Wool Sale Halts at Pilot Rock and Oregon Dates
Reports show eastern Oregon wool buyers firming stocks and planning sales across multiple towns including Pilot Rock Echo Pendleton Baker and Madras with dates in May June and July. A representative of Koshland Bros is in Lake County while Boston notes improving wool market with shrinking supplies.
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Oregon
Pilot Rock
Echo
Pendleton
Shaniko
Heppner
Baker
Ontario Vale
Condon
Madras
Joseph
Enterprise-Wallowa
Madras-Bend
Morrow
Lake County
Koshland Bros
Boston
Seaboard
Ohio State coeds curb rushing and excess dress
Columbus Feb 20 The co-eds at Ohio State University end the rush era for first year girls under a new censor ship board. The Woman s Pan Hel lenic Association adopts rules for moderated dances simple dress and one week of rushing with each sorority hosting a party not exceeding 50 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Board of Censorship
Woman's Pan-Hellenic Association
Box Factory Enlarged for 1914 Season Capacity Boost
Mes srs Harris & Sons, Mil ton Box factory owners, have added substantial space and doubled production capacity in anticipation of a large 1914 season. Gibbon Man Sells Sheep Dolly Thompson of Gibbon sold his sheep and most Angora stock, earning three dollars and fifty cents per head for aged ones and similar for some lambs. Grain Looking Well William Cour tier, local grain buyer, reports on a trip through the wheat belt that wheat looks better than at this time last year.
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Gibbon
Dolly Thompson
William Courtier
La Grande Boys Win From Locals After Hard Game
In a rough game at the high school gym Pendleton high school boys were defeated by La Grande high school 158 to 10. Referee Wood of La Grande faced local complaints of uneven calls while Otto Houser officiated as umpire. Peters led Pendleton with ten points. Schofield topped La Grande with eight.
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Pendleton High School
la Grands High School
Woods
la Grande
Pendleton
Peters
Wood
la Grands
Otto Houser
Houser
Hampton
Siebert
Russell
Straughn
Kerrick
Schofield
Carey
Stoddard
Oliver
Huerta appoints new Cabinet in Mexico City oath
President Huerta's new cabinet took the oath of office in Mexico City. Jose Lopez Portillo Frojas is named head of the cabinet, replacing Querido Modeno in the foreign affairs department.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Jose Lopez Portillo Frojas
Querido Modeno
Department of Foreign Affairs
Civil case Grattan v. Kaylor on trial in Pendleton court
The civil case Grattan versus Kaylor, about $100, is on trial this afternoon in Pendleton justice court. Ralph Barker of 518 West Railroad Street was placed under quarantine after showing measles symptoms. Civil service exams for railway mail clerk are today in the Commercial Club rooms with only two applicants. Washington division train No. 8 to Spokane now leaves at 8 o'clock in the morning. John F. Robinson and Eugene Tausick plan a sea trip from Seattle to Los Angeles and back on an ocean voyage via steamship.
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Grattan
Kaylor
Justice Court
Ralph Barker
West Railroad Street
Railway Mall
Spokane
Washington Division
John F. Robinson
N. P
Seattle
Eugene Tausick
Walla Walla
Los Angeles
Patient dies at Eastern Oregon hospital after dementia exhaustion
The body of Mrs Margaret Shores died February at the Eastern Oregon State Hospital from exhaustion of dementia. Prepared for shipment today to New York for interment. She was over 46 and had been committed to the hospital nearly four years ago from Union County.
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Margaret Shores
Oregon State Hospital
New York
Union County
Realty Transfers Note Ida Boyd to Edward W Sulste
Realty transfers list transfers including Ida Boyd to Edward W Sulste for lot 15 block 45 in Reservation addition to Fendleton. Charles E Baker and wife to Carl McNaught for 140 acres in section 2 township N R 28. Charles F Wilmarth and wife to Cato JL Johns and Margaret Johns of Hermiston for ten acres in section 3 township N RR 28.
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Ida Boyd
Edward W. Sulste
Fendleton
Charles E. Baker
Carl McNaught
N. R
Charles F. Wilmarth
Cato JL
Margaret Johns
Hermiston
Township
N. RR
Best Enters Demurrer In Water Commission Case
Dr. James A. Best one of three water commissioners in the quo warranto proceeding to oust them from office filed a demurrer alleging the complaint lacks sufficient facts. He leaves for Klamath Falls and is represented by Raley & Raley James A. Fee and Will M. Peterson.
Former Co I Man Here
E M Wood, formerly of Co D Oregon Volunteer Infantry, organized in this city during the Spanish American war, is here today seeking old comrades he has not seen since the company was mustered out nearly 16 years ago. He now lives in Boise and after the war went to the Philippines with a horses export batch, planned to settle there, but returned to America after eight months.
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Co. I
E. M Wood
Co. D
Oregon Volunteer Infantry
Manteo
Mr. Wood
Boise
Philippines
America
Baker Boy Wins Naval Academy Appointment Rating
Irving Band son of Mr and Mrs John M Hand of Baker wins principalship to the US naval academy via Representative N J Sinnett. Examinations in Baker and Klamath Falls under Supt J S Landers show the Baker candidate scored highest among four rivals, age 17, with entrance tests to be taken April 21. In other news, school access improves as Matlock Street Bridge completes, allowing safer pedestrian passage to Lincoln School and reducing need for auto transport.
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Baker
Irving Band
John M. Hand
Naval Academy
N. J. Sinnett
Klamath Falls
Supt
J. S. Landers
Klamath
City Motor Car Company Opens On Cottonwood Street
City Motor Car Co. owner David TH. Nelson opened today in the Schneiter block on Cottonwood street between Court and Alta. The firm will store cars and display machines with 10,600 square feet across three floors and an elevator. The basement and street floor will house storage and display, while the upper story will house a 4% machine shop. An office and women’s reception room with water facilities are on the street floor.
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The
City Motor Car Co
David TH. Nelson
Schneiter
Cottonwood Street
Court
Alta
Arizona Supreme Court Invalidates S-Cent Fare Law
Arizona's S-cent railroad fare law, enacted by the prior legislature, is struck down by the state supreme court which rules only the state corporation commission may regulate public service corporations. Attorney General Bullard orders railroads and other publics cited before the commission to issue aligning orders.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
State Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Bullard
Corporation Commission
Maryland bill targets women's fashions and dances
Representative Snowden introduced a bill in the Maryland house to outlaw high-heeled shoes and slit skirts for girls and women and to prohibit dances such as the turkey trot bunny hug tango and loop the loop. Fines would fund lessons on how to dress decently.
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Anapolis
Snowden
Maryland
House of Delegates
Fire rescue saves family from Riverdale blaze
In Raymond Washington on February 1 fire swept the Riverdale home. F D Knuth aided by catching a wife who leaped from a window and saved two babies thrown to him as flames consumed the house. Knuth narrowly saved his family before the building burned.
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Raymond
Wash
F. D. Knuth
Riverdale
Mississippi House Congratulates Gore on Vindication
The Mississippi House adopted a resolution praising United States Senator Gore of Oklahoma for his delivery from political enemies and the vindication of his spotless name. Gore, a Mississippi native, had once served in the lower house of the state legislature.
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Jackson, Mich
United States
Gore
Oklahoma
Dry Again Yankton Saloon Closures Prompt Licensing Election
In Yank ton on February 21 six saloons are closing after a Supreme Court ruling declaring saloons illegal following an invalid petition for a license election. The move triggers local discussions about future regulation and business impacts in the city.
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Yankton
Yankton, S
Supreme Court
Auto Race Postponed in Los Angeles
The Vanderbilt Cup race scheduled for tomorrow in Los Angeles has been postponed until February 25.
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Los Angeles
Wife murderers electrocuted in Michigan City
John Chereko and Harry Rasio, condemned for murder of their wives, were executed by electric chair at the state penitentiary in Michigan City.
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Michigan City
Ind
John Chereko
Harry Rasio
State Penitentiary
Thirty Defendants Freed at Marmaros-Sziget Trial
Vienna February 20 The Marmaros Sziget trial of ninety four Ruthenians charged with sedition ends with thirty one defendants cleared as innocence established. Public prosecutor withdraws charges against them.
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Vienna
Marmaros-Sziget
Austria-Hungary
Pigeon Found with Band from Minnesota in Washington
A Pigeon spotted in POTLATCH Washington on February 21 wore a small leg band engraved J. H. Bull Edina Mills Minnesota 24. Locals could not determine the bird’s origin or flight path and no owner is identified.
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Potlatch
Wash
J. H. Bull
Edina Mills
Minnesota
Cigar and Cigarette Consumption in the United States
In the year 7,707,000 cigars and 14,000,000,000 cigarettes were smoked in the United States, reflecting high tobacco use. The figures highlight the scale of smoking behavior and the potential public health impact.
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United States
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Powell Road
Charles Anspach
Springbrook
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Milton Eagle
Dan Shaw
Daniel Shaw
McKay Creek
Lewiston Orchards
Lewiston
Idaho
Orchards
Milton-Freewater
C. M. Smith
F. J. Howard
Utica
N. Y
Marely
Parcel Post
Uncle San
Express
Oho State
LA Grande Boys
Newsy
Matlock (Star) Street
Lincoln School
City Motor Car Company
Bill
Dixie
Fort Bliss Corral
Ojinaga
Villa
Corral
Fort Elina
Rio Grande
Uncle Sam
Ny da Designs
Smith's
Smith’s
Aes
Wm. Hanscom the Jeweler
Weston Brick Yard
P. T. Harbour
Weston, Oregon
American National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
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