News Notes From Pilot Rock and Vicinity
Special Correspondence from Pilot Rock Oregon reports a series of local movements. Henry Caastoc of Ukiah traveled through Pilot Rock to Pendleton on business. Mrs Olive Knotts and children visited Pendleton. Miss Myrtle Westgate and Miss Georgia Jaques, Pendleton students, spent the weekend at home. George G Schlegel made a business trip to Pendleton. Elery Michaels visited Pendleton. Mrs West Smith and Mrs Alfred Smith left for Evco to attend a Rebekah convention. James Whittaker of Nye was a business visitor. Maude Mathews of Stewart Creek visited Pilot Rock. Robert Manning visited Pendleton. Car Jensen spent a few days in Pendleton. Mrs Alfred Hemphill visited her parents eight miles south. George Johnson of Nye visited Pilot Rock. Mrs M B Clark spent Saturday in Pilot Rock.
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Print Rock
Ore
Henry Caastoc
Ukiah
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Olive Knotts
Myrtle Westgate
Georgia Jaques
George G. Schlegel
Elery Michaels
West Smith
Alfred Smith
Evho
Rebekah
James Whittaker
Nye
Maude Mathews
Stewart Creek
Robert Manning
Car Jensen
Alfred Hemphill
Here
George Johnson
M. EB. Clark
One Pupiled Wisconsin School Faces Closure Debate
Manitowoc Wisconsin reports District No 3 pays $600 annually to support a school with a single student. The Wisconsin Board resists closing the institution while the town of Franklin weighs options to consolidate or relocate the pupil for more efficient schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Board
Manitowoc
Wia
Franklin
Wisconsin
Pupil Transfer Policy and AROMATIC HEALING CURE
A public notice promotes Mother Gray's Aromatic Leap to cure backache dizziness headache and general languor claiming kidney bladder and urinary benefits. The advertisement offers the root and herb remedy sold by druggists or by mail for 60 cents with a free sample. The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York provides details.
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Mother Gray
Mali
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Maine Relic for Pittsburgh to Rest on Jenkins Grave
The Maine fighting top, 13 years above the Havana harbor wreck, will likely be laid to rest near Lieutenant F W Jenkins's grave in Pittsburgh. American veterans of foreign service urged arrival, and Major R G Woodside reports Secretary Meyer will consider Pittsburgh's request after assurances from Pennsylvania congressmen.
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Jenkin
Pittsburgh
Maine
Havana Harbor
F. W. Jenkins
American Veterans of Foreign Service
R. G Woodside
McKinley Post
Meyer
Navy
Woodside
Po'try or Poultry: Japanese Inquiry in Tacoma Note
Tacoma reporter K Sato travels from Seattle to Boston carrying in his notebook the names of Longfellow Emerson and Lowell as American authorities on poultry. The Japanese government sent him to study the art of raising poultry in the United States, tying poetry to hen myths.
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Tacoma
Wash
K. Sato
Seattle
Boston
Longfellow, Emerson and Lowell
Japanese envoy studys American poetry voyage to Boston
On the Mexico Maru Sato told American travelers he came officially to study American poetry. He was directed to Boston and Indianapolis as poetry centers and given the names Longfellow Emerson and Lowell. Local papers noted Japan’s official envoy to study American poetry. Just before Boston he urged a countryman he came to investigate hens, not rhymes.
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Pacific
Sato
Boston
Indianapolis
Longfellow
Emerson
Lowell
Japan
Ato
Pay for Long Service Asked by Indian Plaintiff
An amended complaint in the Hendricks circuit court alleges Joseph J. Dean of Hendricks county tried to cheat and defraud Silninger. Silninger claims he was taken from an orphan asylum in Cincinnati in 187 and placed on Christie’s farm, forced to work without education, and later misled into a court ruling of unsound mind. He sought $5500 in 1979, Christie allegedly led to Danville for a settlement, Doan as guardian settled for $100, and Silninger now seeks $7500 for services and $6509 damages. Case filed in Hendricks circuit court with venue here.
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Indianapolis
Marlon
Joseph J. Dean
Hendricks County
Slininger Avera
Cincinnati
Ohio
Christie
Danville
Silninger
Doan
Hendricks Circuit
New Trial Sought After Witness Oath Question in Damitory Case
In a divorce case Helen Damitory v Phil Demitrov, defense witness Mike Ponto crossed his fingers while sworn in, observed by Judge Rush. Attorney Joseph Galdiman seeks a new trial, arguing the gesture may have affected testimony. Judge Amick noted the act but deemed it too late to correct.
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Qutet
Jozeph
Helen Damitory
Phil I Demitrov
William K. Amick
Joseph Galdiman
Damitrov
Mike Ponto
Theath
W. D. Rush
Eircuit Court
Amick
Goldman
Ponte
Folks Past Fifty Must Use Cascarets
An age themed ad extols Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic for older adults to aid bowels. It argues constipation is natural with aging, urges regular use, and claims the product works while you sleep and costs 10 cents per box at drug stores.
New Haven Masonic Leader Hooghkirk Dies at 85
Charles B. Hooghkirk of New Haven, the oldest past master of Masons in Connecticut, died after a joyfully regained sight failed to last. He was 85, became blind two years earlier, and an operation had restored his vision before dying as he was to be discharged from the hospital.
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Kirk
Masons
Connecticut
Mr. Hooghkirk
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Omaha Hotelman
Mr Jas McCaffery of the Schiltz Hotel in Omaha recommends Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a universal cure he has used and advised to many others who report it cures throat and lung diseases. Polonyo’s Honey and Tar is a reliable family medicine. give to children and take it for colds. It checks coughs croup and prevents bronchitis and pneumonia. Refuse substitutes, sold by all dealers.
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Foley
Jas, McCaffery
Mer
Schiltz Hotel
Omaha
Neb
Poloyo
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Promises Lung Relief
A dry hacking cough strains the lungs and air passages, but Ballard's Horehound Syrup is advertised as a healing balm that quickly repairs damage. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle, sold by A. C. Koeppen & Broa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Broa
Patent remedy ad promising cold cure in one day
An old time drugstore advertisement touts a cold cure in one day using a laxative tonic with bromide and quinine. It guarantees a refund if it fails and features E W Grove’s signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Danderine promises soft lustrous hair after cleanse
Ad touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate transformation to light, fluffy hair with shine and reduced dandruff. Encourages 25 cent bottle from drug stores, promising stronger roots, new downy growth in weeks and hair that never falls.
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Knowlton
Gun in Boy's Hand Wounds Him Kills Motster
Clarke County youth, 16, forgotten loaded gun while cleaning it. bullet entered his side through his parent Bertha Schwelterer, dying at home near Black's Mill between Orchards and Proebster. The boy, a Clarke County resident for six years from Portland, accidentally discharged the weapon.
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Clarke County
Vancouver
Bertha Schwelterer
Black’s Mill
Wrecked by study a youth kills himself in Ashland
Frederick Joseph Roche, son of J F Howhe of Ashland, died by suicide in his father’s den after years of nervous breakdown from overstudy in the University of Colorado engineering department. He arose at about 11, breakfasted, spoke of vicious thoughts, and shot himself with his father’s rifle, the bullet entering above the ear and exiting the other side. His mother, noting fatigue and sleepiness, left him briefly alone before discovering the tragedy. The incident underscores the toll of mental strain and overwork on students.
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Ashland
Frederick Joseph Roche
Engineering
University of Colorado
Nickel First Telephones Held Up Firefighting in Chicago Laundry Fire
Fire Captain Foley blamed the nickel first telephone for delaying fire units at a Chicago laundry blaze that caused about 100000 dollars in damage. He arrived and tried to call for more engines but lacked a nickel to operate the instrument, saying minutes count when a fire starts and earlier arrival might have checked the flames.
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Chicago
Telephone Company
Foley
Ten Women Jailed Over Projecting Hatpins in Bern
Berne police report mass arrests of over 200 women wearing projecting hatpins under a new ordinance. About 110 sentenced to short terms without fines as protests grow. The city faces rising unrest as German cooperative societies figure in the background.
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Berne
Switzerland
Zurish
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
An old newspaper ad offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features endorsements from Walding Kinnan and Marvin, wholesale druggists of Toledo, and promotes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Includes price 75 cents per bottle and testimonials.
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Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan, & Marvin
All E Hall
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Bond Brothers
Pilot Rock and Vicinity
Lizzie White
Memphis, Tenn
R. V. Pierce
New Haven
Charles B. Hoogh
Danderine
Boy
Motster
Germany
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. and
Southtern Pacific Company
Portland
Los Angeles
Amit
McMurkery
Gen Pass
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