Pastime theater offerings and local ads collection
Local notices list Pastime theater pictures and prizes, requests for rentals, store closings at The Wonder Store and Oregon Lumber Yard, and various ads. Includes details on heat producers, reefer coats, farm items, fresh produce, shellfish at Quelle, and a cab stand at Golden Rule hotel with party event service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Lumber Yard
Wonder
Oakwood
Oregon
J. B. Hailey
Express
Welch
Cascade Fir
Gus la Fontaine
Quelle
M. BH. Keys
Golden Rule Hotel
Poison in bitter candy shocks Kalispell death
Kalispell Montana January 26 State Chemist Mini Store in Helena reports strychnine found in the stomach of the child of C C Welder, establishing the death was caused by eating candy from a shop. The investigation continues as authorities seek the source and safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Mont
Mini
Helena
C. C. Welder
Poisoned sweets claim another child at home gate
A box of sweetmeats addressed to a child at home contained bitter candy laced with strychnine. The child died almost immediately after eating. Police report a similar fatal case occurred a year ago involving the same household or suspect, with another child lost under similar circumstances.
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Weider
Land Title Reversion Clause Sparks 1852 Newark Lot Tale
New York World reports attorneys Gifford and Miller found an old deed in Newark, New Jersey from 1852 linking Bloomfield Avenue and Parker Street to land once held by William Patterson and his sons. The instrument set a backdated reversion if the grantor were born again, a curious clause the lawyers deem unlikely to threaten current ownership.
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New York
William Patterson
Newark
N. J
Bloomfield Avenue
Parker Street
Gifford & Miller
Christ
William D
Samuel Patterson
Names Across the Northwest Roll Call List
A roster of individuals linked to Pendleton Seattle Spokane and Walla Walla includes Harry Elmore J Low Thos Nes ter H H Melver C A Graham Kantz man James Diller Abrahm Mer ger Payton and others. The list pairs various cities with multiple surnames and initials indicating a regional register or directory entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Elmore
Chicago
J. Low
Portland
W. Kremmer
Chas
Lt. Davis
Thos
Nester
H. H. Melver
Spokane
C. A. Graham
Fll. Kantzman
Denver
James Diller
Seattle
J. W Abrahm
W. C. Merger
Walla Walla
J. A. Payton
Hanks
Kh. R. Shearer
C. BE
Pay
Will & Ferguson
City
B.C. Skitex
Otto Buschfost
Ogden
J. EB. Cloughley
E. E. Bellinger
R. E. Paddock
Walla Walpla
J. Mitchel
Wm. Maher
Town Visitors and Personal Notices Highlight Pendleton Day
Miss Mable Swearingen of Seattle visits her brothers in Pendleton with Mrs. A E Shaw and daughter from Barnhart on a trading mission. Numerous locals and visitors from Athena Umatilla Pilot Rock Arlington Condon Portland Seattle and Grant county are noted for business calls calls on friends and travel between cities.
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Mable Swearingen
Seattle
A. E. Shaw
Barnhart
Fred Lieuallen
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Homer 1
Watts
Athena
W. Thorogood
Umatilla
J. & Casteel
Will M. Patterson
Atherm
J. S McLeod
Portland
BE. L. McBroom
Golden Rule Hotel
Grant County
A. BE. Greiner
Oregon Lumber Company
Hanford
Wash
E. BE. Parker
Arlington
Buck Cottongame Sentenced for Murder in Courtroom Death
Judge Murphy sentences Buck Cottongame to life in the penitentiary for the murder of Farrish Arnet. In a dramatic courtroom moment, Arnet’s father collapsed and died. Arnet accused Cottongame of wrecking his home. the conviction follows a feud context with the Cottongame family, a Louisville area Kentucky clan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, Q
Murphy
Buck Cottongame
Farrish Arnet
Arnet
Cottongame
Kentucky
Inland waterway linking Canada to New York via Champlain Canal
Consul Charles Deal of St Johns Quebec reports on Ottawa talks between American and Canadian interests to create a great inland waterway from the Dominion to New York City through Lake Champlain the Champlain Canal and Hudson River. He says project would open opportunities for American capital and labor.
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Charles Deal
St. Johns
Quebec
Ottawa
Dominion
New York City
Lake Champlain
Champlain Canal
Hudson River
Manufacturing Desired in Wahpeton North Dakota
The Bureau of Manufactures records a Wahpeton Commercial Club request to locate factories in Wahpeton North Dakota. The club offers facilities for felt goods planes deers and sash and notes hydro electric power available from February 1 1908.
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Bureau of Manufactures
F. R. Barnes
Commercial Club
Wahpeton
N. Dak
Manchurian Railway to implement salary reforms
The Japanese Chronicle reports upcoming changes at the South Manchuran Railway aimed at saving about 120000 yen monthly in salaries and expenses, roughly 1.5 million yen yearly. A Tiehling dispatch copied by Ashaj says a strike may be organized by railway staff, led by locomotive department employees, against the reforms.
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Manchuran
South Manchuran Railway Company
Japanese Chronicle
Tiehling
Ashaj
Dynamite blast kills young man near Central Point
Oregon City reports James Redding age twenty six was blown to pieces by dynamite while blasting stumps at his father’s home ten miles from the city at Central Point. The accident occurred this afternoon and authorities investigate cause and safety on the site.
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Oregon City
Ore
James Redding
Central Point
Fragmentary line prompts unclear summary
The readable text appears as a garbled prompt about ensuring sins and people under a pre tefike phrase. No coherent event, names, or places are identifiable.
Plan to Inspect Idaho Indian Homes Delayed
The Indian department will delay sanitary inspection of Nez Perce Indian homes until after the new appropriation becomes available in July due to lack of funds. The plan aims to control tuberculosis by inspecting homes and enforcing improvements, while also reviewing boarding school attendance and health exams. An agency physician will lead the home inspections and compel changes under state law where conditions are unhealthy.
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Indian Department
Nez Perce
Lewinton Teller
Basketball game at Bandon ends in scrap
The Coquille Herald reports a fist fight after a basketball game between Myrtle Point and Bandon last Saturday. The dispute over the merit of the contest left several players with swollen eyes and bandages. The paper urges harmony at future games.
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Coquille Herald
Beerl ess Banquet Cost Oklahoma Attorney
Guthrie Oklahoma. Prohibition enforcement attorney Fred S Caldwell resigned after being censured by Governor C N Haskell for seizing five barrels of beer purchased by Guthrie citizens for a banquet for legislature members. Caldwell defended the action as lawful.
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Guthrie
Okla
C. N. Haskell
Fred S. Caldwell
Haskell
Caldwell
Placing Each Other From Harper's Magazine
A brief dialogue overheard among stage coach travelers in the Virginia mountains. An old woman stares at an older man and says she thinks she has seen him before. He confirms with laconic remarks and a hint of recognition.
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Harper's Magazine
Virginia
Why They Wanted George
The young wife notes that George is repeatedly invited to play bridge, indicating his popularity. Her mother counters that it shows George is an easy loser, underscoring a playful contrast about his social appeal and luck.
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George
Not the One She Wanted in a Parlor Scene
A young man calling on a young woman sits in the parlor as the mother confronts him about his intentions. The daughter’s call from above reveals she rejects him, saying that is not the one. Read the East Oregonian in the Ladies Home Journal summary.
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Ladies Home Journal
Samson Draws Crowds to the Dime Theatre
Samson the heavyweight lifter draws record crowds to the Dime theatre in Salem Oregon. Last night his feats included bending iron bars and completing impossible strength acts as advertised. A separate note reports Walter Johnson, Hillsboro murderer, attacking Guard M. C. Gage at the penitentiary before being subdued.
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Samson
Dime Theatre
Oncy
Salem
Ore
Walter Johnson
Hillsboro
M. C. Gage
Gage
Johnson
Samson Exhibition at Local Theater Delights Fans
The East Oregonian reports Sampson performing feats with forty penny spikes and 300 pound dumbbells, showing grace and ease. The exhibition adds value to the regular moving pictures, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 and 4 pm. Schoolchildren under 12 admitted for five cents at the Saturday matinee.
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Sampson
Samson
Hyomel Promoted As Cure For Catarrh And Hay Fever
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a cure for catarrh asthma hay fever and other inflammatory respiratory conditions. Sold by Tallman & Co for 1 with money back guarantee. It claims cure for Mr Cutter in 1904 and features a testimonial from A Gutier of Battle Creek dated October 12 1908.
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Australia
Tallman & Co
Cutler
A. Gutier
Post Avenue
Battle Creek
Mich
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F.E. Livengood & Co
Express P Ingrams
Gifford
New York World
The
Gist
Koeppen’s
Pete Sheridan
Flower Butter Creek
Joe Scott
Canada
United States
North Dakota
Kidder
Katherine
Idaho
Bandon
Oklahoma
Joe
St. Louis Globe-Demiocrat
East Oregonian
Pendleton Gloak & Suit House
Miona
Tallman & OO
Just
Gray Bros. Grocery CO
Rock Spring
B. L. Burroughs
Lantz Bros
Main St
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