Local ads and old Pendleton notices montage
A jumble of local business promos from Pendleton lists Ingrams for country sausage and spare ribs, Bowmans and Pastime Studio photography, St Elmo rooms, Oregon Lumber Yard wood sales, furnished rooms for rent, and a five acre ranch ad. It also recounts Balzac anecdote about a Balzac Balzac tale with a blank fifth act and alternate endings in his head.
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Ingrame
Ingrames
Bowman Photo Studio
St. Elmo
Pendleton
Ingrams
Bowman's
P. D
EB. C
Balzac
Lirieux
Odeon Theater
Paris
Quinola
Bunyan’s Sharp Answer in Bedford Prison
John Bunyan, confined in Bedford Jail for his faith, is approached by a Quaker who claims the Lord sent him to seek Bunyan. Bunyan retorts that the Lord knows he has been in prison for years and would have sent the seeker directly if true.
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Bunyan
John Bunyan
Pilgrim's Progress
Bedford
Gas Bill Confusion Sparks Flat Dweller Outburst
An irate resident storms into a gas office exclaiming that a bill shows the amount of gas burned last month. The clerk responds calmly that the bill represents the amount due to pay, not necessarily the exact consumption. The Chicago News reports the exchange as a witty, everyday grievance.
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Chicago News
Farmers Propose Reversing Road Route Near Sax Station
Farmers meet at the Commercial club rooms Saturday at 1:30 to decide straightening Straghten County road near Sax Station by rerouting it into the valley to avoid heavy grades. President Henry Taylor will chair and a new secretary will be elected to replace Walter McCormmich.
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Sax Station
Good Roads
Henry ‘Taylor
Commercelal Club
Taylor
Walter McCormmich
American fleet sails through Suez Canal to Port Said
Cairo dispatch reports two hundred American fleet officers arriving at Suez with five hundred more to follow for a brief visit. The supply ship Calgoa WH hastened to coal and stock supplies. In Washington, battleships Connecticut Vermont Minnesota and Kansas began passage through the canal early today with right of way granted to Port Said.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Khedivial City
Calgoa
Washington
Vermont
Minnesot
Kansas
Port Said
Pete Harkle Dies at Parents Home
Pete Harkle, 12, son of Mr and Mrs G B Harkle, died at his parents 214 Thompson Street. Death due to typhoid pneumonia. Funeral arranged at First Methodist Church tomorrow at 2 oclock, with Baker & Folsom undertaking parlors handling arrangements.
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Pete Harkle
G. B. Harkle
Thompson Street
Baker & Folsom Undertaking
First Methodist Church
Kidder Family Receives News Of Large Estate Settlement
The Kidder family, including Mrs George Kidder of Athena, learned that through the settlement of the Springer estate in Philadelphia she has been left a large sum of money. While the exact portion is not yet known an estimate places it above 160000 dollars. No direct information has reached Mrs Kidder.
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Kidder
City
Athena
Springer
Philadelphia
George Kidder
Mrz. Kidder
New Dry Goods Store Planned on Main Street
A new dry goods store is planned for Main Street by M. S. Cobb, owner of the Big Six Bargain House on Court Street. The store will occupy the former Graham furniture shop in the Association building, with carpenters installing shelving and fixtures. The new store will operate separately from the Cobb Court Street shop while J. A. Cobb continues Big Six Bargain at its current location. The Main Street outlet will offer general merchandise with a focus on dry goods.
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Main Street
M.S. Cobb
Birgain House
Court Street
Graham Furniture
Carpentera
Cobb
J. A. Cobb
Death Pact Ends in Missing Alaskan Miner
San Francisco reports that George J. Murray and R. C. Fisk planned to die together after taking Fisk’s gold. Fisk was found shot. Murray vanished after allegedly killing his partner, leaving a farewell letter. Alameda authorities asked Honolulu police to locate Murray, last seen in Seattle and thought to be in Hawaii.
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San Francisco
George J. Murray
R. C. Fisk
Alameda County
Honolulu
Halibut Bay
Alaska
W. G. Whorf
Fisk
Murray
Seattle
Hawaiian Islands
Patladelphians to Get Gas for Eighty Cents
The U S Supreme Court ruled against Consolidated Gas of New York in the 80 cent gas case, dissolving the injunction blocking a law setting gas price at 80 cents per 1000 cubic feet. The 1905 investigation led to the price cap, which the legislature said gave the company a 6 percent asset profit.
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Patladelphians
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Consolidated Gas Company of
New York City
Fis
Census Counts Over Six Thousand School Children in Umatilla
The 1908 county school census lists 6259 children in Umatilla with 1738 in Pendleton. Milton-Freewater district reports about 694 pupils, while district No. 74 at Bates Station has the fewest.
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Umatilla
Pendleton
Milton-Freewater
Bates Station
Cosgrove to Attend Inauguration Northward
Paso Robles Calif Jan 1 Cosgrove announced he will leave Thursday for Olympia to be inaugurated January 14 if health improves Plans for departure are complete After inauguration he will likely return to Paso Robles Master Masons Attention Pendleton lodge No 62 A F and A M hosts Masonic address on pyramid traditions at Masonic Hall with refreshments and social session Dated Monday January 4 1908 Stephen A Lowell W M
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Paso Robles
Calif
Cosgrove
Olympia
Masonic Hall
Charles J. Smith
Pendleton Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Egypt
Pendleton Lodge
Stephen A. Lowell
W. M
Mule dealer brings 22 mules to Umatilla county farm
J A Bagwell of Adams arrives from Kansas City with twenty two fine Missouri mules he plans to use on a local wheat farm in Umatilla county. He expresses strong belief that mules are best for the work and displays several handsome specimens. Sausage at Ingrams.
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J. A. Bagwell
Adams
Kansas City
Missouri
Umatilla County
Absence of Heney Delays Calhoun Trial
San Francisco January 4 due to Heney’s inability to reach the city the Pat Calhoun trial for offering a tribe to a supervisor member is likely to be continued to January 12. Calhoun’s lawyers oppose postponement claiming they have pressed for immediate action while Langdon and O Gara blocked it. Heney’s telegram says he will be in the city on any day the case is continued.
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San Francisco
Heney
Pat Calhoun
United Railroads
Board of Supervisors
Calhoun
Haa
Langdon
John O'Gara
Senator Heyburn Narrowed to Support in Idaho Return
Boise Idaho Jan 4 All opposition to the re election of United States Senator W EB Heyburn practically collapsed today The move leaves Heyburn with solid backing from Idaho lawmakers and supporters as the election nears The report notes a unified stance among key figures in Boise and the state capital toward his return to the Senate
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Boise
Idaho
United States
W. EB. Hevburn
Popular Barber Returns After California Trip
Popular barber and official umpire for last season's baseball league returns from months away in California after a long trip.
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Busey Bursettie
California
Cone
Watch Giveaway At The Pastime Theater
The Pastime theater will give away a fine ladies' gold watch on Thursday evening January 7. The watch can be seen in the window of Sawtello's Jewelry Store. Pendleton Furniture Co. has received a carload of Sanitaire trench and brass beds direct from eastern manufacturers. Call to see the pretty design.
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Bowman's Studio
Pendleton Furniture Co
Sawtello
Read the Bast Oregonian Sausage at Ingrama St Elmo
A fragmentary note mentions sausage at Ingrama and clean begs at St Elmo with reasonable rates, inviting readers to peruse the Bast Oregonian for details.
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Clean
St. Elmo
The
Bast
Oregonian
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Sie
F. E. Livengood & Co
Columbia River
Gray Bros. Grocery CO
Oregon Lumber Yard
West Court
Farmers Headquarters
Oregon
J. B. Halley
Express
Welch
M. B. Keys
Golden Rule Hotel
A. C. Roch
Empire Block
A. C. Koeppen & Brothers
Straghten
Good Roads Association
Saxe Station
Americas Pleep
Sue Canal
MES
POR Association
Master Masons
Heyburn
Ingrama
Pendleton Cloak & Suit House
Pendleton Business
FE. O. Draper, Prin
Central Meat Market
Remington
Remington Typewriter Co. [Incorporated
Portland
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