City Brevities and Local Advertisements Minute Notes
A compilation of brief local notices and adverts. Ice cream at Hohbach's and strawberries with meals at Hotel Bowman Cafe. Stansberry & Milne offer transfer work, Pendleton Furniture Co. touts new rug arrivals, and various rental listings. Goodman Hardware Co. runs a seasonable sale on refrigerators and freezers. Pigeons for sale and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Main Street
F. B. Clapton Co
Goodman Hardware Co
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Wronged Girl Dies After Alleged Criminal Operation
In Rigby and Blackfoot area events dating to June 1908 a preliminary examination shows B J Humphrey arranged by telephone with Dr Mitchell to have Mary Robb operated on. Nellie Sayer John Sayer and Geo Kite accompanied her to Blackfoot where she was left June 9 and fell ill. She died June 13 after a private hospital visit. autopsy found the appendix intact, indicating a criminal operation. The star prosecution witness is to testify tomorrow.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Mary Robb
Rigby
B. J. Humphrey
Dr. Mitchell
Humphrey
Nellie Sayer
John Sayer
Geo. Kite
Teen worker injured in Castle Rock steam laundry incident
Nineteen year old Maxie Newman suffered severe crush and burn injuries to her hand and wrist at a steam laundry in Castle Rock Washington while preparing the mangle for the day. She was transported to St Vincent's Hospital in Portland for surgery.
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Maxie Newman
Castle Rock
Wash
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Portland
Amusement Changes At Dimes And Pastime
The two Dimes will open today and tomorrow with a fine set of motion pictures. A new Indian scene titled An Indian's Gratitude and the song Keep on Smiling are featured. Pastime has shown Picturesque Wales and the illustrated song Love Me and the World In Mine. A change is announced for tomorrow.
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Two Dimes
New Dime
Wales
Show Shop to Change Films with New Features Tomorrow
Tomorrow there will be another first class change of motion pictures at the Show Shop. The current offerings have been notably interesting with Native Tale in Egyptian Soudan and the illustrated song The Summer Girl. The ensemble promises tomorrow to be equally engaging with fresh features and humor.
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Tdfe
Civic visitors and local arrivals fill LeGrande day
A stream of visitors and residents pass through LeGrande with business trips and social plans. F L Griffin of Corvallis and J M Kyle of Hecho visit, Senator Levi Ankeny arrives from Walla Walla, and Mrs C J Bowera and daughter travel via Walla Walla. Various locals head to Meacham and Wenaha Springs for a brief stay while others depart for Spokane, Portland, or Seattle on short trips.
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Jessie Smith
Meacham
Levi Ankeny
Walla Walla
Bert Huffman
Kamela
Marcus Struve
W. McClure
Spokane
J. M. Kyle
Hecho
Chris Breeding
Charles Welttenhaller
Platteville
Wis
Bowman
Hazel Hamblen
G. W. Brown
Roy W. Saxton
Reclamation Service
Wenaha Springs
Oliver P. Morton
J. W. Privett
Winnie
Pines
Parkes Camp
Della Privett
Walter Adams
Northern Pacific
South Main Street
C. J. Smith
W. L. van Nuys
Ukiah
Pendleton
Cam
la Grande Observer
Ifist and Iflat anecdote from Mr Cleveland
A New York Times piece recounts Grover Cleveland describing an iflat as a joke on optimism. He defines an iflat as a person enslaved to a title word, contrasting it with a sane optimist. An example from a Maine woods hunting trip illustrates the tale.
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Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Mr. Cleveland
Maine
Ezra Meeker to Kill His Oxen and Dog
Seattle news reports Ezra Meeker plans to kill his oxen Dave and Dandy and the dog Jim that accompanied his 4600 mile cross continent journey. He intends to have their bodies stuffed and displayed in Pioneer Park at Puyallup despite protests.
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Seattle
Wash
Ezra Meeker
Dave
Dandy
Jim
Pioneer Park
Puyallup
Woman Inherits 200000 From Oregon Uncle
Mrs. Paul Sterling of Coquille Oregon inherits 200000 from her uncle in Grants Pass. She has been notified of the bequest and travels to Grants Pass to attend the estate settlement proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sterling
Coquille
Ore
Grants Pass
Sterling
Granta Pass
Water Resources Service formed for mountain climate data
The interior and agriculture secretaries approve a new Water Resources Service uniting the Forestry Service Reclamation Service Bureau of Plant Industry and the water resources branch of the US Geological Survey with the Weather Bureau. They will collect rainfall and snowfall data from western mountains to aid irrigation and plant research with Chief F H Bigelow supervising.
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Soughe
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Water Resources Service
Forestry Service
Reclamation Service
Bureau of Plant Industry
Water Resources Branch
United States Geological Survey
Weather Bureau
F. H. Bigelow
Riot claims paid from Vancouver to Ottawa total twenty five thousand
Checks totaling twenty five thousand dollars are being sent from Vancouver to Ottawa in payment of Chinese claims settled by Mackenzie King the commissioner who inquired into the damage caused by rioters in last September anti Oriental demonstration. Alex Twizk a coal passer fell from bunkers to the track at Skyko mish Wash yesterday afternoon and was run over by a Great Northern train while injured on the rails
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Vancouver
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Alex Twizk
Skykomish
Wash
Great Northern
Discriminating Ladies Use Nowbro Herpicide
Ladies praise Nowbro Herpicide for quick dandruff relief and hairdressing effects. It claims to cleanse the scalp, stop itching, and prevent baldness by destroying the germ causing dandruff. Sold by leading druggists with samples available by mail from The Herpicide Co Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowbro
Newbro
Herpsicide Co
Detroit
Mich
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Teutsch
F. E. Livengood & Co
Teutsch’s Old Stand
Hohbach’s
Minnis
Pendleton Furniture Co
Stark Poultry House
East Oregonian Office
Stansberry & Milne
Main
Pendleton Furniture Company
Oregonian
Perkins Avenue
J. M. Bentley
Louis Hunziker
Beautiful Indian
Mike
Pat
Mollie
Wallstrate
New Yorrock
Kobppens
F. L. Griffin of
Corvallis
James Kyle
Echo
C. J. Bowera
Homer Reeves
W. R. Graham
F. E
Judd
M. B. Gwinn
Lowell Rogers
Adams
Cleveland
New York Times
Fish
Monroe Street
Pendleton Cloak
Suit House
St. George
Consomme de Volaille
Salade Italienne
Saumon
Normandie
Gateaux Assortis
Gelee A
la Porte
Goufres
Cate Noir
The
East Oregonian
Oregon
Bingham Warm Springs
Blue Mountain
A. Borie
Gibbon
Umatilla County
J. A. Borie
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