City Brevities: Local ads and notices flash daily
Short city notices advertise dry wood, fresh dairy, unfurnished rooms for rent, furniture for sale, hardware, film and songs at Star theater, enameled ware, seven room cottage for sale or rent, photo studio, fresh butter, shotgun shells, guns and ammo, summer resort excursions, bowling alleys, billiards and Pastime Parlors offerings. Includes manager James Cornfield and Pendleton references.
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W. A. Leathers
Egat Oregon
East Oregonian
Wegan
Good Hardware Company
Star Theater
Electric
Goodman Hardware Company
Lilleth Street
Bowman Photo Studio
Peoples Warehouse
Bingham Springs
Pendleton
James Cornfield
Seven Acres Nets $1500 From Seven Acre Tract
The Walla Walla Statesman reports that &. B. Brennman of College Place earned $1500 in a single season from a seven acre tract planted to vegetables. Onions and asparagus were the main crops, with three to four acres dedicated to them. Potatoes lettuce and other crops followed in the remaining half of the lot, including about half an acre of orchard.
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Eeason
Walla Walla Statesman
For Rent Cottage With Bath Inquire 100 FE Bluff Street
East Oregonian ad note offers a cottage for rent near Bluff Street with bath and hot and cold water. Contact details read Inquire at 100 FE. Listings mention standard amenities and location in the newspaper’s region.
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Bluff Street
Clocks for Sale in Harvest Kitchen and Mantel Range
Local seller Louis Hunziker advertises clocks for harvest fields kitchen mantels and personal guarantees. Prices span 00¢ to 25 dollars with items from 2.50 to 4.00 for kitchen clocks and 5.00 to 25.00 for mantels.
Death of A. Cockburn and Memorial Tales
The August obsequies for A. Cockburn, a leading Milton, Scotland born pioneer of the region, were held at the Presbyterian church after his death from heart trouble. He leaves a wife and four sons and a daughter. Interment in the local cemetery followed. A village carpenter recalled his generous service and spoke at a memorial luncheon, then quipped about being better suited for the scaffold than public speaking. Also notes include a Youth’s Companion anecdote about eclipses and a short eclipse factoid.
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Milton
Cockburn
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Cockburn
Scot ‘Land
Hoe
Myanon, Co
M. Ccrte Ee Doe
Charte
H. Harder
IL. C. O.fy
Where Beggars Ride in Poraia
The saying that beggars would ride is reversed in Poraia as beggars actually ride on donkeys. They obtain and use these humble beasts of burden rather than the aristocratic riding donkey, a feat that puzzles European observers yet proves fact in this locale.
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Poraia
Wide World Magazine
Enforcing the Law in Town Diggings
A local mayor asserts strict law enforcement over church proximity to saloons. He cites an ordinance banning any saloon within 800 feet of a church and orders the church to relocate within three days. The exchange features a stranger and the town’s mayor declaring duty to uphold the ordinance.
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Diggin
Jodga
Pet puppies in Paris gain pajamas says exchange
A Paris exchange quips about pet puppies wearing pajamas, prompting the reader to note whether the writer means people or dogs in the cheeky line.
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Paris
Sayp
Pendleton People Headed to Walla Walla and Ringling Circus
Local citizens and visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sryder, Gertrude Brusha, J. L. G. Frasier, and many others, travel to Walla Walla for brief visits or Ringling circus shows. Leaders from Teutsch store, Postmaster G. M. Richey’s wife, and residents from Pendleton join outings and social visits in nearby towns and at La Grande circus events.
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Gertrude Brusha
Wale la Walla
Ringling Circus
JL. G. Frasier
Bingham Springs
Will M. Peterson
Walla Walla
W. T. Shaw
Hadson Bay
John Nissen
Cty
O'Reilly
Baker City
Oregon
Catholic Church
Merv
M. Carey
Goldfield
Nevy
Pendleton
R. E. Tarbett
Mountaina
Meacham
la Compiny
J. M. Wise
Bomne
F. W. Vincent
Bingham
Froda Parkes
Jeasse Smith
Mia
B. A. Vaughn
Edna Florence
George Bear
Teutsch Department
Walla Walla Lant
Ringling
G. M. Richey
Richey
la Grande
W. H. Kelsay
George Darveau
Henry Latourelle
Lewis Hunter
Deater
Eleanor Phelps
Mies Ines
Milton
Ecity
Portland
Paralee Piiey
John Halley, Jr
Boise
Ralph Swinburne
Heppner
Mra. W. A. Slusher
Mra. R. B. Stanfield
Echo
Starkey
Mise Genevieve Stanfield
Arso
Mise
Mamie Reith
C. C. Fanning
Spokane
Miss Reich
Harold Warner
John Dickson
Tokeland
Wash
University of Oregon
Joe H. Parkes
Parkes Walste
U.S. Land Office
Lulacy
Lorens
Union
Willowa
Roy Raley
Ely
Union County
Mark Moorhoteec
la Grande Observer
Wis rail passenger fares cut under Turner law at midnight
Wisconsin rail passenger service adopts higher fares tonight as the Turner law takes effect. The change affects nine major passenger lines including Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago Northwestern with earnings above seventy five hundred dollars per mile per year, while two non passenger lines are exempt.
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Madton
Wis
Wisconsin
Kouwion
Grose
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Chleigo
St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Burlington & Quincy
Wisconsin Central
Minneapolis
St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Northern Pacific
eKwoaunee
Green Bay & Western
Drummond & Southeastern
Chicago, Lake Shore & Tern
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Shaw
Pope Manufacturing fails in Hartford for 46 million
Hartford August 15 Pope Manufacturing, once a bicycle pioneer and major auto builder, collapses under 46 million debt. Albert Pope named temporary receiver as failures blamed on losses of subsidiary companies. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1902 with 10 million capital, the firm heads in Hartford offices and factories. Ringling Brothers Circus arrives in Walla Walla with tickets sold from La Grande. the circus passes through last night on big carloads and promises new attractions.
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Hartford
Conn
Pope Manufacturing Company
Albert Pope
Bicycle Makers’ Trust
New Jersey
Ringlings
Walla Walla
Ringling Brothers
la Grande
Notice to credit only myself and my wife
Public notice cautions all persons not to credit Mrs. Dave Carlan or me for any debts contracted by her DAVE CARLAN Pilot Rock Ore July 1907.
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Dave Carlan
Pilot Rock
Ore
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Tiny
Teutsch’s Dept
Louis Hunziker
Main St
Death OF
Kobppens
J. A. Sryder
Pope Company
Main Street
St. George Restaurant
Mr. Pendleton Merchant
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