Porter Bros to Resume Coos Bay and Tenino Rail Jobs
Portland February 7 Employment for more than 3000 men will be provided about March 1 by Porter Bros rail road contractors. The firm plans to restart work on the Coos Bay line of the Southern Pacific between Acme and Marshfield and on the Tenino cutoff of the Northern Pacific south of Tacoma after delays from winter rains.
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Portland
Porter Bros
Coos Bay
Southern Pacific
Acme
Marshfield
Tenino
Northern Pacific
Tacomas
Cascarets Laxative For Old People Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle, natural laxative for the elderly. It argues aging weakens bowels and muscles, endorsing Cascarets as a safe nightly aid priced at 10 cents per box, available at drug stores. The note ends with a semi paid fire department mention.
Salts If Kidney or Bladder Bother Promises Relief
An older health notice describes how uric acid irritates kidneys and bladder, causing burning and frequent night urination. It promotes Jad Salts and Ind Salts as inexpensive, harmless remedies made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, claimed to neutralize urine, ease irritation, and restore normal urinary function.
Tenino Service Near to Open Pacific Lines
About 2500 men will be employed on the Southern Pacific project and around 600 on the Northern Pacific cutoff. Tenino line aimed to finish by September 1 with trains likely soon after. O W R N company plans a new line from the cutoff toward Olympia. Porter Bros and McArthur Bros plan about 100 miles of grading on the Coos Bay line with heavy grading ahead between Acme and Coos Bay. Work for at least 2500 laborers, plus skilled staff. Porter expects to finish grading between the mountains and Coos Bay this year. Coos Bay road to open Eugene to Marshfield early 1915. Trestle work and concrete bridges add to scope, delaying opening this year.
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Tenino
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
O.W. R. & N. Company
Olympia
Porter Bros
Coos Bay
Noti
Acme
Mountains
A. BR. Porter
Eugene
Marshfield
Coast Range
McArthur Bros. & Compan
Chicago
Boys to Learn to Cook in Eugene Oregon
Eighteen young women from the Eugene high school's pedagogy department are assigned as pupil teachers in city grade schools for 16 weeks. They will observe and practice teach one hour daily. A domestic science class for high school boys has been started to teach cooking for forest service and surveying plans next summer.
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Eugene
Ore
Fel
Eugeneigh School
Carrie Pimm
Forest Service
Piety Grips Town Dads in Sunbury
Sunbury Pennsylvania February 7 Dr H T Kelser mayor and Merle Shannon police chief both converted at a revival meeting announced they would eliminate gambling houses places of immorality and slot machines. It was announced that tango dancing and turkey trotting will not be permitted that all business places will be closed on Sundays and all other provisions of the old blue laws will be rigidly enforced.
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Sunbury
H. T. Kelser
Merle Shannon
Negro Women Picked for Champaign Election Board
In Champaign first ward two negro women were chosen for the election board after the polling place was found to lack sight and heat. The committee selected the appointees after the city council refused to provide these comforts. Mayor Dobbins said he would not endorse the appointments.
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Champaign
Dobbins
The Joy of Dancing Exercise Promotes Foot Ease
A short feature notes that few people join dancing classes unless Allen's Foot-Ease offers freedom from foot pain. It reports dancing parties are common and sales of the antiseptic powder have peaked. Druggists say the product sells for 25 cents with a trial package offered. Address given in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted le Roy
N. Y
Local Playhouses At Orpheum Sunday Attractions
The program presents Her Wedding Gown a two reel Biograph featuring Marshal Nellan and Gertrude Robinson as a surprise wedding day scene. Also Bill's Board Bill a Kalem feature with Ruth Bolani and John Brennan about a board bill gone awry. Cambridgeshire Race Meet and Pathe's Weekly round out the week's fast paced program.
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Orpheum
Marshal Nellan
Gertrude Robinson
Billy
Marion
Belle
Mary
Bill
Kalem
Ruth Bolani
John Brennan
Cambridgeshire
Pathe
Pastime Saturday Only Feature Review
Officer John Donavan a Vita graph in two parts features Van Dyke Brooks Leo Delaney Norma Talmadge A baby left on a doorstep becomes a ward and grows while a police guardian helps capture counterfeiters after a fight. The son returns wounded awakening love. Also The Real Miss Loveleigh a Essan comedy and Pathe Weekly notes.
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John Donavan
van Dyke Brooks
Leo Delaney
Norma Talmadge
Loveleigh
Essan
Pathe Weekly
Deacon Billington Downfall and A Proposal From Mary
Two Edison comedies headline a weekend program. Deacon Billington’s Downfall stars Cora Williams and Dan Mason with fourteen players in a tale of jealousy rum and a secret involving a moonshine milieu. A Proposal From Mary features Mary Fuller with Edith Story and Ned Finley in a clean comedy about true love amid mountain lore.
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Deacon Billington
Edison
Cora Williams
Dan Mason
Divine
Mary
Mary Mary
Mary Fuller
Kentucky Hills
Vitagraph
Edith Story
Ned Finley
Kentucky
Comedy Singers Cosy Sonday and Woodley at Broncho Show
Sunday matinee and night feature Cosy Sonday Woodley and Patterson in a lively comedy singing act. A brisk prize fight tale titled A Romance of Sunshine Alley unfolds with Jimmie Mile the newsboy winning over the parole judge. Also presented are The Portrait of Anita two reels Majestic with Francella Billington and Lamar Johnstone, plus two Komic comedies My Wife's Away and The Sleepy Head.
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Cosy—Sonday
Woodley
Patterson
Sunshine Alley
Jimmile
Jimmie
Anita
Majestic
Francella Billington
Lamar Johnstone
Alta Theater Tonight Showcases Farrar Violin Duo
Miss Kathryn Farrar proves to be an accomplished violinist in a show with her brother Flex Farrar who sings badly yet adds humor. The act, paired with a strong picture program, offers entertaining, clean amusement not to be missed. Tomorrow Whittle and Jarvis present a comedy singing and dancing act with a new film lineup.
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Alta Theater
Kathryn Farrar
Flex Farrar
Whittle
Jarvis
Lucas at Oregon Theater Dr Alzamon Ira Tu cas arrives
Dr II Alzamon Ira Tu cas, a man of many professions and nationalities, is billed to speak at the Oregon Theater. Once earning $2.50 weekly on a restaurant floor, he rose to humanitarian work and teaches self knowledge as a path to a better environment. He arrives not as evangelist but to reveal the conscious and subconscious.
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Lucas
Oregon Theater
Alzamon Ira Tucas
Pendleton
Mind of Man Lecture Promises Insight to Audience
A speaker offers to demonstrate his lecture by guiding listeners into their inner state and revealing truths about themselves. He claims to avoid embarrassment and invites all ages, from maid to bachelor to married couples, asserting he is the region’s leading mind in oriental and occidental philosophy.
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Northwest
Andy
Emen
Lee
Albany Street
Hawthorne School Notes Edited by Fdna Hamilton
Hawthorne notes detail weekly Hawthorne school news edited by Kana Hamilton and staff. Upcoming parent teachers meeting Friday Feb 13 at 2 30 pm features student recitations duets and songs, with discussion topics on grounds games credits and home gardens. Also reports on eighth graders painting, May exhibit planning, Handball games, tax lesson, geography and history topics, a sixth grade spelling winner Maude Poston, and a minor injury to Hubert Smith.
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Fdna Hamilton
East Oresinian
Hawthorne School
Kana Hamilton
Hawthorne
Star Street
Oregon
Maude Poston
Central States
Hubert Smith
Enver Pasha’s Romance Ends in Berlin marriage
Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, was famed in Berlin as a dashing attache who backed the Young Turk revolution. A German society woman admired him and a marriage was planned, but his fanatic Islam led him to marry a daughter of the sultan after a heartfelt farewell.
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Berlin
Enver Pasha
Lowell
Germany
Enver
Eczema Now Seen as Skin Disease Not Blood Cause
Medical evidence shifts view of eczema from a blood disease to a skin condition. The Merito Eczema Remedy is applied directly to the affected skin for treatment. Do not delay using the remedy.
A Strong Endorsement For Meritol Pile Remedy
W H Holmes of Decorah Tennessee Journal journalist reports relief from piles and hemorrhoids after using Meritol Pile Remedy. He states distress vanished after half the package and would not return to prior condition for a thousand dollars. Tallman & Company exclusive agency.
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W. H. Holmes
The
Decorah, Ta
Journal
Tallman & Company
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Rmlnoad
Ow, KO & N
Crescent Saloon
Walla Walla
Ranier and Budweiser
Main Street
Breding, Hansen & Miller
Wenste
Regulater Co
Pendleton, Orsoge
Turk
Pacific Power & Light Co
D. R. Chen
Pedro Bros
Pilot Rock
G. C. Ransier
W. F. Yohnka
E. L. Smith
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