Local Pendleton Ads and Notices Pack Various Offers
A collage of local promotions from Pendleton features Bowman photo studio and Ingram's grocery ads, Oregon Lumber Yard wood prices, St. Elmo rooms, and multiple notices. It lists birthday promos at the Pastime theater, discounts on bread, a five acre ranch for sale east of town, a purse found near the Episcopal sale, a phone directory note, and various business calls including J. B. Hailey express service and A. C. Koch sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Lumber Yard
Farmera
Pendleton
St. Elmo
Ingram’s Grocery
Beno
Oakwood
Oregon
J. B. Hailey
Express
Welch
Malin
Bowman's
P. O
Boy Schultz Found Dead in Bergen Field With Bullet Wound
The 14 year old Rochester area boy Robert Schultz was found dead in a Bergen field with a bullet wound to the left breast and a pony rifle near his feet. He had set muskrat traps the day before and left home in the morning. His parents believed he went to his grandfather's house for the night before searchers located the body after 24 hours. It is believed the shooting was accidental.
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Rochester
N. Y
Robert Schultz
Bergen
Schultz
A Difficult Position Captain Addresses Drill Paradox
A young captain commands the awkward squad to halt by placing the grounded foot beside the elevated one and remain motionless. The excerpt appears in Success Magazine advertising rooms for rent at 407 West Court.
Woman from Alaska Drives 200 Miles to See Father
Mia M. J. Sinclair of Atlin Alaska crossed snow and ice with two dogsled teams to reach Tacoma in six days to see her dying father Robert M. Thompson, a local pioneer. The voyage followed a Skagway boat ride, and the father’s health later improved, making the feat unlikely to be surpassed.
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Tacoma
Wash
Robert M. Thompson
Mia. J. D. Sinclair
Atlin
Alaska
Skagway
Morris & Co to launch $250000 old age pension fund
Edward Morris president of Morris & Co packers plans a fund of 250000 dollars for 16400 employees with a 3 percent salary contribution. The first installment of 25000 dollars will be donated January 1st to start a profit sharing and pension plan and the initial disbursement next year will be at least 100000 dollars and grow rapidly.
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Kansas City
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Packers
Morris
Cincinnati Captain Earle Bitten by Shark Near Mexico
Cincinnati captain Harry Earle known as a soldier of fortune died off Quintana Roo Mexico when a small boat capsized and he was eaten by a large shark. He had reported drowning earlier but later accounts say he was bitten in two while trying to swim ashore. Earle had worked in newspapers and claimed service in South Africa and the Cuban Insurgent army before the Spanish American War.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry Earle
Quintana Roo
Mexico
Earle
South Africa
United States
Seattle Bond Votes Fund City Parks and Plant Expansion
Seattle voters approved issuing 1,000,000 dollars in bonds to buy parks and public paygrounds. An additional 800,000 dollars in municipal bonds was approved to enlarge the city's electric power plant and extend the system to Cedar Lake and the recently annexed territory.
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Seattle
Wash
Dee
Cedar Lake
Paso Robles Health Candidate Plans Olympia Oath
Cos grove says based on current health he will be in Olympia January 11 to take the oath of office. He is resting easily and sleeping and eating well.
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Paso Robles
Cal
Cosgrove
Olympia
Michigan Treasury Near Empty Amid School Funds Gap
In Lansing the state treasury holds only 208 69 in cash not available to pay warrants as the money belongs to the primary school fund. The note cites insufficient funds and mentions the need for clean beds at the Stimo at rea sonable rates.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
American jailed in Paris for worthless check auto purchase
An American living in Paris, recently extradited from London, was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment for obtaining an automobile with worthless checks. Evidence showed Hall passed two checks at Credit Lyonnais. Hall had divorced and remarried, then moved to Paris, opened an account there, and bought the car with a bank check.
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Parla—Mandeville
Marigny Hall
Paris
London
Hall
Credit Lyonnaise
Acrése
New York
Blazing Ship Makes Port After Fire at Sea
The Norwegian steamship Munin, averaging peril in Caribbean waters, returned to port after a 12-hour sprint to St Kitts. On board were 16,000 cases of kerosene and volatile acids when a blaze broke out, forcing hatches down and engines to top speed. The crew, fearing desertion, were persuaded by the captain who threatened them with a revolver to stay and fight the flames.
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New York
Munin
St. Kitts
Harriman Builds Ice Rink at Tower Hill Near Arden
Harriman plans a two and a half acre ice rink playground carved from rock on Tower Hill near Arden, Middletown. EF Hl Harriman will create a cement floor enclosed by a four foot concrete wall, with earth filled in summer and flooded in winter to form a skating rink.
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Middletown
N. Y
EF Hl
Harriman
Tower Hill
Arden
Illinois crop report shows declines in wheat and corn acreage
The Illinois crop report from the state board of agriculture notes a fifteen percent drop in wheat acreage and December 1 crop condition at seventy one percent. Corn acreage fell seven percent to 6,730,600 acres, with the total corns crop valued at 121,160,615 dollars and totaling 213,346,624 bushels.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Will Train Children In New Method In Chicago
Dr L E Landone president of a Los Angeles institute and chairman of an international educational committee travels to Chicago to select 12 children for a program claiming to shape a child into any desired traits good bad or indifferent including temperament under the new method.
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Chicago
L. E. Landone
Los Angeles Institute
International Educational Committee
Winter Wardrobe Service Promises Ongoing Alterations
A fragment notes a tailor offering continued repair and alteration work for the rest of the winter season. It mentions a suit of clothing and the plan to extend similar services to other garments as weather persists. The brief item reflects a local tradesperson maintaining steady business through cold months.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ren’s Coat Sale
F. E. Livengood & Co
Main Street
Columbia River
Gray Bros. Grocery CO
Bowman Photo Studio
Ingrams
Cascade Fir
Water Street
M. B. Keys Cab
Golden Rule Hotel
A. C. Koch
Empire Block
Ingram
Tad
A. C. Koeppen & Brothers
Will Moore
Pilot Rock
A. A. Roberts
la Grande Observer
Fred Mulkey
FE. C. Rogers
Weston
Edna Florence
Portland
Samuel Wade
Lostine
Jack Wohlenberg
The
Peoples Warehouse
San Francisco
Eglantine Mossu
Walla Walla
Joe Parkes
E. H. Brown
Echo Rtegister
Matt Mosgrove
Milton
City
Ben Welle
Joseph
Thomas Chandler
Hot Lake Sanatorium
Harry Burke
East Oregonian
Baker City
Stella Matthews
Charley Matthews
Pilot Fock
W. N. Slaughter
Jennie Slaughter
Ritter
Mary Slaughter
Adams
James Hager
Heppner
G. Brownell
Umatilla
O. A. Cc Filumn
Will Bracken
J. Ferguson
A. B. Cordiey
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Q. A.C. Itinquet
Louis Hunziker
Dorothea
L. B. Russell
Plamondon
Athena
Olin Ford
Rev
Mrs. T. B. Ford
C. J. Mitchell
Oregon Theater
Dayton
Relatves
Edward A. Beals
Carrie Sharp
Hawthorne
W. W. Thompkins
Fred Shoemaker
Hood River
Packer Morris
Pendleton Cloak & Suit House
Stimo
Solid Rock
Ilinois
eSseyri
Eddie Kelley
Mama Sultana
Africa
Christmans
Sullivan's
Sullivan
City Steam Dye Works
E. Altast
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