City Briefs Trash and sales notices from local stores
City notices list sales promotions at the Boston Store and Rader's show window prizes. Job ads seek salesmen and lumber haulers. studio ads urge baby and family portraits. Rentals, millinery sales, and office space offered. Idaho fruit growers alert to a national exposition in Boise with 38 fruit commission houses attending. Centralia, Washington population noted.
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Rader
Boston
Rader's
Farmers’ Bank
Weston
Ore
Bowman's
Leathers" Transfer & Storage Co
Gritman’s Clear
Mra
Campbell's Millinery
East Oregonian
Woodcraft
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Bolee
Congress
Oremon
Washington
Tate
Fruit Commission
Junger
Jewelry sale with large stock and guarantee
L. Hunziker, jeweler and optician, advertises a large stock of jewelry and related items at moderate prices with each piece backed by an individual guarantee. The notice emphasizes attentive purchasing guidance and reputable service.
Former Pendleton Man Scorched by Portland Explosion
Fred Lent, ex-sheep business man now connected with Portland Rendering, was severely burned in a plant explosion on the peninsula near Portland. Charles Stansell, his partner, and Frank Pelton, an employee, were also injured. Pelton died later. The entire rendering plant was demolished and all workers burned. Lent is a brother of Ag Lent of Franklin Street.
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Pendleton
Portland
Fred F. Lent
Portland Rendering Company
Charlie D. Stanwell
Freielit Wirehouse
Noo
Oregon Washington Idaho booklet in demand
The passenger department of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, led by General Passenger Agent William McMurray, have sold more copies of the booklet Oregon Washington and Idaho this year than ever. The 1906 edition is strong, based on authentic statistics, with attractive illustrations. Copies available by sending four cents in stamps to William McMurray at Portland, or send names and addresses to receive copies directly from his office.
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Oregon
Equlerners
M. Hall
Hm & N
Fats
Washington Denier
Iso
Stanins
Wiliam McMurray
Zenero
Portland
Ers
Mississppi
Tidewaters
Pacific Bend
Cleland
Passer Agi
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Atianeapolis
Duluth
Superior
Great Pacific Northwest
Lawsuit Filed Over Note Owed to Swagmart
J B Perry through A Newberry files suit to collect 3340 and interest on a note given by B B T Smith as administrator of the estate of Wileame Walker to H L Swagmart. The plaintiff alleges only 16 cents weekly paid, with 45 percent of the amount unpaid according to the planter's alterations in the Daily Fast Oregonian.
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Sault
J. B. Perry
Hrough
A. Newberry
BB. T. Smith
Wileame Walker
H. L. Swagmart
Oregonian
Personal mentions fill Baker City social circuit
A long list of local visitors and travelers is noted from Baker City and surrounding areas. Names include M O Brien, J M Lichifoot, Martin Finneran, Miss Hertha Alexander, William Roesch, Henry Lants, Ed Rubedew, Mia Murphy, Darr Phelps, T J Foley, W A Lytle, W E Mills, Mrs F L Brundage, Mrs H B Vaughan, Mrs T W Ayres, Mrs Dean Twtom, Mr and Mrs A P Johnson, Captain and Mrs Patrick Bruin, Major and Mrs Lee Moorhouse, Mrs Seth Catlin, Mrs Leona Thompson, Mrs Jay Bowerman, Mrs C K Barber, Rev M W Howard, Rev E Camp, Frank K Welles, and others. They travel to Lehman Springs, Hood River, Portland, Meacham, Athena, and nearby locales, with gatherings, funerals, and hunting trips mentioned.
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M. O'Brien Lo
J. M. Lichifoot
Vinson, Wor
Martin Finneran
Lehman Spring
Portland
T. J. Foley
Bingham Springs
W. A. Lytle
Pendleton
Pbaker Clly Herald
W. E. Mills
Milton
Porthind
Mee
F. L
Lehman Springs
William McDonald
Oden
Major
Lee Moorhouse
Seth Catlin
Leona Thompson
Jay Bowerman
Bowerman
Condon
Son
Glenn Winslow
C. K. Barber
Baker City
Fraink Saling
C. Ty [Metinnig
T. MM
Jones
Graham
A. Zouske
Fulton
Reverend Diven Visits Pennsylvania and Travels North
Rev. Robert J. Diven is visiting Pennsylvania, staying in Grove City after leaving Livermore. The Mountalls and McCormachs with Sherman Kunkel plan to depart for Lehman Springs tomorrow, remaining there through September 1.
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Pennsylvania
Robert J. Diven
Livermore
Grove City
JW. McCormmich
Wite
McCormmach
Owite
Sherman Kunkel
Teave
Lehman Springs
Helix Wheat Yield Report From Local Threshing
In Helix area wheat yields measured by threshing reach 95 bushels or more per acre with grain weights varying from 60 to 11 pounds per bushel. No shelved grain observed in fields threshed yet and reports align with East Oregonian accounts.
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Helix
Pauper Statistics Show 103177 in United States Poorhouses
Government figures reveal almshouse populations in 1904 totaling 183174 with 77817 males and 62252 females. 1980 and 1860 counts are cited, noting a declining ratio to population. The report attributes decreases to better organized charity, family placement of destitute children, and shifts in care for the mentally and physically defective to asylums and hospitals. Females enter poorhouses and stay longer. many men are seasonal boarders.
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Washington
United States
Biggest Lease Filed In Walla Walla County Court
The largest lease on record in Walla Walla County was filed July 24 by Wallin Walla Traction Co as they begin building the street railway from Walla Walla to Milton and Freewater. The deal includes a mortgage, bond funds, and transfer of assets to Germantown Travestiment Co of Philadelphia to secure bonds of the traction company. Bonds total 500 at $1000 each, amounting to 600,000.
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Walla Walla County Court House
Widiw
Wallin Walla
Knntsie
Comywiny
Germantown Travestiment Company
Phihelpna
bin Yoethene Company
Tno
Milton
Freewitter
Hermiston Bans Saloons Near Government Works
Hermiston will have no saloons during the Cold Springs irrigation project due to a four mile limit from government works. Contractors welcome the rule, while saloonmen hoped for profit near the Hermiston construction sites and await possible openings beyond the four mile boundary.
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Hermiston
Cold Springs
Wienade
Reclamation Department
Progres
Umatilla
Boho
Empire Tea and Crockery to Move Uptown Store
Empire Tea and Crockery Company announces plans to move from Court Street to part of the Mann building recently vacated by the Great Eastern. The relocation, targeted for August 15, will create a larger showroom for the inland region. G. M. Vinton remains in charge of the Spokane based store operations.
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Empire Tea and Crockery Company
Wil Geen
John Solunide
W. BE. Morrizon
Owl Tea House
Court Street
Dobn Schmidt
Mann
Finpire Tea and Crockery Company
Spokane
Moscow
Pendleton
G. M. Vinton
Funeral of S A Maloney Held at Athena Today
The body of the late S A Maloney lay in state at Athena after 12 o'clock noon. Members of Mugzonte and Odd Fellow orders with others from Pythian lodges accompanied the remains to the R N depot and to the Methodist church for services by Rev M L V Howard. Interment followed in Athena cemetery under Mason auspices with local residents attending. The report notes prominent local attendance and affiliations.
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S. A. Maloney
Athena
Athene
R. & N. Depot
Odd Bellows
Doan's Kidney Pills End Woes Says Pendleton Woman
A Pendleton resident testimonials Doan's Kidney Pills curing kidney trouble backache and restlessness. She procured them from Pendleton Drug Co and says the pills gave relief, restored energy and enabled normal duties. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the U S sale agent and the slogan Remember the name Doan's.
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Pendleton
Mia
Oliver
Maple Street
Ore
Doan
Dean
Pendleton Drug Company
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Teutsch’s
Pontilon Permanent
Atwood Ridg
Chicago
Malin
Cagen
Eagle Building
Centralia
Wash
L. Hunziker
Jeweler
Opticia
Ware, Sharon & Ebditings
Central Market
Oo. Ft. & NN
Hires Root Beer
Koeppens
M. W. Howard
Welles
CC. E. Cooper
St. George
B. L. Holdaway
Dickinson
la Grande
Ry & S
Denver & Rilo Grande
L. R. Lorena
Pilot Rock
Vian Nuye
First Presbyterian Church
FE. P. Dodd
Baker
Dodd
Pendleton Tribune
FO W. Eppinger
W.O0. Patterson
Rbaker City Herald
OWL
the Fair Dep’t. Store
Great Northwest
Tis Chapieres
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Walla Wallan Traction
Gas Company
Harry Askin
Grand Opera House
Julian Mitchell
Lew Fields Herald Square Theater
Toyland
Nordland
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