Prohibition's Blight in Umatilla County Viewed by Outsider
The La Grande Observer reprints Pendleton items showing a bustling post election scene in Umatilla County. New projects include a $2500 residence, a $35,000 city hall, a $70,000 federal building, and a busy Pendleton Woolen mills venture. Also planned are a broom factory, an auto trade expansion, and new school fencing. The county-wide fundraising tour by Pendleton business leaders underscores a shared spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
la Grande
Pendleton
Co. & Terpenning
L. Dunlop
Tustin Street
Pondieton
Racine Woolen Mills Company
Pendleton Woolen Mills
E. J. Murphy
Portland
Echo
Henrietta
W. F. Matlock
Athena
Freewater
Pendleton Auto Company
Umatilla
Milton
Echo and Hermitson
Iillekt
Golden West
Northwest
Coffee product names and grocer policy hint at refunds
A fragmented note discusses a coffee brand Schilling's Best as a business label and implies a money-back offer from grocers if a buyer returns it. The text blends marketing tone with a refund idea, suggesting consumer guarantee concepts.
Hall's Catarrh Cure fraud claim affidavit Toledo
Frank J Cheney valsigned sworn affidavit as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co promising one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. Notary A W Gleason certified December 6. Company promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally claiming system blood and mucous surface action. Endorsed by testimonials and druggists in Toledo Ohio. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Doring
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason Notary
All Druggiata
Wat” Hall
Murder attempt near Tacoma saves elderly woman from bullet
An unknown man tried to murder Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pflugmacher near Tacoma on Saturday night. A coil of hair on the woman’s head slowed the bullet, sparing her instant death, while two shots aimed at her husband went astray.
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Theodore Pflugmacher
Tacoma
Accident Claims Life of 14 Year Old Elmer Alquimist
Elmer Alquimist, age 14, accidentally shot himself in the lung with a .22 rifle several days ago and died within hours without giving details of how the mishap occurred. He resided in Ontario.
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Elmer Alquimist
Ontario
Taft as Roosevelt’s peer in leadership and grit
Washington June 10 President Roosevelt praises William Howard Taft as a towering, decisive figure. Taft, six feet tall and 280 pounds, combines humor with dignity and firmness. A former judge and governor, he handled Philippines and Panama Canal tasks with tact, balancing reform and practical policy. Taft’s disciplined, frank style, workload, and cautious judgment are highlighted alongside his readiness to defend administration decisions and his mastery of public relations with newspaper men.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Capitol
William Howard Taft
United States
Tutt
Taft
Elusson
Linra
Roosevit
War Department
Tut
Emille
Ilas
Esse
Rome
Havana
Panama
Manila
Ohio
McKinley
Philippines
Root
Congress
Panama Canal
Palma
Cuba
Patrick Henry as glimpsed in Virginia letters 1774
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography prints Roger Atkinson letters from Cumberland England to Samuel Pleasant describing Patrick Henry. The excerpt portrays Henry as a stern yet sharp patriot, a “notable American” whose blunt political style unsettles allies and foes alike, with humorous asides about his temper and social polish.
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Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Roger Atkinson
Cumberland
England
Petersburg
Samuel Pleasant
Philadelphia
Virginia
Col’o Washington
Braddock
Patrick
Floating in the Air Balloon Sensations and Medford Liquor Vote
Captain C Del Chandler U S A explains the sensation of rising in a free balloon noting motion appears steady the earth drops and distant features fade an ascent may require a statoscope to tell up from down while a rapid altitude change affects the ears Medford residents sue to stop liquor sales as one precinct votes wet and another dry.
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C. del. Chandler
Billie
Journal of Military Service
Medford
The Swine and the Flower Riddle
A peculiar verse depicts a field whose first impression is a mass of roses yet reveals a grotesque contrast as a shouted line proclaims the source of lard and earlier “source of TTOLENE.” The piece contrasts scent and sight in a Southern scene.
Auto repair shop ad promises prompt work and painting
If you're undecided where to send your vehicle for repair this shop offers indutements for good work promptly done and claims little money settles the bill. They do carriage repairs and painting for spring with an expert painter. old rigs made as good as new. They list gasoline engines hacks Winona wagons and buggies.
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Schilling
Mike Ji
William H. Taft
Frank
Bowen
Venezuela
Loomis
Sinte Dormingo
Secrteary
Martin Decres
Tigrel St. Gaxitue
F. A. Dappertone
Bath Portland
A. WM. Moore
Eehoa
Murkuwets
Spoikone
Sronieon
Om M. Davis
KE. Waldman
W. I. Hatehtind
B. Wapmer
Seattle
J. ©. Clemens
Burne
Will Jameson
Weston
W. L. Lyman
Seate
Grow Arvill
Milwaukie
James O'Conner
Lenn Edwards
Sherry
James Peters
Fllery
Boston
Fearnenstein
Mra
Dheess
Eastern
Waeh
T. L. Newell
Wife
A. Herman
Chicago
J. Herman
New York
J. PF Shelton
Beho
Wade
Kansas City
Edward Culp
Bill Reddig
R. Wood
Franklin Taylor
Emalisor
Omaha
Palmer
Heppner
M Pomme
Wot
F. Felume
H. C
Patrick Henry
City Property
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court St
Pendleton, Ore
V. Stroble
Court Street
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
Neagle Bros
W.C. Minnis
Henning
Peoples Warehouse
U.K
Ade
McBee & Hays
Aura Street
Alta and
Webb
St. Louis
St. Paul
Limita
F. J. Quinlan
WM. McMurray
Oregon
Rutherford & Molitor
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