Local ads and notices from Melrose area listings
An assortment of local notices includes coal and wood prices from Melrose system providers Koplitzke Gillanders and Rock Spring coal, dry wood. room, house, and ranch rental ads. employment seeks. a theatre ad for Orpheum showing and lodging at 621 Willow Street. transfer and hauling services. a lost gold rope necklace with jade pendant. and various business closings and sales.
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Koplttke & Gillandera
Rock Spring
Orpheum
Bath
Willow Street
Kopitzke & Gillanders
B. A. Morton
Ben Ll. Burroughs
Bentley & Leffingwell
Main Street
Notice for Bids for Sewer Construction 1911 Pendleton
Common Council adopted plans for a sewer extension on Hazel street from Court street to near the O W R N right of way. Bids for construction on file and due January 10 1912 at 6 pm with $100 certified check. Council may reject all bids. Thomas Fitzgerald, Recorder.
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Common Council
Hazel Street
Court Street
O.W. R. & N. Company
City of
Pendleton
Thomas Fitzgerald
Pendleton Card of Thanks for bereaved family
RE BE Baird and children express gratitude to many Pendleton friends for the kind and timely support during the illness and death of his wife and daughter.
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RE. BE. Baird
Pendleton
Daphne Circle Meeting Schedule Updated
Hereafter Daphne Circle W O W meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the Moose hall. Clerk J M Balan signs the notice.
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Daphne Circle
Moose Hall
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy Claim
An ad stating a laxative bromide quinine combination will cure a cold in one day. It promises a money refund if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price noted as 26 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Notable Lace Curtain Offer From Pacific Mfg Co
Fragments describe a lace curtain sale request and an offer from Pacific Mfg Co Seattle. It promises 20 bundles of fully colored art postcards at 10c each with $2 repayment after delivery. Read as an advertising solicitation with requests for name and address.
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Nottingham
Pacific Mpg, CO
Let Avenue
Seattle
Nine men killed as girders slip at Camden bridge
Camden workers struggled to place a new 70 foot bridge span over Cooper Creek when a girder slipped. Co W Suters 43 and William Carey 28, both of Camden, drowned. Others injured include Joseph Tegan Atco with broken thigh and shoulder, George Moore Glassboro with a broken leg, John McQuigg Camden with two broken limbs, John Carpenter Woodbury with a broken leg, William Demble Camden with arm and leg injuries, Ellis Hand Camden with leg and arm injuries, and John Farrell Glashro internal injuries. Intermittent report notes an hour more would have finished the span.
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Camden
N. J
Medford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cooper Creek
Co. W. Suters
William Carey
Joseph Tegan
Atco
George Moore
Glassboro
John McQuigg
John Carpenter
Woodbury
William Demble
Ellis Hand
John Farrell
Glazshoro
Mrs Harmon Shares In Granting A Pardon
Governor Harmon of Ohio pardoned life prisoner Rufus Bureham after he pledged abstinence from intoxicants and reform. Bureham had been implicated in a Portsmith murder and Mose Johnson was electrocuted in 1904. Johnson's confession exonerated Bureham shortly before his death.
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Columbus
Harmon
Rufus Bureham
H Quera
Judson Marman
Ohio
Bureham
Portsmimith
Mose Johnson
Johnson
Burcham
Hershhey
Mother and Babe Drift on High Sea Near Port Townsend
In Port Townsend Washington Clark wife of Patos light station assistant keeper and her infant child were rescued after drifting nearly 24 hours in a launch. Their husband drowned and Mrs Durkan sister of Mrs Clark rode out the tempest with them aboard the launch, rescued by the cutter Arenta from Patos Island.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Clark
Patos
Arenta
Pato Island
Metelle Durkan
Pendleton Social Roundup of New Year Visitors
Senator J N Burgess left for Pilot Rock this morning. CG Cloutier of Chemawa stayed in Pendleton overnight. John McClelan of Nolin visited yesterday. Charles Simme of Walla Walla guests of the Bowman last evening. Letcher Norvell returned to Helix via the N P this afternoon. Mr and Mrs T S Gibson of Pilot Rock began the new year in Pendleton. Col Fred Boyd Athena Press editor on business. Mr and Mrs W A Walpole of Irrigon were New Year visitors. Miss Cella Rena back from Walla Walla after New Year with her parents. Attorney Freq Wilson, candidate for congress, attending Hartman vs Baddeley settlement. Miss Viva Warren and Miss Anita Kirkpatrick return from Weston. Lyman G Rice left for the University of Oregon after Christmas. E L Murphy, recent government project recruit, came from Hermiston yesterday and returned home this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Burgess
Pilot Rock
Mre
CG. Cloutier
Chemawa
Pendleton
John McClelan
Nolin
Charles Simme
Walla Walla
Bowman
Letcher Norvell
Helix
N. P
Fred Boyd
Athena Press
W. A. Walpole
Irrigan
Cella Rena
Willa Walla
Freq Wilson
Congress
Viva Warren
Anita Kirkatrick
Weston
Lyman G. Rice
University of Oregon
M. Rice
Vancouver May Appoint Miss Henthorne Police Judge
Miss Mildred Henthorne, a Vancouver stenographer who formerly worked with James P. Stapleton, is discussed as a potential police judge appointee by Mayor Dr. Charles S. Irwin who took office January 2. Henthorne would be the first woman judge in Washington state. she said she would consider the offer.
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Vancouver
Mildred Menthorne
Wash
Mildred Henthorne
Law
Charles S. Irwin
Henthorne
Washington
Tutor to Presidents Dies in Washington
Captain Theodore Hausman a former French army officer who taught two U S presidents the basics of drill has died at his Washington home at age 84. He came to America before the Civil War, enlisted in the Army, met Rutherford B Hayes and William McKinley, and later served as consul to several South American republics. In later years he worked as a watchman at federal buildings and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Washington
Theodore Hauemin
United States
France
Hausman
Cleveland
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Hayes
War and Navy
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
New Perennial Clover Found By Oregon Man
Spokane January 1 A new perennial clover has been found in Tillamook County Oregon. It is a self perpetuating plant with no bloom that yields high feed per acre and grows in winter and summer. A sample was sent to the U S department of agriculture where agronomist J M Westgate called it one of the most interesting specimens before the department.
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Spokane
Wash
Tillamook County
Ore
Department of Agriculture
Washington
J. M. Westgate
Agronomist
Department
Rabbit Hunt Ends in Fatal Self Shot in Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana resident John W Cook attempted to shoot a rabbit by firing a trap gun through a hollow log. A string triggered the rifle from the near end while Cook stooped at the far end. He was shot in the chest, retrieved the rabbit, then walked two miles home before dying in his kitchen.
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Self
Bunny
Tlome
Lawrenceburg
Ind
John W. Cook
Cook
Public Installation Postponed for Pendleton Commandery No 7
Notice that the public installation of officers of Pendleton Commandery No 7 K T is postponed from Friday January 65 1912 to Friday January 12 912.
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Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons
Pendleton Commandery No. 7
K. T
Joy Fatal to Woman in Victory Stroke
Mrs. Frank Corea of Evergreen died from a paralytic stroke after joy over her family's victory in a seven year legal battle for a right of way. The case pitted her family against Bernardo Higuera’s kin. A messenger arrived with verdict news as Coren rose in bed to kiss her and suffer a fatal shock.
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San Jose
Frank Corea
Evergreen
Bernardo Highuera
Mother in Law Upheld in Her Action by Court
Kansas City court of appeals reverses lower court ruling awarding Birdie Frank 2500 for alienation of husband Harry Fronk. Judges justify maternal interference as natural parent concern when bona fide for child’s best interests and not spiteful.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Birdie Frank
Worth
Lottie Frank
Fronk
Harry
Harry Fronk
Buffaloes frighten Kalispell residents with escape
Kalispell Montana experienced a scare as two shaggy buffaloes with red eyes wandered into town from the Conrad estate pasture. The herd, after breaking from winter pasture at Smith Valley, moved toward the east side of the Conrad ranch but were rounded up safely.
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Kalispel
Mont
Smith Valley
Kallspell
Conrad
Guilt Hunters Propose New Venues for Marking Criminals
New York criminologists discuss identification of habitual offenders through methods inspired by branding and tattooing. German and French experts propose options such as skin injections or concealed marks to aid justice, noting reform concerns but suggesting hidden placement to avoid easy observation.
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New York
France
Germany
Palxac
Child Scalding Fatality at Willow Camp Home
San Rafael reports a tragedy as sixteen month old Joseph Da Silva II died from scalding injuries at the family Willow Camp residence. The mother carried a tub of boiling water to the back porch and upon returning to the house the child wandered to the tub and fell in. The incident highlights dangers in the home environment and prompts reminders for caregiver vigilance.
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San Rafael
Joseph da Silva ‘II
Willow Camp
Also Mentioned on This Page
FE Livengood & Co
N. Joerger
I. C. Snyder
Association Block
Mark Moorhouse Co
Sharon & Eddings
Teutsch & Bickers
C. J. Whittaker
Aura Street
Taft
Penland Bros
Ant
Finder
J. M'Balan
Mrs. Harmon
Mother
Babe
T. 8. Gibson
E. L. Murphy
Indiana
Ras
Hermiston
McKinley
Oregon
Rabbit
Lier
Glearance
Wohlenberg
East Court Street
Kurrle & Son
Workingmen’s Clothing Company
Elijah
By Felix Mendelsohn
Bartholdy
The
Royal College of Porpora Choral Society
Charles Ovide Blakeslee
First Christian Church
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