampton hotel, school closings, a Rose Festival trip to Portland, a Bacalaureate sermon by Rev. Wood, a seventh and eighth grade debate won by the negative, church service changes, and local visits by Lucien Arant and families.
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Hampton Hotel
Riddles
Douglas County
Sumner Ostrom
Ruth Murdock
Blanche Clark
Lucien Arant
Clares Powell
Harold Haley
Lizzie Lucas
Saw Halley’s Comet Twice by Aged Local Resident
J. M. Westfall an 87 year old Monmouth resident recalls Halley’s comet sighting as a 12 year old in 1835 and notes the 1835 display was brighter than the current one. He also recalls the 1838 meteor shower from when he was 10.
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J. M. Westfall
Monmouth
Herald Office
Pennsylvania
Mr. Westfall
Home Wedding Unites Belle Hiatt and Frank Kurre
Miss Belle Hiatt sister of Mrs Mason wed Frank Kurre of Independence at the Mason home Sunday. The ceremony was led by Rev W A Wood in white silk voile and spangled net with orange blossom bouquet. A luncheon followed as relatives offered best wishes. The couple planned a Portland Rose Festival trip before returning to Independence.
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Loyal Soldiers
Christian Sunday School
Hyde
Monmouth
J. S. Cooper
Independence
Portland
Imperial Hotel
Baptist
Evangelical
Christian Church
W. A. Wood
Wood
F. R. Bowersox
Ruth Wood
W.4. Wood
O. C. Zook
Herald Force
Bertha Kay Fisher
Ralph B. Jr
A. J. Haley
Salem
T. B. Kay
W. L. Mason
Belle Hiatt
Wool Buyer Allen Clark Seeks Top Market Prices
Allen Clark advertises willingness to pay the highest market price for wool and invites sellers to secure their best quote before selling.
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Allen Clark
Woven Wire Fence Agents Relocate to Monmouth Offer Service
The Page Woven Wire Fence agents announce relocation to Monmouth and readiness to supply material and construct fences. They list contact options via Bell phone and Farmers line, referencing J. W. Wuhrr & Son as Polk County agents.
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Monmouth
Bell Phone
Farmers Line
J. W. Wuhrr & Son
Also Mentioned on This Page
Esther Fisher
Tillamook
Ira C. Powell
Polk County Bank
Clares
Herbert
D. M. Hampton
Hampton
Johnson
Zook
Ome
Laura Price, M. D
Bell
L. L. Hewitt, M. D
Oregon
Cooper Building
J. O. Matthis
Postoffice
Perry B. Arant
Piano
V. O. Boots
Fire Life and Casualty Insurance
A. N. Poole
Vals
Woven Wire Fence Agency
Polk Co
V. F. Daniel
Monmouth, Oregon
Journal Patterns
Swome Journal Patterns
W. W. Newman
A. D. Elder
Monmouth Livery and Feed Barn
Graham & Son
the Herald
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