Oregon Hotel at Hermiston Sold to New Owners
Hermiston Oregon April 19 A deal closed yesterday giving George B Driggs and E Huff possession of the Oregon Hotel from A C Reeves who ran it the past year The newcomers from Erie Pa plan to refurnish and create one of eastern Oregon's best stopping places Local business news notes harness shop plans and other arrivals including H G Wagner from La Grande who will move his family and start a harness and saddlery business A party of land buyers totaling sixteen will visit Hermiston today and Dr M S Kern is managing lumber yard interests The Demon of the Air grippe germ is blamed for illness and electric Bitters praised as a tonic for nerves liver and kidneys with Tallman Co offering them locally
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Hermiston
Ore
George B. Driggs
E. Huff
Oregon Hotel
A. C. Reeves
Iit
Erie
Pennsylvania
Oregon
H. G. Wagner
la Grande
A. &. Crawford
Brown-MacGrath
Newport
Pendleton
Corwin Chamberlain
Marietts
Shoemaker
Clehty
August Bene
Colfax
Washington
Bensel
Palouse
Sam
Columbia Land Company
M. S. Kern
Tallman & Co
Former Adams Couple Married in Montana
Miss Grace Blake formerly of Adams and Elmer Meritt a prominent young man and nephew of Henry Adams of Walla Walla were married in Montana on April 16 by Rev Henderson. They have taken up 390 acres as a homestead and will be greatly missed by friends here.
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Adams, Ore
Grace Blake
Adams
Elmer Meritt
Henry Adams
Walla Walla
Montana
Henderson
McGee's Baby Elixir Promises Quick Baby Weight Gain
A vintage ad claims infants should gain one to four pounds weekly and offers McGee's Baby Elixir as a cure for digestion, stomach trouble, fretfulness, teething discomfort, and general health. It lists prices at 6c and 60c with A. C. Koeppen & Bros. as sellers.
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McGee
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Vote Yes to sustain Monmouth normal school
A paid advertisement from J. B. V. Butler, secretary of the committee, urges Monmouth residents to vote yes to sustain the normal school. It notes a valuable local plant worth over $100,000 and states the cost is four cents per thousand dollars.
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Monmouth
Butler
Sec. Com
Ore
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Vitality Restore Appetite
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the stomach perfects digestion and restores vigor. It allegedly nourishes blood and steadies the nerves, making eating a pleasure and aiding recovery of vitality.
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Raee
Hood
Notice to Public on Discontinuing Building Material Delivery
Notice states starting now building material deliveries cease and prices exclude cartage. Customers must arrange their own hauling. Fuel deliveries unaffected. Oregon Lumber Yard Pendleton Lumber Co Crab Creek Lumber Co.
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Oregon Lumber Yard
Pendleton Lumber CO
Crab Creek Lumber CO
Cemetery Wallwork Offer Before Decoration Day
All parties who wish concrete walls built around the graves of their dear friends or relatives should contact Frank Duprat at the cemetery now or by calling Red 2627. Information given free.
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Red 2627
Frank Duprat
Stallion injures Walla Walla man in parking lot incident
Walla Walla April 19. Frank Hicks a Snake River farmer was attacked by a stallion he was leading yesterday morning. The horse crushed his left leg below the knee and he is in St. Mary’s hospital with a severe injury. Doctor Keylor performed surgery but leg prognosis unclear.
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Walla Wallin
Frank Hicks
Snake River
St. Mary's Hospital
Hicks
Hickke
Keylor
Mann Votes Alone Against McCall Publicity Bill
Washington April 18 Rep Mann of Illinois was the lone negative vote as the house passed the McCall campaign publicity bill. Mann spoke in opposition arguing the Sherman act would be exceeded and that the bill would force rivers and harbors groups and individually owned newspapers to disclose receipts and expenditures of their business.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
House Today
McCall
Mann
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Special Election in Hawaii on Liquor Prohibition
The Hawaii governor is directed to call a special election to decide whether the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the Hawaiian Islands shall be prohibited by a senate joint resolution adopted by the house. The measure requires the President's approval to become effective.
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Washington
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Senate
House
French aviator Breguet fractures skull in crash at 60 feet
Louis Breguet, French aviator, sustained a fractured skull when his aircraft capsized in strong wind at about 60 feet in Douai France on April 18. He is reported in a serious condition.
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Douai
France
Louis Breguet
Breguet i
Mortgages as Pestilence Burdening Estates and Churches
A quip attributed to Professor Swing denounces mortgages as a pestilence that strikes estates and churches, leaving them sick and in need of night repair. The remark frames debt as a haunting burden on property and parish coffers.
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Professor Swing
Excursionists from Fargo Inspect Stanfield Land Project
Stanfield Ore April 19 Special excursion number from Fargo en route to Stanfield to inspect Hood River orchards arrives Wednesday morning. Forty people led by Dr F E Ball and B N Wheeler of the Columbian Land Company aim to show western orchard development to prospective buyers. Over 90 percent of visitors stay or buy on first trip. 500+ located in Stanfield area recently. Water supply via artesian wells underlines irrigation value. Stanfield park plans include a Greek theater and sunken garden seating about 5990 people.
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Stanfiell
Ore
Fargo
Stanfield
Hood River
F. E. Ball
B. N. Wheeler
Columbian Land Company
North Yakima
Anderson
John Towers
Gardner
Cc. D. Porter
Park Board
Berkeley
Cal
Oregon
Fly's Cream Balm Restores Taste And Smell
An advertisement claims nasal catarrh can destroy taste and smell but Fly's Cream Balm restores them by applying directly to air passages. It promises immediate healing and urges purchase from Ely Bree at 66 Warren Street New York for 60 cents via mail or local druggists.
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Ely Bree
Warren Street
New York
Constable Dies After Ejecting Tramps From Train
Provincial Constable Lane of Meriston died from injuries suffered while trying to eject seven tramps from a northbound Canadian Pacific Passenger train near Vancouver B C on April 18. He was unconscious when the crew rescued him and died before medical help could arrive. The seven tramps escaped.
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Vancouver B. C
Lane
Mierston
Canadian Pacific
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Advertisement
Lightweight ad claims a tonic for weak stomach and constipated bowels. Promoted as a cure for loss of appetite gas on stomach belching headaches indigestion dyspepsia costiveness and malaria fever and ague. Provides multiple ailments as conditions treated by the product.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Praised by 78-Year-Old Man
J M Ellett of Richmond Virginia aged 78 says six to seven years of taking Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for chronic bronchitis has prolonged his life by about five years. He credits it with building up his whole system and urges others to use it. The ad extols the product as a pure tonic stimulant and claims doctor endorsement and wide usage, with purchase through druggists grocers or direct from The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company Rochester NY.
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Duffy
J. Mellert
Tam
J. M. Ellett
23Rd Street
Richmond
Duffy Malt Whiskey Company
Rochester
New York
French aeronaut Rougier survives sea plunge in April incident
Rougier, famed French aeronaut, narrowly escaped death when his aeroplane plunged into the sea near Nice on April 18. The machine fell about 70 feet into the water and the impact was severe, but Rougier and his craft were saved.
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Rougier
Nice
France
Mr. Rougier
Diver Surfaces After Entangled Stay Breaks Free
A diver named Rougier became entangled in a stay, broke free and surfaced. He kept afloat until pulled into a boat. The incident ended without further detail on injuries or rescuers.
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Rougier
Rome
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Amun
Briggs and Huff
Crystal
Qomko
Wori Saiay
Yakima
Hood River Valleys
Sickley
Hostetter
Murphy Bros
Omar Dat
W. Groves
Loox
Pendleton’s Big
Motion Picture Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
P. Medernac II
Pr.pricv
Pendleton Roller Mills
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