City Brevities Glimpses of Local notices and ads
Local items include Mrs Tandler seeking a four room house for rent, Teutsch’s Department Store advertising footwear from $1.50 to $8.50, coffee shop St George open day and night, wanted two waitresses at Hovel Pendleton, Blue Mountain butter three cents, and a call to or from Sharon and Eddings for second hand goods. Also listed are lost items, housework needs, a harvest labor opening, and a charity social at 109 Water Street with tea cream and cake sales from 3 to 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon & Eddingn
Hovel Pendleton
Blue Mountain
H. J. Suliman
Teutsch
Teutech's
W. D. Hansford
Cigare and Tobaccon
Howard
Court Otreel
St. George
Mra. Cooper
Raley Street
Booth
East Oregonian
Lee Teutsch
Henderson
House of Representatives
Dubuque
Iowa
Gritman's
Leather
Danner
Water Street
Various Missed Sales and Notices From Historic Ad Snips
A jumble of early 20th century classifieds and notices including job ads for 50 salespeople at Great Eastern Department store, a draft horse team for sale, rental of a seven room house, found red leather pocketbook, and a murder charge against Mrs Shupe tied to Arthur Douglas. Also mentions department store promotions, a community sale, a July Saturday event, and a possible transfer for Ross Nichols to haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UC Rader
Ross Nichols
Drensen
Tentech Department Store
Great Eastern Department Store
East
Webb Street
Weat Court Street
Dutton
Auto Street
Great Baxter Department
Pendleton
Victor Hugo Remembered for Charisma and Appetite
Francois Coppee recalls Victor Hugo as extraordinary in every regard from his dialogue to his meals. In private dinners Hugo relaxed, charmed attendees, and displayed an immense appetite eating roast meat and soaking orange quarters in wine. Berlin reports 86 000 telephone collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hugo
Steels
Francois Coppee
Visitors and arrivals fill Pendleton notes list
A flurry of personal mentions notes Joe H Gin of Waiahtuena Washington W J Wilkinson of Arena and Robert Burns O R N agent at Walla Walla visiting Pendleton Stella Whimole of Helix visits friends J A Blandenship blesses with a newborn boy at Tom Thompson place near Fulton. Many others travel or stay briefly including Mrs Baer Smith Baker City attorney William Smith and locals from Freewater Umatilla Weston Pomeroy and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe H. Gin
Waiahtuena
Wash
W. J. Wilkinson
Arena
Robert Burns
Walla Walla
Stella Whimole
Hel'x
Helix
J. A. Blanwenship
Tom Thompson Place
Fulton
Max Baer
Portland
Do. J Howe
Blair
Pendleton
Pomeroy
E. Baumeister
Asotin
Spokane
Pendléton
Tiufus "Allison
Cambridge
Taaho
Golden Rule
Will M. Peterson
Athena
William Smith
Payette
Idaho
North Yakima
Wood Pasley
Ukiah
Peoples Warehouse
Baker City
Hotel St. George
McElroy
Grace McElroy
Louis Winters
Freewater
Pearson-Perygne
Tudge Ellis
Willum Lloyd
A. W. Nye
Commercia Assoviation
Dayton Wash
Furnish Sinter M. Homer Reeves
Eastern Oregon Building and Loan Exsoviation of
Epaulets and Shell of King Tridacna in Marine Lore
The article discusses epaulets as protective shoulder gear for officers since 1795, noting variations by rank in gold braid for officers and wool for enlisted, with silver crowns anchors and stars indicating rank. It also surveys the giant tridacna mollusk as a large, largely immobile creature living in Indian and south Pacific waters, and briefly touches ruby symbolism for love, chivalry, and cultural beliefs in Burmese Buddhism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
London Telegraph
Mallaskas
Indian
South Pacific
Tridacnan
St Nicholas
Jovera
Raised for a Length of Stovepipe
A Spokane gambler recalls near misses in gambling ventures and a tale of a restaurant man who turned a stove and stovepipe into winnings. He describes a Nevada kitchen poker game where stakes rose to stovepipe, detailing bets, escapes, and the thrill of high rolling in a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Lower Howard Street
Gambier
Spokesman Review
Nevada
Frisco
Stover
Observing Robins Find Grubs By Sensing Barking Earth
John Burroughs notes a robin with young in a maple tree nest drilling into turf to surface large white grubs. The bird pauses, tests the ground, then pounces on grubs an inch below the surface, repeating the method faithfully across days. How the robin senses grub location remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jani
Grubal
Fool
Robins
Abe
Johno Burroughs
Coquelin Joins Sub Rosa Club By Silent Ballot
An elderly actor Jean Coquelin wins Sub Rosa Club membership in Paris by a silent test of a filled water glass and a single rose. The ritual proves the club’s rule to think little and speak little, ending with round bread balls and a quiet vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sub Rosa Club
Paris
Coquelin
Sub Rosa
Toled
Coquelia
Lim Coquelin
Bo Coquelin
Warwick James Price
Weber and partners market racing buggies and harvesting wagons
Weber offers Racine buggies and hacks praised as superior and serviceable. Baln and Cooper build wagons suited to this climate. Hodge and Keystone harvesting machinery advertise non trust made gear with harvesting supplies, baiting, oil, axle grease and lace leather for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baln
Cooper
Hodge and Keystone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Randy Dutton
Louis Hunziker
Mra. Donner
Mra
Caddie Shupe
Montpellier
Deho
Arthur Douglas
Mra. Shupe
Mra. Shoupe
Fifth District Court
Douglas
Ee Berlin
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
Golden Rule Hotel
Mia
Michael
Enaet of the Mountains
Harm
Weston
J. A. Treton
Bolee
Careten Packing Campy
Tecoma
Mr. Treton
W. G. Stewart
Child
Grand Junction
Col
Koeppens
Driggis
A. C. Koeppen & Brothers
Etrollon
Spain
Cat Heer
New York
Steve
London
Fairbanks
Urbana
Cray
Winslow Bros
Jewelers
Weber
Fred Weber
Court St
Corner Thompso
T. H. White
Dentist Association
W. C. Minnis
Henning
Olfar
The
Columbia
Main Street
Alta
Webb Streets
F. X. Schempp
Polydore Migens, Prop
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