City Brevities Get Sunny and Local Advertisements
Local notes list various shops and goods including McAdams wood and coal, Teutsch store items, Sharon & Eddings second-hand prices, and Welch’s for eggs and butter. Ads announce for rent, music stores, and gas engines, with stray items about a fire incident at a house and a cautionary tale about canvas tapestry schemes in Pendleton.
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Sharon & Eddings
F. S. Younger & Son
Jane Street
Howard's Cigar Store
Younger & Son
Teutsch’s
St. George
Cooper
Farm Residence Destroyed by Fire Near Alto
A farmhouse, smoke house, and outbuildings belonging to Milt Jonas near Alto were totally destroyed by a Saturday fire. The family was just sitting down to
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Milt Jonas
Alto
Jane
Portage Rail Way Engine Makes Trial Run
An event marked the long deferred Portage road becoming operational as engine No. 1, Oregon Portage Railway, passed through here this morning on its journey to The Dallow. The engine, bought in Pennsylvania by the portage commission, had been hauled across the continent as a dead engine.
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Oregon Portage Railway
Dallow
Pennsylvania
Portage Commission
Hie Bern
Retail Clerks’ Union Ball At Muse Hall In April
The Retail Clerks Union invites the public to its first annual ball at Muse Hall on Thursday evening April 27. MeeMion’s full orchestra will provide splendid music and attendees will be welcomed with good cheer.
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Retai Clerks’ Union
Muse Hall
MeeMion
The Thief's Legeriemalin Dinner Bluff
At a dinner two beggars scheme to steal a spoon. One hides a silver sliver in his boot and refuses halves. The other performs a conjuring trick, revealing the spoon hidden in his friend’s boot after a few magic words.
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Legeriemalin
Beggar’s wry excuse after theft at dinner
A Russian beggar at a Nelson BC dinner cracked a joke after being caught stealing a silver piece. He claimed stealing breaks the eighth commandment while refraining breaks the tenth, so he chose to steal to avoid coveting. The Victoria hotel in Nelson burned, causing about 12,000 dollars in losses.
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Victoria
Nelson
B. C
Losa
Town welcomes visitors from many towns and places
A long list of visitors and residents in Pendleton today includes Ben Ogle from Athena, Mrs Hislop leaving for Portland, H P Stewart from Freewater, H A Morse from Pilot Rock, M V Steorm from Echo, 501 Lemery from Adams, G M Morrison from Adams, D N Watt from The Dalles, Shields from Milton, and many others from Bourne, McKay Creek, Douglas, Echo, Havana, Boise, Umatilla, Pendleton, and Weston. The day also notes visits by Rev Robert Warner to Echo for meetings, Mrs W M Peterson from Athena, and moves of several locals between Athena, Havana, and Los Angeles for business, church, and travel.
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Lemery
Adama
G. M. Morrison
Adams
D. N. Watt
Dalles
Shields
Milton
I. Fisher
Bourne
Wynn
Lee Gard
McKay Creek
G. H. Summers
Douglas
A. Willis
H. C. Willis
The
Echo News
J. F. Lietanlen
Athena
H.C. Hammond
Pendleton
Tampa
Fila
Marion Jack
Havana
Bickers
Charles F. Neal
Boise
Hotel Pendleton
John Knight
Vicinity
Umatilla
Robert Warner
Echo
W. M. Peterson
T. D. Siddons
Duncan
B. Badlowsy
Spokane
James A. Snyder
Walla Walla
W. Oliver
Trephina Wilson
Athens
Ashe
J. L. Roe
License to wed issued for Dyke and Scott in county
A marriage license was issued today to John Dyke and Jesele Scott, both residents of the county, authorizing their forthcoming wedding.
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John Dyke
Jesele Scott
Why Cherries Fail in Royal Ann Orchards
The Allen Fruit Company of Eugene Oregon reports Royal Ann cherry trees fail to bear fruit when grown with a single variety. They recommend cross pollination with other cherry varieties that blossom similarly to boost yields and fertilization. The method involves placing branches from other cherry varieties on Royal Ann trees to transfer pollen and increase production.
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Allen Fruit Company
Eugene
Ore
Missionary Meeting Revives Oak Ridge Ozark Citizens
A Sunday School Missionary recounts a trip to Oak Ridge in Southwest Missouri. After five to six years without a meeting, the local Sunday school, aided by devoted families, held gatherings despite cold storms. Attendees walked from distant hills and wagoned in from several miles, with mothers providing blankets and quilts to comfort sleepy children.
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Sunday School
Ozark
Missouri
Oak Ridge
Woman describes missing husband to morgue keeper
A Philadelphia woman telephoned the morgue and speculated her husband, who had left home all night, might be dead. She supplied a wary description: medium height, red hair, blue eyes, about 100 pounds, and added he is very hard of hearing.
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Philadelphia
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Sil-Kid
Oxfords
Patent
Lee Teutsch’s Department ‘Store
Sunny
McAdams
Bunker Hill
Teutach's
Teutsch
Oregon Ranch
Nolte Book Store
Riler’s Music Store
E. Court
Mark and
Garfield Streets
Aura Street
South Main Street
Victor Talking Machines
Alance
Ellers
B. Court Street
Saite
East Oregonian
Leathers & Nichol
Gritman
Jonas
Dames
Dayton Courier- Prose
Mra
FR. B. Cartier
Howard
Tapestry Palot Company
Chicago
Eclaima
L. Hunziker
Main Street
Portage Road Engine
Huyler’s
Lowney’s
Gunther's
Palm
Koeppen & Brothers
Ben Ogle Lo
Mra. Hislop
Portland
H. P. Stewart
Freewater
H. A. Morse
Pilot Mack
MH. V. Steorm
Charles Miller
Eeho
Hendley
William Young
Weston
Richard Lawrence Hoe
Alfred Laing
South Thompson Street
L. M. Watrus
Telhborhood
Frank K. Welles
Teachers’ Institute
John
Ianac Parr
Ceil Fe
Rk. Be, Norton
Sumpter
Golonda Consolidated Mining Company
Chris Furtleson
Botee
Marion Jicks
Joseph Hasler
Los Angeles
Women of Woodcraft
T. Anderson
Baker City
Alexander Department Store
Harry Drake
la Grande
Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Western Railway
John Stricker
Helen Stricker
Dena
Lytton Ivanhoe
Lytton
Ivanhoe
Frank Bailey
San Jose
Cal
Halley
Milesman Oat Sullivan & Bond's
Boston
Ozarks
Southwest
F. S. YOUNGER @ SON
Sterling
Donaldson
the Red Cross Pharmacy
Main ST
Paradise Soda
Clark & Rees
Despain & Clark
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
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