Divorce Suit Filed for George E. Carnes
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports George E. Carnes a well known Pilot Rock resident filed for divorce from his wife on grounds of desertion dating January 1, 1811. He is represented by Raley & Raley. A. J. Sturtevant, aging Pilot Rock pioneer, was hospitalized at St Anthony's today. Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes joined Edgar L. Smith of Weston and Miss Beasle Parker of Athena in marriage with Parker’s father A. R. Parker present. Echo Pitcher pennant winner John Pulcipher arrived for a tryout with Manager Garrett amid Echo fan anticipation. Reverend F. J. Milnes sold his prize Indian runner ducks for 75 dollars to Mrs. L. B. Pell of Birch Creek. Pendleton Chinese in Walla Walla Fourth parade with Pendleton band. Ben Hill and J. E. Hawking aided the celebrations.
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Geo
Curtes Sus
George E. Carnes
Pilot Rock
Raley & Raley
Joe H. Parkes
Edgar L. Smith
Weston
Beasle Parker
Athena
Smith
Weston Ladies’ Band
Athena Band
A. R. Parker
Athena Busness
Echo
John Pulcipher
Echo “Pheliom
Garrett
Ralph Stanfield
Asa Thomson
Buckarooes
F. J. Milnes
The
Presbyterian Church
Umatilla-Morrow
L. B. Pell
Birch Creek
Purvis
Pendleton
Local Elks Leave Tonight in Large Parade Car List
The article lists Elks members and companions traveling by multiple cars in a parade, naming numerous attendees per car. People include Connell Fred Nelson Bert Jerard C Kirkpatrick Wm Goedecke and many others across five cars with spouses and friends. The roster shows extended community participation for the event.
Nameless Man Found in Indiana Joins Identity Mystery
Detective of Railroad Company reports Ben Frazier of Mount Vernon Ohio, missing since May 6, traced to Western Springs Illinois then Logansport Indiana. He cannot recognize relatives, his necktie bore a Fairmount store name, and he signed letters as Frank Redman before returning to his family.
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Railroad Company
Fairmount
Ind
Ben Frazier
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Western Springs
Til
Tappan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Logansport
Frazier Eal
Frank Redman
Memory Loss Details in Missing Relatives Inquiry
A man named Frazier traveled from Council Bluffs Iowa attempting to locate missing relatives. He could not recognize his wife, children, or other kin and said his memory is blank, describing a broad search of thirty letters from people nationwide.
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Frazier
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Constantinople
Calcutta
Liepzig
Des Moines
Governor Stubbs Quips At Banquet Over A Bill
Kansas governor W R Stubbs compared opponents of a bill to a tale about a careless tailor. He recalled Jack Hughes receiving a new suit and joking that the tailor had put a button too many at the top and a buttonhole too many at the bottom. The quip was shared at a recent banquet in Kansas City Journal reporting.
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W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Jack Hughes
Jack
John
Old Songs Echo Through Time in a Georgia Note
Poem recalling timeless tunes and their faded echoes in a miner’s memory, with lines about Annie Laurie and Home Sweet Home. It quotes A J Waterhouse from the Atlanta Constitution, reflecting on aged songs and faces worn with years.
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A. J. Waterhouse
Atlanta Constitution
Folding furniture and stove trend in Louisville life
In a Louisville Courier Journal anecdote a speaker lists folding items from toothbrushes and beds to tables sinks rugs and sofas. The note mentions a folding knife for kitchen use folding pictures and a folding stove marking a compact living trend and home comfort.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Mud Spatters spark sidewalk clash in street dispute
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes two pedestrians clashing after one claims an automobile splashed mud on him while crossing. He counters that the other was a pedestrian and should have moved. The exchange centers on fault for the muddy encounter.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Junk dealer outsmarts buyer over old coal stove
A Toronto man found a forgotten coal stove in his basement and asked a junk dealer for a price. After playful bargaining, the dealer lured him with a fake deal by offering $2 to haul away the stove for fifty cents, ending a humorous stalemate.
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Toronto
Quip on Driving and Sewing Circle Safety
A vaudeville style exchange shows Bilkins bragging he has driven for over a year without harming anyone. Mrs Bilkins retorts she has attended Sewing Circle meetings for five years and likewise has never run down anybody, a humorous mutual safety claim from Harper's Weekly.
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Bilkins
Senator Sorghum Mocks Speech Statistics Usage
In a Washington Star quote, Senator Sorghum jokes that he includes statistics to make his remarks seem more interesting by contrast rather than for substantive value. The remark highlights a skeptical view of rhetorical data usage in speeches.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Reversing the English business man scene
A tired business man informs Willie that his wife died this morning and he cannot come to the afternoon. He instructs Willie to ensure the mail is sent to the post office and adds a grim insistence on phoning in scores if possible.
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Willie
Wille
Chicago lawyer named assistant judge at juvenile court
Miss Mary M. Bartelme of Chicago has been appointed an assistant judge of Cook County juvenile court. A successful practitioner, she was previously public guardian of Cook County. She will preside over the division handling trials of girls and young women charged with minor offenses and delinquency.
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Mary M. Bartelme
Chicago
Cook County
Fugitive hides in ship boiler escapes boiling death
In San Francisco August Carreria, wanted in Honolulu for allegedly betraying a girl under promise of marriage, boarded the Matson liner Lurline. Five detectives pursued him aboard quarantine, and he crawled from a donkey engine boiler where he had hidden, then surrendered and was taken to the city jail.
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San Francisco
Cal
August Carrerla
Matson Line
Honolulu
Carreria
A. McDuffy
Conlon
Mackey
Bierman
Cronin
Carrerla
McDuffy
Min
Too Many Noses Broken School Abolishes Football in Anaheim
Anaheim high school trustees ban football after approving a $60 medical bill for injuries in recent seasons. The action ends football play, shifting student energy toward other sports, notably track, where the school has shown progress.
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Anaheim
Cal
Novelty bathing salts trimmed in fur noted
A quip from the Cheerful Idiot and Book over a Cincinnati Enquirer snippet questions what counts as new. The gag rests on the joke that bathing salts trimmed in fur are a novelty, while the first bathing salt was simply bare skin.
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C. I
Cincinnati Enquirer
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