Mrs Catherine Hunter Dies at Home After Illness
Mrs Catherine M Hunter of 60 College Street died at her Pendleton area home yesterday near noon after years of heart trouble. Born May 21 1842 in New York, she married David Hunter 45 years ago. She lived along the Willamette River area and near Pilot Rock and Pendleton. She left six children and four stepchildren, with services to be held at Pilot Rock grave with Rev Nathan Evans officiating.
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Catherine M. Hunter
College Street
Catherine M. Abel
New York
David Hunter
Pilot Rock
Umatilla County
Pendleton
Methodist Church
John Hunter
Chillcothe
Will Hunter
Defiance
Towa
N. C. Jones
Palimra
Neb
Hunter
Caselton
North Dakota
D. Henry Hunter
Chippewa Lake
Wis
C. A. Cooper
J. W. Jones
Colfax
Washington
George E. Hunter
Albert L. Hunter
Audrey Hunter
Nathan Evans
Gans Near End in Semi Comatose State
Baltimore August 8 Joe Gans is in a semi comatose state with only family permitted to visit him as his condition worsens and doctors express concern over his fragile health and remaining strength.
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Baltimore
Joe Gans
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Weather and Local Scandals
Official weather reports a maximum of 95 and a minimum of 60. Ivan Sturdivant, a noted high school athlete, suffers a badly wrenched knee after a horse fell with him on Saturday. In police court, John Doe forfeits $5 bail for drunkenness and failure to appear. Two whites are jailed for three days after being found guilty. an Indian from Montana pays a $5 fine for drunkenness. Music figures Mrs. Wm Humphrey, Wm Goe decke, and R W Fletcher of the United Orchestra report a Meacham dance crowd and good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Sturdivant
John Doe
Montana
Meacham
Wm. Humphrey
Wm. Goedecke
R. W. Fletcher
United Orchestra
Fisherman’s Brook Trout Displayed by Local Attorney
Attorney Charles H. Carter returned from a Wenaha springs fishing trip with a fine east tern Brook trout. The specimen measured a little over 11 inches and was notably marked, described as one of the best caught in local streams.
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Charles H. Carter
Wenaha Springs
Record Yield Report From Stage Gulch Ranch
A. B. McCarty and George Winslet returned from Stage Gulch ranch with grain yields of 26 bushels per acre on one parcel and 20 on another. The harvest marks the highest returns in many years for the land, signaling strong farming results locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. McCarty
George Winslet
Stage Gulch Ranch
Licensed and Wedded in Quick County Union Romance
Frank Gabhart of Union county and Gertrude Williams of this county obtained a marriage license this afternoon from Cupid Saling. They were united in matrimony in Circuit Judge Bean’s office, beginning their married life with a formal ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gabhart
Union County
Gertrude Williams
Record Breaking Sun Flower Grows in Adams Yard
Mr and Mrs George Bently of Adams claim their sunflower eclipses the Moorhouse plant as a champion bloom producer. The Moorhouse specimen had 28 blooms on a stalk, while the Bently plant shows 35.
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George Bently
Adams
Lee Moorhouse
Moorhouse
Bently Yard
Coroner Holds Inquest Into Drowned Hungarian
Coroner Ralph Folsom returned from Umatilla after holding an inquest over Paul Nemeth, a Hungarian laborer who drowned in the Umatilla River yesterday afternoon. The jury found the death accidental. The body was brought to Pendleton this morning accompanied by John Sabo, a cousin.
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Ralph Folsom
Umatilla
Paul Nemeth
Pendleton
John Sabo
Librarian Elizabeth Topping Resigns From Pendleton Library
Miss Elizabeth Topping, Pendleton public library librarian, has resigned her post after a short tenure. She will leave soon for western Oregon but may move to Wisconsin where she has an offer. The library board has chosen a successor, though no announcement has been made yet.
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Miss Topping
Elizabeth Topping
Pendleton Public
City
Oregon
Wisconsin
Library Board
Champion Pool Star Hart Demonstrates Skill In Exhibition
Champion pool player Harry Hart dazzled a large Estes pool and bowling crowd last night. He defeated Jim Wilson, former Pendleton resident and expert, 200 to 138 in a 200 point match and followed with a display of difficult table shots that impressed spectators.
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Harry Hart
America
Estes
Jim Wilson
Pendleton
Indian Child Hurt in Near Miss With Delivery Wagon
The two year old child of Nellie Salmon, a known Indian woman, narrowly escaped serious injury Saturday evening. The child wandered into the street and was struck by a delivery wagon moving at high speed. The wheels passed over the hips, but no bones were broken and no internal injuries occurred. Bruising is painful but not likely to cause lasting harm.
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Nellie Salmon
Harvey Baby Dies in Pendleton
Gladys May Harvey nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs H H Harvey of 118 Hide street died Sunday morning near Meacham. Remains brought to Pendleton by auto and interred in Olney cemetery tomorrow morning. Funeral at Presbyterian church by W Bleakney of Pendleton Junior College. Illness included measles whooping cough and pneumonia ending in general weakness.
Mystery death trio shocks Rome as brothers and girl kill selves
A string of three suicides confounds Rome after Giuseppe Barrore, a young lieutenant, shot himself in his lodgings a week after sending a note to his 18-year-old brother. The brother then killed himself after reading the letter, and yesterday the girl ended her life with poison. No clear cause emerges for the deadly chain.
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Rome
Guiseppe Barrore
Poleon
Oregon National Guard Company L Heads to American Lake
Local militia soldiers of Company L depart at 2 a.m. bound for Portland and then American Lake to join two Oregon Infantry regiments for a ten day encampment. Col George O Yorun assumes command at Cosgrove Wash with Major May as executive and Lt Col Poorman to lead. mail for troops should be sent to Cosgrove care of company L third Infantry O N G.
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Portland
Oregon National Guard
American Lake
Oregon
Union
Third Infantry
Fourth Infantry
Yoran
Cosgrove
Wash
Woodburn
John L. May
Walter W. Wilson
Frank W. Settlemenr
Charles T. Smith
Smith
Co. J. Ferguson
Charles Winter
Storie
Seargant Boyds
Cosgrove, Wash
N. G
Anderson King Rex dies with failed poetry and will notice
Chicago probate filings reveal Anderson King Rex, a poet haberdasher involved in mining stocks and a modest furnishing business, died failing to reach the world with verses. His will directs six poems read at his funeral, excludes nephew William Rex, leaves $1 to J. M. Rex, and places the rest in trust for widow Gertrude A. Rex.
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Chicago
Anderson King Rex
Haberdasher
William Rex
J. M. Rex
Gertrude A. Rex
Mr. Rex
Thale
Dublin court opens without crime case
Lord Justice Cherry opened the Limerick City assizes noting no criminal business for trial. He said Limerick was unique in its freedom from crime and mentioned a 60 percent drop in drunkenness convictions over six months, linking it to reduced revenue concerns for the city.
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Dublin
Cherry
Limerick
Cords of Wood Destroyed by Fire in Umatilla County
The season’s only major forest fire in Umatilla county burned 600 cords of wood at Hanlon Spur near Huron station on the O R N main line Saturday. A spark from a passing train is blamed for starting the blaze, which nearly spread to 1500 cords pushed to the spur for shipment. Section hands and wood-choppers fought the fire to prevent further damage and timber loss.
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Umatilla County
Hanlon Spur
Huron Station
Meacham Creek
League for Ireland elects its officers in London
In London, the Central London Branch of the All for Ireland league elected Captain P. Villiers-Stuart as chairman, proposed by J. G. Fitzgerald and seconded by Bernard Belton, with discussion on promoting vigorous propaganda. Additional subscriptions totaled 1150, and The Peoples Warehouse advertised men’s suits bargains this week.
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London
All For Ireland
League
P. Villiers- Stuart
J. G. Fitzgerald
Bernard Belton
Villiers-Stuart
Isaac Butt
House of Commons
Back to Business Again Dr F A Clise Announces Office
Dr F A Clise announces return to practice at the John Schmidt building Pendleton Oregon. Eyes examined and glasses ground to fit with 30 years of practice. The only exclusive Eye Specialist in Umatilla County.
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Umatilla
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