Rush Orders Flood Telegraph Office Over Liquor Shipment
Western Union offices faced heavy rush orders for last minute liquor shipments as Oregon Gov Withycombe prepared to sign the bond dry measure. Express firms warned no wet goods would be accepted after 12 o clock, risking unreceived consignments for many buyers. Attorneys asked agents in multiple cities to tighten control on shipments at the stroke of midnight.
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Western Union
Withycombe
Carymple
Oregon
Sigus
Kornbrook
Sea
Pranturbo
Ton Angelo
Sacramento
Ruth Law Seeks French Air Corps Chance
Ruth Law, the premier American woman pilot, hopes to join the French aerial corps and fly for three months to drop bombs on Germans. She left London for Paris and aims to persuade Paris to allow use of a new high speed aircraft for export to the United States, hoping to witness French front aviation.
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America
London
Ruth Law
Fiier
Parle
Els
United States
Miny Law
Hite Amerigo Flor
Necklace saves life aboard liner during sinking ordeal
William Nicola, passenger on the Baxonia from Liverpool, wore a faded necktie that became crucial to his survival after the Greek steamship Lycurtis was blown up near Gibraltar. Nicola and fellow survivor Charles Lamm clung to a plank for five hours until rescued by an Italian ship.
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New York
William Nichola
Conard
Liverpool
Nichols
Tatelem
Nichola
Gibraltar
Tax Limitation Aims Clash With Legislature Budget Strains
Salem Feb 3 The joint Ways and Means committee reports tax limits will be exceeded by 1.334 million after four weeks of pruning. Of a 7,099,987 budget, 2,475,529 has passed, 225,001 cut, and 400,261 excess tax needs plus 843,435 requested for a state premory. A strong Salem delegation urged 40000 for the Cremon Social Hygiene society, opposing Governor Withycombe’s consolidation plan and arguing the society’s work would suffer.
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Salem, Or
Ways and Means
Ways and Mane
Cremon Social
Rilott
Oreavin & White
Portand
Joseph H. Allher
Salem
Alaska woman travels long with her dog and gear
Mrs. Pearl Howard of Tanans Alaska journeys with her dog team to reach Valdez and a steamer for the state. She plans to visit her brother J W Orton in LA Grande then Penn Dipton to be with her mother Mira M Brown for a short stay. She describes Alaska weather as exceedingly harsh with 900 mile winds and shows off fur coat and gold nugget jewelry. In Cove she was entertained by Mr and Mrs Hal Rees, friends from her youth.
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LA Orantim
Pearl Howard
Tanans
Alaska
Valdex
Cove
J.W. Orton
Pendipton
Mira
M. & Brown
Mra Howard
Mrs. Howard
LA Grande
Mra
Howard
Mr. and
Mire
Hal Rees
Special Meeting at Helix and Community Events
A special men gathering is planned at the Baptist church in Helix with a 26 member Athena delegation expected. Reports note lively Cottage Prayer Meetings and an Athena men’s chorus performance for an upcoming Christian Ladies' Aid event. Local residents attend school for tractor instruction in Spokane and various towns send visitors to meetings and happenings at the Commercial hotel and nearby towns.
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East Oregonian
AMLIX
Baptist Church
Athena
Christian Ladies
Commercial Hotel
Spokane
W. J. Albee Ip
Ladies Ald Moening
B. H. Behafer
Walla Walla
L. B Sotina
H. L. Lyon
Portland
Thureday
Fred Donald
Myrick Atallon
A. J Grover
Charles Alepach
Lacromp
Wm. Piper
Sand Hollow
L. Beuler
Charles Grant
Comercial
Frantic Kobe Quake Rattles Town of 200000
Tokyo Feb 3 Kobe Japan a manufacturing and shipping town of about 200000 residents endured a late November earthquake described as the most severe in 25 years. Shocks were uneven wrecking some chimneys cracking plaster yet no deaths or serious injuries occurred. Western style buildings largely withstood the tremor while potters and glaziers face repair work. The quake was attributed to seabed activity by geologists.
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Tokio
Kobe
Japan
Collspeed
Kitanocho
Setamon Tripher
Gmort
Eskimo Boy Declares Yankee Citizenship
Mene Walnee, the Eskimo boy brought to New York to meet Peary, appeared in the county clerk's office and announced his intention to become an American citizen. He said he would return Monday to renounce allegiance to the king of Denmark and obtain his naturalization papers.
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York
Mene Walnee
Peart
Denmark
Parole Granted in Lawton for Henry Seigier Case
Oklahoma Governor grants Henry A. Seigier a fifty day parole from the Oklahoma penitentiary. Seigier, serving a term tied to a fatal altercation over a homestead dispute with William A. Stanford, returned to Lawton to provide for his wife and children.
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Oklahoma
Man
Lawton
Oki
Henry A. Seigier
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Williame
Reigier
Heider
William A. Stanford
Pain Gone Rheumatic Joint Relief Adverts
Pain Gone offers a small bottle of St Jacob's on oil advertised to rub on joints muscles and bones to relieve rheumatic pain and stiffness. The copy promises rapid relief and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from local druggists, claiming the product is harmless and effective.
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ST. Jacob's
Bt. Jacobs
Jacoba Oi
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Hinen
Tean
Helix
Peary
Yankee
Theatre Hippodrome
Chin Sun Soo & Co
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