Local ads and notices from Pendleton area pages
Various local notices include for sale and rental items from Pendleton Furniture Co and Nissen Implement Co, plumbing by Weddow & Miller, coat of rugs, a gold bracelet found, lost baby necklace with initials SKJ, and a balloon parachute incident with Wildes and De Nora at a midsummer Catholic club event.
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Pendleton Furniture Co
Henry Koplittke
Rock Springs Coil
Henry Kopitthe
Weddow & Miller
Lehmin Springs
Pendleton Auto. Co
Bluff Street
Beddow & Miller
Nissen Implement Co
Nissen Implement Company
Bluff St
FP. Myers
Melix
Oregon
Court Street
Aura
Hospital
South Main Street
SK. J. M
AERONAUT PUTS OUT PORTLAND LIGHTS
Portland July 23. Through the fouling of electric light by a parachute jumper at 7 45 last evening Portland was cut off from Juloe for about half an hour. The accident happened at East Sixth and Wasco streets. Professor Carlos Wildes was attempting to
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Portland
East Sixth
Wasco Streets
Carlos Wildes
Crazed Japanese Man Tries to Jump From Burnside Bridge
Portland officers prevented Y. Fugioka a Japanese laborer from leaping into the river near Burnside bridge this morning after he removed his shoes tossed them into the water and climbed the railing. He was handcuffed taken to the city prison and placed in a padded cell with officials noting signs of mental unbalance. The incident prompted speculation among onlookers about his condition.
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Portland
Burnside Bridge
Y. Fugioka
Harms
Gruber
Fugioka
Stranger Welcome Sparks Steel-Frame Block in Salem
The Salem State article notes the city gates neighborly welcome to a stranger while installing an automate riveting machine. This device helps Oregon’s capital city advance toward its first steel-frame business block, signaling growth and industry.
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Salem Statesman
Oregon
Pendleton Busy Visitors and Moves Highlight Day
Pendleton sees a flurry of visitors and local movements. Athena’s Miss Katherine Sharp arrives from Newport then returns home. Major Lee Moorhouse and Ed Peters return from Seattle expositions. Dr J A Donaghue and Dr C J Smith attend to local and visiting duties. merchants M L Morrison and K E Brown travel for business. families and witnesses travel for hearings and duties in the Warner Young will contest and related proceedings.
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C. J. Smith
M. L. Morrison
Helix
F. Clay Rinehart
Elfin
Ciy
Lee Moorhouse
Seattle Exposition
Ed Peters
Seattle
Glen Quilett
Barnhart
Pendleton
Katherine Sharp
Athena
Newport
Shadigo
Janet Weittenhuler
Platteville
Wisconsin
Bush. Street
J. D. Peek
Paesco
Washington
le Hore
Warner-Toung Wil
Whith Ja
KK. C. Charleton
Jain Town
Fred W. Andrews
Beho
Penticton
Mwenriotiy Milling Company
United States
John McCourt
R. E. Storey
Baptist Church
Oatern Washington
Wilatler
Elgin
Amaln
Ofra
Adam Noble
Pilot Rock
Nowlin General
Br. F
Watts
Dent
Idaho
BE. McGinnie
Interstate Telephone Company
H. & Blair
Blair Business College of
Spokane
Phelps
Portland
War on graft floods Chicago grand jury with indictments
Chicago July 23 One hundred five graft indictments touching more than 300 persons were returned by the July grand jury before Judge Kirkham Scanlan Ir in the criminal court. The cases target levee district graft saloon and slot machine corruption pawnshop graft and Chinese gambling. The drive is led by State's Attorney John E Wayman as part of a city wide anti graft campaign.
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Chicago
Kirkham Scanlan
Criminal Court
John E. Wayman
Cook County
True Hills
Wayman
Prosecutor Targets Lower Tiers in Graft Probe
The report notes officials aim to press small fry in the graft case for confessions while focusing on higher ups. The prosecutor hopes leniency or cooperation from lower level figures could unravel a broader network.
Orchard Baptized in Penitentiary Prison Conversion
Spokane July 23 Boise special to the Spokesman-Review. Harry Orchard, who murdered ex Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, was baptized yesterday at the penitentiary. Elder Steward of the Seventh Day Adventist church read the service. He said Orchard is a devout convert and believes his sins are forgiven. Orchard reportedly told the elder he would accept life behind bars and is content to remain for the rest of his natural life.
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Spokane
Boise
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Penitentiary
Steward
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Panama Canal Near Half Completion
Washington reports show substantial progress in canal construction across the Isthmus. Excavation reaches about 80 million cubic yards, nearly matching the total dirt removed by the French era. Fewer than 100 million cubic yards remain. Colonel Goethals predicts transit readiness by January 1, 1915.
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Washington
Ne Js
Isthmian Canal Commission
Goethals
Great Waterway
London Suffragettes Too Bad For Jail
London July 23 Six of fourteen suffragettes imprisoned at Holloway for window breaking at Whitehall have been released for insubordination. Herbert Gladstone secretary of the House of Commons said it was only a matter of days until all would be released. The women defied prison rules and kicked and spit at wardens.
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London
Holloway
Whitehall
Herbert Gladstone
The
Hose of Commons
New Roses Abound in England Amid Court Case Pending
England faces a bloom of 90 distinct new roses this year as rose culture thrives. A legal case, begun in 1707, remains outstanding in English law courts.
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England
One Man's Leg Saves Another Life From Amputation
Portmand George A Stockder a traveling salesman scarred by a May 24 gas explosion in his Marshall Street apartments is recovering after Charles Hagerty of La Grande Oregon lost his right leg and surgeons transplanted Hagerty's skin to Stockder from his amputated rib to save his life. the remarkable graft kept Stockder alive as Hagerty's limb was sacrificed.
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George A. Stockder
Marshall Street
Charles Hagerty
la Grande
Ore
Hagerty
Stockder
Prudential Insurance Company of America balance sheet 1908
Amount of capital paid up and synopsis of the annual statement for Portland Oregon operations in 1908. Includes income from premiums interest and rents, disbursements to policyholders, dividends and salaries, taxes and other expenditures. Assets show real estate stocks and bonds loans cash and other assets. liabilities total reserves and policy claims. Business in Oregon lists total risks written and gross premiums, with agents named in Salem and Portland offices.
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Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
New Jersey
Oregon
Grose
Leslie D. Ward
John Paver
Rothchild
P.M. Howard
Ord
Dept. Sis
Corbett Building
Portland
W. H. Daugherty
Center Street
Salem
Stricken Traveler and Logger Find Unlikely Reward
A traveling salesman who burned leg won’t heal soon, yet the La Grande logger’s leg injury proved lifesaving for another. The two men, bound by fate, bear different scars while the doctor’s report hints at compensation from the incident and the men adjust to new realities.
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F. E. Livengood & Co
Miele Pictures
Rock Spring Coal
Henry Koplitke
Orn
Wight
Wildes
Charles de Nora
Catholic Young Men's Club
Williams Avenue
Stanton Street
DeNore
Sefere
Wilder
Aeronaut
Tuimself
Germiless
Our
Koeppen’s
Kr. Sharp
Bert Hull
Long Creek
L. B. Phelps
J. A. Donaghue
Hermiston
J. A. McConnell
Familly
Sehmon Springs
Bh. B. Aldrich
East Oregonian
National Editorial Association
Frank O'Harra
Jesse Saling
Missoula
Big Flathead
Walter Adams
Adams Brothers
Ukiah
Florence Adams
Robert Adams
Adam
A. B. Noble
Be, W. Warrington
Presbyterian Church
Pilot Rockome
W. 8. Holt
Home Mission Board
Charles Welttenhiller
Louln Marple
Meacham
LEGIN
Alexander
Hwarry
Panama Canal
Mr. Gladstone
Special Reserve
ORIND
Koeppen & Brothers
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