Local ads list coal wood trades real estate and services
Local notices promote coal and wood delivery at Main and Koplittke & Gillanders for Rock Spring coal dry wood and fuel, rental homes, wheat ranches for sale, horse boarding at Commercial Barn, transfer services by Penland Bros and Morton, and a Headlight Restaurant for Mexican chili. Also a missing necklace reward and an Orpheum theatre note.
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Koplittke & Gillanders
Rock Spring
Orpheum
Bath
Willow Street
Kopitzke & Gillanders
Aura Street
Morton
Ben L. Burroughs
West End
Bentley & Leffingwell
Main Street
Iace Curtains Free Large Nottingham Lace Curtains
Nottingham ad offers large lace curtains two and three quarter yards long. Describes free delivery and elegant pat- tern. May include decorative details and price hints.
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Nottingham
Notice of Bids for Pendleton Sewer Construction 1911
The Pendleton Common Council on December 20 1911 adopted plans for a sewer extension along Hazel Street from Court Street to near the CO W R N right of way intersection with Ha ne Street Bids will be received until January 10 1912 at 6 p m in the recorder office Each bid must include a 100 certified check payable to the Mayor of Pendleton to be forfeited if the bidder fails to enter into a contract The council may reject any or all bids Thomas Fitzgerald Recorder
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Common Council
Hazel Street
Court Street
Co.w. R. & N. Company
Hane] Street
City of
Pendleton
Beaux Art Cards Offered. Curtains Promise for Quick Sale
A trade notice offers 20 packages of beau art post cards at 10 cents each, with all charges paid. The seller promises to send handsome curtains at no cost if the buyer remits two dollars after sale proceeds. Address Pacific Mfg. Co., 705 Jet Avenue, Seattle.
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Pacific Mfg. CO
Jet Avenue
Seattle
Daphne Circle Meeting Schedule Recorded
Hereafter Daphne Circle of the W O W will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays each month in Moose hall. 8 J M'BRIAN serves as clerk.
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Daphne Circle
Moose Hall
Modern Brotherhood Attention Public Installation Event
The M B A will hold a public installation of officers followed by a free entertainment at Eagle Woodman hall Thursday evening at o'clock. Bring friends and attend.
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M. B. of A
Eagle- Woodman
Murdered Baby Boy Found Near Astoria
The body of a newborn baby about two days old was found wrapped in a sheet near the Grange Hall at Lewis and Clark Particulare. Coroner Gilbaugh reported internal mouth burns suggesting acid poisoning, with no exterior injuries. A New Year s dance was ongoing Sunday night when a woman discovered the body. no crew members identified yet.
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Astoria
Ore
Lewis and Clark
Gilbaugh
Personal mentions fill Pendleton city social pages
A stream of visitors and residents are noted in Pendleton and nearby towns. J Hurley and guests from Boise join the Bowman party. T W King arrives from La Grande. George Tonkin, Pendleton school supervisor, is paying a visit. Circuit Judge G W Phelps returns from Portland and Astoria. A B Carlton of Walla Walla visits. C J Ward of Stanfield and J W Wilcoxson from Walla Walla appear among citygoers. Sam Weathers of Umatilla and Herman Beverly, formerly Athena attorney, are in town. Marvin Watts from Athena is aboard the Locals. Ernest Knight returns from Portland. Homer Watts, attorney, comes for business. Mrs Eleanor Redfield returns from New Year with La Grande. Fred Wilson, Athena attorney and former banker-politician, is in Pendleton on business. Asa B Thomson from Echo visits. H M Lockburn, Umatilla County commissioner, arrives from Milton for county court. S D Peterson, Umatilla County representative, comes from Milton for legal matters. Miss Minnalena Cameron returns to Heppner after visiting La Grande and Pendleton, hosted by Mrs R W Fletcher. Edmund Mabie, local Telephone manager, hosts his mother and cousin from New York, plans to rent a South Thompson Street home for winter.
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Marvin Watts
Athena Miller
Ernest Knight
Portland
Homer Watts
Athena
Eleanor Redfield
la Grande
Fred Wilson
Pendleton
Asa B. Thomson
Echo
H. M. Lockburn
Milton
D. Peterson
Umatilla County
Minnalena Cameron
Heppner
la la Grande
R. W. Fletcher
Edmund Mabie
New York
Mabie
South Thompson Street
Women spend 15.3 cents per vote in California suffrage drive
Reports from the Southern California Political Equality League show women in California spent about 15.3 cents per vote to win equal suffrage in the recent state election. Men’s campaigns cost about 2.23 per vote, with totals around $13,000 spent from Fresno south and roughly similar funds in Northern California.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Iett
California
Southern California Political Equality League
Fresno
Tramp saves many from burning hotel blaze
In Battle Creek Michigan on January 2 an unknown tramp awakened sleeping boarders of the Park Hotel a boarding house for railroad men and alerted Fred Briggs the owner. The occupants escaped in their night clothes as the tramp hurried along the tracks to catch a slow freight train and resume his journey.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Park Hotel
Fred Briggs
Whisky Still Seized on Girardt Ranch Near Petaluma
Revenue officers under Chief Officer Thomas captured an illicit distillery on the Girardt ranch in the Sonoma mountains. They seized a complete outfit and stored it in the bended warehouse as evidence for federal authorities. The Giard ranch lies high in the mountains amid a dairy district with creameries and nearby dairy farmers.
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Ileit
Petaluma
Geo
B Haer
W. J. Dilaney
D. M. Thomas
The
Girardt
Sonoma
Rebels Dispersed as Zapistas Face Rural Forces in Mexico
Active campaigning against Zapistas continues in Puebla Morelos and Guerrero. A rurales unit of the tenth corps was ambushed by about 200 Zapistas in Puebla, losing five while escaping. Generals Equialis and Casso Lopez pursue rebels near Cuautla amid ongoing heavy fighting. Zapistas captured Huguachu a Puebla, sacking the town as 500 were involved. Federal troops move to engage the rebels.
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el Paso
Texas
Puebla
Morelos
Guerrero
Tenth Corps
Atate
Equialis
Casso Lopez
Cuatla
Fire Firefighters Free Reptiles In Bird Store Blaze
Firemen in the bird and snake store of W. O. Leary in San Antonio fought a blaze that released rattlers copperheads adders and tarantulas. Water damaged cages liberating reptiles and killing many parrots and snakes in the effort.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. O. Leary
Two Convicts Freed by Presidential Clemency
President Taft commuted the life sentences of Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer, two Black British subjects, for murder on the high seas. Conviction stemmed from the killing of four white officers and one Black seaman aboard the schooner A. H. Berwind off North Carolina in 1909. Henry Scott, a co-defendant, confessed and exonerated Adams and Sawyer.
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Washington
Taft
Arthur Adams
Robert Sawyer
Wilmington
N. Co
High Seas
Henry Scott
Adams
Sawyer
Roosevelt
British West Indies
A. H. Berwind
North Carolina
Scott
Southport
N_ Cc
Coal Barons Fear A Strike Of Mine Workers
New York reports coal operators fear preparations for a 150000 miner strike in the anthracite region. A publicity campaign asserts they will resist any UMWA efforts for better conditions, signaling spring actions and potential labor conflict.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Northern Pacific issues 1912 dining car pledge plaque
In St Paul Minnesota the Northern Pacific Dining Car Department distributed a wall plaque shaped like a shield seven inches long. The garlanded gift bears a 1912 New Year’s greeting and a pledge to use superior passenger service and high class dining car service on its trains. Friends and former patrons received these greetings in gold-lettered pasteboard boxes.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Dining Car Department
Sagar
Northern Pacific Railway
Wool Production Drops in United States in 1911
The National Association of Wool Manufacturers estimates 1911 domestic wool clip at 277,547,900 pounds, excluding pulled wool, down 6,914,550 from 1910. Pulled wool adds 41 million pounds, totaling 318,647,900 pounds, about 2,818,850 less than 1910. Value roughly 66,571,337 dollars, sheep shearing 39,761,000, down 2,238,500. Average scoured price per pound 47.7 cents.”
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United States
Hoston
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Association
Second Victim of Harney Shooting Dies
Burns Dr Robert Settlemyre dies from wounds received in the Elmer Carlson ranch shooting near Andrews. Earlier Perry was killed and Jack Taylor, the alleged shooter, is jailed. Settlemyre had lived in Harney county for 15 years and was respected in the community.
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Burns
Robert Settlemyre
Jack Taylor
Elmer Carlson
Andrews
Perry
Settlemyre
Taylor
Harney County
Funston backs helmets for American troops
Washington Brigadier General Funston says head covering shapes a soldier. He cites his Luzon command experience and notes British troops keep helmets in place during drills and combat. He criticizes American use of campaign hats as poor appearance and practicality.
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Washington
Funston
Department of Luzon
Idaho Girl Horse Thief Is Sent to an Asylum
Blackfoot Idaho a pathetic era in Marian Kirkpatrick life ends with commitment to state asylum for insane at Blackfoot She stole a horse in Owyhee county rode to Troise and sold it for 45 She was defended by Women of Robe then released on bond and taken to the home of Rev Mr and Mrs Christian of the Children's home The hearing revealed she had stolen another horse and her fondness for animals overbalanced her judgment
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Marian Kirkpatrick
State Asylum For
Kirkpatrick
Owyhee County
Troise
Robe
Christian
Unnamed woman linked to Montana marriage and horse theft case
A woman with an uncle in Montana says she married a man named Carter there years ago and separated soon after, claiming coercion by her uncle and aunt. She was bound over for trial in the district court on charges of stealing a horse from a rich near Bruneau in Owyhee county and awaited that trial. The Melrose System.
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Montana
Carter
Bruneau
Owyhee County
Armchair Purchase With Easy Terms Cited
A quotation from the Boston Transcript notes LT bought an armchair on the installment plan with the seller offering easy terms. The exchange emphasizes a dollar down and monthly payments as the collector can manage.
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Boston Transcript
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F.E. Livengood & Co
the Ladies’ and Children’s Store
N. Joerger
I. C. Snyder
Teutsch & Bickers
C. J. Whittaker
Penland Bros
Headlight
Webb
Thomas Fitzgerald
J. M'Brian
J. Ward
Stanfield
J. W. Wilcoxson
Walla Walla
Sam Weathers
Umatilla
Herman Beverly
N. P. Road
Harney
Wohlenberg
Workingmen’s Clothing Company
Oratorio
Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Royal College Choral Society
Charles Ovide Blakeslee
First Christian Church
John E. Keefe, Jr
Obadiah
Frank Hayes
J. S. Landers
Angel
J. R. Dickson
Ahab
Richard Mayberry
Maud Gray Swingle
Hays
Mayberry
Landers
Swingle
Dickson
Edna Zimmerman
Keefe
Charles W. 3Chan
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