Varied goods and housing ads in Oregon town notice
Local page lists fresh milch cows for sale by Gritman Brothers and a range of classifieds including livery business sale, employment seeks, dance venue, furnished rooms, rental houses, trucking services, horses and mules for sale, housework help, new apartments, a small butcher shop for sale, store counters for sale, a Hampshire boar for sale, old papers, two modern cottages, and a seven room house with stone foundation. Inquiries directed to Pendleton, Hermiston, and nearby firms like Penland Bros and Mark Moorhouse Co.
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R. F. Kirkpatrick
Pendleton
Oregon
Lake Place
Mark Moorhouse Co
O. M. Nevin
Helix
WiIl
Alexander's Dept
Hampshire
Joe Craig
Ore
Bundiea
East Court Street
Main Street
Walters’ Mill
Penland Bros
Wanted to Buy Second Hand Range Phone No 6
For sale Indian motor fully equipped from 1913 model. Bargain if taken at once. Inquire Eh c Finnell. For sale two hundred acres deeded reservation land one mile from a market. Partly bottom land with spring. Good for wheat raising or diversified farming. Apply to Joe Craig Pendleton Oregon.
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Eagle-Woodman Hall
Finnell
Joe Craig
Pendleton
Oregon
Notice to Public on Credit Restrictions
All persons are hereby notified to give no one credit on our account without our written consent. MR. AND MRS. A. J. OVERTURF. (Adg.)
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A. J. Overturf
Public Notice and Knights Of P Knights Work
Public notice states Peter Kaiser will not be responsible for any debts contracted by Annie Kaiser from the date of notice. Dated February 16, 1914. Mention of Damon Lodge No. 4 Knights of P for rank work this evening with C C P Strain and W Fletcher listed as officials.
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Annie Kaiser
Peter Kaiser
Damon Lodge No. 4
K. of P
P. Strain
W. Fletcher
K. R
Moose Dance at Moose Hall on February 25
A Moose Hall dance event held Wednesday evening February 25 after the regular Moose meeting. The coast’s first showing of the new “Mooseline” dance to entertain attendees. Non members pay 50 cents. COMMITTEE.
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Moose Hall
Logal Order of Moose
Polk County Pupils Excel In Spelling Tests
Salem Oregon February reports Polk County school superintendent H C Seymour states that among 1755 pupils in grades three through eight, 966 achieved 160 percent on the latest spelling test. The high scores come from county wide spelling contests also held in Lane Yamhill Umatilla Jackson and Marion counties.
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Salem
Orc
H., C. Seymour
Polk County
Lane
Yamhill
Umatilla
Jackson
Marion
Three Want State Jobs in Oregon Primary
Salem Ore February 22 J A Churchill superintendent of public instruction led his declaration as a candidate for election to that office callect to the action of the republican party His slogan 18 Good schools for poor schools and better schools for good schools William M Ramsey justice of the supreme court filed his declaration as a candidate for election to that office subject to the action of the democratic party John H Lewis state engineer filed his declaration as a candidate for reelection subject to the republican party.
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Salem
Ore
J A. Churchill
Republican Party
William M. Ramsey
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
John H. Lewis
Helen Gaynor Engaged to E T Bedford in New York
Mrs William J Gaynor widow of New York's late mayor announced the engagement of her daughter Helen to E T Bedford a second cousin of Mr and Mrs F H Bedford of Brooklyn. Helen is 19 and the third daughter of Mrs Gaynor. Bedford is a grandson of Edward Thomas Bedford formerly a vice president of Standard Oil.
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Helen Gaynor
New York
Willam J. Gaynor
Helen
E. T. Bedford
F. H. Bedford
Brooklyn
Telephone Rate Is Raised in Salem Oregon
In Salem Oregon on February 24 the Aurora Mutual Telephone was authorized by the railroad commission to raise monthly rates from 75 cents to 1.25 dollars. The commission denied Lebanon's request for a grade crossing over Southern Pacific tracks and also denied Southern Pacific's request for a grade crossing in Turner Oregon.
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Salem
Ore
Aurora Mutual Telephone
Railroad Commission
City of
Lebanon
Southern Pacific
Turner
Fire destroys Tom Ryan home in Cove Oregon
In Cove Oregon on February 21 a blaze gutted Tom Ryans house, started in the flue. Insurance coverage valued at 1500 dollars. No injuries reported.
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Cove
Ore
Tom Ryan
Local residents and visitors noted in Pendleton
A parade of names fills Pendleton city notes with residents and visitors from Athena Umatilla Echo Hermiston Hermiston Stanfle Prineville Portland and more. Travelers include Joseph Ring Howard Caton P Gould Grover Andre P C Hunter John Julian Vesta Cutsforth Kathryn Woodruff Sanford Stone G W Bradley Don Pruitt T B Zell Louis Mueller J T Hinkle Earl Williams J Alton Yeager W M Blakely and Mrs Blakely among others with weekend and recent trips and engagements.
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Howard Caton
Athena
Pendleton
C. F. Long
Umatilla
P. Gould
Echo
Grover Andre
Ritter
P. C. Hunter
John Julian
Hermiston
John Clancy
Vesta D. Cutsforth
Kathryn Woodruff
T. B. Zell
Sarah Zell
Prineville
Bowman
H. J. Longley
West End
Carl Peringer
Eastern College
Portland
Louis Mueller
Helix
J.T. Hinkle
Oregon
Earl A. Willams
Milton
Umatilla-Morrow County Poultry Association
J. Alton Yeager
Pure Bred Scrub and Drainage Plans Highlight Farm News
Pure bred scrubs stir concern as producers note only pedigree and conformation matter if they boost production. Drainage talks near La Grande plan to reclaim 30 000 acres damaged by overflow from Grande Ronde River and Cathe Creek. Corn growth gains praise for Samuel Free near Snake River, while Helix reports no water shortage this season due to storage capacity. A tumbleweed fright leads to a wagon accident near Helix and Will Shannon sells land north of Helix to August Kupers.
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Graves
Agricultural College Dairy Department
Buyera
la Grande
Grande Ronde
Cathe Creek
Elgin
Union
Lower Cove
Samuel Free
Snake River
Franklin County
Washtucna Enterprise
Free
Saling to Run for Clerkship Again
County Clerk Frank Saling declares his intention to seek re election amid a field that includes rival J Alton Yeager. Other incumbents like Sheriff T D Taylor and Treasurer W Bradley are expected to run again though no formal filings have been made. The Kimbrell family may shift its surveyorship but conflicts arise with new city engineer appointment.
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J. W. Maloney
Frank Saling
T. D. Taylor
Burroughs
W. Bradley
Geary Kimbrell
J. W. Kimbrell
Kimbrella
Immaculate Conception Magazine Quote on Life’s Moment
The text presents a philosophical reflection from Father Taleb and Immaculate Conception Magazine about making the best of any moment in life. It emphasizes improving every moment, whether favorable or adverse, as the art of life and the prerogative of a rational being.
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Father Taleb
Fortune
Immaculate Conception Magazine
Sheepless Wool in Europe Furnishings
Wool that never touched a sheep is widely used in Europe for men’s garments. Called limestone wool, it is produced in an electric furnace from powdered limestone and a chemical, blasted into fluff, dyed, and woven into cloth lengths.
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Europe
Bryan to Speak Tonight at Washington Dinner
Secretary of State Bryan will be the chief speaker tonight at the Washington's birthday dinner of the Retail Merchants' Association in Washington. The event features prominent business figures and highlights retail trade issues.
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Bryan
Washington
Retail Merchants' Association
Cannery Stock Selling Progress Reported
WHITE SALMON Wash Feb 21 G H Baxter secretary of the Columbia River Cooperative cannery reports satisfactory progress with the subscription list for the cannery.
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White Salmon
Wash
G. H. Baxter
Columbia River Cooperative Cannery
Cannry
Noted Diva Names Tuval
CHICAGO Feb 23 The divorce bill filed by Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink Rapp of San Diego Cal a grand opera singer against William Rapp Jr of New York was amended by permission and now contains a statutory charge against Mr Rapp K E Deane is the name given in the amendment as that of the woman in the case. Mr Raun was alleged to have been acquainted with her in New York in 1912 and 191%
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Chicago
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink Rapp
San Diego
Cal
William Rapp, Jr
New York
Rapp
K. E. Deane
Raun
Washington Birthday Exercises With DAR Speakers
Assistant Secretary of War Breckinridge and Representative M Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania will headline Washingtons Birthday ceremonies for the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is estimated the Uruguay wool crop this season will be worth 25 million dollars.
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D. A
Washington
Breckinridge
M. Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Daughters of the American Revolution
Uruguay
First Lady of Mexico? Senora Villa Portrait Published
Senora Villa, wife of General Pancho Villa, photographed at Juarez. The piece notes she may become Mexico's first lady as Villa overtakes Carranza in power, having captured Juarez, Chihuahua, and Ojinaga, while Huerta remains the president. Villa is described as the strongest insurgent commander in three months.
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Senora Villa
Pancha Villa
Juarez
Villa
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Cove Needs a Cleaning
The observer urges Cove to overhaul its social order citing undisciplined youth dances, possible liquor issues, and alleged sexual crime. It calls for recalling ineffective officials, enforcing liquor and gambling laws, and appointing a vigilant police officer to restore law and order in Grande Ronde valley.
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la Grande Observer
Cove
Wilson
Grande Ronde Villey
Stir Company Performs At Alta In Jim of the Mountains
Vin Moore stock company opened a week at the Alta theater with a four act comedy drama Jim of the Mountains. The well filled house applauded comedian Vin Moore and his troupe including Van Dyke Foster Shellworth Murdock Mitchell Rundell and Foster. The company is praised as the best traveling stock troupe in the northwest.
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Vin Moore
Alta Theater
Jim of
Hallie Mitchell
Alice Rundell
Tom Foster
North West
Woman suffers spinal dislocation after slip in Lebanon
Lebanon Oregon February 21 Mrs A L Beaman slipped on the sidewalk near her home and sustained a dislocation of the spine, leaving her in a critical condition at the local hospital.
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Lebanon
Ore
Mra A
A Quaint Conventicle About Matthew Arnold
Mrs. Caroline Earle White of Philadelphia recalls Matthew Arnold’s friendship with anti vivisectionist Stephen Coleridge and a long running jest involving Johnnie Coleridge. The poet allegedly sent fairy tale books to the boy with inscriptions from his affectionate horse.
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Caroline Earle White
Philadelphia
Stephen Coleridge
Arnold
Littl
Johnnie Coleridge
Johnnie
Matthew Arnold
Philadelphia Ledger
Switzerland and Scotland tied as best educated nations
A report ranks Switzerland and Scotland at the top for education. It highlights high literacy, advanced schooling, and strong universities as key factors, noting cross country collaboration and sustained investment in research.
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Switzerland
Scotland
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Inquire
Gritman Brothers
Wast Oregonian
Hermiston, Ore
Grooma
Noor
Water Street
Raley Street
Watters Mill
Tittle
Scavenger Service
E. T. Miller
Walnut St
Franklin
Pendleton Auto Co
Joseph Ring
G. W. Bradley
Don Pruitt
Stanfle
W. M. Blakely
News OF
Hermiston Herald
Emil Muller
Muller
Helix Land
Will Shannon
August Kupers
Saling
North
Popu
Lar
St. George Hotel
J. P. Medernach
Prop
Alta
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