Local Wants and Offers Flood Pendleton Paper
Local want ads list room rentals and light housekeeping, recruitment for harvest work, carload cedar posts, insurance and garbages, a restaurant and lodging sale, and various lost items. Advertisers include Moser, Hemmelgarn, Reese, Strain, Fourk, and Penland, with services from an auctioneer and a moving furniture van. Also notes listings for records, music, a shooting gallery, and a river steamer schedule listing the Bailey Gatzert run to The Dalles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moser
East Oregonian
Joe Ell
American National Bank Tidy
Paul Hemmelgarn
West Webb Street
Fred Reese
J. A. Borle Lumber Co
Main Street
Phon Main
G. T. Fourk
Pendleton
Carney & Bradley Barn
Rude
E. L. Smith
Farmers’ Trading Co
Peck
Idaho
W. Webb
Victor
Warren
Music House
Clarence Penland
Farmer Edwards
Penland Bros
Temple Building
Ore
Bond Bros
D. E. Brown
Portland
Columbia River
Dalles
Portland Fare Ad Sells 928 Lincoln Corner Jackson
For sale notice lists Portland fare at 9 45 p m from The Dalles to Portland and a house and barn at 928 Lincoln corner Jackson with a very reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Dalles
Lincoln
Jackson
Domestic Laundry Reopens After Fire Repairs
The Pendleton Oregon laundry resumes business and promises prompt service after the recent fire damage. Dissolution of partnership dissolves Gillette & Bowman of Pendleton Dye Works and Bowman Cleaning Works. Gillette takes payment of all firm debts. Bowmans’ or firm debts payable to Gillette. Dated August Std 1913 GEO B Gillette VAN J Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette & Bowman
Pendleton Dye Works
Bowman Cleaning Works
Pendleton
Oregon
Gillette
Geo
B. Gillette
van J. Bowman
Ministerial Association Mourns Loss of Mrs. Gelvin
The Pendleton Ministerial Association extends heartfelt sympathy to Rev. G W Gelvin and his family on the death of his wife and mother to their children. Fellow pastors Nathan Evans and Grigsby join in prayers for comfort and divine blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D.geilvin
Ministerial Association of
Pendleton
G. W. Gelvin
The
Baptist Church
Nathan Evans
Ll Grigsby
T. F. Weaver
Suffragette arson attempt at Carnarvon school thwarted
In Carnivalon Wales on August 15 suffragettes attempted to burn Carnarvon county school but minor damage occurred after quick discovery of the blaze. The scene yielded suffragette literature and a card reading We work while David Lloyd George preaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnavon
Wales
Carnavon County School
David Lloyd-George
Truck Handy in the Household
A simple truck built from a thick 1 by 2 foot board with four casters serves multiple household needs. It carries heavy kitchen tanks, aids moving heavy items between rooms, and helps with house cleaning by repositioning smaller furnishings. A painted box can replace the board, and a large screw eye provides a pull or tie point.
Curfew Cur Dog Enforces Night Watch in Connecticut Hamlet
In a Connecticut hamlet with strict old fashioned rules the night watchman keeps a dog that chases away young children at curfew time. The dog has earned the nickname cur and the town jokes it enforces the curfew.
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Connecticut
Hamlet
Night Watchman
Tacoma girls launch cooperative laundry success
In Tacoma on August 15 the progressive cooperative laundry run by striking workers is declared a great success. The plant operates at full capacity with former strikers replenishing positions and earning about fifty percent more than their previous wages.
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Tacoma
Personal mentions from Adama to Portland many locals in city
William Holdman and Dr Fred Thenallen from Adama and Echo visit the city. Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely travels to Echo. Siebrandt of Pilot Rock, Cecil Cole, Jack Urquart return from Portland, and William Phillipe joins Pilot Rock group in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs Walter Brinkle of Echo stay overnight. D C Brownell of Umatilla and A Power from Holdman on business. Mrs J Hatton and Grace depart for Portland Vancouver and western points. School Supt A E Young returns from Milton. H G Newport and H R Newport Hermiston contractors attend to business. Charles Cole and family back from Lehman Springs. Mrs PD Brusha in Portland with brother B F Irvine. Charles Cole and family back from Lehman Springs. Mrs Clark Nelson returns from Portland and Salem. The Judd and Thompson parties return from Portland and coast points. J P Winter, formerly Pendleton lawyer now in Portland, reports from Hermiston. Elmer Turner to Echo with Roundup buttons. Frances Nelson of Albany arrives from farm near Athena and leaves for Portland.
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William, Holdman
Adama
Fred Thenallen
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
A. Power
Holdman
J. Hatton
Grace
Portland
Vancouver
I. BE. Young
Milton
H.G. Newport
H. R. Newport
Hermiston Contractors
Mrs. Charles Cole
Lehman Springs
Charles Cole
Clark Nelson
Salem
W. H. Lytle
F. F
Judd
Henry
W. L Thompson
Edward
Coast Points
J. P. Winter
Pendleton
Hermiston
Elmer Turner
Echo
Mins Frances Nelson
Albany
Northern Pacific
Rudlph B McEwen
Athena
Round-up Enthusiasm Draws Crowds Across Oregon
W H Kusselman county school supervisor returns from a 2006 mile auto trip through southern and interior Oregon and northern California praising Round-up fever. He notes crowds forming at Klamath Falls rodeo and says Pendleton show will satisfy demand for literature and tickets. He plans to compile a long list of names for Secretary Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath
W. H. Kusselman
Oregon
California
Klamath Falls
Pendleton
Marsh
Oregon Goats Sent North to Clear Logged Land
Montesano Washington August 15 CH Clemons received a shipment of 600 goats from Yamhill county Oregon to be turned loose on his logged off land farm to clear growth. Only one of twenty timber owners appeared before the board of equalization and protested the proposed tax increase. The board aims to set values while some Amber small tract owners report satisfaction and lawsuits loom over tax collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Wash
CH. Clemons
Yamhill County
Oregon
Clemons
Board of Equalization
Indian maidens' dresses valued at 5500 dollars
Julia and Rose Webb Nex Perces Indians visiting Lewiston wear buckskin gowns trimmed with 700 elk teeth collected by their ancestors. Each elk tooth valued at nine to ten dollars, making the outfits worth about 3500 dollars per dress. The scene contrasts with local fashion among white women reported as pale face ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idaho
Julia
Rose Webb
Here
Mountain climbers set for Mt Baker Marathon start
In Bellingham Washington on August 15 nine contestants prepared to run the Mt Baker Marathon. Three left by automobile for the Deming trail base and will return via the Glacier trail as a raging blizzard threatens reaching the summit.
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Bellingham
Wash
Mt. Baker
Separator explosion destroys grain on Wheatland Farm
A separator explosion caused by smut ignited the machine at the Wheatland farm near Rolles Junction last Saturday. The fire destroyed the threshing outfit and 1950 sacks of grain, with damage estimated at 3700 dollars. The Wheatland farm is owned by a local corporation.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla
Rolles Junction
Road bonds urged for 125 mile county network
Walla Walla Washington August 15 A public meeting endorsed funding a 125 mile county road network linking Snake River Ferry Ballula Wallula Walla Walla Lamar Eureka Pleasant View Waitsburg and more Engineer W C McNown proposed a 50 year bond plan costing about 10 000 per mile totaling roughly 1 260 000 The group planned committees to study financing with a likely special election to submit the measure and taxes estimated at a little over two mills per year for the bond period
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Walla Walla
Wash
Walla Walla County
W. C. McNown
Wallula
Snake River Ferry
Ballula
Walla Wala
Lamar
Eureka
Pleasant View
Waitsburg
MacNown
McNown
W. H. Kirkman
Eugene Tausick
J. G. Kelly
J. M. Crawford
A. Moore
John Muntinga
J. A. McLean
J. W. Morgan
Gustav Vollmer
J. L. Harper
Waltsburg
A. Dean
Attalla
M. M. Geysert
Touchhet
Dr. Elmer
Leavenworth
Dancing teachers denounce the rag dance in San Francisco
In San Francisco the Pacific Association of Teachers of Dancing convened to condemn the rag dance calling it mongrel monstrosity and filth from the lowest places. G R Puckett led denunciations saying the rag dance is rotten and unrefined. Some teachers praised the tango as respectable while vowing to back an ordinance restricting alcohol near dance halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Association of Teachers of Dancing
Puckett
Sutter Strand
G. R. Puckett
South
King’s Place
Barbary Coast
Mike
Barbary
Argentina
Nquor
Airship Chauffeur Earned Over Fifty Thousand
A Frenchman earned more than $50,000 in the past year as an airship chauffeur. Despite the sizable income, critics argue that a man cannot live on air.
Kitchener enjoys cobra hunt as sport in Egypt
In Cairo on August 15 Lord Kitchener, British agent general of Egypt, takes up snake hunting to relax duties. After a cobra was spotted near the Gezira Sporting Club, a snake charmer was summoned and six snakes emerged. Kitchener and aides fought them off with cudgels, keeping the charmer on staff for future hunts. Belgium marks Mothers Day with officials and a national lapel ornament.
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Cairo
Egypt
Lord Kitchener
Gezira Sporting Club
Kitchener
Belgium
Brussels
America
M. van Kuyck
Antwer
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Macadam Road
Adams
Gibson & Cole
Ameriltan Nat
Bank
F. J. Donaldson
PD. Brusha
B. F. Irvine
Sepatragor
Much Grain Barnes
Melrose
Cardinals
Green
Navy
Wohlenberg Department Store
St. Mary's Catholic Church
East Oregonian Merchants
Department Store
the Peoples Warehouse
Tallman & Co
Alexanders
W. EB. Hanscom
V. Stroble
J. P. Hansen
O. K
Lumber
van Petten Lumber Co
Automobile & Garage
Oregon Motor Garage
Meat Markets
Empire Meat Co
Pendleton Cash Market
Central Meat Market
Bowman Hotel Grill
Noreen Broa
Delta
Bowman
Roherman's Bakers
Wood and Coal
BEL Burroughs
Fames Cigars
Wall Paper & Paints
Jisle & McAtee
Pendleton Cleaning & Dye Works
City Prewery Bottling Works
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