Local listings and notices from the Melrose region
A compact classifieds page listing services and notices including chimney sweep I C Snyder. Kopitzke Gillanders dry wood and Rock Spring coal. Orpheum cinema ads. August Noreen ladies tailoring. Maccabees insurance with $10,000,000 on hand. Knights of the Maccabees benefits. lost items a Scotch Collie and a gold rope necklace. house rentals on Franklin Street and Six room modern rental. transfer and hauling services by Penland Bros and Main 461. local livery for sale Pioneer Livery Hermiston. farm and livestock services. buff Leghorn roosters for sale. incubator Old Trusty. reward for recovery.
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I. C. Snyder
Burroughs
N. Joerger
Franklin Street
Kopittke & Gillanders
Rock Spring
Orpheum
August Noreen
Court Street
Maccabees
Knights of the Maccabees of
Kopitzke & Gillanders
Tustin Street
Enquirer Co
J. Whittaker
Hermiston
W. W. Steiner, Jr
Hermiston, Ore
Pays to Advertise at Patton's Barber Shop
Local barber shop advertises low prices with a 15 cent share option. Patton's employs six barbers, promises short waits, ample hot water, and a clean environment for customers seeking grooming services.
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Patton
Trial Requested Over Trade Practices Toward Minorities
A call for a trial arises after a dispute over selling towels and a shop accused of not selling to Chinamen, Indians or Japs. The appeal seeks legal scrutiny of discriminatory trade practices.
Farmers Notice Offer Lumber Doors Frames Pendleton
Farmers take notice and see Chas. Cole within two weeks at Pendleton high school grounds for lumber doors frames and other items at reasonable prices. Long time money to loan on first class farm lands at 7 percent interest. See Coutts & Hays Pendleton Oregon.
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Chas. Cole
Pendleton High School
Coutts & Hays
Pendleton
Oregon
Fort George Farm Lands Opportunity in Fraser River Valley
Fort George Farm Lands offers a chance to acquire a farm at a very low figure in Fraser River Valley. Critics and potential buyers are invited to visit or write for particulars, Teutech & Bickers.
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Fort George
Fraser River Valley
Cri
Teutech & Bickers
New Arrivals at The Peoples Warehouse Trimmings Sale
The Peoples Warehouse reports today’s express shipment of trimmings including silk and chenille fringes in many colors. Tack fringe offered in five widths from 35 cents to 1 ¼ dollars per yard.
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Peoples Warehouse
Express
No Damage From Quake Felt Along Alaskan Coast
Cordova cabries report no damage after yesterday's earthquake felt along the Alaskan coast. The quake was generally reported along the coast with no injuries or structural damage confirmed.
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Seattle
Cordova Cabries
Alaskan
Pendleton Seeks Bids for City Fire Alarm System
The city invites sealed bids for a modern fire alarm system including battery controlled switchboard, bell, whistle, alarm boxes, air pump, and generator. Bid per mile on line construction, with part payment via existing Pendleton material. Bids due February 14, 1912, 6 PM. public opening 7:30 PM. A 5 percent certified check required. city may reject any bid. THOS FITZGERALD, Recorder.
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Pendleton
Oregon
City Hall
Board of Fire Underwriters
Pacific Coast
Common Council
Sald Clty
Common Council of
Local Visitors and Arrivals Chronicle Pendleton
High Hell of Helix arrived this morning from home. Wyrick came in on the local from Walla Walla. Knotts of Pilot Rock visited last evening. Perry departed this morning as an outgoing passenger. Mr. and Mrs. Hall of Viola Idaho were guests at the Bowman yesterday. Henry Collins returns from a business trip to Walla Walla. Tom Bowman, Baker football star, in the city for a brief visit. Adamses arrive from their ranch near Adams. Dale of Helix reports a baby girl at home. Rev. Meldrum of Athena arrives on the local. Collier, formerly a Pendleton attorney now in Portland, is in town. Tallman, confined home, out today. Mrs. Bilis leaves for her husband’s Cathlamet ranch for several weeks. W. S. Phillips of Hermiston was in from the west end yesterday. Alex McRae and son arrive from Spokane, guests at the St George. Roy Ritner, Round-Up vice president, returns from Walla Walla after fair association meeting. Pruitt departs for Portland to handle affairs and attend the Rivens banquet at the new Multnomah hotel. Sol Baum, former Pendleton resident now in New York, arrives and visits parents for about six weeks.
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Will Wyrick
Walla Walla
E. C. Knotts
Pilot Rock
J. BR. Perry
Mrs. Hall
Viola
Idaho
the Bowman
Henry Collins
Tom Bowman
Baker
John Adams
Adams
W. H. Dale
Helix
Rev
A. McKenzie Meldrum
Athena
Henry Collier
Portland
Pendleton
J. W. Tallman
W. R. Bilis
Cathlamet
Wash
W. S. Phillips
Hermiston
Roy Ritner
Fair Association of the Northwest
W. C. EB. Pruitt
Rivens
Multnomah
Sol Baum
New York
A. Baum
Women to Assess Spokane Household Articles
Spokane Washington Gren B Creighton county assessor appoints seven women to handle household assessments this spring in Spokane. They start in March at 90 dollars a month, matching men's pay. Forty two men also appointed for the city. Potential deputy assessors may be named for 18 county towns. First time women share in this work. chief deputy may be D B Hirschfield. Others named include Mrs Lacle Van Ness and Mrs L M Donaldson.
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Spokane
Wash
Gren B. Creighton
Creighton
D. B. Hirschfield
Lacle van Ness
L. M. Donaldson
H. & Golden
Mary A Welch
Emma McClellan
G. Plough
Portland's Business Shows Big Increase
Portland's business activity surged in January, improving in almost all major lines over January 1911. Bank clearances rose over the previous January by more than 6 percent, deposits and reserves at Portland banks reached new highs, and postoffice receipts topped last year's January by 3,425 dollars to 86,093. The postal savings bank, third in the nation, is also rapidly increasing deposits.
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Portland
Portland Postoffice
Postal Savings Bank
United States
Women Try to Crucify Man in Polish Sect
Police stopped a mob of Moravian women in Lodz, Russian Poland, from crucifying Kowalski whom they worshipped as a savior. The women had formed a new sect and urged him to allow himself to be crucified to prove their tenets by his resurrection.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Kowalski
Jury awards 1 cent for slander in Keokuk case
A Lee County jury deliberated 24 hours and returned a verdict of 1 cent in favor of W. T. Johnson against D. J. O Connor for slander. The unusual payout set a record for the county as the trial concluded in Keokuk, Iowa.
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Iowa
Keokuk
Lee County
W. T. Johnson
D. J. O'Connor
Quake Killa Twenty two Kills In Earthquake Near Athens
Twenty two persons are reported killed in an earthquake that damaged the Tonian Islands. The government is sending relief parties to assist after the disaster.
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Athens
Tonian Islands
Kansas Golden Rod: Wealth From 1911 Kansas Farm Output
A fragment describes Kansas wealth in 1911 with figures on new wealth, farm products, and crops. It compares a mythical gold rod of twenty-one miles, built from $20 gold pieces, to the state’s record heat and drought year while noting vast production in wheat and corn and implied national wealth increases.
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Topeka
Kansas
Taft Satisfied With Secret Conference Result
Pittsburg report notes Taft, en route to Washington, convinced Ohio delegates will vote for him solid at the convention. He spoke to few due to a sore throat but praised the cordial Ohio reception and said the trip stirred Republican sentiment and dispelled erroneous impressions.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Taft
Washington
Five Hundred Milk Makers Sought For Local Dairy Jobs
Spokane Washington. Thomas Griffith announces 500 experienced dry milkers needed for local dairies with wages around 40 dollars monthly plus board lodging and laundry. Jobs cover milking feeding and barn upkeep. extra positions available in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and a market for 20 000 cows priced 50 to 125 dollars each. Strong demand says 1000 more men needed and 250 000 to 300 000 additional cows required to meet dairy demand.
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Spokane
Wash
Hespera
Thomas
Griffith
Sericultural
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Glen Tana
Washington
Idaho
Salvation Army hymn inspires burglar's conversion in Spokane
In Spokane a 35 year old man using a false name confessed to planning robberies after being drawn to a Salvation Army hymn at the river district armory. He testified before worshippers that he had intended to rob stores and was prepared to kill. He handed over loaded revolvers and tools to Adjutant E W Baldwin just before his conversion, with ties to Utah Nevada and California noted.
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Spokane
Wash
Jack Mansfield
Utah
River
Salvation Army
Mansfield
E. W. Baldwin
Baldwin
Nevada
California
How Cold Affects the Kidneys and Remedies
An old health ad warns that cold harms sensitive kidneys by congesting them and overworking them, risking Bright's Disease. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills to strengthen kidneys, relieve pain and soreness, and claim to cure kidney or bladder troubles within medical reach. Available from all dealers.
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Bright
Bologna 32 Years Old Curiosity From Lancaster Ohio
Henry Mayer of Lancaster Ohio owns a curiosity a piece of bologna aged thirty two years. It was made during the era when Mayer and Fred Bauman were young men and the item has survived since.
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Bologna
Lancaster
Ohio
Henry Mayer
Mayer
Fred Bauman
Bologna in a trunk seals a political crime tale
In a butcher shop tale a man dies after stepping outside. Mayer discovers petrified bologna in his trunk, wrapped as if just made. The text notes another presidential election year with Debs not elected, hinting at a satirical or oblique political jab.
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Debs
Made in Oregon campaign urges home industries growth
The Capital Journal argues for a state slogan Made in Oregon to boost manufacturing, discourage imports, and increase payrolls. It stresses protecting home industries, buying Oregon brands, and supporting local workers, with Oregon Life cited as an exclusively Oregon company and offices listed.
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Oregon
United States
California
Ste
L. Samuel
Capital Journal
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New
F. E. Livengood & Co
Ladies’ and Children’s Store
Aura Street
Penland Bros
Main Street
B. A. Morton
Ben L. Burroughs
Donaldson
Thos, Fitzgerald
City of
Alex McRae
D. McRae
The
St George
Ladies Tailore
Wohlenberg
Bauman
the Capital Journal
Oregon Life
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