Local Classifieds Listing Various Services and Offers
A jumble of local notices lists dressmaking and chimney sweep services, fresh seafood at St. George Grill, phone contact details, housekeeping and rental needs, sale of household items, scrap iron requests, wood cutting and coal delivery, positions for dressmaking, and a charity dinner event at Golden Rule Hotel with holiday gifts for sale. Includes Lost item notice and medical practitioner details.
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West Aire
Johnson St
East Oregonian
Jane &J
Rock Spring
Physician Takes Over Blakeslee Practice in Public Notice
To the Public I announce I have taken over the office and practice of Lynn K Blakeslee MD The office and phone numbers remain the same as in the past M V Turley MD
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Lynn K. Blakeslee
M. D
M. V. Turley
Johnson to Marry White Girl in Chicago
Johnson secures license to wed Luelle Cameron, the white woman he is accused of abducting. He lists his age as 34 and Miss Cameron as 18. The ceremony is set for 3:30 PM with newspaper men invited and promised a large reception with plentiful champagne. Officiant to be announced.
Umatilla County Teachers Examination in Pendleton 1912
County Superintendent announces a four day state certificate examination in Pendleton starting December 18 1912 at 9:00 a m through December 21 1912 at 4:00 p m. Schedule lists subjects by session including writing history physiology geography reading arithmetic psychology grammar and more. Also an ad shows Dr King’s New Life Pills marketed for health with a local price.
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Umatilla
Oregon
Pendleton
Korenoon
U. S
Dr. King
Koeppens
Penland Bros Auto Truck Haul It Specializes In Short Moves
Penland Bros offers quick city trips and country transfers for furniture and planes. Call Main 339 for short hauls and any moving need.
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Hsu
Penland Bros
Merchants and Their Families Night at New Grand
Tonight marks the final show in a vaudeville and motion picture bill at the New Grand. Manager Mr Park, who owns the house, is a former performer and promises a new era with popular price entertainment and careful attention to details for Pendleton patrons. A large business community attendance is anticipated.
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Park
Pendleton
Russian Aviator Plans Flying School in Pekin Halted
In Bt Petersburg on December 4 a Russian aviator Kusminski faced a government order prohibiting him from opening a flying school in Pekin to train Chinese army officers. He was warned of treason charges if he did not depart at once amid rising tensions with China over outer Mongolia.
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Bt. Petersburg
Kusminski
Pekin
Russia
China
Outer Mongolia
Kusminskis
Local notables check in at Pendleton last night
Ward W McHenry of Baker and J E Youel of Wallowa visited Pendleton last evening. Others from Pilot Rock Hermiston Umatilla and Lexington dropped in for the night or a brief stay. Farther names include Zoe Houser Ed Stanfield Standard editor G Hurd Morrow fair head and several civic figures. The day closed with a session of county court and remarks on the commissioner lineup.
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Ward W. McHenry
Baker
Bowman
J. E. Youel
Wallowa
Pendleton
W. Polk
Pilot Rock
Bird T. Lewis
la Grande
Bt. George
Henry Means
Umatilla
Mre
D. A. Potdort
Hermiston
Wis
Moses Taylor
Athena
Joeal
EK. T. Eriksen
W. BE. Barmore
George EE. Brigge
J. O. Kincaid
Stanfield
W. J. Furnish
Portland-Pendleton
Clifford McNarlen
L. B., Black
W. H. Gould
Lexington
Morrow County
Jerome Friedman
Alexander's
Portland
Zoe Houser
Echo
Lillian Carney
Ruth Royer
G. & Hurd
Stanfield Standard
M. D. Orange
K. H. Irwin
Inland Hirigktion Company
J. W. McCormmack
la Grande Observer
False prophets long before weather bureau era
A historical note highlights that societies faced fraudulent seers centuries ago, predating formal meteorology. The passage contrasts early beliefs with later institutional efforts to study climate and predict weather, underscoring enduring human reliance on forecasts.
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Cordelia
Weather Bureau
17 Years’ Quest Ends with 1280-Pound Bear Slain
Idaho Falls Idaho Dec 4 R L Scott a farmer living near bear here killed a bear he hunted for 17 years The hunter first trapped the animal after raiding his larder and later tracked its tracks in the snow The bear nicknamed Old Clubfoot weighed 1280 pounds and was killed last Sunday ending a long pursuit.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
R. L. Scott
Scott
Grange Pushes Cut in School Holidays
The Central Grange of Douglas County Oregon urges limits on teacher holidays arguing 14 or more days off per month harm education. It backs a state law mandating at least 20 teaching days monthly and circulates a petition to lawmakers. The plan would require teachers with fewer than 20 days of instruction to provide extra service in other months while remaining on salary.
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Lins
Teachurg
Central Grange
Douglas County
Grange
Uie
Indian Chief Heads to Washington for Treaty Hearing
Skookum Wallihee hereditary Klickitat chief along with Joe Staghi and interpreter Charley Parker depart from Lyle Washington for a government hearing in D C on claims they say they deserve under the 1885 treaty. An estimated 4000 to 6000 Indians are expected in the capital for the sessions after a farewell dancing gathering at Parker’s home.
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Mount Adams
Taft
Indian Bureau
Charley Parker
Washington
To Label Wild Birds Organizes Banding in New York
Dec 4 reports the American Bird Banding association formed to place identification bands on wild birds. It aims to study movements and distances. bands on young, nest-bound birds will bear the label Notify American Museum New York.
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New York
American Bird Banding Association
American Museum
EXRA'S HARD LUCK ENDING ON HIS TOMBSTONE TALE
A humorous tale from the Saturday Evening Post recounts Ezra Boil’s misfortunes from infancy to death. A string of calamities follows his name through drowning scares, injuries, bad luck with livestock, failed crops, a bank failure, and a runaway hearse, ending with a misdated gravestone.
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Tom McNeal
Topeka
Abe Peters
Tom
Abe
Ezra
Bera
Bids Sought for Gibbon District No 103 School Building
Sealed bids for a school building and outbuildings in District No 103 Gibbon Oregon must be filed by Thursday December 12 with J F Thompson Clerk. Plans and specifications are in the County School Superintendent's office. The board may reject any or all bids. Chairman W D Bonifer and Clerk J F Thompson announce the notice.
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Gibbon
Oregon
J. F. Thompson
W. D. Bonifer
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D. N. Reber
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Office Schmidt
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Horseshoe
Main
Alta Streets
Presbyterian
Golden Rule Hotel
Just
F. J. Donaldson
Frank K. Welles
Umada County
Gram Theater
Chis Reid
H. M. Cockburn
Milton
Horace Walker
Huge Bear
Exra
Fe-Livengoods& Company
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