City Briefs: Local Ads and Notices
A jumble of old time notices and ads includes appliance and furniture sales, a hotel stay in Portland, and a public works bid notice for a Umatilla County bridge project. Also listed are a breadboard of employment, sale items, and a studio closure notice with dates. The mix mentions Graham Furniture, Rader’s, Hotel Oregon, and the 1906 bid opening in Pendleton.
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Bsury
Umatilla River
Eeho
Umatilla County
Oregon
Sigiore Ward
Pendleton
Rain at Helix Last Night Reported By Editor
Heavy rain and hail fell at Helix last night though crops avoided damage. Threshers unable to work today but expect to resume tomorrow morning. Four month old child of Mr and Mrs W H Jones of Bost Court Street died from brain fever. funeral set for tomorrow morning at 10.
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M. A. Ferguson
Helix Herald
Hetke
Ferguson
Hrain
Mfr
Mike
W. H. Jones
Bost Court
3Fr
Carl Chilott
Suit filed to recover funds in Carnes case
A lawsuit has been commenced by 4M. Wie against Wile con Carnes to recover $460 or secure judgment. The complaint was filed Saturday afternoon by Winter & Colter, with details appearing in the filing.
Wedding Day Rejected Ends in Double Tragedy in Richmond
In Richmond California on August 12 Mike Pinn refused to marry his fiancée and threw the ring away. Louie Folletta a Dutchman killed himself with a mouth shot after a street confrontation with a rival suitor who had been courting his bride to be. The couple were to wed yesterday when Folletta and the rival clashed and Folletta declared he would die by his own hand.
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Richmond
Cal
Mike Pinn
Hin
Louie Folfetti
Folletta
Massive fire devastates hay land and mines near Riverside
On August 13 a thousand acres of hay land near Perris Riverside county burned. A stamp mill at the Virginia mine and buildings of the Indian Queen mine were destroyed along with several houses and much grain. The blaze, started by hunters, is under control this morning. Owner of the Virginia mine is J. W. Dutt of Los Angeles.
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Riverside
Cal
Perris Riverside County
Virgina
Indian Queen
Virginia
J. W. Dutt
Los Angeles
Paying Teller Is Short
Birmingham Alabama August 19 Alexander Chesholm paying teller of the First National Bank was arrested and confined to a shortage of 100000 dollars.
Chicago Wheat Market Opens with Mixed Early Moves
Chicago traders report wheat opening at 7 24, closing 25 8 lower, corn at 40 6 8 with 49 94, oats at 81 6 8 and closing 21 The note adds a home shopping prompt urging readers to buy carpet and furniture at Baker Folsom.
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Chicago
Baker & Folsom's
Personal notices from Meacham and nearby towns
A stream of local personal notices lists residents and visitors: Mra James Devlin spent Sunday at Meacham, Will Gray at Bing ham Springs, Ukiah visitors W. E. Plersol and children, Clark Nelson left for Portland on business, Stanfield and Asa B. Thompson from Echo, Roy Alexander left for the coast for two weeks, and many others including E. W. Davie, A. A. Roberts, Prof. D. Mann, Mrs Ida Julien, Attorney M. Rader, A. W. Nye, EF Murphy party from Lehman Springs, Dr M. A. Kern, Dan Smythe and Winesky party, Auntie William Commonly from Portlam, Hallie Gwinn guest of M. and Mrs. M. P. Castle, Otto Didlon and A. J. Overart, Buckman contractor, engineer Al Stephens, Alex Anderson, Mrs C. E. Woelster, Mrs L. Tipton, Mrs EB L. Kennedy and Agnes Kennedy visiting Langs in East Court. plans to visit Hidaway Springs follow.
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Will Gray
Bingham Springs
W. E. Plersol
Ukiah
Hame
Clark Nelson
Portland
Stanfield
Asa B. Thompson
Echo
Roy Alexander
Coast
William Commonly
Portlam
Nore
Aselet
North Fork
Hallie Gwinn
Walla Walla
Mim. M. P. Castle
Pleft
Otto Didlon
Mire
A. J. Overtart
Meacham
Alex Anderson
Ibridire and Building Department
Washington
Tekoa
Mre
C. E. Woelster
Freeman, Waeh
Kamela
L. Tipton
EB. L. Kennedy
Spokane
Agnes Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
BR. G. Lang
East Court
Langs
Kennedys
Hidaway Springs
Indicted Ice Dealers Tied to Price Conspiracy
Boston officials disclosed sealed indictments against 17 individual ice dealers accusing unlawful price manipulation and monopoly aims. Six corporations are charged with conspiracy to boost prices. Louis G. White, president of the Massachusetts Ice Dealers' Association, its secretary, and 16 members face charges.
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Boston
Louis G. White
Massachusetts Tee
Nexociiion
The Sultan Is Bad Patent Kidney Trouble Relief
In Constantinople on August 19 the sultan, famed for his kidney trouble, refused treatment. Physicians advised simple remedies which brought relief and earned them rising ranks for their success in alleviating his suffering.
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Constantinople
Puplexer Is a Success Tying Alaska Cable in Seattle
The War Department reports the cable duplexing apparatus completed its run to Seattle to connect the Alaskan cable and declares the operation a complete success.
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Washington
Ave
War Department
Seattle
Four Koys Killed in Central Railroad Crash
Four unidentified boys under 15 were killed this afternoon in Elizabeth New Jersey when struck by the Central railroad train. Authorities report the victims were local youths with no immediate identification available.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Central Railroad
Godfrey’s Tankard and the Mysterious Death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
A London relic, Godfrey’s Tankard, a solid silver piece presented by Charles II to Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey for plague and fire service, bears Latin inscriptions and engravings. Godfrey, born 1621, later became a magistrate and MP, famed for his murder tied to the Popish plot. his funeral drew vast pomp with clergy and nobility.
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London
Charles II
Edmund Berry Godfrey
Sir Edmund
Bellinge
Kent
Dowguiteelty
Charing Cross
Westminster
Winchilsea
Macaulay
Green
Primrose Hill
St. Martin’s-In-the-Felds
The Jaw and the Teeth
The article argues that teeth are skin appendages and that continuing to eat soft foods will shrink and eventually cause teeth to disappear. It warns the jaw would reform, gums vanish, lips drop, and facial shape alter leading to speech difficulties and inability to pronounce certain sounds.
Atonic Dyspepsia and Its Broad Causes
The text links atonic dyspepsia to constitutional low mood from overwork and worry. It notes possible connections to tubercular poisoning and intrinsic digestive failure. Dyspepsia may cause weakness and anaemia, with triggers including illness, excessive tea or coffee, poor diet, and eating habits.
Consolatory visit to wild beast show described
A correspondent reports an English paper account of a visitor at a wild beast show. The countryman is seen in a dazed state, staggered with four glasses too many, and a tiger scratches at him. The scene evokes a rowdy, unclear impression of the event.
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Orden
Irate Dancer Demands Release During Cage Encounter
A distressed man in a cage lashed out with his backhand, wincing from severe agitation and great pain. He danced and twirled his shillalah crying to be freed, while a companion attempted to pacify him with a quip about scraping acquaintance.
The Solar System and Its Distances
The article explains the vast scale of the solar system, noting Earth at about 92 million miles from the Sun and Neptune about thirty times farther. It ranks Venus and Mars as near neighbors, with Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune as planets orbiting the Sun. It emphasizes the Sun’s relatively fixed distance and the immense spans in space.
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Earth
Moon
Venus
Mars
Sun
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Solar System
Odd Kiwi Bird Noted For Peculiar Traits
A New Zealand native, the kiwi has no visible wings due to hidden rudimentary structures. Its nostrils sit at the bill tip aiding earthworm hunting, while its egg weighs about a quarter of the bird. The kiwi’s plumage is dull brown and gray, and its body resembles a hay-stacked form with stout legs set rearward.
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New Zealand
Nicholas
Curious Girl Tries Nursing Trick With Chickens Incident
A curious girl who learns by observation offers to set a neighbor’s broken arm after seeing a doctor. Later she decides to cast a chicken’s broken leg, declaring she will fix it, and applies a plaster cast. The cast remains until knitting time passes before she retrieves it from the henhouse.
Wind Bell Construction Explains A Japanese Invention
The Detroit News Tribune describes a wind bell from Japan made of glass strips hung from a wire ring. It uses cascading olive colored panels and a square piece to create sound when breeze moves the strips.
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Japan
Bendania
Detroit News- Tribune
Artificial Birds in Early Ames and a Parson's Outburst
Early Ames observers pursued artificial birds and animals to imitate flight. Archytus x Tarentum built a fit but nonreturning artificial ash. John Muller crafted an artificial eagle that met Maximilian in Nuremberg and perched at the gate. A Linden preacher, Parson Blodgett, protested a horse trough incident with a sharp rebuke to the wagon driver.
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Ames
Archytus x Tarentum
John Muller
Maximilian
Nuremberg
Blodgett
Linden
Paison
Boston Herald
Siamese Fashion and Court Greeting Custom
An account from Siam describes a rank ritual where an inferior prostrates before a superior and an attendant inspects for food or odor. If clean, the attendant helps the prostrate person to rise. if guilty, the attendant pushes him away with a kick.
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Siam
Liquor In Candles A Confectioner’s Odd Claim
A Chienzo confectioner boasts that almost every liquor including whisky, brandy and soda is made into candy. He lists vendors offering chrome de menthe coenac kum tel Chartreuse cherry beamly and ben elletine, describing a wide range of flavors.
First Calklog machine built from rich New York Times
A fragmentary remark notes the first Calklog device originated from a rich New York Times source, mentioning Tittle Wittie-Sas and a fatherly line about the invention’s beginnings in a bygone era.
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New York Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teutsch’s
Despain
Hotel Oregon
Poston Permanent
Atwood Blige
East Oregonian
Wheeler
Louis Hunziker
Optician
Helix
Thimssele
Sultor Carrinld
T Koeppens
Rounian
Mra
James Devlin
W. Roy Saxton
Hermiston
Ely
E. W. Davie
la Grande
A. A. Roberts
Prp
D. Mann
Ida Julien
M. Rader
A. W. Nye
EF. J. Murphy
Lehman Springs
Dr. M. & Kern
Puget Sound
A. Smythe and Son
Dan FP. Smythe
Yakinia
Jor Buckman
Ly Grands Division
Porthid
al Stepherns
la Grande-Umittia
Oo RB. & SN
City
Howe Se
Joe
the Fair Dep’t. Store
Godfrey
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