Schoolteacher shot as revolver misfires at Oregon homestead
Flora McShain of Starkey, a longtime county teacher, was wounded when a revolver owned at the Grande Road homestead discharged accidentally. The bullet struck her right shoulder and pierced the upper lung but doctors expect recovery without serious complications barring infection. The accident happened while Flora and Olive Werelster stayed at the homestead near Beaver Creek.
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LA Grande
Ore
Flora McShain
Starkey
Ming McShain
Phyalclane
Miss McShain
Beaver Creek
Flora
Olive
St Swithin's Day Weather Prediction Sparks Rain Legend
Washington July 14 reports that scientists dismiss superstition yet mark today as St Swithin's Day. The legend says if it rains today there will be forty days of rain, a reference used for upcoming forecasts though weather sharps remain skeptical.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
St. Swithin
Weather Bureau
Sharps
Mainy
St. Swithin’s
Weather lore on St Swithin and July rainfall
The passage recalls St Swithin’s legends and notes weather forecasts for forty days after July 15. It cites a weather bureau record showing no forty consecutive days of rain or clear weather after St Swithin’s Day. The writer contrasts folklore with empirical 20 year averages and dismisses a perfect forecast.
Roads Plan to Cost One Million in Essex County
Windsor Ont special committees told Essex county council at Sandwich of a ten year plan to build and maintain 142 miles of roads across the lake and river front. Estimated cost 7500 per mile, with a six to ten year construction period. The memorial driveway would run from east of Walkerville through Amherstburg Harrow Kingsville Ruthven to Leamington.
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Windsor
Ont
Essex County
Tesex County Council
Sandwich
Walkerville
Amherstburg
Wheatley
Harrow
Kingsville
Ruthven
Leamington
Essex
Willing to pay to fight blight in Grande Ronde
Sums large enough to hire four or five blight experts will be requested from the county court after an orchardmen meeting at the Commercial club. County Judge Henry attended and supported the plan to bring in scientists to train deputies and inspectors for an ongoing blight battle. A partial reorganization of a county division of the North Paddle Fruit Distributors association was also arranged, naming Ey Perry as president and Sherwood Williams as secretary.
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LA Grande, Ore
Grande Ronde
Commercial Club
Henry Wan
Galloway and Hutchmoon
North Padle
Woman Cures Scalp Eczema with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Bertha Underwood reports severe eczema covering the scalp and body improving after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She applied the ointment to sores and scalp, washed with the soap, and within a month was completely cured. Advertises Cuticura products and free sample offer.
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Funfivid
Mich
Eczena
Bertha Underwood
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Mrs Pankhurst Escapes Police At Meeting In London
London July 16 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst leader of the suffragettes escaped from police after a meeting of the Women’s Social and Political Union with Annie Kenney. Both women exhausted from hunger strike addressed the crowd as police moved to arrest them. Kenney auctioned two licenses under the cat and mouse act for 30 dollars each.
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Place
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Annie Kenney
Womens Social and Political Union
Pankhuret
Miss Kenney
Pankhurst Escape Amid Disorder Outside Pavilion
Mrs Pankhurst escaped in a taxicab after a chaotic scene outside the pavilion as pursuers pressed in. The disorder allowed her to slip away amid the confusion and crowds.
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Pankhurst
Miss Kenney
Mrs Pankhurst
Wheat markets dull as supplies rise and prices slip
Chicago July 16 Wheat prices fell sharply as demand failed to absorb hedging sales despite weaker Liverpool cables and lack of export orders. Receipts poised to stay high, with cash prices steady to 1 2 cent lower and total sales around 100 009 bushels. Reports of black rust persist but cause no alarm as prospects remain strong. Prices for corn and other grains show varied declines and nominal producer prices follow market trends.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Jones
Market Report from North Port Yard and Region
Light receipts at the North Port land yards limited sales while yesterday’s activity largely cleared the market of priority stock. Hog sales were quiet though the sheep and cattle sectors showed firmer color with a modest uptick in the eastern sheep market and steers trading around 4.25 to 8.60.
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North Portland
Oregon
Idaho
California
G. E. Bennett
Suver
Ore
Joe Daburak
Kickapoo Worm Killer Advertises Child Health
Credited testimonial claims Kickapoo Worm Killer, a candy lozenge from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., expels intestinal worms and restores children to health. Mrs J A Brisbin of Klein TX praises long usage and complete relief, with nationwide availability and guarantee.
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J. A. Brisbin
Klein, TL
Mall
Price Fac
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St Louis
Koeppens
Man Injured by Falling Tree in Orc city
McKenzie sustained a badly fractured hip and other injuries after a tree fell on him in Orc city. He was transported to St. Elizabeth hospital for treatment.
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Baker
Orc
McKenzie
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pendleton Nuisance Notice Under City Ordinance 236
Notice calls out nuisance for throwing or scattering waste and offensive papers on streets or sidewalks in Pendleton. Violations carry fine or imprisonment. issued by Street Committee and City Recorder Thomas Fitzgerald on July 5, 1913.
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Street Committee
Thos. Fitzgerald
City Recorder
Pendleton Street Assessment Instalment Privileges Notice
The Pendleton Common Council on May 28 1913 assessed Webb Street Pendleton from Cottonwood Street to College Street for improvements. Those affected may apply to pay in ten annual installments within ten days and obtain forms from the City Recorder. notice dated July 10 1913.
Notice of Street Assessment Installment Privileges
Pendleton May 28 1913 an assessment for College Street improvement from Webb to Court Streets was levied on benefitted parcels. Property owners may pay in ten annual installments under Lords Oregon laws Chapter 5 Title 26. Applications must be made to the City Recorder within ten days. forms are available at the Recorder’s office. THOS FITZGERALD City Recorder.
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City of
Pendleton
Webb Street
Cottonwood Street
College Street
Oregon
City Recorder
Thos. Fitzgerald
Court Street
Thos, Fitzgerald
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