Baseball Season Nears As Pendleton Pursues Talent
With the fund drive underway to place a team in the Western Tri-State League, Pendleton officials push to recruit players as the season nears. Scouts sign many players, while Walla Walla loses a practice game to the penitentiary Mavericks. Jockey Bennett travels to Aberdeen for a bout with Tex Vernon on the 16th, and Irwin Brooks is named captain of the University of Oregon tennis team. The high school basketball title hinges on a La Grande vs Pendleton showdown, and local writer Bob Cronin reports Homer Haworth’s strong showing with the Beavers. A note cites Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy’s forty-year reputation since 1872.
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Tri-State
Pendleton
Bennett
Aberdeen
Washington
Tex Vernon
Yankee Rae
Sing Hosan
China Theys
Pocatello
Charles Cavanaugh
Eagles
la Grande
Oregon
Union High
Seven fat cows and the corrupting influence of modern life
A Sunday society talk rails at modern excesss noting seven “fat cows” of society that feed on the good yet threaten virtue. It critiques business greed and wealth, unchecked ambition, and the lure of luxury, contrasting them with moral aims and the home, urging youth to strive for meaning and responsibility.
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Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Fat Cows and Gospel Truths in Pendleton Sermon
A Pendleton preacher rails at secular temptations on many fronts. He warns against picture shows on Sundays, lean literature, society clubs, ballroom dancing, and gluttony, urging Christians to seek the Gospel and avoid corrosive modern temptations. He quotes Bulgin and Lincoln as moral contrasts.
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Pendleton
Greece
Church of Christ
Mothers Favorite Cough Remedy Ad
The Mothers' Favorite. A cough medicine for children should be harmless it should be pleasant to take. It should be effective. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is all of this and is the mothers' favorite everywhere. For sale by all dealers.
Handcuffs Him Self Sheriff To Rescue
Albany Ore March 10 To be caught with a pair of handcuffs on his wrists while clerking in his grocery store and without a key to open them was the experience of Sam Worrell collector of antique arms and ammunition Worrell trudged to the courthouse where Sheriff Bodine came to the rescue He was inspecting the handcuffs which are a part of his collection He slipped them on his wrists and the lock snapped.
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Albany
Ore
Sam Worrell
Worrell
Bodine
Chamberlain's Tablets Good for Constipation Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent for constipation. Describes them as easy to take and mild in effect and urges readers to give them a trial, noting availability from all dealers.
Eskimo Visitors Enjoy Snow in Central Park During City Shutdown
Natuk the Eskimo girl and Emootuk the young man, visiting New York, spent the snowstorm that halted the city in Central Park. While others sheltered indoors, they found the snow homelike and warm enough, noting they left heavy clothing at home. They expect to leave New York long before summer warmth.
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Natuk
Emootuk
New York
Central Park
United States
Mexico is pacing financial ruin and U.S. influence
The piece argues Mexican masses back Wilson’s policy and U.S. action against Diaz and Huerta, claiming one year of Huertaism boosted U.S. friendship with the Mexican people while enraging the ruling upper clans. It asserts revolution should end and a government of the people is emerging with U.S. support.
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Mexico
United States
South America
Wilson
Diaz
Huerta
The Acid Test in Grand Rapids Club
A club member in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has developed a harmful habit of drinking heavily each evening. A stranger asks how he knows when to go home, and the member explains he climbs the long staircase to the street top, and if he falls down, he knows it’s time to quit.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Sons Studying Law and Staying Local
The speaker says one son is in New York practicing law while the other remains at home making a living. The remark contrasts two paths pursued by the family, highlighting ambition and duty within a single household.
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New York
Man Keeps Secret Proves Hard After Wife Discovers
A man learns that secrecy becomes tougher once his wife uncovers the hidden truth. The situation escalates as trust is challenged and tensions rise within the household. The piece explores how personal discretion is compromised by spousal awareness and the dynamics that follow.
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Sarl King
Lodell
Matlock
Portland
al Lodell
Karl King
Baker
King
Lelsare
Walla Walla
Penitentiary Mavericks
The
Hears
Jonas
Brown
Irwin Brooks
First National Bank
University of Oregon
Portland Beavers
Bob Cronin
the Journal
McCredie
Homer Haworth
Claude Berry
Homer
Walter Kuhn
Ady
Mood
Netherlands
American Mortgage Bank
Frank R. Atkins
East Corrt St
Tallman Drug Company
Alta Feed and Sale
H.M. Gutter
Christ
Sin
Chamberlain
Alexander’s Grocery
Sardinia
Norway
Biller
Holland
Alexander
Popular Magazine
Pres
Baby Holt Harvesters
Holt Jr
Holt-Holly
Hese Holt
Holt
E. L. Smith & Co
East Court Street
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