Electric Interurban Road Urges Umatilla County Growth
A Pendleton letter to editors argues for an electric interurban from Pendleton through Weston Athena Adams Echo to the Columbia River. It cites land value rise, lower living costs, higher freight efficiency, and regional development, urging local merchants to form a holding company to back bonds. Sacramento Bee clipping attached notes Sacramento shipments and market conditions, with vegetables moving to Portland Seattle Spokane and other west cities.
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Wheat Belt
Fnmcoming
Weston
Helix
Athena
Adams
Pendleton
Echo
Hermiston
Ita
Umatilla
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento Valley
Indianapolis
Sacramento Valley Development Association
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
Armatilla River
Umatilla County
Fred H. Drake
California
Sacramento Bee
Drake
Sacramento
Northwest
Thomas Longton
Henderson & Longton
Sacramento County
Seattle
Spokane
Great Falls
Butte
Helena
Salt Lake
Ogden
Missouri River
Texas
Life 100000 Years Ago Bones Found in Swiss Cave
Scientists report bones of ancient humans in a Swiss cave dating back 100000 years. Modern testimony praises Dr Kings New Discovery for curing severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. The ad claims it protects against pneumonia with a $1 guarantee.
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Switzerland
A. W. Brown
Alexander
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Pen- Meton Drug Co
Oregon Lumber Yard offers sawdust and lumber
An ad for Oregon Lumber Yard promises cheap sawdust in any quantity and mentions England having 1200 golf courses as a casual aside.
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Oregon Lumber Yard
England
Laugh and Grow Fat The Circus Man Discovery
The article markets Hagenbeck Wallace circus shows launching July 16 promising broad appeal and renewed youth through laughter. It extols universal humor across audiences and highlights a troupe dedicated to provoking laughter as a key entertainment feature.
Twenty Five Cents For Peace: Salve Offers Quick Relief
A brief notice promotes Chamberlain's Salve priced at 25 cents to ease the suffering and swelling from a certain ailment in Gisensen. Sold by all decent druggists with a 26 cent price tag in the ad copy.
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Gisensen
Chamberlain
Judge rules no unwritten law in Bosier murder case
In Shreveport Louisiana the trial of Tha Fulcos ends with the acquittal of the 16 year old girl for the murder of Wim Boney while her father John Furios and Sam Perrie are convicted without capital punishment. Judge Drew rejects the unwritten law defense.
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Shreveport
Tha Fulcos
Wimbreck Boney
Sam Perries
Bosier
Boney
Vanceville
Ida
John Furios
Sam Perrice
Drew
Prominent Resident Loses Arm Under Train
James H. Gant a well known Pasadena resident and writer’s husband, was struck near his home by a Santa Fe train. He freed his trapped foot too late, his arm crushed, the engine passed over it, and surgeons amputated the hanging arm after moving him to the hospital. He remains in serious condition due to shock and blood loss.
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Pasadena
Cal
James H. Gant
Helen Gant
Ladies’ Home Journal
Gaut
Agaut
Suitor's Vengeful Plot After Hood River Rejection
A Portland Journal summary reports A F Shepard a stockings sales agent from an eastern oil company arrived in Oregon to claim Miss Hate Ducas of Hood River as his bride. After a rejected proposal he was arrested for carrying concealed weapons and threatening revenge. He posted to leave town or pay a $1000 bond to keep the peace, detaining at Pendleton en route east.
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Jove
Portland
F. A. Shepard
Saltsman
Eastern
Pendleton
Portland Journal
A. F. Shepard
Eastern Oil
Oregon
Ducas
Hood River
Barber
Miss Lucas
Thomas Lucas
Shepard
Pate
Mattie
Aaid Shepard
Alan
Hoe
Mike Lucas
Troutdile
Morrison Street
Bulger
Vreeland
Jall
Chemawa Indian School posts prosperous year
Chemawa Oregon reports a record fiscal year with 775 total enrollment for 1909 and an average annual enrollment of 615. The last quarter shows 648 pupils, including 382 boys and 266 girls, with an average quarterly attendance of 614. New Indian department rules shift pupil choice to families, highlighting Chemawa’s strong reputation among northern Indians.
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Chemawa, Ore
Chemawa Indian School
Indian Department
Iwat Yeh
Northweal
Gardener Billy Wheeler pushes for Folgers coffee at work
Billy Wheeler, a popular gardener, will not continue work for his board unless Folger’s Golden Gate Coffee is provided to him. The item highlights his demand and the coffee brand involved.
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Billy Wheeler
Folger
Golden Gate
Salvation Army Europe forms anti tobacco league of 65000
The Salvation Army of Europe launches an anti tobacco league aiming to mobilize about 65 000 members in campaigns against smoking and tobacco use across programs and communities.
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The
Salvation Army of Europe
Do You Get Up With a Lame Back
Doctor Kilmer’s Swamp Root touts a kidney liver and bladder remedy claimed to ease rheumatism back pain and urinary issues. It offers a free sample and an informational book by mail with a subscription to readers of this paper. The ad repeats the product name and address in Binghamton North Carolina.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Citwamp
Binghamton
N. C
Notice to Builders Sealed bids for lodge building due July 1
Builders may submit sealed proposals at T P Howard office by noon July 1 1909 for a two story concrete block building with reinforced basement for Damon Lodge No 4 K of P and Pendleton Lodge No 288 B P C E Plans by architect T F Howard Bid must include price per cubic yard for extra concrete used in basement A five percent certified check payable to the secretary of the building committee accompanies each bid The committee may accept or reject all bids on July 6 1909
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T. P. Howard
Proper Treatment for Dysentery and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
The article promotes Chamberlain's Colic Choeria and Diarrhoe Remedy as an effective treatment for dysentery and diarrhoea. It claims great mortality stems from late treatment, asserts the remedy prevents dangerous outcomes when used early, notes years of use and consistent success, and states it is for sale by all good dealers.
Debutante-Professor Wordi Blunder Causes Stir
A Chicago Tribune snippet notes a playful exchange about a debutante and a professor who conducts an orchestra at a premier theater. The parent recalls the professor's demanding schedule and insistence on hard work over rest.
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Wordigo
Chicago Tribune
Foley's Kidney Remedy Warning Keeps Early Symptoms Far From Harm
If people with kidney or bladder symptoms realized their danger, they would start Foley's Kidney Remedy immediately. The remedy stops pain and irregularities, strengthens and builds the organs, and avoids Bright's disease or other serious disorders, Koeppen Bros.
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Foley
Bright
Koeppen Bros
One of Nature's Teacher Highest Form of Animal Life
A cryptic classroom exchange questions the peak of animal life with a schoolboy and a university leader contributing a humorous, puzzling dialogue about evolution or status. The fragment hints at a social or educational satire without clear resolution.
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Girat‘fe
Univerist
LaDow Peterson Insurance Gasoline Store Ad
The best at right prices in lawn mowers garden hose grass catchers and the famous Insurance Gasoline Store also the only lawn trimmer in the city it saves your knees and back.
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LaDow & Peterson
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