Portland club targets 1911 woolgrowers convention
The Portland Commercial club launches a campaign to secure the 1911 annual convention of the National Wool Growers Association in Ogden Utah. Delegates from Oregon, led by B. B. Trumbull and D. Lively, plan a special Pendleton to Ogden train with a rate of one and one third fare, aiming to attract 76 to 126 delegates and bring the gathering to Portland next year.
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Portland Commercial Club
Omden
Oregon Wool Growers’ Association
H Cmpaign
National
Wool Irowers’ Association
Portland Oregonian
Ogden
Beaver
Oregon Ia
Pendleton
Dan Pr. Smythe
Oregon Association
Commercial Club
B. B. Trumbull
Trinola Central
D. ©. Lively
Portland Union Stockyards
A. L. Mackintosh
Oregon Wool Growers' Association
Portland
Tom Richardson
Commerceial Club
Wool Growers to Shoulder Portland Convention Drive
George B. Walker leads a bloc of wool men aligned to back Portland as next meeting site at the Ogden convention. Attendees from Oregon towns include Jay Dobbin Enterprise D P Ketchum The Dalles Charles Matthews Pilot Rock W G O Dell The Dalles and many more from Pendleton Heppner Baker City Ontario Eugene and Portland.
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George B. Walker
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Portland
Oregonians
Ogden
Jay Dobbin
Joseph
R. F. Stubblefield
Enterprise
D. P. Ketchum
The
Dalles
Charles Matthews
Pilot Rock
W. G. O'Dell
the Dalles
Sam Liteh
W. H. Braves
W. Boner
George J. Currin
Heppner
A. N. Whittler
Huntington
Joe Cunha
Echo
Dr. &. W. McClure
Pendleton
George McKnight
Yale
F.C. Oxman
Durkee
W. H. Lytle
B. P. Cranston
Baker City
H. C. Rooper
Antelope
William Barrett
W. F. Cropp
Richland
A. M. Patterson
Mayville
D. W. Brassfield
Jack Devoe
Frank Pedro
L. P. Davidson
Jore
Nat Scott
Lone Rock
John Kilkenny
Is a baseball player slave to owner
In Luzerne county court a case centers on the sale of player Joseph Pelekuin by Allen Town to Wilkes-Barre for 500 dollars. The act allegedly violates the Thirteenth Amendment. Wilkes-Barre manager Oliver argues the transfer mirrors slavery and renders the note void. judge to act next month.
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Wilkesbarre
Luzerne County
United States
Wilkesharre
New York State
Allentown
Joseph Pelekuin
Oliver
Wilkesbarre Club
Policeman Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Cure
Nashua Iowa night policeman J N Paterson testifies he suffered a bad lung cold last winter and tried multiple medicines and two doctors without relief. A friend advised Foley’s Honey and Tar, and about two thirds of a bottle cured him, calling it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world. Koeppen Bros.
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J. N. Paterson
Nashua
Iowa
Foley
Koeppen
Fortune for big fighters Jeffries vs Johnson earnings
The Jeffries Johnson fight winner will earn more per hour in the contest than any world figure for the three hours of the bout excluding profits from moving pictures. Hourly incomes are listed, with Jeffries or Johnson at 333,000 versus Rockefeller 3,640, the Czar of Russia 9,165, King Edward 370, Mary Garden 600, Harry Lauder 330, and Henry Miller 60. Kieppen Bros remark on Foley's Kidney Remedy follows.
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Jeffries
Johnson
John D. Rockefeller
Russia
King Edward
Heoatine
Cmiuso Cere
Renee
Mary Garden
Harry Lauder
Henry Miller
Dover Soldier John Downing, 108, Hero of Four Wars
Dover resident John Downing died at 108 in Little Creek. A veteran of four conflicts, his service included the Seminole War 70 days in 1882, the Mexican War 1845, the Crimea War in 1856 57, and the Civil War full term of enlistment. Also notes Foley's Orino Laxative ad copy.
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Dover, del
John Downing
Little Creek
Florida
Europe
Old Clothes Wanted By Presbyterian Society
The young peoples society of the Presbyterian church seeks old clothes for distribution to city poor. Those with garments should leave them at Power Harness Shop or notify Carl Power at that business.
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Young Peoples Society of the
Presbyterian Church i
Partley
Carl Power
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Oregon
Columbia Bar
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Fortune For Big Fighters
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Taylor Hardware
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