Echo News Notes and Local Land Deal
Dark loam of river land brings 272 per acre. Frank Skinner buys five acres of garden and orchard land in Umatilla county for 1360, near the river opposite Echo. School reopens after holidays with good attendance. John Templeton recovering. Uncle John appears on the street. Teachers and pupils resume with enthusiasm. Mrs. J T Hoskins visiting Pendleton. Willie is mentioned in absence.
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John Templeton
Echo
Frank Skinner
Lois Smith
Umatilla
W. &. Thresher
Kit Hayes
Pendleton
J. W. Chamberlain
Hosking Named Host at Hotel Hoskins
Hosking serves as host at the Hotel Hoskins, taking charge of guest reception and lounge duties. The assignment places him at the center of hospitality operations, coordinating events and ensuring guest comfort in the hotel’s public spaces.
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Hoskins
Prince Wilhelm Receives World First Dirigible Rocking Horse
Berlin January 6 Prince Wilhelm eldest son of the Crown Prince was given a new invention described as the world's first dirigible rocking horse. A Berlin suburban photographer created the toy for the Crown Prince's two and a half year old heir. The horse’s hoofs are on rails enabling forward and sideways motion with a simple rocking action.
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Berlin
Wilhelm of
Prussia
Worshiping a Murderess in Dresden Grave Sees Sunday Prayers
In Dresden the tomb of Grete Beler, 22, who shot her fiancé after attempting to poison him, has become the focus of a strange worship. Women from Dresden's best society visit the grave each Sunday to pray, leaving weathered offerings on the tomb.
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Frerlin
Dresden
Beler
Grete Beler
Good Business Opportunity at Helix Oregon Motel and Millinery
A renovated Helix Oregon motel and millinery store offers a profitable business opportunity. The listing notes strong current trade and solid reasons for selling. Inquiries directed to Mrs Frank Myers Helix Oregon.
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Helix
Ore
Frank Myers
Oregon
Ass Kicked Wild Animal Dies Aboard Steamship
New York reports a wild ass bound for exhibition died on the steamer Mesaba after repeatedly kicking through stalls and decks. The creature, reportedly in good health, kicked holes in the stall, sides, and decks while the ship pitched, and the chief engineer feared it would breach the engine room before death.
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New York
Confiraud
Bronx
Sweden
Baltimore Sun
SAME BOOKS WORSE OR BETTER IN KANSAS TEACHERS VIEW
Topeka reports that over 200 rural teachers show ignorance in a state survey. Supt Pairchild circulated a questionnaire asking teachers to rate present physics grammar and history texts as better or worse than the old books. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the current texts are the same as previous editions.
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Topeka
State Superintendent of Schools
Supt
Pairchild
Chicago Record-Herald
Girl nearly buried alive in marsh rescue near Ridley Creek
Miss Helen Haney, en route to work along the Eddystone marshes near Ridley Creek in Chester Pa, sank into sticky mud while chasing her hat. Gilbert Childs Jr arrived, summoned aid, and pulled her from the dangerous mire as a rescuer. A rental notice also appears for a storeroom in the East Oregonian building.
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Chester
Helen Haney
Eddystone
Ridley Creek
Miss Haney
Gilbert Childs, Jr
Childs
Magnetic survey yacht Carnegie a nonmagnetic craft
The Carnegie Institution awards Brooklyn's Tebo Yacht Co. a contract to build the nonmagnetic magnetic survey yacht Carnegie. W J Peters commands the vessel designed for a precise magnetic study of the seven seas using bronze anchors and no magnetic metals. An unrelated ad notes one unfurnished room for rent in the East Oregonian building with electric lights and steam heat.
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Washington
Carnegie Institution
Tebo Yacht Company
Brooklyn
Carnegie
Wallace Downey
Emperor William
W. J. Peters
Seven Seas
New York Tribune
East Oregonian
E. O
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Independence
E. E. Paddock
Association
Winslow Bros
Echo News
Kaiser’s Gramison
Tler
Cyrus Noble
United States
W. v. J. van Schuyver & CO
Portland
W. J. van Schuyver & Co
P.O Adbe
Wimsele
Ile
Kansas
Foleys
Pendleton Drug Company
Bright's
Rock Spring
B. L. Burroughs
Lantz Bros
Main St
Crete
and Lasta Jronger
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