City Bits and Classified Items from East Oregonian
Local notices advertise dry wood from Minnis and bargain hats from Campbell’s Millinery. Restaurants offer meals from 20 cents, rooms for rent, and quick transfer work by Stansbery & Milne. Ads seek a bookkeeper, a man with funds for land investment, and a hair tonic claim. Prune crop totals and county distribution are reported with 1908 estimates and grower payments.
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Campbell's Millinery
Johnson's
East Oregonian
Marion prune crop totals from Marion county
County Fruit Inspector E C Armstrong reports 1907 prune harvest in Marion county reached 3260 tons according to Salem Statesman. The official figures were compiled by the inspector and shared with the Statesman reporter today.
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E. C. Armatrong
Marion County
Salem Statesman
Statesman
Amusements Tonight Versus Diamond Mystery and Sinner
The Streeter Bryan company performs An Innocent Sinner tonight following last night’s Diamond Mystery. A matinee tomorrow offers two gifts for children with lucky numbers and souvenir pictures of Miss Bryan. Sunday features Roanoke, a southern drama, for three nights.
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Streeter-Bryan
Miss Bryan
Roanoke
Pavilla Company Premieres Comedy Sketch Chums at Star
The Star theater opens with the Pavilla company performing the comedy sketch Chums for the first time tonight at 7:30. The theater offers a free moving picture before the show and invites everyone to attend. Next week a new lineup of performers will take the stage.
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Star Theater
Pavilla Company
Star
The
Dime Continues to Draw Crowds with New Pictures
The Dime presents fresh pictures for the public this week with a thrice weekly program change. New illustrated scenes are showcased as part of the updated program keeping crowds coming back.
Nine Tailors and the Burden of Responsibility
A terse remark shows the challenge of finding nine tailors willing to shoulder the duty for several men. The line hints at collective obligation and risk within a formal or guild context, implying social or professional pressures.
Weston Visitors Noted Among Local Figures Today
Mr. and Mrs. Chance Rogers of Weston visited here. Bank cashier B. B. Hall arrived on the evening train. Newt Jacobson of Palouse City, Wash. visits friends. C. S. McNaught of Hermiston on business. W. K. Wall of the Rader store in town today. Robert Pulliam of Baker City guests at the Golden Rule on business. Joe Kennedy visits Seattle son. Percy Folcom returns from Kennewick with parents. Sheriff Taylor leaves for Portland on delayed No. 1. R. Patchen of Holdman departs for St Johns on business. J. F. McNaught of Hermiston a Pendleton visitor returns home. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Isaacs and Ada depart for Caldwell Idaho. Clara G. Hall returns to Weston after vacation. W. E. Hover of Alberta in town visiting county. Wil M. Peterson to Helix for Masonic address. Judge Hartman arrives from Portland for several days. J. W. Maloney recovered from grip and back at Savings Bank. W. H. Ude of Spokane in town on NP business. Henry Collins returns from Seapoose to visit parents. J. B. Rose ill at home with grip for two weeks. Helen Hart returns from Gard to Pendleton high school. George Goode and wife pass through en route to Walla Walla. J. H. O’Neill leaves for points west after visit. Clara B. Carpenter from Union to Spokane to Helena to teach. John F. Springer leaves for Heppner to promote woolgrowers convention at Helena. Mabel Allen leaves Weston Normal for studies. met by friends en route.
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Newt Jacobson
Palouse City
Wash
McNaught
J. F. McNaught
Hermiston
W. K. Wall
Wall Brothers
Rader
Robert Pulliam
Baker City
J. B. Kennedy
Seattle
Joe Kennedy
Percy Folcom
Kennewick
T. D. Taylor
Portland
R. Patchen
Holdman
St. Johns
Oregon
R. M. Powers
Weston
W. C. Fleener
Lostine
Wallowa County
W. E. Hover
Alberta
Wil M. Peterson
Helix
G. A. Hartman
J. W. Maloney
Sav Ings Bank
W. H. Ude
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Henry Collins
Balfour-Guthrie Company
Seapoose
J. B. Rose
McKay Creek
Mortimore Stands Before Justice Over Dance Hall Fight
Charles Mortimore faced Justice of the Peace Jow Parkes as the case over the beating of D. J. Dellow was adjourned to Saturday. Mortimore was involved in a recent bloody altercation at a Yoakum area dance hall.
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Charles Mortimore
D. J. Dellow
Justice of the Peace
Jow Parkes
Mortimore
Wandering Insane Man Henry Holloway Held For Insanity
An elderly man from Moscow Idaho named Henry Holloway was picked up here yesterday and is being held on insanity charges. He was deluded into believing he is in Moscow and efforts are under way to learn details from local residents.
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Henry Holloway
Moscow
Idaho
Fatal accident while thawing dynamite near Gresham
A Japanese laborer at a clear ing job near Gresham Oregon was killed on Tuesday while attempting to thaw a tick of dynamite. The incident details are sparse, but authorities describe a fatal blast connected to explosive handling at the site.
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Gresham
Ore
Oldest Oregon woman Mary Ramsey Wood dies at 119
Mary Ramsey Wood, a resident of Hillsboro Oregon, died yesterday at the age of 119. She was recognized as the oldest white woman in Oregon.
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Mra
Mary Ramsey Wood
Hillsboro
Ore
Oregon
Indians Supply Horses for Crow Cavalry Remount Station
Indian Commissioner Leupp discussed plans to build a remount station for cavalry horses on Crow Reservation in Montana. He notes Crow horses’ natural talent and suggests crossbreeding with Morgan or Arabian strains, aiming to create a viable industry supplying cavalry mounts and providing a market for Crow horse output.
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Montina
Leupp
Indian Bureau
Savage
Sells Unborn Baby in Contract Drama at County and Portland
Mrs. Mary Owen of Portland and Mrs. Arthur Bird of Murray arranged a borne unborn baby transfer. The 1907 agreement, witnessed by W. Davis and A. L. Rix and drawn by F. H. Rix, states Bird will pay hospital costs for Owen during delivery in January 1908. Owen’s husband died in Seattle when a building collapsed six months earlier.
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Portland
A. A. Bird
Bird
Murray
Seattle
Mary Owens
Salt Lake City
Mary Owen
Oregon
Arthur Bird
Utah
Drag bar weed cutter inventor exhibits in city
Dr. W Barzee of The Dalles, noted socialist worker and inventor, displays his drag bar weed cutter mulcher. He polled 6539 votes in the 1902 state election as socialist candidate for secretary of state and believes his implement will aid farmers in dry regions where cultivation is essential.
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W. Barzee
Dalles
Barzee
Newbury News Horse Faithful Shows Loyalty in Flight
A Boise Capital News report tells of a carrier boy’s pony that wandered all day, returning to its post saddle and bridleless, as has been the routine for three years before the paper route. The incident highlights the horse’s faithfulness and punctuality in starting the paper round.
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Capital News
Boise Capital News
Boise Times Debuts in Idaho Metropolis
The first issue of the Boise Times Sunday morning paper is undertaken by the Joseph Collins company in Boise Idaho. Joseph Collins is managing publisher M D Polk editor in chief and H A Samson managing editor. The paper aims to be broadly republican and the first issue was last Sunday.
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Boise Times
Idaho
Joseph Collins Company
Joseph Collins
M. D. Polk
H. A. Samson
Oregon Lumber Yard Sells 60 Tons of Peat-Coil remark
In Ireland they burn peat and in Oregon some burn lignite but locals know good coal when seen. The Oregon Lumber Yard reports selling 60 tons yesterday. Phone Main. 2000 pounds to the ton.
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Ireland
Oregon
Neck of the Woods
Oregon Lumber Yard
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Pendleton
Stansbery & Milne
Baker & Folsom'sa
Goodman Hardware Co.'s
Alina Selkirk Norton
Schmidt
Studebaker
Golden Rule Hotel
Hiawatha
Hiawatha Hall Tonic Co
Tallman & Co
Eldridge
Goodman Hardware Co
Care East Oregonian
Armstrong
Liberty-Ronedale
Salem
Marion
A. C. Koeppen & Brothers
Mrs. Chance Rogers
B. B. Hall
Charles McBee
Tone
George D. O'Conner
W. H. Isaacs
Ada
Caldwell
Clara G. Hall
Weston Normal
Helen Hart
Pendleton High School
Hilgard
Mrs
J.C. Hart
George Goode
Foley
la Grande
Walla Walla
J. H. O'Neill
Here
Clara B. Carpenter
Union
Vita
Helena
John F. Springer
Great Northern
Heppner
Mabel Allen
G. W. Allen
Normal
Empire Meat CO
Florsheim
Sorosis and Seigler Bros
Buster Brown
the Alexander Department Store
Northern Pacific Railway
Ita
Pullman
W. Adams
A. D. Chariton, A. G. P. A
Portland Ore
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Bond Brothers
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