Pastime theater offers best pictures and prizes
Local ads promote the Pastime theater with new lively pictures and prizes. Wonder Store touts spring goods and shoe bargains. Oregon Lumber Yard advertises heat and fuel, while East Oregonian seeks a good large rug. For rent a four room cottage near Oakwood. Also listings for second hand gas stove and furniture. Police headquarter notice about a found item.
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East Oregonian
Wonder
Bluff St
Oakwood
Oregon Lumber Yard
J. GB. Hailey
Express
Welch
Malin
Cascade
Eliot to Tour Harvard Clubs Before Harvard Presidency Ends
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University, will begin a broad southwest and south tour tomorrow. He will visit Harvard clubs and reunions as he plans to retire next May, touring Buffalo, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago, and then southern cities including Nashville, Dallas, San Antonio, Galveston, New Orleans, Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta, Charleston, Columbia, Durham, Washington, and Baltimore.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard
Elliot
Eliet
Buffalo
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Vanderbilt University
Memphis
Dallas
University of Texans
San Antonio
Gal
Wooston
New Orleans
Anton Rouge
Montgomery
Birmingham
Tuscalooa
Atlanta
Athens
Charleston
Columbia
Spartanburg
Asheville
Greensboro
Durham
Washington
Baltimore
German cyanide firms pool Americans for exclusive sales
Consul-General Robert P. Skinner in Hamburg reports that German cyanide manufacturers of potassium and soda have formed a sales alliance and arranged with a New York firm to act as their agents. They will not sell to other American firms. The Hamburg agent heads the consortium, and another Hamburg firm is named as a possible conduit for American purchases.
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Robert P. Skinner
Hamburg
Germany
New York
The Teal Thing Delivers Mock Diction in Odd Exchange
A quirky exchange features a patron and a walter discussing the taste of possum. The patron insists the dish isn’t true possum, while the walter claims authenticity signals a fine pretender. The odd dialogue captures regional flavor and comedic improvisation.
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Walter
Possi
Kluger the Jeweler Adverts Kidney Remedy
A customer testimonial from c. Tt. Kluger of 1060 Virginia Ave Indianapolis claims Foley’s Kidney Remedy cured kidney trouble backache and irregularities and improved complexion after doctors remedies failed Pondleon Drug Co
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C. Tt. Kluger
the Jeweler
Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Foley
Pondle
On Drug Co
Notable Visitors Collect in the City from Echo and Nearby
Local residents from Echo and nearby towns mingle in the city today. Visitors include J Ward from Echo, C D Teel, B Fr McCullough, Mrs M C Metz heading to Walla Walla, C W Grigge of Tacoma, C F Vande Water for O K R N, and Rev and Mrs Quinney from Echo. Several others travel for visits, business, or to join relatives, with stays and returns noted in this lively city roundup.
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J. Ward
Echo
C. D. Teel
Co. Ll. Randy
Henry Pepper
M.C. Metz
Walla Walla
Baker City
Bishop Paddock
Heppner
Football in Turkey and the rise of British sport
The piece argues Turks in Constantinople embrace British football with zeal, noting rugby as the more strenuous game and predicting modernization under Western ideals. It satirically links athletic enthusiasm to constitutional modernization while suggesting the sultan’s indifference stems from limited team play and coordination.
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Constantinople
John
Turkey
Negro Insurance Co Granted Charter
The Standard Life Insurance Company, financed and operated by African Americans, was granted a charter by Secretary of State Philip Cook. With $200,000 capital, headquarters in Atlanta, its incorporators include J. O. Ross, D. T. Howard, H. A. Rucker, and others from Atlanta, Athens, Gilmore, and Tuskegee. The firm aims to offer off line insurance to negroes without discrimination, addressing limited access from existing companies.
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Old Line Life Insurance Company
Philip Cook
Atlanta
Standard Life Insurance Company
J. O. Ross
David T. Howard
H. A. Rucker
Internal Revenue
Lewia G. Watts
R. A. Holman
Thomas H. Slater
A. D. Howard
P. A. Chappelle
William Driskell
A. F E. Perry
F. J. Wimberly
Gilmore
J. P. Davis
M. B. Morton
Athens
Emmet J. Scott
Tuskegee
Ala
Lincoln's Leadership a Standard in Our Time
The passage reflects on Lincoln and Washington as enduring models of justice and humane leadership. It compares evolving duty and unity in liberty to guide patriots beyond state borders, aligning Lincoln's leadership with universal ideals for global emulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Washington
Commonwealth
Huntington Roundhouse Repaired and Enlarged
Huntington Oregon reports the roundhouse being repaired and enlarged to accommodate several more large engines, indicating expansion of locomotive repair capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, Ore
Hotels Warned as Fraudulent Traveler Targets Portland
Eight Portland hotels received a notice from the Hotel Congress of Portland warning against a man posing as a commercial traveler who forged checks to steal twenty dollars. C A Johnson registered at the Cornetina Hotel in January 1909, stayed several days, and attempted a Denver check drawn on Daniels Fisher Co. The check proved a forgery. Johnson, described as tall and well dressed with a ruddy face, traveled with an accomplice named Lloyd. A warrant is out for his arrest, and hotels are urged to report sightings of such a man.
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Portland
Cornelus
C. A. Johnson
Cornetina
Buffalo
Denver
Daniels Fisher & Co
Johnson
Lloyd
Stch & Man
Delaware Launched at Newport News Yard
In Newport News Virginia on February 6 the 20 000 ton battleship Delaware was successfully launched before a huge crowd. Sponsor Miss Anna P Cahall of Bridgeville Delaware Governor Simon B Pennewell and Secretary of the Navy Newberry were cheered as the launching party moved to the stand while wedges were driven to lift the ship onto greased ways.
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Newport News
Battlesip
Delaware
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Anna PF. Cahall
Bridgeville, Dol
Simon Pennewell
Navy
Newberry
B. Orentz
Shipbeliding Company
Birds Invade Valley On Dried Apple Diet
Capital readers recall last winter’s arrival of unfamiliar flocks that feasted in orchards on remaining apples and fallen fruit. This Sunday the birds returned to the valley, resuming their quiet, mysterious stay and fattening on a dried apple diet.
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Ellensburg
Williams pleads not guilty in arson case in La Grande
In La Grande Oregon Joe Williams a Black man accused of arson on January 24 entered a plea of not guilty in circuit court. The trial was scheduled for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande
Ore
Joe Williams
Passengers Helped Ditch Crisis as Water Threatens Damages
Echo February six reports a near disaster on government ditch where water seeped from a fissure a mile above town. Passenger alertness halted a potential break before Kirtley arrived with a horse to guard the structure amid record water levels for the reservoir. Local council convened with a large crowd, approving a fire ordinance and debating near beer regulation, with next meeting February 10. News also notes travels of Mayor Scholl, H D Smith, and residents Brown and Mrs. Smith returning from Portland and Pendleton visits.
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Echo
Government Ditch
No. 1
Kirtley
Heruld
E. H. Brown
Portland
Brown
No Charity In It. A skeptic on paid notices and favors
A quoted opinion from Fourth Estate laments the habit of advertisers treating notices as charitable favors to publishers. It argues that publishers should expect fair compensation, including transportation, theater tickets, and free notices, and notes that courtesy does not end the demand for such favors.
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Panama
F.E. Livengood & Co
Just
Gray Bros. Grocery CO
Water St
Wonder Store
Gus la Fontaine
Dr. Eliot
Gier
Koeppen’s
W. B. Hamilton
Buttercreek
Carr
Adam
A. BK. Shaw
Barnhart
St. Joseph's Academy
FE. B. Waffle
Porthind
D. Bn. Waffle
A. W. Hansen
Pendieton
Seattle
Sultan
Brooklyn Engle
Negro Insurance CO
Pdelaware
Ambu
Cyrus Noble
W. J. Vann Schuyver ™ & CO. Patitos
Oregon
Mar
W. J. van Schuyver & Co
P.O. Addros
COU News
Pendleton
Workingmen’s Clothing Co
L. Moses
Mer
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