Pendleton Provisions and Leisure in Daily Life 1902
A snapshot of Pendleton scenes on a hot June day featuring local shops, food stalls, and entertainments. Mentions of Gratz's, Hawley Bros, Teutsch's store, and Hawley’s ice cream alongside advertisements for Ping Pong at Maloy’s, a Sunday picnic, and dancing with Kirkman’s orchestra. Also notes weather, typhoid warnings, and real estate and loan offers.
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Delta
Maloy's
Frazier’s
Teutsch’s
Gratz's
Gratz’s
Pendleton
Dutton
Dutton’s
Hood River
Hawley Bros
Main 106
Golden Rule
Nolte
J. R. Dickson
East Oregonian
Kine's Grove
Kirkmax
Rihorn & Cook
Taylor Bldg
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
Arnold
Rothwell
Portland
Organizing Unions in Wool Mill Workers Planned
A mass meeting at the county courthouse drew 150 attendees as F Stacy Whitney of the National Federation of Labor organized Wool Sorters and Graders Union in the mill. Plans follow for waiter bartender and textile worker group formations with J H Buck aiding. Samuel Gompers is billed to visit Pendleton then Spokane to rally local unions.
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Court House
F. Stacy Whitney
National Federation of Labor
Whitney
United States
San Franciso
J. H. Buck
Mr. Whitney
Walla Walla
Samuel Gompers
New York
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
Fendleton
Spokane
Gompers
Japanese cooks seek work at camp amid odd notices
A patchwork page lists Japanese cooks seeking camp work with years of experience, plus a free Sunday picnic at Kinet grove with dancing at 2, Kirkman's orchestra. It notes a courthouse demurrer denial in Richardson vs McCor kell and McEachern equity suit to foreclose a lien, and a divorce filing between Rebecca J. Goss and Henry H. Goss from New York 1888. It reports Charles Cunningham shipping 1000 fine blooded bucks by rail to Cuth bank Montana, a Kemler grocery stock closing sale in Pendleton with cash-only terms, and a note on the big Pendleton grocery rush.
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P. O
Kinet Grove
Kirkman
East
Oregon
Law
Richardson
Peter West
Charles Cunningham
Cuthbank
Mont
Montana
Cunningham
Kemler
Pendleton
Harvest labor arriving from multiple states to Oregon fields
Pendleton sees many men from Washington Idaho and Montana seeking harvest work in Oregon. Harvest starts earlier here than nearby regions and workers move between states, working several weeks in Oregon then transferring to Washington. The seasonal flow can extend two to three months with good wages.
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Pendleton
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Extending Water Mains on West Webb and Alta Streets
The water main extension progresses rapidly with new mains laid from Willow Street crossing two blocks below the county hospital. West Webb street reaches toward the city limits, and Alta Street will be supplied from the current terminus to the railroad crossing. The ditch is dug and pipe on the ground.
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Webb Street
Willow Street
County Hospital
Alta Street
Postmaster Nominations Surprise Pendleton Veteran
Washington June 28 The president nominated Edward Hirach for Salem Oregon postmaster and Lot Livermore for Pendleton Oregon postmaster. Livermore, Pendleton postmaster 18½ years after 1873, was informed by the East Oregonian and not surprised. He arrived in Pendleton in 1860 and is an Indian War veteran. Frank Clapton and C. E. Fell currently hold posts with unknown change date. The switch will occur when arrangements are ready.
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Washington
Edward Hirach
Salem
Lot Livermore
Pendleton
Livermore
East Oregonian
Frank Clapton
C. E. Fell
Crescens Sought as World's Greatest Trotting Horse
Efforts at the Spokane race meet and other venues aim to secure Crescens, touted as the world’s greatest trotting horse, to attract crowds and boost interest in forthcoming events.
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Spokane
Crescens
Shoes bring in the famous W L Douglas line
The advertisement proclaims the arrival of the W L Douglas shoe styles, claims an extensive stock, and notes over four and a half million pairs sold last year. It emphasizes union-made production under sanitary conditions and hints at a similar priced line called Just as Good.
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W. L. Douglas
After All No Place to Trade Like Nolf's
List of shop items with prices includes heavy Japanese napkins at 19 cents, bicycles for ladies and men, rubber rattles dolls and baby toys, shelf paper 18 long sheets, ladies wrist purses, sticky fly paper per sheet, crepe paper rolls priced 10 to 15 cents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lee Teutsch
Cleaver Bros. Dry Goods Company
Gregory
Howard
Frazier's
Hawley
Fies
Jeb’s
Percales
Dimities
Ynold’s
Kine
Kirkman’s
Court St
Doland Davis Sewing Machines
Bilas H. Soule
Soule Bros
Tall Drug Store
DT Glass Sale
Optician
Alexander
Koeppen
Main St
Co. E. Fell
P. S
Boston
Peoples
Nolf
Frederick Nolf
Ana Fille Mn
Kit Hays
Connerley
Beck
Tiner
Cottonwood Street
St. Joe
Standard Navy
Asc
Te Peon Warehus
Pendleton, Oregon
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