Local ads mix odd items from Pendleton area
A cluttered page lists a wide range of local notices and sales. It includes bicycle shop and fuel ads, sewing machines at Grahams, furnished rooms at State Hotel, alfalfa sales, wood and lumber yard notes, a May 11 leap year dance at German hall, farm equipment for sale, moving and hauling services, coal and wood deliveries, rental housing, shop screens, and a call to move dry slabs for creck with Oregon Lumber Yard in Pendleton Oregon.
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W. R. Grahams
Milne
Pendleton
Ore
Franklin Street
Oregon Lumber Yard
German Hall
State Hotel
UN Co, Propa
Graham's
Auto Truck Maul It Move Service Ad
Let the Auto Truck Maul It. Our specialty is quick work and reliable moving for furniture and pianos. Call Main 329 for prompt service and professional handling.
Taxicab service advertises 25 cents citywide
Taxicab and touring cars offer rides for 25 cents to any part of the city. Phone Main 12 for day and night service.
For Sale Cheap Rock House and Lots on Lilleth Street
Bargain property sale offered on Lilleth Street and Mission Street. Lilleth listing includes a rock house and 3 1 2 lots. Mission Street features a brick house and 9 lots. Must sell Lilleth Street property before May 28. Apply Amice Delongvert, 121 Mission Street.
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Lilleth Street
Mission Street
Amice Delongvert
Pasture for Fifty-Head Horses Offered in Starkey
Pasture for fifty head of horses for the season at $1.50 per head per month with ample water and grass. Contact J. B. Hagey, Starkey, Oregon.
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J. B. Hagey, Starkey, Ore
Special wood and coal prices at Kopitzke Gillanders
Local supplier Kopitzke and Gillanders advertises dry red fir slab wood and mixtures of cottonwood yellow and black pine with special prices offered in five cord lots. They also stock Clean Rock Spring lump and nut coal and invite customers to inquire before buying. Phone Main 178.
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Kopitzke & Gillanders
Notice of bankruptcy for W. S. Phillips in Oregon
In the District Court of Oregon W. S. Phillips is adjudged a bankrupt. Creditors are notified the first meeting will be held May 17, 1912 at 10 a.m. at the referee in bankruptcy office in Pendleton Umatilla County Oregon. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business. Dated Pendleton May 6 1912. THOS FITZGERALD Referee in Bankruptcy.
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District Court of the United
Umatilla County
Oregon
Pendleton
Thos, Fitzgerald
Excelsior Lodge MB A Special Meeting Notice
Members of Excelsior Lodge No 2802 M B A are urged to attend a special meeting Thursday night May with no business of importance to be transacted State Manager J J Goar to be present Ingalls, Sec.
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Excelsior Lodge No
J. J Goar
Cc. BE. Ingalls
Sec
Dallas to host 1913 Shriners Imperial Council meeting
Dallas Texas was chosen for the imperial council meeting in 1913. J Wilson county fruit inspector arrived from Freewater for an inspection trip.
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Dallas
Shriners
Los Angeles
Calif
Tex
Imperial Council of Shriners
J. Wilson
Freewater
Visitors and locals gather as city hosts various notables
C H Finn from La Grande J T Williamson from La Grand Pendleton visitor J W Allen from Nye was in the city yesterday H Everett from Pilot Rock spent yesterday and last night In the city H Craig mining man from Canyon City registered at the Bowman Gustav Anderson from Baker among out of town visitors Gerald E Stanfield sheep firm member from Echo c H Lane agricultural expert to lecture tonight guest of the Bowman G L Hurd Stanfield editor and fair president conducting business William McMurray O W R N general passenger agent visited W H Wilson The Dalles attorney arrived to attend supreme court session J Bright The Dalles eastern Oregon attorney at the session Mrs Charles Baxter Jr formerly Hazel Nolen guest of her sister Mrs George Goodman will stay several weeks before returning to Boise Geo R Mumford Dillon Colo here for his ill brother Dike Mumford at St Anthony's hospital c C Connor Farmers Union worker from Helix attends stockholders meeting
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C. H. Finn
la Grande
George
J. T. Williamson
le & Pendleton
J. W. Allen
Nye
H. Everett
Pilot Rock
H. Craig
Canyon City
Bowman
Gustav Anderson
Baker
J. F
C. W. Nibley
Meacham
Gerald E. Stanfield
Echo
C. H. Lane
G. L. Hurd
Stanfield
William McMurray
W.H. Wilson
Dalles
Supreme Court
Charles Baxter, Jr
Hazel Nolen
George Goodman
Boise
Geo. R. Mumford
Dillon, Colo
Dike Mumford
St. Anthony's Hospital
Woman and three men shot during miners riot
Fottsville Pa May 8 state police faced 2000 miners and supporters at Pinehill colliery as non union repairs sparked a riot. Four wounded seven officers involved, with police firing over the crowd after project personnel and firemen were escorted to the plant. A patrol remains in the district.
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Fottsville
Pinehill Colliery
Kaiser
Pinehill
Material arrives for the Coos Bay line
Four carloads of rail joints and Ue plates for the Coos Bay railroad near Eugene arrived, with rails expected soon. Contractors plan to rush work as good weather returns, boosting crews on the grade and at tunnel 23 miles west. Portland Eugene and Eastern Railway also received rails to lay on Eighth street and resumes streetcar line extensions with about 100 men at work.
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Eugene
Marshfield
Coos Bay
Southern Pacific Company
Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway Company
Eighth Street
Central American Treaties Stalled in Senate Committee
The senate committee on foreign relations rejected the proposed treaties with Honduras and Nicaragua to finance reforms via a US syndicated loan and have revenues managed by American officials. A motion to report ratification failed 7 to 7, blocking advancement.
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Washington
Honduras
Nicaragua
United States
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
West
Public Admitted to Hearing on Judge Archibald Case
Washington May 8 The public was admitted to the hearing of charges against Judge Robert Archibald of the commerce court before the house judiciary committee. Papers in the case submitted by President Taft were examined in secret. Chairman Clayton said seven new witnesses will be called.
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Washington
Wis
Robert Archibald
Commerce Court
House Judiciary
Taft
Clayton
Suburbanite definition teased in courtroom exchange
A teacher asks a boy about the term suburbanite and a judge notes the child’s answer: a suburbanite is a man who lives in the city and sleeps in the country.
Quote on greatness and rest from Puck magazine
A compact quotation notes that a man of great stature finds it harder to rest on laurels without risk of murmurs. The line reflects a critical, wry view of achievement and complacency.
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Puck
Trust in the stenographer questioned in private letter
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a line about trusting a stenographer with private correspondence, replying that the stenographer's salary is held back a couple of months, as a joke about loyalty and pay.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lion Attacks A Circus Attendant At Pendleton Show
A Lion attack during the Al G Barnes circus in Pendleton stunned spectators last night. The enraged king of beasts tore at a keeper through bars before two men subdued it, while the trainer continued the performance armed only with a snake and a prod. The act, though dangerous, drew praise as the best amid Pendleton animal shows and the circus plans a return next year.
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al G. Barnes
Hong
Pendleton
Joy After Much Gloom in Atlantic City Wedding
Miss Mary W. Conover of Pleasantville and Charles C. Rennelson of Philadelphia finally wed at the parsonage of the First M E Church in Atlantic City. Their plans to marry on thirteen prior occasions date back to 1905 when a death in the groom’s family delayed the ceremony, and repeated interruptions kept postponing the wedding for years.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mary W., Conover
Pleasantville
Charles C. Rennelson
Philadelphia
M. E
Cietey
A. G. Hagaman
Used candy in campaign raises questions in Venice
Venice city clerk C. T. Thatcher reports campaign expenses totaling two 10 cent cigars and a 60 cent box of candy. The confectionery name is listed, but the recipient is not named. Thatcher says he did not deem naming the aided voter necessary.
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Venice
Cal
C. T. Thatcher
Thatcher
Cat Steals Sacred Hen Shocks Philadelphia Chinatown
A large Maltese cat flees with a spring chicken placed before a joss in Philadelphia Chinatown, triggering a near riot as guards pursue the thief. The cat escapes atop a nearby roof with part of the chicken in its mouth, leaving residents in dismay.
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Philadelphia
Chinatown
Joss House
Big Weed Crop Lifts Texas Cattlemen Spirits
In San Antonio Texas cattlemen in southwest Texas celebrate a record weed crop that aids cattle by maintaining flesh until grass returns. The weed cover also protects grass growth by shading pastures and stabilizing feeding conditions as seasons shift.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tiny San Francisco schooner seeks final freighting voyage
Captain Slater buys a 40 foot 5 inch overtly aged craft, the Alice Storen, built in 1866 and weighing seventeen tons. The famed tiny freighting vessel on San Francisco Bay, oldest in service, is being outfitted for a cruise many old sailors believe may be its last. Named for the family that first established bay freighting, the vessel has long served in the harbor but now prepares for one final voyage.
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Slater
San Francisco
Cal
Alice Storen
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Adventurous voyage of Capt Slater to the Arctic
Captain Harry Slater, a veteran whaleman and former mate of the Rosie H, plans a voyage into the Arctic in the 40 foot vessel Alice Stofen. He buys the scarred trading craft, overhauls it at Manders, and intends to establish winter quarters at Point Barrow after sailing from the North via Nome. Slater aims to trade with Indians and pursue whaling for years, hiring a partner for the voyage.
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Harry Slater
Rosie H
Slater
Mander
Arctics
Alice Stofen
Nome
Point Barrow
The Professor’s Laboratory Anxiety Case
A Harlem Life item depicts a professor in a laboratory conducting chemical experiments then fearing for posterity. A bang and a visitor’s arrival heighten the tense moment as the professor contemplates outcomes amid uncertain safety.
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Harlem
A Fast One in Yonkers Auto Start
Redd asks if you time your car, Greene replies it took men an hour to start it yesterday per Yonkers Statesman.
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Redd
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
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FE. Livengood & CO
Childr
Ladies Home Journal
Johnson Street
Burroughs
Main
Pendleton Planing Mill
R. H. Stevens
Dutch Henry Food Yard
Holt Jr
Margaret Melstrom
Bath Plain
B. A. Morton
Rock Spring
Ben L. Burroughs
East Oregonian
Formle
North Wallowa County
Bex K. Troy
Wallowa County
Penland Bros
B. T. Wade
A. Ruppe
Monroe Street
Birch and
McKay Creeks
Wasco Wash
I. O. Oo
F. Grand Lodge
J. E. Bean
Pendleton Academy
E. T. Wade
Byers Mill
Havana Station
Roy Price
Adams
Cre. RR. F. D
Wade
Donaldson’s
K. Kelly Bansher
F. J. Donaldson
Peoples Warehouse
J. Bright
The
C. ¢. Connor
Farmers’ Union
Helix
Farmers’ Mutual Warehouse Company
Coos Bay Line
Wohlenberg
Lion
Cat
Crab Creek Lumber Co
Oscar Mahler
Will
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