City Briefs and Advertisements Mix In 1900s Portland
A collage of notices and ads lists sales and services from Kaiser to Campbell Millinery. Items mention a pet dog, harnesses and trimmed patterns, hall rental, a telephone office on Echo, and a transfer company. Also included are lodging, rental, and job notices with addresses in Portland and Chicago, plus plumbing and Vermin dog services and a motel in Oregon.
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Kaiser
Sea Fergy
Hack and Harness
B. C
Campbell Millinery
Hendricks” Hall
Morrow
Echo
Addrew
Butter Creek Telephone Company
Grey Leathers’ Transfer & Storage Co
Grimian
Portland
Oregon
Pendleton
B.M.O
UC Rader
Portton Permanent
Atwood Ride
Chicago
Luke
Fon
Aime
Chicago Sheep Market Review Shows Mutton Rise
The Chicago Livestock World notes the live mutton trade in Chicago was about a dime higher with a moderate supply well absorbed. The advance reflects firmer demand and steady market conditions for mutton in the city.
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Chicago Livestock World
Two Prime Features At Our Store Quality and Prices
L Hunziker, jeweler and optician, promotes quality and right prices. The message claims careful market search for the best deals, buying at close figures and selling at small prices, highlighting the store’s focus on value.
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L. Hunziker
Prices and demand for lambs and wool in a tight market
In top prices were above a dime, quality mattered as supply of lambs and sheep grew scarce. Clipped lambs around 16.70 today would have fetched about 6.00 last week. Wool lambs moved up, demand strong though not plentiful. western wether prices rose to about 6.20 to 6.78, while clipped lambs sold near 6.00 to 6.60. Overall, sheep availability was tight and prices fluctuated with quality and weight.
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Bott Hyer
Colorado
Workingmen Protest Draft in Petersburg May Day
Petersburg workers protest the draft as inadequate to meet the situation. They demand stronger measures and a popular assembly to establish a constitutional framework. Conservative efforts fail to quiet the unrest.
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Petersburg
Ingmen
Five Candidates for Moderator at Presbyterian Assembly
Des Moines Iowa May 17 The retiring moderator Moffatt spoke this afternoon. Five candidates seek the moderator post at the Presbyterian assembly.
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S Moines
Dee Moines
Towa
Moffatt
Presbyterian Assembly
Turbulent Sage of Pendleton Threats Gatekeeper Copied
A garbled dispatch from May 17 reports chaotic notices from Pendleton and Me Warri about crime and business disputes. It claims editor Fast condemns arrests while asserting continued operations at Garden City Packing Company amid law enforcement warnings.
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Warri
Pendleton
Garden City Packing Company
R. Hataris
Notice to Stockmen for Sale on Camas Prairie
For sale 360 acres deeded land on Camas prairie known as Stoeker pines and 200 acres plow land, well watered. One of the finest stock ranches in Umatilla County. Sale to highest bidder Saturday afternoon May 1 at 2 o'clock at the court house. Further information from Hon. Cohrien H. Carter, attorney, or Mrs. Clara E. Stocker, administratrix.
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Camas Prairie
Stoeker Pines
Umatilla
Mountain Creamery Hires Expert Ice Cream Maker
Papert Tor Crean Mirker reports The Mountain Creamery Co. employs ice cream specialist Mr. FB Brown to lead its ice cream department and fulfill orders for fruit ice cream frozen fruit sherbets and related treats. In Police Court this morning the usual three days for drunkenness were imposed on TJ Wilson Tom Heard Tenac Hampion and Samint.
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Tor Crean Mirker
Clue Mountain Creamery
Compoo Hie
Miker
FB. Ft. Brown
Efis
THE
Mountain Creamery Oo
TJ. Wilson
Tom Heard
Tenac Hampion
Samtint
Local residents and visitors noted in a day’s travel
A string of personal mentions covers errands and visits from Mra H C Means to J T Fuson and beyond. Notable names include Dr C J Smith campaigning in Athena and Mrs Walter Reed visiting the city, with trips to Portland and Meacham noted for business and health matters.
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Will M. Peterson
Athena
J.T. Fuson
Weston
M. L. Morrison
Helix
C. J. Smith
C. A. Barrett
Fréed Liemtlen
Walter Reed
Portland
Charles H. Carter
Death of Robert Baumert in Spokane Typhoid Fever
Robert Baumert died in Spokane from typhoid fever. He had lived in the Alkali country, was an orphan aided by the Rover and Girls' Aid Society of Portland, and served three years in the 1th battery of field artillery stationed at Fort Worden. His wife was with him. no other relatives are listed. The piece also notes Pendleton Academy’s ongoing eighth grade exams and a somber year for the academy.
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Robert Baumert
Spokane
Rover and Girls' Aid Society
Portaand
Fort Waolla Walla
Vno
Reverend Levi Johnson Leaves for Mora Mission Work
Tet for Morn Rev Levi Johnson a Freebyterian Sunday school missionary left this morning for Mora Sherman county to advance his work. On return he will revive the Sunday school at Umatilla. Gen John McArthur former POWt master of Chicago and a Civil War major general is dead in Chicago at age 71. Nearby rental ad offers a nicely furnished 4 room home for three months or more in the office diese X.
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Jack Harrison
Portland
Hannah Rogers
Adame
Wilth
J. & P Baker
Meacham
Thie Apelin
W. Ll. van Nuys
Musten
Whitman College
DD. A. Hunter
Michigan
Atoekk
Omaha
George Ernest
Fergy
Hotel
St. George Cafe
Xo Trust
Epiret
Chris Thanlew
T. G. Halley
Oregon
Natt Webb
Walla Walli
Heppner
Walla Walla
Ehourag
Morrow County
Walter M. Pleres
matilia-Morrow Colon
A. VY Billiman
Jodee
Gilbert
Piiot
Inday
Cole
Pendleton
Morrow
Vimatillis
Triton
Dre, Hall and Bacon
Hampton
la Grande Observer
Elc. Smith
Yones
Levi Johnson
Mora
Sherman County
Umatilla
John McArthur
Chicago
New Promotion Company Formed For Mining and Real Estate
Reckwith and Charles W. Myers Perma Mining and Real Estate Corporation with J. & Reekwith, James F. Lane organize a mining and real estate promotion company. Capital stock set at £5000 with principal offices in the est. Targeting extensive mining property promotion and inland empire expansion, already holding Sumpter mining interests.
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Reckwith
Charles W. Myers
Perma Mining and Real Estae Corporation
J. & Reekwith
James F. Lane
Sumpter
Theest
New Soda Fountain Installed at Court Street Drag Store
New Soila Fountain and Woeppen Brom have installed a handsome soda fountain in their drag store on Court street. The fountain and counter enhance the room’s appearance. The equipment was ordered months ago but part of the mixtures arrived only recently due to shipment delays.
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Soila
Woeppen Brom
Court Street
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Furey
Addroan
W. B. Honeyian
Hort Street
Ore
Wid Santtion
Eveithil
Ilvesion
Tanboff
Rusia
Shinoff
Marla Spiridonaye
Rogers
Roger Et Cie
Paris
France
Koeppens
Price Drug Store
Mra
Robert Baumgart
Progres
Pendleton Academy
Mebors
Bray
NEW Promotion Company
la Buffetet
BAO Chita
Jardiniere
Lewis Hunter
Graham & Wonter
St. George Hotel
Wool Growers
Woolgroawers
Independent Wool Warehouse Co
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