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Pendleton Eagle Valley News

Location

Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1912

Page

5

Fragmented OCR: Midday brief with partial names

A damaged OCR fragment reports a brief event with unclear names and vague details. Readable items mention a local incident and possible dates but lack full context or measurable outcomes.

Local Classifieds Listing Various Offers and Notices

Local notices sell coal wood and dry wood deliveries at various addresses in town. Services include chimney sweep, room rentals, boarding, poles, cedar posts, and transfer. Lost items include a gold brooch and a book entitled Reminiscences of General Miles. Wanted: an organizer for a fraternal war insurance society and a girl for general house work. Rock Spring coal offered with prompt delivery.

Burroughs Main & Fuel Johnson Street I. Cc. Snyder Thompson Stret Egg Kopittke & Gillanders Mra. C. H. Beitel's College Street Water Street Pendleton Planing Fraternal War Insurance Society Charles Dempster Spokane C. J. Whittaker Thompson Street Rock Spring Ben L. Burroughs Pendleton Planing Mill

Mutiny and Loot Continue Across Peking

Disorder in Peking eases as over 3000 soldiers stabilize the city while looting continues in accessible areas. German subject Dr Schrecht killed by mutineers. Government troops round up suspects and execute them. Four British regiments and 200 American troops arrive to reinforce. President Yuan estimates at least five thousand natives slain since the outbreak last week.

Schrecht Peking China Thong Kong Arrowsmith Yuan

Personal mentions from Pendleton city visitors list

Assessor C P Strain is absent on a business trip to Milton. BE G Marquis of Adams visits Pendleton today. Asa B Thomson from Echo, P Co is in the city. Hunter of Echo also visited. F S Bramwell of La Grande registered at the St George. D C Teel, Echo land owner, spent Saturday night in the city. D C Brownell came from Umatilla to Pendleton for the day. John Walker, District 52 director near Athena, transacting business in Pendleton. Floyd McKennon of La Grande stayed at Bowman. J Matthews of Pilot Rock visited Pendleton Sunday. G C Van Sant of Hermiston stayed overnight. Andy McEwen of Athena, recently back from Scotland, spending the day in Pendleton.

C. P. Strain Milton BE. G. Marquis of Adams Asa B. Thomson Echo P. Co Hunter Bramwell of la Grande St. George D. C. Teel D. C. Brownell Umatilla John Walker District 52 Athena Pendleton Floyd McKennon Bowman J. Matthews Pilot Rock G. C. van Sant Hermiston Andy McEwen Scotland

Sinner and the slippery place moral tale

A Tit-Bits quip recalls a country road Christmas snow incident. A pastor and parishioner slip on hidden ice, the pastor intones that sinners stand on slippery places, while the fallen parishioner retorts that he cannot. The joke ends with sharp remark on sin and fate.

Nomination Praise for William J Bryan at Portland Rally

A speaker recounts addressing ten thousand in Portland and endorses William J Bryan as a leading figure. He predicts Bryan could again be the Democratic presidential nominee if the party moves toward selection as sentiment crystallizes in his favor.

Portland United States Bryan

Two Die When Wire Breaks At Port Angeles Plant

Two sightseers are dead and a third man is seriously injured after a guy wire attached to a large derrick at the Olympic Power company plant on the Elwha river seven miles west of Port Angeles snapped. The victims are believed to be John Berg of Port Crescent and Wallace, publisher of the Port Angeles Olympic Leader, who suffered a broken collar bone and severe head injuries.

Port Angeles Wash Olympic Power Company Elmwha John Berg Port Crescent Wallace Port Angeles Olympic Leader

Tragic drowning of Standish children near Auburn

In Green river about a mile east of Auburn Washington two children aged 9 and 7, Brown siblings Muriel aged 7 and Lith aged 9, were drowned when a wagon their father George Standish drove with Muriel and Lith and five others including Oscar Simpson rolled into a hole. Muriel and Lith perished while the father saved the younger child. the horses survived.

Brown Seattle Wash Standish Muriel Standish Green River Auburn George Standish Murfile Standish Oscar Simpson

Colonist Fares From the Central States to Northwest

A historic fare note lists Colonist rates from middle and eastern U S and Canada to all Northwest points, indicating travel cost structures for transcontinental routes and emphasizing regional connectivity during the period.

United States Canada Northwest

Two Fine Old Men From Missouri State

Confined from page 1 two fine old men from Missouri State. Col. Bentley hopes to reciprocate hospitality on his March 1 birthday. His family is scattered by the illness of daughter Mrs. Pierce in Spokane.

Col. Bentley Mrs. Pierce Spokane

Proportionately low westbound fares from major midwest points

Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company announces low westbound fares from Chicago St Paul Omaha Kansas City and St Paul with prices listed. Fares are prepaid by ticket deposit and telegraphed to the destination. William McMurray General Passenger Agent Portland Oregon invites requests for home building materials and information mailed to interested parties.

Chicago St, Louis Omaha . Y WM. McMurray

250000 Garment Workers May Go Out On Strike

New York March 4 Officials of the Garment Workers unions held a conference to press for higher wages and better sanitary conditions. About 250 000 clothing workers nationwide are ready to strike if demands are refused, according to Secretary Larger.

New York Garment Workers’ Unions Larger

Millionaire for two days fate of sign painter

William Springer, discarded son of the late Chicago millionaire War ren Springer, learns by telegram he inherits 1 990 000 as half his father’s estate. He had been finishing a sign when told to hurry to Chicago. He recalls a troubled past, but recognizes the news may be a hoax. He had been left only 5000.

Tim Little Rock Ark William Springer Warren Springer Chicago Springer Marguerite Springer Champson Litigant Plano Mich University of Michigan United States

Cocking main is costly in New Straitsville fight

Eighty Qhians paid 8.50 each to the municipal treasury after attending a cock fight at the New Straitsville Rink. Police and county deputies raided the crowd, driving many to flee through doors and windows. Eighty were arrested and paid 630 the next day to help reduce the tax burden.

NewsStraiteville Ohio Southeastern Ohio Aimilar Straitsville

Ohio Finds a New Word in Corn Plague

Columbus reports a fungus named cos posporlum crippling Ohio corn for about three years. The Wooster experiment station sought 2000 to combat the outbreak which could trim 1910 yields by 25 percent, costing the state about 20 million dollars in value and deliveries. It claims a breakthrough method to fight the pest and requests funds to continue.

Ohio Columbus Wooster

Chickens Ride On Sheep In West Pittsburg Barnyard

William Brewman of West Pittsburg reports unusual barnyard behavior as chickens perch on the backs of sheep to ride for warmth during cold weather. The birds dismount only to peck at food, a curious observation near Crafton on the Steubenville pike.

Pittsburg William Brewman Steubenville Pike West Pittsburg Crafton

Stubble Land for Rent in Pendleton Oregon

Eight hundred acres of stubble land available for rent. For details contact Purl Bowman in Pendleton Oregon.

Purl Bowman Pendleton Oregon

Moving and Hauling Service Ad by B. A. Morton

For transfer work hauling bag gage moving household goods and planes and all kinds of job work phone Main 461 B A Morton.

B. A. Morton

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