Dickson and Keefe save drowning man at Wenaho Springs
John Dickson a Huckaroos third baseman and local lifeguard again performed a rescue at Wenaho Springs pool aided by Secretary Jack Keefe of the Pendleton Commercial Desocration. A stranger using swimming wings sank after losing buoyancy, dived and struggled. Keefe reached him first, Dickson arrived, and both pulled the man to safety. during the effort a woman aboard the lily pad also fell in and was saved. The event occurred as Sunday visitors watched and a photographer later reported.
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John Dickson
Huckaroees
Wenaho Springs
Jack Keefe
Pendleton
Hnd
Keefe
Tne
Dickern
Play Plot Proves Patal Plans Drowning Scene
New York report describes actors preparing at Brady's pond, Grossmere, Staten Island for a film scene. Albert Brighton of 170 West Thirty-Ninth Street and actress Miss Mary Murray staged a push from the bank as filming began.
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New York
Brady's Pond
Grossmere
State Island
Albert Brighton
West Thirty-Ninth Street
Mary Murray
Murderer Attempts Death by Own Action in Pa
Charles Hickman condemned to be hanged Tuesday for the February 1910 murder of his wife almost failed in an attempt at suicide to avoid the gallows. He has twice escaped from jail and vowed to try again. Save money by reading today’s ads.
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Feaver
Charles Hickman
Hickman
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Bride Arrives in Pendleton
James E. Bannen a popular traveling salesman for Alden Candy Company recently married has brought his bride to Pendleton and seeks a house to make the city his headquarters Preyer Leaves With Saddle Carl Power a junior member of the firm that made the $950 prize saddle for the Round-up bucking contests left yesterday with the saddle for Seattle and other cities to showcase the fine handiwork Mack Prom Sheepshearing int Hughes returns to Pendleton after six weeks in Montana in charge of a shearers gang He notes the profession faces tougher work due to scientific breeding making sheep coats denser and heavier
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Pendleton
James E. Bannen
The
Alden Candy Company
Preyer
Sadedlle
Carl Power
Saidle
Saide
Seattle
Mack Prom
Int Hughes
Pen‘heton
Montana
Heat Prostrations Hit Local Workers In Hot Weather
In the present heat wave several individuals collapsed from sun exposure. V Potter a local carpenter and Cliff Hays a horseman were overcome by the glare on Saturday. Yesterday a harvest hand was treated for sunstroke and general exhaustion. Other cases are reported but all have recovered.
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V. Potter
Cliff Hays
Ohl Sol
Clarke Moves His Grocery to New Temple Building
George HM Clark moves his established grocery from the East Oregonian block to the Temple building room once occupied by Walsh. F O Elliott, renowned lunch counter man, will install a lunch counter in the vacated space and later add a cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
George HM. Clark
Oregonian
Walsh Grocery
F. O. Elliott
Installing Acetylene Plant at Umatilla Agency
A crew at the Umatilla Agency is installing an acetylene lighting plant recently ordered by the government. Contract awarded to P. A. Bryant of Portland, with two men at work. The system will be ready for use early fall and will illuminate agency grounds, replacing kerosene lighting used previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla
P. A. Bryant
Portland
Husband Convicted Forgery Spurred Divorce Suit
Mrs Nellie Hopkins of Freewater sues for divorce from W W Hopkins alleging his May 16 1910 Whitman county Washington forgery conviction. They married May 3 1909 and have one child Gladys 17 months old for custody. Attorney 5 D Peterson represents her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hopkins
Freewater
W. W. Hopkins
Whitman County
Washington
Gladys
D. Peterson
Coats Off in Church Sermon Outburst
In a departure from decorum the men of the Methodist church shed their coats yesterday during a sermon. Rev Nathan Evans invited a more comfortable seating, arguing against heat as the world’s trial while preaching on salvation from eternal fires.
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Methodist Church
Nathan Evans
Rev Tallman Arrives From East To Visit Son In Town
Rev J B Tallman father of J W Tallman, noted druggist and school board chairman, arrived Saturday from the east. Though advanced in years, he appears in good health and seems to have recovered from illness endured in the winter after a Florida illness following a European trip. A veteran Methwilet church minister, he has many local friends from prior visits with his son and family.
Weather Moderates a Little After Extreme Heat
The day started extremely warm with the official thermometer at 1 PM reading 99, down 12 degrees from Saturday. The mercury climbed through the afternoon, while yesterday the government thermometer recorded a maximum of 111, one degree below Saturday. Many city thermometers rose higher than Friday, making the heat more oppressive overall.
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E. F. Averill
Sues to Correct Deed in Heir Claim
Minnte J. Martin ve sues John P. Seite and wife alleging a mutual mistake in a warranty deed for parcels in section 23 and 24, two and N. R. 24. She claims possession since and as sole heir seeks a corrective decree. attorney B. D. Peterson represents plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnte J. Martin Ve
James Seitz
John P. Seite
D. Peterson
Birthplace Visitors Mention East Oregonian Reference
D Kemiler and wife of Pen Metin Oregon, guests at Ulumas House ten days, bring a copy of the East Oregonian from their hometown. The reference mentions Robert Fletcher born in this county, recalling his father W D Fletcher who organized and led the...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meteher
Pendleton Round-up Band Impresses Walla Walla Press
In its early history a son inherits his father's musical gift becoming manager of the Round-up cowboy band of Pendleton. The band recently visited Walla Walla, Washington, earning many encomiums from people and press for the excellent music it furnished.
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Greenville
Pendleton
Walla Wallin
Wash
Plamnus Natlotal-Holletin
Quincy
Cal
Pree Vincent Visits Portland Editor on Vacation
Fred Vincent northwest manager for United Press with Portland Journal visits with his parents Dr and Mrs F W Vincent during a vacation. Pree Vincent accompanies them and the party explores the city. The group pauses at local landmarks before continuing their itinerary.
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Pree Vincent
Fred Vincent
Northwest
United Press Association
Portland Journal
Portland
F W. Vincent
BLOY BLO CLIST IS FATALLY INJURED BY 145 FOOT FALL
Edgewater New Jersey a bicycle accident ends in a 145 foot plunge from palisades. William Kiem seventeen ridden to work lost control after chain broke on a steep grade and sped over the edge. He was alive at first but believed fatally injured.
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Clist
Edgewater
N. J
Whille
William, Kiem
Klem
Countess Santa Eulalia's Cows Ransack Million-Dollar Estate
A herd of pedigreed cows from Countess Santa Eulalia wandered from San Idro pastures onto Henry Linde's Old York road estate in Melrose Park. They trampled sugar corn and other crops, ruining high-value garden beds worth decades of labor. Authorities investigated and settled damages with the estate.
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Ogentz
Santa
Linde Farden
San Idro
Woman Sacrifices Life in Runaway Save Infant Child
Des Moines Iowa Mrs Hartley Kelley wife of a salesman died after a runaway horse crashed a carriage while she shielded her infant child. Her husband was nearby in a grocery store when the horse panicked and the wagon was struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Hartley Kelley
Kelley
U. S. Clerk Sentenced for 46,000 Georgia Larceny
Edward Valentine Lee, former sick bay clerk aboard the battleship Georgia, pleaded guilty to larceny for stealing 46,000 dollars from Havana's safe last February. He was sentenced to five years in the Atlanta federal prison and fined 5,000 dollars. The indictment followed a federal grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. V. Lee
Georgia
Jamestown
N. Y
Hdward Valentine Lee
Havana
Atlanta
Lee
Not Present in Buffalo Court for Lee Marriage Case
In Buffalo, Mrs. Marion Kelsey Lee the Washington young woman who married him shortly after his arrest was not present in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Kelsey Lee
Washington
Buffalo
Youthful Benedicts Allow Underage Husband to Buy Drinks
Des Moines report states a marriage by a man under 21 grants him the right to buy liquor in a saloon, despite state law prohibiting minors from purchasing. Special Counsel Robbins of the attorney general’s office says the ruling does not grant voting rights to youths under 21.
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Des Moines
Ilona
Robbins
Attorney General's Office
Horse's Leap Over Death Shocks Ocean City Stable
A horse owned by William Powell an ice dealer in South Ocean City died after a stunt in a personal crisis near Ocean City New Jersey. The remarkable gymnastics led to the animal’s demise as it attempted to escape a stable during a dangerous maneuver.
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Ocean City
N. J
William Powell
South Ocean City
Ufe
Stable Horse Jumps From Window Dies In Old Well
In Arthur D Barrow’s stable a horse climbed over a mowing machine venturing onto a window ledge and leapt into an old well. The horse died from a broken neck. valuation placed at 175 dollars. Powell discovered the animal missing at dawn and found it at the well.
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Arthur D. Barrow
Powell
Braced nerve with smoke, brakeman saved by improvised tourniquet
Woodstock Virginia Henry Fadeley, a brakeman on a Southern freight, fell from a running train and crushed a foot requiring amputation. He displayed rare nerve after the accident, made a tourniquet from his suspenders to stop bleeding, and was found by a searching crew at Strasburg Junction after the train reached its terminus, still smoking a cigarette.
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Woodstock
Henry Fadeley
Padeley
Hwlood
Strasburg Junction
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Troas
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Murray
Brighton
Iily Mi
Brichton
Murray Swihr
New Brighton
Cartersville
Allatoona
H. McMichen
McMichen
Patal
Mie
Gray Bros. Grocery
Newsy
von “San Idro
U. S
Dale
Rothwell
Optometrist
W. E. Hanscom
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MT. Hood
Tallman & Co
East
Cragin
Bast
SOX
Boston
Court and
Johnson Sts
Pendleton Dye Works
E. Alta
Stoge
Foot Hills
Big Pendleton
Ore
E. T. Wade
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