Ezra Meeker and Ox Team at Echo in Pendleton Visit
Ezra Meeker the well known pioneer arrived in Echo and camped near the city hall. He plans to travel by wagon and ox team to Walla Walla and Pendleton while continuing the old Oregon trail. He spoke to school children and will address a meeting tonight as Special Easter services were held at Methodist Church and Bethel hall. Hermiston beat Echo 6 to 3 in a baseball game.
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Echo
Ore
Mar
Ezra Meeker
Ecity
Oregon Trail
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Methodist Church
Bethel Hall
L O
Hermiston
O. D. Teel
Howard Trick
Hermiston Con
Ruth Coburn
Flora Foreman
Assessing Town and Neighborhood in Recent Days
Observers have spent the past several days evaluating the town and its surrounding neighborhood. Officials and residents discuss changes, conditions, and concerns impacting daily life and future planning.
Saved a Soldier's Life in Civil War Story
J A Stone of Kemp Texas describes facing death from consumption as worse than death in battle. He chronicled a stubborn cold leading to weight loss to 130 pounds, then claims Dr King's New Discovery cured him and restored his weight to 178 pounds. It treats coughs colds and lung troubles with 50c and 1 dollar sizes, trial bottle free. Tallman & Co guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Stone
Kemp
Tex
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Chicago Prohibition Party plans state wide petition
The Prohibition party and city campaign members start circulating an amendment petition to voters. Alonzo Willson, state committee chair, says the plan seeks a state constitutional ban on alcohol production and sale for beverage use. They may challenge the election board ruling barring the question from the ballot in court.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Dity
Alonzo Willson
General Assembly
Lesue
Election Board
Bucklen’s Arnica Balm Quick Relief for Sores Burns
An awful eruption of a volcano excites brief interest and your interest in skin eruptions will be as short if you use Bucklen's Arnica Balm their quickest cure. Even the worst boils ulcers or fever sores are soon healed by it. Best for burns cuts bruises sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles. It gives instant relief, 260 at Tallman & Co.
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Tallman & Co
Mayor Gaynor More Than Making Good
New York reports Mayor Gaynor gaining public goodwill as he steers city toward a business mindset. He eschews flattery and parties, preferring merit, and a deputy appointment case shows his blunt method. Politicians react with surprise as offices are earned, not handed down.
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Gaynor
New York
Vehief
Georgia Darkey
American supervision of Russian warships
St Petersburg reports Russia plans home construction of dreadnoughts and a potential American role in supervising the build. Lewis Nixon, praised by Russia, may be asked to oversee the project as naval authorities weigh the proposal. The program includes twelve dreadnoughts and dozens of support ships with large costs noted.
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St Petersburg
Russia
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Navy Department
Prineville Sees Unseasonable Warmth Boost Range Work
Prineville Oregon reports unusually mild weather for the season with cattle and horses on ranges and bands of sheep moved to desert pastures where new grass is flourishing. Plowing and breaking on newer farms continues as frost remains negligible since February and fruit trees show green growth. Koeppen Bros advertise Foley's Kidney Remedy as a tonic and remedy for kidney and bladder issues.
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Prineville
Ore
Oregon
Foley's
Koeppen
Traveler covers 16059 miles by trolley
A. J. Littlejohn, eastern traction official, travelled from Syracuse, New York to St. Louis largely by trolley. He completed 1849 miles on the route, with 68 miles by steam rail and 1689 miles on electric railways, abandoning some Interurban lines between Kalamazoo and Niles and Paria and Fudge Farm. The return trip to Syracuse will total 1009 miles on a shorter path.
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St. Louis
Fromyracuse
N. Y
A. J. Littlejohn
Eastern Traction Company
Littlejohn
Syracuse
Kalamazoo
Niles
Mich
Paria
Fudge Farm
Atlantic City matron braves icy sea for dinner bet
Mrs Henry E Wilson a young Atlantic City society figure swam in freezing ocean waters to win a dinner bet for herself and 10 friends at a hotel. In a summer bathing costume she surged through breakers for about half an hour, returning exhausted but triumphant as onlookers sought shelter from the chill.
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New York
Henry E. Wilson
Atlantic City
Mra
Wilson
Snow Liniment as cure for pains and swelling
A Ballard advertisement touts Snow Liniment as a great cure for swollen jaws and various aches. It claims relief from neuralgia toothache rheumatism burns burns and accidents, and lists A. C. Koeppen & Bro as the sellers.
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Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Broa
Deal on for Hood River block sale in Hood River Ore
Hood River's largest city realty transaction is pending for the Hall building at Oak and Second streets. Captain McCan, buyer of several Hood River orchards, has a standing offer of 40,000 for the Struck nine acres near the city, and the Hall building may fetch about 67,000.
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Hood River
Ore
Hall
Oak and
Second Streets
Hall Brothers
Ecity
Captain McCan
Mother Reunited After 22 Years At County Poor Farm
Mrs Minnie Stewart of Dodge City Kansas locates her mother Emily Helmick at the county poor farm in Marshalltown Ohio after a 22 year search. Helmick, once picked up in Cambria in dire condition and believed to have escaped from Clarinda hospital, was known as Aunt Annie. Daughter and mother reunited and Helmick taken home.
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Marshalltown
Ohio
Minnie Stewart
Dodge City
Kan
Emily Helmick
Helmick
Cambria
Clarinda Hospital
Annie
Bryanism Insanity Basis of Will Fight
Danish and American courts must decide if belief in William J Bryan as president signals insanity in a will dispute. Jens Joergensen left a Denver will giving most to Bryan democracy, while brother Karl contests, citing Bryan followers as cranks. The case centers on political allegiance and inheritance in Schleswig emigrants.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
United States
Schleswig
Jens
Karl Joergensen
Karl
Alaska
Denmark
Denver
Colo
Bryan
America
William J. Briain
Steeplejacks Walk 200 Feet On Tight Rope
New York hundreds watched Steeplejack Hassler and assistant August Johnson as they traversed a 60 foot rope between pinnacles at the Church of the Assumption 200 feet above ground. Hassler, renowned nationwide, said it’s all right once used to it as they removed two crosses to be crated for shipment.
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New York
Twelfth
Spring Garden
Hassler
August Johnson
Church of the Assumption
United States
Kidney remedy cures Manlius man claims relief
Worth a Dollar a Drop writer Fred Patchen says two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured his kidney trouble and bladder inflammation, with no symptoms for over two years. Koeppen Bros. policemen comment on rainbows as symbols of peace after a storm.
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Fred Patchen
Manlius
N. Y
Foley
Koeppen
Learns It 15 Crime To Hold Up A Scar
Seattle investigator BE Hudson, a switchman who crossed picket lines, robs a scab worker of about $6. He boasts the act as not a crime, shaping a five-year prison hope as the case proceeds. A personal ad by A Efelund offers a sewing machine sales pitch amid the text.
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Seattle
Wash
B. Hudson
Hudson
Oepree
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Castory
Bears
the Centaur Company
Few York City
Ezra Mieeker
Plioneerr
Hermitton Wine
Tom
Koeppen Bros
Big Hood River
Rex
Tallman & Company
Chamberlain
Hay
Philo Ay Suec.Co
Newark
N.J
U.S.A
Pendleton Drug Company
National Surety Company of New York
Capital
National Surety Company
David W. Armstrong, Jr
Service
JAS, Md. Wood
A. Efelund
the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited
London
England
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kidder
Due Bodys & Co
Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation
Samuel Appleton
JAS, McI. Wood
Portland
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