Local ads mix of rooms for rent and sale items
A jumble of notices lists furnished rooms, household goods for sale, milch cows, pasture land, and services including landscape gardening and wood cutting. It also recounts a chaotic incident involving an automobile crash near a laundry with a frightened driver and a Chinese chauffeur fading into the street scene.
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Alta St
East Webb
Wilsell
West Webb Street
Smith Bros
Main Street
Jersey
R. H. Stevens
Dutch Henry
B. H. Decker
Rock Springs
DeMotto
Bowman
Newton
Court Street
Stanfield
W. T. Reeves
Wm. Milne
Pendleton
For Sale Cheap Wide Track Mitchell Buggy With Top
For sale a wide track Mitchell buggy with top and five rear side springs. It has 1 1 16 inch axles and 1 1 8 inch tires. Inquiries to R H Stevens the cowman or Miles Kemler Pendleton. Passengers to Portland can save money by using Str Bailey Gatzert from The Dalles daily except Sunday and Monday at 3:30 p.m. Fare to Portland 3.
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R. H. Stevens
Cowman
Miles Kemler
Pendleton
Portland
Dalles
Darby Fire Chief’s Car Runs Wild Through Laundry Yard
In Darby Pennsylvania near Fifth and Chestnut streets Chief William Ayres of the Darby fire department rammed his automobile into a curb while testing his vehicle. A Chinese laundryman Edward Lee fled through a back door leaping the fence to escape.
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Chimman
Darby
William Ayres
Darby Fire Department
Fifth
Chestnut Streets
Edward Lee
Ayres
Fifth Street
California socialite opposes chaperonage in public revolt
A young California woman famed in San Francisco and Los Angeles society declares against chaperons claiming American girls can conduct themselves freely. The piece highlights Young America’s push for freedom and notes mixed views on social norms as society evolves from pioneer roots.
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California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Mies Brittany
Chicago Record- Herald
Auto Shovel Gang and Silk Stocking Lads Ride to Work
Oxford Pa boasts a unique plek and shovel gang that travels by automobile to road work. Washington D D Bunting, new state highways foreman, employs them at 1.05 daily. The crew lifts dirt from ditches to road centers using shovels and dispenses with “thank we ma'ams” as the highway department bans. Each morning near 7 a m they begin at the job and return by evening. Bunting recruited college students and local boys to train for football season through labor with picks and shovels. Members include Richard G Burn George Brinton Alexis Menough Robert Brinton and Wilson Reynolds all connected to Oxford teams.
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Oxford
Washington DD. Bunting
Aire
Richard G. Burn
Lafayette
George Brinton
Franklin and Marshall
Alexis Menough
Robert Brinton
Wilson Reynolds
Bunting
Dinner Ideas From Adam and Eve in the Garden
Eve asks Adam what to eat and he suggests spare ribs with apple sauce. She jokes about the lost rib and the forbidden apple, and Adam walks off to share his troubles with Cain.
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Adam
Eve
Cain
Old bachelor jokes about plaster and a heavy girl act
A humorous old note jokes that a porous plaster fails to soothe the pain caused by a 200 pound girl attempting a cute act, framing the scene with blunt social humor of the era.
Orpheum Tuesday Shows Present Dramatic Program
The Orpheum offers a varied program including The Barrier That Was Burned from Rex Beach with a backwoods love story ending in forgiveness. Also A Bold Game with a scheming plot at a summer resort and a hydro plane tour Over Monaco. The Relief of Lucknow is listed among the features.
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Orpheum
Vitagraph
Rex Beach
Monaco
Lucknow
Laughing farce and mutiny tale mix in comic revue
A chaotic review praises a production about the 1857 Indian mutiny and Lucknow relief but veers into a comedic subplot featuring Mr Tibbs and Cinderella. The piece vends a blend of historical drama and light farce with a shoe salesman’s chase aboard a train ending in a toothless spinster reveal.
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Lucknow
Cawnoon
Queen's Regiment
Queen's Own
Cinderella
The Adventure of the Thumb Print and More Silent Shorts
A Vitagraph detective tale starring Maurice Costello as Lambert Chase follows a top train chase and rooftop escape. Biograph’s Willie Becomes an Artist features a scam artist lad. The Would Be Shriner spoofs Shrine parades in Los Angeles. Lubin’s The Shepherds Flute blends romance and music, while Selig’s The Miller of Burgundy stands out among year’s best. Ambrosia’s Ride to Death ends in tragedy. Nestor’s The Little Moonshiner shows female resilience. Imp., The Lure That Failed, and In and Around Chicago present comedies and city scenes. Coming Wednesday introduces Jess, a three reel war drama by Haggard.
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Good Pictures
Vitagraph
Maurice Costello
Lambert Chase
Sherlock Holmes
Wille
Biograph
Dad
Willie
Los Angeles
Cal
Lubin
Allan Steel
Ruth Winton
Ruth
Big City
Burgundy
Selig
Society
New York Winter Garden
Nestor
Betty
Hal
Chicago
Imp
Jess
HH. Rider Haggard
The Hand of Mystery Rex Live Mystery Play
A brisk live program features The Hand of Mystery Rex. An unusual detective tale unfolds with a mysterious hand appearing by magic to seize valuables. The detective hired to solve the case turns out to be the thief himself.
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Rex
Sus
New Three Act Comedy at Grand Tonight
Vin Moore Stock company debuts a three act comedy What Happened to Smith at the Grand theater tonight. The show features Mr Moore as Smith a young man with a fondness for wine, Mr Bates as his friend and Miss Murdock as his wife. Moving pictures and orchestra between acts promise continuous laughs.
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Grand
Grand Theater
Vin Moore Stock Company
Smith
Mr. Moore
Sulphurro Remedy Report For Throat Troubles
A letter from Seattle praises Sulphurro for throat and rheumatic relief after two bottles. The writer, in Mt. Vernon, credits three doses of Sulphurro with curing a two week tonsil issue and expresses well wishes for the product.
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Skagit County
State of Washington
Mt. Vernon
C. M. C. Stewart
Seattle
Sulphurro cures throat ailments and goitre claims
The advertisement asserts blood impurities cause throat troubles and that Sulphurro purifies blood, drives out disease germs, and lets "Nature's" red fluid repair damage. It promotes Sulphurro as effective for goitre, with a booklet explaining how and why, free upon request. Bottles cost 50 cents and $1 from C M Stewart Sulphur, 71 Columbia St., Seattle.
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C. Im
C. Stewart Sulphur 9
Cohumbia St
Seattle
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F. J. Ronaldson
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Leona Thompson
W. J. Furnish
Hunter
Echo
Bert Mullins
Frank Kimball
Weston
Wesley Matlock
J. N. Burgess
Pilot Rock Ranch
J. A. Donovan
Sam Nelson
Lehman
Will McKinney
Seaview
Mrs
Herman Peters
Lehman Springs
Guy Matlock
Lee D. Drake
F. B. Swayze
Hermiston Bank
George W Done
Pilot Rock
R. Brown
Mra. Brown
Walla Walla
E. L Boston
A. Wall
L. Buckford
la Grande
The
Paul Callison
Walter Edwards
Rh. D. Ward
Edith Slusher
Slusher
Nolin
Retta Wombaugh
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ed Marsh
Lehman Eprings
James Estes
Oscar Mahler
Willim Hoch
Birch Creek
D. C. Brown
Cora Towne
Alexanders
Herbert Strohm
Hermiston
Jerry King
Margaret
Salem
Henry Thompson
Ethel Thompson
Marion Jack
Melton
Wohlenberg
Ambrosia
George
Nellie
Mary A. Patterson
D. R. Chen
Oregon
Webb St
China
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