Silent Auction at Koeppens Gift Room Half Price Plan
An odd silent sale at The Gift Room next to Koeppen s Drug Store runs ten business days from January 7 to January 12 1910. Most items are sold at half price with a 10 percent advance on the first bid after half price, then open bidding. White and Gold Dinner Ware enjoys a half free policy. Only the organizer knows bidders. bids are posted and announced by committee. Full details available at The Gift Room on opening day.
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Annex
Koeppen
China
Change at the Orpheum Shows New Motion Pictures
The Orpheum theater begins a new program today with films changing three times weekly on Sundays Tuesdays and Fridays. Reel 1 from Pathe presents Forced Into Marriage and The Three Neighbors. Reel 3 from Gaumont shows The Greek Brave's Passion. Reel 3 from S.Fany features Rise In the Park and Matrimony.
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Orpheum Theater
Pathe
Gaumont
Sfany
Profitable Apple Orchard at Freewater Oregon
J. H. Helkes operates a two acre apple orchard in Freewater Oregon. Last season gross returns were 1207.60 with 160 spent on shipping and boxes, leaving 1060 net after picking packing by Heikes family. He purchased the property in August for 680 dollars.
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Freewater
Ore
J. H. Helkes
Heikes
Andere
Pendleton Notes Report Installations and Local Scenes
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports the installation of officers of Canto No. 4 I O O F Pendleton plus Epiphany service at Church of the Redeemer. It covers a small civil case Turner versus Lawson in circuit court and land litigation, Wheat Land Base, near Athena. Also notes 120 acres sold by Hugh McLane near Athena for 9600 dollars, Camas Prairie cold, Matlock improving, ice jams forcing mill shutdowns, county court session, C P Bishop staying to assist Pendleton Woolen Mills, continued cold weather, and Superintendent Landers wading the Umatilla River after duck hunting trip.
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Turner
Lawson
Whch
Hugh McLane
Athena
Pendleton
Landers
Portland
Willamette River
J. 5. Landers
Umatilla
R. BE. Tarbet
Barnhart
Mr. Landers
Probe Murder Mystery In Spokane lodgings death of Nick Brunski
Spokane police probe murder theory after Nick Brunski wealthy bachelor is found dead in a lodging house corner room with whisky and beer bottles. Attorney Perkins says Brunski was translating legal business the day before, had money then, and was not drinking. pockets empty, property substantial.
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Spokane
Wash
Nick Brunski
Perkins
Hrunski
Missouri Squirrels Arrive in Hilgard Oregon
J. D. McKennon returns from Missouri with several pairs of gray squirrels. He plans to acclimate them in eastern Oregon where such species are not yet common. McKennon hopes Oregon will prove a suitable home for the newcomers and allow them to propagate.
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Missouri
Hilgard
Ore
J. D. McKennon
United
Oregon
McKennon
Aice Sprinter Says Challenge Unaccepted in Oregon
Eugene Oregon hears no reply to Captain C P Dodd 76 year old soldier challenge to a foot race of 100 yards for a purse of 100 dollars. Dodd issues the call for any man of his age to meet him in a 100 yard sprint. No competitor has yet stepped forward to accept.
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Aice
Eugene
Ore
C.P. Dodd
Oklahoma sells 1,600,000 acres of common school lands
Guthrie Oklahoma. Over the next three weeks the state will auction 1.0 million acres of common school lands starting in Chandler with 361 tracts in Lincoln county. The total 1.6 million acres are valued at 8 to 34 dollars per acre, with sales limited to 160 acres per purchaser and charges for existing improvements.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Chandler
John N. Shepier
Lincoln County
New College
Simpler Uniforms To Be Worn By Germans
Berlin reports the Kaiser's Own Hussars adopt simple grayish brown field uniforms for all cavalry, abandoning bright colors used in peace. Red, blue, green, yellow, and white are reserved for peacetime. Officers receive fur helmets of oppossum, troopers use step-down helmets, leather parts remain tan, and the long sword is replaced by a bayonet.
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Berlin
Kaiser’s Own
Hussars
Ita
Attila
Panama farming push meets rugged Central American reality
Secretary Wilson's plan to teach Panamanians farming faces tough odds as officials report minimal plowing, reliance on nature, and half-acre plots. Panama's extreme terrain, lack of surveys, and canal-driven colonization complicate efforts to instill a productive agricultural culture and soil development.
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Washington
Fericulture
Wilson
Panama
Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
Sam
Department
Canal Commission
Spirit of Accomplishment in a Race of Tomorrow Creed
A fragment reflects a creed tied to the word manana meaning tomorrow. The text evokes a cultural motto linked to perseverance and future achievement across centuries.
Sleepy Motorman Falls Five Feet From Platform
New York subway motorman John Devitt dozed at One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street station and rolled off the bench as his train passed. He landed on ballast five feet below before fellow passengers halted the run. Dr. Godfrey treated a slight concussion. Devitt joked about sleeping spills.
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New York
John Devitt
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street
Devitt
Godfrey
Fat Woman Drowns After River Rescue Efforts
Mrs. Katherine Terry of West Berwick, over 200 pounds, drowned when water rescue attempts failed after she slipped at the river edge to fill a pail. A 13 year old boy, Russell Stuart, spotted her distress and signaled for help as rescuers in boats struggled to lift her.
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Berwick
Katherine Terry
West Berwick
Russell Stuart
Frank Lynn
Walter Grenley
Mrs. Terry
Good Roads for Douglas County Rock Crusher Arrives
Roseburg Oregon reports the Douglas County rock crusher has arrived and is prepared for operation. It features a capacity of 25 to 40 tons per hour and will feed material from the quarry by a cable-operated system using small dump cars to minimize hand handling. The county plans to keep the machine in near continuous use as part of its road building program.
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Douglas
Roseburg
Douglan County
Local ads list goods and services across town
Public notices and classified blurbs advertise coal and dry weed from Oregon Lumber Yard and Hanscom's jewelry. Rentals, hay for sale, shoes, veal prices, piano teacher, and room and board offers appear with contact cues and street hints.
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Pendleton Auto Company
Oregon Lumber Yard
Hanscom’s
Omak
Oregon Lumber Yards
Goodyear West
Wohlenberg
Heyburn
Knights of Columbus set August pilgrimage to birthplace
Knights of Columbus nationwide plan a grand pilgrimage next August to Rome and Geneva the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. It will be the largest pilgrimage to Rome from the United States. Directed by Daniel Colwell M C O'Connor and William N Geary the journey will have J J Keane bishop of Cheyenne as spiritual director and presenter to the Pope.
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New York
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Geneva
Christopher Columbus
Daniel Colwell
M. C. O'Connor
William N. Geary
J. J. Keane
Cheyenne
Wyo
What is a kiss asks New Orleans editor
A fragment from the New Orleans States questions the meaning of a kiss and suggests the editor may never fully grasp it. The line hints at a broader debate over romance and interpretation in a city newspaper.
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New Orleans
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F. E. Livengood
Ladies Home Journal
Patterns Fland Publications
Koeppens
Ing
Kobppens
Orpheum
Newsy
Canto N. 4
Camas Prairie
James Huston
Camae Preirie
Matlock
C. J. Smith
Andrew C. Smith
W. F. Matlock
California
Byers
Walters
C. P. Bishop
C. P, Bishop
Clarence
Roy Bishop
Pendleton Woolen Mills Company
Tiishop
Central America
Secretary of Agriculture
Mies Phiney
E. Webb
Salem
Hanscom
Jewr' S
East Oregonian
Wobe Street
Hanscom's
Blaze
Columbus
Nelson
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