Pastime Pictures and Local Advertisements Update
Locals list mixed ads and notices for Oregon area: Pastime theatre ads claim more moving pictures than any other theatre in the city. Items include oak wood from Oregon Lumber Yard, coal from Rock Spring, sales of furniture, mold board, and farm stock at West ranch near Pendleton, rental notices for houses and a furnished suite in East Oregonian building, and help wanted for hotel staff at Pilot Rock. Also notices for rail fare specials and a planned building for stock stabling and a fire pavilion with funds raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Wood
Oregon
Rock Spring Coal
Henry Kopittke
Oregon Lumber Yard
Sharon & Eddings
Henry Kopitzke
Bluff Street
East Oregonian
Main Street
H. P. Hogar C. Jay
East Railroad Street
Mia
F. Myers
Helix
la Grande
Huntington
Wallowa
Joseph
Big County Fair Plans Under 20,000 Booster Club
A committee named the 20,000 Booster Club has formed under Union County Exposition President Woods to attract 20,000 visitors to the La Grande Oregon fair in October. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company announced special rates from Pendleton and other points for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande, Ore
Woods
Regon Railroad & Navigation Company
Pendleton
Potato beetle invasion prompts university experiment notices
Lewiston reports the University of Idaho station in Thale working on the Colorado potato beetle in New Perce and Camas Prairie. Bugs have spread 10 to 20 miles since last year, with bulletins issued on destruction methods circulating in central Idaho. In irrigated areas, gardeners guard against an invasion as pests appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Aged Pioneer Judge Ayers Dies at 69 in City
Judge Thomas W. Ayers of Heppner died in this city this morning at age 69 after a stroke of paralysis. A Umatilla and Morrow county resident for 50 years, he was a prominent rancher in the Butter Creek country and served two terms as county judge. Surviving children include George W. Ayers Lewiston Idaho and Thomas W. Ayers Pendleton. Burial plans call for interment in Heppner with a special train arranged due to Sunday rail limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Ayers
Heppner
Umatilla
Morrow
Butter Creek
Oregon
Buttercreek
Morrow County
Retta Rombaugh
Stonewall Jackson Street
Remalina
Zeppelin to Rival Zeppelins in New Monster Ship
Professor Schutte at Mannheim reveals details of a new dirigible built in a shed for trials. The monster craft is described as the largest yet, with an inner space more than a quarter larger than the Zeppnedr ship. Motors may reach 600 to 800 horsepower, aiming for speeds near sixty kilometers per hour, and a light wooden framework replaces metal to reduce lightning risk. A trial flight is hoped in early autumn.
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Herlin
Siehutte
Jhall
Mannheim
Schuite
Oregon Trunk Men Begin a Survey at Madras
A 22 man party of railroad engineers arrived in Madras Oregon Tuesday evening. Led by B E Cooper the Oregon Trunk survey crew intends to head to Bend and work both north and south of Bend. They traveled with two four horse teams and heavy camping gear.
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Madras
Ore
B. E. Cooper
Bend
Ait
Oregon Trunk Line
Madrds
Counterfeiters Are Most Clever Engravers
Seattle February 28 A government official at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition says the most skillful engravers in the United States are counterfeiters. The government uses top engravers but high pay to deter them is insufficient. Some counterfeit notes surpass US currency in workmanship, though detection is possible. Several former engravers are now in federal prison, with others still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
United States
Roosevelt Mauled by Lioness in Africa Vision
San Francisco Examiner reports a wild vision described by Philip J. Jordan of Indian control over British East Africa society. He claims Theodore Roosevelt was attacked by a lioness in a jungle, with son Kermit present but unable to help. Jordan, allegedly Esoteric Union member, predicted exclusive news timing.
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San Francisco Examiner
Philip J. Jordan
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Umb
Kermit
Jordan
The
Occult Union
Park Street
Alameda
Examiner
India
Roosevelt Ape
Submerged Dam Planned by Western Land & Irrigation
The Western Land and Irrigation company plans a four hundred foot submerged dam one mile above town. J T Whistler of the Reclamation Department drew the plans and W R B Hinkle will supervise. The project requires 100000 feet of lumber 500 piles and several carloads of cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Land & Irrigation Company
J.T. Whistler
Reclamation Department
W. RB. Hinkle
Echo Register
Churches and Union Meetings Announced for Sunday
The Church of the Redeemer led by Rev. Charles Quinney will conduct divine service and holy communion at All Saints Weston, returning to Pendleton for the 8 00 am service. Presbyterian Corner Alta and College led by W L Van Nuys holds Bible school at 10 am and worship at 10 45 am on the theme The Christian's Crowning Virtue. Union meetings conclude August series at the M E church Sunday at 8 pm with Dr Ford delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Quinney
All Saints Church
Weston
Pendleton
M. E
Ford
Taft to Visit North Yakima Washington on Sept 29
President Taft accepted a city program in North Yakima scheduled for September 29 with a few changes. He will bypass breakfast at the Yakima hotel and eat on his car, tour the fruit ranches by automobile, and attend a Commercial Club reception and street platform address before luncheon at 12 20. He then leaves for Seattle.
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North Yakima
Wash
Taft
Yakima
Seattle
Cupid Plays Havoc With Telephone Company
In Spokane Washington over the last five months sixty Hello girls at the Pacific State Telephone exchange have resigned to marry. Operators say the work is dull and customers abusive while flirtations over the wire lead to many marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Pacific State Telephone Exchange
First Christian Church Services at Johnson Street
The First Christian Church meets in an old Episcopal church on Johnson street with Bible school at 9:45 a m. Communion and preaching at 11 a m. Young People society at 7 p m. Evening service and union meeting at M EB church. Wednesday prayer meeting. Pastor A Mackenzie Meldrum extends a cordial invitation to all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Johnson Street
Bible School
Young Peoples Society
M. EB. Church
A. Mackenzie Meldrum
Circus Thieves Loot Centralia Jewels After Circus
Thieves stole nearly 1500 dollars in jewels from the homes of W. C. Eastman and Paul C. Uhlman in Centralia Washington. A daughter of Eastman suffered the heaviest loss with over 1000 dollars in jewels taken. The robberies occurred while Ringling Bros circus was in town and were not discovered until the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Wash
W. C. Eastman
Paul C. Uhlman
Tolstai's Advocate Punished for Pamphlet Circulation
M. Gusef, Tolstoi's private secretary, exiled to Perm province for two years after being found guilty of distributing Tolstoi's pamphlet Thou Shalt Do No Murcer which opposes capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstai
Puta
Russia
M. Gusef
Leo Tolstoi
Perm
Tolstoi
First M E Church Services and Sermon Topics
T B Ford pastor leads at 608 Johnson Street with Sunday school at 10 o clock led by A J Owen. Sermon at 11 on The Business of a Minister. Baptism reception at 7 p m followed by Epworth league. Union services at 1 p m with Methodists Presbyterians Baptists and Disciples. Sermon Removal of Obstruction to the Work of Christ by T G B Ford. Congregational singing and union choir directed by Mrs Landers with organist Mrs Ower. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
T. B. Ford
Johnson Street
A. J. Owen
Pendleton
Epworth League
Mise Wylie
T. GB. Ford
Landers
Ower
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F. E. Livengood & Co
West Ranch
Rost Bluff Street
Pilot Rock
City Hotel
BIG County Fair
McLoughlin
Portland
John McLoughlin
Oregon City
Frrederick V. Holman
P. H. D'Arcy
Salem
W. F. Caell
Zeppelin
Roosevelt
Lioness
Church of the Redeemer
Our
Koeppen’s
Cupid
PAF
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Franklin
Pendleton Auto CO
Columbia Junior College
Milton
W.H. Martin
Pres
Milton, Ore
County Fair and Rage
Southeastern
Washington
Arnold Carnival Co
Thomas H. Brents
R. H. Johnson
East End Grocery
U. & Dispensatory
Tallman &O
Koeppen Bros
F. J. Donaldson
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