City Briefs: Lumber, Rooms, and Local Notices
A jumble of classified items lists bids for dry lumber and building paper, room and board offers, apprenticeship ads, sales and rental notices, and lost item rewards. It mentions Oregon Lumber Yard, Mrs Campbell millinery, Corena Driscoll music studio, and various street addresses with contact cues. The fragmentary note hints at fuel, prices, and local trades with miscellaneous inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Bomp
Minns
South Main Street
Campbell
Charles Lane & Son
Minnie
Charles Ane & Son
Vincent
Logan Street
Wonder
Oregon Lumber Yard
Potlatch Lamver Company
Corena
Driscoll
Thompson Street
Aura Street
Hunter Furniture
Bowming
Oregon Tumber Yard
Current Literature Club Meeting Postponed
The Current Literature club meeting, set for Friday, is postponed until Friday February, when G. H. Clark and Mrs. Lee Moorhouse will host at Mrs. Moorhouse’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Moorhouse
G. H. Clark
Lee Moorhouse
Normal schools in Oregon face abolition push
A Salem-telegraphed review shows at least six bills before the Oregon Legislature aimed at reducing or abolishing normal schools. Proposals range from consolidating to preserving one eastern and one western institution while funding requests target Monmouth, Ashland, and Drain campuses, with a proposed five-member board to oversee selection of remaining schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Salem
Oregonian
Senate
J. N. Smith
Marion
Thas
Caldwell
Oregon normal school system debate reshapes control
Lawmakers discuss splitting oversight of two eastern and western Oregon normal schools between a nine member board of regents and the state board of education. An appropriation of 76000 biennially is planned to fund the schools with distribution by need rather than per institution. Members serve as travelers, not for pay.
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Oregon
Cascades
Board of Regents
le Fo
Vawter
Plmc
Jackson County Delerention
Senate
State Board of Education
Stat
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thiet
Hamilton Seeks Electric Chair Bill Amid Reform Views
Representative Hamilton of Benson speaks in support of a bill to replace hangings with an electric chair. He argues capital punishment should be humane and reformative, noting experts deem the chair the least painful method and citing New York 1888 and Ohio 1845 as precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Benson
le Deling
Olympic Dispatch
Hamilton Sai
New York
Ohio
Swiss Watches To Be Higher
New York importers of Swiss watches and clocks announce price increases from 6 to 16 percent on all goods. They note Americans face higher duties than wholesalers, with Swiss watches taxed by a 25 percent ad valorem duty plus a 35 cent to 3 dollar per watch tariff, raising overall costs. Foreign watch imports last year totaled 2,505,042 dollars, largely from Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jin
Uiporterm
United States
Switzerland
Baptist Church Midweek Schedule and Classes
Schedule of events for the Baptist Church announces midweek service at 7 30 tonight. A 2 pm Thursday meeting of the ladies at Mrs Mary Johnsons home on Johnson street. Friday 7 pm Christian culture study class resumes after a month delay with lunch at 6 pm at the parsonage. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Johnson
Johnson Street
Thursday Afternoon Club Postponed to Feb 7
The Thursday Afternoon Club meeting is rescheduled for Thursday February 7 at Mrs A J Owens home on South Thompson Street. Mrs Owen and Mrs Bert Huffman will hostesses and the meeting will use the authlent for the meet ding titled England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Owen
South Thompson Street
Mra ‘Owen
Bert Huffman
England
Tom Seow Arrests Over Indian Polling Complaints Filed
Police filed two complaints today against Tom Scott, the colored barber, alleging polling irregularities involving Indians. A trial is set for 2 o clock this morning in East Oregonian coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Seow
Tom Scott
Local residents visit from Oregon and Idaho noted
A string of personal visits highlights the day with ER A Thompson of Heppner AL Fr Gilbert of Pilot Rock and Mrs H B Boyew of Kah tote Washington among those stopping in the city. Rev B F Harper of Milton leaves after brief visit. Rudolph Kohler arrives from Minneapolis for his brother Conrad Kohler’s funeral. W H Daugherty of Portland guest at Hotel St George after leaving Echo stockyards. Mrs M H Gillette and Mrs Shelly Jones of Echo stay for surgery and husband H F Nicholas returns to Pomeroy settling Great Eastern affairs.
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ER A. Thompson
Heppner
Fr. Gilbert
Pilot Rock
Tihe City
H. B. Boyew
Kahtotue
Wash
B. F. Harper
Milton
BH. H. Olimatoid
RK. W. Jones
Twin Palla
Idaho
Galden Rule
J. H. Watson
Meson Department
U. Ki & Nu
la Grande
Hn J. Johheon
William Stusher
Salem
Walls Wallatomy
Rudolph Kohler
Conrad Kohler
Minneapolis
Minn
W. H. Daugherty
Union Stockyards Company of
Portland
Echo
St. George
G. Lightfoot
Plpes
Vinson
M. H. Gillette
Mra
Shelly Jones
Hecho
Eity
H. F. Nicholas
Great Eastern
Pomeroy, Wash
James Hill
Olympia
Heix
M. A. Rader
Hermiston
Umatilla
C. H. Nellor
Geneasee
Nellor
Congregationnal Church
Sheep quarantine and dipping plan at Wyoming county fairs
State board of sheep commissioners reports no known mites among Wyoming's four million sheep. Albany county remains quarantined with 95,000 sheep under restriction elsewhere in southern Wyoming 20,000 central 45,000 northern. General spring pen inspections planned to detect any scabies and keep imports in quarantine through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Wyoming
Albany County
State Sheep Board
The Chinese Bride Reflects Placid Roles and Instruction
A fragment notes that in Chinese custom a bride is expected to seek placidity and absorption rather than entertainment. It contrasts these duties with how American brides are treated. The excerpt suggests cultural differences in marriage expectations.
Claiborne county man hanged after dance shooting
Sam Howerton, described as a drunken white man from Claiborne County Tennessee, shot into a house during a dance killing a man. He was hanged on January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Howerton
Claiborne County
Tenneesee
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Senae
McCallen
Home Committee
Barrett
Weston Normal
House Committee On Ways and Means
Perking
Kubli
Jackson
A . Koeppen
Washington
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East Oregonian
OF Ladies’ Oxfords
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Sorosis Shoes
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Canal Commission
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Smith Premier Typewriter CO
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