Life of Canyon City Prospector Becomes Montana Copper King
John Smith of Canyon City, raised in eastern Oregon, passed through Pendleton en route to Portland to settle permanently. Once a Grant county ranch hand, he prospected in Montana, bought a stake in a copper mine that grew to become worth about 20 million dollars. He plans retirement in Oregon and says he will visit his homeland this spring, sharing memories of the region.
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John Smith
Grant County
Pendieton
Portland
Montana
Oregon
Pendlely
Hutte
Canyon City
Smith
Umatilla County
Coffee's Five Degrees of Excellence Highlight Schilling's Best
A quirky shopper note extols Schilling's Best coffee as five levels of quality from good to finest and warns that a grocer will return your money if you dislike the product.
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Schilling
Meetings to Continue as Evangelist Wilson Succeeds
Evangelist Wilson continues revival meetings as interest surges at the Christian church. A larger Friday night attendance than before indicates momentum, with services extending through the week and likely beyond Sunday.
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Christian Church
Evangelist Wilson Promises Evening Lecture on Afterlife
Weeknight gatherings discuss if we know friends in Heaven with Bible references proving identity and thought. Nine confess at services to date, many immersed. Tonight an illustrated lecture on death burial resurrection and ascension of Jesus.
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Evangelist Wilson
Jems
CAPTURED ALLEGED EMBEZZLER IN CHICAGO
Herman Heinsius alias Heller arrested in Chicago on an embezzlement charge for defrauding Chinese merchants in Walla Walla in October by posing as an agent for the Fimpico Distillery. He is wanted in Seattle and Walla Walla. victims report about 500 dollars in losses. He appears to have been discharged from Empire Distillery in 1907 and then struck out on his own.
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Chicago
Herman Helnius
Heller
Walla Walla
Fimpico Distillery Company
Cook County
Hilnels
Bulletin
Seattle
Empire Distillery Company of
New York
Heinsius
New Labor Movement Aims Industrial Union Model
Denver announces a new labor movement organized on industrial lines by the Eastern Federation of Miners executive board aiming to go national. A Chicago convention on April 6 will invite Western Federation of Miners, Industrial Workers of the World, United Mine Workers, United Brewery Workers, and others. William D. Haywood is slated as a leader, with socialist leanings but no direct party affiliation. The plan matches AFL affiliates but faces opposition from the Western Federation, which denounces the trend as capitalist enslavement.
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Denver
Colo
Eastern Federation of Miners
Chicago
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
United Mine Workers of America
United Brewery Workers
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
Haywood
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation
Rising from the Grave Electric Bitters claim
Wim A Fertwell of Luenns NSC reports a dramatic recovery after using Electric Bitters claiming relief from Bright's disease and diabetes stage liver and bladder complications. Tallman & Co. druggists guarantee the remedy with a drive of 650 vents.
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Wim, A. Fertwell
Luenns
NS. C
Hesign
Bright
Tallman & Co
Chesterfield Declared Insane and Committed to asylum
Chesterfield was declared insane after a Saturday examination and ordered sent to the state insane asylum at Medical Lake by Judge Brenta in superior court this morning. He worried about losing contact with Seattle friends, was told he could write letters, and remains in custody awaiting a traveling guard from the institution. Doctors Keylor and Trobinson examined him, with Keylor noting a Garfield assassination resemblance in his expression.
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Chesterfield
Duck Chesterfield
Medical Lake
Brenta
Walla Walla
Seattle
Sherriff Haviland
Dra. Keylor
Trobinson
Keylor
Giteau
Garfield
Indigestion remedy touted for Pendleton families
The advertisement claims many Pendleton families suffer from weak stomachs and indigestion. It promotes Miona tablets to remove the cause, restore digestive strength, and cure mild to chronic cases. Tullman & Co. offer an ab absolute guarantee and a 60-cent box, promising faster relief than standard tablets.
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Pendleton
Tullman & Co
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Black Satteens
Ranch Hand
Copper King OF
Rocer
Wilson
Milners
Whll
START
NEW Labor Movement
Workingman
W. D. Haywood
Morrie B. Streeter
Lesse
S Mreeren Bayan Stock Co
Little
The
Pendleton Drug Company
Main Street
Kadet’s
TRE
Star Theatre
Paris
Eagle Show Shop
Eagle Building
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