Echo News: No Serious Canes and Leap Year Ball Prep
Echo Feb 19 reports public schools closed for scarlet fever precaution with reopening planned Monday. Weather turns bright with farmers resuming outdoor work. cattle and sheep prosper. Leap year ball preparations by Echo ladies on Friday the 21st. Project repairs progress with seepage treated by concrete. grip cases linger locally. Teacher Mamie Rippey visiting Pendleton during school closure.
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Echo
Ladies of
Lnst
Mamie Rippey
Pendleton
Grip spreads in Helix as farmers prep for spring
Helix reports grip continuing with no serious cases though comfort returns. Farmers work the fields amid good moisture and plowed ground. Wheat and grain look healthy, and growers stay hopeful. Mrs Frank Myers plans a spring millinery store opening, visiting Portland to select stock and arriving late March with a new line.
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Helix
Griswold
Frank Myers
Portland
New River Boat Planned Between Kennewick and Priest Rapids
Pioneer upper river captain E W Baughman has completed plans for a 45 foot passenger boat to run Kennewick to Priest Rapids and White Bluffs. The vessel will be launched this season with high power machinery, expected to allow a four hour trip one way and a same day return, enabling spring business on the Columbia.
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E. W. Baughman
Upper River
Kennewick
Priest Rapids
White Bluffs
Columbia
New Cure for Stomach Indigestion by Miona Tablets
Tallman and Co offer Miona stomach tablets promising relief from indigestion headaches bloating and dizzy spells. The 60 cent box comes with a money back guarantee if the remedy fails to cure stomach and intestinal troubles and eliminates distress after meals.
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Tallman & Co
General Pub Nc
Funeral of Pioneer Woman Held Yesterday in Weston
Weston notes two prominent local deaths Jacob Clark and Mrs Ivan O Hara mourned by families and friends. Mrs O Hara funeral well attended. Mrs Thomas Gould moved to Milton. Lulu Duncan returned from Freewater. Maggie Doren to Dayton for nurse assignment. Clara French visited Walla Walla. Warm spell chills fruit prospects due to frosty nights.
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Umatilla County
Thomas Gould
Milton
Lulu Duncan
Freewater
Maggie Doren
Dayton
Miss Doren
Walla Walla
Clara French
Early frosts spark talk of fire smoke protection for orchards
Yakima Republic notes budding trees worry some orchardists. Some plan to “smudge” with green twig piles to create dense smoke, a defense against late frosts. Interest grows in pitch preparations used in European and California vineyards, though availability and cost are uncertain. Experts warn another cold spell may follow the current east and middle west winter weather.
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Yakima Republic
Europe
California
King Frost
East
Middle West
Indians Defend Old Rights Over Ahtanum Waters
Settlers in Yakima Valley press a February meeting at the court house to form a committee for talks with Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield. The aim is to settle stream rights between white farmers and the Indians, who hold exclusive fisheries rights in Ahtanum creek by treaty and court rulings. The dispute revolves around the stream’s dividing line and riparian and appropriation rights, with whites hoping Garfield’s impartial decision will end the conflict.
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Ahtanum Creek
Court House
James R. Garfield
Interior
Yaklima Republic
Supreme Court
Garfield
Beet Price Rise Aims to Expand Union County Acreage
Amalgamated Sugar raises beet price by 60 cents a ton to 5 dollars at sheds and 4.50 at cars, boosting annual gross to attract 1000 more acres. Officials plan to reach about 4000 acres in Union County, with 1500 acres farmed by the plant and 2500 on its lease. Last year’s crop totaled 19 556 tons, the valley’s largest on record.
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Amalgamated Sugar Company
la Grande Observer
Union County
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Offer and Testimonials
An advertisement claims a one hundred dollar reward for unrecoverable catarrh cures. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats the blood and mucous surfaces and cites endorsements from F. J. Cheney Co and Walding Kinnan Marvin. Testimonials promise free samples and state price per bottle. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Dogs with bloodhounds arrive from Chicago in Yakima
T M Maxey of Ellensburg brings two Southern bloodhounds to Yakima to aid in pursuing criminals. Maxey plans a trial chase on a miniature trail at the state race course this afternoon, free for spectators. He says the dogs are eager, young thoroughbreds, and intends to test their tracking on local crime routes.
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T. M. Maxey
Ellensburg
Chicago
Tennessee
Yakima Republic
Real estate transfers filed with county recorder
Mary J Phillips and others transfer to Aaron M Deardorff for 1810 dollars. North 60 acres of north side of northeast quarter section 27 township 4 north range 36 west magistrate. Vandlet ox transfers to A L Swag wart for 60 dollars. Beginning 25 rods east of southwest corner of northwest quarter section 34 township 6 north range 35 east of the meridian, thence north 40 rods west 6 rods south 40 rods east 6 rods to the starting point. Thomas J Morris and others to Frank B Curl for 5000 dollars. South half of northeast quarter section 27 township 4 north range 34 west of the meridian. A Judson Pinkham to Lilllan Averill Calderhead for 2000 dollars. Lots five six six and eleven twelve of section 4 township 6 north range 34 west of the meridian. William Mikesellet to Merritt C Grinwold for 1760 dollars. West half of southwest quarter section 26 northeast quarter of southeast quarter and southeast quarter of northeast quarter section 27 township 6 south range 32 west of the meridian. B W M.
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County Recorder
Mary J. Phillips
Aaron M. Deardorff
Northeast Quarter
The Queen of Holland Ballooning Record
The sole sovereign known for ballooning, the Queen of Holland, stands out in historical aviation lore as the lone ruler to take to the skies in a balloon.
Good Prices for Land Unimproved Farm 160 Acres Union County
Unimproved 160 acre farm in Union County listed by Goggy at 20000 dollars. A major real estate transfer is underway through La Grande Real Estate Loan and Commission Company. William B. Graham is named in the transaction.
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Union County
Goggy
la Grande Real Estate, Loan & Commission Company
William B. Graham
Bennington Wins Fruitdale Farm and City Home
Bennington, Idaho acquires the James McCoy 160 acre Fruitdale farm and a South La Grande city residence for 23500, 20000 for the farm and 3500 for the city property. The land includes a water right, with only a small orchard as improvements, valued at 126 per acre. McCoy undecided about next steps. Johnston due back soon to take possession. McCoy family may winter in Spokane with a sister.
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Bennington
Idaho
James McCoy
Fruitdale
South la Grande
la Grande
Johnston
McCoy
Spokane
Ely's Cream Balm Proven In Thousands Of Homes
Ely's Cream Balm has earned a place in many households as a reliable remedy for colds. It provides immediate relief and a day or two of use can stop a cold before it becomes chronic and develops into catarrh.
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Ely
Golden Spike Expected at Moffits This Sunday
Captain Nelson of the Simons reports the North Bank road will finish track laying by Sunday and the golden spike will be driven at Moffits. A public demonstration may occur Sunday at Moffits, with details to come by Friday.
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North Bank
Nelson
Simons
North Bank Road
Sunady
Collins
Moffits
Cascades
Dalles
A Sure Cure Hickory Bark Cough Remery
A dependable cure for lung trouble coughs colds hoarseness and sore throat advertised as pure medicine sold by druggists and first class dealers everywhere Pendleton Drug Co
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Pendleton Drug Co
Company offers refunds or extra pills for ineffective treatment
Pendleton Drug Co endorses a guarantee for Sexine Pills promising replacement boxes at no extra cost for ineffective use or a refund of $6. The store pledges no delays or red tape and claims not to substitute remedies, selling all principal remedies.
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Pendleton Drug Co
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Yakima
Yakima Valley
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Alfred Benjamin & Co
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Tatom’s Bakery
Go Cart
Graham Furniture Co
Main St
Donaldson
Main Street
Pendleton Business College
Pendleton, Oregon
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