Amusements Tonight At The Local Theater
Friday’s program features The Harem Captives two reels about two Arabian sisters. A Freight Train Drama by Selig and Something Wrong With Bessie by Kalem. Governor West’s Honor System convicts talk and pictures by Kimon & White. The Great Steeplechase two reels of flying Thoroughbreds with spills and escapes. When Helen Was Elected a Selig love comedy. Broncho Billy’s Love Affair a western starring G. M. Anderson.
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Selig
Bessie
Governor West
Oregon
Kimon& White
Pathe
Helen
Essany
G. M. Anderson
Syrup of Figs Ad Promises Easy Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as the safe laxative for children. It claims a coated tongue signals stomach trouble and promotes gentle relief within hours. The ad emphasizes fig taste, says the product is made from figs senna and aromatics, and urges asking druggist for the full name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
The Vengeance of the Fakir and Busy Weekly Preview
A Friday and Saturday bill features The Vengeance of the Fakir from Kipling with a wild leopard action scene and a wounded actor still in hospital. Also shown are Princess the Royal Bengal Tiger. Rollcking Red’s Big Lark. The Foolishness of Oliver. The Apache’s Vow. Animated Weekly No 43. Coming Monday Resurrection with Blanche Walsh in Tolstoi drama.
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Kipling
Parish Priest at Oregon Theatre Delights Audience
Wheeler players presented The Parish Priest at the Oregon Theatre to a fair sized crowd last night. Daniel Sully starred in this longtime favorite with a strong supporting cast maintaining the high standard the play has shown in this city. A sales pitch follows offering Hood's Sarsaparilla as an internal remedy for rheumatism.
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Wheeler Players
Oregon Theater
Daniel Sully
Pleasure Jaunt: County Funds and Roads on Agenda
Portland January 17 convention of Oregon State Association of County Commissioners and judges tours rural sites including Kelly Butte and county farm. They favor a bill to bank county funds so interest benefits the county and plan to send a committee to Salem to discuss designate depositories. Also memorial seeks liberal support for Boys and Girls Aid and road building aims to connect county roads into a state highway system. In a separate report a shooting near an Austrian man, Joe Asioc, dies. Marshal Eno and Yancey arrest suspects as grand jury reviews case.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon State Association of County Commissioners
Kelly Butte
Multnomah County
H. W. Thompson
Lane County
Cleeton
Salem
E. C. Judd
Clatsop County
W. P. Moses
Benton
W. C. Leever
Jackson
Gardner
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society
G. W. Wonacott
Douglas
Eno
Yancey
Marshal Eno
Mate Dosin
Joe Asioc
Mules for Sale at Oregon Feed Yard Pendleton
J E VAN ORSDAL offers 13 head of mules for sale at the Oregon Feed Yard Pendleton. Large mules around 1300 pounds and several well broke smaller mules available.
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Oregon
Pendleton
J. E. van Orsdal
Wedding Breakfast Ends With Arrests In Williamsburg
New York arrest case at a wedding at 64 Box street Williamsburg. Anthony Phillips and his bride were arraigned in Manhattan Avenue Police Court on assault charges with two wedding guests jailed. Bail set at 2000 dollars by Magistrate Naumer after Officer Solon, serving a warrant on Paul Byatt, was knocked down. Six patrolmen helped secure the party.
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New York
Anthony Phillips
No. 64
Box Street
Williamsburg
Manhattan Avenue
Naumer
Solon
Paul Byatt
No. 24
Byatt
Byalt
Jury acquits friend in hunter death accident
Paste Washington January 17. A coroner's jury ruled A Trevithie died accidentally while hunting with four companions near Snake River Junction. Fellow hunter Guy Lamberton was cleared of responsibility after Trevithie, following him up a cliff, held a partially cocked rifle by the barrel and the weapon discharged. Trevithie was transported by train to Valleyford and then to Mica for burial. his father James Trevithie resides in Valleyford.
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A. Trevithie
Snake River Junction
Guy Lamberton
Trevbhie
Lamberton
Trevithie
James Trevithie
Valleyford
Wash
Mica
Austrians Duel on Street. One Killed in Ore.
In Wile, Oregon, two Austrians quarrel over a poker game and clash in a street duel with bowie knives and pistols. One principal fires a shot that misses, and the ensuing confrontation ends with a death.
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Wile Ore
Accused Preacher Vanishes After Divorce Case
Rev Frank Horn pastor of the Richmond Baptist church in San Francisco has disappeared from his lodgings after being served with a divorce complaint accusing him of improper and in some cases criminal acts. Parishioners reacted with mixed feelings as supporters claim mistaken identity and anticipate his vindication.
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San Francisco
Frank Horn
Richmond Baptist Church
Horn
Mother of H. Gill S. Dead in Seattle
Seattle news reports the death of Mrs. Charles R. Gill, mother of H. Gill S., with brief local details provided from Seattle on June 17.
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Seattle
Charles R
Death of Gil, Seattle civic matriarch, at 78
Gil 78 mother of former Seattle Mayor Hiram C Gill and widow of Charles R Gill pension commissioner under Grant and former Wisconsin attorney general died at her home. Her life tied to civic service and state politics, with the Gill family prominent in regional affairs.
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Gil
Hiram C. Gill
Seattle
Charles R. Gill
United States Pension Commissioner
President Grant
Wisconsin
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Tallman & Co
Meritol” Agents
James Cox
Mgr
Castoria
Alta House
Gus Schubart
East
Alta Street
Hunter
Gills
Rexall
General Electric Company
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Pacific Power @ Light Co
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