Public Nuisances Abated At City Council Meeting
The council considered the gratings and putrefying mass of fish near Byers millrace and the Chinese gardener’s hog pen, ordering immediate abatement to prevent pollution of the water supply. Licenses for near beer were reviewed, with one renewal possibly denied. The treasurer’s report was referred to the finance committee. The piece also describes a circus detail featuring riders, horses, and an international troupe.
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Byers
Montgomery
Magnificent Display At Pendleton Circus Parade
Crowds will gather to view Campbell Brothers consolidated shows in Pendleton for a grand parade tomorrow. The spectacle features trained horses and a long history of equine display, highlighting the circus’s familiar, impressive street performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Brothers
Russia
Pendleton
Blossom Foiled in Brighton Three Card Monte Plot
London. Henry Blossom author of Checkers now in England with Leelie Stuart to dramatize George Ade's Slim Princess. He watched sharpers play three card monte in Brighton and, thinking he could win, bet two pounds. He lost ten dollars after being duped by the card trick. He vows never to bust the game again.
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London
Henry Blossom
England
Leelie Stuart
George Ade
Brighton
Blossom
Broadway
Monte Wenn
Improving world toward betterment in a simple note
A brief privacy-free classified line notes improvement belief. It also advertises for sale pianos and household furniture with a phone contact Rei 2938.
Personal mentions fill Pendleton city notes
A parade of visitors and locals marks a Pendleton day with F Walker the Seattle cattle buyer in town. Residents like Mr and Mrs Fox Baker City and H L Duvall Hermiston transact business, while university ties surface with Storie, Cunningham, and Harold Warner home for the summer.
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F. Walker
Seattle
City
H. L. Duvall
Hermiston
Pendleton
Cusick
Union
Charles Hamilton
Huron
Glen Storie
University of Oregon
Sarah Cunningham
Pasco
Harold Warner
W. A. Slusher
Portland
J. E. Frazier
John Day Stockman
Wiley Frazier
Alf Johnson
Johnson
Walla Walla
Pat Kennedy
Northern Pacific
Nell Redfield
Ed Ran
Baker City
Penileton
Salem
State Penitentiary
United States
Matshal Clyde R. Nicholson
BE. B. Wood
Oo. Ro & N
J. P. McEachern
Helix
King Hill
Idaho
Lyman Rice
Eugene
Homer Smith
Roellingham
Washington
J. J. Hamley
North Pendeton
NSW population rises to over six hundred thousand this quarter
The official estimate places New South Wales population at the end of March at 620,000 plus, up 10,326 in the quarter and 41,000 for the year. Assisted immigrants from the United Kingdom during the quarter totaled 1,269.
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Sydney
New South Wales
United Kingdom
Rain Delights Farmers as Grain Prospects Rise
Farmers hail the rain as showers of blessing total nearly half an inch. Steady rainfall without wind boosts grain crop prospects, offsetting last Friday's hot wind. With favorable weather ahead, heads should fill, aiming for a county yield near five million bushels, increasing crop value by thousands of dollars.
Bat Causes Excitement at Local Court House
A harmless bat wandered into the County Assessor Strain’s office overnight and caused confusion through the courthouse. Grace Dorothy, a clerk, chased the intruder with a broom, driving it from floor to floor before it escaped.
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Grace Dorothy
Details of Roosevelt reception arranged in New York
Details of the Roosevelt reception were completed today with a short parade and reception to finish by 11 30 am. Mayor Gaynor will give a brief welcome. Roosevelt will march up Fifth avenue with an escort of rough riders and Spanish war veterans. About twenty five thousand members of position organizations will line the avenue. Teddy will dine with friends, not the home of Douine Robinson.
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New York
Roosevelt
Gaynor
Fifth Avenue
Teddy
Dougine Robinson
Tremendous Quake Recorded at Georgetown University
A strong earthquake was recorded at Georgetown University in the early hours, lasting from 1 48 to 4 11 am. If it hit inhabited zones it could have caused extensive damage, with tremors felt in Washington on June 16.
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Washington
Georgetown University
City excursionists mark Sumpter Valley extension opening
About five hundred residents from Raker City departed for Prairie City to celebrate the completion of the Sumpter Valley railroad extension. They will return tonight.
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Raker City
Prairie City
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Spry Stands Against Prize Fighting in Utah
Governor Spry reaffirmed his stance that prize fighting is illegal in Utah and he will pursue enforcement of the law. He emphasized that his position remains unchanged from several months ago and pledged active measures to curb such events.
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Spry
Salt Lake
Utah
Train Passenger Seeks Porter With Spare Change
A Boston Transcript item notes a train passenger addressing a porter with a request about dust on him and offering about fifty cents for service, illustrating a compact streetcorner exchange aboard the Pulman train.
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Pulman
Porter
Whitk
Porte
Boston Transcript
Spanish War Veterans Gather in Kentucky for State Encampment
Spanish war veterans from Kentucky numbering in the hundreds assembled at the state encampment in Lautville, Ry. They will hold a three day reunion featuring a public initiation into the military order of the Serpent conducted by a Cincinnati degree team.
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Lautville
Kentucky
Order of the Serpent
Cincinnat
Can You Beat This for 15 Cents
A terse line appears to promise a challenge or ask about beating a 15 cent price, with fragmented wording suggesting an ad or contest prompt from an old newspaper page. No clear entities or events are identifiable beyond the price cue.
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Standard Grocery Co
East Court Street
Council
Campbell Brothers Circus
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Wm. Hanscom
I. Blossom
Royal M, Sawtelle, Jeweler
Pendleton, Ore
Sullivan’s
Gurekill
Pendleton Dye Works
East Alte St
M. J. Moran
Cayuse
On Fhin
Fred* Stewart
Lakande
Bowman
E. BR. Alfrich
Corvallis
Robert Brown
Mrs. Brown
Ehogst
Mise Lecll Evans
N. Evans
Ellensburg
Waeh
Washington State Normal School
Jennie Hartle
la Grande
Mise
Annie Petireon
Payette
FE. W. Brown
A. W. Croeenwald
Academy
Silver Lake
Greenwold
Robert AH. Burne
T. J. Baurn
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Los Angeles
Burns
Mr. Baum
Walter M Piloerce
Hot Lake
Pierce
The
Agricultural College
Boston
Main Street
Atla and
Court Sts
Workingmen’s Clothing CO
Echo
Pilot Rock
Cosbie Street
West Alta Street
Dan Kemler
Bluff Street
Oregon
the Insurance Company of
State of Pennsylvania
the Western Assurance Co. of
Toronto
Equitable Fire and Marine of Providence
R. I
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co
California
Main St. Lee
Great Wonder Store
Main and
Manyuse
Sansuk
Ceeeersen
Ereeene
Greater Wonder
Despain & Bonney
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