City Briefs and Advertisements in Oregon News
Short items list wood sales at Minnis and Cushman and unpriced rooms for rent at East Oregonian office. Ads from Goodman Hardware Co promote Petaluma incubators and sewing machines from The Eldridge, with job note for a bookkeeper. A long passage describes a Southern Pacific excursion train plan with added dining cars and Pullmans for Spokane and Walla Walla, plus Portland welcome programs and souvenir engravings.
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Campbell's
Mia
Lee Moorhouse
East Oregonian
Stansbery & Milne
Goodman Hardware Co
Goodman Hardware
Schmidt
Hunter Furniture
Eldridge
Goodmin Hardware Co
Care Golden Rule Hotel
Busy city visits note many locals in town
A parade of names appears with visits and business in the city today. J M Kemp, Herbert Boylen, Joe Lieuallen, Dave Lavender, J B Harvey, Co J Burness, Mrs Richard Jones, Irving Worthington, F F Van Dusen, T T Geer, R R Johnson, F T George, C S Mudge, Frank Coolidge, Mrs T G Smith, Mrs J E Reeves, J T Lieuallen, Mrs Rose Campbell, Mr and Mrs Raphael Raymond, G G Gerking, George D O'Conner, Miss Nora Doty, Sheriff Ed Rand, Miss Evelyn Latourelle, W P Leach, Edna Storle, and Latourelle family are noted as in city on business, visiting, or awaiting travel. An essay on Swiss laws for boys and a reflection on health habits follow.
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J. M. Kemp
Athena
Herbert Boylen
Pilot Rock
Joe Lieuallen
Weston
Dave Lavender
J. B. Harvey
Echo
Co. J. Burness
la Grande
Richard Jones
Aity
Irving Worthington
Irrigan
F. FE. van Dusen
Hermiston
Ality
T. T. Geer
Portland
State Press Association
R. R. Johnson
F.T. George
C. 8. Mudge
Hotel St. George
Frank Coolidge
Athena Jeweler
T. G. Smith
J. E. Reeves
J. T. Lieuallen
Adama Country
Rose Campbell
Walla Walla
Evelyn Latourelle
Seattle
W. P. Leach
Weston Mountain
Misa Edna Storle
Pendleton
Vislt
Wetzel
Misa Vela Wells
la Grande Observer
F. J. L. Beaudry
Mrs. Latourelle
Mrs. Beaudry
Inland Empire Excursion Train to Portland and San Francisco
The Inland Empire excursion train from Spokane and Walla Walla via Portland to Los Angeles, starting February 7, will be the most remarkable event in the Northwest. The O R and N company has reached the limit of train capacity and stopped ticket sales. More than 200 travelers will participate, many from farming communities who have risen from modest means to prosperity in wheat businesses and related industries.
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Southern Pacific Company
Portland
San Francisco
Spokane
Walla Walla
Siskiyous
Bet
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Passenger Department
Inland Empire
Los Angeles
The
Northwest
Portland Journal
Southern Pacific System
Pullman Company
Prairie Dog Slayer Sues Over Ranch Extermination Fee
Roswell attorney Willim Worthgate Wood leaves for Dermitt Texas to defend J. H. White G. W. Littlefield and Littlefield Land and Cattle Co in a suit by L. F. McReynolds claiming payment for exterminating 28000 acres of Yellow House ranch in Lamm Hickley Cochran and Bailey counties. The case seeks 90000 dollars.
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Roswell
N. M
Willim Worthgate Wood
New Mexico
Dermitt
Texas
L. F. McReynolds
Yellow House Ranch
Lamm
Hickley
Cochran and
Bailey Counties
J. H
Morning Time Poem Lines By John D Wells
A verse in the Buffalo News reflects on dawn and human dignity urging humble men to greet the morning, finding life and love anew. The writer John D. Wells appears in the East Oregonian cited reading context.
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John D. Wells
Buffalo News
French Artists Reject Alcohol as Muse Inspiration
A Paris periodical reports editors surveyed leading artists and writers who claim their best work came without alcohol. Painters, sculptors, novelists and essayists unanimously deny intoxication as muse while poets admit tobacco tea and coffee provide real inspiration, noting many verses arose from Lady Nicotine and coffee.
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France
Bacchus
John Barleycorn
Gates of Now and Then Poem Parable
A Spokane Chronicle poem contrasts two gates the wide inviting gate of It and the small gate of Now. It argues most chase distant bright futures while true access lies in present choices. The poem depicts lingering crowds and echoes a rebuke from those who found the path long after.
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Spokane Chronicle
Rich Banker Frank Nonno Found Dead Near Ainsley NY
Wealthy banker Frank Nonno was found dead near Ainsley New York yesterday after a violent struggle with thieves who escaped with his valuables. Authorities pursue leads as investigators comb the crime scene for clues.
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Frank Nonno
Ainsley
New York
Sentinel Pony of Custer’s Campaign
A pony bugler ridden by a boy in General Custer’s campaign proved a sharper sentinel than soldiers. The circus pony saved the camp from night attacks three times in four months and once woke a sentinel by biting his arm. Both pony and boy died in Custer’s last battle. the animal bore twelve arrows when found.
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Custer
Pony
Boy
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Helen of Troy and Avoirdupois Quip At Fancy Dress
A reporter asked a woman in costume what character she represented and she replied Helen of Troy. The journalist quipped that he thought she might be Helen of Avoirdupois given her figure.
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Helen of Troy
Helen of
Monkey and stone paradox puzzles physicists debate
A group of six eminent physicists discuss a classic puzzle with a monkey attached to one end of a rope over a pulley and a stone on the other. As the monkey climbs, will the stone rise or fall. The debate ends without result, prompting readers to settle the question.
Anecdote of Agassiz and a Birdseye View
A person offered a picture titled Birdseye View of Cambridge to Professor Agassiz. He studied it briefly, then looked at the seller and said in his characteristic accent I thank my God I am not a bird. The remark appeared in the Boston Transcript.
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Agassiz
Professor Agassiz
Cambridge
Boston Transcript
Fiancee’s blush at a fashionable wedding reveal
An explanation unfolds at a stylish wedding where an usher asks if she is friend of the bride or groom. She declares she is the fiancee of the organ blower, Lipnickott, blushing as she answers.
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Lippincott’s
Expressive Selections Highlight Classic Quotations
A compact collage of quotation fragments from Independent, Brooklyn Life, Sydney Smith, and others. It features an energetic orator declaring the American eagle’s endurance across landscapes, a retort about marital advantage, and a reflection on grief shaped by personal shadows.
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Canada
Great mob scene in The Christian at Oregon tonight
A dramatic mob scene unfolds in The Christian showing tonight at Oregon theater. Patrons report intense action as crowd dynamics and stage craft heighten suspense during the performance.
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Oregon
New Rail Line Planned from Kennewick to Waterville
Kennewick officials announce a new electric standard gauge railroad 134 miles long from Kennewick to Waterville. It will connect with five transcontinental lines and the North Coast, tapping irrigated lands and wheat lands. Power will come from the Priest Rapids plant under a 30 year power contract.
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Kennewick
Priest Rapids
White Bluffs
Will Parole 80 Convicts From State Penitentiary
The state board will examine 80 inmates for possible pardons paroles or longer confinement as their cases are reviewed. Authorities intend to release or extend terms based on the board's findings after careful consideration.
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State Board
Lydia E Pinkham Woman’s Remedy Praised by Sufferer
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manning Town writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of severe female complaints and costly medicines. The letter promotes the product as a lasting cure and invites others to seek advice at Lynn Mass.
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T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Town
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia RE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
New Year Resolve Or Not, A Local Look At Promise
Washington Star notes that the coming year offers glorious promise yet warns against chasing impossible perfection. The column balances optimistic goals with practical, grounded expectations for personal and communal progress.
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Washington Star
Pendleton Theater Offers The Christian Play Seats Going Fast
Promote the Christian drama in Pendleton with advance seating at Pendleton Drug Co until 10, then Main 110 at theater. Call for tickets and secure your seat for the soon to be landmark performance.
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Pendleton
Seate
Pendleton Drug Co
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