Weston Trades 70,000 Bushels Wheat To Exporters For Week
News of Weston reports 70,000 bushels of wheat sold to exporters this week led by Kerr, Gifford & Cox of Portland and North-Western Warehouse Co. sales totaling 29,300 bushels on Saturday. Prices were 5.5 cents per bushel. Local events include a death, a church ice cream social, and residents moving or traveling to Athena and Mitchell. Twin girls born April 14 are noted.
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Weston
Sophona Campbell
Reed
Mitchell, Ore
Campbell
W. E. Prewett
Prewett
Tennessee
Oregon
C. R. Lemar
Baptist Church
Young People’s Union
United Brethern Church
Kerr, Gifford & Cox
Portland
James Price
Farmer's Bank
O. C. Turber
North-Western Warehouse Co
J. F. Killgore
J. R. Kilgore
Pacific Coast Elevator Cos
Pierce
Julia
Della Bott
Athena
Jimmie Simonton
Jan. Liper
A. W. Grover
Knob Hill
Homer Kendall
Sarah Montgomery
Connelll
Cow
Railroad rates curb Pendleton log-rolling attendance
In Walla Walla on April 22 a large Woodmen group stayed home amid rail fare complaints. Special Sunday train to Pendleton and Athena offered a $1 rate, but Monday’s return trip priced at $1.90, causing many to refuse travel. Woodmen from Pomeroy and along the line felt discriminated against as they provided passengers.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Pendleton
Athena
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Down
Newbro's Herpicide advertised as dandruff cure
The ad claims many men with hair lose scalp air if dandruff germs thrive and baldness follows. It touts Newbro's Herpicide as killing germs and stimulating hair growth. It also describes Herpicide as a pleasant hair dressing with no injurious substances.
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Newbro
Pioneer Woman Dead in Bed at Pomeroy
Mrs Frances McBrearty, 72, pioneer of the state and Garfield county figure, died alone Saturday night in Pomeroy. Her daughter Mrs Nellie Scott, wife of ex Supreme Court Judge Scott, arrived to find her mother already deceased. The funeral is planned in the city tomorrow. speculation suggests old age and heartbreak best explain the timing.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Frances McBrearty
Pomeroy
Twins Born to Mr and Mrs John MacRae Helix
Helix April 21. Mr and Mrs John MacRae welcome twins. L W Pierce marks foundation for Hermo Richmond's new residence. A rumor hints at an upcoming event as John McRae travels from west of Helix about seven miles into town.
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John MacRae
Helix
L. W -Pierce
Hermo Richmond
John McRae
Ocean collision safety device trial announced
Experiments test a novel apparatus for ship safety enabling twenty airtight compartments to close with a turn of a wheel in the pilot house. If successful it could greatly reduce voyage danger and is likened to a tonic free of narcotics, claiming benefits against colds, grippe, indigestion, insomnia, headaches, nervousness, and biliousness.
Window display portrays pioneer woodmen in Pendleton store
Pendleton Shoe store shows a log cabin scene with animal skins in its window. Woodmen and Women of Woodcraft gather outside, praising the original display as highly appropriate for the occasion and worth a visit down the street.
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Pendleton
Pendelton
McFarland and St Clair Wed Quietly in Pendleton
William C McFarland and Jennie D St Clair were united in marriage April 20 at 2 pm in Pendleton at the groom’s home with Rev EB B Jones officiating. The ceremony was intimate due to a family death, followed by a dinner and plans to reside in the groom’s recently improved home.
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Pendleton
William C. McFarland
Jennie D. St. Clair
EB. B. Jones
M. EF. Church
South
Methodist Church
Temperance Lectures at City Churches By Holt
Col J R Holt, a national temperance lecturer, holds nightly mass meetings in the city. Last week he spoke at the Baptist church, Sunday at the First Methodist, and last night at the First Presbyterian to secure room for attendees. About 300 have signed the pledge and several joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, with meetings continuing.
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Temperance
Walla Walla
Wash
J. R. Holt
Despondent man ends life to leave wife and four kids
F M Hooker, new arrival from Essex Iowa, killed himself with a razor in Wattsburg Washington on April 22, leaving a wife and four children in dire straits. He had recently fallen sick and faced bad luck, dying after a night of quiet suicide in bed, with no known life insurance.
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Wattsburg
Wash
F. M. Hooker
Hooker
Essex
Iowa
In Need of Money Debtors Urged to Settle with Kemler
A terse public debt notice informs all parties who acknowledge indebtedness to D. Kemler to call and settle immediately to avoid additional costs. The notice emphasizes prompt action to minimize expenses.
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D. Kemler
Lane's Medicine A Pleasant Laxative For the Family
An advertised tonic claims to gently affect the stomach liver and kidneys and daily bowels. Made from herbs it is prepared as easily as sex Lane's Family Medicine priced 26c and BC, sold by Tallman Co as sole agents.
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Lane
Tallman & Co
Business House Opens With Competent Manager
Will be open for business, with a competent man in charge, to see that all customers receive prompt and careful attention. Wool growers and wheat growers will find it to their interest to store with this house, where they can ship over either lines of road. References, First National Bank. William Caldwell in charge, Smoke Pendiston Boaquet Cigara
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First National Bank
William Caldwell
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