Regents Propose One Year High School Normal Course
Regents outline a one year high school normal course to prep students for teaching without attending normal schools. Changes aim to keep normals focused on teacher training while strengthening high schools. Weston visit by Hofer Mater Bragg accompanies ongoing reforms.
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Weston Normal School
Normal School Board
Messrs
Hofer
Mater
Western Oregon
Prof
Bragg
Union County
Weston
Fastern
Oregon Normal
Messrs. Hofer
Mailer
Salem
Chamberlain
Weston School
Free Labor Bureau a Success in Walla Walla
Walla Walla Union reports the Free Employment Bureau has aided farmers by sending 688 men to work since inception at a cost of 94 cents per man. Officers and members met at the Commercial Club to extend operations to October 1 and praised the program for reducing “bo’s” off the street. At present 128 workers are available.
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Walla Walla
Farmers’ Free Employment Bureau Association
Commercial Club
Association Office Attracts Job Seekers This Summer
Members note rising association membership likely to grow in the coming weeks as job seekers, especially harvest workers, flock to the bureau. Farmers praise the bureau for securing positions with ease and providing free reading rooms baggage services and other conveniences.
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Association
Cardinal Gibbons Celebrates 73rd Birthday in Baltimore
A flood of telegrams and messages greeted Cardinal Gibbons on his seventy third birthday at the North Charles street archiepiscopal residence. Born in Baltimore and educated in Ireland, he rose from priest to archbishop then cardinal in 1886. Only Archbishop Williams of Boston and Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia are older members of America's Catholic hierarchy.
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Williams
Ryan
Baltimore
North Charles Street
Cardinal Gibbons
Maryland
Florida
America
Cable
Memage
Rome
Ireland
United States
St. Charles College
St. Mary's Seminary
Spalding
Ace
Boston
Philadelphia
Eddie Kinney Killed by Hay Rake Accident Near Heppner
A 12 year old, Eddie Kinney, died after a hay rake accident on a ranch near Heppner. He lived with his mother 12 miles from Heppner and attended St Joseph's Academy in Pendleton. Burial will be in Heppner.
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Heppner
Fies
Sarah Cunningham
Charles Cunningham
Eddie Kinney
Pendleton
St. Joseph's Academy
Victim of Accident May Recover
William Stephens who was accidentally shot in the head by policeman Griff Roberts on Saturday night in Portland may recover after initial reports claimed fatal injuries. The bullet lodged at the side of his skull. he has left the hospital and is with relatives in Salem.
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William Stephens
Griff Roberts
Portland
Salem
Salesman George Burkey commits suicide amid shortage proof
George Burkey, a salesman and prominent member of the First Christian Church, shot himself in his employer's office when confronted with a cash shortage. In a separate event, an unidentified well dressed man ran off a freight train near Klona, Washington, and was killed.
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Sioux City
George Burkey
Klona
Was Miss Carpenter Lost On The Columbia Sinking
Local rumors said Miss Clara Carpenter, former East End school principal, was among the Columbia victims. Later reports identify the dead as a different Clara Carpenter, a Pendleton teacher visiting in northern Alberta, while the former resigned to join Helena schools and planned summer visits in Nova Scotia.
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Columbia
Clara Carpenter
Helena
Nova Scotia
Judge Artman Passes Through Pendleton on Lecturing Tour
Indiana judge Samuel R. Artman, famed for ruling liquor business unconstitutional for inciting crime, traveled through Pendleton on the Oo, R, and N line en route to Boise City. He is touring the West with 36 lecture dates, speaking in Portland Sunday and planning stops to Salt Lake City and beyond.
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Indiana
Pendleton
Samuel R. Artman
Lebanon
Ind
Boise City
Portland
Boise
Salt Lake
United States
Artman
Captain Doran and the Columbia Disaster
Captain Doran, master of the Pacific coast passenger steamers, refused to abandon his post on the bridge declaring all passengers must be saved. The steamer Columbia sank with him aboard, though many officers and crew were rescued by the steamer George W. Bilder. Doran was renowned for navigation skill and coastal knowledge, able to judge position by water depth and fog signs without instruments. He was regarded as a commodore who treated all with kindness and urged survival for all aboard.
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Captain Doran
Pssenger
Flureka
George W. Bilder
Doran
Oine
San Francisco
Insane man at Echo arrested after resistance
Sheriff’s office received word from Echo that a violently insane man was arrested near Echo after resisting the marshal. Deputy Joe Blakley took Mailand Brock to Ione and would bring the inmate to Echo. Lambr Martin, father of Grover Martin, seeks a pardon petition signed by Milton residents for his son, who has served about a year and a half in the penitentiary for killing Old Man Preston near Milton.
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Willie
Blakley
Sheriff's Office
Echo
Joe Blakley
Ione
Mailand Brock
Grover Martin
Lambr Martin
Preston
Milton
Fortune in Small Tracts Near Portland Cherries
Oregon Agriculturist reports H A Lewis of Russellville grew Royal Ann cherries on 26 trees planted 19 years ago. Pruning produced jow topped spreaders yielding 125 pounds from two trees and 5500 pounds from all trees, with last year at 4000 pounds. The block yields profit on limited land, showing cherry crops can be lucrative with proper land and care.
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Oregon Agriculturist
Portland
H. A. Lewis
Russellville Nurneryman
Lewla
Mr. Lewis
Lew
Automobile Endurance Test Tour Heads to Salem
About fifty touring cars will run 140 miles from Portland to Salem and return via Rajem and McMinnville next Sunday. The event, first in a Series of Journeys by the Automobile Dealers' Association and the Portland Automobile Club, starts from Portland at 8 am and reaches Salem around 11 am.
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Willamette Valley
Salem
Cherry City
Portland
Rajem
McMinnville
Salem Statesman
Automobile Dealera’ Annoviation
Portland Automobile Club
Metropolis
Portland J
Travel by road to Salem and back via Portland routes
A description of a party itinerary from Salem to McMinnville and Port land with a return through Newberg. It prohibits speeding beyond twenty miles per hour and requires continuous motion between Portland and Balem except when horses are frightened. motorists must not kill the motor but may pass teams carefully on the journey to Galem.
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Salem
McMinnville
Portland
Newberg
Balem
Galem
Cause of Sudden Deaths Disease Remedy Ad
A broad ad claims a kidney liver and bladder remedy named Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root treats kidney and bladder issues. It promises relief from frequent urination pain and nocturnal urination and offers a free sample and book by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilemer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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