Red Motor Garco Absorbs Business
Reo Motor Car Co absorbs the R. M. Owen sales organization, ending Owen’s 1,200 dealer network and moving all future car sales from Lansing directly factory to dealer. Owen retires to pursue an electric transmission project. R. M. Owen manager Robert Rue rchan remains with Reo. The Pendleton Auto Co. welcomes the change, promising closer factory contact for owners.
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Lansing
Reo Motor Car Co
R. M. Owen Company
Reo
Reo Cara Willl
R. M. Owen
New York City
Miles
Robert C. Ruerchan
Owen
R. M. Owen Co
Canada
KR. M .Owen Company
Pendleton Auto Company
PAZO OINTMENT Cures Itching Bleeding Protruding Piles
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Flat application gives relief. PILFS cured in 6 to 14 days. 60c trial advertisement note.
Colorado Moves To Operate Its Own Coal Mines
Colorado may undertake operation of its own coal mines following a strike in the Trinidad district. A bill authorizing such operation has been introduced and will be put to a vote by the people next year.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Dr King's New Discovery Endorsed for Coughs and Colds
A vintage advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery as quick and permanent relief for coughs colds bronchial and lung ailments. It claims world scope with millions sold yearly and features testimonials including Mrs J E Cox of Joliet Ill praising the remedy and money back guarantee.
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DR. King
Wilson barred from answering letters in Texas or Florida
Pass Christian December 29 Dr Grayson forbade President Wilson to attend to correspondence and insisted he refrain from answering letters while his recovery continues. Letters will likely be forwarded to Washington for Secretary Tumulty to answer. The president seeks privacy amid denial, and if conditions do not improve he and his family may spend the rest of the vacation in Texas or Florida.
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Pass Christian
Grayson
Wilson
Washington
Texas
Florida
Passengers praise engineer after Haines derailment
Passengers of the derailed Haines for ward train in Baker Oregon sign a note to Portland’s President Farrell praising Engineer Lou Ferguson for courage and quick action. They credit his decisions with preventing a major disaster as the train slowed gradually before the couplings gave way.
Boxing Pairs Clash as New Year Fight Ends Year in Ring
San Francisco reports Gunboat Smith and Arthur Pelkey ready for their New Year afternoon heavyweight title bout. Seattle notes 104 nobles from 25 temples sail for Manila on a 12,000 mile, 10 week pilgrimage led by Nile Temple’s John Rex Thompson. Los Angeles highlights renewed interest in Cross vs Anderson with Anderson claiming improvement. Portland describes New Year liquor ban and dancing on the floor only. Kansas City firm Waddell and Harrington tapped to build interstate bridges.
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San Francisco
Gunboat Smith
Arthur Pelkey
Seattle
Manila
Minnesota
John Rex Thompson
Nile Temple
Pactte highway bridge plan and funding proposal
The plan calls for constructing the Pactte highway bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver at about 1.5 million dollars with the company earning a percentage of money spent. A separate note from Pomona California reports a lodger allegedly stealing a cot and profiting from selling it to a secondhand dealer, while a consumer testimonial praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a cold and lung soreness, with Miss Marie Gerber of Sawtelle, California endorsing its effectiveness.
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Columbia River
Portland
Vancouver
California
Chamberlain
Marie Gerber
Sawtelle
Cal
Adv
Fire at Marshfield causes heavy losses
Marshfield Oregon December 20 fire destroyed the second story of the Montgomery block and damaged business houses on the premises to about 14000. The fire origin is unknown. Main floor damages were caused by water. Businesses include Lando Sarter the Pullman bar and Stafford. Fire was put out in about 30 minutes after water was turned on.
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Marshfield
Ore
Montgomery Block
Lando, Sarter
Pullman Bar
Stafford
Advert Says Chamberlain's Tablets Cured Father
Miss Margaret Campbell of Fort Smith Arkansas recalls her father’s six year illness years ago and credits Chamberlain's Tablets after he bought a box from an advertisement. Her sister also benefited from the tablets. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Margaret Campbell
Ft. Smith, Ark
Adv
Peculiar duel ends in two deaths in Prineville
Word from Prineville Kentucky reports Solomon Jackson and Tate Suders died in a hand clasp duel over a lawsuit. Each held a pistol in the right hand while gripping the other’s left hand, then fired, killing both.
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Lexington
Prineville Ky
Solomon Jackson
Tate Souders
How to Bankrupt the Doctors
A New York physician notes that thin stockings and shoes worn by women would bankrupt doctors. When illness develops pneumonia should not be left untreated. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as effective for coughs and colds and safe to take, offered by dealers.
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New York
Ady
Smellless veteran recalls Atlanta wound near stockyards
Chicago December 29 Jimmy Bugle, veteran in charge of the memorial hall at the public library, has lived near the stockyards for 50 years and never smelled again after a head wound at Marietta hospital following the Atlanta campaign on July 22, 1864. He still longs to meet the Reb who felled him.
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Chicago
Jimmy” Buggle
Jimmy
Gov. Yates
Atlanta
Marietta
Reb
Dusky Belles Fager to Marry White Men
San Francisco December 29 report that Easter Island belles seek husbands from ship crews. Captain Bourgeson aboard the Annie M Campbell carried an envoy from Papete to recruit sturdy men for marriage. The island realm reportedly owns 6000 cattle and 20000 sheep. crews hurry to join the matrimonial venture.
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San Francisco
Easter Island
South Seas
Bourgeson
Annie M. Campbell
Papette
Papeete
Easter Islands
Cantain Dourgeson
el Dorado
Fight For Freedom Lost in Supreme Court Bid
Olympia reports W C Calhoun and Willis G Thorp lost their habeas corpus case against Sheriff Metzger of Yakima county. They fled Crook county Oregon after being charged with receiving stolen property and were arrested in North Yakima last May. They claimed Governor Lister omitted the word knowingly from the Oregon crime requisition to honor Governor West.
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Fight For Freedom
Olympia
Wash
W. C. Calhoun
Willis G. Thorp
Supreme Court
Excellent C A C band concert delights Pendleton audience
The O A C cadet band of 31 pieces made its Pendleton debut at the high school auditorium to a crowded receptive crowd. Under director H L Beard the program featured seven selections with several encores. Notable numbers included C W James’s tuba solo and a saxophone quartet. The band closed with Home Sweet Home the World Over and a display of national airs.
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Pendleton
O. A
C. W. James
J. O. Beck
Everett Taylor
B. F. Bridges
F. A. Holmes
Woodcock
Luxton
Day Gillmore
Flannery
Lsteners
Ross Johnson
Shubert
Tokio Mayor Visits Seattle to Study U.S. Cities
Tokio mayor D Tagawa visited Seattle to meet Mayor George F. Cotterill and toured city sights with officials. He expressed delight with the Northwest and said he is gathering data on municipal questions in northwestern cities before returning to Tokyo.
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Seattle
Wash
D. Tagawa
Tokio
Japan
George F. Cotterill
Eity
Northwest
Toklo
Robbed After Being Beaten Near Albany Bridge
Jack O Bryan, 22, staggered into a local drug store in Albany on December 30 reporting he was assaulted near the north approach of the steel bridge over the Willamette River. He was injured on the temple and behind the ear and on his hands, bleeding, and said a lead pipe about a foot long was used in the attack and robbery of about $5.
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Albany
Ore
Jack O'Bryan
Willamette River
Regent G. H. Walker Resigns From University of Washington
A University of Washington regent, G. H. Walker, tendered his resignation today. The report notes internal conflict within the regents and references a disturbing incident involving a person named O Bryants and an assault near Albany as he walked to town.
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Board of Regents
G. H. Walker
University of Washington
Regent Walker Resigns Declares Gov Entering
SEATTLE December 29 Regent Walker resigns stating the governor appears to aim to create a crisis and pressure the legislature. The move comes amid ongoing political turmoil as officials scramble to address governance concerns and maintain stability.
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Walker
Seattle
Law Sets Commission Rule For Most PA Cities
The law placing all Pennsylvania cities except Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Scranton under commission government took effect on December 1, shaping local governance across multiple municipalities.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Scranton
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