Weston Club Hosts Basket Social in Weston Oregon
Special correspondence from Weston Oregon reports a basket social held Thursday evening by the Weston Mutual Improvement Club, with baskets sold at good prices. Local events include a basketball game between Weston High and the Has Beene, ending 14 to 19 in favor of Harmon. The piece lists numerous local residents visiting in Pendleton, Athena, and Walla Walla, along with births and various visits.
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Weston
Ore
Weston Mutual Improvement Club
Weston High
Harmon
Anita Kirkpatrick
Mawthorn School
Pendleton
Bharp
Athens
Joxl Dayir
Weeton High
Will Graham
Neal
City
Henry Stamper
Boy Crushed to Death by Truck in Portland Street Incident
Sam Westerman five year old son of Mr and Mrs David Westerman of 1004 East Elghteenth Street north was crushed by a trailer wheel of an auto truck owned by Portland Railway Light and Power at East Twenty first and Wygant streets on his way home from Vernon School. Driver Gus Schwabel an longtime employee was at the wheel.
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Portland
Sam Westerman
David Westerman
East Elghteenth Street
Vernon School
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Twenty-first
Wygant Streets
Gus Schwabel
A Fussy Wife Sends The Man Of The House Packing
A quarrelsome wife drives the head of the household to seek a change at home. The stubborn friction escalates until the man departs, highlighting domestic tensions and uneasy marriage dynamics.
Divorces Filed In Nevada Case Involving Cartoonist Hugo
In Reno Nevada the wife of Fred Hale Stearns a New York Washington cartoonist known as Hugo secured a divorce. Stearns filed first but the wife who followed him east filed counter charges and obtained the decree. The item notes a skeptical line about curing imagination and asks what’s the use.
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Hugo
Crom
Reno
Nev
Fred Hale Stearns
New York
Washington
Stearns
Mother Drops Baby From Four Stories in Fire
A panicked mother dropped her infant from a burning Auburn Maine building four stories to a spectator below, who caught the child gently. The baby was unharmed and not awakened during the fall, as the mother prepared to throw it from the window amidst the blaze.
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Auburn
Maine
Old ships find new life as money makers at San Pedro
In San Pedro California old ships spared from the boneyard become sources of revenue without full charters. The Alden Besse avoids wreckage fate and is now highly sought in southern waters. The ship may sail briefly on the Pacific with a tug and serve as a film-worthy asset.
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San Pedro
Cal
Alden Besse
Old wind jammer fights pirates and film fame
The stately wind jammer has withstood several piratical attacks by sea rovers and witnessed numerous bloody incidents on her decks. Lovely women and a string of commanders have walked the plank, only to be rescued by San Pedro boatmen seeking business, while owners vow she will not become a coal barge despite film industry interest.
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San Pedro
People Jasta
Pendleton Seeks Bids for Water System and Round-Up Park Pipe
The Pendleton City Council invites bids for a water system and pipe line to Round-Up Park. Bids due March 27, 1912 at 7 30 p m at the City Recorder office, with a 5 percent certified check. Specifications by Geary Kimbrell, bids opened March 27, 1912. council may reject all bids.
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Common Council
Pendletonn
City Recorder
Geary Kimbrell
Pendleton
Thos Fitzgerald
Tramp in Porterville Receives False Fortune Notice
John McDougall, a lifelong tramp in Porterville, is notified by London solicitors of a vast inheritance worth 10000 dollars. A check for 2100 is sent, prompting McDougall to buy clothes before planning a river camp stay and grand plans in Los Angeles. Local authorities note a surge of tramp activity around the river bed and a winery during the new year.
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Porterville
John McDougall
England
London
McDougall
Hobo
Los Angeles
McDougalls
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Weston Club
Tey Burke
Athena
Norma Smith
Ray
Vernie O'Harra
Frank Taylor
Reed
Hawley Mountain
Jinks Taylor
Velma Wilkinson
Chester Rowe
la Grande
Aliee Kirkpatrick
KR. A. Thompson
Mix Pearl Edwards
Weston Public School
Walla Walla
Clyde Staggs
Staggs
Myrtle Point
Fther
Daisy Waddingham
Hart Schaffner
Marx
T. PW
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Jarttiod
Tramp
Portune
Hill
Dill
Phone Kopitzke & Gillanders
Rock Spring
Mark Moorhouse CO
E. Court Street
A. Schneiter
Prop
Pendleton, Ore
Main Street
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