Pendleton Official Seeks Growth At Walla Walla Meet
Secretary J E B Keefe of Pendleton Commercial Club spoke at a Walla Walla gathering hosted by the Garden City club. He urged increasing club membership to about 1000, warned against factions, and announced Pendleton plans for a June society circus and a September Round-Up. Keefe also noted Pendleton’s Fourth of July plans include attending Walla Walla events and witnessed by a Pendleton delegation arriving Sunday.
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J. E B. Keefe
Local Commercial Association
Walla Walla
Garden City Commercial Club
Walla Walla Walla
Wfe
Mothers Day Observed At Pilot Rock Oregon
Special correspondence from Pilot Rock Oregon May 10 Mother’s day will be observed here Sunday with mothers invited to attend. Mrs N Killian enjoyed a surprise party hosted by friends at her home. Various locals traveled to Pendleton on business and for visits while several residents visited Pendleton with relatives.
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Pilot Rock
Ore
N. Killian
Gilliam
James Whittaker
Nye
Pendleton
Thomas Jaques
Hazel Beitle
H. Bettle
C. A. Cooper
Kidwell
Missouri
J. Etter
William Kidwell
Fay Sturtevant
J. W. Etter
Pendleton Woman's League Meeting and Local News Flash
Pendleton Am erican Women's League plans a 3 PM meeting at city hall tomorrow. The Thursday Afternoon Club meets Saturday with Mrs Lane. Al Payne gets 25 fine or 12 days jail for drunk and disorderly conduct after punching Tomas McKeave. Mason of Seattle arrives to adjust Wonder Store fire losses and last night fire on West Webb street. Chief Kearney helps capture Fred Wing for beating his board bill, returned from La Grande via Walla Walla. Abe Selling, a former Pendleton resident, injured in Portland when struck by an elevator car, jaw fractured and teeth lost. he previously worked for Pacific Paper in Portland.
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al Payne
Tomas McKeave
Cottonwood Street
Mason
Seattle
Wonder Store
West Webb Street
Kearney
Fred Wing
la Grande
Walla Walla
Ineret Childers
Parmer murders wife with an iron poker in Beaver Pa
Beaver Pennsylvania May 19 Frank Attie a wealthy farmer of Frankfort Springs killed his wife with a poker as she slept then dumped her body in a creek. He claimed she tried to murder two of his children by his first wife and then cut his throat in a failed suicide attempt awaiting recovery. a ten year old stepson Eddie Attie witnessed the event and aided police. Attie is in custody and believed insane.
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Beaver
Frank Attle
Frankfort Springs
Newhere
East Liverpool
Ohio
Attie
Eddie Attie
First Chinese Western Style Wedding in Shanghai
The first Chinese marriage conducted in western style was celebrated in Shanghai. The ceremony followed Chinese ritual but used American style for everything else. The bride wore a long tulle veil and three bridesmaids in picture hats. The groom wore a frock coat and silk hat. They exchanged rings as a band played a wedding march.
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Kind
Shangthal
Shapely Ankle Spra ined Maiden Wins Millionaire Crown
Miss Alice Wood, later Van Ness widow, sprains her ankle at Cornelius H. Van Ness mansion, prompting a tale of romance. Housekeeper Mary East testifies Van Ness fell for Wood after the incident, altering his will contest path as witnesses recount the court scene and ensuing engagement in New York.
Portrait of the old man sparks tears and final weeks
The record notes Van Ness guiding Miss Wood through the house during a visit, a portrait of the old man's first wife provoking tears, and a visitor calling him a good old man. Later Mrs East testified about Van Neal returning from New York and a hair brush with long red hairs found in his suitcase. The aged millionaire was feeble in his last years, and Mrs East helped bathe, dress, wash, and comb him.
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Miss Wood
Salvation Army Chief Booth Faces Cataract Operation
General William Booth, aging head of the Salvation Army, plans an operation for cataract next month after eighty three years of service. Though nearly blind, he hopes to visit Canada and the United States this year and expand work in Europe and Asia, citing China and opportunities for aiding the poor and housing the needy. The May 23 operation may restore sight for up to ten years.
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Salvation Army
London
William Booth
Salvation Army of the World
Canada
United States
China
India
Booth
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Blue Mountain
Blanchard Creamery
Keefe
Albers Bros
Gray Bros.Grocery Co
Quality Grocers
Newsy
Woman's League
American Women's League
City Hall
Parmer
Shanghai Beide
New York
Miss Finney
Cornelius H. van Ness
Cornwall
Alice Wood
van Ness
Mary East
Hostetter
Wm. Hanscom
Gane
Alta
Packard
Workingmens Clothing Co
Carl
Clark’s Grocery
Main Street
Royal M. Sawtelle
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