Hood River Wrestler Seeks Pendleton Match
Hood River trainer L. A. Grant seeks a wrestling bout with Pendleton Indian star Metanic after vowing to throw him three times in 90 minutes. Grant offers a 187 lb pupil for best two of three falls and two lighter wrestlers to face Pendleton participants, aiming to revive Pendleton bouts in the apple and strawberry city.
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Pendleton Grapplers
L. A. Grant
Hood River
Metanic
Grant
Pendleton
Pioneer Local Physician Whitcomb Dies at Myrtle Creek
Dr. C W Whitcomb a longtime Myrtle Point physician died Saturday from injuries after a fall He cared for wounded men after Willow Springs fight in the Plute war of 1878 Born Greenfield Conn July 23 1832 He studied at Philadelphia Medical College and Rush Medical College Chicago Illinois and served in the Civil War
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Myrtle Point
Oregon
C. W. Whitcomb
Dr. Whitcomb
Willow Springs
C. Wells Whitcomb
Greenfield
Conn
Massachusetts
Admiral Dewey
Dwight Moody
Philadelphia Medical College
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Dr Whitcomb a Soldier Physician Passes Away in Oregon
Surgeon of the Fifteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry who served under Grant and Sherman moved to Oregon in 1868 settling at Pendleton then practiced in Prineville Dufur Eureka and Healdsburg. He moved to Myrtle Creek in 1893 and died with funeral at Methodist Episcopal church. Survived by wife two sisters and a brother in Providence Rhode Island.
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Fifteenth
Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Grant
Sherman
Oregon
Pendleton
Prineville
Dufur
Ore
Eureka
Healdsburg
Cal
Myrtle Creek
Knights of Pything
Methodist Episcopal Church
Munroe
Benton County
Man Mentzer Snowbound in Cabin Near McKay Creek
Deputy Bert Wilson reports Mentzer, snowbound near the headwaters of McKay Creek, is not in immediate danger. Ranchers on Upper McKay Creek confirm he had provisions less than two weeks ago, making a relief expedition from Kamela unnecessary. A Portland-La Grande rumor of Pendleton rescue via snowshoe was not known to local officers.
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Bert Wilson
Mentzer
McKay Creek
Kamela
George Adams
la Grande
Portland
Pendleton
Former Klondike King Dead Broke in London
Seattle report says Swiftwater Bill Gates, once a Klondike king, is penniless in London amid depression. He appeals by mail to W H Dohrmann of San Francisco for help while praising Alaskan exploits. Two Alaskan friends arrived from Rawhide with minor fortunes. Gates longs for cold North to return.
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Seattle
Wash
Bill” Gates
London
Atlantic Ocean
W. H. Dohrmann
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
San
Gates
Alaska
Rawhide
Boomer the Union Life Saving Dog Killed by Officers
Spokane reporters recount Boomer a 20 month guardian of the Northern Pacific crossing at Sprague and Division who saved adults and children from trains. The mongrel dog was executed by the poundmaster after biting a street car conductor. It had gained national renown when it pulled a woman with a baby and child to safety from a locomotive.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Sprague
Division Street
Woman's League Accepts Magazine Subscriptions
The American Woman's League accepts subscriptions to any and all magazines and periodicals in the United States except two. This includes medical, legal, religious, and professional journals. all count toward membership at full subscription prices per League classification as Class A or Class B publications.
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American Woman's League
United States
League
Local Notables Move Through Pendleton on Various Tasks
A parade of visitors and locals conduct business in Pendleton and surrounding areas. Lou Payne and J McGrath visit county seat, Dr McNabb and Dr Smith travel for professional duties, Stanfields return home, and executives from Northern Pacific, American Type Founders, and Union Stockyards are noted. Cornell’s athletic field expansion announced. anti-saloon league campaign travels. Smythe and Smythe sheep interests in Yakima noted.
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Lou 8. Payne
Cove
D. C. McNabb
Echo
J. McGrath
Hermiston
J. H. Reid
J. Smith
Umatila
Dan P. Smythe
Yakima
W. H. Daughtrey
Union Stockyards Company of
Portland
Metropolis
Roy H. Connell
Salem
Pendleton
Albee
Cornell
Ralph Howland
First National Bank
Bentley
Jefferson Street
EC. Smith
Bush Street
T. L. Densmore
Dalles
Gordon Makes Unique Adieu to Race and Heroes
In a continuation on the negro question, Gordon defends affection for black southerners through poetry. He invites Senator Heyburn to visit his plantation, promising Heyburn would salute Lee after seeing the South through Gordon's lens, while Gordon would honor Grant.
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South
Heyburn
General Lee
Statuary Hall
Gordon
Idaho
Lee
Grant
Woman Starts Endless Chain Scheme Stopped by Post Office
Washington on February 24 Mrs Roala Abrahams launched an endless chain scheme to aid the Hebrew Infant asylum in New York. Facing criticism she tried to halt it noting mail was sent to Nashville Tennessee where the postmaster agreed to reject all but returnable items. Local officials investigated and issued a bulletin to let the public draw its own inference about the flood of letters.
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Washington
Roala Abrahams
Hebrew Infant Asylum
New York
Suffrage debate sparks remarks on home and wife roles
New York Feb 24 Brand Whitlock mayor of Toledo Ohio condemned arguments against woman suffrage made by Equal Franchise Society members. He said defenders of home life are often least connected to home and misrepresent women. He criticized the notion of home as a wigwam with modern conveniences and a well dressed squaw.
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New York
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Ohio
Equal Franchise Society
Tokyo Government Opens Domestic Loan as Subscriptions Exceed
Tokio reports a domestic loan of 100 million dollars has been over subscribed, with the government announcing no further applications will be received. The move signals strong investor demand and full subscription status.
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Tokio
Beets Beet Spirit Debate Tests Whisky Label
Washington debates whether beet pulp spirits can be called whisky. Tax officials and scientists clash as Western Distilleries argues for beaching the label. Dr Wiley calls it a beet distillate not whisky, colored with brown sugar. The issue wrangles through officials and the president's definition.
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Washington
Taft
Western Distilleries Company
Agnews
California
Wiley Almits
Prize for Red Goose drawings at Peoples Ware hours
A prize will be given to every child who draws a picture of the famous Red Goose and submits it during Peoples Ware hours. A man who calls a bluff is seldom sure of the answer.
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Standard Grocery Co
East Court St
Castoria
Underwood Typewriter
Underwood Typewriter Company, Inc
Sixth St
Boomer
Woman's League
Labrador
Main
Ingram’s Grocery
J. E. Patterson
Enterprise
Hugh L._ Stanfield
Stanfield
W. J. May
Radium Springs
Charles A. Maskrey
Pilot Rock
L. M. Conroy
Pasco
O. R. Ball
American Type Founders Company of
E. F. Zimmerman
Anti-Saloon League
SC. Martin
Yoakum
Japan
Express
Boston
Pendleton Dye Works
E. Alte St
Race Balla
Catchers
Nelson's
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