Bachelor Farmers Seek Wives Club Organized in Washington
Spokane report says Blue Mountain Bachelors club formed at Dayton with 57 charter members led by Ralph Hunt a rancher and Washington State College graduate. The group aims to promote matrimony through discussions on education science and allied subjects and runs a confidential information and mating bureau. Members pledge discretion and seek educated women age up to 35 including widows who are real. The piece notes a strong bachelor surplus in Columbia County and a push for marriage.
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Spokane
Wash
Columbia County
Ralph Hunt
Blue Mountain Bachelors’ Club
Dayton
Hunt
State College of Washington
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a sure cure for coughs colds bronchitis and all pulmonary diseases for both young and old from A C Koeppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
A.C. Koeppen & Bros
Music Traps a Burglar in Swiss Pension
Swiss burglar Joseph Allweiler admits music hindered his escape after breaking into the Pension Rosenegg near Lucerne. He spent days gathering valuables and sampling champagne and provisions, but his fondness for music slowed his flight.
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Geneva
Joseph Allweiler
Joseph
Rosenegg
Lucerne
Murderer Reprieved Through Trial Technicality
Spokane Washington Paul Clein convicted of first degree murder last fall for killing Jan Lewondosk has been granted a new trial on jurisdiction grounds related to a government reservation. Judge J Stanley Webster ruled no jurisdiction to try a crime on a government reservation and noted lack of evidence the body was dragged to its discovery March 21 1909. Prosecutor Fred C Pugh called the order a dismissal in effect and pledged to produce records to try to bring Clein to justice. Clein welcomed the ruling but maintained his innocence afterward.
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Spokane
Wash
Paul Clein
Jan Lewondosk
J. Stanley Webster
Fred C. Pugh
Spokane County
Joseph B. Lindsley
United States
Clein
Webster
International Applicants Take Washington Medical Board Exam
One hundred eighteen applicants from every state and territory, plus South America, Mexico and Japan, travel to Spokane to seek medical licensure. The board, led by Dr. F. P. Witter, notes higher education and broader knowledge than in years past. Veterans of medicine and graduates of top European and American universities are among the candidates.
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Spokane
Wash
Union
South America
Mexico
Japan
State Medical Board
Washington
F. P. Witter
Europe
America
Ballard’s Snow Liniment for Neuralgia and Pain
An advertisement claims Ballard’s Snow Liniment relieves neuralgia rheumatism burns cuts and general pains. It promotes saving the face while rubbing out neuralgia and lists A C Koeppen and Bros as the sellers.
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Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Queen as Clucker Fancier at London Exhibition
The queen, a renowned exhibitor, wowed the King's Lynn and District Fur and Feather show in London. She entered multiple poultry classes, winning first and second in a bantam class, a third in game bantams, and receiving highly commended ribbons in additional events.
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London
King’s Lynn
Adams News and Personal Notes from Adams Oregon
Special correspondence from Adams Oregon reports social visits and local events. John Adams transacted business in Pendleton, Elmer Merritt visited Pendleton, and Louise Gross of Pendleton came to work for Mrs. P. Murry. Dr. Plamondon visited Mrs. Carpenter as she recovers from grip. Knights of Pythias held a large banquet at the I. O. F. hall after church. Walter McCormmack delivered a Franklin car to G. M. Morrison for 3100. Athena Baptist youth joined Adams meetings. Rev. Driver preached. Weather remained frigid with 16 below zero and several inches of snow, prompting a coal and wood shortage fears.
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Adams, Ore
John Adams
Umatilla
Pendleton
Elmer Merritt
City of
Misa Louise Gross
P. Murry
Plamondon
Athena
Adams
Charley Carpenter
la Grippe
Geles
Walla Walla
Prof. Haley
A. M. Coffey
Sam Carr W. O. Ried
T. A. Lieuallen
J. T. Lieuallen
Stockton
W. C. Driver
W. C. Driver and Wife, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, F. Whitely, Mr. and Mrs. 8, McCollum
L. Lieuallen
Walter McCormmack
Franklin Auto Company
Franklin
G. M. Morrison
Athena of the Baptist Church
Rider
Eva Richards
Gerry Rooker
Ida Banister
Vera Grous
Oscar McFarland
Floyd Paine
Winnie Gless
A. J. Winn
San Francisco Billboard Nudity Ordinance Passed
San Francisco city officials ban nude or partially clothed female figures on billboards. The measure requires proper drapery, assigns taxation, mandates wind resistant construction, and entrusts the building inspector to enforce the standards.
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San Franciscao
Poeta
Alamed
Bourda
Eugene Man Has Record For Marriages In 1909
Eugene pastor Rev D H Trimble of Eugene set a local record by marrying 16 couples in 1909. He performed four weddings on July 20, boosting Lane county license totals to 301 that year, surpassing prior records held by Rev Koontz of Moscow.
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Eugene
Ore
D. H. Trimble
Koontz
Moscow
Trimble
Methodist Church
Lane County
No one to blue pencil our old friend The Congressional Record
A dry, pointed remark about the Congressional Record noting a lack of editors or reviewers to craft or polish the official publication. The line has a satirical, insider tone reflecting on the legislative record keeping process.
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The
Congressional Record
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Pendleton Ad
Pendleton Oregon resident Mrs. E J Meiners testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieve years of backache and kidney trouble. She credits quick attacks to weather changes and cold, urges keeping Doan's on hand, available at Pendleton Drug Co. Price 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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E. J. Meiners
Lewis St
Pendleton
Ore
Dean
Doan
Pendleton Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Umatilla County Union meeting called in Pendleton
Acting on state president F A Sikes notice, J T Lievallen president calls a meeting of the Umatilla county Farmers Educational and Cooperative union in Pendleton at the Eagles hall on Saturday January 16 at 2 pm to elect county officers and address union business. A second ad paragraph promotes Bly’s Cream Balm for nasal catarrh hay fever and includes pricing and ordering details from Ely Bros New York.
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F. A. Sikes
Umatilla
Bly
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Hermiston to Build Opera House at Cost About $6000
Hermiston Oregon plans an opera house to be built immediately beside the Newport and Skinner block. The stone structure will be erected by the Newport Abstract Company at an estimated cost of about $6000.
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Hermiston
Ore
Newport & Skinner
Newport Abstract Company
Remedy advertisement promise for quick cold cure
An old time ad touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day. It notes a refund if it fails and bears E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
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East Oe Grocery
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