Local Classifieds and Business Notices
Small ads for hay and feed suppliers Crab Creek Lumber Co and Commercial Barn offer loosed and baled hay cedar posts and horse care. Services include saddle horses for ladies and horse clipping, room and board, rental housing on Water Street and Alta College streets, and a creamery and milk wagon. Also moving pictures at the Pastime theater, coal delivery, shingles shipment, and a job posting for strawberry pickers in Freewater Oregon.
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Crab Creek Lumber Co
Cheney Jersey
Water Street
College Street
Pendleton
Frank Node
City
Madison Street
Alta
College Streets
Presbyterian
Orpheum Today's Program Highlights Five Shorts
The bill lists Vitagraph drama The Special Agent and The Wrong Road, Pathe drama The Little Truant, Gaumont comedy The Cheese Box and Captain of the Guards. Also feature is a Gau montage romance. A Want ad invites readers to take in ball game listings.
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Orpheum
Vitagraph
Pathe
Dra
Gaumont
Vice President Sherman Defends Taft and Tariff
Kalamazoo Michigan May 18. Vice President Sherman praised the Taft administration and defended the tariff bill in a congressional campaign stop. He said Taft is a president who doesn't try to deceive the people and attributed tariff opposition to false statements, casting Taft as an improvement over Roosevelt.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Taft
Sherman
Roosevelt
Water Wagon Rumbles At California Prohibition Convention
San Jose California May 18 anti rum enthus iasts march with white ribbons as the water wagon parade welcomes thousands at the state convention of the prohibition party. Leaders warn that all irrigation works in the Golden State may shut within a decade as convention sessions continue with national speakers scheduled tomorrow.
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San Jose
Cal
Prohibition Party
Golden State
Portland May 18: Scriber to Open Defense in Bank Shortage Case
In Portland on May 18 Scriber the La Grande banker is expected to take the stand this afternoon to begin his defense. The prosecution closed yesterday after presenting evidence of shortages for which Scriber is held responsible. His attorney says he will likely plead irresponsibility. No court session was held this morning to allow the defense to arrange its case.
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Portland
Scriber
la Grande
Eight Hours in Tail on Solar Passage Observed
University of Washington reports professor Gould head of astronomy says the earth will pass through a comet tail in about eight hours on May 18. The tail will be hardly visible due to moonlight as scientists study its passage across the sun disk to seek evidence about the tail's solidity.
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University Washington
Gould
Astronomical Department
University
Meteorite pierces Shawnee building roof in Topeka
A small meteorite crashed through the Shawnee building roof in Topeka on May 18. It narrowly missed J. W. Going, manager of Shawnee Fire Insurance, and struck near five clerks who were inside. The visitor was described as too hot to handle.
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Topeka
Kans
Shawnee
J. W. Going
Shawnee Fire Insurance Company
An Ideal Husband and Electric Bitters Pitch
An article promotes An Ideal Husband as patient and understanding while advertising Electric Bitters as a cure for female troubles nervousness loss of appetite headaches and fainting spells. It claims thousands have recovered and offers a 60 cent price with satisfaction guaranteed by Tallman & Co. Also notes a nearby furnished house for rent on the North Side with telephone contact.
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Tallman & Co
First Concert at Pavilion Tonight
The pavilion is ready for the inaugural summer concert with a splendid program. All arrangements are complete and the venue has been cleaned up for the event tonight.
Free Concert Program Part I and II Highlights
A local program lists Part I selections including March Prize of Victory and Faust excerpts with Love in Idleness and Macbeth. Part II features March Blue Label and British Patrol with Waltz Under Southern Skies and Apple Blossoms plus March The Crisis. Five minute intermission between parts.
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Faust
Gounod
Macbeth Watts
Jolly Fellows
Volstedt
Hall
Kiefer
British Patrol
Linden Waltz
Carleton
First free orchestra concert at fall pavilion
Arrangements are complete for a first free orchestra concert tonight at the fall pavilion. The venue will be cleaned and lit by free Northwestern electricity, with benches for hundreds. Attendees may enjoy music and observe Halley’s comet tail phenomena during the open pavilion event. Director Carruth praises the final rehearsal. An impromptu street band concert will precede the main event.
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Northwestern Company
Carruth
Earth to cross comet tail in bold solar test
A Honolulu observing setup by American astronomers will watch Halley’s comet cross the sun’s disk, revealing the nucleus’ solid matter. In York Pa Lee Spangler warns of earthquakes, volcanoes and pestilence as the earth is allegedly struck by the comet’s tail, contradicting scientific forecasts.
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Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
American Astronomical and Astrophysical Society
York
Lee Spangler
San Francisco
Queen Victoria
McKinley
Halley
Spengler
Halley’s comet to light Pasadena skies this week
Mount Wilson scientists predict brilliant shooting star displays this evening and tomorrow as earth passes through Halley’s comet. Preparations are extensive on Mount Wilson to observe the anticipated electrification of the atmosphere during the comet’s fall.
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Pasadena
Cal
Mount Wilson
Astronomers Foresee Luminous Display Over Wisconsin
Luminous display expected tonight as Yerkes Observatory observers report Earth occultation during autumnal conjunction. Williams Bay, Wis., May 18. Astronomers at Yerkes anticipate a vivid sky show as the earth passes through a fall celestial event and the comet occultation draws attention.
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Williams Bay
Wis
Yerkes Observatory
Comet Visibility Foreseen Over Western Skies Tonight
Official notice from Washington states a meteor display may occur as earth encounters a comet at 11:20 PM ET. The comet is described as vast with an estimated tail thickness of one million miles and length near twenty million. The head earth distance is about 14 million, with possible atmospheric illumination.
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Washington
Dati
Echo News Highlights Graduation and Town Map Plan
Echo Oregon reports the entire Echo eighth grade passed the state examination with twelve students. A May 26 commencement at city hall features a full program including music, orations, a class prophecy, and diploma presentations. Also noted are a Sanborn map survey for town details and potential insurance rate reductions, plus stockyard improvements by the R and N Company and ongoing water adjudication in Umatilla river and Butler creek. Local residents include Dr C J Smith and Judge Jas A Fee among attendees.
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Echo
Ore
Pendleton
City Hall
Echo Symphony Orchestra
Clark
Donahue Glass History
Mary Balcom
Annile Laurie
Lambrith
Gulliford
Allen, Whitworth
Gillette
Chas
Manela
Kyle Perry Moore
Minnes Godfrey
Cannon
Hoskins
Bessie M. Andrews
Stephen A. Lowell
Frank K. Welles
R. P. Spain
Sanborn May Co
San Nessco
Cal
Sanborn
Umatilla
Butler Creek
C. J. Smith
Jas A. Fee
Col
J. H. Raley
Phelps
Wm. Moore
Chas Corder
Portland
Chloe Stanfield
Miss Stanfield
R. B. Stanfield
Oregon
Edward Neal
Buttercreek
Adam Adamson
Girls Carry Sandwich Boards in London Streets
In recent days street scenes show young girls staggering under heavy advertising boards. A medical professional calls for an immediate curb on girls earning small sums this exhausting labor deems unsuitable for them, beside the already criticized practice of sandwich-men in modern London.
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London
Rome plans welcome for Knights of Columbus pilgrimage
Preparations underway in Rome for the American Knights of Columbus pilgrimage this summer. Churchmen will not be alone in the entertainment as nearly the entire American colony joins in receiving and hosting the visiting knights.
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Rome
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes dominate town fashion
The Peoples Warehouse claims Hart Schaffner & Marx is the only kind of clothes people ask for by name. They say local men look prosperous because most wear Hart Schaffner & Marx garments.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Peoples Warehouse
Wet Dry Contest Settled With Fists
In Albany Oregon a dozen hobos traveling south argued whether wet or dry towns save money. Two heavyweight ex boiler makers settled the dispute in a bare knuckle 35 round match. Officer John Catlin stopped the fight. Both men were bruised. no knockout. Dry man seemed best at the end, but they shook hands and called it a draw.
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Albany
Ore
John Catlin
Dublin group eyes Irish American tourism boost
Dublin Industrial Development council discussed a planned large pilgrimage of Irish Americans to Ireland this year. The event could aid the industrial movement by attracting U S tourists to Made in Ireland labels and related opportunities.
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Dublin
Ireland
The
Irish trade mark push for genuine Irish origin goods
The council urged marking purchases with the Irish trade mark to prove origin and planned to contact Mr Kilgelly, secretary of the pilgrimage committee in America, to present this suggestion. The notice also promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for injuries with immediate use and relief, priced 36c 50c and 1.00 by A. & Koeppen & Bros.
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Kilgelly
America
Ballard
Koeppen & Bros
Byron Troubadours Enjoy Encore Engagements in Pendleton
Louis Dressel of Chicago hails the Byron Troubadours as the finest musical group heard. Originally booked for two concerts, they were retained weekly for nearly two months. At Pendleton Christian church on Thursday evening May 19, the event hosts a Memorial day spirit for a safe and sane Fourth of July.
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Byron
Korean Fear Over Comet Sparks Dynastic Collapse Panic
Seoul reports widespread terror as the comet nears. Officials and citizens fear the ancient Yi dynasty will fall. Fanatics urge rebellion against Japanese occupiers while garrisons strengthen in preparation.
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Seoul
Korea
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