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Pendleton Eagle Valley News

Location

Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1912

Page

9

The Grid Iron March and Two Step Special Edition

Arthur Pry presents a special edition noting a March and Two Step theme in the gridiron context.

Program of Farmer Course at Stanfield

Stanfield February 10 Special correspondence reports the Oregon Agricultural College extension director's outline for an upcoming Stanfield Institute. Topics include The Cow Good Roads Vegetables Dairying Tree Pruning Poultry Tree Planting with lectures by Dr. Withycombe Prof. Ayres Prof. Boquet Prof. Kent R. W. Allen and Prof. Dryden. strong attendance expected due to broad local interest.

Stanfield Ralph D. Hetzel Oregon Agricultural College At Corvaliis James Withycombe Ayres Boquet Saurday Prof. Kent R. W. Allen Prof. Dryden

Youth in Female Attire Causes Church Laughs

Steamboat Springs Colorado high school student Harry Love coaxed Daniel Gooding to wear female clothes and enter the Methodist church during a sermon by Rev. O T Gathey. Church members laughed loudly, stopping the sermon briefly. the city marshal declined to arrest the pair the next day, ending the matter.

Steamboat Springs Colo Harry Love Daniel Gooding Methodist Church O.T. Gathey Gooding Mr. Gatley Love

Discovery unearths buried port segment in Detroit site

Workmen digging for a new Detroit skyscraper at Fort and Griswold streets uncovered nearly six feet below street level a portion of the palisades of old Fort Shelby. The six foot long semicircular section dates to the frontier village era and sheds light on the fort's remains.

Detroit Fort and Griswold Streets Fort Shelby

Met Life Finds It Paid Salary to a Dead Man

New York report shows Metropolitan Life Insurance credited fourteen years of salary to William P. Larkin after paying on a life policy and recording him as dead in 1898. The error persisted through a long history of payments.

New York Williiam P. Larkin Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Thought Dead Larkin Kept Inactive in Insurance Office

A man named Larkin believed dead worked under his own name in a printing department at an Insurance company. He claims he never realized his life was insured or that his wife had collected on the policies, assuming he was deceased.

Larkin Insurance Company

Insect Eats Steel Rails in Italian Rail Lines

Rome engineers report a destructive insect boring into steel rails in Piedmont. The creature, about a third of an inch long, leaves a dirty gray interior with rust traces, suggesting an almost impalpably fine powder used as food in boring the rails.

Rome Piedmont

Life Despaired Of Now 103 Man Alive

Donald Davis of West Royalston Massachusetts defied a physician verdict that he would die within a year after being dropped from the Boston police force seventy eight years ago. He just turned 103 and still hikes into the woods most days with his gun. His wife of 1842 is 95 and heads the household.

Doctor Pronounes Fim West Royalston Mass Donald Davis Boston Davis

Don't Worry Says Youth Facing Death for Murder

Cecil Fordyce, 22, confessed murderer of Clarkson Willcutts, merchant, writes a farewell letter to his mother Mrs Elmer Fordyce of Derma Mississippi. He signs it Your Disgraceful Son and says he expects to be hanged, that he had money and no work, and that he brought disgrace on his family.

Marion Ind Cecil Fordyce Clarkson Willcutts Elmer Fordyce Derma Fordyce

Yankee travels Europe on less than a hundred dollars

Chicago student William Grant has just left London after visiting five European countries on a limited budget. He explains how Europe can be seen for under $100, and notes it could be possible on $50 with careful planning and timing.

Yankee Europe Chicago London William Grant

Student Triumph: American Sailor Tours Europe on a Budget

He describes visiting London Paris Holland Germany and Switzerland before returning home by steerage fare. LT had six weeks for the voyage and needed seven, calling the trip a good holiday. He roughs it but gains geography and saves Atlantic fare by riding a cattle boat.

London Paris Holland Germany Switzerland Grant

Lone rancher chokes wolf to death

Adam Johnson, a Pyramid area rancher, faced a sudden encounter with a lone wolf while unarmed. With no knife or gun, he grabbed the animal by the throat and suffocated it, ending the threat as the wolf weighed like a yearling calf and proved formidable to livestock.

Meeker Cole Pyramid Adam Johnson Johnson

Protest Meeting Denounces Grey Over Persia Policy

Three thousand Britons in formal dress packed London’s Hammerstein Opera House to protest Britain’s stance on Persia. They cheered Labor MP Ramsey McDonald’s attack on Sir Edward Grey, calling him the greatest enemy to American arbitration after the U S withdrawal of treasurer-general W Morgan Shuster.

London Hammerstein London Opera House Persia W. Morgan Shuster Ramsey McDonald House of Commons Edward Grey

Cat Costs Owner 5.39 After Sparrow Bounty Loss

George Britz of Lathrop Michigan owned a valued cat after intending to collect a 300 sparrow bounty. The cat devoured 265 sparrow heads kept for the bounty, altering his plan and leaving the total cost at 5.39 dollars. The incident occurred amid a sparrow hunting effort in Delta county.

Lathrop Mich George Britz Delta County

Britz Owning Cat Saves Public Treasury Five-Plus Dollars

Britz possesses a cat that cost him 5.30 dollars and has saved the public treasury a similar amount. The item reflects a curious balance between private expense and public savings.

Britz

Physician J D Scanlon Found Dead in Vancouver Barn Loft

Dr J D Scanlon once of Portland and now in Vancouver was found dead in the loft of his barn at Twenty sixth and East B streets with a chloroform soaked handkerchief and hat drawn over his face nearby. Three bottles of chloroform, two partly empty, were found near the body by his hostler James Anthony.

Vancouver J. D. Scanlon Portland East B James Anthony

Walla Walla Convict May Play Ball Again

Walla Walla prison may furnish one recruit for Spokane's ball team this year. Ralph Frink, a former Athena pitcher who played in the Washington State League, could return to baseball after a stint in Chehalis and a prior arrest for attempted store robbery while intoxicated. The jury recommended clemency and manager Cohn of the Indians hopes for his release.

Des Moines Crackdown on Public Dances

Police warn that dancing the Grizzly Bear the Turkey Trot or Moonlight Waltz in public halls in Des Moines will lead to arrest. The notice targets all participants and underscores strict enforcement by local authorities.

Des Moines

City council passes ordinance to regulate public dances

An ordinance placing public dance halls under police regulation passed the city council. Police censors will attend all dances to eliminate immoral events. Censors are paid from a trust fund supplied by dance hall owners, in addition to their annual $100 license tax.

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