Women Win Umatilla Mayoral and Council Seats
In Umatilla Oregon the all women ticket defeated the incumbents on election day. Laura J. Starcher was elected mayor, and C. G. Brownell’s wife Bertha Cherry won auditor, with Mrs. Robert Merrick as treasurer and several other women named to council. The men claimed they were taken by surprise as wives ran their campaigns without their knowledge. The new administration vows reform, street improvements, street lighting, law enforcement, and a progressive civic program led by women.
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Umatilla
Ore
Ter
Siarober
G Brownet
Laura J. Staresher
C. G. Krownell
Hiuwlands
Stercher
Bart “Imutder
3M Co. G
Fomn
Starcher
Hull
Saly
Laura J. Starcher
Alen
Becawee
Mitahal
Mingor
Bertha Cherry
Robert Merrick
H. C. Means
C. G. Brownell
Stella W. Faulu
Gilndys
al Stevene
G. Brownell
Derr
Ura
Baror
Tongie
Ed Awerill
The Oddities and Rumors of Pendleton’s Local Headlines
This column quality piece recalls a jumble of names and sights from Pendleton during an election week. It jokes about local figures Judge Lowell and the Penalty Club, mentions library jail escape, a man in false teeth, and Pete Sheridan’s election night wagers, all colored by quirky, tabloid tone.
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Pendleton City
Polit
Lou Rayburn
Chet Garrdane
Wren
Pete Sheridan
Hutter Creek
Pete
Echo
Carl Gilbarts
Walden Ihe
Lever
New York
Indivnk
Tllinois
Heighes
Rhea Ranch
Charles FE
Rhea
Woodie
Hughes
Real estate transfers and deeds in early township records
A compilation of warranty deeds involving M E Anderson and others to W FE Potts for 97 000 with acreage across townships 5 north 22 west and related parcels. Cunningham Sheep and Land Co transfers 361 acres to Hmma D Durkheimer for 5422 50. W Bruwther to Paul Branilt 480 acres in township 2 north range 25. additional transfers noted in the era's survey terms. miscellaneous stray lines on loan sharks and a stray remark about a social lion and a person bowls.
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M_E Anderson
T. Howen
John Tompkins
W. FE. Potts
Cunningham Sheep & Land Co
D. Durkheimer
Nighttime Tale Of Pete And A Peacock In Feathers
A fragmented account describes a figure named Pete asleep after a night of odd events. The speaker notes a surreal scene involving a Wilronle figure and an eight dollar pair of kickw berg tte Make. The narrator hints at past actions with Hughes in a presidential chair before concluding with Peter sleeping.
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Pilin
Hota
Hughes
Hinoawlf
Ike
New Spring
Pete
Cattlemen Turn to Sheep as Ranch Diversify in Oregon
Portland district forester George H. Cecil reports many cattle permittees in Oregon and Washington are stocking small flocks of 20 to 200 or 400 sheep on national forest ranges. The shift aims to supply mutton, weed control, and extra income, signaling broader interior ranch management and sustained sheep supplies amid shrinking grubby ranges.
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Portland
George H. Cecil
Oregon
National Forest
Washington
Deed
War of Kites and Crows Engulfs Europe and Americas
In a murky scene the stray conflicts and casualties reach beyond borders as observers note the Mexican joust and the broader European war spillover. The report contrasts the personal toll with distant fronts.
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Europe
France Reconsiders Napoleonic Era in Light of German Rise
France reflects on Napoleonic expansion as it watches Germany grow, weighing past ambitions with a philosophical tone and cautious curiosity about a shifting European balance of power.
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France
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Hetoy Tolf Club
Wena
Dr. Holbein
Tong Foucht
Hobson
Verdun
Divre
Lnte
Oregon Theaterida
Alarney Gris
NEW Catholic Church
Knights OF Columbus
East Oregonian
Uncle Bills
Bill
Mall
East Oregonian Pub, Co
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