Hair Oil Pete Freed From Pen After Remarkable Rail Career
H. M. St. Cyr known as Hair Oil Pete is released from Idaho state penitentiary after a ten year sentence for manslaughter. A former West Point graduate and engineer on the R. R. & NS he earned fame for daring runs and a distinctive whistle. Upon release he goes to Twin Falls to take a trusted position and retains memberships in locomotive engineers and Masonic orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. St. Cyr
Idaho State Penitentiary
Boise
Pendleton
East Oregonian
Harror
Meacham
West Point
Archie Edmond
Bole County
Edmond
Lardo
St. Cyr
Twin Falls
Brotherhood For Locomotive Engineers
Masonic Lodge
la Grande
Ore
Idaho
McKinley
Shoup
Pendleton Briefs Highlight Local Business Travel Guests
Echo residents and visitors mingle in Pendleton today as J E Taylor Lillian Stanfield Ivy Hill John Kapellas Blanche Duayne P J Bauer and many others attend to business and social calls. Officials like Judge Bean and attorney Sternberg arrive to handle water suit matters while transportation and lumber interests move through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Taylor
Echo
Pendleton
Lillian Stanfield
Ivy Hill
John Kapellas
Elgin
Blanche Duayne
Steiner
Sam Tilden
Lapwal
Idaho
Col
J. H. Raley
T. Boynton
Stanfield
William Boynton
BE. B. Waffle
J. N. Burgess
Cunningham Sheep and Land Company
Pilot Rock
Harrison Allen
Portland
J. W. Messner
Western Land & Irrigation Company
J. Merrill Blanchard
Whitman College
Salt Lake City
W. H. Daughtrey
Union Stock Yards Company
Henrietta Milling Company
Metropolis
H. J. Bean
Lampromptu
Equity Department
Charley Sternberg
Wallowa Canyon
R. C. Stanley
International Contracting Company
Cayuse
Umatilla River
New Postmaster Appointed in Stanfield Town
Edith M. Bell of Stanfield has been appointed postmaster to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of R. B. Stanfield, who has served as postmaster since the town's early post office days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Keefe
Weston
City
Edith M. Bell
Stanfield
R. B. Stanfield
Battleship Virginia Proves Her Mettle at Test
Washington February 21 The battleship Virginia achieved an average speed of 19.54 knots in a four hour trial off Guantanamo Cuba Under Rear Admiral Schroeder commander of the Atlantic fleet the ship surpassed its initial performance and beat contractor trial speeds despite a lighter displacement than at service entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Schroeder
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Department
Cairo premier Boutros Pasha shot and wounded in Cairo
Egyptian premier and foreign affairs minister Boutros Pasha was shot by a student in Cairo. The attacker, a nationalist, fired five shots. three hit the premier, two only superficial. The bullets were removed and recovery expected. The motive cited as nationalistic anger at government acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mier
Cairo
Egypt
Boutres Pacha
Atlanta Speedway Hosts $5000 Auto Race Event
Atlanta Georgia February 21 The Atlanta automobile speedway will host a three heat ten mile race tomorrow and Thursday for a purse of 5000. George Robertson will drive a 100 horsepower Benz car and Lewis Strang a 200 horsepower Flat car. One heat to be run each day unless one driver wins two heats in a row which would decide the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Automobile Speedway
George Robertson
Lewis Strang
Robertson
Strang
Order of B'Na'B'rith in Session Opens in San Francisco
The 67th annual session of District Grand Lodge No. 4 of the Independent Order of Bnai B'rith began in King Solomon's Temple in San Francisco with Grand President Edmund Tausky presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of B’naj B'rith
San Francisco
Grand Lodge No. 4
Order of B'Na; B'rith
King Solomon's Temple
Edmund Tauszky
Anvea tors and living for descendants
A reflective piece urges readers to value present life and ethical living so that future generations can share in meaningful, honorable outcomes. It emphasizes personal example over boastful claims and highlights enduring family and community responsibilities.
BILL COLLECTORS WORRY SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR
The Sultan of Zanzibar faced debt collection after a Paris repair bill went unpaid. He left Paris, then London and Nice, where a firm employee traced the car to Nice. The sultan paid in full to recover his machine, and he and his driver drove away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan OF
Paris
Zanzibar
London
Nice
Kaiser’s Action Applauded In Germany
Berlin reports all Germany applauded the Kaisers sanction of the betrothal between Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Princess Agatha of Ratibor Hohenzollern. The engagement ends a long romance blocked by her nonroyal birth and opposition to Hohenzollern marriage. The prince is a son of the late regent of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Frederick William
Prussia
Agatha of
Public manners clash as women voice blunt truths
Women recount how men insult them in private, yet publicly men shower praise on women. The contrast highlights gender double standards and social performance in public life.
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Standard Grocery Co
East Court St
H. M
Castoria
P. J. Bauer
Wallula
W. H. Kincart
Haines
Pendleton Friends
J. B. Snow
Baker City
Alice Evans
J. W. Cates
Cascade Looks
C. PF. Bishop
Salem
J. T. Lieuallen
Adams
H. C. Mack
Ukiah
Winn Stewart
Walla Walla
Anton Nolte
Northern Pacific
Geary Kimbrell
A. B. Melstrom
David JL. Johnson
Cold Springs
W. C. B. Pruitt
Kern
F. R. McReynolds
Justice of the Peace
Joe
Parkes
Charles Matthews
BE. &. Cleaver
Chicago
West
Co. F. van de Water
O. R. & N. Company
Hostor John P. McManus
Pilot Rock Record
Charlies Hill
Willamette Valley
Farmers’ Union
William Hiatt
Tribune
B. A. McFatridge
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Hamley-McFatridge Harness Company
Oregon
Hood River
Baldwin Apples
Ingram’s Grocery
Washington’s
Pendleton Furniture Co
W. R. Graham
Fanatic
Express
Boston
Kaiser
O. M. Heacock
Wm. Hanscom
Pendleton Dye Works
Alta St
Maine
Nelson's
Main
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