Cast Ready for Oratorio Elijah Concert in Pendleton
After weeks of rehearsal the Royal College of Porpora Choral Society directed by Prof. Charles C. Blakeslee prepares Mendelssohn Elijah entirely with home talent at the First Christian church. Soloists include J E Keefe Jr Frank Hayes and several Mrs. Dicksons and Miss Edna Zimmerman with a double quartet. seven piece orchestra supplies the accompaniment. patrons and patronesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
El'jah
Portland
Pendleton
J. E. Keefe, Jr
Frank Hayes
J. S. Landers
J. BR. Dickson
J R. Dickson
Maud Gray Swingle
Richard Mayberry
Edna Zimmerman
Charles W. Meighan
Lst
P. Bishop
James A. Fee
F. B. Judd
Milnes
Charles Quincy
C. J. Smith
T. C. Taylor
W. L. Thompson
J F Winter
R. Alexander
Lina Sturgis
Leon Cohen
E. P. Marshall
Blakeslee
A. J. Owens
John Rothisberger Braden
Mileage and service record on St. Louis mail route horse and driver
Mr Blount has served 13 years on the Berryman and Potosi mail route covering 171,993 miles from Berryman to Potosi and back. His horse George, aged 14, has aided for over eleven years with 1,735 round trips of 42 miles each totaling 72,870 miles. The Clydesdale horse, weighing 1,200 pounds, remains strong and healthy. In eleven years and one month the horse has worn out 135 dollars worth of shoes.
Newsy Notes of Pendleton 1910 Court and Real Estate Activity
The second judicial day of the new Year saw an empty police court with no offenders. A deed records a sale of half section: T C Wester and wife of Walla Walla sold 420 acres near Blalock mountain to Andrew Swanson for 16000. The county court met to audit bills. A Hawthorne school Parents and Teachers meeting is planned for Friday at 4 30. Wesley Matlock, new Oregon theater manager, hires United Orchestra for all attractions. The grand jury convened for January term with around a dozen criminal cases under review and witnesses filling the corridors.
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T. C. Wester
Wala Walla
Andrew Swanson
Blalock Mountain
Parents and
Hawthorne School
Wesley Matlock
Oregon Theater
United Orchestra
Grand Jury
Circuit Court
Court House
Sleighing Report Sparks Milton Snow Folklore
Milton sees several inches of snow with good sleighing while Representative 8. D. Peterson arrives from the east end. He notes Pendleton looks bare when he arrives by train, contrasting expectations of snow.
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Milton
8. D. Peterson
East End
Peterson
Pendleton
Routine Commercial Club Meeting
Last night's session of the Commercial club proved routine with no major business. Members who attended paid monthly bills and handled other ordinary tasks while cold weather kept many away.
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Commercial Club
Polly of the Circus Comes to Town This January 14
J M Abrams business representative for Frederick Thompson's Polly of the Circus arrives to arrange a presentation with Manager Matlock at the local theater on January 14. An enlargement of the stage is hoped to accommodate the show after last year's cancellation due to space. Abrams notes the company includes seven circus people and six or seven horses for realism.
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Polly
J. M. Abrams
Frederick Thompson
Matlock
Abrams
Cobbler Shop Enshrined in Lynn Maine on Wheels
A six mule drawn cobbler shop started by Samuel Winslow Sr moves toward Weverly after fifty years on Collins street. Bought by Samuel Winslow president of United Shoe Machine Co to be placed at his home grounds in memory of his father. He seeks his father's old work bench and kit to restore the shop as it was.
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Lynn
Mass
Samuel Winslow
Weverly
Collins Street
United Shoe Machine Company
Mr. Winslow
Mince Pie Suspected Of Causing Sleepiness at Mt Holyoke
South Hadley Mass Mt Holyoke College faculty investigated why girls grew sleepy at 2 pm recitations. They blamed luncheon meals and announced that mine pie and apple dumplings would be removed from meals. Luncheons will offer fruit and lighter edibles instead.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mt. Holyoke College
Burglar Outruns Purser in River Race (Continued)
A burglar fleeing after a Christmas visit triggers chaos as a tub of water on a chair near a cellar door topples Penland and a wild chase ensues. The intruder escapes after dropping two jars of fruit while Penland is soaked and shaken by the commotion.
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Penland
Pursuit Ends as Night Boots a Cold Chase
Penland, clad only in a night shirt, pursued a fleeing burglar down a south hill street. The cold ground froze his shot, his feet were battered, and the chase ended when endurance failed at fifteen feet from the target. He vowed no further ventures at night.
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Penland
Hhare
Burgkiuir
Penlund
Stull Penland
Hook Not To Go On Supreme Bench Says Taft
President Taft confirmed protests against Justice Hood of Kansas for the U S Supreme Court vacancy and signaled he may consider Justice Swayze of New Jersey. The move follows opposition planning to defy Senate precedents and block the nomination.
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Hook
Supreme Bench
Taft
Washington
William Hood
Kansas
United States Supreme Court
Curtis
Justice Swayze
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Senate
Snow in Mountains Fails to Halt Trains
Snow in the mountains is deep but not troublesome in La Grande Oregon. Western trains face late schedules due to heavy snowfall and cold in Montana and Colorado. Local systems avoid delays as well packed snow prevents drifting and detached snow plows keep main line service steady.
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la Grande
Oregon
Montana
Colorado
Former Governor's Son Undergoes Skin Grafting
Frank W. Fort, son of former New Jersey Governor John Franklin Fort, submitted to a skin grafting operation today. Two square inches of cuticle from his thigh was grafted onto the face of his infant son William after a lamp shade fell on him causing burns.
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New York
Frank W. Fort
John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
William
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Treas
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Florida
Gray Bros. Grocery Co. Quality Grocers
Newsy
Hostetter
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Wm. Hanscom
Pendleton Dye Works
iPhone
E. Alta
Boston
Mark Moorhouse CO
E. Court Street
County Realty
Golden Rule
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