Brevities and notices from Oregon city listings
Local classifieds list furnished rooms for rent, farm and seed sales, wood supplies, grocery produce, and general notices. Advertisements include rental inquiries, seed potato varieties, farm land for rent, livestock theft alert, and shop window promotions from Demott's grocers, Forshaw's seed house, and Hartman Abstract Co.
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Demott's
Hartman Abstract Co
Inquire
Aura St
East Oregonian
Bovee
Ohio
Daybreak
Maine
Forshaw
E. Court Street
Campbell Millinery
Helix
Echo
Child’s babble spurs cheeky quip in Yonkers Statesman
Mr. Bacon visits the Smarts’ baby and Mrs. Bacon jokes about the child talking as Tos asks what he said. The quip blames a mother for teaching a child to talk while claiming she has hairpine in her mouth, reflecting humorous local mood.
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Yonkers Statesman
Mrs Selkirk Norton Opens Engagements for Voice
Mrs Selkirk Norton a voice teacher seeks engagements for concerts oratorios teas receptions and club or public events Terms apply at studio Room 10 Schmidt building for scheduling and details.
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Selkirk Norton
Schmidt Building
Aged man killed by fire truck in Spokane incident
Otto L. Bullle, an elderly man, was knocked down and killed Wednesday evening in Spokane when struck by a large fire truck. Authorities investigated the accident and identified the victim.
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Otto L. Bullle
Spokane
Local Option Movement Starts Ballot Campaign This Spring
A 120 member working committee, with three from each of the county’s 40 precincts, organized at the courthouse to lead a local option campaign this spring. Petitions were sent to place the issue on the county ballot. Five precincts already active, with more preempt votes anticipated in several towns, and enthusiastic supporters expect the question to be decided by a county vote.
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Friends of Local Option Movement
Friends of Movement
Court House
Friends
Milton
South Athena
Ruddock
North Athena
Pilot Rock
Helix
Weston
Adame
Inland Empire name origin tied to Seattle councilman Armstrong
James T. Armstrong, newly elected Seattle councilman from the Thirteenth ward and long time Republican, is credited with coining the term Inland Empire for the Big Bend region. Born 1853 in Illinois, he helped found the Spokane Herald, backed Spokane county division, and held roles in county offices before moving to Seattle journalism and politics.
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James T. Armstrong
Seattle
Inland Empire
Tinois
Iowa
Spokane
Spokane Herald
Spokane County
Lincoln County
Big Bend
Ellensburg
Evening Journal
Ballard
Mr. Armstrong
Thirtenth
Clergyman to Aid Hood River Church Dedication
Reverend W H Bleakney of Pendleton academy left today for Hood River to travel to Mr Hood station on the Nt Hood railway and assist in dedicating a newly organized Presbyterian church. He plans to return home next Monday.
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W. H. Bleakney
Pendleton Academy
Hood River
Mr. Hood
Nt Hood
Senate panel backs Fulton public building bill in Oregon
A Washington dispatch reports the senate committee on public buildings favored Senator Fulton’s bill providing a $60,000 public building in this city with a federal building for Albany. It is believed to pass the senate. Congressman Ellis has a Pendleton building bill in the house.
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Senate Committee On Public
Fulton
Washington Dispatch
Oregon Daily Journal
Albany
Senate
Ellis
Pendleton
Personal encounters fill city with visiting dignitaries and locals
A string of arrivals and departures marks a busy day in the city. Oscar Cain a Walla Walla lawyer, Louis Senol Jr a Echo real estate man, Claude Pritchard of Connell, Mayor Lieualien of Adams, and J A McLaughlin of Gurdane plus several others are noted in town on brief business or visits. Train officials, an inspector, a millinery shipment, and relocations are also mentioned along with residents returning from California and plans to move to Pendleton.
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Oscar Cain
Walla Walla
Louis Senol, Jr
Echo Real Estate
Claude Pritchard
Connell, Wash
J. A. McLaughlin
Gurdane
W. H. Swhtgler
Umatilla
E. R. Todd
G. A. Marquis
Adama
J. H. Dunlap
Wind River Lumber Company
Cascade Locks
J. B
Montgomery
California
Richard Buckley
la Grande
Portland
C. W. Steen
Umatilla County
Milton
Women judge dress by effects not taste
A London Lady's Picture notes that women understand dress and can distinguish well dressed from poorly dressed women. They can tell which women choose hats and garments driven by infatuation rather than judgment, recognizing those who wear the wrong kind of attire at a glance.
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London Lady's Pictorial
No title available from fragmentary text
Preoccupied, the professor fell down stairs and, as he rose, wondered about a noise he had heard. Senator Fulton makes no hurry to return home and believes the Heney attack did not greatly injure him.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Fulton
Hit the Trail high school carnival for charity
High school students plan a March 20 Burlesque Trail reenactment in the assembly room to raise funds for athletic sweaters and other student body needs. The event features booths and a Portland exposition theme with managers and spielers, with band entertainment by the Pendleton brass band at the Oregon on March 25. Cast and admission details to come.
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Sten
Portland
Pendleton Brass Band
The
Oregon
Pendleton
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